Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Wins Best Game at the BAFTA Games Awards 2026 as Awards Season Closes With a Strong Final Push

The BAFTA Games Awards 2026 have now wrapped, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 added another major Game of the Year style victory to its growing awards run by taking home Best Game at this year’s ceremony. BAFTA’s official winners announcement confirms that Sandfall Interactive’s RPG won 3 awards total, including Best Game, Best Debut Game, and Best Performer in a Leading Role for Jennifer English.

While Clair Obscur entered the ceremony as the most nominated title, this was not a complete sweep. The night was more broadly distributed than some recent awards shows, with Dispatch also earning 3 wins, while Ghost of Yotei secured 2 awards. Other games that walked away with major wins included Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, ARC Raiders, Blue Prince, South of Midnight, Atomfall, Despelote, LEGO Party!, and No Man’s Sky.

One reason this result stands out is how it strengthens Clair Obscur’s broader position in the 2025 awards cycle. Coverage following the BAFTAs noted that the game has now completed a sweep of the 5 biggest annual game awards bodies, making it only the second title ever to do so after Baldur’s Gate 3. That gives Sandfall Interactive one of the most impressive debut award runs in recent years.

BAFTA Games Awards 2026 Winners

• Best Animation

  Battlefield 6
  Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
  Dispatch (Winner)
  Ghost of Yotei
  Hades 2
  Hollow Knight: Silksong

• Artistic Achievement

  Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Winner)
  Dispatch
  Ghost of Yotei
  Hollow Knight: Silksong
  South of Midnight

• Audio Achievement

  ARC Raiders
  Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
  Dispatch (Winner)
  Ghost of Yotei
  Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

• Best Debut Game

  Blue Prince
  Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Winner)
  Consume Me
  Despelote
  Dispatch
  The Midnight Walk

• Best Evolving Game

  Fallout 76
  Helldivers 2
  Hitman: World of Assassination
  No Man’s Sky (Winner)
  Vampire Survivors
  Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

• Best Family Game

  Donkey Kong Bananza
  Is This Seat Taken?
  LEGO Party! (Winner)
  Mario Kart World
  PowerWash Simulator 2
  Two Point Museum

• Game Beyond Entertainment

  The Alters
  And Roger
  Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
  Consume Me
  Despelote (Winner)
  STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl

• Technical Achievement

  ARC Raiders
  Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
  DOOM: The Dark Ages
  Ghost of Yotei (Winner)
  Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
  Split Fiction

• Best Performer in a Supporting Role

  Alix Wilton Regan for Lies of P: Overture
  Charlie Cox for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  Jane Perry for Dead Take
  Jeffrey Wright for Dispatch (Winner)
  Kirsty Rider for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  Troy Baker for Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

• Best Performer in a Leading Role

  Aaron Paul for Dispatch
  Ben Starr for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  Erika Ishii for Ghost of Yotei
  Jennifer English for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Winner)
  Tom McKay for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
  Troy Baker for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

• Best New Intellectual Property

  The Alters
  ARC Raiders
  Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  Dispatch
  South of Midnight (Winner)
  Split Fiction

• Best Music

  Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
  Dispatch
  Ghost of Yotei (Winner)
  Hollow Knight: Silksong
  Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

• Best Multiplayer Game

  ARC Raiders (Winner)
  Dune: Awakening
  Elden Ring Nightreign
  LEGO Party!
  PEAK
  Split Fiction

• Best Narrative

  The Alters
  Blue Prince
  Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
  Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
  Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 (Winner)

• Best Game Design

  Ball X Pit
  Blue Prince (Winner)
  Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  Ghost of Yotei
  Hades 2
  Split Fiction

• Best British Game

  Atomfall (Winner)
  Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
  Mafia: The Old Country
  Monument Valley 3
  PowerWash Simulator 2
  Two Point Museum

• Best Game

  ARC Raiders
  Blue Prince
  Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Winner)
  Dispatch
  Ghost of Yotei
  Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

With the BAFTAs now complete, the awards conversation around 2025 releases is effectively closed, and Clair Obscur leaves that cycle as one of the clearest critical winners of the year. Even so, BAFTA’s spread of winners showed that this was not a one game ceremony. Dispatch had a strong night, Ghost of Yotei performed well in craft categories, and games like ARC Raiders, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, South of Midnight, and Blue Prince all secured meaningful recognition.

Which BAFTA 2026 winner do you think deserved the most attention this year?