The IGN Community Awards 2025

"For those who travel after." It's a elemental but effectual operation from this year's Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, 1 that was stuck successful the minds of galore for astir an full year. But though Expedition 33 won the hearts of many, it was acold from alone. 2025 saw the merchandise of the hotly anticipated Hollow Knight: Silksong, and with the merchandise of the Nintendo Switch 2 we got a caller Mario Kart, Donkey Kong, and the sequel to IGN's 2020 Game of the Year, Hades 2. Over successful the satellite of amusement we got plentifulness of large movies similar Superman, Sinners, Weapons, and perchance the champion Predator movie ever successful Predator: Badlands.

Every year, crossed each forms of media, determination are situations wherever critics and audiences either hold oregon disagree. That's ne'er going to change, we're talking astir opinions, aft all, though this twelvemonth we decidedly saw much alignment than normal. Every year, we inquire you each to ballot connected each of our grant categories, and galore of our awards person gone to the games, shows, and movies that you chose, too. That's a large motion that our thoughts and opinions are aligned with our community's.

But what did you ballot for? Here are the implicit results for each Community Award, voted connected by you, the IGN assemblage (Results finalized astatine 12/20 12AM ET).

Best Sci-Fi oregon Fantasy Movie 2025

Winner: Predator: Badlands (33.1% of the votes)

Best Comic Book oregon Graphic Novel

Winner: Batman: Dark Patterns (40.4% of votes)

Best Anime of 2025

Winner: Dan Da Dan (49.4% of votes)

Best Action-Adventure Game of 2025

Winner: Ghost of Yotei (29.6% of the votes)

Best Horror Movie of 2025

Winner: Sinners (41.5% of votes)

Best Playstation Game of 2025

Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (43.6% of votes)

Best RPG of 2025

Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (66.8% of votes)

Best Nintendo Game of 2025

Winner: Donkey Kong Bananza (49.9% of votes)

Best Xbox Game of 2025

Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (60.2% of votes)

Best PC Game of 2025

Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (51.2% of votes)

Best Strategy Game of 2025

Winner: Anno 117: Pax Romana (25.5% of votes)

Best Puzzle Game of 2025

Winner: Blue Prince (72.9% of votes)

Best Roguelike Game of 2025

Winner: Hades 2 (57.2% of votes)

Best Action Game of 2025

Winner: Hades 2 (58.8% of votes)

Best Shooter Game of 2025

Winner: Arc Raiders (28.3% of votes)

Best Superhero Movie of 2025

Winner: Superman (57.3% of votes)

Best TV Show of 2025

Winner: Andor (38.0% of votes)

Best TV Episode of 2025

Winner: Andor Season 2, Episode 8 - “Who Are You?” (46.9% of votes)

Best Ensemble Cast successful a TV Show oregon Movie of 2025

Winner: Andor Season 2 (39.9%)

Best Performer successful a TV amusement oregon Movie

Winner: Genevieve O'Reilly (Mon Mothma, Andor) (29.2% of votes)

Best Performer successful a Movie of 2025

Winner: Michael B. Jordan (Elijah "Smoke" Moore and Elias "Stack" Moore, Sinners) (36.8% of votes)

Best Ensemble Cast successful a Video Game of 2025

Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (65.2% of votes)

Best Performance successful a Video Game of 2025

Winner: Jennifer English (Maelle, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33) (36.5% of votes)

Best Video Game Music/Score of 2025

Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (67.5% of votes)

Best Art Direction successful a Video Game of 2025

Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (58.5% of votes)

Best Remake oregon Remastered Game of 2025

Winner: The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered (34.6% of votes)

Best Movie of 2025

Winner: Sinners (24.7% of votes)

Best Game of 2025

Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (50.8% of votes)

Thank you to everyone who participated successful our community-voted awards categories this year. In 17 of the 23 categories, the victor garnered implicit 40% of the full votes, showing a consciousness of unity connected what you recovered to beryllium your favorites successful 2025. Clair Obscur, arsenic expected by many, ran the gauntlet to triumph each 9 of the categories it was nominated in. Meanwhile, Andor was a immense assemblage favorite, sweeping each 4 of the categories astir TV. The triumph by the astir constrictive borderline goes to Predator: Badlands, which took location the triumph for Best Sci-fi oregon Fantasy Movie implicit Frankenstein by lone 1.1%, portion Blue Prince won by the biggest margin, taking location implicit 72% of votes successful the Best Puzzle Game category. Thank you again to everyone who voted. And now, with large games similar GTA 6, Marvel's Wolverine, and different large releases connected the horizon, we look guardant to seeing however 2026 turns retired and learning your favorites this clip adjacent year.

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Jada Griffin is IGN's Community Lead. If she's not engaging with users here, chances are she's processing her ain games, maxing the Luck stat successful her favourite games, oregon challenging her D&D players with Intense combat oregon masterful puzzles. You tin travel her connected Bluesky @Jadarina.bsky.social