The Game Awards 2025: Ranking Every Nominee by Total Nominations

The Game Awards has officially revealed its 2025 nomination list, and the lineup is one of the most competitive in recent memory. Voting is now live, and fans will ultimately decide which titles walk away with top honors.

Some games dominated with double-digit nominations, while more than sixty others scored only a single nod. From blockbuster sequels to long-awaited indies, here’s a breakdown of which contenders are leading the race.

🎨 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 — 12 Nominations

The year’s biggest standout, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, leads all nominees with a massive 12 categories, including:

• Game of the Year

• Best Game Direction

• Best Narrative

• Best Art Direction

• Best Score and Music

• Best Audio Design

• Best RPG

• Best Independent Game

• Best Debut Indie Game

• Best Performance (3 nominations)

Actors Ben Starr, Charlie Cox, and Jennifer English all earned performance nominations for their roles.

🌊 Death Stranding 2: On the Beach — 7 Nominations

Hideo Kojima’s surreal sequel made a strong showing with nominations across:

• Game of the Year

• Best Game Direction

• Best Narrative

• Best Art Direction

• Best Score and Music

• Best Audio Design

• Best Action-Adventure Game

🗡️ Ghost of Yotei — 7 Nominations

Matching Death Stranding 2, Ghost of Yotei secured seven nominations, including:

• Best Game Direction

• Best Narrative

• Best Art Direction

• Best Score and Music

• Best Audio Design

• Best Action-Adventure

• Best Performance

🔥 Hades 2 — 6 Nominations

Supergiant Games returns to the spotlight with nods for:

• Game of the Year

• Best Game Direction

• Best Art Direction

• Best Score and Music

• Best Independent Game

• Best Action Game

🐞 Hollow Knight: Silksong — 5 Nominations

Silksong made a huge impact with:

• Game of the Year

• Best Art Direction

• Best Score and Music

• Best Independent Game

• Best Action-Adventure Game

🎭 Split Fiction — 4 Nominations

Nominated for:

• Best Game Direction

• Best Action/Adventure

• Best Family Game

• Best Multiplayer

🌫️ Silent Hill f — 3 Nominations

Showing up strong in narrative categories:

• Best Narrative

• Best Audio Design

• Best Performance

🛡️ Kingdom Come: Deliverance II — 3 Nominations

A surprise Game of the Year contender with:

• Game of the Year

• Best Narrative

• Best RPG

🎧 Battlefield 6 — 3 Nominations

DICE’s latest received recognition in:

• Best Audio Design

• Best Action Game

• Best Multiplayer

🍌 Donkey Kong Bananza — 2 Nominations

• Game of the Year

• Best Family Game

🏁 Mario Kart World — 2 Nominations

• Best Family Game

• Best Sports/Racing

🧭 Indiana Jones and the Great Circle — 2 Nominations

Troy Baker’s performance helped the adventure earn:

• Best Performance

• Best Action/Adventure

💥 Additional Two-Nominee Games

Some of the notable titles with two nominations include:

• Doom: The Dark Ages

• Final Fantasy XIV

• Fortnite

• Helldivers 2

• No Man’s Sky

• EA Sports FC 26

• Blue Prince

🕹️ Single-Nominee Games: Over 60 Titles

More than sixty games received a single nomination — including anticipated unreleased titles. Highlights include:

• Arc Raiders

• Elden Ring: Nightreign

• Grand Theft Auto 6

• Marvel’s Wolverine

• Resident Evil Requiem

• Assassin’s Creed Shadows

• Counter-Strike 2

• Valorant

• F1 25

• Baldur’s Gate 3

• Alien: Rogue Incursion

• Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection

• Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O.
  …and many more.

Even though these games received just one nomination, many are heavy hitters in their respective genres — and still strong contenders within their categories.

📌 Final Thoughts

The 2025 Game Awards lineup represents one of the strongest and most diverse collections of nominees yet. From indie darlings to blockbuster sequels, the field is packed with potential winners — and with fan voting deciding the final results, anything can happen.

Stay tuned as the ceremony approaches and see which titles rise above the competition.

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