Winners Announced at the 43rd Golden Joystick Awards

Today, The Golden Joystick Awards revealed this year's winners.

The winners of the 43rd Golden Joystick Awards were revealed tonight in a glittering ceremony live from London and live-streamed worldwide on YouTube, Twitch, Steam, Facebook, TikTok and X and more.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was the biggest winner of the night winning - Ultimate Game of the Year, Best Storytelling, Best Visual Design and Best Soundtrack. The game’s stars Jennifer English won Best Lead Performer for her role as Maelle, and Ben Starr won Best Supporting Performer for his role as Verso. Sandfall Interactive, the developers of the game, also won Studio of the Year.

Other multiple award winners included Ghost of Yōtei, which picked up two awards for Best Audio Design and Console Game of the Year; Hollow Knight: Silksong for Best Indie Game - Self-Published and PC Game of the Year; Grand Theft Auto VI for Best Game Trailer and Most Wanted and PEAK which won two awards for Best Multiplayer Game and Streamers’ Choice.

The full list of Golden Joystick Awards 2025 winners are:

Best Storytelling - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (public vote)
Best Audio Design - Ghost of Yōtei (public vote)
Best Multiplayer Game - PEAK (public vote)
Best Visual Design - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (public vote)
Best Game Expansion - Lies of P: Overture (public vote)
Best Indie Game Self Published - Hollow Knight: Silksong (public vote)
Best Indie Game - Blue Prince (public vote)
Studio of the Year - Sandfall Interactive (public vote)
Best Early Access Game - R.E.P.O (public vote)
Best Soundtrack - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (public vote)
Best Game Trailer - Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 2 (public vote)
Still Playing - Mobile - Pokémon GO (public vote)
Still Playing - Consoles & PC - Minecraft (public vote)
Streamers’ Choice - PEAK (critically chosen)
Best Remake / Remaster - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered (public vote)
Breakthrough Award - Schedule I (critically chosen)
Best Gaming Hardware - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D (public vote)
Best Game Adaptation - Arcane Season 2 (public vote)
Best Supporting Performer - Ben Starr (public vote)
Best Lead Performer - Jennifer English (public vote)
Hall of Fame - The Sims (critically chosen)
PC Game of the Year - Hollow Knight: Silksong (public vote)
Console Game of the Year - Ghost of Yōtei (public vote)
Critics’ Choice Award - Donkey Kong Bananza (critically chosen)
Most Wanted Game - Grand Theft Auto VI (public vote)
Ultimate Game of the Year - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (public vote)

Actor Maggie Robertson (Resident Evil Village, Baldur’s Gate 3) hosted the awards alongside guest presenters from the world of gaming, including actors Adriyan Rae (South of Midnight), Alix Wilton Regan (Cyberpunk 2077), Ben Starr (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33), Ciara Berkeley (The Witcher 4), Doug Cockle (The Witcher franchise), Marios Gavrilis (Indiana Jones and the Great Circle), Rebecca Hanssen (Stellar Blade), Samantha Béart (Baldur’s Gate 3) and Shai Matheson (LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight); developers Alex Skronski (Ghost Ship Games), Coffee Stain Studios, Vero Lallier (IO Interactive); and presenter and content creator Elz the Witch.

The Golden Joystick Awards is the world's longest-running public-voted games awards show.

Over 21 million public votes were cast to pick the winners in 22 different categories. Four more categories - Critics’ Choice, Breakthrough Award, Hall of Fame and Streamers’ Choice - were critically chosen.

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