SXSW Sydney Game Awards 2025

The SXSW Sydney Game and Screen Awards is a celebration of innovative works and the visionaries driving our creative communities forward. Have a look at 2025’s shortlisted games as well as our Official Festival Selection of 120+ independent games from Australia and around the world.

Participating game developers showcased their work between the 13th-19th of October 2025 to thousands of industry professionals, media, creatives and fans.

SXSW Sydney is built on the singular vision of helping creative people share their ideas and achieve their goals. Across seven days annually, SXSW Sydney gathers the world’s most inspired thinkers, creators and innovators for an agenda-setting exploration of the best in Tech and Innovation, Games, Music, Screen and Culture. Industries and audiences converge in a melting pot of new connections and unexpected discoveries across more than 1,000 conference sessions, showcases, screenings, networking events, parties and exhibitions.