This year’s nominees were selected from a list of over 400 entries, thanks to the hard work of our expert juries in each individual category (more on them here and here)—who chose the finalists after playing, discussing, and meticulously evaluating each of the games in consideration.

Independent Games Festival
Ceremony: March 23, 2022

Here is Jeremy Couillard’s list of finalists for each category of the 2022 IGF Awards, along with “honorable mentions”:

EXCELLENCE IN VISUAL ART

Fuzz Dungeon (Jeremy Couillard)

NUOVO AWARD

Fuzz Dungeon (Jeremy Couillard)

Honorable Mentions:

Toem (Something We Made), Norco (Geography of Robots), Overboard! (inkle), Saturnalia (Santa Ragione), Dodgeball Academia (Pocket Trap), Webbed (Sbug Games), Fuzz Dungeon (Jeremy Couillard).