Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was the leading winner at the 2025 Golden Joystick Awards, taking seven awards including Ultimate Game of the Year. The London ceremony took place on November 20 and was livestreamed worldwide. Here are all the winners, category by category.
All Golden Joystick Awards 2025 winners
The category names below follow the published winner lists. Game and product names use their familiar official styling where sources vary slightly.
| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Best Audio Design | Ghost of Yōtei |
| Best Early Access Game | R.E.P.O. |
| Best Game Adaptation | Arcane Season 2 |
| Best Game Expansion | Lies of P: Overture |
| Best Game Trailer | Grand Theft Auto 6 Trailer 2 |
| Best Gaming Hardware | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D |
| Best Indie Game | Blue Prince |
| Best Indie Game — Self-published | Hollow Knight: Silksong |
| Best Lead Performer | Jennifer English |
| Best Multiplayer Game | PEAK |
| Best Remake / Remaster | The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered |
| Best Soundtrack | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 |
| Best Storytelling | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 |
| Best Supporting Performer | Ben Starr |
| Best Visual Design | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 |
| Breakthrough Award | Schedule 1 |
| Console Game of the Year | Ghost of Yōtei |
| Critics’ Choice | Donkey Kong Bananza |
| Most Wanted Game | Grand Theft Auto VI |
| PC Game of the Year | Hollow Knight: Silksong |
| Still Playing — Mobile | Pokémon GO |
| Still Playing — PC & Console | Minecraft |
| Streamers’ Choice | PEAK |
| Studio of the Year | Sandfall Interactive |
| Ultimate Game of the Year | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 |
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 led the awards
Epic Games Store reported that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won seven awards, including Ultimate Game of the Year. Its other wins were Best Soundtrack, Best Storytelling and Best Visual Design. The published results also credit it with three further awards, bringing its total to seven.
Event and voting details
GamesRadar+ described the 2025 ceremony as the show’s 43rd year. The event was held in London on November 20, 2025, with a livestream for viewers around the world. Epic Games Store reported over 21 million votes; that figure is reported as votes, not as a count of unique voters. The coverage describes the awards as publicly voted, but does not provide full eligibility, validation or category-specific voting rules.
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What the winners list tells you
The awards recognize winners across games, performances, studios and hardware. The Best Gaming Hardware award went to the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D; the award result is not, by itself, a performance benchmark or a recommendation for every PC builder. Likewise, this list records category outcomes rather than establishing an overall ranking of game quality, sales or value.
Sources: GamesRadar+, “All the Golden Joystick Awards 2025 winners revealed” (November 20, 2025), and Epic Games Store, “Clair Obscur is the big winner at 2025’s Golden Joystick Awards” (November 20, 2025).
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