Metaphor: ReFantazio Wins Best Narrative at BAFTA Game Awards 2025

Great news for fans of Metaphor: ReFantazio. The game has received the award for Narrative during the BAFTA Game Awards 2025. This isn't that surprising considering that great storytelling has always been at the heart of the game.

Narrative is one of two categories that the game was nominated for. The second one was for New Intellectual Property with the award going to Still Wakes the Deep.

Metaphor: ReFantazio is set in the United Kingdom of Euchronia, a medieval fantasy realm that mirrors the contemporary real world. An assassination attempt on the Prince resulted in him being cursed and falling into a long slumber. The story focuses on an orphaned boy of the magic-wielding Elda tribe and the Prince's childhood friend who participates in the Royal Tournament that's held to decide the throne's successor. Players get to journey across Euchronia to rally support from its people as they search for a way to lift the curse. Metaphor: ReFantazio is available for the PC via Steam.

The BAFTA Game Awards

The BAFTA Games Awards, or the British Academy Games Awards, are an annual British awards ceremony that honors "outstanding creative achievement" in the video game industry. It was first presented back in 2004 and since then twenty ceremonies have taken place. The most recent was the 21st British Academy Games Awards, held at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on April 8.

In this year's show, Senua's Saga: Hellblade II had the most number of nominations at 11. This was followed by Astro Bot and Still Wakes the Deep, both getting eight nominations.

The game that had the most wins though was Astro Bot, who took home 5 wins. These were Animation, Audio Achievement, Family, Game Design, and the top award which is Best Game. Still Wakes the Deep had three which are New Intellectual Property, Performer in a Leading Role, and Performer in a Supporting Role. Meanwhile, Senua's Saga: Hellblade II only managed to bag the Technical Achievement award.

Other winners include, among others, Vampire Survivors for Evolving Game and Tales of Kenzera: Zau for Game Beyond Entertainment. Helldivers 2 had two wins which were Multiplayer and Music.

What was your favorite part of this year’s BAFTA Game Awards 2025?