The nominations for the 2026 BAFTA Games Awards have been announced, with an array of 2025’s best experiences up for awards celebrating art, narrative, technical achievement, individual performance, and more.
Each year, the companion show to the BAFTA Film Awards shines a spotlight on games as an art form, elevating the talented developers working to create moving, impactful gaming experiences worldwide.
This year, a diverse array of games have been nominated for the awards, with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leading the pack, alongside Dispatch. The timing of Dispatch‘s release in late 2025 meant it missed out on many previous award ceremonies, but it gets fair due here, thankfully.
Of course, there’s also an assortment of plenty of other well-deserving games in the list.
BAFTA Games Awards 2026 noms – quick links
BAFTA Games Awards 2026: Full list of nominees
Here’s the full list of 2026 BAFTA Games Award nominations.
Animation
- Battlefield 6
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Dispatch
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hades II
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
Artistic Achievement
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Dispatch
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- South of Midnight
Audio Achievement
- Arc Raiders
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Dispatch
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Best Game
- Arc Raiders
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Dispatch
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
British Game
- Atomfall
- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
- Mafia: The Old Country
- Monument Valley 3
- PowerWash Simulator 2
- Two Point Museum
Debut Game
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Consume Me
- Despelote
- Dispatch
- The Midnight Walk
Evolving Game
- Fallout 76
- Helldivers 2
- Hitman: World of Assassination
- No Man’s Sky
- Vampire Survivors
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Family Game
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- Is This Seat Taken?
- Lego Party!
- Mario Kart World
- PowerWash Simulator 2
- Two Point Museum
Game Beyond Entertainment
- The Alters
- And Roger
- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
- Consume Me
- Despelote
- Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl
Game Design
- Ball x Pit
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hades II
- Split Fiction
Multiplayer
- Arc Raiders
- Dune: Awakening
- Elden Ring Nightreign
- Lego Party!
- Split Fiction
Music
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Dispatch
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Narrative
- The Alters
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
New Intellectual Property
- The Alters
- Arc Raiders
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Dispatch
- South of Midnight
- Split Fiction
Performer in a Leading Role
- Aaron Paul as Robert Robertson III in Dispatch
- Ben Starr as Verso in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Erika Ishii as Atsu in Ghost of Yōtei
- Jennifer English as Maelle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Tom McKay as Henry of Skalitz in Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
- Troy Baker as Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Performer in a Supporting Role
- Alix Wilton Regan as Lea Florence Monad in Lies Of P: Overture
- Charlie Cox as Gustave in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Jane Perry as Lia Cain in Dead Take
- Jeffrey Wright as Chase in Dispatch
- Kirsty Rider as Lune in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Troy Baker as Higgs in Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Technical Achievement
- Arc Raiders
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Doom: The Dark Ages
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Split Fiction
The winners of the 2026 BAFTA Games Awards will be announced in a ceremony taking place on 17 April.
