It’s that time of the year again! Time to look back at some of the very best games we’ve covered over the year! It’s been another great year with games packed full of creativity, innovation and beautiful artwork. We couldn’t pack all of our favorite games into the awards, but as ever you can check out our Spotlight section to see all of them. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the games we’ve covered and any of your personal favorites. Have a great new year!
Winner: Pod – A beautiful exploration adventure with a lot of heart, a meaningful message and a cute little goat!
Runner Ups: Curiosity, En Garde!
Winner: It’s Paper Guy! – A charming papercraft world that you can chop up piece by piece.
Runner Ups: Foxhunt, Flipping Filip
Winner: Super Mario Flashback – The Mushroom Kingdom has never looked so good!
Runner Ups: Crash N. Tense Adventure, T-Rex Breakout, Jelly Mario
Winner: Toodee and Topdee – Switch between 2D top-down and 2D side-on gameplay within the same levels.
Runner Ups: Writespace, IO interloper
Winner: Kairos – A powerful narrative about friendship, growing up and feelings of guilt.
Runner Ups: In Loving Memory, The Long Way Home, Pod
Winner: T(rip) – An innovative point and click adventure where your descent into insanity is relayed beautifully via the artwork.
Runner Ups: noitanigami, YOU LEFT ME
Winner: Documentia – A narrative adventure where playing the game damages it.
Runner Ups: Deleveled, Toodee and Topdee
Winner: Isotopium: Chernobyl – Control real remote controlled vehicles and drive them around a scale model of Chernobyl.
Runner Ups: Documentia, Letters
Winner: Occupy White Walls – Build and curate your very own art gallery.
Runner Up: Hytale (not released yet but it looks epic)
Winner: Dream Dasher – A fast paced platforming adventure with multi-route levels, beautiful artwork and lots of replayability.
Winner: Ghost Dance – A bizarre trip into David Lynch’s dream world.
Winner: Pod – A beautiful exploration adventure with a lot of heart, a meaningful message and a cute little goat!
Runner Ups: Isotopium: Chernobyl, Foxhunt
Congratulations to all the winners. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the games we’ve covered and any of your personal favorites. Have a great new year!