Award Categories

• Grand Prize
  • Voted by a jury
  • Games from Austria
  • Endowed with 1.000 €
• Local Star Award powered by Fachgruppe UBIT Steiermark
  • Voted by a jury
  • Games from Styria
  • Endowed with 300 €
• Audience Choice Award
  • Voted by the visitors of the button Festival, where the games are exhibited.
  • Games from Austria
  • Endowed with 200 €

Rules

• The applicants assure that the submitted game has been developed primarily in Austria. GameDevGraz is authorized to conduct a plausibility check for this purpose.
• For the Local Star Award, the applicants assure that the submitted game has been developed primarily in Styria. GameDevGraz is authorized to conduct a plausibility check for this purpose.
• Games and prototypes can be submitted as long as they are in a playable state.
• A game can only be submitted for the SAGA if it has not become a Finalist in previous years.
• Submission of a game in multiple categories is allowed.
• To be eligible for a prize, it is mandatory to exhibit the game at the button Festival 2025 and participate in the award ceremony there.
  All applicants, whose games become Finalist will be provided a booth at the button Festival, free of charge.
• Only natural and legal persons who have the necessary usage rights for submission are eligible. The submission and the process are conducted in English.
• Digital games that have been or will be released after the end of the submission phase of the previous award period and no later than the last day of the year can be submitted.
  To clarify: The (expected) release date of the game must be between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2025.

Registration – Deadline: 07.02.2024

We’re proud to announce that this year the 8th edition of our StyriAn Games Awards – SAGA – with a total value of 1.500 € will be awarded!

Have a look at the previous years: 2024, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017

Here are the details:

** Grand Prize **
* Local Star Award powered by Fachgruppe UBIT Steiermark *
* Audience Choice Award *

The StyriAn Games Awards – SAGA – give local indie game developers the opportunity to present their games and be rewarded. From all submissions, there will be five named finalists selected by a jury, that will be presenting their games at this years button Festival.

Deadlines:

February 07, Submission Deadline
March 08, Award Ceremony @ button Festival

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Jury

• jessirocks | Austria | Twitch-Streamer
• Yvonne “MissMadHat” Scheer | Austria | ESVÖ vice president
• Thomas Feichtmeir | Austria | Game artist
• Aleksandra Jarosz | Austria | Game designer
• Jarzuul | Austria | Twitch-Streamer

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Games

– To be announced

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