Spilprisen

Spilprisen is an annual awards ceremony honoring achievements in the video game industry among games developed in Denmark. Established in 2013, Spilprisen seeks to celebrate the best Danish video games and spotlight the Danish game industry. The awards were presented by the Danish Producers Association from Spilprisen's inception through 2024.
For 2025, Spilprisen's administration was shifted to the newly founded industry organization Games Denmark in collaboration with Danish video game news website Arkaden and BC Hospitality Group, which hosted the awards at the Bella Center. Previous ceremonies had been held in Copenhagen at, the Kayak Bar,, the Nørrebros Theater, the Queen's Hall, and the Bremen Theater. Two ceremonies were held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021.

Format

As of 2025, Spilprisen provides awards to video games in 10 different categories. A jury of professionals from the Danish gaming industry create the shortlist of nominees and then determine the winners. The Releases jury evaluates most of the awards, while a separate Live Game jury evaluates the award for Best Live Game. Some years involved a Technical jury for the evaluation of games' technical achievements. Starting in 2025, an audience award called Denmark's Favorite Game is also awarded. The award for Best Leap of Faith is given for innovation in video game design.
In addition to the game awards, starting in 2019, Spilprisen began providing awards to outstanding new individuals in the Danish video gaming industry in the Talents of the Year category. Individuals are not nominated for any specific area and can come from any facet of the video gaming industry, including development, production, and execution. Nominees for Talents of the Year must have been employed in the industry for no more than 2 years.
From 2013 to 2017, Spilprisen presented an award for the top student showcase of the year, highlighting students' graduation projects from Danish game development programs such as DADIU and the National Film School of Denmark. Starting in 2018, the student showcase award was discontinued in favor of a "Best Debut", which was awarded to the year's most outstanding game from a new game studio.

Awards

2013

The 2013 awards celebrated games released in 2012. The awards ceremony was hosted during SpilBar 14 at in Copenhagen on April 18, 2013.
For the first year's awards, all of the games produced by DADIU were nominated for the Student Showcase of the Year award.

Hitman: Absolution – IO Interactive * Chasing Yello – Tactile Entertainment**** * Frontline Tactics – Full Control * Subway Surfers – Kiloo / SYBO * Voodoo Friends –	BetaDwarf for Forced * IO Interactive for Hitman: Absolution * Kiloo / SYBO for Subway Surfers * Logic Artists – Expeditions: Conquistador * Reto-Moto – Heroes & Generals
Hitman: Absolution – IO Interactive * Laza Knitez! – Glitchnap * Press and Move – Kayak Club * Top Secret – Trine Laier

2014

The 2014 awards celebrated games released in 2013. The awards ceremony was hosted at the Kayak Bar in Copenhagen on April 10, 2014, and it was hosted by Kristian Leth.
The 2014 awards were unique in that after the jury selected the nominees, voting for the winner was opened to anyone in the Danish game industry. A total of 375 votes were collected through April 8, 2014.

Forced – BetaDwarf * 140 – Carlsen Games**** * Cloud Chamber – Investigate North * Expeditions: Conquistador – Logic Artists * Spin the Bottle: Bumpie's Party – NapNok Games	Cloud Chamber – Investigate North * ' – Multiverse * Spin the Bottle: Bumpie's Party – NapNok Games
Forced – BetaDwarf * 140 – Carlsen Games * Expeditions: Conquistador – Logic Artists	The Silent Age – House on Fire * 140 – Carlsen Games * Mimics – Thomas Ryder
Forced – BetaDwarf * Mimics – Thomas Ryder * Pack a Puzzle – Set Snail	140 – Carlsen Games * Cloud Chamber – Investigate North * The Silent Age – House on Fire
* See You on the Other Side – Tunnel Vision Games * Shadow of Kharon – National Film School of Denmark * Stalagflight – Jacob Korsgaard / Emil Kjær * Stickball – Reign Bros.	''' in Ikast, Denmark

2015

The 2015 awards celebrated games released in 2014. The awards ceremony was hosted at the in Copenhagen on June 11, 2015.

Kalimba – Press Play * Chronology – Bedtime Digital Games**** * Max: The Curse of Brotherhood – Press Play * The Silent Age: Episode 2 – House on Fire	Wuwu & Co. – Step In Books * Kingdom of the Feather King – Copenhagen Bombay
Heroes & Generals – Reto-Moto * Jagged Alliance: Flashback – Full Control**** * Kalimba – Press Play * Max: The Curse of Brotherhood – Press Play	Kalimba – Press Play * Chronology – Bedtime Digital Games * Kalimba – Press Play * Space Hulk: Ascension – Full Control * Spoiler Alert – MegaFuzz
Machineers – Lohika Games * Lego Duplo Food – Cape Copenhagen****	Chronology – Bedtime Digital Games * Heartbeats – Kong Orange * Kalimba – Press Play
Max: The Curse of Brotherhood – Press Play * Chronology – Bedtime Digital Games**** * Kalimba – Press Play * The Silent Age: Episode 2 – House on Fire * Tentacles: Enter the Mind – Press Play	The Silent Age: Episode 2 – House on Fire * Bee Brilliant – Tactile Games * Kalimba – Press Play * Kingdom of the Feather King – Copenhagen Bombay * Tentacles: Enter the Mind – Press Play
Plantman – Dennis Nielsen / National Film School of Denmark * Sky Agent – Muton Softworks****	Back to Bed – Bedtime Digital Games
Plantman – Dennis Nielsen / National Film School of Denmark * Sky Agent – Muton Softworks	Unity – Unity Technologies

2016

The 2016 awards celebrated games released in 2015. The awards ceremony was hosted at the in Copenhagen on April 6, 2016.

Affordable Space Adventures – NapNok Games / Nifflas * Blades of Brim – SYBO**** * Clandestine – Logic Artists * Progress to 100 – Tim Garbos * Sofus & the Moon Machine – The Outer Zone	Sofus & the Moon Machine – The Outer Zone * Bellini's Cellar – Savannah Entertainment * Hope Heroes – Duck & Cover Games
Affordable Space Adventures – NapNok Games / Nifflas * Clandestine – Logic Artists**** * Roboblastplanet – Moviestarplanet * Progress to 100 – Tim Garbos * VR Bike – Lars Bindslev	Affordable Space Adventures – NapNok Games / Nifflas * Block Amok – All Caps * Clandestine – Logic Artists * Hex Frvr – Chris Benjaminsen * Progress to 100 – Tim Garbos
MiniMo Town – MiniMo * Animal Captain – Italic**** * Hope Heroes – Duck & Cover Games	Progress to 100 – Tim Garbos * Affordable Space Adventures – NapNok Games / Nifflas * Clandestine – Logic Artists * Sofus & the Moon Machine – The Outer Zone
Sofus & the Moon Machine – The Outer Zone * Affordable Space Adventures – NapNok Games / Nifflas**** * Animal Captain – Italic * Blades of Brim – SYBO * Progress to 100 – Tim Garbos	Sofus & the Moon Machine – The Outer Zone * Affordable Space Adventures – NapNok Games / Nifflas * Blades of Brim – SYBO * Hope Heroes – Duck & Cover Games * Progress to 100 – Tim Garbos
* Shih Ho – Kristian Konstrand * VR Bike – Lars Bindslev	-

2017

The 2017 awards celebrated games released in 2016. The awards ceremony was hosted at the Nørrebros Theater in Copenhagen on April 19, 2017.

Inside – Playdead * Hitman – IO Interactive**** * Stikbold! A Dodgeball Adventure – Game Swing	Stikbold! A Dodgeball Adventure – Game Swing * Lego Ninjago: Wu Cru – Cape Copenhagen * Utopia 9: A Volatile Vacation – Whalegun
Hitman – IO Interactive * Bombshell – Interceptor Entertainment**** * Forced: Showdown – BetaDwarf * Inside – Playdead * Rad Rodgers – Interceptor Entertainment	Hitman – IO Interactive * Inside – Playdead * THOTH – Carlsen Games
Fuzzy House – Fuzzy House * Apollo Null – Jesper Hyldahl Fogh**** * ' –	Inside – Playdead * La Petite Mort – Loveable Hat Cult * Lost Tracks – The Animation Workshop
Inside – Playdead * Bombshell – Interceptor Entertainment * Hitman – IO Interactive * Lost Tracks – The Animation Workshop * Stikbold! A Dodgeball Adventure – Game Swing	Inside – Playdead * Hitman – IO Interactive * Lost Tracks – The Animation Workshop * Tales from the Void – PortaPlay * THOTH – Carlsen Games
Lost Tracks – The Animation Workshop' * Colorave – Anne Clausen / Simon Stålhandske * Picoban'' – Jesper Brun Halfter	-