Another gaming award show is said and done for 2014. The Horror Game Awards returned for its third year on December 14. For the entire broadcast, games from AAA horror experiences to chilling indie games made by small studios were celebrated. There were even world premiere trailers to get horror fans excited about what’s to come. For now, we’ll focus on the full detailed list for The Horror Game Awards 2024.
The Horror Game Awards’ Winners & Finalists
Best Performance
- Alec Newman | Caz in Still Wakes the Deep
- Luke Roberts | James Sunderland in Silent Hill 2 (WINNER)
- Vito Z. Holmes | Rambley the Raccoon in Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Most Accessible Horror Game
- Dead By Daylight | Behaviour Interactive Inc.
- Mouthwashing | Wrong Organ
- Slay the Princess – The Pristine Cut | Black Tabby Games (WINNER)
Best Narrative
- Silent Hill 2 | Bloober Team SA
- Mouthwashing | Wrong Organ (WINNER)
- Slay the Princess – The Pristine Cut | Black Tabby Games
Best Soundtrack
- Indigo Park: Chapter 1 | UniqueGeese
- Psychopomp GOLD | Fading Club
- Silent Hill 2 | Bloober Team SA (WINNER)
Players’ Choice
- Mouthwashing | Wrong Organ (WINNER)
- Silent Hill 2 | Bloober Team SA
- Buckshot Roulette | Mike Klubnika
Best Survival Horror
- Crow Country | SFB Games
- Silent Hill 2 | Bloober Team SA (WINNER)
- Until Dawn | Ballistic Moon
Best Indie Developer
- Chilla’s Art (WINNER)
- Puppet Combo
- Wrong Organ
Best Indie Horror Game
- Buckshot Roulette | Mike Klubnika
- Mouthwashing | Wrong Organ
- Still Wakes the Deep | The Chinese Room (WINNER)
Best Multiplayer Horror Game
- Dead By Daylight | Behaviour Interactive Inc.
- Lethal Company | Zeekerss (WINNER)
- Phasmophobia | Kinetic Games
Best VR Horror
- Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted 2 | Steel Wool Studios
- Phasmophobia | Kinetic Games
- Resident Evil 4 VR | Capcom & Armature Studio (WINNER)
Best Developer
- Capcom (WINNER)
- Wrong Organ
- Puppet Combo
Horror Content Creator of the Year
- IGP
- ManlyBadassHero
- Markiplier (WINNER)
Technical Achievement
- Mouthwashing | Wrong Organ
- Still Wakes the Deep | The Chinese Room (WINNER)
- Silent Hill 2 | Bloober Team SA
Lifetime Achievement Award
- Masahiro Ito (WINNER)
- Scott Cawthon
- Sam Lake
Most Anticipated Horror Game
- Alien: Isolation Sequel | Creative Assembly (WINNER)
- Little Nightmares III | Supermassive Games
- Resident Evil 9 | Capcom
Horror Game of the Year
- Silent Hill 2 | Bloober Team SA (WINNER)
- Mouthwashing | Wrong Organ
- Still Wakes the Deep | The Chinese Room
The Sinister Summary
If you were keeping count, several games took home multiple awards during The Horror Game Awards this year. The Silent Hill 2 remake took the lead with its four awards, and both Mouthwashing and Still Wakes the Deep took home two each. Even though a AAA game won the most awards, it lost in several categories to some of the most amazing indie horror games to exist. This just proves that spine-chilling experiences can be crafted in all corners of the horror genre no matter how much funding a project has.
Looking ahead, 2025 appears to be an incredible year to come for horror, especially indie projects. I highly recommend heading to the YouTube channel for The Horror Game Awards to watch all the trailers for some amazing upcoming horror experiences. Here are a few that managed to catch my enthusiastic eye: Feed the Pit, Deadcam, Animal Use Protocol, and Shiver. Of course, there were many more amazing projects shown off during the event, and they will certainly fill the next year with players’ screams. Some of them might just be contenders for The Horror Game Awards in 2025, as well.
