Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 reigns over France
This year, undoubtedly more than any other, it is difficult to carve out a place among the big favorites for the 2026 edition. Or rather, should we say “THE” favorite, because Chiaroscuro: Expedition 33 obviously had his cards to play, he who has already won everywhere else.
And unsurprisingly, the circle has come full circle since the Montpellier game is rewarded en masse on French soil, winning four awards… out of its four nominations. Let us also salute the success of the poignant and impactful Wednesdayswho leaves with two prizes. Same harvest for the very good roguelite beat’em up Absolute.
Here is the list of winners in each category of these 2026 Pégases:
Best video game
- The Rogue Prince of Persia
- Absolute
- Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Best Independent Video Game
- Sol Cesto
- Winner: Absolute
- Wednesdays
- Rematch
Best mobile video game
- Spongebob: Patty Pursuit 2
- Molang Match’n Munch
- Winner: Whispers of the Sun
Best first video game
- Winner: The Rogue Prince of Persia
- Carimara – Beneath the Forlorn Limbs
- Drop Duchy
Best student video game
- 12 Memory Lane
- Winner: Candellum
- Barrel Roll
Beyond video games
- Fireside Feelings
- A Better World
- Winner: Wednesdays
Visual excellence
- Absolute
- Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- The Rogue Prince of Persia
Best sound world
- The Rogue Prince of Persia
- Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Absolute
Narrative excellence
- Crown Gambit
- The Amerzone: The Explorer’s Testament
- Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Wednesdays
Best game design
- Winner: Absolute
- Sol Cesto
- Drop Duchy
Best technological innovation
- Plan B: Terraform
- Winner: Rematch
- Sheepherds!
Better accessibility
- Sheepherds!
- Winner: Wednesdays
- Whispers of the Sun
Best operating service
- Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Valley of Memory
- Winner: Ravenswatch
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
Best foreign video game
- Dispatch
- Winner: Hades II
- Kingdom Come Deliverance II
Best foreign independent video game
- Winner: Hollow Knight Silksong
- Dispatch
- Hades II
Best foreign mobile video game
- Subnautica
- Planet of Lana
- Winner: The Storyteller
Personality of the year
- Alexis Garavaryan (CEO of Kepler Interactive)