"Elite Dangerous" won "Best of E3" from "The Escapist" and games.cz in 2014. "Elite Dangerous" won the Game Developers Choice Award 2015 for best audience. It was ranked as the Best VR Game of 2016 from Game Revolution. It was nominated for Evolving Game by the British Academy Games Awards (BAFTA) in 2017. The game was also nominated for the "Still Playing" award at the 2019 Golden Joystick Awards. "Elite Dangerous: Beyond" was nominated for "Evolving Game" at the 2019 British Academy Games Awards.