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BiteMe Game Awards 2024

Celebrating the best games from our community

Award Categories

Biggest Blast

The game that delivered the most engaging and enjoyable experience, keeping you hooked with great gameplay.

ELIGIBILITY: Games released on Steam between Nov 20th 2023 and Nov 20th 2024.

Work of Art

Games that make you go "I wish I could do that" from a visual perspective, with stunning graphics.

ELIGIBILITY: Games released on Steam between Nov 20th 2023 and Nov 20th 2024. The graphics can be any style (2D, 3D, pixel,...).

UX Marks The Spot

Brought to you by Rive

Games with exceptional user interfaces that enhance the gameplay, and just look and feel good.

ELIGIBILITY: Games released on Steam between Nov 20th 2023 and Nov 20th 2024.

Niche but Neat

Sure you had fun making it, but will anyone want to play it? E.g., VR knitting sim.

ELIGIBILITY: Games that have a Steam page and playable demo.

Lights, Camera, Action!

The trailers that got us hyped, hooked, and hitting that wishlist button faster than we'd like to admit!

ELIGIBILITY: A trailer released between November 20th 2023 and November 20th 2024.

Mechanic Magic

Mechanics that had us saying "why didn't I think of that?"

ELIGIBILITY: Games that released on Steam between November 20th 2023 and November 20th 2024.

Better Together

Brought to you by Planetary Processing

Whether you're teaming up to conquer dungeons, battling it out in epic PvP, or just farming, it's all about having fun together!

ELIGIBILITY: Games that released on Steam between November 20th 2023 and November 20th 2024.

Let It Cook

The games that have potential, but aren't ready just yet... Cool upcoming games to look forward to.

ELIGIBILITY: Unreleased games that have a Steam page and playable demo.

Mom Get The Camera

Almost every dev has considered making a devlog about their game, but who has the best one?

ELIGIBILITY: Have a Steam page and accompanying Devlog released between November 30th 2023 and November 30th 2024.

Diamond in the Rough

Brought to you by CrazyGames

Promising prototypes that might not have a Steam page yet, but are already shining on other sites (itch.io, CrazyGames,...) with potential!

ELIGIBILITY: Have a small game or prototype released on a platform that isn't Steam between November 30th 2023 and November 30th 2024.

Audience Award

Maybe you don't win the hearts of our judges, but our audience instead. What game does our audience like the most?

ELIGIBILITY: Any released game submitted in another category automatically enters the Audience Award (released between November 30th 2023 and November 30th 2024).

Event Timeline

Submissions Open

October 2024

Submissions Close

November 20th, 2024 12AM UTC

Nominees Announced

Early December 2024

Awards Ceremony

End of December 2024

Frequently Asked Questions

A fancy image to put on your game's store page.

The winner of the Diamond in the Rough category will receive a Steam application credit and budget for professional capsule art.

We are currently exploring the possibility of physical awards but are not able to commit to this due to logistical challenges.

Yes, we consider your game released if the public can download/buy your full game on steam.

Expect final nominations and voting to be announced early December.

Voting will be done through a mix of audience voting, internal BiteMe judging, and external experts in certain domains. More information about the judging process will be announced early December.

We want to keep the spirit of this award show to celebrate our audience. Technically nothing is preventing you from submitting a game like FC24. However, we will most likely filter submissions that we believe break the spirit of the event. Let's try to keep it fun for everyone.

Yes, assuming it fits each category's eligibility requirements.

Yes, but there will need to be sufficient SFW assets available to showcase the game on-stream.

If your game gets nominated, we will reach out to obtain a limited quantity (1-3) of Steam keys for your game. Expect an email from us early December.

Submissions will close November 20th 12AM UTC.