BAFTA Games Awards: Game of the Year winners

The BAFTA Games Awards named 17 Games of the Year on record here, 2009–2025; the latest is Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (2025). In the 22 census seasons it has judged, its pick was the game the whole field rewarded most 8 times (36.4%). In the season calendar it comes 9 of 10: March or April.

The most institutionally prestigious award in games, run by the same academy as the film and TV BAFTAs.

The most recent winners: 2025, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33; 2024, Astro Bot; 2023, Baldur's Gate 3; 2022, Vampire Survivors; 2021, Returnal.

WhenMarch or April
Who votesBAFTA members via juried category panels
First edition2004
CountryUnited Kingdom

17Winners listed
2009–2025Years verified
17Different winners

Our verified list starts at 2009, but this award has run since 2004. The earlier editions are not yet confirmed from a citable source and are left out rather than guessed.

Every BAFTA Games Awards Game of the Year

Year	Game of the Year
2025	Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
2024	Astro Bot
2023	Baldur's Gate 3
2022	Vampire Survivors
2021	Returnal
2020	Hades
2019	Outer Wilds
2018	God of War
2017	What Remains of Edith Finch
2016	Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
2015	Fallout 4
2014	Destiny
2013	The Last of Us
2012	Dishonored
2011	Portal 2
2010	Mass Effect 2
2009	Batman: Arkham Asylum

Winner list from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Updated 2 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.