Astro Bot Dominates the 2025 BAFTA Game Awards with Five Wins Including Best Game
The BAFTA Games Awards 2025 concluded with a commanding victory for Astro Bot, which earned five awards including the prestigious Best Game. This year’s ceremony celebrated the most outstanding achievements in gaming for titles released in 2024, with a strong showing from both major AAA titles and indie successes.
While Astro Bot was the evening's biggest winner, other notable accolades included Neva for Artistic Achievement, Helldivers 2 for Multiplayer and Music, and Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II for Technical Achievement. British indie comedy title Thank Goodness You’re Here! took home Best British Game, while Balatro won for Best Debut Game.
Here is the full list of nominees and winners for the BAFTA Games Awards 2025:
Animation
Winner: Astro Bot
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
LEGO Horizon Adventures
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Thank Goodness You’re Here!
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Artistic Achievement
Astro Bot
Black Myth: Wukong
Harold Halibut
Winner: Neva
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Still Wakes the Deep
Audio Achievement
ANIMAL WELL
Winner: Astro Bot
Helldivers 2
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Star Wars Outlaws
Still Wakes the Deep
Best Game
Winner: Astro Bot
Balatro
Black Myth: Wukong
Helldivers 2
Thank Goodness You’re Here!
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
British Game
A Highland Song
LEGO Horizon Adventures
Paper Trail
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Still Wakes the Deep
Winner: Thank Goodness You’re Here!
Debut Game
ANIMAL WELL
Winner: Balatro
Pacific Drive
Tales of Kenzera: ZAU
Thank Goodness You’re Here
The Plucky Squire
Evolving Game
Diablo IV
Final Fantasy XIV Online
No Man’s Sky
Sea of Thieves
Winner: Vampire Survivors
World of Warcraft
Family
Winner: Astro Bot
Cat Quest III
LEGO Horizon Adventures
Little Kitty, Big City
Super Mario Party Jamboree
The Plucky Squire
Game Beyond Entertainment
Botany Manor
Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop)
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Winner: Tales of Kenzera: ZAU
Tetris Forever
Vampire Therapist
Game Design
ANIMAL WELL
Winner: Astro Bot
Balatro
Helldivers 2
Tactical Breach Wizards
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
Multiplayer
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Winner: Helldivers 2
LEGO Horizon Adventures
Super Mario Party Jamboree
TEKKEN 8
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Music
Astro Bot
Black Myth: Wukong
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Winner: Helldivers 2
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Star Wars Outlaws
Narrative
Black Myth: Wukong
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Winner: Metaphor: ReFantazio
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Still Wakes the Deep
New Intellectual Property
ANIMAL WELL
Balatro
Black Myth: Wukong
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Winner: Still Wakes the Deep
Thank Goodness You’re Here!
Performer in a Leading Role
Winner: Alec Newman – Still Wakes the Deep
Humberly González – Star Wars Outlaws
Isabella Inchbald – INDIKA
Luke Roberts – Silent Hill 2
Melina Juergens – Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Y’lan Noel – Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Performer in a Supporting Role
Abbi Greenland & Helen Goalen – Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Aldís Amah Hamilton – Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Jon Blyth – Thank Goodness You’re Here!
Winner: Karen Dunbar – Still Wakes the Deep
Matt Berry – Thank Goodness You’re Here!
Michael Abubakar – Still Wakes the Deep
Technical Achievement
Astro Bot
Black Myth: Wukong
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Winner: Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Tiny Glade
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
As awards season comes to a close with the 2025 BAFTAs, industry attention now turns to The Game Awards, which will return in December. Until then, Astro Bot stands tall among 2024’s finest, cementing its place as one of the year’s most creatively and technically impressive releases.
