2020 Finalists & Winners
Seumas McNally Grand Prize
- A Short Hike (Adam Robinson-Yu)
- Eliza (Zachtronics)
- Untitled Goose Game (House House)
- Mutazione (Die Gute Fabrik)
- Slay the Spire (Mega Crit Games)
- Anodyne 2: Return to Dust (Sean Han Tani & Marina Kittaka)
Honorable Mentions: Katana ZERO (Askiisoft), Lonely Mountains: Downhill (Megagon Industries), Song of Bloom (Philipp Stollenmayer), Wide Ocean, Big Jacket (Turnfollow), Elsinore (Golden Glitch), Astrologaster (Nyamyam), Heaven's Vault (inkle)
Best Student Game
- BORE DOME (Goblin rage)
- Orbital Bullet (SmokeStab)
- A Juggler's Tale (kaleidoscube)
- Forgotten (Mutiny Games)
- Neon Beats (OKYO Games)
- Nothing in Sight (Nothing In Sight Team)
Honorable Mentions: Unhatched (Filip Loster), Du Rejser (You Travel) (Victor Selnæs Breum + Katinka), Trail Mix (Puzzsoft), Where the Bees Make Honey (Brian Wilson), Northbound (Johannes Köberle & Arno Justus), Evergreen Blues (David Su and Dominique Star)
Excellence in Audio
- Mutazione (Die Gute Fabrik)
- Observation (No Code)
- Vectronom (Ludopium)
- Astrologaster (Nyamyam)
- Knights and Bikes (Foam Sword)
- Untitled Goose Game (House House)
Honorable Mentions: Afterparty (Night School Studio), Kind Words (lo fi chill beats to write to) (Popcannibal), Manifold Garden (William Chyr Studio), Alt-Frequencies (Accidental Queens), Don't Look (Don't Look Team), Lonely Mountains: Downhill (Megagon Industries), Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1 (Cosmo D)
Excellence in Design
- Patrick's Parabox (Patrick Traynor)
- Katana ZERO (Askiisoft)
- Lonely Mountains: Downhill (Megagon Industries)
- Slay the Spire (Mega Crit Games)
- A Short Hike (Adam Robinson-Yu)
- Elsinore (Golden Glitch)
Honorable Mentions: Guildlings (Sirvo Studios), Nauticrawl (Andrea Interguglielmi), Blabyrinth (Sleeping Beast Games), Children of Morta (Dead Mage), Void Bastards (Blue Manchu), Untitled Goose Game (House House), Creature in the Well (Flight School Studio)
Excellence in Narrative
- Heaven's Vault (inkle)
- Mutazione (Die Gute Fabrik)
- Elsinore (Golden Glitch)
- Wide Ocean, Big Jacket (Turnfollow)
- Eliza (Zachtronics)
- LIONKILLER (Sisi Jiang)
Honorable Mentions: American Election (Greg Buchanan), Night Call (Monkey Moon, BlackMuffin), Astrologaster (Nyamyam), A Short Hike (Adam Robinson-Yu), Adventures With Anxiety! (Nicky Case), Observation (No Code)
Excellence in Visual Art
- Knights and Bikes (Foam Sword)
- Mutazione (Die Gute Fabrik)
- Void Bastards (Blue Manchu)
- Creature in the Well (Flight School Studio)
- Eastward (Pixpil)
- Stone Story RPG (Martian Rex / standardcombo)
Honorable Mentions: LUNA The Shadow Dust (Lantern Studio), Eastshade (Eastshade Studios), Minute of Islands (Studio Fizbin), Katana ZERO (Askiisoft), Song of Bloom (Philipp Stollenmayer), A Short Hike (Adam Robinson-Yu), Creaks (Amanita Design)
Nuovo Award
- The Space Between (Christoph Frey)
- Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1 (Cosmo D)
- Infini (Barnaque)
- Life Tastes Like Cardboard (Demensa)
- Promesa (Julián Palacios)
- Song of Bloom (Philipp Stollenmayer)
- The Longing (Studio Seufz)
- PAGAN: Autogeny (Oleander Garden)
Honorable Mentions: Astrologaster (Nyamyam), Elsinore (Golden Glitch), Fit for a King (Brent Ellison & Tanya X. Short), My Exercise (Atsushi Wada, Ryoya Usuha, Nobuaki Doi), Where the Bees Make Honey (Brian Wilson), Smile For Me (Gabe Lane and Yugo Limbo / LimboLane)
Audience Award
- A Short Hike (Adam Robinson-Yu)