The SXSW Sydney 2024 Games Awards were a chance to stop and celebrate the wonderful, creative worlds of games, both locally and internationally. Throughout the evening, a range of winners were crowned across multiple categories, some judge-voted, and some fan-voted.
It was nice to see some love for Australian-made games in the mix, with Mystiques: Haunted Antiques taking out the People’s Choice Award on the night, and it was equally lovely to see the under-the-radar puzzle adventure The Many Pieces of Mr Coo pick up the coveted Game of the Year award.
For those who’ve yet to play this game, it’s a marvellous animated adventure buoyed by a real sense of ingenuity – and we can absolutely see why it caught the eyes of the judges.
Beyond these titles, there were plenty of deserving games crowned.
Read: Death of the Reprobate is one of the funniest game I’ve ever played
Here’s the full list of winners from the SXSW Sydney 2024 Games Awards.
SXSW Sydney 2024: Games Awards – Full List of Winners
Best International Game
- Until Then, Polychroma Games
- Airborne Empire, The Wandering Band
- 1000xRESIST, Sunset Visitor 斜陽過客 – [WINNER]
- Botany Manor, Balloon Studios
- Boxes: Lost Fragments, Big Loop Studios
Discovery Award
- Death of the Reprobate, Joe Richardson Games
- No Case Should Remain Unsolved, Somi – [WINNER]
- Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure, Furniture & Mattress
- Dungeon Clawler, Stray Fawn Studios
- Wax Heads, Patattie Games
Best Student Game
- Block Buddies, Super Mega Ultra Team Studios
- Viva La Grind, Masked Moonlight Interactive
- MMMMMM: Multi-Merge Mix & Match Minigame Mayhem, Team Partybomb – [WINNER]
- Arcane Raiders, Team Stingray
- Armless Samurai, Playmakers Development Team
WINGS Award
- Fishbowl, imissmyfriends.studio
Tabletop Award
- Fight with Spirit, Storybrewers Roleplaying – [WINNER]
People’s Choice Award
- Mystiques: Haunted Antiques, Lemonade Games – [WINNER]
SXSW Sydney 2024: Game of the Year
- The Many Pieces of Mr. Coo, Nacho Rodríguez – [WINNER]
- INDIKA, Odd Meter Games
- Demonschool, Necrosoft Games
- Arco, Franek, Max Cahill, Bibiki, Fáyer
- Crab God, Chaos Theory Games
Disclosure: The GamesHub editorial team served on the judging panel for the SXSW Sydney 2024 Games Awards.
