2025 Finalists & Winners

Consume Me (Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, Ken "coda" Snyder)

Caves of Qud (Freehold Games / Kitfox Games)

despelote (Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena / Panic)

INDIKA (Odd Meter / 11 bit studios)

Thank Goodness You're Here! (Coal Supper / Panic)

UFO 50 (Mossmouth)

• ANIMAL WELL (Billy Basso / Bigmode)
• Balatro (LocalThunk / Playstack)
• Blue Prince (Dogubomb / Raw Fury)
• Mouthwashing (Wrong Organ / CRITICAL REFLEX)
• Nine Sols (RedCandleGames)
• Tactical Breach Wizards (Suspicious Developments)

Slot Waste (Vinny Roca)

A Dual Ascent (Mountain Toad Entertainment / Rubika Supinfogame)

DisplaceMen (Eversea Club)

Growth Spurt: A Meandering Intermission into the Afterhours of a Miscalculation (Games for my Computer)

The WereCleaner (The WereCleaner Team / USC Games)

Year Unknown (Julian Heuser)

• Cards of Heart (GoodMind Games)
• Duck Paradox (Magic Games / Midwest Games)
• Lost Garden (Ori Shany, Yoni Pushett, Ramon Zerem)
• Perfect World (Michael Overton Brown)
• Timeworks (Starworks Studios)

despelote (Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena / Panic)

Anger Foot (Free Lives / Devolver Digital)

INDIKA (Odd Meter / 11 bit studios)

ODDADA (Sven Ahlgrimm, Mathilde Hoffmann, Bastian Clausdorff)

Thank Goodness You're Here! (Coal Supper / Panic)

Utopia Must Fall (Datasette/Pixeljam / Pixeljam)

• ANIMAL WELL (Billy Basso / Bigmode)
• Mouthwashing (Wrong Organ / CRITICAL REFLEX)
• Pacific Drive (Ironwood Studios / Kepler Interactive)
• The Rise of the Golden Idol (Color Gray Games / Playstack)
• UFO 50 (Mossmouth)

Tactical Breach Wizards (Suspicious Developments)

Balatro (LocalThunk / Playstack)

Blue Prince (Dogubomb / Raw Fury)

Caves of Qud (Freehold Games / Kitfox Games)

Consume Me (Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, Ken "coda" Snyder)

Pacific Drive (Ironwood Studios / Kepler Interactive)

• ANIMAL WELL (Billy Basso / Bigmode)
• No Case Should Remain Unsolved (Somi)
• UFO 50 (Mossmouth)
• LOK Digital (Letibus Design, Icedrop Games / Draknek and Friends)
• Eigengrau (Martin Mauersics)
• The Rise of the Golden Idol (Color Gray Games / Playstack)

Caves of Qud (Freehold Games / Kitfox Games)

Closer the Distance (Osmotic Studios / Skybound Games)

Consume Me (Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, Ken "coda" Snyder)

despelote (Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena / Panic)

INDIKA (Odd Meter / 11 bit studios)

No Case Should Remain Unsolved (Somi)

• Blue Prince (Dogubomb / Raw Fury)
• Miniatures (Other Tales Interactive)
• Mouthwashing (Wrong Organ / CRITICAL REFLEX)
• Tactical Breach Wizards (Suspicious Developments)
• Thank Goodness You're Here! (Coal Supper / Panic)
• The Thaumaturge (Fool's Theory / 11 bit studios)

Hauntii (Moonloop Games / Firestoke)

Children of the Sun (René Rother / Devolver Digital)

Consume Me (Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, Ken "coda" Snyder)

Judero (Talha & Jack Co.)

Nine Sols (RedCandleGames)

Thank Goodness You're Here! (Coal Supper / Panic)

• Crow Country (SFB Games)
• Death of the Reprobate (Joe Richardson)
• Miniatures (Other Tales Interactive)
• Tiny Glade (Pounce Light)
• Ultros (Hadoque / Kepler Interactive)

Consume Me (Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, Ken "coda" Snyder)

despelote (Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena / Panic)

Extreme Evolution: Drive to Divinity (Sam Atlas)

Ginger (Kevin Du)

individualism in the dead-internet age (alienmelon)

Starship Home (Creature)

tapeçaria (tapestry) (mut / moochi)

The Exit 8 (KOTAKE CREATE / PLAYISM)

• Arctic Eggs (The Water Museum, cockydoody, abmarnie, Cameron Ginex / CRITICAL REFLEX)
• Judero (Talha & Jack Co.)
• Onto Maizilind Unto Infinity (Kas Ghobadi, Julián Palacios Gechtman / Kasrah Ghobadi)
• Price of Flight (WATERBOX)
• Project_Y: Working Title (Project_Y Production Committee)
• Refind Self: The Personality Test Game (Lizardry / PLAYISM)