WINGS Award Finalists Unveiled in Partnership With the 27th Annual Independent Games Festival Awards

The Independent Games Festival (IGF) Awards has a full slate set of awards for indie game developers on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, during the Games Developer Conference. But a new addition to the awards has just been announced:

Wings Interactive, in partnership with the IGF Awards, announces their nominees for the WINGS Award, which will be announced during the IGF Awards ceremony. The WINGS Award focuses on exceptional games created by developers where women and other gender-marginalized developers hold key roles. 

The full list of finalists for the WINGS Award include: 

Consume Me (Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, Ken “coda” Snyder)

• Consume Me is a darkly humorous personal game about creator Jenny Jiao Hsia’s relationship with food, drawing from her past experiences with dieting and disordered eating.

Caravan SandWitch (Plane Toast/Dear Villagers) 

• Caravan SandWitch is a relaxing sci-fi mystery game set in Provence where players will search for their missing sister.

The Crush House (Nerial / Devolver Digital) 

• The Crush House is a darkly comic LGBTQ+ simulation adventure where players produce a reality TV show set in the year 1999.

Tavern Talk (Gentle Troll Entertainment / Gentle Troll Entertainment)

• Tavern Talk is a cozy visual novel about running a tavern in a Dungeon & Dragon-inspired fantasy world.

Urban Myth Dissolution Center (Hakababunko / SHUEISHA GAMES)

• Urban Myth Dissolution Center is an occult mystery adventure game where players solve cases involving cursed relics.

Wings Interactive is a unique fund whose investment decisions are driven exclusively by women and provides up to 500K in funding and business support for developers to self-publish their game projects and also to build sustainable studios.

To attend the IGF Awards (and see who wins the WINGS Award as well) in person, you’ll need a GDC 2025 pass to participate. If interested, explore the available options! To watch the awards ceremony online, visit GDC’s Twitch channel at 6:30PM PST on March 19, 2025 to view the livestream.