Best of 2016

The annual fan-voted All About Casual Game’s Best of the Year Awards is hosted to honor the very best premium casual games in the industry. Nominations were selected by All About Casual Game’s editors from premium casual games released through Big Fish Games from December 1st, 2015 to November 30th, 2016.

The voting period has ended. Thank you for all your votes!

Winners Announced: January 5th, 2017

Best Hidden Object Game

Haunted Hotel: The Axiom Butcher (Elephant Games)

  (22.10%)

Dark Realm: Lord of the Winds (Mad Head Games)

  (19.00%)

Hidden Expedition: The Fountain of Youth (Eipix)

  (12.40%)

Dead Reckoning: Death Between the Lines (Eipix)

  (12.35%)

Lost Lands: The Wanderer (FIVE-BN Games)

  (11.03%)

Living Legends: Bound by Wishes (4 Friends Games)

  (8.54%)

Witches' Legacy: Awakening Darkness (Elefun Games)

  (8.08%)

Whispered Secrets: Everburning Candle (GrandMA Studios)

  (6.50%)

Best Adventure Game

Enigmatis 3: The Shadow of Karkhala (Artifex Mundi)

  (27.60%)

Adam Wolfe: Flames of Time (Mad Head Games)

  (21.52%)

Mystery Case Files: Broken Hour (Eipix)

  (14.81%)

Grim Tales: Crimson Hollow (Elephant Games)

  (10.84%)

Sea of Lies: Leviathan Reef (Eipix)

  (9.04%)

Darkness and Flame: Born of Fire (FIVE-BN Games)

  (7.77%)

Fear for Sale: The House on Black River (Elefun Games)

  (4.55%)

Nevertales: Hidden Doorway (Mad Head Games)

  (3.86%)

Best Time Management/Strategy Game

Incredible Dracula II: The Last Call (Alawar/New Bridge Games)

  (17.82%)

Delicious: Emily's Hopes and Fears (Gamehouse/Blue Giraffe)

  (17.39%)

Pirate Chronicles (Boolat Games/Nordcurrent)

  (16.44%)

Gardens Inc. 4: Blooming Stars (Intenium/Nitreal Games/World-Loom)

  (14.97%)

Heart's Medicine: Time to Heal (Gamehouse/Blue Giraffe)

  (12.80%)

Delicious: Emily's Message in a Bottle (Gamehouse)

  (8.56%)

Fabulous: Angela's Fashion Fever (Gamehouse/Zylom)

  (6.23%)

Moai IV: Terra Incognita (Alawar/Toyman Interactive)

  (5.80%)

Best Match 3/Puzzle Game

Silver Tale (Playcademy)

  (25.63%)

Jewel Quest: Seven Seas (iWin/Boomzap Entertainment)

  (18.15%)

The Treasures of Montezuma 5 (Alawar/Wellore)

  (13.94%)

Jewel Match Royale (Suricate Software)

  (11.41%)

Legendary Mahjong (Alawar/IP Izmailov)

  (11.04%)

Secrets of Magic: The Book of Spells (Green Sauce Games)

  (9.35%)

Imperial Island 3 (QuickClick)

  (6.83%)

Laruaville 4 (FRH Games)

  (3.65%)

Best Story

Final Cut: Fade to Black (Eipix)

  (27.37%)

Adam Wolfe: Flames of Time (Mad Head Games)

  (22.05%)

Grim Legends 3: The Dark City (Artifex Mundi)

  (14.54%)

Grim Tales: The Heir (Elephant Games)

  (10.49%)

Cadenza: Havana Nights (Mad Head Games)

  (9.12%)

Bridge to Another World: Alice in Shadowland (4 Friends Games)

  (8.24%)

Heart's Medicine: Time to Heal (Gamehouse/Blue Giraffe)

  (4.49%)

Royal Trouble: Honeymoon Havoc (Orchid Game)

  (3.71%)

Best Visuals

Beyond: Star Descendant (Mad Head Games)

  (26.89%)

Phantasmat: Behind the Mask (Eipix)

  (18.39%)

Christmas Stories: Puss in Boots (Elephant Games)

  (13.06%)

Reflections of Life: Dark Architect (GrandMA Studios)

  (10.31%)

Demon Hunter 3: Revelation (BraveGiant Studio)

  (9.43%)

Dreampath: Curse of the Swamps (Boolat Games)

  (7.85%)

Bridge to Another World: Alice in Shadowland (4 Friends Games)

  (7.32%)

Sable Maze: Sinister Knowledge (Daily Magic Productions)

  (6.74%)

Best New Series

Shadowplay: Darkness Incarnate (Mad Head Games)

  (23.27%)

Dawn of Hope: Skyline Adventure (Mad Head Games)

  (20.39%)

Darkness and Flame: Born of Fire (FIVE-BN Games)

  (15.29%)

Cathy's Crafts (Gamehouse/Boomzap)

  (13.35%)

The Keeper of Antiques: The Revived Book (Elefun Games)

  (8.45%)

Endless Fables: The Minotaur's Curse (Sunward Games)

  (8.25%)

Harrowed Halls: Lakeview Lane (Daily Magic Productions)

  (6.24%)

Kingdom of Aurelia: Mystery of the Poisoned Dagger (Shaman Games)

  (4.76%)

Best Sequel

Grim Legends 3: The Dark City (Artifex Mundi)

  (31.46%)

Rite of Passage: Deck of Fates (Mad Head Games)

  (25.90%)

Phantasmat: Reign of Shadows (Eipix)

  (22.87%)

Love Chronicles: Beyond the Shadows (Vendel Games)

  (4.88%)

Queen's Quest 2: Stories of Forgotten Past (BraveGiant Studio)

  (4.08%)

The Secret Order: The Buried Kingdom (Sunward Games)

  (4.02%)

Delicious: Emily's Message in a Bottle (Gamehouse)

  (3.96%)

Royal Trouble: Honeymoon Havoc (Orchid Games)

  (2.84%)

Best Concept

Dawn of Hope: Skyline Adventure (Mad Head Games)

  (26.16%)

Shadowplay: Darkness Incarnate (Mad Head Games)

  (24.27%)

Surface: Virtual Detective (Elephant Games)

  (14.66%)

Whispered Secrets: Everburning Candle (GrandMA Studios)

  (13.16%)

Edge of Reality: Ring of Destiny (4 Friends Games)

  (6.38%)

Royal Trouble: Honeymoon Havoc (Orchid Games)

  (5.83%)

Love Chronicles: Beyond the Shadows (Vendel Games)

  (5.28%)

Silver Tale (Playcademy)

  (4.26%)

Best Developer

Mad Head Games

  (30.02%)

Artifex Mundi

  (22.10%)

Eipix Entertainment

  (17.87%)

Elephant Games

  (14.45%)

Daily Magic Productions

  (5.21%)

GrandMA Studios

  (4.39%)

Elefun Games

  (3.68%)

4 Friends Games

  (2.30%)

Talk of the Town Game

Mystery Case Files: Broken Hour (Eipix)

  (29.85%)

Enigmatis 3: The Shadow of Karkhala (Artifex Mundi)

  (20.59%)

Beyond: Star Descendant (Mad Head Games)

  (17.50%)

Maze: The Broken Tower (Mad Head Games)

  (9.78%)

Grim Tales: The Heir (Elephant Games)

  (9.21%)

Whispered Secrets: Everburning Candle (GrandMA Studios)

  (6.85%)

The Keeper of Antiques: The Revived Book (Elefun Games)

  (4.12%)

Heart's Medicine: Time to Heal (Gamehouse/Blue Giraffe)

  (2.11%)

Best of the Best

Adam Wolfe: Flames of Time (Mad Head Games)

  (29.17%)

Mystery Case Files: Broken Hour (Eipix)

  (21.48%)

Enigmatis 3: The Shadow of Karkhala (Artifex Mundi)

  (15.96%)

Grim Tales: The Heir (Elephant Games)

  (10.22%)

Dawn of Hope: Skyline Adventure (Mad Head Games)

  (9.43%)

Reflections of Life: Dark Architect (GrandMA Studios)

  (5.42%)

Bridge to Another World: Alice in Shadowland (4 Friends Games)

  (5.21%)

Delicious: Emily's Message in a Bottle (Gamehouse)

  (3.11%)

Nominations Period: December 1st, 2015 to November 30th, 2016 (for premium casual games released through Big Fish Games).

Voting Period: December 1st, 2016 to December 31st, 2016.