Announcing the winners of Indie Cup Ukraine’22
Well, and there we have it — after two months of the most excruciating voting Indie Cup has ever seen, puncuated by constant blackouts & air raids, the jury (and the public) selected the best upcoming indie games from Ukraine. And they are great!
The winners were chosen from 60 upcoming indie games currently being made by Ukrainian independent developers. We urge you to explore all festival submissions — although there are just four winners, many more games were just as exciting.
- Grand Jury Award — Destructure: Among Debris (Team Instant Defeat)
- Rising Star Award — Through the Nightmares (SandmanTeam)
- Critics’ Choice Award — Erra: Exordium (Fair Pixel)
- Community Award — Space Me Out (Catfishbox Team)
We are enormously proud to have hosted these games at Indie Cup. For everyone who knows that our team is located in Ukraine, you might imagine how important this edition of the festival was for us! We hope you had as much fun exploring the burgeoning indie games scene of Ukraine just as much as we had putting the festival together.
As we’re closing the season, w’ed like to take a second for another quick shout-out to our friends at Remedy Entertainment, who were the festival sponsors this time around, and to the teams at 24Play, Hyper Games Conference, Lepka Games, Moonmana and Vostok Games for supporting our fundraising.
Thank you for joining us. See you in 2023!
Key dates
Submissions
Oct 25 – Nov 21Games Showcase
Starting Nov 24Jurying I
Nov 24 – Dec 5Nominees Reveal
Dec 8Jurying II
Dec 8 – Dec 19Winners Reveal
Dec 22
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The Jury
Ukraine'22 Jury
Official Selection
Grand Jury Award
For the best overall entry
Open to
All submissions eligible for Indie Cup Ukraine’22
Jury panel ↓
Rising Star Award
For emerging developers
Open to
Submissions developed by 1-5 developers without a publisher
Jury panel ↓
Critics’ Choice Award
Selected by experts
Open to
All submissions eligible for Indie Cup Ukraine’22
Jury panel ↓
Community Award
Winner chosen by community
Open to
Selected games. Voting starts December 16