The winners of the 2025 Italian Video Game Awards

Florence, 13 June 2025 – There was great emotion last night at Florence’s Cinema La Compagnia, where the statuettes were awarded to the winners of the thirteenth edition of the Italian Video Game Awards (IVGA). This is the award that celebrates excellence in video game production, and is promoted by IIDEA, the association that represents the sector in Italy. Seven statuettes in the shape of a dragon’s tail were presented to the most notable titles, individuals and organisations in the industry that have stood out over the past year.

The awards ceremony was held as part of First Playable, the leading business event for the video game industry, which also brought together investors, publishers, institutions, and development studios in the Tuscan capital this year. The ceremony was hosted by Giordana Moroni and Pierpaolo Greco of Multiplayer.it, and was streamed live exclusively on the newspaper’s Twitch channel.

The winners of this edition were selected by a jury composed of Italian and international professionals: Francesco Baldini, Lead Character Artist of Compulsion Games, William Bertin, former industry journalist and senior scout, now consultant of Sourcing in the Rain, Julia Kenny, freelance consultant and scout of Flock Games, and Lorenzo Mancosu, Editor of Multiplayer.it. The fifth juror was represented by the aggregate vote of the developer members of IIDEA.

The winners of the Italian Video Game Awards 2025:

  • Best Italian Game: A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead, by Stormind Games
  • Best Italian Debut Game: Gambit Shifter, by Volcanite Games
  • Outstanding Art: Enotria: The Last Song, by Jyamma Games
  • Outstanding Experience: While We Wait Here, by Bad Vices Games
  • Community Spotlight Award: Enotria: The Last Song, by Jyamma Games
  • Outstanding Italian Company: Stormind Games
  • Outstanding Individual Contribution: Marco A. Minoli of Slitherine

In addition to the awards, there was also space on the awards stage for three interviews with Italian video game development studios who have upcoming releases and revealed some previews of their productions. Elisa Farinetti of Broken Arms Games, Andrea Basilio of Milestone and Pietro De Grandi of Strelka Games sat on the Italian Video Game Awards’ interview sofa.

At the end of the ceremony, IIDEA launched a video, available on the association’s YouTube channel, which includes a preview of Italian development studios’ upcoming titles, scheduled for release in 2026.

During the ceremony, awards were also given to the top three teams in the Italian Game 2025 national contest, the second edition of the initiative for students organised by the Ministry of Business and Made in Italy (MIMIT), with support from Invitalia (the National Agency for Investment Attraction and Business Development), IIDEA, and Cyber 4.0 (the national centre of expertise for cybersecurity). The contest aims to design and develop a video game to promote, protect and enhance Made in Italy excellence.

The winners of Italian Game 2025, as selected by a committee of experts appointed by MIMIT, are:

  • First place: 2. Hardware with Frame by Frame.
  • Second place: La Banda del ForEach with Olivae
  • Third place: Dreamscape with Custode del Tempo

Further details about the Italian Game Contest can be found on the MIMIT website.

The full list of Italian Video Game Award finalists and winners for 2025 can be found on the event website.

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