British Academy Games Award for Debut Game
British Academy Games Awards · 90 nominations across 15 ceremonies · 15 wins
22nd BAFTA Games Awards · 2026
- Winner Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · Sandfall Interactive
- Nominee Blue Prince · Dogubomb
- Nominee despelote
- Nominee Dispatch · AdHoc Studio
- Nominee The Midnight Walk
- Nominee Consume Me
21st BAFTA Games Awards · 2025
- Winner Balatro · LocalThunk
- Nominee Animal Well
- Nominee Thank Goodness You're Here! · Coal Supper
- Nominee Tales of Kenzera: Zau
- Nominee Pacific Drive · Ironwood Studios
- Nominee The Plucky Squire
20th BAFTA Games Awards · 2024
- Winner Venba · Abhijeeth Swaminathan, Visai Studios
- Nominee Dave the Diver · Mintrocket
- Nominee Dredge · Black Salt Games
- Nominee Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical
- Nominee Viewfinder
- Nominee Cocoon · Geometric Interactive
19th BAFTA Games Awards · 2023
- Winner Tunic · Isometricorp Games
- Nominee Stray · BlueTwelve Studio
- Nominee The Case of the Golden Idol
- Nominee Vampire Survivors · Poncle
- Nominee As Dusk Falls · Interior Night
- Nominee Trombone Champ · Holy Wow
18th BAFTA Games Awards · 2022
- Winner TOEM
- Nominee Eastward · Pixpil
- Nominee Maquette · Graceful Decay
- Nominee The Forgotten City · Modern Storyteller
- Nominee The Artful Escape · Beethoven and Dinosaur
- Nominee Genesis Noir · Feral Cat Den
17th BAFTA Games Awards · 2021
- Winner Carrion · Phobia Game Studio
- Nominee Airborne Kingdom · The Wandering Band
- Nominee Factorio · Wube software
- Nominee Call of the Sea · Out of the Blue
- Nominee The Falconeer
- Nominee Röki · Polygon Treehouse
16th BAFTA Games Awards · 2020
- Winner Disco Elysium · ZA/UM
- Nominee Ape Out
- Nominee Knights and Bikes
- Nominee Death Stranding · Guerrilla Games, Kojima Productions
- Nominee Manifold Garden
- Nominee Katana Zero · askiisoft
15th BAFTA Games Awards · 2019
- Winner Yoku's Island Express · Villa Gorilla AB
- Nominee Cultist Simulator · Weather Factory
- Nominee Beat Saber · Beat Games
- Nominee Florence · Mountains
- Nominee Donut County
- Nominee Gris · Nomada Studio
14th BAFTA Games Awards · 2018
- Winner Gorogoa
- Nominee Hollow Knight · Team Cherry
- Nominee Cuphead · Studio MDHR
- Nominee The Sexy Brutale · Tequila Works
- Nominee Night in the Woods · Infinite Fall
- Nominee Slime Rancher · Monomi Park, Skybound Entertainment
13th BAFTA Games Awards · 2017
- Winner Firewatch · Campo Santo
- Nominee Overcooked · Ghost Town Games
- Nominee The Witness · Thekla
- Nominee Oxenfree · Night School Studio
- Nominee That Dragon, Cancer · Numinous Games
- Nominee Virginia · Variable State
12th BAFTA Games Awards · 2016
- Winner Her Story
- Nominee Ori and the Blind Forest · Moon Studios
- Nominee Prune
- Nominee Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime · Asteroid Base
- Nominee Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes · Steel Crate Games
- Nominee Mini Metro · Dinosaur Polo Club
11th BAFTA Games Awards · 2015
- Winner Never Alone
- Nominee Shovel Knight · Yacht Club Games
- Nominee CounterSpy
- Nominee The Vanishing of Ethan Carter · The Astronauts
- Nominee Hitman Go · Square Enix Montréal
- Nominee The Banner Saga · Stoic
10th BAFTA Games Awards · 2014
- Winner Gone Home · Fullbright
- Nominee The Stanley Parable
- Nominee Castles in the Sky
- Nominee Remember Me · Don’t Nod
- Nominee Badland · Frogmind
- Nominee Gunpoint · Suspicious Developments
9th BAFTA Games Awards · 2013
- Winner The Unfinished Swan · Giant Sparrow, Santa Monica Studio
- Nominee The Room · Fireproof Studios
- Nominee Deadlight · Tequila Works
- Nominee Proteus · Twisted Tree Games
- Nominee Forza Horizon · Playground Games, Turn 10 Studios
- Nominee Dear Esther · The Chinese Room
8th BAFTA Games Awards · 2012
- Winner Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
- Nominee Eufloria
- Nominee Monstermind · Bossa Studios
- Nominee L.A. Noire · Team Bondi
- Nominee Rift · Trion Worlds
- Nominee Bastion · Supergiant Games