There's typically one game that stands head and shoulders above its competitors when it comes to Game of the Year season, and in 2025, that game was Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. As we move from 2025 and into 2026, it's starting to become clear that Expedition 33 might not just stand above games released in the same year, but also over pretty much every other game to have been crowned GOTY.
Game of the Year season is longer than you might think. Awards start getting handed out as early as October, and there will be some still to come from those who prefer to wait until the year is over before deciding its best game. A lot of awards have been handed out at this stage, though, and according to numbers collated via a very thorough thread on ResetEra, Expedition 33 already has the second-most Game of the Year awards ever.
According to the numbers shared on ResetEra, Expedition 33 has already racked up a whopping 345 Game of the Year awards. It's actually gone up one between me starting this article and writing this sentence. An incredible number, and more than any other game in history. Well, almost....
