Hellenic Game Awards 2025 (HeGA)

GAMEATHLON in collaboration with the Game Developers Association of Greece organized this year Hellenic Game Awards 2025 (HeGA). This joint action concerned both the recognition of Greek game development and its domestic promotion, especially among gamers, and the encouragement of them to get involved with the industry. An event dedicated exclusively to games made in Greece and the endless talent that governs our game developer community. The main pillars were three: the award (Game of the Year), the creation (Day-Zero) and the launch (Next Gen) .

The Game of the Year competition aimed to highlight and award the best Greek games with an official release in 2024 - on PC, console or mobile. The award ceremony took place on Saturday, September 13th at the main stage of Gameathlon.

At the same time, Day-Zero ran! Developers - professional and non-professional were invited to submit demos for new, unannounced games (made e.g. at a game jam). The 3 Finalists won cash prizes and had free space to showcase their projects at the Hellenic Game Awards booth.

Finally, this year the Next Gen took place, highlighting the top efforts from people under 18 years of age with an on-stage presentation, a computer at the Hellenic Game Awards booth, and symbolic prizes.

So, at Gameathlon on September 12-14, visitors had the opportunity to meet the creators and enjoy their games - having already voted online for their favorite day demos and games!

This year's total prize pool exceeded €5,000, with the bases being secured by Gameathlon (€800) and the Hellenic Digital Game Creators Association (€200).

E.K.K.O.M.E.D. S.A. contributed €4,020 to the prize pool and another €980 to the organization costs, and Knorr contributed as a sponsor to the organization - we thank them for their support of the Greek digital game creation community and industry!

You can find the results on the following pages.

More information can be found at: hega.gr

For the Hellenic Game Awards 2025, co-organized by GAMEATHLON and the Hellenic Digital Game Creators Association, 14 games of Greek production were collected. By this we mean games made by teams/companies that are either (i) based in Greece, or (ii) owned by Greeks, or (iii) their staff is at least 51% Greek or individuals with permanent residence in Greece.

Game of the Year entries :

Productions with an official release date within 2024.

Gameplay	Cosmic Pebble
Narrative	Skaramazuzu
Audio	Masternoid
Visuals	Skaramazuzu
Innovation	Stellar Words
Marketing	Skaramazuzu
Mobile	Stellar Words
Audience Choice (244 ψήφοι σύνολο)	Neoblazer: Corpo Run (153 ψήφοι)
Finalists	Cosmic Pebble, Masternoid
Game of the Year	Skaramazuzu

Day Zero entries :

Productions with zero public presence before 21/07/2025.

Audience Choice (352 ψήφοι σύνολο)	Mechanis Obscura (164 ψήφοι)
Finalists	Case Closed, Forgotten Eras
Grand Prix	Mechanis Obscura

Next Gen 's entries :

Productions by people under 18.

• Airborne [ Game ] [ Gameplay ]

• Backrooms Escape [ Game ] [ Gameplay ]

• Unreal [ Game ] [ Gameplay ]

From the following jury:

• Nikolis Asimakis , owner of the blog “Indie Game Picks”

• Manolis Varouchas , founder of the Video Games Museum

• Pantelis Daskalelos , editor-in-chief at IGN Greece

• George Kallifas , director of the site “ GameOver.gr ”

• Sofia Neamoniti , Creative Director at Faliro XR

In the GotY category, a total of €2,770 was awarded: €1,000 for Game of the Year, €350 for the two Finalists, €250 for Best Mobile, €100 for Audience Choice, and €120 for each of Best Audio, Gameplay, Innovation, Marketing, Narrative, and Visuals.

While for Day Zero , the following demos were awarded:

Audience Choice (352 votes total)	Mechanis Obscura (164 votes)
Finalist	Case Closed, Forgotten Eras
Finalist	Hallways, Forgotten Eras
Finalist + Grand Prix	Mechanis Obscura

From the following jury:

• Pantelis Daskalelos , editor-in-chief at IGN Greece

• Ioannis Koumoutzelis , founder of Neriad

• Joanna Nastou , founder of No Sequels Cooperative

• Andreas Sfakianakis , Technical Director on the Total War series and BAFTA member

• Odysseas Tsiridis , Game Designer from Breda University

A total of €1,800 was awarded in the Day Zero category: €1,000 to the Grand Prix, €350 to the two Finalists and €100 to the Audience Choice.

Finally, for Next Gen , the following efforts were distinguished:

Top Pick	Airborne
Top Pick	Unreal
Top Pick	Backroom Escape

From the following reviewer:

• Miriam Capon , STEM educator for children and adolescents

A total of €450 was awarded in this category: €150 to each of the three Top Picks.

The awards were presented at an awards ceremony on the main stage of the Gameathlon (Tae Kwon Do arena) on the afternoon of Saturday, January 13. The ceremony lasted 1 hour, and included screenings of short trailers for the finalists of each category, as well as short presentations by the guests and the winners.

The awards were presented by:

Nikolis Asimakis	Owner of the blog “ Indie Game Picks ”
Konstantinos Vasiliadis	Head of Financial Management of the Digital Game Creators Association of Greece .
Konstantinos Giatilis	Founding member of IGDA Greece
Pantelis Daskalelos	Editor-in-Chief at IGN Greece , Judge on both juries of the Hellenic Game Awards 2023 - 2024
Andreas “Cowboy” Derdemezis	General Manager at Cowboy TV and Gameathlon
George Kazamias	Founder of GIFTED Hellas
Miriam Capon	STEM educator
Fotini Nakou	Director of the Investment Attraction Directorate - “Tourism, Real Estate and Creative Industries” department - at Enterprise Greece
Sofia Neamonitis	Creative Director at FaliroXR
Costas Dokos	Coordinator of B.Sc.Games Programming SAE Athens
Elina Roinioti	Assistant Professor at the Department of Visual and Digital Studies, University of Peloponnese
Leonidas Christopoulos	CEO of EKOMED

Finally, the graphic design used for the Hellenic Game Awards 2025 was created by Adriana Alifragki, who also designed this year's commemorative gift for the volunteers.

The organization thanks all the people who helped make this event a reality, and hopes that our country will have even more successful synergies in the future.