Wuthering Waves: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Wuthering Waves collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2025 and finished No. 38; the season went to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 with 540. The Game Awards named Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 its Game of the Year.

Wuthering Waves (Chinese: 鸣潮; pinyin: Míng Cháo; lit. 'Sound Tide') is a 2024 free-to-play open world gacha action role-playing game developed and published by Kuro Games.

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Wuthering Waves finished #38 in the 2025 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

1Total awards
0Media outlets
1Readers' choice
1Countries

Also in the 2025 season: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (540), Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (48), Hollow Knight: Silksong (24), Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound (1), Dynasty Warriors: Origins (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Wuthering Waves win?

Wuthering Waves won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2025 season — 0.1% of every award tracked that season. 0 came from editorial picks and 1 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Wuthering Waves win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 38 in 2025, behind Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which collected 540 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released22 May 2024
DeveloperKuro Games
PublisherKuro Games, NIJIGEN GAMES

action role-playing game
gacha game
IOS
Android (operating system)
PlayStation 5
Microsoft Windows
Xbox Series X and Series S

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
The Game Awards Readers	United States	2025

← Full 2025 results

Updated 2 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.