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BAFTA reveals longlist of the best 64 games of 2025

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Epic Games
Dec 9, 2025
The BAFTA Games Awards longlist hit today, revealing the 64 games selected by more than 1,700 BAFTA members as the best games of 2025.

The games, selected from 255 titles released between Nov. 16, 2024, and Nov. 14, 2025, are now in contention for at least one BAFTA nomination across 17 categories, including Best Game.

"The BAFTA Games Awards longlists offers a fantastic opportunity to spotlight the creativity and craft shaping this year’s games, ahead of nominations on 12 March," said Tara Saunders, chair of BAFTA's Games committee. "It’s a moment to acknowledge the breadth of remarkable work recognised by our wonderful BAFTA games members - 1,700 industry professionals whose expertise and passion continue to drive the games industry forward. This list showcases a wide range of games to dive into over the holiday season, honours the teams behind these standout titles, and shines a light on the incredible skill across our whole industry.”

BAFTA members will begin voting for the nominations in Best Game and British Game categories in February 2026, with specialist BAFTA juries voting for the remaining categories.

Those nominations will be announced on March 12, and the winners will be announced at the 2026 BAFTA Games Awards on April 17.

You can peruse the full longlist by category below.

ANIMATION

ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

  • Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

  • Dispatch

  • Ghost of Yōtei

  • Hades II

  • Hollow Knight: Silksong

  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

  • Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

  • South of Midnight

  • Sword of the Sea
     

AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT

BEST GAME

  • ARC Raiders

  • Blue Prince

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

  • Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

  • Dispatch

  • Ghost of Yōtei

  • Hades II

  • Hollow Knight: Silksong

  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

  • Split Fiction

 

BRITISH GAME

DEBUT GAME

EVOLVING GAME

 

FAMILY

GAME BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT

GAME DESIGN

  • BALL x PIT

  • Blue Prince

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

  • Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

  • Donkey Kong Bananza

  • Ghost of Yōtei

  • Hades II

  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

  • Split Fiction

  • The Alters
     

MULTIPLAYER

  • ARC Raiders

  • Battlefield 6

  • Borderlands 4

  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 7

  • Dune: Awakening

  • ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN

  • LEGO Party!

  • Mario Kart World

  • PEAK

  • Split Fiction

 

MUSIC

  • ARC Raiders

  • Blue Prince

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

  • Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

  • Dispatch

  • DOOM: The Dark Ages

  • Ghost of Yōtei

  • Hades II

  • Hollow Knight: Silksong

  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
     

NARRATIVE

  • Blue Prince

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

  • Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

  • Dispatch

  • Ghost of Yōtei

  • Hades II

  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

  • Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

  • Split Fiction

  • The Alters
     

NEW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

  • Absolum

  • ARC Raiders

  • Atomfall

  • BALL x PIT

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

  • Dispatch

  • PEAK

  • South of Midnight

  • Split Fiction

  • The Alters
     

PERFORMER IN A LEADING ROLE

  • Aaron Paul as Robert Robertson IN Dispatch

  • Alex Jordan as Jan Dolski (s) IN The Alters

  • 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

  • Judy Alice Lee as Melinoë IN Hades II

  • Kaja Chan as Mio IN Split Fiction

  • Laura Bailey as Invisigal IN Dispatch

  • Suzie Yeung as Hinako Shimizu IN SILENT HILL f

  • 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

  • Amelia Tyler as Hecate IN Hades II

  • Andy Serkis as Renoir IN Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

  • Charlie Cox as Gustave IN Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

  • David Menkin as Hans IN Still Wakes the Deep: Siren’s Rest

  • Jane Perry as Lia Cain IN Dead Take

  • Jeffrey Wright as Chase IN Dispatch

  • Kirsty Rider as Lune IN Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

  • Rich Keeble as Monoco IN Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

  • Troy Baker as Higgs IN Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
     

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT

  • ARC Raiders

  • Battlefield 6

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

  • Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

  • Donkey Kong Bananza

  • DOOM: The Dark Ages

  • Ghost of Yōtei

  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

  • Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

  • Split Fiction