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
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