The list of nominees for the BAFTA Games Awards 2026 has been announced.
The game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 became the leader with 12 nominations across 17 categories, including the main award — Best Game. Other titles with more than five nominations include Dispatch (9), Ghost of Yōtei (8), Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (7), and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (6).
Despite receiving seven nominations, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach was not nominated for Best Game.
Instead, the six finalists are: Clair Obscur, Dispatch, Ghost of Yōtei, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Blue Prince, and Arc Raiders.
The Ukrainian game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, developed by GSC Game World, received a nomination in the Game Beyond Entertainment category.
Full list of BAFTA Games Awards 2026 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
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 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!
- Peak
- 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 — Dispatch
- Ben Starr — Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Erika Ishii — Ghost of Yōtei
- Jennifer English — Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Tom McKay — Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
- Troy Baker — Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Performer in a Supporting Role
- Alix Wilton Regan — Lies of P: Overture
- Charlie Cox — Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Jane Perry — Dead Take
- Jeffrey Wright — Dispatch
- Kirsty Rider — Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Troy Baker — 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
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