British Academy Games Award for Debut Game
The British Academy Video Games Award for Debut Game is an award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. It is given in honor of the best first game from any studio or individual. The award was first given at the 8th British Academy Video Games Awards ceremony, held in 2012, with Microsoft Studios-published title Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet winning the award.
Since its inception, the award has been given to eight games. As a publisher, Microsoft Studios has received the most nominations in this category with four, followed by Devolver Digital and Sony Interactive Entertainment with three. Disco Elysium is the most recent winner of the Debut Game award.
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.| Indicates the winner |
Multiple nominations
The following publishers received two or more Debut Game nominations:| Nominations | Publisher |
| 4 | Microsoft Studios |
| 3 | Devolver Digital |
| 3 | Sony Computer Entertainment/Sony Interactive Entertainment |
| 2 | Annapurna Interactive |