Not Troy Baker: 12 Game Performances That Stole the Show This Year

Troy Baker is one of the best-known voice actors in games, and his long list of credits is documented on his Wikipedia page. That said, many other performers delivered notable work in recent releases. Below we list concrete facts about standout performances from the last year, including who voiced which character and where that work appears.

1. Jennifer English as Maelle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
2. Gabe Cuzzillo as Nate in Baby Steps
3. Brandon Keener as Kai in Avowed
4. Luca Marinelli as Neil Vanna in Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
5. Alex Jordan as The Jans in The Alters
6. Marios Gavrillis as Emmerich Voss in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
7. Becca Q. Co as Nemesis in Hades 2
8. Kelly Burke as The Traveler in Cronos: The New Dawn
9. Johnny Santiago as Don Bernardo Torrisi in Mafia: The Old Country
10. Makoto Koji as Hornet in Hollow Knight: Silksong
11. The developers of Peak as Bing Bong in Peak

Jennifer English as Maelle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Jennifer English voices the protagonist Maelle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. She previously voiced Latenna in Elden Ring (2022) and Shadowheart in Baldur’s Gate 3 (2023). In Clair Obscur, English performs Maelle across the game’s acts and delivers lines that reflect the character’s changing circumstances.

Gabe Cuzzillo as Nate in Baby Steps

Gabe Cuzzillo, who is one of the developers of Baby Steps, provides the voice for the player character Nate. The game presents Nate as a comically awkward protagonist, and Cuzzillo recorded the character’s spoken lines as part of the game’s audio content.

Brandon Keener as Kai in Avowed

Brandon Keener voices the companion character Kai in Avowed. Keener is known for other companion roles in RPGs, and in Avowed he is the first companion who joins the player’s party.

Luca Marinelli as Neil Vanna in Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

Luca Marinelli performs the role of Neil Vanna in Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. Neil appears as a recurring vision experienced by the main character, and Marinelli’s recorded scenes present the character’s development across the game’s story beats.

Alex Jordan as The Jans in The Alters

Alex Jordan voices the player character Jan Dolski and also provides voices for multiple cloned iterations of Jan (the “alters”) in The Alters. Jordan recorded distinct vocal performances for each alter to differentiate them within the cast of characters.

Marios Gavrillis as Emmerich Voss in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Marios Gavrillis voices the antagonist Emmerich Voss in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Gavrillis’ vocal work is used for Voss’s cutscenes and in-game dialogue where the character appears.

Becca Q. Co as Nemesis in Hades 2

Becca Q. Co provides the voice for the character Nemesis in Hades 2. Nemesis is a recurring rival encounter within the game; the recorded lines are performed with a distinct vocal timbre that the developers used during runs and challenge encounters.

Kelly Burke as The Traveler in Cronos: The New Dawn

Kelly Burke voices the protagonist known as The Traveler in Cronos: The New Dawn. The Traveler character wears a suit that obscures face and body, and Burke is credited with the character’s vocal performance. According to the developers, Burke contributed ideas during production, including a moment the studio described on their Instagram post.

Johnny Santiago as Don Bernardo Torrisi in Mafia: The Old Country

Johnny Santiago performs the role of Don Bernardo Torrisi in Mafia: The Old Country. Santiago is credited as the actor for that character in the game’s cast listings, and his recorded scenes appear in the game’s narrative moments.

Makoto Koji as Hornet in Hollow Knight: Silksong

Makoto Koji provides the voices for the character Hornet in Hollow Knight: Silksong. Koji has described in interviews that much of Hornet’s recorded vocalizations were invented or performed instinctually; this detail is reported in coverage at The Verge. Additionally, some commentary about acting technique in relation to vocalization can be found in a publicly available PDF on that site.

The developers of Peak as Bing Bong in Peak

The team behind Peak (Aggro Crab) included a recorded character named Bing Bong and provided developers’ voices and scripted lines for that character. The studio confirmed details about the character in public developer commentary.

These entries list the credited performers, the characters they voice, and the games where those performances appear. For direct source material, the article reproduces publicly available pages and developer statements linked above.