It's officially curtains on the BAFTA Game Awards 2025, and once again Astro Bot has dominated another awards night, taking home 5 awards at the BAFTA Game Awards including the award for Best Game.
Astro Bot only lost out in a couple of the categories it was nominated in, including Artistic Achievement, where it was beaten by the excellent indie game Neva, Music, which was won by Helldivers 2, and the Technical Achivement award, which was won by Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2.
Other notable wins came from Thank Goodness You're Here! taking home the award for best British game, Metaphor: ReFantazio taking home the best Narrative award, Balatro taking home the award for best Debut game, and Tales of Kenzera: ZAU for taking home the award for Game Beyond Entertainment. The full winners list is below.
Animation
- Astro Bot - Winner
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- LEGO Horizon Adventures
- Senua's Saga: Hellblade II
- Thank Goodness You're Here!
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Artistic Achievement
- Astro Bot
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Harold Halibut
- Neva - Winner
- Senua's Saga: Hellblade II
- Still Wakes the Deep
Audio Achievement
- ANIMAL WELL
- Astro Bot - Winner
- Helldivers 2
- Senua's Saga: Hellblade II
- Star Wars Outlaws
- Still Wakes the Deep
Best Game
- Astro Bot - Winner
- Balatro
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Helldivers 2
- Thank Goodness You're Here!
- The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
British Game
- A Highland Song
- LEGO Horizon Adventures
- Paper Trail
- Senua's Saga: Hellblade II
- Still Wakes the Deep
- Thank Goodness You're Here! - Winner
Debut Game
- ANIMAL WELL
- Balatro - Winner
- Pacific Drive
- Tales of Kenzera: ZAU
- Thank Goodness You're Here
- The Plucky Squire
Evolving Game
- Diablo IV
- Final Fantasy XIV Online
- No Man's Sky
- Sea of Thieves
- Vampire Survivors - Winner
- World of Warcraft
Family
- Astro Bot - Winner
- Cat Quest III
- LEGO Horizon Adventures
- Little Kitty, Big City
- Super Mario Party Jamboree
- The Plucky Squire
Game Beyond Entertainment
- Botany Manor
- Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop)
- Senua's Saga: Hellblade II
- Tales of Kenzera: ZAU - Winner
- Tetris Forever
- Vampire Therapist
Game Design
- ANIMAL WELL
- Astro Bot - Winner
- Balatro
- Helldivers 2
- Tactical Breach Wizards
- The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
Multiplayer
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Helldivers 2 - Winner
- LEGO Horizon Adventures
- Super Mario Party Jamboree
- TEKKEN 8
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Music
- Astro Bot
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Helldivers 2 - Winner
- Senua's Saga: Hellblade II
- Star Wars Outlaws
Narrative
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Metaphor: ReFantazio - Winner
- Senua's Saga Hellblade II
- Still Wakes the Deep
New Intellectual Property
- ANIMAL WELL
- Balatro
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Metaphor: ReFantazio
- Still Wakes the Deep - Winner
- Thank Goodness You're Here!
Performer In a Leading Role
- Alec Newman - Still Wakes the Deep - Winner
- Humberly González - Star Wars Outlaws
- Isabella Inchbald - INDIKA
- Luke Roberts - Silent Hill 2
- Melina Juergens - Senua's Saga: Hellblade II
- Y'lan Noel - Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Performer in a Supporting Role
- Abbi Greenland Helen Goalen - Senua's Saga: Hellblade II
- Aldís Amah Hamilton - Senua's Saga: Hellblade II
- Jon Blyth - Thank Goodness You're Here!
- Karen Dunbar - Still Wakes the Deep - Winner
- 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 II - Winner
- Tiny Glade
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
And with the closing of the BAFTA Game Awards 2025, that wraps up the award season for games that came out in 2024. Now we wait until it all kicks up again with The Game Awards in December 2025.
About the author: David has been writing about videogames, technology, and culture since 2020, with a focus on reporting daily news across multiple publications, including GameDaily.Biz, GameSkinny, and PlayStation Universe before joining Wccftech in 2025. David started contributing as Canada/US reporter for Wccftech's gaming section in 2025. Besides being up-to-date on the industry's movements, he loves interviewing developers, reviewing games, and writing intricate essays about the symbolism and layered meanings to be found in rich narratives as he's done for publications like GamesIndustry.Biz, LostInCult, and others. Outside of games he loves movies, music, theatre, his hometown, and his family, though not necessarily in that order.
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