Indie Cup is an online festival of upcoming indie games

Featuring awards for developers, an online showcase of new indie games, and a platform to find new partners

Indie Cup Canada’23

Submissions open until October 4, 2023

Hey Canada, it’s good to be back! We start the jurying process at our second Indie Cup Canada edition on October 6, 2023, which means you have until October 4 to submit your game. Please note that to be eligible, your game must remain unreleased as of November 16, 2023. Let’s see what you’ve been working on!


Awards & Prizes

Industry experts and content creators select best entries over two voting round, and give written feedback to their developers

Games Showcase

Each entry gets a custom page on our website. Developers present their unreleased games with trailers, screenshots & descriptions

Community

With more than 1600 past participants, Indie Cup connects developers, players and service providers from different countries and cultures

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Recent Events

Ukrainian Games Festival 2023

Indie Cup Germany’23

July 7 — August 18, 2023

The Winners

We are excited to reveal the winners of Indie Cup Germany’23!

Both Most Anticipated Game Award and Most Promising Game Award went to The Darkest Files (Paintbucket Games). The critics and streamers chose It’s a Wrap! (Chanko Studios) as the best entry in the Critics’ Choice Award category, and Tiny Bookshop (neoludic games) got the Rising Star Award as the best submission by a small team without a publisher. In addition, For An (Ajjir) won the special Playtest Prize by festival sponsors at G.Round.

Congratulations to all teams!

Festival sponsors

Indie Cup UK’23

30 March — 30 June, 2023

Showcase Pass

Indie Cup UK’23 has featured 80 games made by independent developers from the United Kingdom. If you want to access the complete list of participating titles, get in touch with us to receive a Showcase Pass for this season.

Indie Cup CEE’23

14 March — 29 April, 2023

Showcase Pass

Indie Cup CEE’23 has featured 145 games made by independent developers from 11 countries in the CEE region. If you want to access the complete list of participating titles, get in touch with us to receive a Showcase Pass for this season.

Celebration 2023

14 Feb – 22 Feb, 2023

Steam event

Ukraine’22

25 Oct – 22 Dec, 2022

The Winners

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Canada’22

20 Sep – 17 Nov, 2022

The Winners

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Germany’22

21 Jun – 18 Aug, 2022

The Winners

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