Outstanding Worldbuilding of 2022 - Player's Choice - an IFDB Poll
by MathBrush
RSS FeedThis poll is part of the 2022 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here.
This award is for the game with the best worldbuilding of 2022. Voting is open to all IFDB members.
Eligible games include only those in the following search:
https://ifdb.org/search?searchbar=published%3A2022
If a game published in 2022 does not appear in this search, please edit the game page to include the correct publication year.
| The Archivist and the Revolution, by Autumn Chen 11 votes "Revolutions and apocalypses galore" [+]"Revolutions and apocalypses galore: I just love dystopian far-futures." ( ) --Cerfeuil... "creates a wholly realized world through a personal lens" [+]"creates a wholly realized world through a personal lens" ( - Full review) --ccpost... "Worldbuilding that explores a human history spanning centuries. The protagonist is extremely attuned to this while trying to survive the chaos. That's what makes it so powerful." [+]"Worldbuilding that explores a human history spanning centuries. The protagonist is extremely attuned to this while trying to survive the chaos. That's what makes it so powerful." () --Kinetic Mouse Car... (No comment) [+](No comment) --ArloElm... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Ola... (No comment) [+](No comment) --AnnaSumner... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Hobbsicle... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Passerine... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Sophia de Augustine... (No comment) [+](No comment) --DBD... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --manonamora... | |
| Prism, by Eliot M.B. Howard 8 votes "A better future than the one we have now, but one we still need to fix." [+]"A better future than the one we have now, but one we still need to fix." ( ) --Brad Buchanan... (No comment) [+](No comment) --kaemi... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Rovarsson... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Hobbsicle... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Jaded Pangolin... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Juuves... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Karl Ove Hufthammer... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --dgtziea... | |
| Computerfriend, by Kit Riemer 7 votes "Retro 2000s cyperpunk dying world" [+]"Retro 2000s cyperpunk dying world: What's not to love?" ( - Full review) --Cerfeuil... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Sophia de Augustine... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --ArloElm... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Drew Cook... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Pinkunz... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --manonamora... | |
| God is in the Radio, by catsket 5 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Sophia de Augustine... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Jaded Pangolin... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Passerine... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Xuelder... | |
| The Spectators, by Amanda Walker 4 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Vivienne Dunstan... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Sophia de Augustine... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --nf... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Jade68... | |
| According to Cain, by Jim Nelson 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) --dgtziea... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Michael L.... | |
| Fairest, by Amanda Walker 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) --Sophia de Augustine... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Jade68... | |
| New Year's Eve, 2019, by Autumn Chen 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Sophia de Augustine... | |
| Isle of Beasts, by Zarkonnen 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Jaded Pangolin... | |
| Admiration Point, by Rachel Helps 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Ola... | |
| The Euripides Enigma, by Larry Horsfield 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Denk... | |
| Something Blue, by E. Joyce 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Sophia de Augustine... | |