Submissions for the Swiss Game Awards 2021 were open until October 11, 2021.
The Swiss Game Awards 2021 award ceremony took play on Friday, November 12 2021.
The SGDA Swiss Game Award is the game developers award of Switzerland and celebrates projects that have put the Swiss game industry on the radar. The award honours innovation in form of novel and disruptive ideas in the digital media sector: playable games (all styles, genres and target platforms), services, middleware, innovative collaborations, cutting-edge marketing ideas, groundbreaking commissioned or advertising productions as well as new collectives.
- Annual industry award
- Swiss, nation-wide, all regions, all national languages
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Winners & nominees
2021 Winners
- Best Entertainment Game Award: Mundaun, Hidden Fields, Lucerne
- Best Serious Game Award: Democratia, Blindflug Studios, Zurich
- Audience Choice Award: Castello Visconteo, Stelex Software, Ticino
- Excellence in Visuals: Towaga, Sunnyside Games, Lausanne
2021 Nominees Category Entertainment Games
- Book of Beasts, Gbanga, Zurich
- Mundaun, Hidden Fields, Lucerne
- Sol 705, Space Indie Studios, Geneva
- The Shattering, Super Sexy Software, Zurich
- Towaga, Sunnyside Games, Lausanne
2021 Nominees Category Serious Games
- Democratia, Blindflug Studios, Zurich
- MurGame, Koboldgames, Argovia
- Let’s Help Together, Digital Kingdom, Vaud
- Castello Visconteo, Stelex Software, Ticino
2021 Jury
- Adam Moravanszky (Jury president), Senior Director Simulation Technology (Nvidia)
- Chino Noris, Software Engineer (Oculus VR/Meta)
- Cornelia Zogg, Communication specialist and games journalist
- Sarah Abbou, author and art director for games
2020 Winners
- Winner Swiss Game Award 2020: Nimbatus, Stray Fawn Studio, Zurich
- Audience Choice Award 2020: Unrailed!, Indoor Astronaut, Zurich
- Excellence in Execution 2020: Transport Fever 2, Urban Games, Schaffhausen
2020 Nominees
- KIDS, Playables, Zurich
- Nimbatus, Stray Fawn Studio, Zurich
- Stellar Commanders, Blindflug Studios, Zurich
- To Be Headed Or Not To Be, Fruits of Yggdrasil, Nyon
- Transport Fever 2, Urban Games, Schaffhausen
- Unrailed!, Indoor Astronaut, Zurich
2019 Winners
- Winner Swiss Game Award 2019: FAR: Lone Sails, Okomotive, Zurich
- Audience Choice Award 2019: FAR: Lone Sails, Okomotive, Zurich
- Excellence in Gameplay 2019: Persephone, Momo-π, Bulle
- Junior Swiss Game Award 2019: Twin Blades, Jad Zahar, Ricardo Crespo, Hugo Scholl
2019 Nominees
- Anshar Online, OZWE Games, Lausanne
- FAR: Lone Sails, Okomotive, Zurich
- Octahedron, Demimonde Games, Winterthur
- Persephone, Momo-π, Bulle
- Toddo Land, Dreipol, Zürich
2018 Winners
- Swiss Game Award 2018: Colorful Darkness, Piñata Punch, Lausanne
- Audience Choice Award 2018: Niche, Stray Fawn Studio, Zurich
- Honorable Mention 2018: Retimed, Maniax Games, Zurich
- Junior Swiss Game Award 2018: Dimensions, Marino von Wattenwyl
2018 Nominees
- (re)format Z:, Blindflug Studios, Zurich
- Colorful Darkness, Piñata Punch, Lausanne
- Into Delight, Igor Neiman, Renens
- Niche, Stray Fawn Studio, Zurich
- Retimed, Maniax Games, Zurich
2017 Winners
- Swiss Game Award 2017: DERU (formerly known as Schlicht), INK KIT, Zurich
- Audience Choice Award 2017: DERU (formerly known as Schlicht), INK KIT, Zurich
- Junior Swiss Game Award 2017: Bane of Asphodel, Robin Schmidiger, Konrad Leichtle
2017 Nominees
- Airheart, Blindflug Studios, Zürich
- Oniland, Funny Little Things, Genf
- DERU (formerly known as Schlicht), INK KIT, Zürich
- Splash Blast Panic, Team KwaKwa, Lausanne
- Watcher, Kinwatchers, Zürich
2016 Winners
- Swiss Game Award 2016: Feist, Bits & Beasts, Zurich
- Audience Choice Award 2016: Cloud Chasers, Blindflug Studios, Zurich
- Junior Swiss Game Award 2016: Bämeräng, Tim Bürge, Aaron Abt
2016 Nominees
- Antyz, DNA Studios, Bulle
- Cloud Chasers, Blindflug Studios, Zurich
- Feist, Bits & Beasts, Zurich
- FILD: Renegade Monsters, Bisbog, Lausanne
- Plug and Play, Etter Studio, Zurich
- Yamgun, Digital Kingdom, Vevey
2015 Winners
From 2014 to 2016 the cycle changed from autumn to early spring. Therefore, no award was given away in 2015.
- Junior Swiss Game Award 2015 winners: The Glove (Nick Baumann, Christian Knieling, Dominik Wittwer) & Continent Conquest (Michael Plüss)
2014 Winners
- Swiss Game Award 2014: Perils of Man, IF Games, Zurich
2014 Nominees
- Airships, Zarkonnen, Zurich
- First Strike, Blindflug Studios, Zurich
- PixelMogul, ala, Bern
- Battle of the SeaSons, Tidal Wave Games, Zurich
- Nandeyanen!?, Tchagata Games, Lausanne
- Shoggoth Rising, dreipol, Zurich
- Elarooh, Digidingo, Zurich
- Perils of Man, IF Games, Zurich
- The Firm, Sunnyside Games, Lausanne
2013 Winners
- Swiss Game Award 2013: Drei, Etter Studio, Zurich
2013 Nominees
- Beat Bounce, Samuel Vonäsch, Aurelio Lucchesi, Jack Hoefnagel
- Drei, Etter Studio, Zurich
- NanoRunners, AND-OR, Zurich
- Journey of a Roach, Kobold Games, Olten
- Zivilcourage, Ludic GmbH, Zurich