Serious Games Showcase & Challenge 2026: winners and finalists
The 2026 file for the Serious Games Showcase & Challenge holds 25 rows for 24 games.
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2026 results
The 2026 file for the Serious Games Showcase & Challenge holds 25 rows for 24 games: 1 Winner row and 24 Finalist rows. The 2026 rows name 2 categories: SGS&C Europe Winner and Honorable Mention. Every 2026 game with a Winner row also has a Finalist row, so the 25 rows stand for 24 games. The 2026 awards went to BattleBottle: Drone Commander (SGS&C Europe Winner). The 2026 source page lists the finalists, one honorable mention and one SGS&C Europe winner; the main 2026 winners are not listed there. Years other than 2026 are on the Serious Games Showcase & Challenge page.
All 2026 rows
| Game | Organization | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| BattleBottle: Drone Commander | BattleBottle | SGS&C Europe Winner | Winner |
| AI Empire Tycoon | CreativePrinTech | Finalist | Finalist |
| Anti-Phishing Simulator | The University of Tokyo | Finalist | Finalist |
| Argus: Defense in Depth | Accenture Federal Services | Finalist | Finalist |
| BattleBottle: Drone Commander | BattleBottle | Finalist | Finalist |
| Brace | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur | Finalist | Finalist |
| Camp Movewell | Carnegie Mellon University | Finalist | Finalist |
| Category Red: Landfall | Category Red Games (www.categoryRED.com) | Finalist | Finalist |
| Cosmos Commander: Quantum Shadow | Space Career Labs | Finalist | Finalist |
| D.R.E.A.D. (Drone Readiness Education Assault Defense) | USAF Academy | Finalist | Finalist |
| Escape the Inquisition | Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy | Finalist | Finalist |
| Mr. President | Exia Labs | Finalist | Finalist |
| Orbital Sentinel | JANUS Research Group | Finalist | Finalist |
| Pharmageddon: Survive the Shift | Prism Studios Games (a division of PRISM AI Consultants) | Finalist | Finalist |
| Proportionate Response | University of Central Florida | Finalist | Finalist |
| Quantum's Pursuit | Limbitless Solutions | Finalist | Finalist |
| Roger That Rookie | MAGES Studio | Finalist | Finalist |
| Should I Stay or Should I Go? | Bentley University | Finalist | Finalist |
| TAJIRI: A 3D Simulation Game Teaching Financial Literacy | Tegofack Corporation LTD | Finalist | Finalist |
| The Ghost of Joseph Priestley | Carnegie Mellon University | Finalist | Finalist |
| Threat Hunters | Department of War, US Army | Finalist | Finalist |
| Tidekeeper | Simcoach Games | Finalist | Finalist |
| Ver | Ver Coaching | Finalist | Finalist |
| Virtual Interactive Trauma Assessment & Learning Simulation – Haptics Teleteaching (VITALS-HT) | Engineering & Computer Simulations, Inc. | Finalist | Finalist |
| SoKids | Carnegie Mellon University | Honorable Mention | Finalist |