It's almost time to welcome in 2026, the year that we finally get to play Grand Theft Auto 6. But there's still a few days left to celebrate the greatest hits of this year, and that's exactly what the IGN Awards 2025 is here to do. There was a massive stack of great games, movies, and TV shows this year, and we want to honor the very best of the past 12 months of pop-culture.

This was the year when the long, long development of Hollow Knight: Silksong finally ended, and proved that good things really do come to those who wait. But 2025 was just as much about fresh faces as it was long-awaited sequels, with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 from new studio Sandfall Interactive being the topic of at least half of all gaming conversation for most of the year. Over on the big screen, the bluesy horror action of Sinners and the break-neck thrills of One Battle After Another had us on the edges of our seats, and in our living rooms we were glued to the twists and turns of Severance's second season and leafing through issues of Batman: Dark Patterns. All of these brilliant titles and more are nominated for one of our end-of-year awards.

Here we present the full list of nominees for the 2025 IGN Awards. Starting on Monday, December 15, and continuing throughout the week, we will announce the winners of our Best Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo game awards, the Best Movie, Best TV Show, and Best Anime, plus many more categories. This week of awards will culminate on Friday, December 19, where we will reveal IGN’s Game of the Year. Be sure to check back to this page every day, which will be updated with all of the winners as they are announced.

Before we start, a note about our platform-specific awards. We've not typically mandated that games on the best PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo shortlists have to be platform exclusives, but we've usually tried to choose games that are notably "aligned" with each console. This year, in recognition of shifting industry trends, we've decided that any game published on these platforms is fair game, regardless of exclusivity. The resulting shortlists tell an interesting story about how multi-platform, third-party games shaped each console in 2025 as much as their exclusives.

The IGN Awards are voted for by our content team, who are the people that create everything you read and watch on IGN, from social posts to in-depth reviews and multi-page guides. But we don't just want to tell you what we think was best this year: we want to know what you loved, too. Vote for your favourite games, movies, shows and more in the polls below.

The Best Game of 2025

• Blue Prince
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Donkey Kong Bananza
• Hades 2
• Hollow Knight: Silksong

The Best Movie of 2025

• Frankenstein
• KPop Demon Hunters
• One Battle After Another
• Marty Supreme
• Sinners
• Weapons

The Best TV Show of 2025

• Alien: Earth (season 1)
• Andor (season 2)
• The Pitt (season 1)
• Pluribus (season 1)
• The Rehearsal (season 2)
• Severance (season 2)

The Best Anime Series of 2025

• Apothecary Diaries (season 2)
• Dan Da Dan (season 2)
• Takopi's Original Sin
• The Summer Hikaru Died
• Zenshu

The Best Comic Book or Graphic Novel of 2025

• Absolute Wonder Woman
• Assorted Crisis Events
• Batman: Dark Patterns
• Drome
• Ice Cream Man

The Best PlayStation Game of 2025

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Dispatch
• Ghost of Yotei
• Hollow Knight: Silksong

The Best Xbox Game of 2025

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Keeper
• The Outer Worlds 2
• Split Fiction

The Best Nintendo Game of 2025

• Donkey Kong Bananza
• Hades 2
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Kirby Air Riders
• Mario Kart World

The Best PC Game of 2025

• Blue Prince
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Hades 2
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

The Best RPG of 2025

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
• The Outer Worlds 2
• Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter

The Best Action-Adventure Game of 2025

• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Donkey Kong Bananza
• Ghost of Yotei
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Split Fiction

The Best Action Game of 2025

• The First Berserker: Khazan
• Hades 2
• Monster Hunter Wilds
• Ninja Gaiden 4
• Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound

The Best Shooter Game of 2025

• Arc Raiders
• Battlefield 6
• Borderlands 4
• Doom: The Dark Ages
• Marvel Rivals*

*While Marvel Rivals was released in December 2024, it arrived too late to be considered for last year's IGN Awards. We have decided to make it eligible for this year's awards instead.

The Best Roguelike Game of 2025

• Ball x Pit
• Blue Prince
• Elden Ring Nightreign
• Hades 2
• Monster Train 2

The Best Puzzle Game of 2025

• Blue Prince
• Is This Seat Taken?
• Keeper
• Lumines Arise
• The Séance of Blake Manor

The Best Strategy Game of 2025

• Anno 117: Pax Romana
• Europa Universalis 5
• The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy
• Monster Train 2
• Two Point Museum

The Best Remake or Remastered Game of 2025

• Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake
• The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered
• Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles
• Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
• Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter

The Best Art Direction in a Video Game of 2025

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Ghost of Yotei
• Hades 2
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• South of Midnight

The Best Video Game Music/Score of 2025

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Donkey Kong Bananza
• Hades 2
• Hollow Knight: Silksong

The Best Performance in a Video Game of 2025

• Aaron Paul (Robert Robertson/Mecha Man, Dispatch)
• Ben Starr (Verso, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
• Erika Ishii (Atsu, Ghost of Yotei)
• Jennifer English (Maelle, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
• Konatsu Kato (Hinako Shimizu, Silent Hill f)

The Best Ensemble Cast in a Video Game of 2025

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Dispatch
• Ghost of Yotei
• Hades 2

The Best Performer in a Movie of 2025

• Amy Madigan (Gladys, Weapons)
• Chase Infiniti (Willa Ferguson, One Battle After Another)
• Jacob Elordi (The Creature, Frankenstein)
• Leonardo DiCaprio (Bob Ferguson, One Battle After Another)
• Michael B. Jordan (Elijah "Smoke" Moore and Elias "Stack" Moore, Sinners)
• Timothée Chalamet (Marty Mauser, Marty Supreme)

The Best Performer in a TV Show of 2025

• Babou Ceesay (Morrow, Alien: Earth)
• Genevieve O'Reilly (Mon Mothma, Andor)
• Noah Wyle (Dr. Michael "Robby" Robinavitch, The Pitt)
• Owen Cooper (Jamie Miller, Adolescence)
• Rhea Seehorn (Carol Sturka, Pluribus)

The Best Ensemble Cast in a TV Show or Movie of 2025

• Andor (season 2)
• One Battle After Another
• The Pitt (season 1)
• Severance (season 2)
• Sinners

The Best TV Episode of 2025

• Adolescence Season 1, Episode 3 - "Episode 3"
• Andor Season 2, Episode 8 - “Who Are You?”
• The Pitt Season 1, Episode 12 - "6:00 P.M."
• The Rehearsal Season 2, Episode 3 - "Pilot's Code"
• Severance Season 2, Episode 10 - "Cold Harbor"

The Best Superhero Movie of 2025

• The Fantastic Four: First Steps
• Superman
• Thunderbolts*

The Best Sci-Fi or Fantasy Movie of 2025

• Bugonia
• Companion
• Frankenstein
• Predator: Badlands
• Predator: Killer of Killers

The Best Horror Movie of 2025

• 28 Years Later
• Bring Her Back
• Sinners
• Together
• Weapons

Make sure to check back throughout the week starting December 15 as we will be unveiling new winners each day. IGN's Game of the Year 2025 will be announced on Friday, December 19!