Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Crowned Best Game at BAFTA Games Awards 2026: Full List of Winners
At the BAFTA Games Awards 2026, Clair Obscur Expedition 33’s victory lap ended Friday with three wins — including winning ‘Best Game’ prize. In a remarkable awards season run, which won nearly every major Game of the Year trophy, Expedition 33’s coronation at The BAFTA was ended by its incredible wins in an epic award-winning series that saw it win virtually every single major game of this year. Besides ‘Best Game’, French independent developer Sandfall Interactive’s turn-based RPG also won ‘Debut Game and the award for Jennifer English in a total of 12 nominations.
In addition to winning in the BAFTA Games Awards, AdHoc Studio’s narrative-driven superhero adventure game Dispatch won ‘Animation,’ ‘Audio Achievement and’ as well as being awarded with wins for ‘Performer in a Supporting Role’ categories.
In ‘Music’ and ‘Technical Achievement’, Sony won two prizes for the award-winning Ghost of Yotei (as well as a sequel) while Warhorse Studios’ RPG Kingdome Come Deliverance 2 was also awarded the prize for ‘Narrativetive’. ‘’.
A few other winners at the ceremony included multiplayer hit Arc Raiders, indie darling Blue Prince and Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding 2 On The Beach. Here’s the full list of winners at the BAFTA Games Awards 2026.
BAFTA Games Awards 2026 Winners
Animation
Winner – Dispatch (Development Team – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio)
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)
Ghost of Yotei (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
Winner – Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Hideo Kojima, Yoji Shinkawa, Megan Tuckwell – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
Dispatch (Derek Stratton – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio)
Ghost of Yotei (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
Winner – Dispatch (Development Team – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio)
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
Ghost of Yotei (Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (Development Team – MachineGames/Bethesda)
Best Game
Winner – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
Arc Raiders (Aleksander Grøndal, Stefan Strandberg, Virgil Watkins – Embark Studios/Embark Studios)
Blue Prince (Development Team – Dogubomb/Raw Fury)
Dispatch (Nick Herman, Dennis Lenart, Pierre Shorette – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio)
Ghost of Yotei (Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (Development Team – MachineGames/Bethesda)
British Game
Winner – 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
Winner – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
Blue Prince (Development Team – Dogubomb/Raw Fury)
Consume Me (Jenny Jiao HsiA AP Thomson – Jenny Jianhsina, APA Thomson), PH Thomson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, 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
Winner – No Man’s Sky (Development Team – Hello Games/Hello Games)
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)
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
Winner – Lego Party! (Development Team – SMG Studio/Fictions)
Donkey Kong Bananza (Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Is This Seat Taken? (Ausiàs Dalmau, Sergi Pérez – Poti Poti/Wholesome Games Presents)
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
Winner – Despelote (Julian Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena, Gabe Cuzzillo – Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena/Panic)
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)
Take Me (Jenny Jiao HsiA AP Thomson – Jenny JinnY, PH Thomson ‘P’hseljia O.R. Hoda” Snyder/Hexecutable LLC) Jie En Lee; Violet W-P; Ken “codat.”
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl (Development Team – GSC Game World/GSC Game World)
Game Design
Winner – Blue Prince (Tonda Ros – Dogubomb/Raw Fury)
Ball x Pit (Kenny Sun – Kenny Sun & Friends/Devolver Digital)
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
Ghost of Yotei (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
Winner – 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/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
Winner – Ghost of Yotei (Toma Otowa, Peter Scaturro, Keith Leary – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
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)
Hollow Knight: Silksong (Christopher Larkin – Team Cherry/Team Cherry)
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (Gordy Haab, Pete Ward, Christoffer Larsson – MachineGames/Bethesda)
Narrative
Winner – Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 (Development Team – Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver)
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)
New Intellectual Property
Winner – South of Midnight (Development Team – Compulsion Games/Xbox Game Studios)
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)
Split Fiction (Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts)
Performer in a Leading Role
Winner – Jennifer English as Maelle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
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 Yotei – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Tom McKay as Henry Of Skalitz in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 – Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver
Troy Baker as Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – MachineGames/Bethesda
Performer in a Supporting Role
Winner – Jeffrey Wright as Chase in Dispatch – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
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
Kristy 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
Winner – Ghost of Yotei (Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
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)
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (Development Team – MachineGames/Bethesda)
Split Fiction (Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts)
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