Congratulations to all winners of the Swedish Game awards: NEw Talent 2026!

What a night it was as the Swedish Game Awards: New Talent 2026 crowned this year’s winners at Bio Skandia in Stockholm! It was an unforgettable evening, celebrating the future of Swedish game development.

More than 80 games from game development programmes across Sweden were submitted to this year’s competition, with 19 games from seven programmes being nominated.

A big thank you to our sponsors who made the awards ceremony possible and supported the next generation of Swedish game developers:

❤️ Avalanche Studios Group

❤️ Redbeet Interactive

❤️ Landfall Games

❤️ TENSTACK

❤️ Hazelight Studios

❤️ Perfect Random

❤️ Max Matthiessen

Special thanks to our host Daniel Torbjörnsson, and to the amazing Sally Lundgren and Erik Österberg for bringing extra energy to the night with their opera performance!

We are also deeply grateful to everyone who worked behind the scenes to make the award show possible.

A huge congratulations to all the winners and nominees, and to all the students who have put time, creativity and hard work into their games!

This year’s winners are:

🏆 Game of the Year: Laira Cut Me Open by Espaceship Studio, Uppsala University

🏆 Best Technology: M0THER by Parental Control, PlaygroundSquad

🏆 Best Visuals: Crimson by Moon Turtle, PlaygroundSquad

🏆 Best Audio: FRIGHTLINE by All Aboard Studios, PlaygroundSquad

🏆 Best Design: Stick Together by Gather Studios, Uppsala University

🏆 Outside the Box: Milk of Tomorrow by Ashleep Studios, The Game Assembly

🏆 Most Wanted Employer: Landfall