GDD Indie Award 2025 - the Nominations Are In

The GDD Indie Awards 2025 will be presented on 9 July 2025, as part of GermanDevDays. The nominees for the main prize are Care by The Pocket Dimension, Lucky Tower Ultimate by Studio Seufz and AMC, and Mindlock - The Apartment by Roof Cut Media and United Soft Media.

Nominations have been announced for the GDD Indie Award 2025, which has a total prize pool of €10,000. The awards ceremony will take place at the GermanDevDays (GDD) on 9 July 2025 at 18:00 in Frankfurt. Stefan Marcinek and Stephan Reichart will host the show.

Nominees for the main prize include Care by The Pocket Dimension (Munich), Lucky Tower Ultimate by Studio Seufz (Stuttgart) & AMC, and Mindlock - The Apartment by Roof Cut Media (Neunkirchen, Saar) & United Soft Media (Munich).

Best Prototype - endowed with €1,000

• Ghost Haunting
• Map Map - A Game About Maps
• Dawn Of Defense

Best Appearance (graphics, animation, etc.) - endowed with €1,500

• Care
• Mindlock - The Apartment
• Ghostboy

Best Sound (music, sound, voice output) - endowed with €1,500

• Mindlock - The Apartment
• Care
• Ghostboy

Best Story (Story) - endowed with €1,500

• A Night At The Watermill
• Mindlock - The Apartment
• Care

Best Game Mechanics (game design) - endowed with €1,500

• Footgun: Underground
• Dungeons of Dreadrock 2 - The Dead King's Secret
• Lucky Tower Ultimate

Best Game - endowed with €3,000

• Care
• Lucky Tower Ultimate
• Mindlock - The Apartment

Best Beaver Poop (Worst Game) - endowed with €100 (donated to charity)

• no nominees were announced

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