Astro Bot sweeps Bafta Game Awards with five wins
8 April 2025, 21:54
The Sony Game was the biggest winner at the awards, picking up the Best Game prize among its haul.
PlayStation game Astro Bot was the big winner at the 21st Bafta Game Awards, picking up five awards, including best game.
The platform game, which was released to mark PlayStation’s 30th anniversary, also picked up the awards for animation, audio achievement, family and game design.
British game Still Wakes the Deep, a horror game set on a Scottish drilling platform, won three awards – new intellectual property, performer in a leading role for Alec Newman and performer in a supporting role for Karen Dunbar.
The winner of the 2025 BAFTA for British Game is…Thank Goodness You’re Here! 🎮 #BAFTAGamesAwards pic.twitter.com/YzfTe2iAaH
— BAFTA Games (@BAFTAGames) April 8, 2025
Elsewhere, independent Yorkshire studio Coal Supper’s Thank Goodness You’re Here! won the award for British Game and Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, which had led the field with 11 nominations, won the technical achievement award.
Poker-themed Balatro won the award for debut game.
There were also two wins for Helldivers 2, while Metaphor: Refantazio won the prize for narrative and Tales of Kenzera: Zau won the game beyond entertainment award.
Meanwhile, the Bafta Fellowship was awarded to composer Yoko Shimomura, in recognition of her contribution to music in video games, which has included her work on the Kingdom Hearts series.
