Nine Sols Wins ”Game of the Year” at Gamescom LATAM

Nine Sols Wins ”Game of the Year” at Gamescom LATAM
Nine Sols. Source: RedCandleGames
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  1. Nine Sols won ”Game of the Year” at Gamescom LATAM 2025.
  2. Grizzly Man by LCB Game Studio won ”Best Game: Latin America”.
  3. Mullet MadJack, developed by Hammer 95 Studios and published by Epopeia Games, won ”Best Game: Brazil”.

Nine Sols won ”Game of the Year” at Gamescom LATAM 2025, the Latin edition of Gamescom that features over 400 games and runs from April 30 to May 4, 2025, in São Paulo, Brazil.

The winning title, developed and published by Red Candle Games, is a 2024 action-platform game with a hand-drawn animation style. It is set in an Asian fantasy-inspired futuristic world described by creators as “taopunk,” a combination of Taoism and cyberpunk.

The game is available on PC, both Microsoft Windows and macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5|4, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S and, as of the time of writing, features an ”Overwhelmingly Positive” rating on Steam with 24,046 views.

While more award announcements will follow on May 4, the first round of finalists at Gamescom LATAM 2025 included:

  • Game of the Year: Nine Sols (Red Candle Games);
  • Best Game: Latin America: Grizzly Man (LCB Game Studio);
  • Best Game: Brazil: Mullet MadJack (Hammer 95 Studios, published by Epopeia Games);
  • Best Casual Game: Paper Trail (Newfangled Games);
  • Best Art: Naiad (HiWarp);
  • Best Narrative: Neva (Nomada Studio, published by Devolver Digital);
  • Best Gameplay: Animal Well (Shared Memory, published by Bigmode);
  • Innovation Award: Sol Cesto (Geraud Zucchini and Chariospirales, published by Goblinz Publishing);
  • Best Mobile Game: Level Devil (Unept);
  • Best Multiplayer Game: Bang Bang Barrage (Monkey Bread, published by Spiral Up Games).
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