Games for Change Announces 2024 Awards Finalists

Games for Change, the leading global advocate for the power of games and immersive media as drivers of social impact, has unveiled the finalists for the 2024 Games for Change Awards. Winners will be announced at a special Awards Ceremony hosted by actress Anjali Bhimani, well known for her roles in Overwatch, Apex, and Critical Role’s Candela Obscura. The 2024 G4C Awards Ceremony will take place live at the annual Festival in New York on June 27.

This year, The Games for Change Awards received 44% more submissions than last year from developers in more than 50 countries. With 37% of submissions coming from the United States and 63% from international developers, the 2024 Games for Change Awards showcase the global impact of games as a force for good, educating, inspiring, and driving positive change worldwide.

The 2024 Games for Change Award finalists include:

Best in Innovation

• A Highland Song - inkle
• Chants of Sennaar - Rundisc
• Jusant - DON’T NOD

Best in Civics

• We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe - Act Zero
• Sibel’s Journey - Food for Thought Media
• Headlines and High Water - Field Day Lab

Best in Environmental Impact

• Loddlenaut - Moon Lagoon
• Wake: Tales from the Aqualab - Field Day Learning Games
• The Plastic Pipeline - FableVision

Best in Health & Wellness

• Teach Your Monster Adventurous Eating - Teach Your Monster
• Sóóó Exhausting - Open Concept
• Soulpaint - Improvive

Best in Impact

• Headlines and High Water - Field Day Lab
• Stay Alive, My Son Chapter 1 & 2 - UME Studios
• American Arcadia - Out of the Blue Games

Best in Learning

• Outbreak READY 2!: Thisland in Crisis - &ranj
• Give As We Grow - FableVision
• Headlines and High Water - Field Day Lab

Best in XR

• MLK: Now Is The Time - Flight School Studio, TIME Studios, Meta VR For Good
• Origen - Presencias
• Maya: The Birth of a Superhero - Just Another Production Company

Best Narrative

• Torn Away - perelesoq
• Stay Alive, My Son Chapter 1 & 2 - UME Studios
• American Arcadia - Out of the Blue Games

Best Student Project

• It’s Ukraine - Not a Game - Various Students
• Stop and Breathe - One Must Imagine Games
• PacaPomo - Saturday Boys

Best Gameplay

• A Highland Song - inkle
• Chants of Sennaar - Rundisc
• Jusant - DON’T NOD