The latest the game awards set a new viewership record
The Game Awards 2025 set a new all-time viewership record with 171 million viewers worldwide, despite criticism over announcements and expectations.
The ceremony was watched by 171 million people, Year after year, this figure continues to grow, no matter what.
This year, The Game Awards ceremony, long referred to as the gaming industry’s equivalent of the Oscars, faced a wave of criticism from gamers, There were genuinely few truly worthwhile announcements, a large amount of largely derivative game content was shown, and the expectations that had been inflated by the event’s organizers, including the ever-present host and producer Geoff Keighley, ultimately were not met.
Nevertheless, this did not prevent The Game Awards 2025 from once again setting a new viewership record, According to the organizers, this year’s event across all platforms drew 171 million views, exceeding last year’s result by 11 percent, At the same time, the peak concurrent online audience also reached a record high of 4.4 million viewers.
The number of restreams, where individual streamers watched The Game Awards live and broadcast it to their own audiences, surged by 50 percent compared to last year, reaching a total of 23,000 restreams.
It is worth recalling that this year’s undisputed triumph at The Game Awards was the role-playing game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Praised by both critics and players, the project won nine out of thirteen nominations, setting an all-time record in the history of the event, The RPG from Sandfall Interactive claimed victory in the main Game of the Year category and also took home awards for Best Narrative, Best Music, Best Role-Playing Game, Best Game Design, and several other less prominent but still notable categories.
