Hazelight Studios Wins Two Awards at the Swedish Game Awards

The Swedish Game Awards 2025 were presented in Stockholm over the weekend. In the professional categories, Hazelight came out on top. In the new talent categories, Botanic Games and Lightkeepers won two awards each.

The fact that Sweden is one of the most important production markets for games in Europe is evident year after year at the Swedish Game Awards. These were presented last weekend at the Södra Theatre in Stockholm. Thanks to the division of the categories into two separate awards, Professional and New Talent, up-and-coming studios took to the stage alongside world-renowned teams.

Among the established developers, Hazelight Studios stood out. The creators of Split Fiction secured the Design Professional category and were also voted Game of the Year in the professional category. Other award winners included Coffee Stain Studios and Machine Games.

In the New Talents category, two studios each received two awards. Botinator by Botanic Games won the Technology New Talent and Design New Talent categories. Entopy by The Lightkeepers impressed in the Visuals New Talent category and was named Game of the Year New Talent.

The Swedish Game Awards gala has been organized by Dataspelsbranschen since 2021. However, the awards themselves have been around since 2002.

All Winner of the Swedish Game Awards 2025

• Gamer's Choice Steamwrecked by s TEAM
• Technology New Talent Botinator by Botanic Games
• Technology Professional Satisfactory by Coffee Stain Studios
• Design New Talent Botinator by Botanic Games
• Desogn Professional Split Fiction by Hazelight Studios
• Audio New Talent Rainbound by Skylight Interactive
• Audio Professional Indiana Jones and the Great Circle by Machine Games
• Visuals New Talent Entropy by The Lightkeepers
• Visuals Professional The Midnight Walk by MoonHood
• Independent Professional Keep Driving by YCJY Games
• Outside the Box New Talent New Folder by 424 Evicted Games
• Debut ProfessionalTiny Glade by Pounce Light
• Game of the Year New Talent Entropy by The Lightkeepers
• Game of the Year Professional Split Fiction by Hazelight Studios

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