Voting for 2023 Horror Game Awards starts NOW 🏆
Fear Fest: Horror Game Awards voting is NOW open for YOU to choose the best horror games of the past year! Get ready for spine-chilling excitement as Feardemic presents the most thrilling event of the year, in collaboration with IGN. Polls are open till August 3rd.
And they’re off! The voting for Horror Game Awards has just kicked off today (Thursday, July 20th, 8PM CEST / 11AM PST / 2PM EST / 7PM BST) and you’re the one who can choose the winners! Feardemic’s horror extravaganza, Fear Fest, this time includes an award gala, and it’s up to you to decide who receives Golden Bats in each of the 13 categories between all of your favorite games of the past year like Amnesia: The Bunker, The Outlast Trials, or Signalis.
The event, run in partnership with IGN, will happen on September 6th & 7th, with the Horror Game Awards taking place on the 2nd day. That does not, however, mean that you have months to cast your votes, because the polls close August 3rd. Intrigued? Watch the teaser above and click HERE to cast your vote. The winners will be announced on IGN's YouTube channel on September 7th at the Horror Game Awards gala.
Brace yourself: With thousands of horror fans participating, the site may shiver with excitement, but Feardemic assures you - your patience will be rewarded.
The complete list of nominations looks as follows:
Horror Game of The Year - Amnesia: The Bunker, Bramble: The Mountain King, Dead Space Remake, Dredge, IMMORTALITY, FAITH: The Unholy Trinity, Resident Evil 4 Remake, SIGNALIS, System Shock, The Callisto Protocol
Best Character of the Year - Elster (SIGNALIS), Olle (Bramble: The Mountain King), Leon Kennedy (Resident Evil 4 Remake), Jacob Lee (The Callisto Protocol), Isaac Clarke (Dead Space Remake)
Best Narrative of the Year - Burnhouse Lane, Decarnation, IMMORTALITY, SCP: Secret Files, SIGNALIS
Best Game Design - Amnesia: The Bunker, DREDGE, FAITH:The Unholy Trinity, Resident Evil 4 Remake, SIGNALIS
Best Art Direction - Bramble: The Mountain King, DREDGE, Layers of Fear, Saturnalia, Scorn
Best Score/Soundtrack - Amnesia: The Bunker, Bramble: The Mountain King, Resident Evil 4 Remake, SIGNALIS, The Callisto Protocol
Best Audio Design - Amnesia: The Bunker, Dead Space Remake, Scorn, System Shock, The Callisto Protocol
Best Performance - Nick Apostolides (Resident Evil 4 Remake), Manon Gage (IMMORTALITY), Charlotta Mohlin (IMMORTALITY) , Nola Klop (Bramble: The Mountain King), Gunner Wright (Dead Space Remake)
Best Indie Horror - Decarnation, DREDGE, FAITH: The Unholy Trinity, SCP: Secret Files, SIGNALIS
Best VR/AR Horror - Afterlife VR, Propagation: Paradise Hotel, Resident Evil Village VR, The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR, The Walking Dead Saints and Sinners (Chapter 2)
Best Horror Multiplayer - Evil Dead: The Game, Dead Island 2, Demonologist, Sons Of The Forest, The Outlast Trials
Best Horror Content Creator of the Year - Pastra, RagnarRox, Sagan Hawkes, Gab Smolders, The Sphere Hunter
Best Horror Trailer - SCP: Secret Files, Silent Hill 2, The Callisto Protocol, Silent Hill F, Scorn
About Horror Game Awards and Fear Fest:
The Horror Game Awards are a ceremony that honors the best horror games of the past year across 13 different categories + 1 special lifetime achievement award. The winners will receive a golden bat trophy and will be chosen by you - the gaming community through online voting (vote here). The event is organized by horror games publisher Feardemic in partnership with IGN and will be available to watch live exclusively on IGN's YouTube and Twitch channels starting at 11 am Pacific / 2 pm Eastern / 7 pm UK time on September 7. The show will also feature live musical performances and exclusive announcements from Feardemic and other horror game developers.
Horror Game Awards are a part of Feardemic’s Fear Fest, the two-day online horror event that showcases upcoming horror games and celebrates the best horror games of the past year organized by Feardemic in partnership with IGN.