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Expedition 33 Wins BAFTA Best Game, Check Out All Winners

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has won the BAFTA Award for Best Game, making it only the second game in history to win all five major Game of the Year awards in a single cycle.


Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins BAFTA Best Game 2025.
Image credit: Sandfall Interactive

The 2026 BAFTA Game Awards were held on April 17 in London, celebrating the best games released in 2025. Expedition 33, the French RPG developed by Sandfall Interactive, walked away as the night's biggest winner. It took home three awards in total, including Best Game, Debut Game, and Performer in a Leading Role. Jennifer English won the latter for her portrayal of Maelle, one of the game's central characters.


The Best Game category was notably competitive this year. Expedition 33 was up against Arc Raiders, Blue Prince, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Ghost of Yotei, and Dispatch. Despite the strong lineup, the RPG came out on top, continuing what has been a remarkable run on the awards circuit.


With this BAFTA win, Expedition 33 has now claimed Game of the Year at all five of the major gaming award shows:


Only one other game has ever achieved this clean sweep across all five major shows, and that is Baldur's Gate 3.


All 2026 BAFTA Game Awards Winners

The BAFTA ceremony itself was a busy night across many categories. Here is the full list of winners from the 2026 BAFTA Game Awards:


Best Game

  • ARC Raiders

  • Blue Prince

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Winner)

  • Dispatch

  • Ghost of Yotei

  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle


Animation

  • Battlefield 6

  • Death Stranding 2

  • Dispatch (Winner)

  • Ghost of Yotei

  • Hades II

  • Hollow Knight: Silksong


Artistic Achievement

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

  • Death Stranding 2 (Winner)

  • Dispatch

  • Ghost of Yotei

  • Hollow Knight: Silksong

  • South of Midnight


Audio Achievement

  • ARC Raiders

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

  • Death Stranding 2

  • Dispatch (Winner)

  • Ghost of Yotei

  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle


British Game

  • Atomfall (Winner)

  • Citizen Sleeper 2

  • Mafia: The Old Country

  • Monument Valley 3

  • Powerwash Simulator 2

  • Two Point Museum


Debut Game

  • Blue Prince

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Winner)

  • Consume Me

  • Despelote

  • Dispatch

  • The Midnight Walk


Evolving Game

  • Fallout 76

  • Helldivers 2

  • Hitman World of Assassination

  • No Man's Sky (Winner)

  • Vampire Survivors

  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2


Family

  • Donkey Kong Bananza

  • Is This Seat Taken?

  • LEGO Party! (Winner)

  • Mario Kart World

  • Powerwash Simulator 2

  • Two Point Museum


Game Beyond Entertainment

  • The Alters

  • And Roger

  • Citizen Sleeper 2

  • Consume Me

  • Despelote (Winner)

  • STALKER 2


Game Design

  • Ball X Pit

  • Blue Prince (Winner)

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

  • Ghost of Yotei

  • Hades II

  • Split Fiction


Multiplayer

  • ARC Raiders (Winner)

  • Dune: Awakening

  • Elden Ring Nightreign

  • LEGO Party!

  • PEAK

  • Split Fiction


Music

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

  • Death Stranding 2

  • Dispatch

  • Ghost of Yotei (Winner)

  • Hollow Knight: Silksong

  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle


Narrative

  • The Alters

  • Blue Prince

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

  • Death Stranding 2

  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

  • Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (Winner)


New IP

  • The Alters

  • ARC Raiders

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

  • Dispatch

  • South of Midnight (Winner)

  • Split Fiction


Performer in a Leading Role

  • Aaron Paul (Dispatch)

  • Ben Starr (Expedition 33)

  • Erika Ishii (Ghost of Yotei)

  • Jennifer English (Expedition 33) (Winner)

  • Tom McKay (Kingdom Come: Deliverance II)

  • Troy Baker (Indiana Jones and the Great Circle)


Performer in a Supporting Role

  • Alix Wilton Regan (Lies of P: Overture)

  • Charlie Cox (Expedition 33)

  • Jane Perry (Dead Take)

  • Jeffrey Wright (Dispatch) (Winner)

  • Kirsty Rider (Expedition 33)

  • Troy Baker (Death Stranding 2)


Technical Achievement

  • ARC Raiders

  • Death Stranding 2

  • DOOM: The Dark Ages

  • Ghost of Yotei (Winner)

  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

  • Split Fiction


Fellowship

Ilkka Paananen, CEO of Supercell, has been honored with a fellowship recognizing his remarkable 25-year career in mobile gaming. His teams have created globally successful titles like Clash of Clans, Hay Day, Boom Beach, Clash Royale, and Brawl Stars.

Paananen joins an esteemed list of industry legends such as Hideo Kojima, Shuhei Yoshida, Siobhan Reddy, Gabe Newell, Yoko Shimomura, and Shigeru Miyamoto.

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