SGDA Swiss Game Awards
The SGDA Swiss Game Awards (SWIGA) is the game developers award of Switzerland. It honours outstanding projects that have put the Swiss game industry on the radar. The SGDA has been awarding the Swiss industry prize since 2013 to honour Swiss excellence in games.
Swiss Game Awards 2024
Call for Participation
Are you a creator, producer or publisher and want to participate at the SGDA Swiss Game Awards 2024?
Submit your game at latest by 15 September 2024.
Categories 2024
Swiss Game Awards – Best Entertainment Game 2024
The SWIGA game of the year main prize and the best game of all games submitted, is honoured by the jury with “The Swiss Game Award”.
Swiss Game Awards – Best Serious Game 2024
Serious games and gamification solutions become more and more important. The SGDA honours with this category a serious game or a gamification solution that makes an impact and fosters sustainable development.
Swiss Game Awards – Excellence Award 2024
With this category the jury honours the creative or technicals skills of a project. Each game submitted will also be evaluated in regards to the Excellence Award. The jury may consider the execution of the entire game or just a specific element which is of outstanding quality. During the submission process, you will be able to emphasize one or more aspects, you want the jury to consider like gameplay, game mechanics, story, visuals, sound, technology or else.
Swiss Game Awards – Most Anticipated Game 2024
An award to celebrate the most promising upcoming project in the Swiss video game industry.
Swiss Game Awards – Best Student Game 2024
Given by a special jury composed of local industry game developers, this award seeks to aim the spotlight at the future generation of creators and celebrates their imagination and artistic vision.
Jury 2024
The nominees and winners are chosen by an independent jury, selected by the SGDA Board of Directors and volunteer members of the SGDA.
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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Media contact: media@sgda.ch, +41 32 511 14 77
Swiss Game Awards 2023
Award Ceremony
The prizes for the best Swiss games were presented at the Swiss Game Awards ceremony during Gamesweek Zurich.
The awards ceremony took place in Zurich on 17 November 2023.
Award Categories 2023
Swiss Game Awards – Best Entertainment Game 2023
The SWIGA game of the year main prize and the best game of all games submitted, is honoured by the jury with “The Swiss Game Award”.
Winner
- Nocturnal, Sunnyside Games, Lausanne
Nominees
- AST-Hero, Twisted BrainZ
- DIG – Deep in Galaxies, Molton Studio
- Helvetii, Team Kwa-Kwa
- Kandria, Shirakumo Games
- Nocturnal, Sunnyside Games
Swiss Game Awards – Best Serious Game 2023
Serious games and gamification solutions become more and more important. The SGDA honours with this category a serious game or a gamification solution that makes an impact and fosters sustainable development.
Winner
- Équilibre – Ville de demain, Tourmaline Studio et Ta-daaa Studio, Geneva
Nominees
- Ballvin, ddrobotec® by Dynamic Devices AG
- Équilibre – Ville de demain, Tourmaline Studio et Ta-daaa Studio
- TET, Charli Charlo and Playables
- Till Next Bill, Canton de Vaud – DNA Studios
- Where am I?, Institute constructive design, department architecture, engineering and design, ZHAW together with Blindflug Studios
Swiss Game Awards – Most Anticipated Game 2023
An award to celebrate the most promising upcoming project in the Swiss video game industry.
Winner
- Grimoire Groves, Stardust, Zurich
Nominees
- Grimoire Groves, Stardust
- Ground of Aces, Blindflug Studios
- Henry Halfhead, Lululu Entertainment
- QubiQuest: Castle Craft, Twin Earth AG
- The Wandering Village, Stray Fawn Studio
Swiss Game Awards – Excellence Award 2023
Each game submitted will also be evaluated in regards to the Excellence Award. With this category the jury honours the creative or technicals skills of a project. The jury may consider the execution of the entire game or just a specific element which is of outstanding quality. During the submission process, you will be able to emphasize one or more aspects, you want the jury to consider like gameplay, game mechanics, story, visuals, sound, technology or else.
Winner
- The Wandering Village, Stray Fawn Studio, Zurich
Jury 2023
The nominees and winners are chosen by an independent jury, selected by the SGDA Board of Directors.
- Valentina Birke, Indie Arena Booth (DE)
- Thomas Frey, Giants Software (CH)
- Selim Krichane, Swiss Museum of Games (CH)
- Marie Rumignani, Ubisoft (FR)
SGDA Student Swiss Game Awards 2023
Winner
- Fix it!, Amina Matt (University of Lausanne UNIL – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology EPFL)
Nominees
- Dissecting Love, Noe Mael Arnold (Zurich University of the Arts, ZHdK)
- Fix it!, Amina Matt (University of Lausanne UNIL – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology EPFL)
- To the Moon, Alan Hyjazi (Ceruleum)
- Troubles Ahead, Sébastien Rieder (Maitres du Monde)
Previous Winners & Nominees
2022 Winners
- Best Entertainment Game 2022: FAR: Changing Tides, Okomotive
- Best Serious Game 2022: Lausanne 1830: Histoires de registres, Digital Kingdom & EPFL
- Excellence in Execution 2022: Captain Velvet Meteor: The Jump+ Dimensions, Momo-pi Studio
- Audience Choice Award 2022: FAR: Changing Tides, Okomotive
- Junior Swiss Game Award 2022: Vote Now!, Joël Rimaz, University of Lausanne (UNIL)
- Junior Swiss Game Award – Honourable Mention 2022: Projected Dreams, Team Strawberry
2022 Nominees Category Entertainment Games
- Anshar 2: Hyperdrive, OZWE Games
- Backfirewall_, Naraven
- Captain Velvet Meteor: The Jump+ Dimensions, Momo-pi Studio
- FAR: Changing Tides, Okomotive
- Letters – a written adventure, 5am Games
- Monorail Stories, Stelex Software
- Swordship, Digital Kingdom
- Terraformers, Asteroid Lab
2022 Nominees Category Serious Games
- Lausanne 1830: Histoires de registres, Digital Kingdom & EPFL
- Microbiomes, Koboldgames & NCCR Microbiomes
- Migros Merge, Gbanga & Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund
- Oris – Joy of Mechanics, dreiplay studio & Oris
- re(use), ETH Zurich
- Respect – For who I truly am, Studio MACACO
2021 Winners
- Best Entertainment Game Award 2021: Mundaun, Hidden Fields, Lucerne
- Best Serious Game Award 2021: Democratia, Blindflug Studios, Zurich
- Audience Choice Award 2021: Castello Visconteo, Stelex Software, Ticino
- Excellence in Visuals 2021: 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