The 2025-2026 BAFTA Games Awards took place today in London and, as the last major awards ceremony of the year, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 had a chance to complete its victory lap with one more big win.
While the BAFTAs typically zig where other awards shows zag, they followed the crowd this year and awarded “Best Game” to Sandfall’s turn-based RPG. On its way to a sweep of all four major awards (after also winning the top prize at the GDC Awards, DICE Awards, and The Game Awards), Clair Obscur collected two other statuettes during today’s BAFTA Games Awards ceremony. Sandfall’s freshman effort unsurprisingly won “Best Debut” and Jennifer English’s performance as Maelle won the award for “Performer in a Leading Role”.
Clair Obscur is in pretty good company right now, as the only two other sweeps we’ve seen were in 2018-2019 (for God of War) and 2023-2024 (for Baldur’s Gate 3). But I know what you’re thinking… does the imminent arrival of Grand Theft Auto VI mean we’ll see another sweep next year? I guess we’ll have to wait and see.
However, the BAFTA voting body also put out a call for a few other games at the BAFTA Games Awards today. That includes a trio of statuettes for Ad Hoc’s Dispatch (“Animation”, “Audio Achievement”, and “Performer in a Supporting Role” for Jeffrey Wright) and a pair for Sucker Punch’s Ghost of Yotei (“Technical Achievement” and “Music”).
A replay of the 2025-2026 BAFTA Games Awards ceremony can be found after the break, along with the rest of the winners and all the nominees. As always, the extended Longlist can also be found on the British Academy’s website.
Best Game
- WINNER – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- ARC Raiders
- Blue Prince
- Dispatch
- Ghost of Yotei
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Best British Game
- WINNER – Atomfall
- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
- Mafia: The Old Country
- Monument Valley 3
- PowerWash Simulator 2
- Two Point Museum
New Intellectual Property
- WINNER – South of Midnight
- The Alters
- ARC Raiders
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Dispatch
- Split Fiction
Debut Game
- WINNER – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Blue Prince
- Consume Me
- Despelote
- Dispatch
- The Midnight Walk
Performer in a Leading Role
- WINNER – Jennifer English (As Maelle) – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Aaron Paul (As Robert Robertson III) Dispatch
- Ben Starr (As Verso) – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Erika Ishii (As Atsu) – Ghost of Yotei
- Troy Baker (As Indiana Jones) – Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Tom McKay (As Henry of Skalitz) – Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Performer in a Supporting Role
- WINNER – Jeffrey Wright (As Chase) – Dispatch
- Charlie Cox (As Gustave) – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Kirsty Rider (As Lune) – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Jane Perry (As Lia Cain) – Dead Take
- Troy Baker (As Higgs) – Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Alix Wilton Regan (As Lea Florence Monad) – Lies Of P: Overture
Animation
- WINNER – Dispatch
- Battlefield 6
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Ghost of Yotei
- Hades II
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
Artistic Achievement
- WINNER – Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Dispatch
- Ghost of Yotei
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- South of Midnight
Audio Achievement
- WINNER – Dispatch
- ARC Raiders
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Ghost of Yotei
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Game Design
- WINNER – Blue Prince
- Ball X Pit
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Ghost of Yotei
- Hades II
- Split Fiction
Technical Achievement
- WINNER – Ghost of Yotei
- ARC Raiders
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Doom: The Dark Ages
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Split Fiction
Narrative
- WINNER – Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
- The Alters
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Multiplayer
- WINNER – ARC Raiders
- Dune: Awakening
- Elden Ring Nightreign
- Lego Party
- Split Fiction
Music
- WINNER – Ghost of Yotei
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Dispatch
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Family
- WINNER – Lego Party
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- Is This Seat Taken?
- Mario Kart World
- PowerWash Simulator 2
- Two Point Museum
Game Beyond Entertainment
- WINNER – Despelote
- The Alters
- And Roger
- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
- Consume Me
- STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl
Evolving Game
- WINNER – No Man’s Sky
- Fallout 76
- Helldivers II
- Hitman: World of Assassination
- Vampire Survivors
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II
BAFTA Fellowship
- WINNER – Ilkka Paananen