The "Valencia Indie Awards" are the prizes that will be awarded at the Awards Gala on the 4th of March in the afternoon. Developers who have presented their projects until February 6th, 2023 will be eligible for these awards.
For this edition, ten categories of awards have been stipulated which will be judged by an international committee of experts including renowned journalists, developers and creators.
Special Guests
Our international and multidisciplinary panel of judges

Raquel Cervantes
3DJuegos, MarcaGaming, GamesTribune × Game Journalist, Digital Sun × CM

Chris Charla
ID@Xbox × Senior Director

Juan Gómez
Game Side Story

Jupiter Hadley
Armor Games × Licensing Manager Games

Shin Imai
IGN Japan

Marta Oller
Meristation, Playmania × Game Journalist

Martina Santoro
Unreal Engine × Evangelist

Shuhei Yoshida
Sony Interactive Entertainment × Head of Indies Initiative
Categories and Awards VIS'23
Best Indie Game
The Knight Witch - Super Mega Team
(PC, Switch, Playstation)
Best PC Indie Game Chained Echoes - Deck13 Spotlight / Matthias Linda (Xbox X|S, PC, Switch, Playstation 5)
Best Console Indie Game Lunistice - Deck13 Spotlight / A Grumpy Fox (PC, Switch)
Best Mobile Indie Game Cozy Nook - UA School (PC)
Best Game in Development
Minabo - DevilishGames (Xbox X|S, PC, Switch, Playstation 5)
Best Art Rise of Fox Hero - Josep Monzonís Hernández (2ksomnis) (Xbox, PC, Switch, Playstation)
Best Music & Sound PopSlinger - Funky Can Creative (PC, Switch)
Best Narrative Blacktail - The Parasight (Xbox X|S, PC, Playstation 5)
Best Design Souldiers - Retro Forges (Xbox One / X|S, PC, Switch, Playstation 5 /4)
Best Game made in Valencia UnderDungeon - Josyan (PC)
Special Audience Award The Occultist - Pentakill Studios (Xbox X|S, PC, Playstation 5)
Selection of the Jury, Games in exhibition VIS'23
(alphabetical order)
- Aimtropolis - Raccoon Game Studio (PC-VR, Occulus)
- AK-Xolotl - 2Awesome Studio (Xbox X|S, PC, Switch, Playstation 5)
- Astro Colony - Terad Games (PC)
- Blacktail - The Parasight (Xbox X|S, PC, Playstation 5)
- Chained Echoes - Deck13 Spotlight / Matthias Linda (Xbox X|S, PC, Switch, Playstation 5)
- Cozy Nook - UA School (PC)
- Curse of the Sea Rats - Petoons Studio (Xbox X|S, PC, Switch, Playstation 5)
- Danghost - Umeshu Lovers (PC)
- Daydreamy - Anaphora Games (PC)
- Delete after reading - Patrones y Escondites (iOS, Android, MAC, PC)
- Die After Sunset - PlayStark (PC)
- Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2099 - Fictiorama Studios (PC)
- Donut DoDo - Flynn's Arcade (PC, Switch)
- Eco - UA School (PC)
- FireBowl - Shinyuden / Gaviota Studios (PC)
- Frank and Drake - Appnormals Team (Xbox, PC, Switch, Playstation Store)
- Hardspace: Shipbreaker - Blackbird Interactive (Xbox X|S / Game Pass, PC, Playstation 5)
- Holy Purge - Celeritas Games (PC)
- Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara - Talpa Games (PC)
- La Root Del Bakalao - Rave Zebra ft. El Erik (PC)
- Legends of Hapax - RPGames (PC)
- Locked Out Memories - No Fear Games (PC VR, HTC VIVE / Valve INDEX)
- Lunistice - Deck13 Spotlight / A Grumpy Fox (PC, Switch)
- Memoria Ludica - FuenRamos (PC)
- Minabo - DevilishGames (Xbox X|S, PC, Switch, Playstation 5)
- Morris.exe - Medusa Projects (PC)
- One Military Camp - Abylight (PC)
- PopSlinger - Funky Can Creative (PC, Switch)
- Randy & Manilla - Ofihombre Studios (PC)
- Reknum Fantasy of Dreams - Nape Games (PC, Playstation 5 / 4)
- Rise of Fox Hero - Josep Monzonís Hernández (2ksomnis) (Xbox, PC, Switch, Playstation)
- Rise of the Knight - Random Project (PC)
- Scrap Riders - GamesForTutti (PC, Switch)
- Slug Planet - Fantamagico (PC)
- Soccer Legends - Project Legends (Android, iOS)
- Sorceress - Wabbaboy (PC)
- Soul Breach - Cosmic Spell (PC)
- Souldiers - Retro Forges (Xbox One / X|S, PC, Switch, Playstation 5 /4)
- Spirit Arena - Daniel Martín Carrillo (PC)
- The Fabulous Fear Machine - Fictiorama Studios (PC)
- The Knight Witch - Super Mega Team (PC, Switch, Playstation)
- The Legend of Gwen - Flynn's Arcade (Switch)
- The Library of Babel - Tanuki Game Studio (PC)
- The Occultist - Pentakill Studios (Xbox X|S, PC, Playstation 5)
- The Perfect Flip - DrowningFish (PC)
- The Season of the Warlock - enComplot (PC)
- Tragala - Zoozobra Studios (PC VR)
- Those who came: Healing Solarus - Rolldbox Games (PC)
- UnderDungeon - Josyan (PC)
- unHappy Hour! - NoSe Studios (PC, Switch, Playstation)
- Witchcraft Potions - Clygames (Android)
Demo Reel exhibition VIS'23