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Check out the highlights from the Indie Games Festival

Sep 06, 2021

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Patricia Correa

Director, Developer Marketing Google Play

Animated GIF showing a blob character on a skateboard skate across the screen under a disco ball. Lights shine up to reveal boxes with the words: Indie Games Accelerator; Meet the Class of 2021; Indie Games Festival; and Meet the Winners.

Every year Google Play, hosts the Indie Games Festival, a competition that rewards high quality indie games with promotional opportunities and supports small mobile games developers. We also host the Indie Games Accelerator, an educational and mentorship program to help high potential studios grow their business.

Last weekend, some of the best indie game creators from Europe, South Korea and Japan, as well as players from around the world, got together at the Festival’s finals. At this interactive virtual event, players had the chance to discover these creative games, meet the people who made them and had a lot of fun exploring, collecting swag and cheering on their favorites.

We also revealed the Top 10 finalists and Festival winners in each region, as well as the studios selected to join the Indie Games Accelerator class of 2021.

Without further ado, here are the winners!

Indie Games Festival Winners

Europe

Indie Games Festival - Winners | Europe. The 3 winning games have a graphic from their game featured on this banner. Blobby is seen with a party popper that is shooting out paper streamers in celebration of the winners.

Bird Alone by George Batchelor, United Kingdom
Cats in Time by Pine Studio, Croatia
Gumslinger by Itatake, Sweden

Korea

Indie Games Festival - Winners | South Korea. The 3 winning games have a graphic from their game featured on this banner. Blobby is seen with a party popper that is shooting out paper streamers in celebration of the winners.

CATS & SOUP by HIDEA
Rush Hour Rally by Soen Games
The Way Home by CONCODE

Users’ Choice aware: Animal Doll Shop by Funnyeve

Japan

Indie Games Festival - Winners | Japan. The 3 winning games have a graphic from their game featured on this banner. Blobby is seen with a party popper that is shooting out paper streamers in celebration of the winners.

Mousebusters by Odencat
Quantum Transport by ruccho
Survivor's guilt by aso
Student Category Award: Japanese Train Drive Simulator 2 "OneMan2" by HAKOT

Also check out the top 10 finalists in Europe, South Korea and Japan.

Indie Games Accelerator Class of 2021

Americas

Aoca Game Lab, Brazil
Berimbau Game Studio, Brazil
Boomware Studio, Peru
Concrete Software, USA
Delotech Games, Brazil
DreamCraft Entertainment, Inc., USA
Ingames, Argentina
Ludare Games Group Inc., Canada
Whitethorn Games, USA

Europe, Middle East & Africa

Cleverside Ltd, Belarus
Dali Games, Poland
Firegecko Ltd, United Kingdom
Hot Siberians, Russia
Infinity Games, Portugal
Itatake, Sweden
Jimjum Studios, Israel
LIVA Interactive, Tunisia
Pale Blue Interactive, South Africa
Pine Studio, Croatia
Platonic Games, Spain
SMOKOKO LTD, Bulgaria
Spooky House Studios, Germany

Asia Pacific

Banjiha Games, South Korea
CATS BY STUDIO, South Korea
dc1ab pte. Ltd., Singapore
Dreams & Co., Thailand
Gamestacy Entertainment, India
izzle Inc., South Korea
Limin Development and Investment Joint Stock Company, Vietnam
Mugshot Games Pty Ltd, Australia
Odencat Inc., Japan
Playbae, India
Xigma Games, India
XOGAMES Inc., South Korea
YOMI Studio, Vietnam

Thank you to everyone who participated and congratulations to the selected games and studios. Stay tuned for more updates on @GooglePlayDev.

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