HORSES from Andrea Lucco Borlera / Santa Ragione hit the headlines last year for getting banned on Steam and Epic Games, but they've still won the Nuovo Award. You can pick up the game from GOG and itch.io, since they didn't ban it.
Nice to see the game still get such recognition after facing such an uphill battle to be able to even sell it.
You can see the original launch trailer below:

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Other winners from the Independent Games Festival (IGF) Awards this year during GDC 2026 include:
- Winner for Excellence in Design – Titanium Court
- Winner of the Seumas McNally Grand Prize – Titanium Court
- Winner for Excellence in Narrative – Perfect Tides: Station to Station
- Winner of the WINGS Award – 13Z: The Zodiac Trials
- Winner of the Audience Award – Wednesdays
- Winner for Excellence in Audio – Baby Steps
- Winner for Excellence in Visual Art – Eclipsium
- Winner for Best Student Game – Poco
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You can also elect to not watch the trailer and be better off. Trust me.
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The Nuovo Award or Innovation Award is an award given at the Independent Games Festival (IGF), an annual event that takes place during the Game Developers Conference, one of the largest gatherings of the indie video game industry. The award is given to honor "abstract, shortform, and unconventional game development which advances the medium and the way we think about games". The award was designed as a way for art games to compete with traditional indie games.— https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuovo_Award
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Quoting: dpanterYou can also elect to not watch the trailer and be better off. Trust me.Damnit 😳
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Quoting: dpanterYou can also elect to not watch the trailer and be better off. Trust me.Each to their own I guess, IMHO it was far more lame than a CoD trailer.
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Quoting: dpanterYou can also elect to not watch the trailer and be better off. Trust me.Do you have any idea what sentences like "do not push this button!" do to me? 😆
But you're right, not my cup of tea.
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Quoting: dpanterYou can also elect to not watch the trailer and be better off. Trust me.I really should've trusted you there...
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This game is terrible. I tried to play it.
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Last edited by felipecrs on 13 Mar 2026 at 5:03 am UTC
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Good stuff. I didn't even know it was psychological horror when I bought it, I just wanted to see what the fuss was about. Simple gameplay, tense feeling the whole time, and I liked the ending.
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