Since 2012 A MAZE. awards The Most Amazing Game. The winner is selected by an interdisciplinary, international and 100% independent jury. We extended and changed awards in the many years since, our categories are now: “Most Amazing Award”, “Human Human Machine Award”, “Long Feature Award”, “Digital Moment Award”, “Explorer Award” and “Audience Award” and the "Gender Diversity Award" presented by WINGS.

(val)iant: or, val's guide to having a broken vag

Kaitlin "KB" Bonfiglio

United States of America

...And Still I Wander South

Nathan Harper

United States of America

10,000 Swords

Wyldflower AS

Norway, South Africa

1000xRESIST

sunset visitor 斜陽過客

Canada

13 Rosas

Casilda de Zulueta, Francisco de Zulueta, Daniel Palacio Samitier

Germany, Spain

15 Things That Happened

Jonah Senzel

United States of America

A Community Garden Outside Of Kyiv

Dean Moynihan

UK

A Knight's Honor

A knight's honor team

France

A Little to the Left

Max Inferno

Canada

A TIME TRAVELLER'S GUIDE TO PAST DELICACIES

Gabriel Helfenstein

Germany

A Virtual Chain of Solidarity

Krisztina Gaál, Dániel Herczeg, Rebeka Artim

Hungary, Hungary, Hungary

ABRISS - build to destroy

Randwerk

Germany

Afterglitch

Vladimir Kudelka

Czech Republic

Afterplace

Evan Kice

United States of America

Ahanar

Evgeni Puzankov

Russian Federation

AIRCROBAT

JoLoCaJeLe

Germany

Albert Wilde: Quantum P.I.

beyondthosehills

Greece

Alephant

Le Slo

Spain

All Unsaved Progress Will Be Lost

Mélanie Courtinat

France

An Everyday Story

Cactus Production

Italy, Argentina

Anassara

Natan Alberca

French Southern Territories

Angel:Earth Edition

Christopher Shelley

england

Anger Foot

Free Lives

South Africa

Astro Colony

Terad Games

Poland

Backbeat

Ichigoichie

USA, Sweden, Japan

BattleJuice Alchemist

Alchemical Works

Deutschland

BAYU - Beyond the Sea

filefrad

Germany

Beecarbonize

Charles Games

Czech Republic

BEETHOVEN // OPUS 360

agon e.V.

Germany

Beneath telegraph lines

niall tl

United Kingdom

Berlin Maniacs

Achtung Autobahn Studios

Deutschland

Between

Claire Kwong

United States

Beyond The Lens

Ben Koder

Australia

Birth

Madison Karrh

United State

Bit The Apple, So What?

Stanko Gagrčin

Serbia

Black Cycle

Katsuya Abe

Japan

Blackout, exit stage.

Dániel Herczeg

Hungary

Blocks

Ingram Mao & Adam Morina

United States of America

Blue Wednesday

Buff Studio

Korea, Republic of

Blueberry

MELLOW Games

Germany

Bomber Looks Down

Evgeni Puzankov

Russian Federation

Bridgebourn

Bamboo's Bazaar

USA

Buildingo: The city builder of a working man

Thinking Rabbit

Poland

Built For Fury

Ascended Studio

Norway, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia

Bulwark : Falconeer Chronicles

Tomas Sala

Netherlands

Cannelé & Nomnom - DEFECTIVE AGENCY

Disaster Duo

France

Cattails: Wildwood Story

Falcon Development

United States of America

Chasing Light

Vittgen

Korea, Republic of

Circle of Kerzoven

Marco Burri

Switzerland

Cis Penance: Transgender Lives in Wait

Zoyander Street

UK

Clever Cowboys Never Ever Bite That Cactus

Yodel Punk Syndicate

Spain, UK

CLOUDED

UNI_VERSE & Antfood

Netherlands

CLT

notagamestudio

Portugal, Finland

coke bugs

common opera

United States of America

Crime O'Clock

Bad Seed

Italy

crockpot

Emily Koonce & Blake Andrews

United States, United States

Dead Flamingo

Twenty Ninety Creative

Canada

Dead Pets Unleashed

Triple Topping

Denmark

Death of a Wish

melessthanthree

United States

Deep Down

Raccoon Rascal

Austria

Desastres de la Guerra

Victor Morales / Georg Hobmeier (gold extra)

Venezuela, Austria

Die in the Dungeon

DitD Team

Spain

DISCORDANCE

Unwired Dance Theatre

UK

Don Salmon

Amano

Mexico, Mexico

Dordogne

UMAMINATION

France

EbiTapes

Marton Kiss, Lilla Turi

Hungary, Hungary

Electric Zine Maker ⚡📝✂

alienmelon

United States of America

ELELE (Hand in Hand)

Institute of Time

Netherlands

Escape from Lavender Island

Jeremy Couillard

USA

Essentia Omnia

Plate Of Meal (Natch, Sam Geronimo, Lucas Kloberdanz-Dyck, Homie (Lintilion) Boon, Ash K)

Canada, Ukraine

Event Horizon Together: Sagittarius A*

Tamás Erdős, Krisztina Gaál, Dániel Herczeg, sztrovacsek

Hungary, Hungary, Hungary, Hungary

Everyday Vrealities

Wright & Co

Finland

Extreme Evolution: Drive to Divinity

Sam Atlas

United States of America

Fall of Porcupine

BUNTSPECHT.GAMES

Deutschland

Finding Hannah

Fein Games

Germany

Flawless Abbey

CRITICAL REFLEX / Bed Head Games

Georgia

Floppy Disks from Hell

BLJ Games

Argentina

Frank and Drake

Appnormals Team

Spain

Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County

Worm Club

Australia

Future Cat Sailor: 128 Leagues Under The Sea

JohnLee Cooper

Canada

Galaxy Bastards

Till Gilsbach

Deutschland

Gerda: A Flame in Winter

PORTAPLAY (PUBLISHER: DON'T NOD)

Denmark

Ghost Shadow

Papacubec

Georgia

Gibbon: Beyond the Trees

Broken Rules Interactive Media GmbH

Austria, United Kingdom, Canada, Portugal, USA

Gnome Improvement

Gnome Alone

Deutschland

Gourdlets

Aunty Games

United States of America

Grandmother's oracle

Leandro Waibe

Argentina

grapher

Tatu Heinämäki

Finland

GRASPING

Duncan Corrigan & Vulcara

Australia

Gumball Dreams

Ferryman Collective

United States

Handshakes

Pet Pumpkin

Germany, Netherlands, Germany

Happy Game

Amanita Design

Czech Republic

Harmony's Odyssey

MythicOwl

Poland

He Fucked the Girl Out of Me

Taylor McCue

United States

HEARTBEATS AND BRAINWAVES

Team Hangry

Switzerland

Henry

Lululu Entertainment

Switzerland

Hiboka

Flying Carpets Games

Canada, Japan, england

Holy Fire Pilot Version

Causa Creations

Austria

Hot Bunz

SPACESALAD STUDIOS

South Africa

HOVERBURGER

ROBYSOFT

United States

How Deep Is the Dark Water?

Rhett Tsai

China

How to Say Goodbye

Florian & Baptiste / ARTE France

France

Howl

Mi'pu'mi Games GmbH

Austria

Human:Level

Fabian Kühfuß

Germany

Identity Crisis

Ammaarah Noormohamed

South Africa

IN DER HÖLLE SIND DIE FLAMMEN TÜRKIS/IN HELL THE FLAMES ARE TURQUOISE

Katia Sophia Ditzler

Deutschland

Increment

Mark Pil Games

United States of America

Influence, Inc.

Curious Bird AB

Sweden

Insomnia: Theater in the Head

Perfect Day Studio

China

inTIErrupted

French K155

France

It's a Wrap!

Chanko Studios

France, Germany

It's just a dream (don't worry)

Laurenz Riklin & Leander Leutzendorff

Austria

ITORAH

Grimbart Tales

Deutschland

It´s Ukraine, not a game

It´s Ukraine, not a game

Deutschland

Josh Journey: Darkness Totems

Provincia Studio

Brazil

JUSTine DRIVE

Natascha Dübi & Noe Mael Arnold

Switzerland

Juvenoia

Michael Luo

United States, United States of America

Kaleidos Kanvas

Miikka Harjuntausta & Kiri Kälkäjä

Finland, Finland

Kandria

Shirakumo Games

Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America

Kevin's Path to Wizdom

Hypnotic Owl

Deutschland

King of the Castle

Tributary Games

United Kingdom, New Zealand, France, United States

Kite Kid

Kite Kid Team

France

KLOPPYSSIMO

Sebastian

Switzerland

LCD Odyssey

Shaman Garage

Spain, Spain

LEHRSPRÜCHE DER BAUERNSCHLAUEN/MAXIMS OF THE CUNNING

Katia Sophia Ditzler

Deutschland

Lose Ctrl

Play From Your Heart (Ugh)

Germany

Lost In Depiction

CNAM ENJMIN Lost In Depiction

France

Lost in Play

Happy Juice Games

Israel

Lost on Mars

Trey Ramm

United States of America

Lost twins 2

Playdew

Pakistan

Luncheonarium

Martin Hromádka

Czech Republic

Makeout Monster

Tara Pattenden & David Spooner

Australia, Australia

Marble Run

No Time

Deutschland

Margo

ygretz and upsideyonder

Canada

Mars Vice

Rho Labyrinths GmbH

Germany, Germany, Spain

Meet me at NooN

Pandaroo Interactive

Belgium

Mega Snaileeyo Adventure

Bezenyo!

United States of America

Mexico, 1921: A deep slumber

Macula Interactive

Mexico

Midnight Girl

Italic

Denmark

MiLE HiGH TAXi

Cassius John-Adams

Canada

Mind Diver

Indoor Sunglasses

Denmark

MindVenture

Vhalenn

France

mk creature zip

Rocio 'Rothio' Tome

Spain

Mondays: a Sisyphean Typing Game

Max Robins and Alex Robins

United Kingdom

Monorail Stories

Stelex Software

Switzerland

Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip

Beautiful Glitch

Spain

Mother, Player

Angela Washko

United States of America

Moththerapy

Sebastian Scholz

Austria

Moviehouse

Odyssey Studios

Latvia

Moving Jigsaw Puzzles ( + Sam World 1)

Samuel Leigh

UK, United State

Museum of Mechanics: Lockpicking

Dim Bulb Games

USA

Mutazione

Die Gute Fabrik

Denmark

Name one place

Axe Binondo

United State

Neon Noodles

Vivid Helix

Canada

Never Grow Up

Raaralab

Canada

Noclip (working title)

Ludopium

Germany

Non-Headset VR Games

3m Jump

Germany

NON-PLAYER CHARACTER

OnBoardXR

United States of America

O

LemuRivolta

Italy

ONDE

Lance, 3-50

France

Onto Maizilind Unto Infinity (OMUI)

Kas Ghobadi, Julian Palacios

United States, Italy

Open World Shutter

Jonny Hopkins

United States

opera - a future game

v. zur Mühlen/Köck/Bischoff/Miotk

Germany, Austria, Switzerland

OverClear

Papacubec

Georgia

Overwhelmed

Ludipe

Spain

OXYMORE by Jean-Michel Jarre

VRROOM

France, Italy, Georgia, Kazakhstan

Pinch to Awaken

Yesica Duarte

Argentina

Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

turbolento games (Tunnel Vision Srl)

Italy

Player Non Player

Jonathan Coryn

France

POST VOID

Y/CJ/Y games

Sweden

Presenter Slides ™

Mathias & Brin

Slovenia, Denmark

PRODUCER 2021

Stuffed Wombat

Austria

Proto Carbon

FFFoundry

Korea, Republic of

Psychotic Bathtub – The Story of an Escalating Mind. And Ducks.

natsha

Switzerland

Puppet Play

Unechte Sachen

Germany

Rebots

FlatPonies

Denmark

Ren's Demons I

yo252yo

France

Roadwarden

Aureus

Poland

Rogue Command

feneq

Germany

Roller Drama

Open Lab

Italy

Rose and Locket

CRITICAL REFLEX / Whistling Wizard

New Zealand

Roto Force

Anton Klinger

Austria

Rough Justice: '84

Gamma Minus UG

Germany, United Kingdom, France

Rove - The Wanderer's Tale

Viron Games

Germany

RP7

Turtle Cream

Korea, Republic of

Ruffy and the Riverside

Zockrates Laboratories

Germany

RunMan Turbo

Tom Sennett

United States of America

s/f/wønderland

Hua Chai

Malaysia

Sacred Grounds

Refrakt

Germany

Sass VS Fash: Girlballs of Steel

JMAA GAMES

Spain

Sayonara

Hao Liao

Taiwan

Scarlet Hollow

Black Tabby Games

United States of America

SCHiM

Extra Nice

Netherlands

Sculpturoids

Andreas Gaschka

Deutschland, Austria

SEASON: A letter to the future

Scavengers Studio

Canada

Seasons of Life

Team 5

X

Sena,

Jisoo Lim

Korea, Republic of

SEX! At Alexanderplatz

Fantasia Malware

Germany

Sigh of the Abyss: Shadow Bonds

Rascal Devworks

Netherlands

SIGNALIS

rose-engine

Deutschland

Slay the Princess

Black Tabby Games

United States of America

Slowly Fading into Data

Albert.DATA

Spain

Slug Planet

Fantamagico

Italy

Smack the Table

Basalikum

Denmark

Sol *working title

Fancy Sauce

South Africa

Sol Quest by Solubrious.io

Solubrious

Deutschland, Indonesia, Jamaica, Jordan, Vietnam, UK

Songs of Cyborgeoisie

BBB_ (allapopp & Alex Sahm)

Germany, China, Russian Federation

Songs of the Lost

Apocablyss Studios

Canada

South of the Circle

State of Play

UK

Spells & Secrets

Alchemist Interactive

Deutschland

Spiritfall

Gentle Giant Games

Israel

Star Stuff

Animo Games

United States

Stars in the Trash

Valhalla Cats

Spain

Stick It to the Stickman

Free Lives

South Africa

Strange Aeons

Karolis Dikcius

Lithuania

Strayed Lights

Embers

France

Summer Friends Don't Stick Around

Omey Salvi

India

Surmount

Jasper & Jonas

Netherlands, France

Tag Party

Four Horsemen Games

The Netherlands

Tales from Candleforth

Under The Bed Games

Spain

talking to my dad

Hatim Benhsain

Morocco

TELEFORUM

CRITICAL REFLEX / Monumental Collab

Brazil

TENDY: Robot Gardener

Michael Schmitt & TJ Richardson

United States of America

TERMINAL69

Big Bag collective

United States, Ecuador

Terra Nil

Free Lives

South Africa

Tetris, but all at once

Jonny Hopkins

United States

The Baby in Yellow

Team Terrible

United Kingdom

The Barnacle Goose Experiment

Everest Pipkin

United States of America

The Bureau of Multiversal Arbitration

Aconite

United States of America

The Chamber of Time

Joey Schutz

United States

The Devil Within: SATGAT

Newcore Games

Korea, Republic of

The Fallen

VISONKEEPER Studio

Germany

The Forest Quartet

Mads & Friends

Denmark, Germany, Brazil

the Good, the Cat, and the Vicious

Billy Liu, Thomas Tang, Wuji Cao, Yunfei Gao

China

The Hand of Merlin

Room C Games

Croatia

The Horticulturists

The Lovable Hat Cult

Denmark

The Hungry Fly

Erupting Avocado

Canada, Canada

The Longest Walk

Alexander Tarvet

UK

The Matriarch

Adrien Laurent - 'Chewa'

France

The MetaMovie Presents: Alien Rescue

The MetaMovie

United States

The Occultist

Pentakill Studios

Spain

The portraits that remain

Nicolas Tilly

France

The reasons for it

Malo

France

The Wandering Village

Stray Fawn Studio

Switzerland

There was a home under two red suns

Sevan Mujukian

United State

Things Too Ugly

Kevin Mercer

United States of America

Time on Frog Island

Half Past Yellow

Denmark

To Hell With the Ugly

La Poule Noire / ARTE France

France

Tonight, Last Night

Edanur Kuntman

United States

TopplePOP: Bungee Blockbusters

ArkimA

Australia

Townframe

Norrimo

Germany

Toyforming

Toyforming Studios

Japan

Transmodalis

Transmodalis

Sweden, Sweden, Sweden

Triga

Jason Newman

Japan

Two Strikes

Retro Reactor Games

Brazil

TYTYTY

Kristine Buerano + Natasha Ramoutar

Canada

Unknown Number: A First Person Talker

Godolphin Games

UK

Unwording

Frostwood Interactive

India

Unwound

Wirescribe Corp

United States of America

UR KAOS UHR

Chloê Langford

Deutschland

userID

Hua Chai

Malaysia

Venice 2089

Safe Place Studio s.r.l.

Italy

Verne: The Shape of Fantasy

Gametopia

Colombia, Spain

Victoria Narrative Puzzle

Super Serios Collective

Romania

Viewfinder

Sad Owl Studios

United Kingdom, Philippines, United States, Norway, Spain, Finland

Visible Voice

monobanda

The Netherlands

Vox | [vɑks]

Martin Bussy-Pâris

France

Waveshifter

Denovaire

Austria

Wayward Strand

ghost pattern

Australia

What Will Be, Will Be.

IGDG

Korea, Republic of, Japan

Where is my luck?

Weekend Warriors

Lithuania, Lithuania

Whispers in the West

Infinite Whys/Team Dissonant

United Kingdom

Wildmender

Muse Games

United States of America

Will Die Alone

Arianna Ravioli

Italy

words

Ahmet Zahit Dönmez (aka Ascetic)

Turkey

Wylde Flowers

Studio Drydock

Australia

Yes, Serena...

webik150

Czech Republic

Yugo: the non-game

Petrit Hoxha

Kosovo

Yugowave

Stanko Gagrčin

Serbia

Yuha's Nightmares. Episode one: Catastrophe

Supr Experience

Georgia, Russian Federation

Zeit für Träume - Scenic Heartbreaker about Kitsch

Theaterkollektiv FRITZAHOI

Germany

Zenosyne

Ezra Szanton

United States of America

Zombie Admin

Hastily Assembled Games

Deutschland

Éclaircies

Simon Chauvin

France

Été

Impossible

Canada

掠猴之遊戲 Monkey-catching Game

Ferran Bertomeu Castells, Nomi & YenTing Lo

Spain, Japan, Taiwan