Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Is the Most Nominated Game at The Game Awards 2025, Setting New All-Time TGA Nominations Record

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads The Game Awards 2025 with a historic 12 nominations, breaking the all-time TGA record and topping this year’s stacked lineup.

With The Game Awards 2025 right around the corner on December 11 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, the full list of nominees has given fans plenty to talk about. This year’s Game of the Year race is loaded, featuring titles like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Donkey Kong Bananza, Hades 2, Hollow Knight: Silksong, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.

But now the spotlight is firmly on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. As many people expected, the game officially became the most nominated game of the year. And that’s not the only part worth paying attention to.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 just broke a major The Game Awards record

Here’s the big update: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has set a new all-time record at The Game Awards with 12 nominations, the highest any game has ever received in the show’s history. Geoff Keighley confirmed this himself in a post on X, making it official.

Below are the most nominated games at The Game Awards 2025:

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – 12 nominations
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach – 7
• Ghost of Yotei – 7
• Hades 2 – 6
• Hollow Knight: Silksong – 5
• Split Fiction – 4

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To give some context, here’s a list of the most nominated games at The Game Awards for previous years:

2024

• Astro Bot – 7
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth – 7
• Metaphor: ReFantazio – 6
• Balatro – 5
• Silent Hill 2 – 5
• Black Myth Wulong – 4
• Elden Ring Shadowk of the Eldtree – 4
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 – 4
• Helldivers 2 – 4
• Sunua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 – 4

2023

• Alan Wake 2 – 8
• Baldur’s Gate 3 – 8
• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 – 7
• Hi-Fi Rush – 5
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder – 5
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – 5
• Cyberpunk 2077 – 4
• Final Fantasy XVI – 4
• Resident Evil 4 – 3
• Street Fighter 6 – 3

2022

• God of War Ragnarök – 10
• Elden Ring – 7
• Horizon Forbidden West – 7
• Stray – 6
• A Plague Tale: Requiem – 5
• COD: MW2 – 3
• Immortality – 3
• Neon White – 3
• Sifu – 3
• Tunic – 3
• Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – 3

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What do you think of this year’s results so far? Does Clair Obscur’s performance surprise you, or did you see this coming?