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
- 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:
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- 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.
Categories
Awards from the public
Partners awards
gamescom latam BIG Festival
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)
gamescom latam BIG Festival
2026 Finalists
BEST ART
Gretel & Hansel
Spider House
(Andorra)
Walk of Life
Porcelain Fortress
(Iceland)
SacriFire
Pixelated Milk
(Poland)
Moonlighter 2
Digital Sun
11 bit studios (Spain)
MIO: Memories in Orbit
Douze Dixièmes
Focus Entertainment (France)
Aether & Iron
Seismic Squirrel
(United States)
TetherGeist
O. and Co. Games
(United States)
Moomintroll: Winter's Warmth
Hyper Games
(Norway)
SCHRÖDINGER'S CALL
acrobatic chirimenjako
Shueisha Games (Japan)
Neon Knives
Cookiecrayon
(New Zealand)
BEST NARRATIVE
Tavern Keeper
Greenheart Games
(Australia)
Moomintroll: Winter's Warmth
Hyper Games
(Norway)
SCHRÖDINGER'S CALL
acrobatic chirimenjako
Shueisha Games (Japan)
The Roottrees Are Dead
Evil Trout, Inc.
(Canada)
Desktop Explorer
Recurring Dream
(Mexico)
Bonnie Bear Saves Frogtime
Bonte Avond
offbrand Games (Netherlands)
Goodnight Universe
Nice Dream
Skybound Games (United States)
Aether & Iron
Seismic Squirrel
(United States)
Dispatch
AdHoc Studio
(United States)
Master Lemon: The Quest for Iceland
Pepita Digital
MeCrew Games, Gixer Entertainment (Brasil)
BEST GAMEPLAY
The Alters
11 bit studios
11 bit studios (Poland)
Retrace the Light
Xiaming Game
GlintForge (China)
MIO: Memories in Orbit
Douze Dixièmes
Focus Entertainment (France)
Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
PikPok
Boltray Games (New Zealand)
Backpack Battles
PlayWithFurcifer
IndieArk (Germany)
TerraScape
Bitfall Studios
Stray Fawn Publishing (Germany)
Tavern Keeper
Greenheart Games
(Australia)
Öoo
NamaTakahashi
AMAAT Games (Japan)
Moonlighter 2
Digital Sun
11 bit studios (Spain)
Keep Driving
YCJY games
YCJY games (Sweden)
BEST SOUND
TetherGeist
O. and Co. Games
(United States)
Fresh Tracks
Buffalo Buffalo
(Canada)
MIO: Memories in Orbit
Douze Dixièmes
Focus Entertainment (France)
Aether & Iron
Seismic Squirrel
(United States)
SacriFire
Pixelated Milk
(Poland)
Keep Driving
YCJY games
YCJY games (Sweden)
Bonnie Bear Saves Frogtime
Bonte Avond
offbrand Games (Netherlands)
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Sandfall Interactive
Kepler Interactive (France)
Sektori
Kimmo Lahtinen
(Finland)
Moonlighter 2
Digital Sun
11 bit studios (Spain)
INNOVATION
Islets Defense
MiniGoof Studio
Nuntius Studio (Brazil)
Family Reunion
Waibinin
(Argentina)
Cardburners
GrosChevaux Ltd
(United Kingdom)
Goodnight Universe
Nice Dream
Skybound Games (United States)
Keep Driving
YCJY games
YCJY games (Sweden)
Stretchmancer
Triangle Wave
offbrand Games (United Kingdom)
Gambonanza
Blukulélé
Stray Fawn Publishing (France)
BEST GAME: BRAZIL
Master Lemon: The Quest for Iceland
Pepita Digital
MeCrew Games, Gixer Entertainment (Brasil)
Apogea
Trinitas
(Brazil)
A.I.L.A
Pulsatrix Studios
Fireshine Games (Brazil)
Emptiness Sire
Oaks Games Studio
(Brazil)
URBANO - Legends' Debut
barosa
(Brasil)
The Warrior
ThornDuck
(Brasil)
Islets Defense
MiniGoof Studio
Nuntius Studio (Brazil)
Stackmon
Riftpoint
Alibi Games (Brazil)
Mark of the Deep
Mad Mimic
Light Up Games (Brazil)
Capote
Luski Game Studio
CriticalLeap (Brazil)
BEST GAME: LATIN AMERICA
Desktop Explorer
Recurring Dream
(Mexico)
Keepers of Vyrellia
Ghost Pixel
(Argentina)
Kentum
Tlön Industries
V-Publishing (Argentina)
The Trolley Solution
byDanDans
the bueno Interactive (Chile)
Go Slimey Go!
Tembac and Chabbie
(Argentina)
A Rat's Quest - The Way Back Home | Season 1
The Dreamerians
HandyGames (Mexico)
Family Reunion
Waibinin
(Argentina)
Vlad Circus: Curse Of Asmodeus
Indiesruption
Blowfish Studios (Argentina)
Retail Hell
Leap Game Studios
(Peru)
Colorbound
Panpipe Studio
Whitethorn Games (Chile)
BEST GAME
Tavern Keeper
Greenheart Games
(Australia)
TetherGeist
O. and Co. Games
(United States)
Keep Driving
YCJY games
YCJY games (Sweden)
MIO: Memories in Orbit
Douze Dixièmes
Focus Entertainment (France)
Moonlighter 2
Digital Sun
11 bit studios (Spain)
Dispatch
AdHoc Studio
(United States)
Aether & Iron
Seismic Squirrel
(United States)
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Sandfall Interactive
Kepler Interactive (France)
Goodnight Universe
Nice Dream
Skybound Games (United States)
The Alters
11 bit studios
11 bit studios (Poland)
BIG IMPACT
Egglets - The Long 10 Days
wieLuft Studio
(Germany)
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[Bober Bros] No Means Nothing
BOBER BROS
(Georgia)
Exilio de Si
Updog Software
(Brasil)
Crimson Tale
Thruster Games
Jandusoft (In Negotiation) (Spain)
Master Lemon: The Quest for Iceland
Pepita Digital
MeCrew Games, Gixer Entertainment (Brasil)
TetherGeist
O. and Co. Games
(United States)
I Don't Want To Be A Good Woman
We Remember
(Poland)
Flotsam
Pajama Llama Games
Stray Fawn Publishing (Belgium)
Dungeon-Bot
XR.EALL - Changing the Learning Experience
(Brasil)
Equate 8
Cinq-Mars Media
(United States)
BEST MULTIPLAYER
POPUCOM
Countersurge Salient
GRYPHLINE (China)
Rematch
Sloclap
Kepler Interactive (França)
Rivals of Aether 2
Aether Studios
offbrand Games (Estados Unidos)
Duo Quest
1+1 Studios
(Malásia)
Capote
Luski Game Studio
CriticalLeap (Brasil)
BEST GAME FOR KIDS
Moomintroll: Winter's Warmth
Hyper Games
(Norway)
Reggie, His Cousin, Two Scientists and Most Likely the End of the World
degoma
(Netherlands)
Cozy Caravan
5 Lives Studios
(Australia)
WHAT THE CLASH?
Triband
Triband (Denmark)
POPUCOM
Countersurge Salient
GRYPHLINE (China)
BEST STUDENT GAME
The Warrior
ThornDuck
(Brasil)
Candellum
Isart Digital
(France)
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Acrônimo Tupiniquim
Cigarras & Cigarros
(Brazil)
STACKHEAD
ESMA
(France)
Tellyport
Isart Digital
(France)
Dungeon Concierge
Lassar Games (ESCUELA SUPERIOR DE ARTE MULTIMEDIAL Instituto Leonardo Da Vinci)
(Argentina)
House Of Horror: Outside Is Better
TakenJoyDesignGames
(Argentina)
Insider Trading
Naiive Studio
(United States)
Rangolithical
Octo-Podium
(Brazil)
Egglets - The Long 10 Days
wieLuft Studio
(Germany)
BEST CASUAL GAME
Elfie: A Sand Plan
Pressed Elephant
(Canada)
Islets Defense
MiniGoof Studio
Nuntius Studio (Brazil)
WHAT THE CLASH?
Triband
Triband (Denmark)
Lexispell
MrEliptik
(France)
Is This Seat Taken?
Poti Poti Studio
Wholesome Games Presents (Spain)
Gemporium: A Cute Mining Sim
Merge Conflict Studio
(United States)
Spooky Express
Draknek & Friends
(United Kingdom)
Emptiness Sire
Oaks Games Studio
(Brazil)
Instants
Endflame
(Spain)
Cozy Caravan
5 Lives Studios
(Australia)
BEST MOBILE GAME
Kingdom Rush Battles
Ironhide Game Studio
(Uruguay)
WHAT THE CLASH?
Triband
Triband (Denmark)
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
Dreamcards
Soneka Games
Nuntius Games (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.
Tavern Talk Stories: Dreamwalker
Gentle Troll Entertainment
(Germany)
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Diplomacy is Not an Option
Door 407
(Armenia)
Super Hack Attack!
Ectoplasma Game Studio
(Mexico)
MUTTER
DeadlyCrow Games
(Chile)
Echo Weaver
Moonlight Kids
Akupara Games (United States)
Glasshouse
FLAT28
(Italy)
Montabi
Mankibo
Akupara Games (Indonesia)
Toy Smash Kaboom!
Free Particle
XD International (China)
The Doll Shop
Atelier Sento
(France)
GNAW
Redstart Interactive
(United States)
Neon Inferno
Zenovia Interactive
Retroware (United States)
Dimraeth
Mudtek
(Puerto Rico)
MiSide
AIHASTO
IndieArk (Russian Federation)
Guàishòu 怪兽
Apophenia 23
(Belgium)