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The longlists have been revealed for the BAFTA Games Awards 2026, with 64 games left in the running for next year’s gongs.

Awards season is already in full flow for the video game industry. The Golden Joystick Awards took place last month, The Game Awards is this week, and BAFTA is making moves right now as well.

An official press release tells us that “255 games were considered by BAFTA members this year, released between 16th November 2024 and 14th November 2025.

“Each of the 64 longlisted games is now in the running for at least one BAFTA nomination across 17 categories.”

The final list of nominees will be revealed on 12th March 2026. The BAFTA Games Awards ceremony will then take place on 17th April 2026.

For now, we have a longlist for every category, and an even longer list that includes all the potential nominees mushed together.

Check out both of the lists below, and we’ll be sure to keep you posted as the 2026 ceremony nears!

BAFTA Games Awards 2026 ‘Best Game’ longlist

In alphabetical order, the games in the running for Best Game are:

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

BAFTA Games Awards 2026 longlist in full

In alphabetical order, here’s the full longlist of games that are “in the running for at least one BAFTA nomination across 17 categories”:

BAFTA Games Awards 2026 animation longlist

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

BAFTA Games Awards 2026 artistic achievement longlist

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

BAFTA Games Awards 2026 audio achievement longlist

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

BAFTA Games Awards 2026 British game longlist

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

BAFTA Games Awards 2026 debut game longlist

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

BAFTA Games Awards 2026 evolving game longlist

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

BAFTA Games Awards 2026 family longlist

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

BAFTA Games Awards 2026 game beyond entertainment longlist

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

BAFTA Games Awards 2026 game design longlist

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

BAFTA Games Awards 2026 multiplayer longlist

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

BAFTA Games Awards 2026 music longlist

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

BAFTA Games Awards 2026 narrative longlist

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

BAFTA Games Awards 2026 new intellectual property

Absolum
ARC Raiders
Atomfall
BALL x PIT
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Dispatch
PEAK
South of Midnight
Split Fiction
The Alters

BAFTA Games Awards 2026 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

BAFTA Games Awards 2026 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

BAFTA Games Awards 2026 technical achievement longlist

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

At last year's BAFTA Games Awards, it was Astro Bot that won 'best game', but there was a decent spread of winners among the other categories. We also got treated to the sight of Ben Starr dressed as a Balatro joker.

Of course, only time will tell which games come up on top this year. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won big at The Golden Joysticks, but BAFTA does sometimes throw up some surprises.

We'll be sure to keep you updated with all the latest as April nears! Until then, check out our interview with last year's BAFTA host Phil Wang.

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