Meet the 20 finalists of the Google Play Indie Games Contest in Europe

Posted by Matteo Vallone, Google Play Games Business Development



Back in November, we launched the Google Play Indie Games Contest for developers from 15 European countries, to celebrate the passion and innovation of the indie community in the region. The contest will reward the winners with exposure to industry experts and players worldwide, as well as other prizes that will showcase their art and help them grow their business on Android and Google Play.



Thank you to the nearly 1000 of you who submitted high quality games in all types of genres! Your creativity, enthusiasm and dedication have once again impressed us and inspired us. We had a very fun time testing and judging the games based on fun, innovation, design excellence and technical and production quality, and it was challenging to select only 20 finalists:



Meet the 20 finalists

(In alphabetical order)

Blind Drive (coming soon) Lo-Fi People Israel	Causality (coming soon) Loju United Kingdom	Crap! I'm Broke: Out of Pocket Arcane Circus Netherlands	Egz Lonely Woof France	Ellipsis Salmi GmbH Germany
Gladiabots GFX47 France	Happy Hop: Kawaii Jump Platonic Games Spain	Hidden Folks (coming soon) Adriaan de Jongh Netherlands	Lichtspeer (coming soon) Lichthund Poland	Lost in Harmony Digixart Entertainment France
Mr Future Ninja (coming soon) Huijaus Studios Finland	Paper Wings Fil Games Turkey	PinOut Mediocre Sweden	Power Hover Oddrok Finland	Reigns Nerial United Kingdom
Rusty Lake: Roots Rusty Lake Netherlands	Samorost 3 Amanita Design Czech Republic	The Battle of Polytopia Midjiwan AB Sweden	twofold inc. Grapefrukt games Sweden	Unworded (coming soon) Bento Studio France

Check out the prizes



All the 20 finalists are getting:

• The opportunity to exhibit and showcase their game at the final event held at the Saatchi Gallery in London, on 16th February 2017.


• Promotion of their game on a London billboard for one month.


• Two tickets to attend a 2017 Playtime event. This is an invitation-only event for top apps and games developers on Google Play.


• One Pixel XL smartphone.

At the event at Saatchi, the finalists will also have a chance to make it to the next rounds and win additional prizes, including:

• YouTube influencer campaigns worth up to 100,000 EUR.


• Premium placements on Google Play.


• Tickets to Google I/O 2017 and other top industry events.


• Promotions on our channels.


• Special prizes for the best Unity game.


• And more!

Come support them at the final event



At the final event attendees will have a say on which 10 of these finalists will get to pitch their games to the jury, who will decide on the final contest winners who will receive the top prizes.



Register now to join us in London, meet the developers, check out their great games, vote for your favourites, and have fun with various industry experts and indie developers.







A big thank you again to everyone who entered and congratulations to the finalists. We look forward to seeing you at the Saatchi Gallery in London on 16th February.