adminThe BAFTA Game Awards 2026 celebrated achievements across game design, performance, audio, music and more. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Dispatch led the awards, winning three prizes each. The results also recognised titles including Ghost of Yōtei, Atomfall and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.
Image credit: Sandfall Interactive/AdHoc Studio
BAFTA Game Awards 2026: top winners
Sandfall Interactive’s role-playing game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won Best Game and Debut Game. Jennifer English was also recognised for her performance as Maelle, earning Performer in a Leading Role.
AdHoc Studio’s episodic game Dispatch received awards for Animation and Audio Achievement. Jeffrey Wright won Performer in a Supporting Role for his portrayal of Chase. Together, the results gave both games three awards apiece.
Ghost of Yōtei, developed by Sucker Punch Productions, won Music and Technical Achievement. These categories highlight different aspects of a game’s production, from its sound and score to the technology behind the finished experience.
Other notable BAFTA Game Awards 2026 winners
The remaining awards recognised a wide range of games and creative approaches. Atomfall won British Game, while Despelote received Game Beyond Entertainment. South of Midnight was named New Intellectual Property.
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach took Artistic Achievement, and Blue Prince won Game Design. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 received the Narrative award, while No Man’s Sky was recognised as Evolving Game. The awards also included Multiplayer and Family categories, won by Arc Raiders and Lego Party, respectively.
Supercell CEO and co-founder Ilkka Paananen received a BAFTA Fellowship. The honour recognised his contributions to the games industry and his work as an investor and mentor through Illusian and the Ilkka Paananen Foundation.
Full list of BAFTA Game Awards 2026 winners
Use the category list below to find the winner most relevant to your interests, whether you are looking for standout performances, storytelling or technical achievements.
- Best Game: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
- Debut Game: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- British Game: Atomfall (Rebellion)
- Evolving Game: No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
- Multiplayer: Arc Raiders (Embark Studios)
- Family: Lego Party (SMG Studio/Fictions)
- Game Beyond Entertainment: Despelote
- Game Design: Blue Prince (Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena/Panic)
- Narrative: Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 (Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver)
- Performer in a Leading Role: Jennifer English as Maelle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Performer in a Supporting Role: Jeffrey Wright as Chase in Dispatch
- Animation: Dispatch (AdHoc Studio)
- Artistic Achievement: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Audio Achievement: Dispatch
- Music: Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- New Intellectual Property: South of Midnight (Compulsion Games/Xbox Game Studios)
- Technical Achievement: Ghost of Yōtei
What the results show
The BAFTA Game Awards 2026 winners span debut releases, established series and new intellectual properties. For players choosing what to explore next, the categories offer a useful starting point: performance and narrative awards can help identify character-focused games, while design, audio and technical honours point to other areas of achievement.
