Titanium Court wins big with the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at IGF 2026

12th March 2026

It’s only March, but I’m already crowning 2026 the year of roguelikes. Mewgenics sold 1 million copies in a week, Slay the Spire 2 had the biggest release of the year of Steam, and now Titanium Court has won the Seamas McNally Grand Prize for Best Independent Game at the 28th annual Independent Game Fest (IGF) awards 2026.

The surreal strategy game also won the Excellence in Design Award at the ceremony, being the only winner across multiple categories.

You can see the full list of winners from the event below:

Best Student Game – Poco (Whalefall, Micah Boursier)
Excellence in Design –Titanium Court (AP Thomson, Fellow Traveller)
Excellence in Visual Art –Eclipsium (Housefire, CRITICAL REFLEX)
Excellence in Audio – Baby Steps (Gabe Cuzzillo, Maxi Boch, Bennett Foddy, Devolver Digital)
Audience Award – Wednesdays (Pierre Corbinais, The Pixel Hunt, exaheva, Christophe Galati, ARTE France)
alt.ctrl.GDC Award – ProyectoEXO (Todo Normal)
WINGS Award – 13Z: The Zodiac Trials (Mixed Realms Pte Ltd)
Excellence in Narrative – Perfect Tides: Station to Station (Three Bees)
Nuovo Award – HORSES (Andrea Lucco Borlera, Santa Ragione)
Seumas McNally Grand Prize – Titanium Court (AP Thomson, Fellow Traveller)

We recently spotlighted Titanium Court during February’s Steam Next Fest, highlighting it as one demo you absolutely need to download.

You can check out a trailer for Titanium Court below:

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The Best Roguelike Games: great roguelites, deckbuilders, RPGs, bullet heavens, and more

Next, there are genre-specific lists that delve into the best roguelike games of all types. I’ve pulled out the best examples from each category, alongside the links to more in-depth articles!

The best turn-based roguelikes: Caves of Qud | There are some seriously incredible turn-based roguelikes out there. Of all the modern games, these are the closest to the original Rogue.

Great bullet heavens and auto-shooters: Vampire Survivors | There could be only one choice for this category, given how all other games are called survivors-likes for a reason!

Awesome first-person rogues: Gunfire Reborn | We almost went with Blue Prince for this spot, but most people checking out first-person rogues probably want to wield a gun, you know?!

Cool roguelike deckbuilders: Balatro | Sorry, Slay the Spire fans, but this poker-solitaire deckbuilder has stolen Mike’s heart and won’t give it back.

Brilliant roguelite top-down and third-person shooters: Returnal | Bit of a broad one, but with our other favourite action-roguelites featured elsewhere, we were obliged to mention Returnal here.

Exciting roguelike platformers: Spelunky | Now, don’t get us wrong, Dead Cells is an incredible game, especially with all the DLC switched on. But when it comes to impact, you just can’t beat Spelunky.

Strategy Roguelikes: FTL Faster Than Light | Another classic roguelike that we’re still playing years after launch.

Amazing action-roguelites: Hades 2 | And finally, let’s wrap things up with our favourite of them all. There’s no beating the original Hades, although Hades 2 comes pretty close!

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