Submissions

Since 2012 A MAZE. awards The Most Amazing Game. The winner is selected by an interdisciplinary, international and 100% independent jury. We extended and changed awards in the many years since, our categories are now: “Most Amazing Award”, “Human Human Machine Award”, “Long Feature Award”, “Digital Moment Award”, “Explorer Award” and “Audience Award” and the "Gender Diversity Award" presented by WINGS.

‘Round The Valley

Esbor Studios

France, France

1000 Deaths

Pariah Interactive

United States, India

1001 Nights

Ada Eden

UK, China

20 Small Mazes

FLEB

United States of America

30 Birds

RAM RAM Games

Belgium

36 Questions

Stanko Gagrčin

Serbia

3D City Trash

Benjamin Renter

Germany

[ECHOSTASIS]

ENIGMA STUDIO

Ireland

[NON]SENSE

Sagara Hirsch & Giulia Faccini

Switzerland

[O.V.U.M.]

[O.V.U.M.] Team

France

AbsTRace

ArtyBoomshaka

France

AHANAR

Zhenia Puzankov, Jakub Zataj, Darr Izvkv

Russian Federation, Poland

American Arcadia

Out of the Blue

Spain

Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure

Furniture & Mattress

United States, Argentina

Artificial Adventure

Artificial Adventure

United States

Asterism

Claire Morwood

UK

Astro Duel 2

Wild Rooster

United States

Audio Trip

Kinemotik Studios

United States

AWAKENING

PapaCorps

Argentina

Axyz

Space Lion Studios

Ireland

Bagage Bagage

Fondation EDF

France, Palestinian Territory, Occupied, Philippines, Belgium, USA, Spain

Balls Deep

Pavlo Vasylevych, Hanna Kolodziejczyk

Ukraine, Poland

Between

Claire Kwong

USA

Betwixt - The Story of You

Mind Monsters Games

United Kingdom

Bit The Apple, So What?

Stanko Gagrčin

Serbia

Blue Bird’s Song

Purple Meadows

France, Brazil

BlueSuburbia

Nathalie Lawhead

Slovenia

Bog Buddy

Bog Buddies

Deutschland, Ireland, Finland, France

Botany Manor

Balloon Studios

UK

Building Relationships Prelude

Tanat Boozayaangool

Thailand

C00L CAT CIRCUS

C00L CATS

Deutschland, Ireland, USA, Sweden, Norway, Deutschland

Cabernet

Party for Introverts

UK

CACHE

specimen

Estonia, France, Mexico

Caracoles

Yonder

Italy, Italy

CASTAÑEDA

Miguel Quezada

Mexico

CAT & ONION

Karl Zylinski

Sweden

Catharsis Maker

PLUTONIST

Hungary

Civic Story

Shining Spark Entertainment Ltd.

Canada

Closer the Distance

Osmotic Studios GmbH

Germany

Coke Bugs

Common Opera

United States

com__et

SuperBiasedGary

Ireland

CONFUSE A BOT

Rajeev Basu

USA

CraftCraft

Placeholder Gameworks

Estonia, The Netherlands, United States, Uruguay, UK, Australia, New Zealand

Crashboard

Emilie Breslavetz & Léon Denise

France

Cryptic Enclave

MNL///Express

China

Cryptid Time

Cryptid Team

France

Cube Knob Button

RothioTome and Ildesir

Spain

CubeQuest - A QB Game

Stephan Göbel

Deutschland

Cyber Paradise

DDmeow Games

Australia

Cyberside Picnic

Michael Luo

China, USA

Dance of Diversion

Kaori Takahashi

Japan

Data Garden

Shaman Garage

Spain

DBLtype

IP Yuk-Yiu

Hong Kong

Death of the Reprobate

Joe Richardson

United Kingdom

DEEPMESS

Glass Jury

USA

Desert Mothers

Aaron Oldenburg

United States

DESOLUS

Mark Mayers and The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild

United States of America

Desquamation

Tom Lane

United Kingdom

Die Näherinnen

Marni Hanke, Lara Maria Müller, Pia Redeker, Tabea Steinhauer, Lina van den Meulenhof

Deutschland

Distraction Machine

Miscellaneum Studios

Canada

Do Not Buy This Game

Kingblade Games

Israel

Dome-King Cabbage

Cobysoft Co.

United States of America

Don’t Forget

Hubert Inc

Belgium

DreamHouse

Jana Romanova

The Netherlands

Driftwood

Stoked Sloth Interactive

Germany

Dust and Roses

Paulyrose

Germany, France

Echo of the Waves

Oneira Games

Switzerland

Echoes

G’dee Ya’ar, Kineret Enoch, Sagi Levi, Gal Daniel

Israel, Germany

Edgar Rice Journey

Douglas Wilson, David Kanaga, Thomas Perl, Melissa McGlensey

Australia, United States, Austria

El Paso, Elsewhere

Strange Scaffold

United States

EMUUROM

borb

Finland

Errances

Skill Lab

Luxembourg

EVERYTHING IS FINE

Rajeev Basu

USA

Facades

Studio Displace

UK, UK

Find WiiLii

Ferryman Collective

United States

Finding Euphemia

Humbugs

Germany, Vietnam, South Africa

Floating Apartment Blocks

Julia Makivic

Serbia

Follow the meaning

HiKing Mind

Poland

Forms VR

Studio Soup

Argentina

Fragrance Point

Halber Ball

Deutschland

Frame of Mind - a game of thoughts.

betalars, april, adrian, tilcreator, Jas Arianna and STTLE

Deutschland, United States

Frame Switch

Chaz Evans

United States of America, Canada, Deutschland

From The Main Square

Pedro Harres

Brazil

Fruitbus

Krillbite Studio

Norway

Fumble

No Devs (Geoffrey Mugford, Samuli Pietikainen)

United Kingdom, France, Finland

Future Box Pinball

Future Box Arcade

Deutschland, India, Egypt, Deutschland, Colombia, Italy

Gallery

Mariia and Hans

Ukraine, Estonia

Get your Tentacles off my Waifu

Flying Realms

Deutschland

Ghostboy

Two Blackbirds

Hungary

Gl0tchbl0K

Simon Schäfer / Warstware

Deutschland

GLOW GOLF

Alex Johansson

UK

GOAFL PARTY

Sparrow Games UG

Germany

goblinAmerica

Gil Lawson

United States of America

Gobyworld

Lisha Pleasure Studios

United States of America

Grunn

Tom van den Boogaart

The Netherlands

Hale

Cyan Hong

Korea, Republic of

Hawk and Puma

Niebla Games

Chile

Henry Halfhead

Lululu Entertainment

Switzerland

HINTERLANDS

Rebecca Evans and Collaborators

UK

Hyper Wobbler

Robin Baumgarten & Philipp Helldorfer

Germany

I Doesn’t Exist

LUAL Games

Switzerland

i want to be a tree (but life has other ideas)

Ian Tang, Xiangrui Zeng

United States of America, China

In Arm’s Reach

Afrida Mehzabin, Katja Rempe, Zack Wang, Julian Hoffmann Anton, Felix Herbst

Deutschland, Bangladesh, Spain, China, United States

Internity VR

TGM Game Makers

Canada

IRON GUARD

Xlab Digital LLC

United States

It´s Ukraine - Not A Game

It´s Ukraine - Not A Game Team

Deutschland

Jim’s Nightmare

Pumpkiny Games

The Netherlands

Judero

Talha & Jack Co

UK

Kevin(1997-2077)

Kevin Du

China

Kiyo

Pixel Rats

UK

Known Mysteries

Kara Stone

Canada

Knuckle Sandwich

Andy Brophy

Australia

Kuutamo - A Moon Tale

Team Kuutamo (Aureliina, Liubou, Otso, Phillip, Priya, Stefano) at HdM Stuttgart

Germany, Finland, Netherlands

LAMINA BRUISE

Nicola Acler

Italy

Last One Standing

Hummingbird Interactive

Canada, UK

Leaf Blower Man: This Game Blows!

Unbound Creations

United States

Lest Ten Horizons Cry

Mouse & the Billionaire

Canada

Lindwyrm

Ghostwhale Games GmbH

Germany

Little Learning Machines

Transitional Forms Inc

Canada

LOK Digital

Letibus Design + Icedrop Games

Slovenia, Spain

Looped

Looped

Sweden

Lost Words: Beyond the Page

Sketchbook Games

United Kingdom

Lucky Tower Ultimate

Studio Seufz

Germany

Luna Abyss

Bonsai Collective

United Kingdom

Masters of Light

COVEN

France, USA

Me and My Witches

Me and My Witches

France

Mediterranea Inferno

Lorenzo Redaelli, Eyeguys / Santa Ragione

Italy

MetroTD

Pone Games

China

Midheaven Winds of Ambition

Midheaven Team

Vietnam

MIND BODY TRIVIA

Look Left Productions

USA

Mini Mini Golf Golf

Three More Years

Germany, Germany, Slovakia, Switzerland

Miniatures

Other Tales Interactive

Denmark

Misgiven

Symmetry Break Studio

Deutschland

Monorail Stories

Stelex Software

Switzerland

MORTALITIES - A Virtual Reality Opera

Jakobe Performing Arts

Denmark

Mosa Lina

Stuffed Wombat

Austria, Deutschland, France, UK

Mu Mu: Multispecies Multiplex

Specualtive Devices Lab, DOTDOT Studio, Worlds of Connections

United States of America

Muskeln mit drei Frauen (Muscles with Three Women)

Caroline Creutzburg, Stine Hertel, Todor Stoyanov

Germany, Bulgaria

NEUROCRACY 2.049

Joannes Truyens, Matei Stanca, Younès Rabii, Holly Nielsen, Leigh Alexander, Malka Older, Yudhanjaya Wijeratne, Axel Hassen Taiari, Edward Smith, Io Black, Alice Duke, Ollie Tarbuck

Belgium, Canada, France, Morocco, United Kingdom, United States, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Germany, China

Neve

Michelle Santos

Brazil

Night Companions

Nieves de la Fuente Gutierrez & Thilo Seifert

Spain, Germany

Night Divides the Day

High Road Stories

Deutschland

No Case Should Remain Unsolved

Somi

Korea, Republic of

No Worries: An Uncozy Escape Room Experience

Tori Smith

United States of America

Non-Virtual Reality Games

3m Jump

Deutschland

NOSTALGIE

Boie Thomsen

Austria

Nuke Them All ☢️

GameeraStudios

Portugal

O

Team O

France

Oakenfold

Rutger van Dijk

The Netherlands

OFK

Team OFK

United States, United States, United States, France

OH-OH

Marimuck

Austria, Czech Republic, Greece, Burkina Faso, Cyprus, United Kingdom

Once Upon a Rogue’s Tale

PolyPirates UG

Germany

Orbital Automobile Collision Dynamics (in A Major)

jasonofthestorm

United States of America

ORIGEN

Presencias

Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil

PAIN-TO-WIN

Yuriy Kondrashov

Ukraine

Pale Blue

Pangolin Park

Germany

Paper Trail

Newfangled Games

UK

Passpartout 2: The Lost Artist

Flamebait Games

Sweden

Perfect World

Michael Overton Brown

United States

Phoenix Springs

Calligram Studio

United Kingdom, France

Pieced Together

Glowfrog Games

United Kingdom

Pixel

Lucas Dima

Argentina

Planetka

Tereza Kotěšovcová

Czech Republic

Playing Kafka

Charles Games

Czech Republic

PLAYING WITH OUR LIVES

Florian Liesenfeld

Germany

Please, Touch The Artwork 2

Thomas Waterzooi, Fannie Buissier

Belgium, Belgium

Projected Dreams

Flawberry Studio

Switzerland

Psychoflage - Game edition

Mónica Rikić, Rubén Sánchez and Andrea Carandini

Spain

Puckish

Escape Character

United States of America

Push Star

bearwarp

United States

Pussy Palette

Two Birds

Denmark, Germany, Hungary

Queer Utopia: Act I Cruising

Mundivagante Studio

Brazil, Portugal

R00000

Weekend Warriors

Lithuania

RATIFACT

2/3BKDM

United States, China

Rebots

FlatPonies

Denmark

Rent

Hanjun Shi

UK

Retrograde

Abby Yaffe & Isaac io Schankler

United States of America

Reus 2

Abbey Games

Netherlands

Rising Up

Erik, Laurent, Nikolaj, and Anoint

Denmark

Rogue Station

Quint Studio

Canada

Roro

Loopntale

Korea, Republic of

rUIn

Lara Gülpen, Florian Hayn, Khaled Abu Almajd, Nicolas Verspohl

Deutschland, Egypt

Ruins?

Sohel

France, Belgium

Rusty Blade - the last quest

Kai Werder

Deutschland

Saltsea Chronicles

Die Gute Fabrik

Denmark

Samuel Sage: The Mystery at Penby Inn

Seam Entertainment Limited

United Kingdom

Santa Goes Digital

Runny Noses

Deutschland

Scrapeboard

Barnyardia

United States

SDIES

Kat Donahue, Haocheng Liu, Ali Tahir

United States of America, China, United Arab Emirates

Shards Between Us

Queensguard

UK, Germany, US, Canada

Shepard Stairs

Kadi Rebane & Sander Klein

Estonia

SIRE.

Milan Lefferts

Netherlands

Slay the Princess

Black Tabby Games

Canada

Sling-A-Thing

Navel

Germany, Germany

SNAKE 2

Hatim Benhsain

Morocco

Solace State: Emotional Cyberpunk Stories

Vivid Foundry Corp.

Canada

Some Goodbyes We Made

Hao Liao and Joey Schutz

Taiwan, United States

Sorry We’re Closed

à la mode games

UK

Soul Drifter

VISIONKEEPER Studio

Germany

SoYL

dark - Annie Grudeva, Matt Javanshir

United Kingdom, Bulgaria

SPELLBOUND

Alicia Luna Ripp

Deutschland

SPIN AMAZE

Flomenbaum LLC

United States

Spiral

Folklore Games

Canada

Spiritfall

Gentle Giant

Israel

Star Stuff

Ánimo Games

United States of America

Stargazer

Haoyu "Rosie" Gao, Qiyao Xie, Xingyao "Shira" Wu, Achilles Jiang | composerkiwi, Cason Joyner, June Redmer / narcolepsyDriver

China, United States, Canada

Stellar Watch

White Leaf

United States

STONESIGHT

FrOsFaLeLu

Germany

Submechanoid

Hyphinett, Val, Sarah and Blood

Ireland, Ireland, Ireland, Slovakia

Submerged

Anette Jaaniso, Gregor Ojaveer, Taavet Mark Kirja

Estonia

Superlandscapes

Niels Walter

Deutschland

Swipe The Flood Away

Jens Isensee, Tobias Bilgeri

Germany

TamaGirl

TamaGirl’s Parents

United States, Canada

tapestry

mut / moochi

Brazil

Tea is Served

Jante Interactive

United Kingdom

Teamworker

João Eiras Antunes

Portugal

The Fermi Paradox

Anomaly Games

Germany

The Matriarx

Julia Bruton

Germany, Canada

The Poppy Grower (FloraOS)

Everest Pipkin

US

The Possession of Baby Junior [Alt.Ctrl Game]

University Lusófona

Portugal

The Sacred Acorn

A Few Dragons

Australia

The Settlings

First Course Games GmbH

Germany

The shape of worlds to come

Petra Szemán

Hungary, UK, Japan

The Tunnels

Raphael Fabre

France

The Waking Knot

Bongle Systems

UK

The Wandering

The Wandering Team

Mexico

This Bed We Made

Lowbirth Games

Canada

Tiny Bookshop

neoludic

Germany

To the Stars

Stellar Cartography Interactive UG

Germany

Tom the postgirl

Oopsie Daisies

Switzerland, Switzerland, Germany

Tourist Trap

Tragico Media

Uruguay

Toy Tactics

Kraken Empire

Spain

Truck Driving with Tears in My Eyes

Studio Haselnuss

Germany

Truer than You

Transcenders Media

Sweden

Tuqim

Plántula

Mexico

Underground Blossom

Rusty Lake

Netherlands

Unleaving

orangutan matter

Canada

Unveiling

CHARK

Lithuania

Vampire Therapist

Little Bat Games

Germany

Veritatis

Grunamm Games

USA, Germany

VIDEOVERSE

Kinmoku

Deutschland

Void

Caroline Pajusaar

Estonia

Vox | [vɑks]

Martin Bussy-Pâris

France, Finland

VR Giants

Risa Interactive

Austria

Wax Heads

Murray Somerwolff & Rocío Tomé

Spain, United Kingdom

Waxwing

Common Opera

United States

We Become Something Else

Michael Overton Brown

United States of America

Wednesdays

Pierre Corbinais, Exaheva, Christophe Galati, Virginia B. Fernson, Nico Nowak, Florent Maurin

France, Belgium

Wee Boats

James Poole, Laura Ryder, Brendan Hewson

Ireland, Norway

WHAT THE CAR?

Triband

Denmark

Where We Meet

Unwired Dance Theatre

United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Italy, Greece

Whispers of West Grove

NVNT Studios Inc.

Canada

Wonscotonach

Len Predko

Canada

WoU Game

tales of us gGmbH

Germany

Wéko The Mask Gatherer

Siro Games Sarl

Switzerland

Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom

Panik Arcade

Italy

You Are Weak

Gabriel Helfenstein

Germany

Yugowave

Stanko Gagrčin

Serbia

Éclaircies

Simon Chauvin

France

ΔVØID

Donderbos Games

South Africa