2025 BAFTA Games Awards: The Usual Suspects & Strange Surprises
Four months into the new year and we’re still handing out trophies for last year’s homework. Yes, it’s awards season again—just when you thought you were safe.
While the Oscars and Grammys might hog the glitz, the 2025 BAFTA Games Awards have taken a more British approach: no fanfare, lots of tea, and 17 categories that left us scratching our heads and wondering if we’ve even heard of half these games. The event finally wrapped up this week, and the results were… well, expected in some corners, and utterly bonkers in others.
Best Game
- Astro Bot
- Balatro
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Helldivers 2
- The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
- Thank Goodness You’re Here!
Animation
- Astro Bot
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Lego Horizon Adventures
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
- Thank Goodness You’re Here!
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Artistic Achievement
- Astro Bot
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Harold Halibut
- Neva
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
- Still Wakes the Deep
Audio Achievement
- Animal Well
- Astro Bot
- Helldivers 2
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
- Star Wars Outlaws
- Still Wakes the Deep
British Game
- A Highland Song
- Lego Horizon Adventures
- Paper Trail
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
- Still Wakes the Deep
- Thank Goodness You’re Here!
Debut Game
- Animal Well
- Balatro
- Pacific Drive
- The Plucky Squire
- Tales of Kenzera: Zau
- Thank Goodness You’re Here!
Evolving Game
- Diablo 4
- Final Fantasy 14 Online
- No Man’s Sky
- Sea of Thieves
- Vampire Survivors
- World of Warcraft
Family
- Astro Bot
- Cat Quest 3
- Lego Horizon Adventures
- Little Kitty, Big City
- The Plucky Squire
- Super Mario Party Jamboree
Game Beyond Entertainment
- Botany Manor
- Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop)
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
- Tales of Kenzera: Zau
- Tetris Forever
- Vampire Therapist
Game Design
- Animal Well
- Astro Bot
- Balatro
- Helldivers 2
- The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
- Tactical Breach Wizards
Multiplayer
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Helldivers 2
- Lego Horizon Adventures
- Super Mario Party Jamboree
- Tekken 8
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Music
- Astro Bot
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
- Helldivers 2
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
- Star Wars Outlaws
Narrative
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
- Metaphor: ReFantazio
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
- Still Wakes the Deep
New Intellectual Property
- Animal Well
- Balatro
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Metaphor: Refantazio
- Still Wakes the Deep
- Thank Goodness You’re Here!
Performer in a Leading Role
- Alec Newman, Still Wakes the Deep
- Humberly González, Star Wars Outlaws
- Isabella Inchbald, Indika
- Luke Roberts, Silent Hill 2
- Melina Juergens, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
- Y’lan Noel, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Performer in a Supporting Role
- Abbi Greenland & Helen Goalen, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
- Aldís Amah Hamilton, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
- Jon Blyth, Thank Goodness You’re Here!
- Karen Dunbar, Still Wakes the Deep
- Matt Berry, Thank Goodness You’re Here!
- Michael Abubakar, Still Wakes the Deep
Technical Achievement
- Astro Bot
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
- Tiny Glade
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
So there you have it. The 2024 BAFTA Games Awards—served cold in 2025—was a reminder that the UK still knows how to put on a classy, occasionally chaotic awards show for the industry’s finest. Whether you’re a AAA aficionado or a pixel-art purist, this year’s winners were a mixed bag in the best possible way.
And yes, if your favourite game didn’t win… blame the British.
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