The British Academy Games Award for British Game is an award presented annually by the

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(BAFTA). It is given in honour of "the best British game of the year, across all genres and platforms. Creative control and overall development must be led by a British development studio.". The first ceremony to introduce the award was the

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in 2013, and was received by

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. Since its inception, the award has been given to four games, all from separate developers and publishers. As developers,

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have been nominated the most times on three occasions. As publishers, both

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and

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share the most nominations with four occasions each. The current holder of the award is '' Rollerdrome'', developed by

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and published by

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, which won at the

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in 2023.

Winners and nominees

In the following table, the years are listed as per BAFTA convention, and generally correspond to the year of game release in the United Kingdom.

Multiple wins and nominations

Developers

The following developers received two or more British Game nominations:

Publishers

The following publishers received two or more British Game nominations:

References

{{BAFTA British Academy Games Awards