Games Awards

The Swedish Game Awards celebrate the craft, creativity, and innovation that define the Swedish games industry. Each category highlights a different dimension of excellence — from groundbreaking design and technology to artistic expression, storytelling, sound, and emerging talent.

These awards serve as a platform to honor the people, studios, and ideas shaping the future of interactive entertainment. With both national and international categories, our ambition is to strengthen global dialogue, elevate outstanding work, and contribute to Sweden’s growing presence in the world of gaming.

All nominations are selected by an independent jury. The jury will announce the nominees on January 14.


Award Categories

Best Audio Award
Presented to a game for excellent achievement in music, sound design, voice acting, audio effects or other audio expression.

Best Tech Award
Presented to a game for excellent achievement in technology: game engine, tools, backend, online service or other technological execution.

Best Art Award
Presented to a game for excellent achievement in art, animation, character design, environment, video, UI or other visual expression.

Best Game Design Award
Presented to a game that for exceptional game design — mechanics, core loop, systems, narrative, player experience or other design execution.

Best Multiplayer Award
Presented to a game for exceptional multiplayer function, offline or online.

Mobile Game of the Year
Presented to the best mobile game of the year, all aspects considered: design, technology, art, player experience etc. Not limited to smartphone games, all mobile devices accepted.

New Talent: Game of the Year
Presented to the winners of the Swedish Game Awards New Talent from the previous year.

Foreign Game of the Year
Presented to the best game made by a developer outside Sweden, all aspects considered: design, technology, art, player experience etc.

Independent Game of the Year
Presented to the best independent game of the year, all aspects considered: design, technology, art, player experience etc. An independent game is considered to be a game made by a small team who is in control of the intellectual property.

Players’ Game of the Year
Presented to the winner of the public vote.

Game of the Year
Presented to the best game of the year on any device, all aspects considered: design, technology, art, player experience etc.