No—the Golden Joystick Awards 2025 Ultimate Game of the Year vote is closed. Voting ran from November 3 to November 7, 2025, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won at the November 20 ceremony. The original “voting is live” notice is no longer a current call to action.
When did voting close, and how did the ballot work?
TechRadar reported that the Ultimate Game of the Year ballot closed on November 7, 2025, at 4 p.m. PST / 7 p.m. EST / midnight GMT. PC Gamer reported the same deadline. These dates and times refer to the 2025 vote, not a future or currently open ballot.
Voters chose their top three games and ranked them. GamesRadar described a broader awards process in which industry nominations informed a shortlist selected by a panel of editors, contributors, and industry experts; the public vote then let people who buy and play games express their preferences among the shortlisted titles.
Who won Ultimate Game of the Year?
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 received the Ultimate Game of the Year award at the ceremony on November 20, 2025, according to GamesRadar’s ceremony recap and awards results.
#1 Best Overall
- Officially licensed
- From the hit novels and video games
- A brand new sculpt of Geralt
- Features him ready for battle in his Grandmaster Ursine armor
- Figure stands 9.5" tall
Which games were nominated?
The 12-game Ultimate Game of the Year shortlist, reported by TechRadar and PC Gamer, was:
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hades II
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
- PEAK
- Silent Hill f
- Split Fiction
How many votes did the awards receive?
GamesRadar reported that the 2025 awards drew over 21 million votes during October and early November across categories including Best Storytelling, Best Indie Game, and Most Wanted Game. That is the awards site’s reported total; it is not presented here as an independently audited count.
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