BAFTA Games reveals 2026 longlist, with Arc Raiders and Dispatch in contention for Best Game
Indiana Jones, Clair Obscur, Silksong, and more are also on the BAFTA Games longlist
BAFTA has announced the longlist for the 2026 BAFTA Games Awards, naming a total of 64 games its judges will consider for the ceremony.
BAFTA members will now vote for the nominations in Best Game and British Game categories in February 2026, with specialist juries voting for the remaining categories.
Nominations will then be announced on March 12, with the winners announced at the 2026 BAFTA Games Awards on Friday, April 17.
Tara Saunders, chair of BAFTA’s Games committee, said: “The BAFTA Games Awards longlists offers a fantastic opportunity to spotlight the creativity and craft shaping this year’s games, ahead of nominations on 12 March.
“It’s a moment to acknowledge the breadth of remarkable work recognised by our wonderful BAFTA games members – 1,700 industry professionals whose expertise and passion continue to drive the games industry forward.
“This list showcases a wide range of games to dive into over the holiday season, honours the teams behind these standout titles, and shines a light on the incredible skill across our whole industry.”
The longlist for the Best Game award at the 2026 ceremony are:
- ARC Raiders
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
- Dispatch
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hades II
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Split Fiction
The 64 longlisted games now in the running for at least one BAFTA nomination across 17 competitive categories are:
- Absolum
- Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
- and Roger
- ARC Raiders
- Assassin’s Creed Shadows
- Atomfall
- BALL x PIT
- Battlefield 6
- Blue Prince
- Borderlands 4
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Consume Me
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Date Everything!
- Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
- Dead Take
- despelote
- Dispatch
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- DOOM: The Dark Ages
- Dune: Awakening
- EA SPORTS FC 26
- ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN
- F1 25
- Fallout 76
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hades II
- Helldivers 2
- Hitman World of Assassination
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Is This Seat Taken?
- Jurassic World Evolution 3
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
- LEGO Party!
- Lies of P: Overture
- Little Nightmares III
- Mafia: The Old Country
- Mario Kart World
- Marvel Rivals
- Monument Valley 3
- No Man’s Sky
- PEAK
- Pokémon Legends: Z-A
- PowerWash Simulator 2
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
- Sea of Thieves
- SILENT HILL f
- Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
- South of Midnight
- Split Fiction
- Still Wakes the Deep: Siren’s Rest
- Sword of the Sea
- The Alters
- The Elder Scrolls Online
- The Midnight Walk
- The Rogue Prince of Persia
- Tiny Bookshop
- Two Point Museum
- Vampire Survivors
- Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
