Here are a selection of queer games our jury really liked this year.
A Clever Label
Michela Ledwidge
This VR experience allows you to follow the money and untangle the web of anti-equality lobbyists!
U.S. Route 160
Sangita Nuli
A runaway bride is forced to confront the demons of her dangerously religious hometown and considers what - and who - she left behind.
GUACUCO
Sol Martínez-Solé, SpitefulFox, avyary
A short dream about returning to your home and making space for better things.
Buy Hyacinths
Benjamilian Swithen, Cow Children Games
A colourful adventure about Sheepy, one of the first sheep to go to a human university
Autumn Wish
Violet Fairy
Be a gay witch, have a nice day in town, draw runes to cast spells, and fall in love with your best friend in this visual novel/rpg.
Vivica's Heart
Cerise & the Vivica's Heart Team
A dark fairytale visual novel, with timeloops, secrets and sapphic witches.
As We Know It
Jaime Scribbles Games
In a future where the surface is scorched by the sun, can you save your new underground home in this heavily-branching romance and life-sim visual novel?
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Fuzzy Ghost
A joyful, strange experience in which a middle-aged queer man toddles around an island attempting to re-furnish his empty house.
Queer and Chill
Ignacio Bustos
A spicy and challenging puzzle full of pride flags, and lots of diversity.
Kaiju Noir
Jamie Kaiju Marriage
A queer pulp fiction tale of giant monsters in a world rebuilt in humanity's image, for better or worse.
talking to my dad
Hatim Benhsain
A game about being on a drive with your dad and having a conversation.
Body of Mine
Cameron Kostopoulos
An interactive VR exploration of gender dysphoria, trans identity, and our relationship with our bodies through dance, animation, and interactive storytelling.
An Outcry
Quinn K., Kitet
A non-binary shut-in is faced with a flock of murderous birds that tests the limits of their agency.
Curtain Call
Mason Sabharwal, Zach Northrop, Melody X Wang, Jake Wylykanowitz, Ashley Ware
Curtain Call is a visual novel about (literally) breaking through our social masks to form meaningful connections with new and engaging personalities.
For Her Lady's Hand
Lynne M. Meyer
A sapphic duet Caltrop Core TTRPG about risking everything for your happily-ever-after.
Social Moth
Social Moth Dev Team
A charmingly beautiful narrative platformer where you play as Aletris, a socially anxious moth trying to find their place in a daunting world!