DevGAMM Awards 2026 Reveals 70 Nominated Games For Its 3rd Annual Show: See the Full List

DevGAMM Awards has revealed the 70 nominated games for its third annual show, and not only do they come from 25 different countries, but more than half of the nominated titles were developed by teams of five or fewer.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal, on November 18 at 10am PT/1pm ET/6pm GMT, and IGN will serve as the official streaming partner. This means you'll be able to tune into IGN.com and IGN's YouTube channel to watch the event. Alongside a night filled with honoring these games and studios, there will also be exclusive game announcements and major updates to look forward to.

There is a lot on the line as this year's show will feature $100,000 in cash prizes supported by Scorewarrior, plus more than $40,000 in sponsored category prizes from Epic Games Store, Unreal Engine, tinyBuild, Unity, and Godot.

With that all out of the way, let's get to the nominees, which were selected from a record 1,088 submissions by 987 teams across 80 countries.

DevGAMM Awards 2026 Nominees

Grand Prize

• Dead As Disco by Brain Jar Games
• Echoes of Mystralia by Borealys Games
• Mortal Shell II by Cold Symmetry
• MOUSE: P.I. For Hire by Fumi Games
• Phonopolis by Amanita Design

Excellence in Game Design

• Desktop Explorer by Recurring Dream
• Froggy Hates Snow by Crying Brick
• IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator by Nick Nieuwoudt, Dominik Latos
• Rewindead by Spellwork AB
• Timberborn by Mechanistry

Excellence in Visual Art

• Micromega by COVEN
• Midgardr by Holy Radish
• MOUSE: P.I. For Hire by Fumi Games
• Phonopolis by Amanita Design
• UNBEATABLE by D-CELL GAMES

Excellence in Narrative

• Call of the Elder Gods by Out of the Blue Games
• Desktop Explorer by Recurring Dream
• Ledgerbound by OmniMegaSuperCorp
• Pieced Together by Glowfrog Games
• Schrödinger's Call by Acrobatic Chirimenjako

Excellence in Audio

• Band Wagon by Bippinbits
• Dead As Disco by Brain Jar Games
• Phonopolis by Amanita Design
• Ratatan by Ratata Arts Inc.
• UNBEATABLE by D-CELL GAMES

Best Mobile Game

• Gambonanza by Blukulele (Paul Giovannini)
• Pirates Outlaws 2: Heritage by Fabled Game Limited
• Scritchy Scratchy by Lunch Money Games
• Servant of the Lake by Rusty Lake
• Twin Shot Deluxe by Nitrome Limited

Most Anticipated Game

• Cards & Cannons by Flamehead Games UG
• Crop by Carbonara Games
• Koshmar: The Last Reverie by Purple Ray Studio
• PinKeep by Okomotive
• Steel Soul Shaper by GENEPOP

Best Game in Early Development

• BANDIT KNIGHT by Game Float
• Bolt & Whalington by Orca Studio
• Burdenfall by Leftovers Games
• Code RAPID by Hitbreak Games LLC
• Hold Your Dragons by Igor Krutov

Best Small Team Game

• Compress(space) by B-Deshi Interactive
• Dobbel Dungeon by Gamepie
• MOLDRISE by Raffaele Picca
• Omelet You Cook by Bird Gang Games
• Worming from Home by Zach Northrop and Mason Sabharwal

Meaningful Game

• 1998: The Toll Keeper Story by GameChanger Studio
• Amnios by HES-SO (HEAD-Genève + HEdS)
• As Long As You're Here by Autoscopia
• Fishbowl by imissmyfriends.studio
• Grow Wild by SPECTRUM48

Best Game from Portugal

• ALL LIGHT IS GONE by Octupus Embrace
• Hanno: A Magical Tale by One Way Eleven
• NECROMENTAL by Digitality Games
• Shelf Heroes by Fun Punch Games
• War Doctor by Red Pine Studios

DevGAMM Choice

• Demon Bluff by UmiArt
• HOMURA HIME by Crimson Dusk
• inKONBINI: One Store. Many Stories by Nagai Industries
• Monster Chef by Studio Pizza
• Wax Heads by Patattie Games

Partner-Sponsored Awards

Epic Games Store Indie Spotlight

• Dead As Disco by Brain Jar Games
• Fortune Seller by Kiwick Studios
• Hank: Drowning On Dry Land by My Next Games
• IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator by Nick Nieuwoudt, Dominik Latos
• Luna Abyss by Kwalee Labs

Best Unreal Engine Game

• Call of the Elder Gods by Out of the Blue Games
• Dead As Disco by Brain Jar Games
• Guns of Eschaton by Eschatology Entertainment
• Mortal Shell II by Cold Symmetry
• The Occultist by DALOAR Studios

Best Indie Game by tinyBuild

• Code RAPID by Hitbreak Games LLC
• Hell Hold'em by Hell Hold'em
• Meat Without Master by Neon Cocoa
• Rewindead by Spellwork AB
• Tattered Banners by CookieByte Entertainment

Best Made With Unity Game

• Dimraeth by Mudtek
• Last Moon by Sköll Studio
• Painted Kingdoms by Hectiq
• Seaward by THE ROOF Interactive
• Tempus Vitae by Whiteboard Games

Best Godot Game

• Band Wagon by Bippinbits
• Burn With Me by Nozomu Games
• MOLDRISE by Raffaele Picca
• My Card Is Better Than Your Card! by Utu Studios
• Pathogenic by Aberrant Labs

For more, check out all you need to know about the DevGAMM Awards on their website.