Astro Bot is this year's big winner at the BAFTA Game Awards
Astro Bot is this year's big winner at the BAFTA Game Awards
Plus everything else that came top.
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by Matt Wales
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Published on April 8, 2025
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (or BAFTA if you're after something a bit snappier) has announced the winners of this year's BAFTA Games Awards - and it's very much been Astro Bot's night, with the acclaimed PS5 platformer taking home the gong in five categories including Best Game.
Astro Bot's Best Game victory saw it win out over fellow nominees Balatro, Black Myth: Wukong, Helldivers 2, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, and Thank Goodness You're Here. And it was equally successful in the Animation, Audio Achievement, Family, and Game Design categories.
Astro Bot didn't steal all the limelight, however. Balatro, by developer LocalThunk, took the top spot in the Debut Game category, while Coal Supper's superb comedy oddity Thank Goodness You're Here was crowned Best British Game. Elsewhere, Arrowhead Game Studios' Helldivers 2 secured two gongs, winning out in BAFTA's multiplayer and music categories, Nomada Studio's Neva won Artistic Achievement, and Atlus' Metaphor: Metaphor: ReFantazio trumped fellow nominees for Narrative.
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Surgent Studios' Tales of Kenzera: Zau, meanwhile, won the Game Beyond Entertainment category, Ninja Theory's Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 came top in Technical Achievement, Vampire Survivors was deemed best Evolving Game, and The Chinese Room's oil rig horror Still Wakes the Deep was named best New Intellectual Property. Speaking of which, Alec Newman was victorious in the Performer in a Leading Role category for his portrayal of Cameron "Caz" McLeary in Still Wakes the Deep, while Karen Dunbar took the gong for best Performer in Supporting Role as Still Wakes the Deep's Finlay.
For the full list of this year's BAFTA Games Awards nominees and winners (in bold), cast your eyes below. And you can read Eurogamer's interview with composer Yoko Shimomura elsewhere on the site, after she received the prestigious BAFTA Fellowship during the Awards in recognition of her prolific and outstanding creative contribution to music in games.
Animation
Astro Bot
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Lego Horizon Adventures
Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2
Thank Goodness You're Here!
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2
Artistic Achievement
Neva
Astro Bot
Black Myth: Wukong
Harold Halibut
Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2
Still Wakes the Deep
Audio Achievement
Astro Bot
Animal Well
Helldivers 2
Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2
Star Wars Outlaws
Still Wakes the Deep
Best Game
Astro Bot
Balatro
Black Myth: Wukong
Helldivers 2
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
Thank Goodness You're Here
British Game
Thank Goodness You're Here
A Highland Song
Lego Horizon Adventures
Paper Trail
Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2
Still Wakes the Deep
Debut Game
Balatro
Animal Well
Pacific Drive
The Plucky Squire
Tales of Kenzera: Zau
Thank Goodness You're Here
Evolving Game
Vampire Survivors
Diablo 4
Final Fantasy 14 Online
No Man's Sky
Sea of Thieves
World of Warcraft
Family
Astro Bot
Cat Quest 3
Lego Horizon Adventures
Little Kitty, Big City
The Plucky Squire
Super Mario Party Jamboree
Fellowship
Yoko Shimomura
Game Beyond Entertainment
Tales of Kenzera: Zau
Botany Manor
Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop)
Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2
Tetris Forever
Vampire Therapist
Game Design
Astro Bot
Animal Well
Balatro
Helldivers 2
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
Tactical Breach Wizards
Multiplayer
Helldivers 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Lego Horizon Adventures
Super Mario Party Jamboree
Tekken 8
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 3
Music
Helldivers 2
Astro Bot
Black Myth: Wukong
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2
Star Wars Outlaws
Narrative
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Black Myth: Wukong
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2
Still Wakes the Deep
New Intellectual Property
Still Wakes the Deep
Animal Well
Balatro
Black Myth: Wukong
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Thank Goodness You're Here
Performer in a Leading Role
Alec Newman (Still Wakes the Deep)
Humberly González (Star Wars Outlaws)
Luke Robers (Silent Hill 2)
Melina Juergens (Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2)
Y'lan Noel (Call of Duty: Black Ops 6)
Performer in a Supporting Role
Karen Dunbar (Still Wakes the Deep)
Abbi Greenland/Helen Goalen (Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2)
Aldís Amah Hamilton (Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2)
Jon Blyth (Thank Goodness You're Here)
Matt Berry (Thank Goodness You're Here)
Michael Abubakar (Still Wakes the Deep)