The 18th British Academy Video Game Awards was hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 7 April 2022 to honour the best video games of 2021. Held at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, television presenter Elle Osili-Wood returned to host the ceremony for the second time. Co-operative action-adventure platformer It Takes Two and third-person roguelike shooter Returnal both led the nominations with nine. Returnal won four awards at the ceremony, the most wins of any game.
Nominees and winners Most nominations were announced on 3 March 2022, while the nominations for performers were announced on 16 March 2022.
Returnal – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment Deathloop – Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks Forza Horizon 5 – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios Inscryption – Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment | valign="top" |
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment Call of Duty: Vanguard – Sledgehammer Games/Activision It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts Kena: Bridge of Spirits – Ember Lab Life Is Strange: True Colors – Deck Nine/Square Enix Psychonauts 2 – Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios |- | valign="top" |
The Artful Escape – Beethoven and Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts Psychonauts 2 – Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment Resident Evil Village – Capcom Returnal – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment | width="50%" valign="top" |
Returnal – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment The Artful Escape – Beethoven and Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive Call of Duty: Vanguard – Sledgehammer Games/Activision Deathloop – Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks Halo Infinite – 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy – Eidos-Montréal/Square Enix |- | valign="top" |
Forza Horizon 5 – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios Alba: A Wildlife Adventure – ustwo Games Death's Door – Acid Nerve/Devolver Digital Fights in Tight Spaces – Ground Shatter/Mode 7 Games Overboard – Inkle Studios Sable – Shedworks/Raw Fury | width="50%" valign="top" |
TOEM – Something We Made The Artful Escape – Beethoven and Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive Eastward – Pixpil/Chucklefish The Forgotten City – Modern Storyteller/Dear Villagers Genesis Noir – Feral Cat Den/Fellow Traveller Maquette – Graceful Decay/Annapurna Interactive |- | valign="top" |
No Man's Sky – Hello Games Among Us – Innersloth Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Apex Legends – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts Disco Elysium – ZA/UM Fortnite – Epic Games | width="50%" valign="top" |
Chicory: A Colorful Tale – Greg Lobanov/Finji Alba: A Wildlife Adventure – ustwo Games Forza Horizon 5 – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios Mario Party Superstars – Nintendo Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment Unpacking – Witch Beam/Humble Bundle |- | valign="top" |
Before Your Eyes – Goodbye World/Skybound Games Alba: A Wildlife Adventure – ustwo Games Chicory: A Colorful Tale – Greg Lobanov/Finji Game Builder Garage – Nintendo It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts Psychonauts 2 – Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios
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Inscryption – Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital Deathloop – Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks Forza Horizon 5 – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment Returnal – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment |- | valign="top" |
It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts Back 4 Blood – Turtle Rock Studios//Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Call of Duty: Vanguard – Sledgehammer Games/Activision Forza Horizon 5 – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios Halo Infinite – 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios Hell Let Loose – Black Matter/Team17 | width="50%" valign="top" |
Returnal – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment Deathloop – Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks Far Cry 6 – Ubisoft Toronto/Ubisoft Halo Infinite – 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios Psychonauts 2 – Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment |- | valign="top" |
Unpacking – Witch Beam/Humble Bundle It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts Life Is Strange: True Colors – Deck Nine/Square Enix Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy – Eidos-Montréal/Square Enix Psychonauts 2 – Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios Returnal – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment | width="50%" valign="top" |
It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts Deathloop – Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks Death's Door – Acid Nerve/Devolver Digital Inscryption – Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital Returnal – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment Unpacking – Witch Beam/Humble Bundle |- | valign="top" |
Jane Perry as Selene Vassos in Returnal Ozioma Akagha as Julianna Blake in Deathloop Jason E Kelley as Colt Vahn in Deathloop Jennifer Hale as Rivet in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Jon McLaren as Star-Lord/Peter Quill in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Erika Mori as Alex Chen in Life Is Strange: True Colors Kimberly Brooks as Hollis Forsythe in Psychonauts 2 Laura Bailey as Polina Petrova in Call of Duty: Vanguard Jason Cavalier as Drax in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Maggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu in Resident Evil Village Han Soto as Gabe Chen in Life Is Strange: True Colors Alex Weiner as Rocket in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment Forza Horizon 5 – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios Hitman 3 – IO Interactive Psychonauts 2 – Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios Resident Evil Village – Capcom Returnal – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment Unpacking – Witch Beam/Humble Bundle Chicory: A Colorful Tale – Greg Lobanov/Finji Deathloop – Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks The Forgotten City – Modern Storyteller/Dear Villagers It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts Metroid Dread – Mercury Steam/Nintendo
Games with multiple nominations and wins
Nominations Nominations Game 9 It Takes Two Returnal 8 Deathloop Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart 7 Psychonauts 2 6 Forza Horizon 5 5 Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy 4 Call of Duty: Vanguard Life Is Strange: True Colors Unpacking 3 Alba: A Wildlife Adventure The Artful Escape Chicory: A Colorful Tale Halo Infinite Inscryption Resident Evil Village 2 Death's Door The Forgotten City
Wins Wins Game 4 Returnal 2 It Takes Two Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart Unpacking
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