18 February 2023

The 2022 IFDB Awards are in!:

Overall Categories

Outstanding Game of the Year - Player’s Choice

• According to Cain, by Jim Nelson

Outstanding Game of the Year 2022 - Author’s Choice

• The Spectators, by Amanda Walker

Outstanding Debut of 2022 - Player’s Choice - an IFDB Poll

• No winner (4-way tie)

Outstanding Debut of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• A Long Way to the Nearest Star, by SV Linwood

Outstanding Game over 2 hours in 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice

• According to Cain, by Jim Nelson

Outstanding Short Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

• Use Your Psychic Powers at Applebee’s, by Geoffrey Golden

Outstanding Short Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• Esther’s, by Brad Buchanan and Alleson Buchanan

Outstanding Underappreciated Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

Tie:

• Quintessence, by Lapin Lunaire Games
• Cannelé & Nomnom - Defective Agency, by Younès R. & Yazaleea

Outstanding Underappreciated Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• Quintessence, by Lapin Lunaire Games

Most Sequel-worthy game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

• Lady Thalia and the Rose of Rocroi, by E. Joyce and N. Cormier

Most Sequel-worthy Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• Custard & Mustard’s Big Adventure, by Christopher Merriner

Outstanding Feelies of 2022 - Player’s Choice
Tie:

• The Last Christmas Present, by JG Heithcock

• New Year’s Eve, 2019, by Autumn Chen

Outstanding Feelies of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• New Year’s Eve, 2019, by Autumn Chen

Trailblazer Award of 2022 - Player’s Choice

• Trigaea, by RynGM

Trailblazer Award of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• A Chinese Room, by Milo van Mesdag

Outstanding Worldbuilding of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice

• The Archivist and the Revolution, by Autumn Chen

Outstanding Use of Interactivity in 2022 - Player’s Choice

• Cannelé & Nomnom - Defective Agency, by Younès R. & Yazaleea

Outstanding Use of Interactivity in 2022 - Author’s Choice

• Fairest, by Amanda Walker

Outstanding Retro Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

• Alchemist’s Gold, by Garry Francis

Outstanding Retro Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• The Mystery of Markham Manor, by Edward P. Toovey

Language Based Polls

Outstanding German Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice

• Schief, by Olaf Nowacki

Outstanding Spanish Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice

• El Virulé, by paravaariar

Outstanding French Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

• La Princesse spéculaire, by Nathanaël Marion

Outstanding French Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• Une soirée costumée, by Julien Zamor

Genre Polls

Outstanding Fantasy Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice

• Fairest, by Amanda Walker

Outstanding Horror Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice

• Sweetpea, by Sophia de Augustine

Outstanding Humor Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

• Wry, by Olaf Nowacki

Outstanding Humor Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice
Tie:

• Gent Stickman vs Evil Meat Hand, by AZ / ParserCommander
• Wry, by Olaf Nowacki

Outstanding Mystery Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

• Things that Happened in Houghtonbridge, by Dee Cooke

Outstanding Mystery Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice
Tie:

• Things that Happened in Houghtonbridge, by Dee Cooke
• The Thirty Nine Steps, by Graham Walmsley

Outstanding Science Fiction Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice

• The Archivist and the Revolution, by Autumn Chen

Outstanding Slice of Life Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice

• New Year’s Eve, 2019, by Autumn Chen

Outstanding Surreal Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

• The Impossible Stairs, by Mathbrush

Outstanding Surreal Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• Nose Bleed, by Stanley W. Baxton

System-based polls

Outstanding Inform 7 Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

• The Spectators, by Amanda Walker

Outstanding Inform 7 Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• Of Their Shadows Deep, by Amanda Walker

Outstanding Inform 6 Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

• Alchemist’s Gold, by Garry Francis

Outstanding Inform 6 Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice
Tie

• Alchemist’s Gold, by Garry Francis
• Into The Sun, by Dark Star

Outstanding Adventuron Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice

• Things that Happened in Houghtonbridge, by Dee Cooke

Outstanding Twine Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

• The Grown-Up Detective Agency, by Brendan Patrick

Outstanding Twine Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• Computerfriend, by Kit Riemer

Outstanding Choicescript Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice
TIe:

• The Passenger, by Jime Rolón
• THROW. MARIA. OVERBOARD., by Travis Moy

Outstanding Choicescript Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• THROW. MARIA. OVERBOARD., by Travis Moy

Outstanding Adrift Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice
Tie:

• Lost Coastlines, by William Dooling
• The Euripides Enigma, by Larry Horsfield

Outstanding Adrift Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• Lost Coastlines, by William Dooling

Outstanding Game in a Custom System in 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice

• Uncle Mortimer’s Secret, by Jim MacBrayne

Outstanding Game in an Uncommon System in 2022 - Player’s Choice

• The Impossible Stairs, by Mathbrush

Outstanding Game in an Uncommon System in 2022 - Author’s Choice

• The Archivist and the Revolution, by Autumn Chen

Outstanding PunyInform Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

• Alchemist’s Gold, by Garry Francis

Outstanding PunyInform Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• Carpathian Vampire, by Garry Francis

Outstanding Ink Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice

• Prism, by Eliot M.B. Howard

Outstanding Ink Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice

• Use Your Psychic Powers at Applebee’s, by Geoffrey Golden