We've still got a while before the BAFTA Games Awards. While we're all getting ready for a late night in Europe and waiting for Geoff Keighley's The Game Awards, the BAFTAs have revealed their first step in celebrating the creative and technical achievements of the biggest games of the past year.
The full longlists can be seen down below, sorted by category, but in short expect to hear a lot about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 again. The game that has been a GOTY frontrunner since it first released, and it pops up all over the place on the BAFTA longlist.
Elsewhere, we see other favourites from 2025 like Dispatch, ARC Raiders, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Hades II, Donkey Kong Bananza and more pop up in several categories. Not everyone can make the final round of nominations, though, so be sure to check back in with us in March to see the shortlist. The BAFTA Games Awards 2026 take place on the 17th of April, 2026.
ANIMATION
Assassin's Creed Shadows
Battlefield 6
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Dispatch
Donkey Kong Bananza
Ghost of Yōtei
Hades II
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
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
ARC Raiders
Battlefield 6
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Dispatch
Ghost of Yōtei
Hades II
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Split Fiction
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2
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
Atomfall
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
F1 25
Jurassic World Evolution 3
Little Nightmares III
Mafia: The Old Country
Monument Valley 3
PowerWash Simulator 2
Two Point Museum
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2
DEBUT GAME
Blue Prince
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Consume Me
Date Everything!
despelote
Dispatch
Is This Seat Taken?
The Midnight Walk
The Rogue Prince of Persia
Tiny Bookshop
EVOLVING GAME
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Cyberpunk 2077
Fallout 76
Helldivers 2
Hitman World of Assassination
Marvel Rivals
No Man's Sky
Sea of Thieves
The Elder Scrolls Online
Vampire Survivors
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
FAMILY
Donkey Kong Bananza
EA SPORTS FC 26
Is This Seat Taken?
LEGO Party!
Mario Kart World
Monument Valley 3
Pokémon Legends: Z-A
PowerWash Simulator 2
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
Two Point Museum
GAME BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT
and Roger
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Consume Me
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
despelote
Monument Valley 3
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
SILENT HILL f
The Alters
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