The nominations for the 2025 BAFTA Games Awards were unveiled in London on Thursday, with a total of 42 games selected across 17 categories by more than 1,700 BAFTA members. Founded in 2004, the honors celebrate “creative excellence in video games and the people who make them.”
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads the noms with 12 nods, followed by Dispatch with nine, Ghost of Yōtei with eight, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach with seven and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle with six.
Aaron Paul, Charlie Cox and Jeffrey Wright are among the first-time performance nominees.
A total of 255 games were considered by BAFTA members this year, and they were released between Nov. 16, 2024 and Nov. 14, 2025. BAFTA had revealed the longlists in December.
Said Tara Saunders, chair of BAFTA’s Games committee: “This year’s nominations reflect an industry reshaping itself — with a vibrant mix of established studios standing alongside a wide range of independent studios and a number of development teams earning nominations for the first time. The exceptional craft, artistry and innovation behind these titles shines through. A nomination is an extraordinary achievement, and I extend my warmest congratulations to every nominee for their innovation, hard work and resilience.”
The winners will be unveiled at the BAFTA Games Awards on April 17. Check out the nominations below.
ANIMATION
BATTLEFIELD 6 Development Team – Battlefield Studios/Electronic Arts
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Masaaki Kawata, Laurie Jezequel – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
DISPATCH Development Team – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
HADES II Craig Harris, Nikita Taranduke, Jen Zee – Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games
HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG Development Team – Team Cherry/Team Cherry
ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT
CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Yoji Shinkawa, Megan Tuckwell – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
DISPATCH Derek Stratton – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG Development Team – Team Cherry/Team Cherry
SOUTH OF MIDNIGHT Development Team – Compulsion Games/Xbox Game Studios
AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT
ARC RAIDERS Bence Pajor, Olof Strömqvist, Simon Svanbäck – Embark Studios/Embark Studios
CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Hiroyuki Nakayama – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
DISPATCH Development Team – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Development Team – MachineGames/Bethesda
BEST GAME
ARC RAIDERS Aleksander Grøndal, Stefan Strandberg, Virgil Watkins – Embark Studios/Embark Studios
BLUE PRINCE Development Team – Dogubomb/Raw Fury
CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
DISPATCH Nick Herman, Dennis Lenart, Pierre Shorette – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Development Team – MachineGames/Bethesda
BRITISH GAME
ATOMFALL Development Team – Rebellion/Rebellion
CITIZEN SLEEPER 2: STARWARD VECTOR Gareth Damian Martin, Guillaume Singelin, Amos Roddy – Jump Over the Age/Fellow Traveller
MAFIA: THE OLD COUNTRY Development Team – Hangar 13/2K
MONUMENT VALLEY 3 Development Team – ustwo games/ustwo games
POWERWASH SIMULATOR 2 Development Team – FuturLab/FuturLab
TWO POINT MUSEUM Development Team – Two Point Studios/SEGA
DEBUT GAME
BLUE PRINCE Development Team – Dogubomb/Raw Fury
CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
CONSUME ME Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson – Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, Ken “coda” Snyder/ Hexecutable LLC
DESPELOTE Development Team – Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena/Panic
DISPATCH Nick Herman, Dennis Lenart, Pierre Shorette – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
THE MIDNIGHT WALK Development Team – MoonHood/Fast Travel Games
EVOLVING GAME
FALLOUT 76 Development Team – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda
HELLDIVERS 2 Development Team – Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive Entertainment
HITMAN WORLD OF ASSASSINATION Development Team – IO Interactive/IO Interactive
NO MAN’S SKY Development Team – Hello Games/Hello Games
VAMPIRE SURVIVORS Development Team – poncle/poncle
WARHAMMER 40,000: SPACE MARINE 2 Dmitry Grigorenko, Oliver Hollis-Leick, Anatolii Koruka – Saber Interactive/Focus Entertainment Publishing
FAMILY
DONKEY KONG BANANZA Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
IS THIS SEAT TAKEN? Ausiàs Dalmau, Sergi Pérez – Poti Poti/Wholesome Games Presents
LEGO PARTY! Development Team – SMG Studio/Fictions
MARIO KART WORLD Development Team – Nintendo/Nintendo
POWERWASH SIMULATOR 2 Development Team – FuturLab/FuturLab
TWO POINT MUSEUM Development Team – Two Point Studios/SEGA
GAME BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT
THE ALTERS Development Team – 11 bit studios/11 bit studios
AND ROGER Yona, Yasuhiro Nakashima – TearyHand Studio/Kodansha
CITIZEN SLEEPER 2: STARWARD VECTOR Gareth Damian Martin, Guillaume Singelin, Amos Roddy – Jump Over the Age/Fellow Traveller
CONSUME ME Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson – Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, Ken “coda” Snyder/ Hexecutable LLC
DESPELOTE Julian Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena, Gabe Cuzzillo – Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena/Panic
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: HEART OF CHORNOBYL Development Team – GSC Game World/GSC Game World
GAME DESIGN
BALL X PIT Kenny Sun – Kenny Sun & Friends/Devolver Digital
BLUE PRINCE Tonda Ros – Dogubomb/Raw Fury
CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
HADES II Amir Rao, Gavin Simon, Greg Kasavin – Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games
SPLIT FICTION Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
MULTIPLAYER
ARC RAIDERS Aleksander Grøndal, Virgil Watkins – Embark Studios/Embark Studios
DUNE: AWAKENING Marcos Pereira, Paul Vallet, Hugo Gonçalves – Funcom/Funcom
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN Development Team – FROMSOFTWARE INC./BANDAI NAMCO
LEGO PARTY! Development Team – SMG Studio/Fictions
PEAK Development Team – Aggro Crab & Landfall/Aggro Crab & Landfall
SPLIT FICTION Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
MUSIC
CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Lorien Testard, Alice Duport-Percier – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Woodkid, Ludvig Forssell – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
DISPATCH Andrew Arcadi, Skyler Barto – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
GHOST OF YŌTEI Toma Otowa, Peter Scaturro, Keith Leary – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG Christopher Larkin – Team Cherry/Team Cherry
INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Gordy Haab, Pete Ward, Christoffer Larsson – MachineGames/Bethesda
NARRATIVE
THE ALTERS Tomasz Kisilewicz, Katarzyna Tybinka – 11 bit studios/11 bit studios
BLUE PRINCE Tonda Ros – Dogubomb/Raw Fury
CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Guillaume Broche, Jennifer Svedberg-Yen – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Kenji Yano, Ray Khalastchi – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Development Team – MachineGames/Bethesda
KINGDOM COME: DELIVERANCE II Development Team – Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver
NEW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
THE ALTERS Development Team – 11 bit studios/11 bit studios
ARC RAIDERS Aleksander Grøndal, Stefan Strandberg, Robert Sammelin – Embark Studios/Embark Studios
CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
DISPATCH Pierre Shorette, Dennis Lenart, Nick Herman – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
SOUTH OF MIDNIGHT Development Team – Compulsion Games/Xbox Game Studios
SPLIT FICTION Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
PERFORMER IN A LEADING ROLE
AARON PAUL as Robert Robertson in Dispatch – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
BEN STARR as Verso in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
ERIKA ISHII as Atsu in Ghost Of Yōtei – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
JENNIFER ENGLISH as Maelle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
TOM MCKAY as Henry Of Skalitz in Kingdom Come: Deliverance II – Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver
TROY BAKER as Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle -MachineGames/Bethesda
PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
ALIX WILTON REGAN as Lea Florence Monad in Lies Of P: Overture – NEOWIZ/NEOWIZ
CHARLIE COX as Gustave in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
JANE PERRY as Lia Cain in Dead Take – Surgent Studios/Pocketpair Publishing
JEFFREY WRIGHT as Chase in Dispatch – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
KIRSTY RIDER as Lune in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
TROY BAKER as Higgs in Death Stranding 2: On The Beach – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
ARC RAIDERS Robert Träffe, Martin Singh-Blom – Embark Studios/Embark Studios
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Akio Sakamoto, Neil Johnson – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
DOOM: THE DARK AGES Development Team – id Software/Bethesda
GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Development Team – MachineGames/Bethesda
SPLIT FICTION Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
