It may not of been the best year ever in the real world, but thanks to some wonderfully innovative developers we’ve enjoyed some some excellent games and figured what better way to celebrate them than with some awards! It was impossible to choose a single ‘game of the year’ so instead we’ve opted to divide them into a few categories that highlight some of our favorites! Hope you enjoyed them too, and hope you all have a fantastic new year!

Best Simulator

Winner: Totally Accurate Battle Simulator (TABS) – For services to ragdoll mayhem

Honourable Mentions: Feral & KMF (Kill Marry Fish)

Coolest Style

Winner: Return of the Obra Dinn – For retro bullet time awesomeness

Honourable Mentions: The Pedestrian, Virginia, Don’t Kill Her, COLUMNAE & ZED

Biggest Twists

Winner: Three Twenty One – For…… we’d rather not tell you!

Honourable Mentions: ooOooOOOo & The House Abandon

Most Ridiculous Physics

Winner: Clustertruck – For its herds of stampeding trucks

Honourable Mentions: Totally Accurate Battle Simulator (TABS) & Footbrawl Playground

Most Fun Gameplay Mechanic

Winner: Semblance – For it’s awesome deformable world

Honourable Mentions: Sticky Boy, DYO & The Maitre D’

Best Innovation

Winner: Walkie Talkie – For being the worlds first Chatformer

Honourable Mentions: Windowframe, Sara Is Missing S.I.M. & Mainlining

Most Emotional Experience

Winner: Day By Day – For breaking our hearts

Honourable Mentions: Heartbound, Lily: Colors of Santa Cruz, We All End Up Alone, Souvenir & Hazy Days

Biggest Scares

Winner: Hello Neighbor – Form making us mistrust our neighbors

Honourable Mentions: The House Abandon & Home Sweet Home

Most Addictive Gameplay

Winner: Command of War – For it’s challenging trench based warfare

Honourable Mentions: Circle Empires & Cosmonator

Best Fan Game

Winner: No Mario’s Sky – Sadly Nintendo shut it down, now lives on as No DMCA’s Sky!

Honourable Mentions: Sonic Utopia, Sonic Boll Classic & The Wit.nes

Funniest Game

Winner: Soviet Humor – For communist multiplayer hilarity

Honourable Mentions: The Captain & Totally Accurate Battle Simulator (TABS)

Obviously these awards are entirely subjective, and we’d love to hear some of your favorites. We’d also like to thank you all for joining us for a great year of gaming, wish you all the best for next year. Have a great one!