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.

Partners:

Submissions Closed

What games can participate?

The games don’t need to be finished, but they must be in a playable state and able to be evaluated by the Selection Committee.
Unreleased games or those released within the last 2 years by the first day of the event (released from 28 April, 2024) will be accepted.
There is a special category for unreleased games (check below).
Got more questions? Check out our FAQ and our discord server!

After the selection of finalists:

- A kiosk will be provided in the B2C area of gamescom latam for the public to test the game.
- The finalist games will be featured on a special Steam page (for games available on Steam).
- The finalist games will be shared with gamescom latam’s partner creators for promotion.
- The awards ceremony will be streamed online on gamescom latam’s own channels and by media partners.
- Opportunities will be offered for the finalist games on our stages and in interviews with our media partners.
- The finalist games developers will receive tickets to attend the VIP day.

gamescom latam BIG Festival

2026 Finalists

BEST ART

TetherGeist

O. and Co. Games

(United States)

Moonlighter 2

Digital Sun

11 bit studios (Spain)

Neon Knives

Cookiecrayon

(New Zealand)

MIO: Memories in Orbit

Douze Dixièmes

Focus Entertainment (France)

SacriFire

Pixelated Milk

(Poland)

SCHRÖDINGER'S CALL

acrobatic chirimenjako

Shueisha Games (Japan)

Gretel & Hansel

Spider House

(Andorra)

Moomintroll: Winter's Warmth

Hyper Games

(Norway)

Aether & Iron

Seismic Squirrel

(United States)

Walk of Life

Porcelain Fortress

(Iceland)

BEST NARRATIVE

Tavern Keeper

Greenheart Games

(Australia)

Goodnight Universe

Nice Dream

Skybound Games (United States)

Bonnie Bear Saves Frogtime

Bonte Avond

offbrand Games (Netherlands)

Moomintroll: Winter's Warmth

Hyper Games

(Norway)

SCHRÖDINGER'S CALL

acrobatic chirimenjako

Shueisha Games (Japan)

The Roottrees Are Dead

Evil Trout, Inc.

(Canada)

Master Lemon: The Quest for Iceland

Pepita Digital

MeCrew Games, Gixer Entertainment (Brasil)

Desktop Explorer

Recurring Dream

(Mexico)

Aether & Iron

Seismic Squirrel

(United States)

Dispatch

AdHoc Studio

(United States)

BEST GAMEPLAY

Retrace the Light

Xiaming Game

GlintForge (China)

Tavern Keeper

Greenheart Games

(Australia)

Öoo

NamaTakahashi

AMAAT Games (Japan)

MIO: Memories in Orbit

Douze Dixièmes

Focus Entertainment (France)

The Alters

11 bit studios

11 bit studios (Poland)

TerraScape

Bitfall Studios

Stray Fawn Publishing (Germany)

Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days

PikPok

Boltray Games (New Zealand)

Backpack Battles

PlayWithFurcifer

IndieArk (Germany)

Keep Driving

YCJY games

YCJY games (Sweden)

Moonlighter 2

Digital Sun

11 bit studios (Spain)

BEST SOUND

MIO: Memories in Orbit

Douze Dixièmes

Focus Entertainment (France)

Keep Driving

YCJY games

YCJY games (Sweden)

Aether & Iron

Seismic Squirrel

(United States)

Moonlighter 2

Digital Sun

11 bit studios (Spain)

Fresh Tracks

Buffalo Buffalo

(Canada)

Sektori

Kimmo Lahtinen

(Finland)

SacriFire

Pixelated Milk

(Poland)

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Sandfall Interactive

Kepler Interactive (France)