Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is the front-runner of the 22nd BAFTA Games Awards nominees, gaining 12 nominations. 

More than 1,700 BAFTA members, all experienced games professionals, whittled the list of 64 longlisted games down to the 42 games below, celebrating the craft that goes into making the games we all love.

The awards cover 17 categories, from Animation and Audio to Best Game. The winners will be announced on April 17, at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre in London.

Here are the 2026 BAFTA Game Awards nominees:

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 WP, 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 WP, 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