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Winners of Indie Game Award 2026
Winner List
| Award Category | Country Area | Game Title | Developer/Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Narrative | Germany | the Berlin Apartment | Blue Backpack |
| Best Audio | Japan | and Roger | TearyHand Studio |
| Best Visual Art | Taiwan | Aeruta | FromDawn Games |
| Best Design | United States | BALL x PIT | Kenny Sun & Friends |
| Best Innovation | Belgium | No Players Online | Beeswax Games |
| Best Mobile Game | South Korea | Graytail | Concode |
| Best Student Game | Taiwan | Froggo's Adventure: Drifting Sky | SmellyFrog |
| Grand Prix | Japan | and Roger | TearyHand Studio |
Best Narrative
Game Title: the Berlin Apartment
Developer/Team:Blue Backpack (Germany)
Website: https://games.parco.jp/page/theberlinapartment
Game Intro:
Developer/Team:Blue Backpack (Germany)
Website: https://games.parco.jp/page/theberlinapartment
Game Intro:
A 120-year-old apartment building in Berlin, Germany, a city that has undergone constant change over the years. The “remnants” left behind by former residents hide stories of past adventures. Each era has its own protagonists, atmosphere, and stories.
Best Audio
Game Title: and Roger
Developer/Team: TearHand Studio (Japan)
Website: https://creatorslab.kodansha.co.jp/
Game Intro:
Developer/Team: TearHand Studio (Japan)
Website: https://creatorslab.kodansha.co.jp/
Game Intro:
"And Roger" is an interactive novel putting you in the protagonist's eyes, whether what she sees makes sense or not. It's three chapters, playable in about an hour, with user-friendly right-click operation. This game is inspired by and pays homage to "Florence."
Best Visual Art
Game Title: Aeruta
Developer/Team: FromDawn Games (Taiwan)
Website: https://aeruta.startgravity.jp/
Game Intro:
Developer/Team: FromDawn Games (Taiwan)
Website: https://aeruta.startgravity.jp/
Game Intro:
A bread revolution across the world now begins! Aeruta is a side-scrolling action game with a shop management twist, fight monsters for materials and use them to make breads, then finally make the deserted town popular again!
Best Design
Game Title: BALL X PIT
Developer/Team: Kenny Sun & Friends (United States)
Website: https://kennysun.com/
Game Intro:
Developer/Team: Kenny Sun & Friends (United States)
Website: https://kennysun.com/
Game Intro:
BALL x PIT is a brick-breaking, ball-fusing, base-building survival roguelite. Batter hordes of enemies with ricocheting balls and gather the riches of the pit to expand your homestead, generate resources and recruit unique heroes.
Best Innovation
Game Title: No Players Online
Developer/Team: Beeswax Games (Belgium)
Website: https://blacklanterncollective.com/
Game Intro:
Developer/Team: Beeswax Games (Belgium)
Website: https://blacklanterncollective.com/
Game Intro:
You find an abandoned fps game on an old computer. You decide to play it.
Best Mobile Game
Game Title: Graytail
Developer/Team: Concode (South Korea)
Website: https://graytail.concode.co/
Game Intro:
Developer/Team: Concode (South Korea)
Website: https://graytail.concode.co/
Game Intro:
A small island in the Pacific. The greatest female pilot has vanished. Suffering from severe headaches, our protagonist depends on medication as they search for her, but... What is real and what is hallucination? A Zelda-like mystery adventure to uncover the island's truth.
Best Student Game
Game Title: Froggo’s Adventure: Drifting Sky
Developer/Team: SmellyFrog (Taiwan)
Website: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/SmellyFrog
Game Intro:
Developer/Team: SmellyFrog (Taiwan)
Website: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/SmellyFrog
Game Intro:
Froggo's Adventure: Drifting Sky is a 2D pixel art platformer about Froggo, who embarks on a journey to a floating island in the sky.
Froggo can run, jump, and even extend his tongue to interact with the world. Using his tongue, he can also catch enemies and use them as projectiles.
Froggo can run, jump, and even extend his tongue to interact with the world. Using his tongue, he can also catch enemies and use them as projectiles.
Grand Prix
Game Title: and Roger
Developer/Team: TearHand Studio (Japan)
Website: https://creatorslab.kodansha.co.jp/
Game Intro:
Developer/Team: TearHand Studio (Japan)
Website: https://creatorslab.kodansha.co.jp/
Game Intro:
"And Roger" is an interactive novel putting you in the protagonist's eyes, whether what she sees makes sense or not. It's three chapters, playable in about an hour, with user-friendly right-click operation. This game is inspired by and pays homage to "Florence."
