Our program continues.
Another day, another Game of the Year (GOTY) 2025 award. This time, Stevivor staffers are declaring what we view as the best role-playing game, or RPG, of the year.
Simply put, RPG lovers ate well in 2025. Indie darling Clair Obscur Expedition 33 was our hands-down favourite of the year, followed in a tight race for second and third, respectively in Obsidian’s The Outer Worlds 2 and Avowed.
“This is a game that will ALWAYS do the Cool Thing, in its visuals or storytelling or combat, every time,” Matt wrote in his 9.5/10 review back in April. “To me it reads as a love letter to the power fantasy of a fantasy RPG, and I love that maximalist response to the player fantasy.”
If you’re hungry for RPGs, you can also check out our 9.5/10 review of The Outer Worlds here, and our 7.5 review of Avowed here.
Our Game of the Year 2025 awards program will run through until the end of the year. Tomorrow, we’re awarding Best Action-Adventure Game of the Year.
Catch up on previous awards below.
Stevivor’s Game of the Year (GOTY) Awards 2025
- Best Sports: Rematch
- Best RPG: Clair Obscur Expedition 33
- Best Action-Adventure: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Best Multiplayer: Battlefield 6
- Best Ongoing: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
- Best Indie: Ball x Pit
- Best Audio: Battlefield 6
- Best Narrative: Clair Obscur Expedition 33
- Best Direction: Clair Obscur Expedition 33
- Best Exclusive: Donkey Kong Bananza
- Game of the Year: Clair Obscure Expedition 33
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