2021 Finalists

Core awards 

Excellence in Art 

• The Artful Escape (Beethoven & Dinosaur) 
• art of rally (Funselektor) 
• Unpacking (Witch Beam) 

Excellence in Gameplay 

• Unpacking (Witch Beam) 
• Ring of Pain (Twice Different) 
• Webbed (Sbug Games) 

Excellence in Narrative 

• TOPOGRAPHY (Cecile Richard) 
• The Forgotten City (Modern Storyteller) 
• Choices That Matter: And The Sun Went Out (Tin Man Games, Screwtape Studios) 

Excellence in Audio 

• Webbed (Sbug Games) 
• TRIOS (Samurai Punk) 
• The Artful Escape (Beethoven & Dinosaur) 

Game of the Year 

• Webbed (Sbug Games) 
• The Artful Escape (Beethoven & Dinosaur) 
• Unpacking (Witch Beam) 

Specialty awards 

Excellence in Accessibility 

• Submerged: Hidden Depths (Uppercut Games) 
• Unpacking (Witch Beam) 
• Eastern Market Murder (True Crime Games) 

Excellence in Mobile Games 

• The Oregon Trail (Gameloft Brisbane) 
• Eastern Market Murder (True Crime Games) 
• Botworld Adventure (Featherweight Games) 

Excellence in Serious Games (Applied/Impactful) 

• Sharmila (World Food Programme and Chaos Theory Games) 
• Streets of My Town (Institute of Games) 
• TRIOS (Samurai Punk) 

Bespoke awards 

Excellence in Ongoing Games (Games as a Service) 

• Pico Tanks (Panda Arcade) 
• Crossy Road Castle (Hipster Whale) 
• The Sims FreePlay (EA Firemonkeys) 

Excellence in Emerging Games (Student or Early Career) 

• Pebble Witch (Fuzzy Ghost) 
• Project Wingman (Sector D2) 
• Video World (Things for Humans) 

Winners of the Adam Lancman, Rising Star, Studio of the Year, and the Raising the Bar Awards will be announced on the night.