Made with Unity: 2023 in review

From award winners and nominees for The Game Awards, Unity Awards, MWU Korea Awards 2023, and more to everything in between, the Unity community has accomplished a lot in the past year. As we kick off a new one (Happy New Year, by the way), let’s reflect on all the amazing games released over the past 12 months.

To the best of our abilities, here’s a non-exhaustive list of games made with Unity and launched in 2023, either into early access or full release. This is a long list, so we’ve attempted to categorize projects by genre (19 in all, including Action, Comedy, Horror, Metroidvania, and Survival) to make it easier to parse. Of course, many titles aren’t so easy to categorize – like horror-fishing sim DREDGE, management-adventure-RPG Dave the Diver, or the DREDGE x Dave the Diver hybrid. Hopefully, you can find something that inspires what you’re making or playing in 2024 and beyond.

For additional fun, see which made with Unity games you can spy in this year-end list from NPR.

El Paso, Elsewhere, Strange Scaffold (September 26)

Other action releases included:

• Zombie Admin, Hastily Assembled Games (January 13)
• Rain World: Downpour, Videocult and Akupara Games (January 19)
• WuJiDaoRen, indielight incubator (March 13 – early access)
• Re:Fresh,Merge Conflict Studio (April 24)
• We Love Katamari REROLL+ Royal Reverie, MONKEYCRAFT Co. Ltd. (June 1)
• Pixel Ripped 1978, ARVORE Immersive Experiences and Atari (June 15)
• Rider Worlds, Ketchapp (July 13)
• Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons, Secret Base (July 27)
• Hammer of Virtue, No Pest Productions (August 7)
• Savant – Ascent REMIX, D-Pad Studio (September 29)
• Delicious Dungeon, Digital Cauldron (November 3)
• Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2, Fair Play Labs (November 7)
• Robocraft 2, Freejam (November 7)
• Big Fat Battle, Robot Squid (November 10)
• World Reborn, Wicked Saints Studio (December 1 – Demo) [Unity for Humanity grantee]

LONE RUIN, Cuddle Monster Games (January 12)

Other bullet heaven releases included:

• Nebula, JuTek Pixel (January 25)
• GunSuit Guardians, Matt Glanville (March 31)
• 20 Minutes Till Dawn, flanne (June 8)
• Yet Another Zombie Survivors, Awesome Games Studio (July 13 – early access)
• Vampire Hunters, Gamecraft Studios (July 26 – early access)
• Whisker Squadron: Survivor, Flippfly LLC (August 21 – early access)
• God Of Weapons, Archmage Labs (September 12)
• Pathfinder: Gallowspire Survivors,BKOM Studios (September 14 – early access)
• FatalZone, Midhard Games (October 23 – early access)
• Battle Grid, Barking Dogs (October 25)
• Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot, Konga Games (November 2 – early access)
• Survivors of the Dawn, indieGiant (November 6 – early access)
• Death Must Die, Realm Archive (November 14 – early access)

Warhammer 40,000: Warpforge, Everguild Ltd. (October 19 – early access)

Other card and deckbuilder releases included:

• Power Chord, Big Blue Bubble (January 26)
• Aces & Adventures, Triple.B.Titles(February 23)
• Star Survivor, SpaceOwl Games (March 2)
• Munchkin Digital, Dire Wolf (March 9)
• Crush the Industry, Cognoggin Games (March 31 – early access)
• Wildfrost, Deadpan Games and Gaziter (April 12)
• Sunshine Shuffle, Strange Scaffold (May 24)
• Rune Gate, Devwind (August 25)
• Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles, Little Leo Games (September 21)
• Beneath Oresa, Broken Spear Inc. (September 27)
• Death Roads: Tournament, The Knights of Unity (November 15)

Pizza Possum,Cosy Computer (September 28)

Other casual and party releases included:

• Gorilla Tag, Another Axiom (January 1)
• My Lovely Planet, Ubisoft Lab (January 18 – Apple release) [Unity for Humanity grantee]
• Devolver Tumble Time, Nopopo (January 26)
• Rhythm Sprout: Sick Beats & Bad Sweets, SURT (February 1)
• Innchanted, DragonBear Studios (March 28)
• Soundodger 2, Studio Bean (April 10)
• MONOPOLY GO!, Scopely (April 11)
• Bread & Fred, SandCastles Studio (May 23)
• Goosey Guess, Gas Lantern Games (July 14)
• Moving Out 2, SMG Studio and Devm Games (August 15)
• KallaX, Unexpected (September 18)
• Party Animals, Recreate Games (September 20)
• Headbangers: Rhythm Royale, Glee-Cheese Studio (October 31)
• Secret Shuffle, Adriaan de Jongh (November 1)

Terra Nil, Free Lives (March 28) [15th Unity Awards, Best Social Impact Project]

Other city builder releases included:

• Surviving the Abyss, Rocket Flair Studios (January 17 – early access)
• Plan B: Terraform, Gaddy Games (February 15)
• Outlanders, Pomelo Games (March 7)
• Fabledom, Grenaa Games (April 13 – early access)
• Havendock, YYZ (April 20 – early access)
• Pan’orama, Chicken Launcher (May 9)
• Pile Up!, Remoob (June 2 – early access)
• Cardboard Town, Stratera Games (August 18)
• BRIXITY, Studio Kingdom Corporation (August 24) [MWU Korea Awards 2023, Best Graphics]
• URBO, Door 407 (September 13)
• InfraSpace, Dionic Software (September 22)
• dotAGE, Michele Pirovano (October 4)
• Cities: Skylines II, Colossal Order Ltd. (October 24)
• SteamWorld Build, The Station (December 1)
• Against the Storm, Eremite Games (December 8)

Bare Butt Boxing, Tuatara Games (May 4 – early access)

Other comedy releases included:

• Clunky Hero, Chaosmonger Studio (January 25)
• Pineapple on pizza, Majorariatto (March 28)
• Orbo’s Odyssey, Feverdream Softworks (August 20)
• Billy Bumbum: A Cheeky Puzzler, Frambrosa (September 7)

BattleBit Remastered, SgtOkiDoki, Vilaskis, and TheLiquidHorse (June 15 – early access)

Other FPS releases included:

• Hellscreen, Mixtape Games UK (March 9 – early access)
• Vertigo 2, Zach Tsiakalis-Brown (March 30)
• Breachers, Triangle Factory (April 13)
• MEATGRINDER, Vampire Squid (April 13)
• KILLBUG, Samurai Punk and Nicholas McDonnell (May 3)
• Friends vs Friends, Brainwash Gang (May 30)
• We Are One, Flat Head Studio (June 1)
• Battle Bows, WIMO Games (July 13)
• Trianga’s Project: Battle Splash 2.0, Dranya Studio (September 26)
• Battle Shapers, Metric Empire (October 3 – early access)
• Deadly Rain, FireRing Studio (October 6)
• Executive Assault 2, Hesketh Studios Ltd (October 18)
• GUNHEAD, Alientrap (November 8)
• Wizordum, Emberheart Games (November 29)
• Blood West, Hyperstrange (December 5)

Notable horror releases included:

• Life Gallery, 751 Games (January 12)
• Death in the Water 2, Lighthouse Games Studio (January 26)
• PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo, Square Enix (March 8)
• STASIS: BONE TOTEM, THE BROTHERHOOD (May 31)
• Killer Frequency, Team17 Digital (June 1)
• My Friendly Neighborhood, John Szymanski and Evan Szymanski (July 18)
• Labyrinthine, Valko Game Studios (August 18)
• The Fabulous Fear Machine, Fictiorama Studios (October 4)
• EMPTY SHELL, CC ARTS (October 16)
• Lethal Company, Zeekerss (October 23 – early access)
• The Voidness – Lidar Horror Survival Game, Steelkrill Studio (October 30)
• You Will Die Here Tonight, Spiral Bound Interactive LLC (October 31)
• Little Goody Two Shoes, AstralShift (November 7)

Dinky Guardians, Endless Loop Studios and Code Monkey (October 2)

Other management and automation releases included:

• The Pale Beyond, Bellular Studios (February 24)
• Potion Tycoon, Snowhound Games (March 13)
• Diluvian Winds, Alambik Studio (May 25 – early access)
• Mad Games Tycoon 2, Eggcode (May 31)
• Nova Lands, BEHEMUTT (June 22)
• DAVE THE DIVER, MINTROCKET (June 28)
• A Long Journey to an Uncertain End, Crispy Creative (June 28)
• Techtonica, Fire Hose Games (July 18 – early access)
• One Military Camp, Abylight Barcelona (July 20)
• Lakeburg Legacies, Ishtar Games (July 20)
• Let’s School, Pathea Games (July 26)
• The Cat Fishing Village, Nexelon (September 19) [MWU Korea Awards 2023, Best Monetization]
• Definitely Not Fried Chicken, Dope Games (September 29)
• Mob Factory, LiterallyEveryone Games (November 9)
• Dyson Sphere Program, Youthcat Studio (December 15)

Blasphemous 2, The Game Kitchen (August 24)

Other metroidvania releases included:

• Glimmer in Mirror, MapleDorm Games (January 9 – early access)
• Alice Escaped!, illuCalab (January 27)
• Elderland, Mantra and Sinergia Games (February 16)
• 9 Years of Shadows, Halberd Studios (March 27)
• DOOMBLADE, Muro Studios (May 31)
• Curse of the Sea Rats, Petoons Studio (April 6)
• The Last Case of Benedict Fox, Plot Twist (April 27)
• Laika: Aged Through Blood, Brainwash Gang (October 19)
• Ebenezer and the Invisible World, Orbit Studio and Play on Worlds (November 3)
• The Last Faith, Kumi Souls Games (November 15)
• Cookie Cutter, Subcult Joint LTD (December 14)

Dordogne, UN JE NE SAIS QUOI and UMANIMATION (June 13)

Other narrative and mystery releases included:

• A Space for the Unbound, Mojiken (January 19)
• Roller Drama, Open Lab Games (January 26)
• JETT: The Far Shore + Given Time, Superbrothers and Pine Scented (January 31)
• Ten Dates, Wales Interactive and Good Gate Media (February 14)
• The Wreck, The Pixel Hunt (March 14)
• Storyteller, Daniel Benmergui (March 23)
• The Last Worker, Oiffy and Wolf & Wood Interactive Ltd (March 30)
• MINDHACK, VODKAdemo? (April 5 – early access)
• Tron: Identity, Bithell Games (April 11)
• Mask of the Rose, Failbetter Games (June 8)
• Fall of Porcupine, Critical Rabbit (June 15)
• OXENFREE II: Lost Signals, Night School Studio (July 12)
• Frank and Drake, Appnormals Team (July 20)
• Crime O’Clock, Bad Seed (July 21)
• Venba, Visai Games (July 31)
• Goodbye Volcano High, KO_OP (August 29)
• I doesn’t exist – a modern text adventure, LUAL Games KIG (October 5)
• Saltsea Chronicles, Die Gute Fabrik (October 12)
• Peaky Blinders: The King’s Ransom Complete Edition, Maze Theory (November 2)

Notable platformer releases included:

• Catch Me!, ByteRockers’ Games (January 24)
• Rise of Fox Hero, Josep Monzonis Hernandez (February 17)
• Joon Shining, Orchid of Redemption (February 17)
• Clive ‘N’ Wrench, Dinosaur Bytes Studio (February 23)
• BETON BRUTAL, Jan Malitschek (March 31)
• Moons Of Darsalon, Dr. Kucho! Games (April 19)
• CONVERGENCE: A League of Legends Story™, Double Stallion (May 23)
• No More Rainbows, Squido Studio and Robot Teddy (June 1)
• Life of Slime, 0-Game Studios (July 13)
• Disney Illusion Island, Dlala Studios (July 28)
• Meowmentum Mori, Vancouver Film School (August 1)[15th Unity Awards, Best Student Project]
• Ninja or Die: Shadow of the Sun, Nao Games (August 2)
• Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, Team Reptile (August 18)
• Corn Kidz 64, BogoSoft (October 17)
• Cavern of Dreams, Bynine Studio (October 19)
• Here Goes Muffin, Project610 (October 23)
• SANABI, WONDER POTION (November 8)
• Bzzzt, KO.DLL (November 13)
• A Highland Song, inkle Ltd (December 5)

Viewfinder, Sad Owl Studios (July 18)

Other puzzle and adventure releases included:

• Children of Silentown, Elf Games and Luna2 Studio (January 11)
• Colossal Cave, Cygnus Entertainment (January 19)
• Birth, Madison Karrh (February 17)
• Rytmos, Floppy Club (February 28)
• Stuffo the Puzzle Bot, Hapatus Ltd (March 2)
• Figment 2: Creed Valley, Bedtime Digital Games (March 9)
• Life of Delta, Airo Games (March 13)
• The Forest Cathedral, Brian Wilson (March 14)
• Ogu and the Secret Forest, Moonlab Studio and Sinkhole Studio (March 23 – early access) [MWU Korea Awards 2023, Best PC, Console]
• The Library of Babel, Tanuki Game Studio (April 7)
• Cynthia: Hidden in the Moonshadow, Catthia Games (April 10)
• KATOA, Sankari Studios (April 22)
• Unboxing the Cryptic Killer, Eleven Puzzles (April 27)
• Humanity, tha ltd. and Enhance (May 15)
• Tin Hearts, Rogue Sun (May 16)
• Planet of Lana, Wishfully (May 23)
• The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales, DO MY BEST (June 22)
• Rose and Lotus: Petals of Memories, 5minlab Corp. (June 28) [MWU Korea Awards 2023, Best Innovation]
• Stories of Blossom, Soft Leaf Studios (August 16)
• Chants of Sennaar, Rundisc (September 5)
• Headlong Hunt, Toombler Games (September 28)
• COCOON, Geometric Interactive (September 29)
• A Tiny Sticker Tale, Ogre Pixel (October 4)
• Midnight Girl, Italic (October 6)
• Monolith, Animation Arts (October 11)
• Reliefs The Time of the Lemures, Calepin Studio (October 14)
• Logic Town, Mark Ffrench (November 3)

Have a Nice Death, Magic Design Studios (March 22)

Other roguelike or roguelite releases included:

• Corpse Keeper, Melancholia Studio (February 15 – early access)
• Dust & Neon, David Marquardt Studios (February 16)
• Patch Quest, Lychee Game Labs (March 2)
• Mortal Sin, Nikola Todorovic (March 15 – early access)
• Stories from the Outbreak, Coldwild Games (March 27)
• DROP – System Breach, Etherfield Studio (March 28)
• Spiritfall, Gentle Giant (April 3 – early access)
• Wall World, Alawar Premium (April 5)
• Blocky Dungeon, SquareAnon (April 6)
• Trinity Fusion, Angry Mob Games (April 13)
• Beyond the Long Night, Noisy Head Games (April 17)
• Mr. Sun’s Hatbox, Kenny Sun (April 20)
• Darkest Dungeon® II, Red Hook Studios (May 8)
• Inkbound, Shiny Shoe (May 22 – early access)
• Battle Talent, CyDream (June 1)
• Oblivion Override, Humble Mill (June 13 – early access)
• Ember Knights, Doom Turtle (July 18)
• Let’s! Revolution!, BUCK and Antfood (July 19)
• Quasimorph, Magnum Scriptum (October 2 – early access)
• ENDLESS™ Dungeon, AMPLITUDE Studios (October 19)
• The Unliving, RocketBrush Studio (October 26)
• Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire, Digitality Games (October 26)
• Cuisineer, BattleBrew Productions (November 9)
• Backpack Hero, Jaspel (November 14)
• Below the Stone, Strollart (November 17 – early access)

Sea of Stars, Sabotage Studio (August 28)

Other RPG releases included:

• Vendir: Plague of Lies, Early Morning Studio (February 21)
• Limbus Company, ProjectMoon (February 26)
• Kowloon’s Curse: Lost Report, Studio [notes.] (March 22)
• Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon, Questline (March 30 – early access)
• Hunt the Night, Moonlight Games (April 13)
• The Mageseeker: A League of Legends Story™, Digital Sun (April 18)
• Honkai: Star Rail, HoYoverse/miHoYo (April 26)
• Greedventory, Black Tower Basement (May 17)
• Ghostlore, Andrew Teo and Adam Teo (May 17)
• Evil Wizard, Rubber Duck Games (May 25)
• Bleak Sword DX, more8bit (June 8)
• Arcadian Atlas, Twin Otter Studios (July 27)
• Waven, Ankama Studio (August 16 – early access)
• BOOK OF HOURS, Weather Factory (August 17)
• WrestleQuest, Mega Cat Studios (August 21)
• Eternights, Studio Sai (September 12)
• WitchSpring R, KIWIWALKS (September 25)
• The Lamplighters League, Harebrained Schemes (October 3)
• Embers Off, IfThenElse Digital (October 5)
• Stolen Realm, Burst2Flame Entertainment (October 14 – early access)
• Dreadhunter, Trickster Arts (October 18 – early access)
• Dark Envoy, Event Horizon (October 24)
• Dungeon Full Dive, TxK Gaming Studios (October 24 – early access)
• Lunacid, KIRA LLC (October 30)
• For The King II, IronOak Games (November 2)
• The Iron Oath, Curious Panda Games (November 2)
• Thirsty Suitors, Outerloop Games (November 2)
• Don’t Die in the West, Funday Games (November 9)
• Worldless, Noname Studios (November 20)
• Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, Owlcat Games (December 7)

Hello Kitty Island Adventure, Sunblink Entertainment LLC (July 28)

Other simulation releases included:

• Waves of Steel, TMA Games LLC (February 6)
• My Dream Setup, Campfire Studio (February 20)
• Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator, Cyanide Studio (February 23)
• Kerbal Space Program 2, Intercept Games (February 24)
• Contraband Police, Crazy Rocks (March 8)
• DREDGE, Black Salt Games (March 30)
• Shadows of Doubt, ColePowered Games (April 24 – early access)
• Everdream Valley, Mooneaters (May 30)
• Space Reign, Propulsive Games (June 12 – early access)
• Mars First Logistics, Shape Shop (June 22 – early access)
• One Lonely Outpost, Freedom Games (June 26 – early access)
• Void Crew, Hutlihut Games (September 7)
• Mineko’s Night Market, Meowza Games (September 26)
• Paleo Pines, Italic Pig (September 26)
• Thief Simulator 2, CookieDev and Ultimate Games S.A. (October 4)
• Ooblets, Glumberland (October 5)
• Hotel: A Resort Simulator, Ringzero Game Studio (October 12)
• Outpath, David Moralejo Sánchez (October 16)
• Hero Planter, Aleda Games (October 19)
• This is Fine: The Game, Andris Gauracs (October 30)
• Back to the Dawn, Metal Head Games (November 2 – early access)
• My Time at Sandrock, Pathea Games (November 2)
• GearBlocks, SmashHammer Games (November 9 – early access)

Undisputed, Steel City Interactive (January 31 – early access)

Other sports or driving releases included:

• Punch A Bunch, Pontypants (January 20)
• MiLE HiGH TAXi, Cassius John-Adams (March 13)
• Monster Racing League, Flightless (March 23)
• Disney Speedstorm, Gameloft (April 18)
• Tape to Tape, Excellent Rectangle (May 3 – early access)
• Toasterball, Les Crafteurs (May 3)
• Punch Club 2: Fast Forward, Lazy Bear Games (July 20)
• Synthwave Racers, Corrtex Games (August 10)
• DepowerBall, Mega Power Games (August 21)
• Karting Superstars, Original Fire Games (September 13 – early access)
• RoboDunk, Jollypunch Games (September 25)
• subpar pool, grapefrukt games (October 12)
• NFL PRO ERA II, StatusPRO Inc (October 16)
• Elfboarders, Lylek Games (November 6)

Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew, Mimimi Games (August 17)

Other strategy releases included:

• We Are The Caretakers, Heart Shaped Games LLC (January 6)
• Inkulinati, Yaza Games (January 31 – early access)
• Phantom Brigade, Brace Yourself Games (February 28)
• The Last Spell, Ishtar Games (March 9)
• Mechabellum, Game River (May 11 – early access)
• Kingdom Eighties, Fury Studios (June 26)
• Xenonauts 2, Goldhawk Interactive (July 18 – early access)
• The Banished Vault, Lunar Division (July 25)
• Thronefall, GrizzlyGames (August 2 – early access)
• Cantata, Afterschool Studio (August 15)
• Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out, A Sharp (August 21)
• Towers of Thana, Bishop Games (August 21 – early access)
• Spirited Thief, Koi Snowman Games (September 19)
• DinoBlits, Taba Marton (September 23)
• Project Planet – Earth vs Humanity, Fifth Harbour Studios (September 25)
• PROTOTYPE, Cold Enemy Gaming (October 15)
• Growth, VoodooDuck (October 16)
• Warcraft® Rumble™, Blizzard Entertainment (November 3)
• Stronghold: Definitive Edition, FireFly Studios (November 7)
• Dungeons 4, Realmforge Studios (November 9)
• Demeo Battles, Resolution Games (November 9)
• Howl, Mi’pu’mi Games GmbH (November 14)

Sons Of The Forest, Endnight Games Ltd (February 23 – early access)

Other survival releases included:

• Atrio: The Dark Wild, Isto inc. (January 10)
• Osiris: New Dawn, Fenix Fire Entertainment (January 18)
• The Pioneers: Surviving Desolation, Supercube (January 20 – early access)
• ZED ZONE, Leven Liu (March 29)
• Survival: Fountain of Youth, Odinsoft Inc. (April 19)
• Above Snakes, Square Glade Games (May 25)
• Farworld Pioneers, Igloosoft (May 30)
• I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival, Mandragora (August 8 – early access)
• Dawnlands, SEASUN GAMES PTE. LTD. (August 9)
• Sunkenland, Vector3 Studio (August 25 – early access)
• Wildmender, Muse Games (September 28)
• Saleblazers, Airstrafe Interactive (September 29 – early access)
• Wizard with a Gun, Galvanic Games (October 17)

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