The votes are in. See your Unity Award winners below! Thank you to everyone who helped us celebrate the creative and technical excellence across games, experiences, films, assets and more.

Square Phillips by SmartPixel

Best desktop/console game

Whether simple or complex, by a small or large team, with 2D or 3D visuals, a great gaming experience blends concept, innovation, and creativity into one stunningly excellent package.

Runners-up
Disco Elysium by ZA/UM
Outer Wilds by Mobius Digital
My Friend Pedro by DeadToast Entertainment
Sayonara Wild Hearts by Simogo | Annapurna Interactive
What the Golf? by Triband

Best mobile game

These amazing games blend concept, intuitive control, creativity, and visual design and come to fruition as pure delight made to fit in your pocket.

Runners-up
Call of Duty: Mobile by TiMi Studios, Tencent Games | Activision
Skate City by Agens, Snowman
ChuChu Rocket! Universe by Sega
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite by Niantic, Portkey Games, WB Games San Francisco, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

Best 3D visuals

This year we saw many different 3D visual styles, from hand-painted to realistic, or anywhere in-between. This category celebrates games that build out a unique artistic vision in a 3D world.

Runners-up
Eastshade by Eastshade Studios
Disco Elysium by ZA/UM
Manifold Garden by William Chyr Studio
Sayonara Wild Hearts by Simogo | Annapurna Interactive
Void Bastards by Blue Manchu

Best 2D visuals

Adding more dimensions doesn’t mean your game looks better. A different kind of thought process and creativity goes into building the beautiful worlds of 2D games.

Runners-up
My Friend Pedro by DeadToast Entertainment
Jenny LeClue by Mografi
Knights and Bikes by Foam Sword | Double Fine
Sparklite by Red Blue Games
ATONE: Heart of the Elder Tree by Wildboy Studios

Best VR game

All games have their own challenges, but this category looks specifically at creators who are grappling with unprecedented design dilemmas while forging the future of VR games.

Runners-up
Journey for Elysium by Mantis Games | Cronos Interactive
Vacation Simulator by Owlchemy Labs
We Bare Bears VR by Cartoon Network
The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets by Fast Travel Games

Best multiplayer game

Multiplayer games, whether with friends online across the world or in person on your couch, help us connect with others. Let’s celebrate some of the new games that you can enjoy with your friends.

Runners-up
Killer Queen Black by Liquid Bit
Punch Planet by Sector-K Games

Best project in Architecture, Engineering & Construction

Creators in Architecture, Engineering & Construction are using the power of real-time 3D in innovative and impactful ways – from design collaboration and data visualization to interactive training and virtual showrooms.

Runners-up
Square Phillips by SmartPixel | BRIVIA
9 DeKalb AR Application by SHoP Architects

Best project in Automotive, Transportation & Manufacturing

Designing and engineering a vehicle in VR, training self-driving cars, and re-envisioning in-car experiences – these projects are revolutionizing the Automotive, Transportation & Manufacturing industries with real-time 3D.

Runners-up
Bell brings revolutionary FCX-001 to market 10x faster with HTC VIVE by Bell & HTC VIVE
Nissan’s Invisible-to-Visible Technology by Nissan
King County uses Manifest™ by Taqtile, King County

Best project in Media & Entertainment

Real-time technology lets artists and agencies unleash their creative freedom to produce immersive, engaging bleeding-edge experiences that make us think and feel, that entertain and inspire us.

Runners-up
LEGO Hidden Side App (AR) by The LEGO Group
Gloomy Eyes by Atlas V, 3Dar
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (VR) by DreamWorks Animation
PHAROS AR by Childish Gambino, Wolf + Rothstein, MediaMonks
Jack Daniel’s AR Experience by Tactic, Jack Daniel’s

Best student project

Students hold the keys to the future of Unity. This category celebrates some of the fantastic projects developed by creators while studying at an educational institution.

Runners-up
Final Run by University for the Creative Arts
Cor Dormus by Savannah College of Art and Design
everybody’s sad by University of California, Santa Cruz
Moncage by New York University

Most anticipated

Let’s take a moment to applaud some of the remarkable projects that are currently being developed. Looking at 2020 and beyond, which game are you most excited for?

Runners-up
Oddworld: Soulstorm by Oddworld Inhabitants
Empire of Sin by Romero Games | Paradox Interactive
GTFO by 10 Chambers Collective
Wasteland 3 by inXile Entertainment | Xbox Game Studios, Deep Silver
Desperados III by Mimimi Productions, Mimimi Games | THQ Nordic, Embracer Group
Phoenix Point by Snapshot Games

Best artistic tool

Whether you’re a large studio with a full creative team, a small studio with one dedicated artist, or a one-person studio doing it all to achieve your dream, these tools give you more artistic freedom.

Runners-up
Crest Ocean System LWRP by Wave Harmonic
Flat Kit: Cel / Toon Shading by Dustyroom
Mtree – tree creation by Maxime
Avatar Maker Pro – 3D avatar from a single selfie by itSeez3D
GrassFlow: DX11 Grass Shader by Bolt-Scripts

Best development tool

The Asset Store brings together our community to help extend Unity’s capabilities. These tools are built to save you time, give you a head start, or help you push performance.

Runners-up
DoozyUI: Complete UI Management System by Doozy Entertainment
Peek by Ludiq
Dynamic Water Physics 2 by NWH Coding
Databox – Data editor & save solution by doorfortyfour
RV Smart Ai by Ronis Vision

Best artistic content

Whether it’s to produce massive modular environments, visual effects, or fun and exciting characters or to visualize your future home, these asset packs help you build the projects you want.

Runners-up
POLYGON – Apocalypse Pack by Synty Studios
HD – Medieval Village Pack by Astrofish Games
POLYGON – Modular Fantasy Hero Characters by Synty Studios
Winter Environment – Nature Pack by ANGRY MESH
ArchVizPRO Interior Vol.7 by ArchVizPRO

Golden cube

This category celebrates the best overall projects of 2019. These are the projects that took our breath away.

Runners-up
Disco Elysium by ZA/UM
Manifold Garden by William Chyr Studio
Sayonara Wild Hearts by Simogo | Annapurna Interactive
Call of Duty: Mobile by TiMi Studios, Tencent Games | Activision
ATONE: Heart of the Elder Tree by Wildboy Studios

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