gamescom latam BIG Festival: the world’s largest indie games competition.
BIG Festival (Best International Games Festival) has been taking place since 2012 and is the world’s largest independent games competition. Every year, we select the 90 best and most innovative games from around the world, making them available first-hand for the public to play. Furthermore, we are the main platform for the release of new games from Latin America to the world. Since 2024, the BIG Festival takes place inside gamescom latam.
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Categories
Awards from the public
Partners awards
2026 Winners
Best Game
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Sandfall Interactive (France)
Kepler Interactive
Best Game: Latin America
A Rat’s Quest – The Way Back Home
The Dreamerians (Mexico)
HandyGames
Best Game: Brazil
A.I.L.A.
Pulsatrix Studios (Brazil)
Fireshine Games
Best Art
Moomintroll: Winter’s Warmth
Hyper Games (Norway)
Best Sound
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Sandfall Interactive (France)
Kepler Interactive
Best Casual Game
Is This Seat Taken?
Poti Poti Studio (Spain)
Wholesome Games Presents
Best XR/VR
Jolly Match: First MR Match-3 Puzzles
JollyCo LLC (United States)
Best Multiplayer
Capote
Luski Game Studio (Brazil)
CriticalLeap
Best Mobile Game
WHAT THE CLASH?
Triband (Denmark)
Best Gameplay
Mio: Memories In Orbit
Douze Dixièmes (France)
Focus Entertainment
Best Narrative
The Roottrees Are Dead
Evil Trout, Inc. (Canada)
Best Game: Popular Choice
Dispatch
AdHoc Studio (United States)
Best Student Game
Tellyport
Isart Digital (France)
Innovation
Goodnight Universe
Nice Dream (United States)
Skybound Games
Best Game for Kids
Reggie, His Cousin, Two Scientists and Most Likely the End of the World
degoma (Netherlands)
BIG Impact
I Don’t Want To Be A Good Woman
We Remember (Poland)
Best New Game
Tavern Keeper
Greenheart Games (Australia)
WINGS Award
TetherGeist
O. and Co. Games (United States)
2026 Finalists
BEST ART
SacriFire
Pixelated Milk
(Poland)
Neon Knives
Cookiecrayon
(New Zealand)
SCHRÖDINGER'S CALL
acrobatic chirimenjako
Shueisha Games (Japan)
Moonlighter 2
Digital Sun
11 bit studios (Spain)
Moomintroll: Winter's Warmth
Hyper Games
(Norway)
TetherGeist
O. and Co. Games
(United States)
Gretel & Hansel
Spider House
(Andorra)
Walk of Life
Porcelain Fortress
(Iceland)
Aether & Iron
Seismic Squirrel
(United States)
MIO: Memories in Orbit
Douze Dixièmes
Focus Entertainment (France)
BEST NARRATIVE
Aether & Iron
Seismic Squirrel
(United States)
Bonnie Bear Saves Frogtime
Bonte Avond
offbrand Games (Netherlands)
Goodnight Universe
Nice Dream
Skybound Games (United States)
The Roottrees Are Dead
Evil Trout, Inc.
(Canada)
Master Lemon: The Quest for Iceland
Pepita Digital
MeCrew Games, Gixer Entertainment (Brasil)
SCHRÖDINGER'S CALL
acrobatic chirimenjako
Shueisha Games (Japan)
Dispatch
AdHoc Studio
(United States)
Desktop Explorer
Recurring Dream
(Mexico)
Tavern Keeper
Greenheart Games
(Australia)
Moomintroll: Winter's Warmth
Hyper Games
(Norway)
BEST GAMEPLAY
Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
PikPok
Boltray Games (New Zealand)
Retrace the Light
Xiaming Game
GlintForge (China)
Keep Driving
YCJY games
YCJY games (Sweden)
MIO: Memories in Orbit
Douze Dixièmes
Focus Entertainment (France)
Öoo
NamaTakahashi
AMAAT Games (Japan)
TerraScape
Bitfall Studios
Stray Fawn Publishing (Germany)
Tavern Keeper
Greenheart Games
(Australia)
Moonlighter 2
Digital Sun
11 bit studios (Spain)
The Alters
11 bit studios
11 bit studios (Poland)
Backpack Battles
PlayWithFurcifer
IndieArk (Germany)
BEST SOUND
Fresh Tracks
Buffalo Buffalo
(Canada)
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Sandfall Interactive
Kepler Interactive (France)
TetherGeist
O. and Co. Games
(United States)
Aether & Iron
Seismic Squirrel
(United States)
Sektori
Kimmo Lahtinen
(Finland)
MIO: Memories in Orbit
Douze Dixièmes
Focus Entertainment (France)
Keep Driving
YCJY games
YCJY games (Sweden)
SacriFire
Pixelated Milk
(Poland)
Bonnie Bear Saves Frogtime
Bonte Avond
offbrand Games (Netherlands)
Moonlighter 2
Digital Sun
11 bit studios (Spain)
INNOVATION
Gambonanza
Blukulélé
Stray Fawn Publishing (France)
Stretchmancer
Triangle Wave
offbrand Games (United Kingdom)
Goodnight Universe
Nice Dream
Skybound Games (United States)
Family Reunion
Waibinin
(Argentina)
Islets Defense
MiniGoof Studio
Nuntius Studio (Brazil)
Cardburners
GrosChevaux Ltd
(United Kingdom)
Keep Driving
YCJY games
YCJY games (Sweden)
BEST GAME: BRAZIL
Master Lemon: The Quest for Iceland
Pepita Digital
MeCrew Games, Gixer Entertainment (Brasil)
Emptiness Sire
Oaks Games Studio
(Brazil)
Islets Defense
MiniGoof Studio
Nuntius Studio (Brazil)
Apogea
Trinitas
(Brazil)
Mark of the Deep
Mad Mimic
Light Up Games (Brazil)
Stackmon
Riftpoint
Alibi Games (Brazil)
A.I.L.A
Pulsatrix Studios
Fireshine Games (Brazil)
Capote
Luski Game Studio
CriticalLeap (Brazil)
The Warrior
ThornDuck
(Brasil)
URBANO - Legends' Debut
barosa
(Brasil)
BEST GAME: LATIN AMERICA
Family Reunion
Waibinin
(Argentina)
Desktop Explorer
Recurring Dream
(Mexico)
Colorbound
Panpipe Studio
Whitethorn Games (Chile)
Kentum
Tlön Industries
V-Publishing (Argentina)
Retail Hell
Leap Game Studios
(Peru)
A Rat's Quest - The Way Back Home | Season 1
The Dreamerians
HandyGames (Mexico)
Vlad Circus: Curse Of Asmodeus
Indiesruption
Blowfish Studios (Argentina)
Keepers of Vyrellia
Ghost Pixel
(Argentina)
The Trolley Solution
byDanDans
the bueno Interactive (Chile)
Go Slimey Go!
Tembac and Chabbie
(Argentina)
BEST GAME
Goodnight Universe
Nice Dream
Skybound Games (United States)
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Sandfall Interactive
Kepler Interactive (France)
Aether & Iron
Seismic Squirrel
(United States)
TetherGeist
O. and Co. Games
(United States)
Keep Driving
YCJY games
YCJY games (Sweden)
The Alters
11 bit studios
11 bit studios (Poland)
MIO: Memories in Orbit
Douze Dixièmes
Focus Entertainment (France)
Dispatch
AdHoc Studio
(United States)
Tavern Keeper
Greenheart Games
(Australia)
Moonlighter 2
Digital Sun
11 bit studios (Spain)
BIG IMPACT
Master Lemon: The Quest for Iceland
Pepita Digital
MeCrew Games, Gixer Entertainment (Brasil)
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[Bober Bros] No Means Nothing
BOBER BROS
(Georgia)
Exilio de Si
Updog Software
(Brasil)
Flotsam
Pajama Llama Games
Stray Fawn Publishing (Belgium)
I Don't Want To Be A Good Woman
We Remember
(Poland)
Dungeon-Bot
XR.EALL - Changing the Learning Experience
(Brasil)
Crimson Tale
Thruster Games
Jandusoft (In Negotiation) (Spain)
Egglets - The Long 10 Days
wieLuft Studio
(Germany)
Equate 8
Cinq-Mars Media
(United States)
TetherGeist
O. and Co. Games
(United States)
BEST MULTIPLAYER
Capote
Luski Game Studio
CriticalLeap (Brasil)
Duo Quest
1+1 Studios
(Malásia)
Rivals of Aether 2
Aether Studios
offbrand Games (Estados Unidos)
POPUCOM
Countersurge Salient
GRYPHLINE (China)
Rematch
Sloclap
Kepler Interactive (França)
BEST GAME FOR KIDS
WHAT THE CLASH?
Triband
Triband (Denmark)
Moomintroll: Winter's Warmth
Hyper Games
(Norway)
Reggie, His Cousin, Two Scientists and Most Likely the End of the World
degoma
(Netherlands)
POPUCOM
Countersurge Salient
GRYPHLINE (China)
Cozy Caravan
5 Lives Studios
(Australia)
BEST STUDENT GAME
Dungeon Concierge
Lassar Games (ESCUELA SUPERIOR DE ARTE MULTIMEDIAL Instituto Leonardo Da Vinci)
(Argentina)
Egglets - The Long 10 Days
wieLuft Studio
(Germany)
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Acrônimo Tupiniquim
Cigarras & Cigarros
(Brazil)
House Of Horror: Outside Is Better
TakenJoyDesignGames
(Argentina)
Tellyport
Isart Digital
(France)
STACKHEAD
ESMA
(France)
The Warrior
ThornDuck
(Brasil)
Rangolithical
Octo-Podium
(Brazil)
Insider Trading
Naiive Studio
(United States)
Candellum
Isart Digital
(France)
BEST CASUAL GAME
Is This Seat Taken?
Poti Poti Studio
Wholesome Games Presents (Spain)
Elfie: A Sand Plan
Pressed Elephant
(Canada)
Cozy Caravan
5 Lives Studios
(Australia)
Spooky Express
Draknek & Friends
(United Kingdom)
Lexispell
MrEliptik
(France)
Instants
Endflame
(Spain)
Gemporium: A Cute Mining Sim
Merge Conflict Studio
(United States)
Islets Defense
MiniGoof Studio
Nuntius Studio (Brazil)
Emptiness Sire
Oaks Games Studio
(Brazil)
WHAT THE CLASH?
Triband
Triband (Denmark)
BEST MOBILE GAME
WHAT THE CLASH?
Triband
Triband (Denmark)
Kingdom Rush Battles
Ironhide Game Studio
(Uruguay)
Equate 8
Cinq-Mars Media
(United States)
BEST XR/VR
Zombisco
Immerse Game
(Brazil)
Tammuz: Blood and Sand
Bad GOAT and CloverBite
(Israel)
Jolly Match: First MR Match-3 Puzzles
JollyCo LLC
JollyCo LLC (United States)
Program BIG Starter
The BIG Starter Program is an initiative that aims to support and give visibility to outstanding Brazilian games that, although recognized for their potential, were not selected for the competitive showcase. It is a non-competitive showcase, held in a space curated by the BIG Festival within the Gamescom Latam Indie Area, which recognizes the potential of these games, offering visibility within the event and promoting the development of the national independent scene.
Check out the selected games
BIG Starter 2026 program
Lia Hacking Destiny
Orube Game Studio
Gogo Games Interactive (Brasil)
Adventure of Samsara
Ilex Games
Atari (Brasil)
ARTIUS: Pure Imagination
PVic Games
IndieArk (Brasil)
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[AFANTASIA]
noidnoidnoid
(Brasil)
Quacolé Tennis
GRD Lab
Nuntius Games (Brasil)
Fourleaf Fields
BEHEMUTT
HypeTrain Digital (Brasil)
Climb Out of Hell
Uendy Studios
(Brasil)
Magical Blush
ALKACER GAME STUDIO
DANGEN Entertainment (Brasil)
Lyara
Bolha Game Studio
(Brasil)
Shadow Sacrament: The Roots of Evil
Eldritch House
DANGEN Entertainment (Brasil)
Dreamcards
Soneka Games
Nuntius Games (Brasil)
Save the Bloogs
Webcore Games
Board (Brasil)
BIG Highlight
BIG Highlight is a non-competitive online showcase at BIG Festival dedicated to featuring games that were not selected as finalists, but still deserve recognition, offering an additional space to shine and be appreciated.
Toy Smash Kaboom!
Free Particle
XD International (China)
Guàishòu 怪兽
Apophenia 23
(Belgium)
Glasshouse
FLAT28
(Italy)
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Diplomacy is Not an Option
Door 407
(Armenia)
Echo Weaver
Moonlight Kids
Akupara Games (United States)
MiSide
AIHASTO
IndieArk (Russian Federation)
Montabi
Mankibo
Akupara Games (Indonesia)
The Doll Shop
Atelier Sento
(France)
Super Hack Attack!
Ectoplasma Game Studio
(Mexico)
Tavern Talk Stories: Dreamwalker
Gentle Troll Entertainment
(Germany)
MUTTER
DeadlyCrow Games
(Chile)
Dimraeth
Mudtek
(Puerto Rico)
Neon Inferno
Zenovia Interactive
Retroware (United States)
GNAW
Redstart Interactive
(United States)