BAFTA Games Awards 2025 Longlist

BAFTA has revealed its longlist of the best games of 2024, with all titles set to be in contention during the BAFTA Game Awards 2025.

This list has been chosen by over 1,300 experienced games industry professionals – all members of BAFTA, the arts charity for film, games and television.

247 games were considered by BAFTA members this year.
All games were released between 25 November 2023 and 15 November 2024.
Each game is now in the running for at least one BAFTA nomination across 17 competitive categories.

BAFTA members will begin voting for the nominations in Best Game and British Game categories in January 2025, with specialist BAFTA juries voting for the others. The nominations will be announced on Tuesday 4 March 2025.

Following the nominations, BAFTA’s games members will vote for the winners in Best Game and British Game. Juries will vote for the winners in all other categories.

The winners will be announced at the 2025 BAFTA Games Awards on Tuesday 8 April. BAFTA’s annual Awards is one of the biggest events in the international games calendar. It is an event attended by the industry and reaches an audience of millions online.

https://www.bafta.org/stories/best-video-games-2024

What are your favorites to win? Do you think any games were snubbed?

Here is the full longlist by category:

Animation

Astro Bot
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Harold Halibut
Helldivers 2
LEGO Horizon Adventures
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Thank Goodness You’re Here!
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Artistic Achievement

ANIMAL WELL
Astro Bot
Black Myth: Wukong
FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH
Harold Halibut
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Neva
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Still Wakes the Deep
Thank Goodness You’re Here!

Audio Achievement

ANIMAL WELL
Astro Bot
Black Myth: Wukong
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH
Helldivers 2
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Star Wars Outlaws
Still Wakes the Deep

Best Game

ANIMAL WELL
Astro Bot
Balatro
Black Myth: Wukong
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Helldivers 2
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Thank Goodness You’re Here!
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

British Game

Botany Manor
Crow Country
EA SPORTS F1 24
A Highland Song
LEGO Horizon Adventures
Paper Trail
Planet Coaster 2
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Still Wakes the Deep
Thank Goodness You’re Here!

Debut Game

ANIMAL WELL
Balatro
Botany Manor
Harold Halibut
Little Kitty, Big City
Pacific Drive
The Plucky Squire
Tales of Kenzera: ZAU
Thank Goodness You’re Here!
Tiny Glade

Evolving Game

Baldur’s Gate 3
Diablo IV
Factorio
FINAL FANTASY XIV ONLINE
HITMAN World of Assassination
Minecraft
No Man’s Sky
Sea of Thieves
Vampire Survivors
World of Warcraft

Family

ANIMAL WELL
Astro Bot
Cat Quest III
EA SPORTS FC 25
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
LEGO Horizon Adventures
Little Kitty, Big City
Planet Coaster 2
The Plucky Squire
Super Mario Party Jamboree

Game Beyond Entertainment

Botany Manor
Frostpunk 2
INDIKA
Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop)
Life is Strange: Double Exposure
Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Tales of Kenzera: ZAU
Tetris Forever
Vampire Therapist

Game Design

ANIMAL WELL
Astro Bot
Balatro
Helldivers 2
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Pacific Drive
Tactical Breach Wizards
UFO 50
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Multiplayer

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
EA SPORTS FC 25
Helldivers 2
LEGO Horizon Adventures
Star Wars: Hunters
Super Mario Party Jamboree
TEKKEN 8
UFO 50
V Rising
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Music

Astro Bot
Balatro
Black Myth: Wukong
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH
Helldivers 2
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Star Wars Outlaws

Narrative

Black Myth: Wukong
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH
Helldivers 2
Life is Strange: Double Exposure
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Pacific Drive
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Still Wakes the Deep

New intellectual Property

ANIMAL WELL
Balatro
Black Myth: Wukong
Little Kitty, Big City
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Pacific Drive
The Plucky Squire
Stellar Blade
Still Wakes the Deep
Thank Goodness You’re Here!

Technical Achievement

Astro Bot
Batman: Arkham Shadow
Black Myth: Wukong
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH
Helldivers 2
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
SILENT HILL 2
Tiny Glade
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Performer in a Leading Role

Roger Craig Smith as Batman, Bruce Wayne, Matches Malone in Batman: Arkham Shadow
Alec Newman as Cameron ‘Caz’ McLeary in Still Wakes the Deep
Cody Christian as Cloud Strife in FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH
Isabella Inchbald as Indika in INDIKA
Luke Roberts as James Sunderland in SILENT HILL 2
Humberly González as Kay Vess in Star Wars Outlaws
Clive Standen as Lieutenant Demetrian TItus in Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Em Humble as Marge, Florence, Carrie, Nick, Chimney Sweep Sue, and more in Thank Goodness You’re Here!
Melina Juergens as Senua in Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Y’lan Noel as Troy Marshall in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

Performer in a Supporting Role

Aldís Amah Hamilton as Ástríðr in Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
John Eric Bentley as Barret Wallace in FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH
Jon Blyth as Big Ron in Thank Goodness You’re Here!
Michael Abubakar as Brodie in Still Wakes the Deep
Adam McNamara as Captain Sevastus Acheran in Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Karen Dunbar as Finlay in Still Wakes the Deep
Troy Baker as Harvey Dent, Rat King, Two-Face, Joker in Batman: Arkham Shadow
Matt Berry as Herbert the Gardner in Thank Goodness You’re Here!
Craig Lee Thomas as Super Earth Spokesperson in Helldivers 2
Abbi Greenland & Helen Goalen as The Furies in Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II