Resident Evil 4 Remake has picked up the first of what could be many awards during one of the most competitive years for triple-As, winning every single one of its five categories–and the top prize–at the Horror Game Awards 2023 last night (September 7).
The Horror Game Awards, organized by publisher Feardemic Games and hosted in Kraków, Poland, celebrated the biggest players in the horror genre of the previous 12 months across 13 distinct categories. Each winner, chosen by the gaming community through online voting, walked away with a Golden Bat trophy.
Signalis was the only other multi-award-winner of the night, scooping two Golden Bats for Best Narrative and Best Indie Horror Game. Dead Space Remake, Scorn, Silent Hill 2, and The Outlast Trials also celebrated success on the night, while writer Mikael Hedberg (Alone in the Dark, Amnesia: Rebirth, SOMA) was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
There were some notable games that walked away with nothing. The exceptionally received Immortality missed out entirely, despite four nominations. The Callisto Protocol remained as divisive as ever, going home without a gong.
It was also disappointing to see the excellent Dredge lose out on a prize, despite four nominations; similarly, the excellent Saturnalia–one of last year’s best indie games–was beaten by Scorn for Best Art Direction. Sure, Scorn’s visceral body horror is hard to forget, but Saturnalia created something entirely new, hauntingly beautiful, and oppressively claustrophobic. Really, there really isn’t anything like it.
Full list of 2023 Fear Fest: Horror Game Awards winners
Best Game Design of the Year: Resident Evil 4 Remake
Runners up: Amnesia: The Bunker, Dredge, Faith: The Unholy Trinity, Signalis
Best Score or Soundtrack of the Year: Resident Evil 4 Remake
Runners up: Amnesia: The Bunker, Bramble: The Mountain King, Signalis, The Callisto Protocol
Best Audio Design of the Year: Dead Space Remake
Runners up: Amnesia: The Bunker, Scorn, System Shock, The Callisto Protocol
Best Horror Trailer of the Year: Silent Hill 2
Runners up: SCP: Secret Files, The Callisto Protocol, Silent Hill F, Scorn
Best Performance of the Year: Nick Apostolides (Resident Evil 4 Remake)
Runners up: Manon Gage (Immortality), Nola Klop (Bramble: The Mountain King), Charlotta Mohlin (Immortality), Gunner Wright (Dead Space Remake)
Best VR/AR Horror of the Year: Resident Evil Village
Runners up: Afterlife VR, Propagation: Paradise Hotel, The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR, The Walking Dead Saints and Sinners (Chapter 2): Retribution
Best Horror Multiplayer of the Year: The Outlast Trials
Runners up: Evil Dead: The Game, Dead Island 2, Demonologist, Sons of the Forest
Best Horror Content Creator of the Year: The Sphere Hunter
Runners up: Pastra, Ragnarrox, Sagan Hawkes, Gab Smolders
Best Narrative of the Year: Signalis
Runners up: Burnhouse Lane, Decarnation, Immortality, SCP: Secret Files
Best Indie Horror of the Year: Signalis
Runners up: Decarnation, Dredge, Faith: The Unholy Trinity, SCP: Secret Files
Best Art Direction of the Year: Scorn
Runners up: Bramble: The Mountain King, Dredge, Layers of Fear, Saturnalia
Best Character of the Year: Leon Kennedy (Resident Evil 4 Remake)
Runners up: Elster (Signalis), Olle (Bramble: The Mountain King), Jacob Lee (The Callisto Protocol), Isaac Clarke (Dead Space Remake)
Horror Game of The Year: Resident Evil 4 Remake
Runners up: Amnesia: The Bunker, Bramble: The Mountain King, Dead Space Remake, Dredge, Immortality, Faith: The Unholy Trinity, Signalis, System Shock, The Callisto Protocol
Lifetime Achievement Award: Mikael Hedberg (Alone in the Dark, Amnesia: Rebirth, SOMA)
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