About DIGY Awards:

Organized by a team of seasoned game industry and event production veterans, this awards event focuses on indies, celebrating the games and the talented folks behind the craft of indie game development.

We're planning for the DIGY Awards broadcast for early February 2026, with additional details to be announced.

There's no fee for submitting game nominations through this form. 

Submission entry closes on December 5th, 2025

Nomination Criteria: 

• Game has full release (or will release) by December 31 this year.  
• Game developed by an independent team with minimum resources.
• Teams can submit for as many categories as relevant for their games.
• Nominations can be submitted through this form by game dev teams, publishers, and/or others not directly connected with the team.

Additional DIGY Awards details HERE

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Category Descriptions and Criteria

Best Action: Will be awarded to the best game that allowed for the most enjoyable explosions and ferocious combat after a long work week.

Best Character: Will be awarded to the most memorable character that stayed with gamers through the year and likely into the future.

Best Hidden Gem: Will be awarded to the best game that came out of nowhere and blew your face off with its awesomeness.

Best Tactical: Will be awarded to the game that forces you to think about every move carefully and strategically to beat it.

Best Horror: This award will go to the game with the most scary or suspenseful gameplay experience that left a mark.

Best Retro: Will be awarded to the game that stirs nostalgia for days gone by with its pixel-rich world.

Best Message: Will be awarded to the game with that truly hits home within players every day lives and makes a powerful statement.

Best Laughs: Will be awarded to the game that brought uncontrollable moments of laughter to your gaming experience.

Best Soundtrack: This award will go to the game with the best soundtrack, which you can put on your Spotify playlist.

Best Micro Indie: Awarded to the best game that has your wallet in mind, giving you an amazing experience for under $10.

Best Mature Themed: Awareded to the best game that targets an older demographic and may not be suitable for general audiences.

Best With Friends: Awarded to the best game that forces you to have friends and never be alone.

Most Challenging: Will be awarded to the game providing overwhelming challenges that broke many keyboards or controllers.

Most Innovative: Will be awarded to the game that shattered the status quo and brought players completely new and fresh experiences.

Most Replayable: Will be awarded to the game that kept you saying "one more time", causing you to be late for everything.

Most Cozy: This award will be given to the game that provides uplifting experiences for players to sit back, smile, chill, and relax.

Most Beautiful: Will be awarded to the game where players can't look away from the art, world, and overall game visuals.

Most Trending: Will be awarded to individual or team with breakout marketing that helped build visibility for the game in interesting ways. Teams can submit trailers, influencer campaigns, creative guerrilla ideas or other kinds of campaigns that helped the game make an impact.

Cultural Impact: Will be awarded to the best game that's part of a community which has had relatively low level of visibility within the industry.