- Expedition 33 has won the Best Game Award at the BAFTA Games Awards 2026.
- It has won a total of 5 GOTY accolades within a year, marking an extremely rare milestone in the industry.
- The only other game to boast the same milestone is Baldur’s Gate 3, another genre-defining RPG.
Sandfall claimed Expedition 33 was received 100 times better than it initially expected, which is certainly true. The RPG has won game of the year awards left and right since its inception, let alone the other accolades. It recently passed over 500 GOTY honors in the process.
The turn-based RPG has now secured yet another major Game of the Year trophy by winning the ‘Best Game’ award at the BAFTA Games Awards 2026. It also won an accolade across the debut game category in the process.
Why it matters: Expedition 33 has impressed gamers and critics alike, as evidenced by its industry-leading accolades. The unique turn-based mechanics and its incredible storytelling have appealed to the masses like never before.
As announced during the event, Expedition 33 is BAFTA’s reigning champion. What’s impressive is that the RPG has secured a full sweep across all five major awards shows this year, namely the following:
- Golden Joystick Awards
- The Game Awards
- DICE Awards
- Game Developers Choice Awards
- BAFTA
Baldur’s Gate 3 is the only other game to have reached such a milestone, which is another genre-defining RPG that shook the gaming scene after its eventful launch. GTA 6 seems to stand a similar chance in the future if it delivers and exceeds the hype that is taking shape.
Players hope these accolades will convince the wider gaming industry to produce similar high-quality and unique projects in the future, something that even an Expedition 33 voice actor has been calling for.
However, RPG veteran Dan Daglow believes that developing these ‘clever little’ titles is impossible if studios want to please the stock market.
Do you think Expedition 33 winning all these GOTY awards will bring about a major change in the gaming industry, or will the RPG continue to remain an anomaly in the future? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below, or join the discussion on the Tech4Gamers forum.
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Shameer Sarfaraz has previously worked for eXputer as a Senior News Writer for several years. Now with Tech4Gamers, he loves to devoutly keep up with the latest gaming and entertainment industries. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and years of experience reporting on games. Besides his passion for breaking news stories, Shahmeer loves spending his leisure time farming away in Stardew Valley. VGC, IGN, GameSpot, Game Rant, TheGamer, GamingBolt, The Verge, NME, Metro, Dot Esports, GameByte, Kotaku Australia, PC Gamer, and more have cited his articles.
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