2015 Finalists & Winners

• Outer Wilds (Team Outer Wilds)
• 80 DAYS (inkle)
• Invisible, Inc. (Klei Entertainment)
• Metamorphabet (Patrick Smith of Vectorpark)
• The Talos Principle (Croteam)
• This War of Mine (11 bit studios)

Honorable mentions: Donut County (Ben Esposito), Endless Legend (Amplitude Studios), Killer Queen (Joshua DeBonis & Nikita Mikros), Shovel Knight (Yacht Club Games), The Sailor's Dream (Simogo), The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (The Astronauts)

• Close Your (GoodbyeWorld Games)
• a•part•ment (Team a•part•ment)
• Downwell (Ojiro Fumoto)
• Even the Stars (Pol Clarissou / Nicholas Gavan)
• Gemini (Echostone Games)
• Interloper (Monogon Games)
• Rooftop Cop (Stephen Lawrence Clark)
• Stellar Smooch (Alec Thomson / Jenny Jiao Hsia)

Honorable mentions: A Story About My Uncle (Södertörn University), Ahoooj (FAMU, University of West Bohemia, CVUT FEL, and UMPRUM), Circles (University of the Arts Utrecht), Drew and the Floating Labyrinth (University of Windsor), Lisa (Elzendaal College Boxmeer), Mecha Trigger (Michigan State University)

• Ephemerid: A Musical Adventure (SuperChop Games)
• Phonopath (Kevin Regamey)
• Shovel Knight (Yacht Club Games)
• The Sailor's Dream (Simogo)
• The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (The Astronauts)
• Thumper (Drool)

Honorable mentions: Deep Under the Sky (Rich Edwards and Colin Northway), FOTONICA (Santa Ragione), Goat Simulator (Coffee Stain Studios), Hotline Miami 2 (Dennaton), Nuclear Throne (Vlambeer), Smash Hit (Mediocre)

• Outer Wilds (Team Outer Wilds)
• 80 DAYS (inkle)
• FRAMED (Loveshack)
• Invisible, Inc. (Klei Entertainment)
• Killer Queen (Joshua DeBonis and Nikita Mikros)
• The Talos Principle (Croteam)

Honorable mentions: Desert Golfing (Captain Games), Dungeon of the Endless (Amplitude Studios), Endless Legend (Amplitude Studios), Helix (Michael Brough), Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (Steel Create Games), Mini Metro (Dinosaur Polo Club)

• 80 DAYS (inkle)
• Coming Out Simulator 2014 (Nicky Case)
• Ice-Bound: A Novel of Reconfiguration (Down to the Wire)
• PRY (Tender Claws)
• This War of Mine (11 bit studios)
• Three Fourths Home ([bracket]games)

Honorable mentions: Curtain (Llaura, dreamfeeel), Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) (Upper One Games / E-Line Media), Outer Wilds (Team Outer Wilds), The Fall (Over The Moon), The Sailor's Dream (Simogo), The Talos Principle (Croteam)

• Metamorphabet (Patrick Smith of Vectorpark)
• Donut County (Ben Esposito)
• else Heart.Break() (Niklas Åkerblad, Erik Svedäng)
• Lumino City (State of Play Games)
• Memory of a Broken Dimension (XRA)
• Oquonie (xxiivv and kokorobot)

Honorable mentions: Crawl (Powerhoof), Future Unfolding (Spaces of Play), Hyper Light Drifter (Heart Machine), Mini Metro (Dinosaur Polo Club), The Sailor's Dream (Simogo), The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (The Astronauts)

• Tetrageddon Games (Nathalie Lawhead)
• BECOME A GREAT ARTIST IN JUST 10 SECONDS (Andi McClure and Michael Brough)
• Bounden (Game Oven)
• Desert Golfing (Captain Games)
• Elegy for a Dead World (Dejobaan Games & Popcannibal)
• how do you Do It? (Nina Freeman, Emmett Butler, Jonathan Kittaka, and Deckman Coss)
• Plug & Play (Mario von Rickenbach and Michael Frei / Etter Studio)
• Rooftop Cop (Stephen Lawrence Clark)

Honorable mentions: Curtain (Llaura, dreamfeeel), Ice-Bound: A Novel of Reconfiguration (Down to the Wire), International Jetpack Conference (Rob Dubbin and Allison Parrish), Outer Wilds (Team Outer Wilds), Phonopath (Kevin Regamey), Push Me Pull You (House House)

• This War of Mine (11 bit studios)