[STEAM] Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Storms The Game Awards 2025, Wins Coveted Game of the Year

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stormed The Game Awards 2025, winning all but one category it was nominated in, including the main prize: Game of the Year. Totaling 9 wins for the team.

Sandfall Interactive's much-loved RPG won Game of the Year ahead of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Donkey Kong Bananza, Hades 2, Hollow Knight: Silksong, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.

Accepting the Game of the Year award to rapturous applause, director Guillaume Broche thanked the "incredible team" at Sandfall Interactive, most of whom were in attendance and in costume. Broche extended his thanks to the "unsung heroes" of the video game industry, "the people who make tutorials on

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on how to make a game, because we had no idea how to make a game before."

The Game of the Year award goes to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33!

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Broche went on to issue a personal thank you to Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi, "who inspired me to become a game dev." Broche ended his speech by announcing

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Clair Obscur also won Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, Best Score And Music, Best Independent Game, Best Debut Indie Game, and Best RPG. Jennifer English won Best Peformance for her role in the game.

The only category Clair Obscur was nominated in that it didn't win was Best Audio Design, which went to EA's shooter, Battlefield 6. Still, it's a remarkable result for the relatively small team at Sandfall Interactive, especially given Clair Obscur is its debut title.

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