British Academy Games Award for Game Design
British Academy Games Awards · 126 nominations across 21 ceremonies · 21 wins
22nd BAFTA Games Awards · 2026
- Winner Blue Prince · Dogubomb
- Nominee Hades II · Supergiant Games
- Nominee Ball x Pit
- Nominee Split Fiction · Hazelight Studios
- Nominee Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · Sandfall Interactive
- Nominee Ghost of Yōtei · Sucker Punch Productions
21st BAFTA Games Awards · 2025
- Winner Astro Bot · Team Asobi
- Nominee Tactical Breach Wizards
- Nominee Balatro · LocalThunk
- Nominee Animal Well
- Nominee The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom · Grezzo
- Nominee Helldivers 2 · Arrowhead Game Studios
20th BAFTA Games Awards · 2024
- Winner Dave the Diver · Mintrocket
- Nominee Spider-Man 2 · Insomniac Games, Nixxes Software
- Nominee Cocoon · Geometric Interactive
- Nominee Viewfinder
- Nominee Dredge · Black Salt Games
- Nominee The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom · Monolith Soft Inc., Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
19th BAFTA Games Awards · 2023
- Winner Vampire Survivors · Poncle
- Nominee Elden Ring · FromSoftware
- Nominee Horizon Forbidden West · Guerrilla Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Nominee Cult of the Lamb · Massive Monster
- Nominee Tunic · Isometricorp Games
- Nominee God of War Ragnarök · Jetpack Interactive, Santa Monica Studio
18th BAFTA Games Awards · 2022
- Winner Inscryption · Daniel Mullins Games
- Nominee Forza Horizon 5 · Playground Games
- Nominee It Takes Two · Hazelight Studios
- Nominee Returnal · Housemarque
- Nominee Deathloop · Arkane Studios
- Nominee Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart · Insomniac Games
17th BAFTA Games Awards · 2021
- Winner Hades · Supergiant Games
- Nominee Half-Life: Alyx · Campo Santo, Valve Corporation
- Nominee Ghost of Tsushima · Sucker Punch Productions
- Nominee Astro's Playroom · Team Asobi
- Nominee The Last of Us Part II · Naughty Dog
- Nominee Animal Crossing: New Horizons · Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
16th BAFTA Games Awards · 2020
- Winner Outer Wilds · Mobius Digital
- Nominee Baba Is You · Hempuli Oy
- Nominee Wattam · Funomena
- Nominee Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice · FromSoftware
- Nominee Control · Remedy Entertainment
- Nominee Disco Elysium · ZA/UM
15th BAFTA Games Awards · 2019
- Winner Return of the Obra Dinn
- Nominee Celeste · Maddy Makes Games
- Nominee Minit · Jan-Willem Nijman en Kitty Calis
- Nominee Into the Breach · Subset Games
- Nominee Astro Bot Rescue Mission · Team Asobi
- Nominee God of War · Jetpack Interactive, Santa Monica Studio
14th BAFTA Games Awards · 2018
- Winner Super Mario Odyssey · Nintendo
- Nominee NieR: Automata · PlatinumGames
- Nominee What Remains of Edith Finch · Giant Sparrow
- Nominee Horizon Zero Dawn · Guerrilla Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Nominee Assassin's Creed Origins · Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Romania, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Singapore
- Nominee The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild · Monolith Soft Inc., Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
13th BAFTA Games Awards · 2017
- Winner INSIDE · Playdead
- Nominee Overwatch · Blizzard Entertainment
- Nominee Titanfall 2 · Respawn Entertainment
- Nominee Dishonored 2 · Arkane Studios
- Nominee Battlefield 1 · DICE
- Nominee The Witness · Thekla
12th BAFTA Games Awards · 2016
- Winner Bloodborne · FromSoftware, Japan Studio
- Nominee Grow Home · Ubisoft Reflections
- Nominee Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime · Asteroid Base
- Nominee The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt · CD Projekt RED
- Nominee Rocket League · Psyonix
- Nominee Her Story
11th BAFTA Games Awards · 2015
- Winner Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor · Feral Interactive, Monolith Productions
- Nominee Threes
- Nominee Far Cry 4 · Red Storm Entertainment, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Toronto
- Nominee Destiny · Bungie
- Nominee Hearthstone · Blizzard Entertainment
- Nominee Alien: Isolation · Creative Assembly
10th BAFTA Games Awards · 2014
- Winner Grand Theft Auto V · Rockstar Leeds, Rockstar London, Rockstar New England, Rockstar North, Rockstar San Diego, Rockstar Toronto
- Nominee Papers, Please
- Nominee Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag · Ubisoft Annecy, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Romania
- Nominee The Last of Us · Naughty Dog
- Nominee Tearaway · Media Molecule
- Nominee Tomb Raider · Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montreal, Nixxes Software
9th BAFTA Games Awards · 2013
- Winner Journey · thatgamecompany
- Nominee Borderlands 2 · Aspyr, Gearbox Software, Iron Galaxy Studios
- Nominee XCOM: Enemy Unknown · Feral Interactive, Firaxis Games
- Nominee The Walking Dead: Season One · Telltale Games
- Nominee Far Cry 3 · Massive Entertainment, Red Storm Entertainment, Ubisoft Shanghai
- Nominee Dishonored · Arkane Studios
8th BAFTA Games Awards · 2012
- Winner Portal 2 · Valve Corporation
- Nominee Batman: Arkham City · Feral Interactive, Iron Galaxy Studios, Rocksteady Studios, Virtuos, WB Games Montréal
- Nominee LittleBigPlanet 2 · Media Molecule, PlayStation Studios
- Nominee Super Mario 3D Land · Bauhaus Entertainment, EAD Tokyo, Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
- Nominee L.A. Noire · Team Bondi
- Nominee The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim · Bethesda Game Studios
7th BAFTA Games Awards · 2011
- Winner Super Mario Galaxy 2 · Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
- Nominee God of War III · Santa Monica Studio
- Nominee Limbo · Playdead
- Nominee Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood · Ubisoft Montreal
- Nominee Mass Effect 2 · BioWare
- Nominee Heavy Rain · Quantic Dream, Virtuos
6th BAFTA Games Awards · 2010
- Winner Batman: Arkham Asylum · Rocksteady Studios
- Nominee Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 · Aspyr, Infinity Ward
- Nominee Assassin's Creed II · Ubisoft Montreal
- Nominee New Super Mario Bros. Wii · Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
- Nominee Uncharted 2: Among Thieves · Naughty Dog
- Nominee PixelJunk Shooter · Q-Games
5th BAFTA Games Awards · 2009
- Winner Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare · Aspyr, Infinity Ward, Treyarch
- Nominee Mario Kart Wii · Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
- Nominee Grand Theft Auto IV · Rockstar North, Rockstar Toronto
- Nominee Super Mario Galaxy · Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
- Nominee Rock Band · Harmonix Music Systems, Pi Studios
- Nominee Left 4 Dead · Turtle Rock Studios, Valve Corporation
4th BAFTA Games Awards · 2007
- Winner Wii Sports · Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
- Nominee Gears of War · Epic Games
- Nominee The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess · Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
- Nominee Sega Rally · Sega Racing Studio
- Nominee Crackdown · Realtime Worlds
- Nominee Warhawk · Incognito Entertainment
3rd BAFTA Games Awards · 2006
- Winner Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy · Traveller's Tales
- Nominee Guitar Hero · Harmonix Music Systems
- Nominee The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion · 4J Studios, Bethesda Game Studios, Superscape
- Nominee We Love Katamari · Namco
- Nominee Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter · Ubisoft Paris
- Nominee LocoRoco · Japan Studio
1st BAFTA Games Awards · 2004
- Winner Grand Theft Auto: Vice City · Rockstar North
- Nominee Jak II · Naughty Dog
- Nominee Soulcalibur II · Project Soul
- Nominee Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon · Revolution Software
- Nominee EyeToy: Play · London Studio
- Nominee Viewtiful Joe · Clover Studio