Announcing your 2023 Canadian Indie Game Award Winners!

This year marks the second annual Canadian Indie Game Awards – celebrating the amazing indie games and creators of the Canadian gaming industry. Without further ado, here are the winners of the inaugural Canadian Indie Game Awards!

Best Art Direction

Winner: Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course
Also nominated: Nobody Saves the World, Mythforce, I Was a Teenage Exocolonist, Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between

Best Game Design

Winner: Tunic
Also nominated: Nobody Saves the World, The Last Hero of Nostalgaia, Rogue Legacy 2

Best Animation

Winner: Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course
Also nominated: Tunic, Nobody Saves the World, Rogue Legacy 2, Ember Knights

Best Score/Soundtrack

Winner: Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course
Also nominated: The Last Hero of Nostalgaia, Tunic, Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between, Hardspace: Shipbreaker

Best Narrative

Winner: I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Also nominated: The Last Hero of Nostalgaia, Hardspace: Shipbreaker, Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between, The Chant

Best Audio Design

Winner: Tunic
Also nominated: Hardspace: Shipbreaker, Session: Skate Sim, Melatonin, Paradise Marsh

Best Technology

Winner: Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course
Also nominated: Session: Skate Sim, Nerf Ultimate Championship, Hardspace: Shipbreaker, The Chant

Best PC Game

Winner: Tunic
Also nominated:
Nobody Save the World, Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between, Hardspace; Shipbreaker, Rogue Legacy 2

Best Console Game

Winner: Tunic
Also nominated: TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge, Nobody Saves the World, Rogue Legacy 2, Infernax

Best Debut Indie Game

Winner: Tunic
Also nominated: A Little to the Left, The Chant, Hardspace: Shipbreaker, Glitchhikers: The Spaces between

Best Mobile Game/Casual Game

Winner: Pupperazzi
Also nominated: Knotwords, INKS, Melatonin, A Little to the Left

Studio of the Year

Winner: TUNIC Team
Also nominated: Drinkbox Studios, Silverstring Media, Cellar Door Games, Blackbird Interactive

Indie Game of the Year

Winner: Tunic
Also nominated: Nobody Saves the World, A Little to the Left, Rogue Legacy 2, Hardspace: Shipbreaker, Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course

Congratulations to this year’s award winners! We are pleased to be able to highlight Canada’s incredible and skilled indie developers.

Follow the Canadian Game Awards and the Canadian Indie Game Awards on social media for additional information. We hope to see you all again next year!