Clair Obscur Wins Big

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 took BAFTA’s Best Game prize on April 17, adding another top award to the role-playing game’s run through the 2025-26 season. (bafta.org) The British Academy of Film and Television Arts said the game won three trophies at the 22nd BAFTA Games Awards in London: Best Game, Debut Game and Performer in a Leading Role for Jennifer English. The ceremony was held at the Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall and streamed on BAFTA’s YouTube and Twitch channels. (bafta.org) BAFTA announced the nominations on March 12, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 led the field with 12 nods across 17 categories before converting three of them into wins on April 17. Other Best Game nominees included Arc Raiders, Blue Prince, Dispatch, Ghost of Yōtei and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. (bafta.org; videogameschronicle.com) The game is Sandfall Interactive’s first release, and publisher Kepler Interactive describes it as a turn-based role-playing game with real-time mechanics set in a world inspired by Belle Époque France. That mix of debut-studio status and awards traction has kept it at the center of this year’s games conversation. (sandfall.co; kepler-interactive.com; bafta.org) Jennifer English’s BAFTA win adds to an awards-season streak for her performance as Maelle. She also won Best Performance at The Game Awards in December 2025 for the same role. (bafta.org; youtube.com) The game’s wider case with critics was already strong before BAFTA night. Metacritic lists Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 at a 92 critic score on PlayStation 5, based on 84 reviews, with a release date of April 24, 2025. (metacritic.com) It also arrived at BAFTA with other major awards already on the shelf. At the 29th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards in February 2026, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won Game of the Year plus four other awards, including Role-Playing Game of the Year and Outstanding Achievement in Story. (ign.com; videogameschronicle.com) BAFTA’s result did not amount to a full sweep. Dispatch also won three awards, while Ghost of Yōtei took Music and Technical Achievement, underscoring how spread out the 2026 winners were beyond the top prize. (bafta.org; videogameschronicle.com) Still, the headline from London was simple by the end of the night: BAFTA put its biggest award on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and Jennifer English left with the lead performance trophy too. (bafta.org)