The SEA Game Awards returned in conjunction with Level Up KL this October 7th, celebrating the best indie games across 11 categories. No Straight Roads 2 from Malaysian studio Metronomik emerged as the big winner of the night with 4 wins including Audience Choice Award, while Troublemaker 2: Beyond Dream from Indonesian studio Gamecom Team walked away with the coveted Grand Jury Award.
Best Technology
- Going Up
- Operatives: Revolve
- Troublemaker 2: Beyond Dream
- Upin & Ipin Universe
- Weyrdlets — WINNER
Best Visual Arts
- Acts of Blood
- Going Up
- Never Ending Beyond
- No Straight Roads 2 — WINNER
- Riftstorm
Best Game Design
- Going Up
- Grim Trials — WINNER
- Identifile
- RAD: Repeat After Death
- Weyrdlets
Best Audio Design
- HellHeart Breaker
- No Straight Roads 2 — WINNER
- Not Monday Cafe
- Upin & Ipin Universe
- Weyrdlets
Best Score & Music Award
- Acts of Blood
- Grim Trials
- HellHeart Breaker
- No Straight Roads 2 — WINNER
- Troublemaker 2: Beyond Dream
Best Storytelling
- HellHeart Breaker
- No Straight Roads 2
- Teller’s Duty — WINNER
- Troublemaker 2: Beyond Dream
- War Angels
Best Student Game
- FiresOut! (Asia Pacific University) — WINNER
- Mindslayer (UOW Malaysia)
- The Glory Dungeon Raider (Bangkok University)
Best International Game
- Arcas Champions (Switzerland)
- Deep Pixel Melancholy (Armenia)
- Lost Twins 2 (Pakistan)
- Polyaris (Kazakhstan)
- RailGods of Hysterra (Spain) — WINNER
Rising Star Award
- Never Ending Beyond
- Not Monday Cafe
- Petit Island — WINNER
- Riftstorm
- ZHEN: Shattered Legacy
Audience Choice Award
- Acts of Blood
- Froggy Brews
- FiresOut!
- No Straight Roads 2 — WINNER
- Troublemaker 2: Beyond Dream
Grand Jury Award
- Going Up
- No Straight Roads 2
- Overhours
- Troublemaker 2: Beyond Dream — WINNER
- Weyrdlets
