The winners of the 2023 Gayming Awards have been announced. Now in its third year, the awards celebrate LGBTQ+ diversity in games and other media.
Taking home the prize of Game of the Year was Cult of the Lamb, with Stray being named the Gayming Magazine Readers Award winner. There were also wins for DragTrashly, who was named LGBTQ Streamer of the Year, and Wylde Flowers which was named the Best LGBTQ Indie Game.
Also among the honourees was voice actor Ashly Burch, best known for playing Aloy in the Horizon series and Chloe Price in Life is Strange, who received the Gayming Icon award for her work in the gaming industry.
Looking to the future, there was also a showcase of this year’s LGBTQ Streamer Rising Star Class, a group of six streamers who have made significant strides in both their careers as streamers and the wider LGBTQ gaming world.
See the full list of winners below.
Game of the Year
- Cult of the Lamb – Devolver Digital & Massive Monster
Gayming Magazine Readers Award – sponsored by Devolver Digital
- Stray – Annapurna Interactive & Blue Twelve Studio
Best LGBTQ Indie Game – sponsored by The Pride Cup
- Wylde Flowers – Studio Drydock
LGBTQ Streamer of the Year – sponsored by Streamlabs
Authentic Representation Award – sponsored by Healthysexual
- I Was a Teenage Exocolonist – Northway Games & Finji
Best LGBTQ Character – sponsored by Rocksteady Studios
- Lor – New Tales from the Borderlands – Gearbox & 2K
Industry Diversity Award
- GLITCH
Gayming Icon Award – sponsored by Facebook Gaming
- Ashly Burch
LGBTQ Streamer Rising Star Class of ’23 – sponsored by Logitech G
Best LGBTQ Contribution to Esports Award
- XSET
Best LGBTQ Tabletop Game of the Year Award
- Adventuring with Pride – A Queero’s Journey – Jack Dixon
Best LGBTQ Comic Book Moment Award
- Young Men in Love – Joe Glass and Matt Miner (editors) & A Wave Blue World
More information about the Gayming Awards, and Gayming Magazine, can be found on their website. The Gayming Awards official theme ‘Stay Close to Me’ by Bentley Jones is available to stream now.
Words by Megan Roxburgh
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