For the last 12 years, the Big Indie Pitch has been helping to discover, promote and support indie game developers from all over the world, giving them a platform to share their incredible games with a mixture of publishers, platforms and press. In the last 12 months alone we’ve held 18 different pitch events and witnessed over 260 awesome games via our digital pitches.

Taking place live both online and in person as a part of Pocket Gamer Connects London 2022, The Big Indie Awards continues and extends this core mission, celebrating the very best indie games and game developers from all around the world, including those who may not have yet made it to one of our pitch events.

The awards are open to any studio that classifies as indie (typically we’d say 12 staff or less, but we may make the odd exception if you twist our arm), which has released a game or pitched its title at a BIP since September 1, 2020.

How does it work?

Anyone can nominate their game – or even a game they’ve played and loved that someone else has created – and these will enter into a longlist that will then be trimmed down by our expert panel into a final shortlist. These in turn will be voted for by a combination of industry experts and players (depending on the award) and the winning titles will be unveiled at a ceremony in February.

When nominating, please do suggest one (or more) categories that you feel are most suitable. Games can of course win in multiple categories.

Who can enter? The basic criteria:

Games for Mobile and AR are eligible for the Mobile Awards
Games for Switch, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC, Mac and Linux are eligible for the PC+Console Awards
Games must be scheduled to launch in the next 6 months, or have been released after August 2020, in order to qualify
Studios with a max of 12 members are eligible for the Big Indie Awards (this includes the staff of any partners you are working with) and must be independent game makers

The closing date for entries will be announced closer to the Awards.

The longlist, including further details of the awards and how to vote for the winners, will be revealed in early December.

In the meantime though, fill out the form below and submit your game to be in consideration for The Big Indie Awards 2022

Please note: ALL indie developers can submit their game through this entry form (previous Big Indie Pitch top 3 finalists will also be automatically submitted)