Taipei Game Show has announced the next-round lineup for Indie Game Award 2027, its international awards program for indie games. This year’s competition is being held in collaboration with PlayStation, and attracted 731 entries from 53 countries and regions, representing over 40% growth over last year.
All entries will be evaluated by a jury of game industry experts, professional media representatives, and content creators. The winning games will be showcased at Taipei Game Show from January 21–24, 2027, with hands-on demos available at the Indie Game Award 2027 Winner’s Pavilion.
Best Narrative
- GHOSTLESS (Coffeenauts)
- ERF (Hadrian Lin)
- What Acts Up (Rebirth Studio)
- Inkblood (Hey Bird!)
- UN:Me (historia Inc.)
- Animaloid Girl (PANDRI-DON)
- Far Realm (Cabbroge)
- OPUS: Prism Peak (SIGONO)
- NAME OF THE WILL (Zeitgeist Studio)
Best Audio
- ERF (Hadrian Lin)
- DEATH A LIVE (Rabbit Trigger)
- Ratatan (Ratata Arts)
- MOUSE: P.I. For Hire (Fumi Games)
- THE ASHEN OZ (AshboneGames)
- Hallowanderband (White Kite)
- Estella (Imanity Co., Ltd.)
- OPUS: Prism Peak (SIGONO)
- Lost and Found Co. (Bit Egg Inc.)
Best Visual Art
- ReBlade: The Death Spiral (ChillyRoom)
- Breathedge 2 (RedRuins Softworks)
- Carmageddon: Rogue Shift (34 Big Things)
- DEATH A LIVE (Rabbit Trigger)
- MOUSE: P.I. For Hire (Fumi Games)
- Foxy Dumplings (Soft Crunch Games)
- PengPong (SANDY FLOOR)
- Into The Haunted Land (Psychoflow Studio)
- OPUS: Prism Peak (SIGONO)
Best Design
- Kosenki (Eyeheim Studios)
- Memoria Wake (Ultraplayers Game Pty Ltd)
- LOP: Whitefall (TU Studio)
- Corsair Cove (Limbic Entertainment)
- Abyss Kitchen (Pico Games/Makoto Shimojo)
- Foxy Dumplings (Soft Crunch Games)
- Nammo (GuildStudio)
- Death at Fleming Manor (SUPERTHUMb)
- Rubinite (CUP DOG GAMES)
Best Innovation
- LOP: Whitefall (TU Studio)
- Tiebreakers (Tiecorp Studio)
- Prize Denied (snownooo)
- Dr. Oops! (Black Tower Studios)
- Erase -missing link- (PermanentPapyrus)
- Gaia Ritual (SbookyGames)
- Selfie Worm (Straight Banana)
- Superbird (Wild Motion Design)
- Vampire Crawlers (Poncle)
Best Social Impact
- GHOSTLESS (Coffeenauts)
- What Acts Up (Rebirth Studio)
- Fishbowl (imissmyfriends.studio)
- NUMI (Shani Shlomov)
- UN:Me (historia Inc.)
- NAME OF THE WILL (Zeitgeist Studio)
Best Student Game
- NUMI (Shani Shlomov)
- Between Worlds: Challenging Puzzles (Novy)
- WHERE TO? (APES)
- Syntax:Overload (Tallen Games)
- SLAVE CARD (Bunny Beats)
- We Are Gum (Wethmon Team)
For more information on Taipei Game Show, visit https://tgs.tca.org.tw/index_e.php.
