Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Becomes GOTY 2025, Surprising Absolutely No One
Overall, Sandfall Interactive's turn-based RPG has racked up nine wins at The Game Awards.
Unlike last year's installment, when Astro Bot's triumph genuinely caught many off guard, The Game Awards 2025 unfolded exactly as predicted, with Sandfall Interactive and Kepler Interactive's turn-based action RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 securing the Game of the Year title to the shock of virtually no one.
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Having been praised for nearly all of its aspects – from gameplay and graphics to story and performance – Clair Obscur became Metacritic's highest-rated game of all time shortly after release, and that acclaim has now been fully confirmed with the GOTY title.
Besides writing its name in history for that alone, Expedition 33 also set an impressive record by becoming TGA's most awarded title of all time, taking home nine wins and triumphing in nearly every category it was nominated for.
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And here's the full list of The Game Awards 2025's winners:
- Game of the Year: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Best Game Direction: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Best Narrative: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Best Art Direction: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Best Score and Music: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Best RPG: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Best Independent Game: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Best Debut Indie Game: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Best Audio Design: Clair Obs, oh wait, Battlefield 6
- Best Performance: Jennifer English as Maelle from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Players' Voice: Wuthering Waves
- Games for Impact: South of Midnight
- Best Ongoing Game: No Man's Sky
- Best Community Support: Baldur's Gate 3
- Best Mobile Game: Umamusume: Pretty Derby
- Best VR/AR Game: The Midnight Walk
- Best Action Game: Hades II
- Best Action/Adventure Game: Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Best Fighting Game: Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
- Best Family Game: Donkey Kong Bananza
- Best Sim/Strategy Game: Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
- Best Sports/Racing Game: Mario Kart World
- Best Multiplayer Game: ARC Raiders
- Innovation in Accessibility: DOOM: The Dark Ages
- Best Adaptation: The Last of Us Season 2
- Most Anticipated Game: GTA VI
- Best Esports Game: Counter-Strike 2
- Best Esports Athlete: Jung "Chovy" Ji-hoon
- Best Esports Team: Team Vitality
- Content Creator of the Year: MoistCr1TiKal
So, what are your thoughts on The Game Awards 2025? Do you agree with the decisions of the judges? What's your opinion on the ceremony itself? Let us know down in the comments!
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