Yesterday, the Dutch Game Awards hosted by the Dutch Games Association took place at Chassé Theater in Breda. The award show honoured x studios, personalities and games from the Netherlands. 

Dual winner and grand star of the evening was the Sokpop Collective, who won not only Best Game Design, but also the big Best Game award for Grunn. The award show also honoured two personalities from the Dutch game scene: attorney René Otto for his work in inclusion, and Ivo Wubbels, CEO of Engine Software, for managing one of the Netherlands’ oldest continuously active studios. 

Here are all winners of the 2025 Dutch Game Awards:

Best Game

  • Grunn - Sokpop Collective

Best Art

  • SCHiM - Extra Nice

Best Audio (sponsored by Audiokinetic)

  • The Knightling - Twirlbound

Best Narrative

  • Herald: The Interactive Period Drama - Complete Edition - Wispfire

Best Technology

  • Prologue: Go Wayback! - PLAYERUNKNOWN Productions

Best Game Design

  • Grunn - Sokpop Collective

Best Applied Game (sponsored by City of Rotterdam)

  • Freequency - Hulan

Best Debut Game

  • Luma Island - Feel Free Games

Best Student Game (sponsored by Total Mayhem Games)

  • The Final Print - Dummy Detectives, BUAS

Inclusion

  • René Otto

Best Studio (sponsored by BehaviourNL)

  • MiniclipNL: GameBasics Studio

Best in Business

  • Poki

Career Achievement Award

  • Ivo Wubbels

All laudations and reasons for the awards can be read on the website.

The Dutch Game Awards was founded in 2007, and was organized by ImproVive for 10 years. After a 4 year break, the Dutch Games Association continued the organization of the Awards in 2021.

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