With so many great mobile games launching this year, we saw a huge amount of interest from indie developers to showcase their art at the Google Play Indie Games Festival in San Francisco next month. While it was a tough selection process, we're excited to announce the 20 finalists, as well as our esteemed judging panel. Fans will be able to play the new and un-released indie games in a fun festival atmosphere where they can also meet the creators themselves. To attend and learn more about the event, register now for free at g.co/play/sfindiegamesfest2017.

So how did we choose the 20 finalists? We powered up our phones, put our game-faces on, and looked for games that not only met the festival requirements, but also stood out with their overall design, fun, and quality. These are the 20 finalists who will be joining us at the festival to demo their games.

Meet the finalists

7 Pin Pool

SPG Inc SPG Inc Age of Rivals

Roboto Games Roboto Games

Beast Brawlers - PvP Arena

V2 Games Inc. V2 Games Inc. Brave Hand

Heart Shaped Games

(game not yet released)

Covens

Raincrow Studios, LLC Raincrow Studios, LLC Crashy Cars

pixelbizarre pixelbizarre

Dokudo

Sense of Wonder Sense of Wonder Flipping Legend

Hiding Spot Hiding Spot

Gladiator Rising

Happii Gamer Studio Happii Gamer Studio Jigsaw Story

Happy Square Studio Inc Happy Square Studio Inc

Loteria Latin Bingo

Gorilla Bean Games Gorilla Bean Games Maruta Escape

Busan Sanai Games

(game not yet released)

NoStranger

Black Vein Productions Black Vein Productions Slayaway Camp

Blue Wizard Digital Blue Wizard Digital

Space Tunnel

Spacewave Studios Spacewave Studios Splitter Critters

RAC7 RAC7

Star Vikings Forever

Akupara Games Akupara Games Storm Wars

Zom.bio Zom.bio

Tiny Bubbles

Pine Street Codeworks

(game not yet released) Topsoil

Nico Prins Nico Prins

In addition to playing these games and meeting the developers who made them, fans will have a chance to vote for their favorites throughout the festival. The Top 10 will then move on to present a short pitch in pursuit of going home as one of the three overall festival winners. The winners will be chosen by this year's panel of judges representing a diverse lineup of gaming expertise.

Alex the Gamerette, YouTube Creator

Lina Chen, Co-founder & CEO of Nix Hydra

Emily Greer, CEO of Kongregate

Jamil Moledina, Games Strategic Lead, Google

Dean Takahashi, Lead Writer for GamesBeat

Sarah Thomson, BD Lead, Indie Games, Google Play

Emceeing this year's event is J.D. Witherspoon, aka runJDrun. No stranger to gaming, YouTuber/actor/comedian, J.D. plays a wide array of games and frequently uploads gaming, vlog, and comedy content to his channels.

If you want to try out these games and celebrate the indie community, learn more about the event and register at g.co/play/sfindiegamesfest2017.

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