AGS Awards 2023

AGS Awards Results
Preceded by 2022	For games released in the year 2023	Succeeded by 2024

Categories

Main Awards

Best Game of the Year Abscission AW  Beyond Booleans AW Nominees Shards of God AW  Honza AW Dreams in the Witch House AW  Atom Brain Games AW Stranger in Utopia AW  lorenzo AW Abscission AW  Beyond Booleans AW Barn Runner 5: The Forever Friday 5 AW  Ponch AW

Best Freeware Game Shards of God AW  Honza AW Nominees Shards of God AW  Honza AW Stranger in Utopia AW  lorenzo AW Tunnel Vision AW  RootBound AW D-List Diva AW  Kini Games AW METRO CITY: Night Shift AW  Rik Vargard AW

Writing & Design

Best Writing Stranger in Utopia AW  lorenzo AW Nominees Shards of God AW  Honza AW Dreams in the Witch House AW  Atom Brain Games AW Stranger in Utopia AW  lorenzo AW D-List Diva AW  Kini Games AW Barn Runner 5: The Forever Friday 5 AW  Ponch AW

Best Character Barn Runner 5: The Forever Friday 5 AW — Dr Noriko Ponch AW Nominees Dreams in the Witch House AW — Walter Gilman Atom Brain Games AW Shards of God AW — Sister Ava Honza AW Barn Runner 5: The Forever Friday 5 AW — Dr Noriko Ponch AW Shards of God AW — Mother Tiabata Honza AW

Best Gameplay Abscission AW  Beyond Booleans AW Nominees Dreams in the Witch House AW  Atom Brain Games AW Shards of God AW  Honza AW Stranger in Utopia AW  lorenzo AW D-List Diva AW  Kini Games AW Abscission AW  Beyond Booleans AW

Art & Production

Best Audio Abscission AW  Beyond Booleans AW Nominees Shards of God AW  Honza AW Dreams in the Witch House AW  Atom Brain Games AW Stranger in Utopia AW  lorenzo AW Abscission AW  Beyond Booleans AW Tunnel Vision AW  RootBound AW

Best Visuals Shards of God AW  Honza AW Nominees Shards of God AW  Honza AW Dreams in the Witch House AW  Atom Brain Games AW Stranger in Utopia AW  lorenzo AW D-List Diva AW  Kini Games AW METRO CITY: Night Shift AW  Rik Vargard AW

Best Games

Best Short Game Trapped On The Balcony AW  Absurdum Codice AW Nominees Stranger in Utopia AW  lorenzo AW D-List Diva AW  Kini Games AW Trapped On The Balcony AW  Absurdum Codice AW Yip Quest AW  Ramorama AW The Distant Door AW  Durinde AW

Best Non-Adventure Game Super Star Trek (1978) meets 25th Anniversary AW  E. Bolognesi AW Nominees Super Author Simulator 2023 AW  RootBound AW Mad Jack: Breakdown Shakedown AW  RootBound AW Super Star Trek (1978) meets 25th Anniversary AW  E. Bolognesi AW How to: Witchcraft Cuisine AW  Daedaleia Games AW Lost & Found AW  Creamy AW

Best Demo An English Haunting DEMO AW  Postmodern Adventures AW Nominees An English Haunting DEMO AW  Postmodern Adventures AW Captain Disaster and The Two Worlds of Riskara DEMO AW  CaptainD AW Stormwater (Early Access) AW  FransisKransis AW Magret and Facedebouc AW  Adipson AW

Other Awards

Best Programming Dreams in the Witch House AW  Atom Brain Games AW Nominees Dreams in the Witch House AW  Atom Brain Games AW Shards of God AW  Honza AW Stranger in Utopia AW  lorenzo AW Tunnel Vision AW  RootBound AW Abscission AW  Beyond Booleans AW

Committee Decided

Lifetime Achievement Award
heltenjon AW
for keeping tirelessly playing all or nearly all games made by the AGS community, giving motivational, thoughtful, detailed, insightful comments, rating and reviewing games in the database, and being a prolific and thorough tester for many developers.

Best Innovation Award
Fernewelten AW
for being the main force behind the new script compiler for AGS 4.0, which does an extraordinary job of pushing AGS beyond past limitations.