This poll is part of the 2024 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 a game of 2024 that you saw as a trailblazer. Voting is open to all IFDB members. 
 
Suggested games include those in the following search: 
https://ifdb.org/search?searchbar=published%3A2024 
 
If a game published in 2024 does not appear in this search, you may edit the game page to include the correct publication year.
| The Apothecary's Assistant, by Allyson Gray 11 votes | |
| Social Democracy: An Alternate History, by Autumn Chen 10 votes | |
| Messages From the Universe Graveyard, by KADW 6 votes | |
| Nonverbal Communication, by Allyson Gray 5 votes | |
| PARANOIA, by Charm Cochran 4 votes | |
| A Very Strong Gland, by Arthur DiBianca 4 votes | |
| A few hours later in the day of The Egocentric, by Ola Hansson 3 votes | |
| Yurf, by spaceflounder 3 votes | |
| The Garbage of the Future, by AM Ruf 2 votes | |
| You, by Carter X Gwertzman 2 votes | |
| Traffic, by D. S. Yu 2 votes | |
| Moondrop Isle, by Ryan Veeder, Nils Fagerburg, Joey Jones, Zach Hodgens, Jason Love, Mark Marino, Carl Muckenhoupt, Sarah Willson, Caleb Wilson 2 votes | |
| Sundown, by Charm Cochran 1 vote | |
Poll created on February 1, 2025