Bafta 2025 longlist revealed as absurd British hit shocks with GOTY nomination

AS the year comes to a close, award nominees are being revealed for the biggest games of the year.

While we’ve seen the nominees for The Game Awards being revealed already, it’s now the turn of the Baftas.

Unlike The Game Awards, The Baftas first reveal the longlist of games that could end up nominated in one of the academy’s categories.

There are 58 games as part of the Baftas’ longlist, with 10 games listed for the prestigious Best Game award.

The Baftas’ Best Game longlist mirrors the nominees for a number of different award shows, with a few exceptions.

One of the surprises from the longlist is Thank Goodness You’re Here!, an unapologetically British game.

With absurdist humour similar to Monty Python, it’s a short animated adventure that is filled with joy from start to finish.

More smaller or indie games have made the Baftas’ list compared to other big gaming award shows.

This is common for the Baftas, as Vampire Survivors infamously won the Best Game award at the show two years ago.

A shortlist for each category will be announced on March 4, 2025, and the award show will take place on April 8, 2025.

Here’s the longlist for the Baftas’ Best Game nominees:

• Animal Well
• Astro Bot
• Balatro
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Helldivers 2
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
• Metaphor: ReFantazio
• Thank Goodness You’re Here!
• Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2

Here’s the longlist for games that could end up nominated in any Bafta category:

• Animal Well
• Astro Bot
• Balatro
• Baldur’s Gate 3
• Batman: Arkham Shadow
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Botany Manor
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Cat Quest 3
• Crow Country
• Diablo 4
• Dragon Age: The Veilguard
• EA Sports F1 24
• EA Sports FC 25
• Factorio
• Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
• Final Fantasy 14
• Frostpunk 2
• Harold Halibut
• Helldivers 2
• A Highland Song
• Hitman World of Assassination
• Indika
• Kind Words 2
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
• Lego Horizon Adventures
• Life is Strange: Double Exposure
• Little Kitty, Big City
• Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
• Metaphor: ReFantazio
• Minecraft
• Neva
• No Man’s Sky
• Pacific Drive
• Paper Trail
• Planet Coaster 2
• The Plucky Squire
• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
• Sea of Thieves
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
• Silent Hill 2
• Star Wars Outlaws
• Star Wars: Hunters
• Stellar Blade
• Still Wakes the Deep
• Super Mario Party Jamboree
• Tactical Breach Wizards
• Tales of Kenzera: Zau
• Tekken 8
• Tetris Forever
• Thank Goodness You’re Here!
• Tiny Glade
• UFO 50
• V Rising
• Vampire Survivors
• Vampire Therapist
• Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2
• World of Warcraft

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