Here are a selection of queer games our jury really liked this year.
Fantastic STIs 2022: From 18 To 81
TCZ[TengChaoZhou]
A colorful queer-themed game about finding love and dealing with loneliness amid threats of viruses and bacteria, reflecting the HIV/AIDS science and history.
Sprout: Solstice
PRINCESS INTERNET CAFé
Help your bestie Amandarina find her mum's old cooking recipes and make a tasty meal for the Winter Solstice feast!
Reaper's Rite
Johan Faulstich, Terra Babcock, Walksoftly, BáiYù, Avocaaaaaado, Brandon P Jenkins
A young man and the demon possessing him contemplate whether to fulfill his farming family's ritual sacrifice.
Out of Bounds
N.B. Spiders
Interactive essay about the history of flight simulation, game engines and play outside of the boundaries of binary worlds.
Please Be Happy
Arimia
A story of love and friendship and about understanding not just how to be happy but how to be human.
The Archivist and the Revolution
Autumn Chen
The world is ending and you are still paying rent. An interactive fiction future history.
Salome's Kiss
ebi-hime
A linear wlw visual visual set in Victorian England about a governess and her pupil.
Cannelé & Nomnom – Defective Agency
Yazaleea & Younès Rabii
A duo of disastrous detectives investigate your recent memory loss in the mysterious fantasy city of Falaisant.
Small Town Emo
Thomas Barrer, Fnife Games
A story-driven GameBoy game about an emo teen in 2007 with an awkward gay crush on his best friend.
GIRLKILLER (covet)
Ellis Devereux
There is a girl who looks like you. Today is the day you've decided to kill her.
The Divine Speaker
Two and a Half Studios
A queer fantasy romance visual novel about fate and how people defy it.
a memorable time
Alicia Luna Ripp
a visual novel about queer self discovery, anxiety and a positive take on the complex topic of sexwork.
Tell me Tonight was Real
TangledVirus
A game about two friends with benefits, a vampire and a human going on a impromptu date and realizing they are in love.
If U Seek Amy
Raphaëll Maïwen
An RPG about the Princess of Pop, Britney Spears, and her relationship with her fans.
two men go on a date and don't fall in love
littlerat
a game about aromanticism, sexuality and kink.
Funny Walk – You're So Tense!!
Vi
Non-binary gleaner / thrifter deals with sudden fame. On roller skates.
Three Days to Chicago
Chris Schroyer
A visual novel about two strangers meeting on a cross-country train ride.
(val)iant: or, val's guide to having a broken vag
KB
A game about vaginismus, bodies, relationships and sex education.
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SuperBiasedGary
A visual novel about escaping predetermined fate and finding the paths that were hidden from you.
