SHIBA GAME AWARD 2025 - Supporting Game Creators Worldwide

In a microscopic insect world tucked away in a corner of the city, gather your friends, fight bravely, and use all sorts of innovative gadgets to carve out your own territory. In this cooperative, rogue-lite game, you will embark on an exci...

Anxiety Puppy is a 2D interactive narrative game that focuses on anxiety. In the game, anxiety is personified as a little puppy. Players will explore its story and try to coexist with it. Go find its traces and give it a hug.

Welcome, new tester! Our first meeting may have been the worst, but it’s not too late. Will you be my true friend?

A Roguelite action shooter where you dodge bullets, attack enemies, and power up with skills and items. While the map stays the same, different skill combos and item drops change your strategy each time. Keep challenging and master your own...

UNION SURVIVORS' is a roguelite mining survival game that supports online cooperative play for up to 4 players. Players dig through slime-filled terrain to carve their paths and defeat hordes of enemies.

Luna Hop is a 3D narrative adventure game set in modern Seoul. As Luna, you’ll explore a colorless city, overcome gentle obstacles, solve simple puzzles, and collect scattered moon fragments. A journey born from small courage slowly brings ...

Will your castle survive the relentless onslaught, or collapse under pressure? Build, manage resources, and outsmart your foes in a world where everything can be destroyed. Use strategy and creativity to turn the chaos into your greatest ad...

Blackout is a hardcore co-op shooter for up to 4 players. Become a near-future special forces operative and eliminate infected creatures and monsters fused with machines. Complete missions through intense combat and teamwork, and escape the...

Mini Airways is a real-time management game where you play the role of an air traffic controller. Clear your aircraft to takeoff & land, direct them to the destination...and most of all don't let them crash!! London, Tokyo, Shanghai... Test...

Most of your actions have been taken away. In each time loop, slide the mouse to kill monsters, crack the puzzles locked by knowledge, and explore the hidden paths! Go deeper in a limited time and discover the truth of the world.

Take on the challenge!! Various stages, obstacles, and enemies await you! But it won’t be easy until you get the hang of it. With random elements, you can have a different experience every time you play. We’re curious if you can safely pass...

Dungeon Clawler is a Roguelike Claw Machine Deckbuilder. Build your deck, grab weapons and items from the claw machine to battle enemies, discover powerful perks that create game-changing synergies and unleash crazy combos as you fight your...

Welcome to Midnight Special, a point-and-click survival horror game drenched in 16-bit pixel art and 1980s retro dread. On a thunderous night in 1987 in Maine, you awaken in a labyrinthine manor. You must click, explore, and solve puzzles t...

In this virus-ravaged, post-apocalyptic world, you will wield the power of infinite resurrection to delve into perilous ruins, gather legendary gear, and draw strength from the gods—growing stronger through endless cycles, until you become ...

Embark on a stellar action-puzzle adventure! Engage in local multiplayer battles with 2-4 players. Hone your skills as a Star Clearer in our many single-player modes, clearing colorful stars in the night sky. Or unravel the mysteries of the...

Pain Pain Go Away! is a therapeutic typing adventure where you dive into the heart of a troubled girl and type away the trauma that’s consuming her.

Roll the dice, play your cards, and hunt monsters to pay off your crushing mortgage. This is a quirky turn-based strategy game where survival means managing your luck—and your loans. Glory can wait. The bank won’t.

Train Hoshihabito-kun—an AI that learns your puzzle moves—and face powerful bosses together in this AI-training puzzle RPG.Your ingenuity is the weapon that guides your AI.

Real friends exist in the online world!' The Doomed Otaku is a multi-ending adventure that follows a wandering 20-something otaku as they navigate both the real and cyber worlds, experiencing various events along the way.

100% Clean Inc. is a top-down Roguelite shooting game. Follow the new intern as he explores the cleaning company building, where things seem to be going wrong.

HellPunk is a 2D action gore roguelite game. You play as the main character Asher Drake, who must help Leviathan conquer the Tower and solve the mystery of his family's vanishing.

Chameleon is a side-scrolling platformer with a hand-drawn doodle style. In this world of doodles, you will play as a chameleon created by a young boy's imagination. With the whimsical and imaginative adventures the young boy envisions, the...

In this rogue-like restaurant-action-sim, you play as a goblin that has the dream of becoming a sushi chef. Upgrade the restaurant, the menu and your ingredients to feed your fellow goblins the best and most expensive sushi any goblin can f...

[Grill'd] is a dinner party detective game played from the first-person perspective of a royal investigator. Trapped in a mansion located in the estate of a fallen aristocrat, collect clues about the cases, connect them to one another, and ...

Stellar Poetry is a 2D action adventure game similar to the galaxy Castlevania. The sorceress, who awakens after sensing the call of a mysterious voice, goes on a series of adventures in order to find memories lost due to the curse.

The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-ap...

Brotank is a bullet-hell roguelike game. You play as a bounty hunter driving a tank through a post-apocalyptic wasteland—rescuing allies, upgrading gear, customizing your war machine, surviving relentless enemy waves, and ultimately becomin...

A 3D action RPG developed by independent creator Nekko-san

Gravity has tilted sideways, causing the world to rotate like a satellite and fall. Defeat all sources of gravity to save the world.

This is a modern adventure of young adults seeking love and meaning. Return to 2011's Castor Yard, tap on your keyboard, and make those letters dance: Use your online persona to make meaningful decisions for your clients and yourself.

Midnight Billiards is a turn-based roguelite game inspired by Peglin and billiards. Choose from a variety of characters and collect items to build your unique strategy. Aim carefully and make the perfect shot to defeat your opponents!

MotionRec is a recording puzzle action game where you progress through stages by recording and playing back your own movements.

After being discharged from the army and starting to write novels, Nico embarks on a trip to the world with the roar of a train, encountering all kinds of people and events on the way, and experiencing the new world after the war, and the r...

Puzzle platformer where you control both the cat and the toast, based on the famous 'Buttered Cat Paradox'. The game features 200+ levels, 70+ skins, plus boss fights and mini-games!

Mistworld is a fantasy RPG blending classic atmosphere and deep storytelling. Build your party, master strategic combat, and explore a vast world where nations clash and countless destinies intertwine in an epic tale of choice and consequen...

A hardcore platform-action game! Robot ABYA wakes up in the depths of end - times ruins. With a special water gun, it starts to uncover the apocalypse's truth. As it explores underground ruins, ABYA leaps, climbs, and shoots, pushing surviv...

Unknot! is a physics-simulation puzzle game where you unknot knots with simple controls, based on knot theory. Blending art, puzzles, and math, it delivers a unique experience—whether you’re a casual player or a hardcore puzzle enthusiast.

07 GORILLAS is an arena kung fu shooter roguelite where players control a squad that automatically eliminates nearby enemies. Choose different gorilla units and unlock gorillas resonance bonuses and create unique builds, Lead your gorillas ...

This game is a roguelike where item management is crucial. Since almost all items have a limited number of uses, the choice of whether to use or save each item becomes important. You can also cooperate with other users by sharing dungeon ID...

In Pocket Legend, a roguelike deck-builder, you control a hero transported to a world of legendary weapons. Strategically arrange items in your inventory to defeat enemies with unique attack patterns. Create powerful card combinations, and ...

Punish the little bastard demon and being punished too! Cemo-Summoning Adventure Game

Craft original weapons and engage in strategic time-freezing battles as you dive into the million-floor deep underground world of this deep-diving action strategy game.

In this 2d precision platformer with a teleportation twist, play as Ninja Ming and embark on the Path of Trials. Dash through 241 levels using dynamic teleportation and diverse ninjutsu skills. Conquer challenges with style—growing stronger...

Help Hoshino revive a beloved summer festival! Explore a Japanese neighborhood, play puzzly minigames, and get to know quirky neighbors. Visit websites both friendly and dark, in a bittersweet adventure about young Hoshino, her friends, and...

A sandbox logic puzzle game with a nostalgic temperament. You can experience the endless fun of designing automata here.

One night, Lyu Xuan woke up soaked in blood, a mysterious black hole in the palm of her hand, and millions pouring out of that hole, like an unstoppable fountain of wealth. Still in shock, She has to evade the monsters that rushed to her an...

Rhythm + Dating Sim. You play as a new student in Concordia Academy of Music, facing a crisis on your first day joining the Cajon Club. Music dueling, jamming with your partners, or even play with a real cajon!

Find clues and escape in extreme terror! "Escape: The Cult Mansion" is a point-and-click horror escape game where you search for clues and escape rooms while evading the killer's pursuit. In these tense situations, your choices will have an...

Espionage is a 2D narrative puzzle game. The story is set on an alternate history of World War II. You will be a spy deep within enemy lines, facing life-and-death trials and the choice between morality and duty in a series of operations, u...

Control the body of Kiyo, a feline ex-predator trapped in a neon-lit, dystopian city dominated by smartphone-addicted bunnies. Grab your bow, infiltrate the bunnies' facilities, discover their deepest secrets, and free everyone from their t...

Immortal Survivor!' is a 2D top-down JRPG created by RPG maker unite. Adventure in a vast and realistic world with the protagonist and his sisters who have crash-landed on the mysterious planet Sisteria, and unravel the mysteries and myster...

In Welcome to Chirpvenience!, take on a short-term part-time job at a small-town convenience store and spend a week in Lark Town. Through a first-person perspective, experience cozy, humorous, and surprising everyday life!

NetDive is a short, experimental incremental game about an AI learning what makes a human human.

Tricolo - 3x3 board, 3 different gimmicks, 3 pieces and 3 goals. A puzzle game colored with “3”

Rubinite' is a dark fantasy boss rush action game that utilizes the unique mechanic 'Focus' to pinpoint enemies' weaknesses and execute thrust attacks. Follow Ruby, a princess who has escaped from the Scarlet Kingdom, embarking on a journey...

Solateria is a hand-drawn action Metroidvania with parry-focused combat. A small fire warrior journeys to find the Primordial Flame, the world’s last hope against the Shadow Plague. Defeat foes with stylish parries and explore mysterious re...

An action-puzzle game where the slime cat 'Tama' explores a mysterious, slightly melancholic pixel-art world. Use three unique actions—Absorb to grow, Split to divide, and Swap to switch bodies—to solve puzzles and follow Tama’s hazy, uncer...

A competitive action game for up to 4 players! Survive with a variety of weapons and flashy ninjutsu to aim for the title of “God of Ninja”!

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Before Fate is a time-traveling survival adventure. Journey through time portals to explore unique worlds, delve into dungeons, gather resources, and craft gear. Unlock the deepest secrets of the universe with your wisdom and stop an inters...

A tower defense game where you combo ultimate moves to take down enemies! Have fun unleashing those moves while learning more about the twin princesses' story. Why did the twins get trapped in a game? What's the goal of the game master? And...

Hello, I'm Mr. Elevator. Are you seeking a bizarre puzzle game? If you want a game where five people in an elevator explore a strange world drawn like early Windows Paint, listening to odd symbols and sounds to solve mysteries and descend t...

Access a higher dimension and wander through a landscape universe composed of your multiple past lives. Embark on a wondrous journey across virtual and reality, past and future, via a terminal. At the end of everything, the ultimate answers...

DAY OF DRIFT is an arcade - style drifting racing game!

Psycho-Sleuth is a mystery game where cognitive disorders distort the rules of murder. 13 players, each with a strange condition — like “no lying,” “no left side,” or “no faces” — are trapped in a deadly game. These disorders are contagious...

Grab a gun and take down hostile robots corrupted by synthetic emotions! Combine weapon modifications and wreak havoc in this roguelite shooter. Let your emotions shape combat and alter boss fights! Fight alone or join up with up to 4 playe...

Let's change Japan to Gunma. Everyone Gunma.Let's change all of Japan to Gunma.The definitive edition of the Gunma simulation game.Everyone can play!

Dream Strikers is a high-mobility 3D action fighting game set in a cyber-fantasy world. Choose to become a Hunter of conviction or fall into darkness as a Nightmare. Execute fast-paced combos, dodge skillfully, and finish with ultimate move...

Explore an interconnected world full of platforming challenges in this short metroidvania. Reach new areas by swinging from ceilings, throwing bombs, bouncing off spikes, and more. Examine dozens of artifacts, commune with forgotten gods, a...

Slot & Dungeons” is a deck-building roguelite in which the placement of enemies and items on the floor changes depending on the slots. While developing your character, collect symbols along the way to enhance the contents of the slots and c...

Rhea of the Remnant is a mech Tactical RPG in which you command a small number of allies to defeat a large number of enemies.

An Amazing Wizard is a 2D fast-paced metroidvania-inspired spell-slinging roguelike where you'll create spells. Master 7 elements and merge 120 unique spells in any order to create endless possibilities. Choose from 250+ perks and 200 artif...

Touhou Project's Brand New Action Roguelite Fan Game! Strange incidents erupt in the Animal Realm and Primate Spirit Garden. Embark on an unknown journey, uncover the truth behind the anomalies, and break through this 'Touhou Dystopian'!

Woolly boy and the Circus' is a hand-painted style puzzle game. The game mainly tells the story of the protagonist, Our woolly boy, who is trapped in the 'Big Pineapple Circus' and searching for a way out.

Breecell is a simple yet profound puzzle game that allows you to enjoy deep strategy. Aim for a high score by increasing and erasing cells in a chain! Slide the board to escape from a pinch as you earn a higher score. Aim for the top of the...

Vextorial is a mind-bending puzzle-platformer where you swap between 2D and 3D perspectives and twist gravity itself to solve impossible puzzles, explore a surreal, ancient ruin suspended in shifting dimensions, and uncover a mystery only y...

The Tesla Mystery is a puzzle-driven adventure game. Join the journey of investigation in a Paris infused with steampunk and Art Nouveau styles. Nikola Tesla, mastermind behind the Science Conference, has vanished under mysterious circumsta...

Arcane Trigger is a bullet-building roguelike where every shot is crafted before it's fired. Forge over 220 bullets, shape their effects with 150+ magical seals, and master infinite synergies in this endlessly replayable strategic shooter.

Snow Ash is a post-apocalyptic, wasteland-themed card-based trading and survival game. In this snow-covered world, you’ll take on the role of a messenger, braving blizzards to deliver goods between scattered shelters. In the biting cold and...

“Lone Bird in the Tree” is an ADV with male and female versions of each of the four characters. The story alternates between the “future” of the main character, who is deeply traumatized by the grief of his/her best friend, and the “story l...

Hopeless Sea is arcade-inspired STG with roguelike elements. You pilot a ship to cut your way through hordes of procedurally generated, merciless sea monsters. Choose wisely from a variety of ships, weapons and traits since conquering this ...

A 2D platform puzzle game based on gravity control, rigorous yet full of surprises, reveals the laws governing the operation of the world under the existence of non-existent physical laws, and enables you to understand everything that happe...

A witch who has lost her memory travels by train through a strange world and regains her memories.

Demon invasion has shattered the dimensions, filling the world with corrupted souls. Cat girls with unique stories unite through friendship to restore balance by purifying souls and facing fierce bosses. An exciting and adorable side-scroll...

A horror game about a needy female ghost. A trio of close-knit occult club girls gather late at night to enjoy telling ghost stories. Little do they know that Miss Choker, a ghost that targets girls, is just dying to appear...

Lost Castle 2' is a 2D Beat'em up Rogue-Lite game. Explore abundant treasures and items to enhance yourself, master various weapons to showcase your skills, and challenge powerful monsters to demonstrate your strength. A new adventure is ca...

Rhythm Hotel is a rhythm game bursting with wildly unpredictable, absurdly hilarious storylines. No brain strain, no finger pain—just quirky themes, addictive gameplay, easy controls, and foot-tapping madness! Dive into our epic rhythm chal...

The Sultan commands you to play a cruel game. Each week you draw a card, and have to complete its challenge within seven days. Forced to make dreadful choices to beat the Sultan’s Game and save your own life, you will have to find a way to ...

Have you ever played a game that you shouldn't have completed? Moratorium: Don't Beat This Game is a unique puzzle-solving ADV game that you shouldn't have completed. Flex your brain to the maximum to solve puzzles and avoid the ending.

Players will take on the role of a shrewish team leader trying to escape from a dangerous, cursed company. Here, you must not only avoid danger and try to fulfill 10 "wishes," but also beware of unexpected traps aimed at you.

Intuitive controls allow you to rotate your farm with a swipe. Stack and combine falling sheep and wolves to create chains and aim for a high score!

This is a top-down, auto-shooting roguelike that can be played entirely one-handed. Players take on the role of Pinocchio, fallen into a nightmare, collecting forbidden Dream Eggs that grant ever-changing offensive and survival abilities. S...

Robot Hospice' is a 2D pixel art adventure game where beloved robots spend their final days in a hospice. As a new staff member, you will gently yet painfully bid farewell to these cherished machines that once lived alongside humans.

You are assigned by the organization to hunt down the escaped test subjects. Every action unfolds through turn-based card battles— persuasion or reconciliation, conflict or closure, the power of choice is in your hands!

The game that simply confuses your fingers.

Apollo Sonata is a 2D story-driven exploration ADV.This demo offers about 30 minutes of gameplay, covering around 70% of the first playthrough.Explore the nighttime campus as Miu and uncover its hidden mysteries.

Travel through the solar system in your own spaceship! The motion of each celestial body is accurately reproduced by the Kepler equation.

Philna Fantasy delivers the classic pixel RPG experience! Choose from four distinct classes and embark on an epic journey across Votland. Enjoy over 15 hours of thrilling combat, hunt for powerful loot, and develop your character in this vi...

Simple controls, but serious challenge — a fresh climbing indie experience. Guide a mysterious snake as you ascend through a dark, deep world in this 2D physics-based action game: Slitherise.

Escape from the Cursed Convent is a narrative-driven adventure game set in a medieval girls' convent, offering a rich storytelling experience, and several gameplay styles including QTE, hunting, cooking, and puzzle-solving.

Break Siege is a train-themed deck-building rougelike game in which you constantly construct your own deck and breakthrough forces of the Imperial in intense, real-time battles.

Seekers Alliance: Hero’s Journey is a role-playing card game set in the Seekers Alliance universe. Venture into the mysterious Sovereign’s Island with a diverse cast of Heroes, strengthening your decks through battles and encounters; confro...

In Shattered Divinities, embark on an adventure that pits you directly against divinity itself! An ancient War of Gods shattered the world, and their broken power has become the Calamities that consume all life. How will you survive in this...

Kotama and Academy Citadel is a 3D Metroidvania game. Players assume the role of an exchange student named Kotama as she explores through the mysterious Academy Citadel, aiming to become the esteemed [Carmel Star].

CleanFall is a survival rogue-lite that prizes player freedom and creativity. Build mobile death machines to fight off ravenous hordes, craft and alchemize gun turrets, and tunnel through subterranean ecosystems crawling with nameless horro...

A slow-paced life simulation and tidying up game about a cat, passion, transformation and growth. Categorizing cluttered everyday household items, navigating ever-changing life experiences, while gradually uncovering the joys and meaning of...

Experience the Poop Precision Platformer! Master the jump button to guide your automatically running Unko (Poop) to the final toilet bowl. It's a stylish poop action game set against retro-neon graphics and a killer soundtrack.

A narrative puzzle game with themes of love, fate and time. Follow the life stories of the two main characters and influence their destinies through interactions and choices. The game combines hand-drawn style and an immersive interactive e...

Dive into the immersive world of Retrace the Light, a captivating 2.5D action-adventure game centered around the 'Spatial Retracing' feature. Assume the role of an Enforcer working for a super AI in a futuristic world, exploring the depths ...

Rhythm Witch: Beat Death is a game that melds rhythm and survival. Attack to the rhythm of the music while dodging monsters who move and attack to the beat. On your journey to eternal beauty, defeat dancing freaks, ghouls, dragon, and more!

A refreshing 26-stage shooter with charming retro pixel art. With a variety of weapons and training elements, anyone can enjoy it!

A puzzle + roguelike game where you break and rearrange the dungeon. The dwarf moves automatically toward the stairs, so create routes to collect gold and items. Even if defeated by enemies, you can retry endlessly and enjoy dungeon explora...

In an era when space travel has become commonplace for civilians, humans have expanded their horizons into space in pursuit of new resources, lands, adventures, and dreams, and have begun to live on planets outside the solar system that can...

Flower in Us is a short, story-driven mystery adventure that invites players to unravel hidden secrets.

Sheepherds! is a cozy co-op party game where you and your sheepdog buddies guide colorful flocks through beautiful landscapes to collect their wool. There's no time limit: bark, run, and play together — or take on challenges to win even mor...

An Open world Action adventure combining exploration with puzzles and dynamic combat. Go on a journey across a sprawling continent as Kaku, a boy tasked to restore balance to the land. Brave the four elemental regions with the help of Piggy...

Love is...' is a hidden picture game with emotional art by artist 'Puuung'. It is a healing game that can relieve stress and excitement like relaxation, and enjoy the charming emotional coloring game that spreads at your fingertips.

Embark on a journey through the gamified 'Beautiful World', play (fight) with residents until you are satisfied, and explore to the end of the world. 'Bloom Thrice' is a 2D action adventure game where you join the world full of brightness a...

Manage your dream game shop through gaming history starting from 1985. From the Famicom boom to digital distribution—can you survive this management simulation through Japan's biggest gaming shifts?

Star Birds is a relaxing asteroid base-building and resource management game. Discover and mine countless asteroids, create production networks and guide your flock of spacefaring birds to new interstellar horizons!

Extend your roots, imbibe fresh blood, and embrace demise. A new god graced the inhabitants of the forest on that fateful day. Roots Devour is a management strategy game. Drink blood to sustain your existence and seize dominion over the mys...

Find yourself caught in a time loop in noir-inspired Brazil while investigating the mystery behind the murder of wealthy aristocrat Brás Cubas. Utilize the loop's supernatural peculiarities to uncover secrets and motives in this detective a...

Maid of Salvation is an action RPG that features fast-paced and versatile combat. Master your own fighting style with a variety of swords and firearms, and explore a dark world full of secrets.

Set off to the unknown world Stargather Land now. The shadow of chaos is shrouding here for so long, a girl from another world shoulders the responsibility of saving this land. Travel with the power of elements until the end of destiny, onl...

Tired of playing the hero of regular RPG game? This time, Let’s trying to play as a game developer, go deep into the game world created by yourself, kill or solve puzzles with your abilities of programming, art and music, all depends on you...