Winners of Game Developers Choice Awards, Expedition 33 Wins Big Again
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 dominates the 2026 Game Developers Choice Awards, winning Game of the Year and four awards in total. See the full winners list.
The Game Developers Choice Awards have wrapped up, and if you’ve been following the awards circuit over the past year, the outcome will feel very familiar. Clair Obscur Expedition 33 once again walked away with several major wins. Just like in many events throughout last year, the acclaimed RPG also secured the night’s biggest honor, the Game of the Year.
Winners of Game Developers Choice Awards 2026
The Game Developers Choice Awards are widely considered one of the most respected recognitions in the industry. Rather than critics or media outlets, the votes come from game developers themselves, like people who work across design, programming, art, and production throughout the industry.
That peer recognition is what makes the awards particularly special as the games being celebrated are judged by those who understand the craft behind them. But of course, the community still gets its moment through with the Audience Award.
The big story of the night was once again Clair Obscur Expedition 33. The RPG continued its awards streak by claiming multiple trophies including Game of the Year, adding yet another GOTY award under its belt.
Across the nine categories at this year’s ceremony, Clair Obscur Expedition 33 took home five awards in total. Blue prince, another standout title from last year won 2, while Death Stranding 2, Consume Me, and And Roger each won 1 award.
- Game of the Year
- WINNER: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
- Blue Prince (Dogubomb / Raw Fury)
- Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
- Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry)
- Split Fiction (Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts)
*Honorable Mentions: Absolum (Guard Crush Games, Dotemu, Supamonks / Dotemu), BALL X PIT (Kenny Sun & Friends / Devolver Digital), Hades II (Supergiant Games)
- Social Impact
- WINNER: Consume Me (Jenny Jiao Hsia)
- And Roger (TearyHand Studio / Kodansha)
- Despelote (Julián Cordero, Sebastián Valbuena / Panic)
- Dispatch (AdHoc Studio)
*Honorable Mentions: Herdling (Okomotive / Panic), Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (DON’T NOD Montréal, DON’T NOD ), PEAK (Team PEAK / Aggro Crab, Landfall), To a T (uvula LLC / Annapurna Interactive)
- Best Visual Art
- WINNER: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
- Absolum (Guard Crush Games, Dotemu, Supamonks / Dotemu)
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Hades II (Supergiant Games)
- Keeper (Double Fine Productions / Xbox Game Studios)
*Honorable Mentions: Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry), South of Midnight (Compulsion Games / Xbox Game Studios), Sword of the Sea (Giant Squid), The Midnight Walk (MoonHood / Fast Travel Games)
- Best Technology
- WINNER: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
- Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
- Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Split Fiction (Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts)
*Honorable Mentions: ARC Raiders (Embark Studios), Battlefield 6 (Battlefield Studios / Electronic Arts), Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry), Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 (Warhorse Studios / Deep Silver), PEAK (Team PEAK / Aggro Crab, Landfall)
- Best Narrative
- WINNER: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
- Despelote (Julián Cordero, Sebastián Valbuena / Panic)
- Dispatch (AdHoc Studio)
- Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Split Fiction (Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts)
*Honorable Mentions: Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (DON’T NOD Montréal, DON’T NOD), South of Midnight (Compulsion Games / Xbox Game Studios), The Outer Worlds 2 (Obsidian Entertainment / Xbox Game Studios), The Séance of Blake Manor (Spooky Doorway / Raw Fury)
- Innovation Award
- WINNER: Blue Prince (Dogubomb / Raw Fury)
- BALL X PIT (Kenny Sun & Friends / Devolver Digital)
- Baby Steps (Gabe Cuzzillo, Maxi Boch, Bennett Foddy / Devolver Digital)
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
- Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
*Honorable Mentions: CloverPit (Panik Arcade / Future Friends Games), Consume Me (Jenny Jiao Hsia), REPO (Semiwork Studios), Sunderfolk (Secret Door / Dreamhaven), To a T (uvula LLC / Annapurna Interactive)
- Best Design
- WINNER: Blue Prince (Dogubomb / Raw Fury)
- BALL X PIT (Kenny Sun & Friends / Devolver Digital)
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
- Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
- Split Fiction (Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts)
*Honorable Mentions: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (Warhorse Studios / Deep Silver), The Alters (11 Bit Studios)
- Best Debut
- WINNER: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
- BALL X PIT (Kenny Sun & Friends / Devolver Digital)
- Blue Prince (Dogubomb / Raw Fury)
- Dispatch (Adhoc Studio)
*Honorable Mentions: ARC Raiders (Embark Studios), Consume Me (Jenny Jiao Hsia), Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry), The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy (Too Kyo Games, Media. Vision Inc. / Aniplex), The Roottrees are Dead (Evil Trout Inc.)
- Best Audio
- WINNER: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Rift of the NecroDancer (Brace Yourself Games, Tic Toc Games / Klei Publishing)
- South of Midnight (Compulsion Games / Xbox Game Studios)
*Honorable Mentions: ARC Raiders (Embark Studios), Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo), Doom: The Dark Ages (id Software / Bethesda Softworks), Lumines Arise (Enhance / Monstars Inc.), To a T (uvula LLC / Annapurna Interactive)
- Audience Award
- And Roger (TearyHand Studio / Kodansha)
- Lifetime Achievement Award
- Don Daglow
- Ambassador Award
- Rebecca Ann Heineman
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