MOST AMAZING AWARD

The grand prize of the A MAZE. awards goes to the most relevant, forward-thinking interactive and playful content. We premiere the best work overall - in terms of art, innovation, music, story and interaction. the prize is dedicated to the masterpiece of the award selection that shows us a path we never walked before.

Gates of Aleppo

Wolfswift / Wombat / Mercury

Web

Saturnalia

Santa Ragione

PC

Stilstand

Ida Hartmann & Niila Games

PC, iPhone, iPad, Android Phone, Android Tablet

Svoboda 1945: Liberation

Charles Games

PC

The Ocean Will Have Us All

Matt Sanderson

PC

HUMAN MACHINE AWARD

This award goes to the best game that can be played by two or more people in the same room, and includes some digital element – fully analog games won’t be accepted.

DAVIGO

Davigo Studio

PC, Oculus Rift, Valve Index, vive

Frozen Factory

Curvature Games

Oculus Quest 2

Map to Utopia

Fringe ensemble / Platform theatre

PC, Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android Phone, Android Tablet

Soviet Kitchen Unleashed

HYBR Games

Card game with iPhone, iPad, Android Phone, Android Tablet

Tempest

Tender Claws

Oculus Quest 2, Oculus Rift

LONG FEATURE AWARD

This is the award for complex games and developing virtual reality worlds. Those are the ones, who challenge your life by offering immersive storytelling and much more than 2hrs gameplay.

A Rogue Escape

A Rogue Escape

SPARE PARTS OASIS

Oculus Quest 2, Oculus Rift, Valve Index, vive

Hitchhiker - A Mystery Game

Hitchhiker - A Mystery Game

Mad About Pandas

PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PS4, XBoxOne, iPhone, iPad

I am dead

I am dead

Hollow Ponds

PC, Nintendo Switch

Time Bandit

Time Bandit

Joel Jordon

PC, Mac

DIGITAL MOMENT AWARD

This is the Award for poems, statements, experiments, short experiences – expressions of socio-critical messages, personal or comedic life situations and feelings through an interactive medium. Maybe a sensual mechanic, a toy that gives the player a surprising twist in their experience.

Adventures of Harriharri

Adventures of Harriharri

HAROLD HEJAZI

Performance

Forgetter

Forgetter

Sometimes Monastery

PC

Nainai's recipe

Nainai's recipe

Fan & Mai

PC

Search Questival

Search Questival

terry.pogger, ncthbrt, tiffanyjoyschouw, Jumping Back Slash and Search Festival team

PC, Mac

Sunlight

Sunlight

Krillbite Studio AS

PC

EXPLORER AWARD

Go, where nobody has gone before! This is the award for all forms of experiences beyond the boundaries of contemporary ways to play or develop games. Here, we are exploring alternative controllers, interactive installations, creative coding experiments, robotics and tech performances, as well as interdisciplinary teams, collaborations with science, makers, engineers, researchers, theater and writers.

Before Your Eyes

Before Your Eyes

GOODBYEWORLD GAMES

PC

Blind Drive

Blind Drive

Lo-Fi People

PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android Phone

Eastern Market Murder

Eastern Market Murder

True Crime Games

iPhone, Android Phone

Eurydike Infected

Eurydike Infected

Evelyn Hriberšek

XR Experience

Monster Hunt Vienna

Monster Hunt Vienna

City Games Vienna

iPhone, Android Phone, iPad, Android Tablet

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Sadly, we can just have 25 nominees, but the following works are still absolutely worth to check out! Keep an eye out for the honourable mentions:

Abgott

Abgott

Stefan Kraft

Alternative Controller

Archipelago

Archipelago

Shalev Moran

PC, Android Phone

Behind the Frame

Behind the Frame

Silver Lining Studio

Android Phone, Android Tablet

Chasing Static

Chasing Static

Headware Games

PC

co-open

co-open

lowpolis

PC, Mac, Linux

Constancia

Constancia

Ludipe

PC, Web, Mac, Linux

F3V3R

F3V3R

Jay Palmer, Nick Morrison

Mac, PC, Linux

Genesis Noir

Genesis Noir

Feral Cat Den

PC

Hadr

Hadr

Dominik Konečný

PC

Mango

Mango

Nilware

PC, Linux

Militsioner

Militsioner

TallBoys

PC

Maze Slaughter

Maze Slaughter

Giant Gun Games

PC

ONA - A Mystical Art Experience

ONA - A Mystical Art Experience

Sylvain De Vreese

PC, Mac

Pixel Ripped 1995

Pixel Ripped 1995

ARVORE Immersive Experiences

vive, Valve Index, Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest 2, PS4

SOMN

SOMN

Linn Spitz

Mac, PC

The Gap

The Gap

LABEL THIS

PC

HUMBLE NEW TALENT

The Humble New Talent Award highlights important new voices in the culture of games. Nominees are selected by A MAZE. and will not be awarded for one game specifically, but their overall work and thoughts. Winners will be awarded with $15.000 to create a Humble Original.

David Cribb

Australia

Luna Nemo and Mariano Falzone

Argentina, United Kingdom

Phoebe Shalloway

United States of America

Yuliya Kozhemyako

Russian Federation