adminClair Obscur: Expedition 33 won Best Game at the BIG Festival Awards, adding another major award to its run at industry ceremonies. The game also received the Best Audio prize at the event, held during Gamescom Latam in São Paulo, Brazil.
The awards brought together games from Brazil, Latin America, and other regions across categories covering art, sound, storytelling, gameplay, and more. The ceremony also included the announcement of a shortlist for a Brazilian games promotion award.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 takes two awards
Sandfall Interactive received the Best Game trophy for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Its second win of the evening, Best Audio, recognized the game’s work in sound. Winning in both categories made it one of the ceremony’s standout titles.
Other major category winners included Moomintroll: Winter’s Warmth for Best Art, The Roottrees Are Dead for Best Narrative, and MIO: Memories In Orbit for Best Gameplay. A Rat’s Quest – The Way Back Home, from Mexican studio The Dreamerians, won Best Game: Latin America. A.I.L.A. from Pulsatrix Studios took Best Game: Brazil.
BIG Festival Awards winners
Here is the complete winners list. Category labels help distinguish the regional awards from the overall Best Game prize.
- Best Student Game: Tellyport
- Best Casual Game: Is This Seat Taken?
- Best Audio: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Best Art: Moomintroll: Winter’s Warmth
- Innovation: Goodnight Universe
- Best Multiplayer: Capote
- Best Narrative: The Roottrees Are Dead
- Best Gameplay: Mio: Memories In Orbit
- Best Game: Latin America: A Rat’s Quest – The Way Back Home
- Best Game: Brazil: A.I.L.A.
- Best Game: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Best Mobile Game: What The Clash?
- Best XR/VR Game: Jolly Match: First MR Match-3 Puzzles
- Best Children’s Game: Reggie, His Cousin, Two Scientists and Most Likely the End of the World
- BIG Impact: I Don’t Want To Be A Good Woman
- Best Unreleased Game: Tavern Keeper
- WINGS Award: TetherGeist
The jury also gave honourable mentions to Dispatch for Best Game, Kentum for Best Game: Latin America, Master Lemon: The Quest for Iceland for Best Game: Brazil, Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault for Best Audio, and The Alters for Best Gameplay.
Brazilian games award shortlist announced
Gamescom Latam also revealed the shortlist for the “Brazil is Ready for Gaming” (Brasil Tá Pra Game) Award. The initiative is associated with the Brazilian Agency for International Tourism Promotion (Embratur) and the Brazilian Association of Game Developers (Abragames).
The selected games and their studios’ locations are:
- Hell Clock by Rogue Snail — Distrito Federal
- Lunar Axe by OPS Game Studio — Maranhão
- Mangút by Pink Mango — Rio de Janeiro
- A Lenda de Niterói by Seven Moons — Rio de Janeiro
- Hidden Cats in Rio de Janeiro by Nukearts — Santa Catarina
- Ghetto Zombies: Graffiti Squad by Fogo Games — São Paulo
- Opus Castle by Messier Games — São Paulo
- Hit It Back by Sue The Real — São Paulo
- Capote by Luski Game Studio — São Paulo
- Master Lemon: The Quest for Iceland by Pepita Filmes — São Paulo
The award winner is due to be announced in August at Gamescom in Germany. The selected project will receive 70,000 Brazilian reals, equivalent to $14,000.
What the results mean for players
For players exploring the award-winning games, the category results offer a useful starting point: Best Narrative and Best Gameplay highlight different strengths, while the regional awards draw attention to titles from Brazil and Latin America. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s Best Game and Best Audio wins make it a prominent pick from this year’s ceremony.
Overall, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 led the BIG Festival Awards with two wins, while the shortlist announcement put additional focus on games developed across Brazil. The results offer readers a concise guide to notable titles recognized at Gamescom Latam.
