Unity Awards 2018
The Unity Awards have ended, and the votes are in, see your winners below! Thank you to everyone who voted and helped us celebrate the creative and technical excellence across games, experiences, films, assets and more.
Best Desktop/Console Game
Whether simple or complex, small or large teams, 2D or 3D visuals, a great gaming experience blends concept, innovation, and creativity together into one stunningly excellent package.
Runners Up
- Subnautica by Unknown Worlds Entertainment
- Cuphead by StudioMDHR
- Overcooked 2 by Ghost Town Games
- Gwent Thronebreaker by CD PROJEKT RED
- Hand of Fate 2 by DefiantDev
Best Mobile Game
These amazing games come together to blend concept, intuitive control, creativity, and visual design and come to fruition as a delightful game designed to fit in your pocket.
Runners Up
- Euclidean Skies by Kunabi Brother
- Reigns: Game of Thrones by Nerial
- Golf Club: Wasteland by Demagog Studio
- Florence by Mountains
- FROST by Kunabi Brother
Best 3D visuals
Game artists use technology to push the bounds of their creative vision. This year we saw many different 3D visual styles, from hand-painted, realistic, or anywhere in-between. This category celebrates games that build out their own artistic vision in a 3D world.
Runners Up
- Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire by Obsidian Entertainment
- Fe by Zoink!
- Antigraviator by Cybernetic Walrus
- BATTLETECH by Harebrained Schemes
- Battle Chasers: Nightwar by Airship Syndicate
Best 2D visuals
Adding more dimensions doesn't mean your game looks better. There is a different kind of thought process and creativity that goes into building beautiful worlds of 2D games.
Runners Up
- Alto's Odyssey by Team Alto
- Where the Water Tastes Like Wine by Dim Bulb Games & Serenity Forge
- Wizard of Legend by Contingent99
- Oddmar by Mobge Ltd
- Flipping Death by Zoink!
Best VR game
All games come with their own challenges, but this category looks specifically at creators who are pushing forward to tackle new challenges that come with designing VR games, while they lay the foundation for future VR creators to come.
Runners Up
- Budget Cuts by Neat Corporation
- Pixel Ripped 1989 by ARVORE
- Conjure Strike by The Strike Team
- Starbear: Taxi by Funktronic Labs
- RacketNX by One Hamsa
Best multiplayer game
Multiplayer games, whether online with friends across the world or with friends on your couch, help us build connections with others. Let's celebrate some of the games that came out this year that you can enjoy with your friends.
Runners Up
- Gwent by CD PROJEKT RED
- Cuphead by StudioMDHR
- Totally Accurate Battlegrounds by Landfall
- Stick Fight by Landfall West
- Conjure Strike by The Strike Team
Best experience
Innovations in technology are going to keep pushing the way that we see the world. These experiences all bring creative new ways for you to create, imagine, and experience your world differently.
Runners Up
- Coco VR by Pixar & Magnopus
- Electronauts by Survios
- Museum of Symmetry by National Film Board of Canada & Casa Rara
- Encounter Ocean Odyssey by Pixomondo, National Geographic
- Porsche Mission E by Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
Best use for film
Well, look at that... Creators have been pushing the bounds of what you can create with Unity outside of games. So we're celebrating some of the amazing cinematic experiences that put the viewer in the back seat to storytelling and observation.
Runners Up
- Sonder by Soba Productions
- Baymax Dreams of Bed Bugs by Disney Television Animation
- Golf Club: Wasteland by Demagog Studio
Best student project
Students hold the keys to the future of Unity. This category is to celebrate some of the projects we've seen come from creators who worked on fantastic projects while studying at an educational institution.
Runners Up
- Chrysalis by Chrysalis team, University of Southern California
- One Hand Clapping by Bad Dream Games
- Intertwined by Intertwined team, ISART DIGITAL
- TerraChi by UTS Animal Logic Academy
- Crazy Platez by Aesthetician Labs
Most anticipated
Let's take a moment to be excited for some of these remarkable projects that are currently being developed. Looking at 2019 and beyond, which game are you most excited for?
Runners Up
- In the Valley of Gods by Campo Santo
- GTFO by 10 Chambers Collective
- Escape from Tarkov by Battlestate Games
- Unruly Heroes by Magic Design Studios
- Harold Halibut by Slow Bros.
Best artistic tool
Whether you're a large studio with an art team, a small studio pushing forward with one artist, or a one-person studio striving for your dream, these tools help you have the artistic freedom you want.
Runners Up
- GeNa 2 by Procedural Worlds
- UMotion Pro - Animation Editor by Soxware Interactive
- AnyPortrait by RainyRizzle
- Puppet3D by Puppetman
- PIDI - XFur Studio by Irreverent Software
Best development tool
The Asset Store brings together our community to help extend Unity's capabilities. These tools are built to save you time, give you a head start, or help you push performance.
Runners Up
- Umodeler 2.0 by tripolygon
- Advanced Dynamic Shaders 2.1 by BOXOPHOBIC
- Storyteller by DaiMangou
- GPU Instancer by GurBu Technologies
- Pixel Platformer Engine by Moose Stache
Best artistic content
Whether it's massive modular environments, visual effects, fun and exciting characters, or visualizing your future home, these asset packs come together to help you build the projects you want.
Runners Up
- Living Particles by SineVFX
- HQ Abandoned School (Modular) by NOT_Lonely
- ArchVizPRO Interior Vol.6 by ArchVizPRO
- Archer Effects Pack 1 by kripto289
- Unka the Dragon by MalberS Animations
Golden cube
This category is for the projects that really took our breath away. This choice is for the best overall project that we're celebrating in 2018.
Runners Up
- Cuphead by StudioMDHR
- Beat Saber by Hyperbolic Magnetism
- Sonder by Soba Productions
- Overcooked 2 by Ghost Town Games
- Baymax Dreams of Bed Bugs by Disney Television Animation