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