Best of 2017

All About Casual Game’s annual Best of the Year awards event is back. As usual, our goal is to award the best premium casual games and developers from the past year. This year’s nominees are selected by our editors with the help from our readers. All games nominated were released between December 1st 2016 and November 30th 2017 on Big Fish Games.

Voting Period: December 1st to December 31st 2017

Best Hidden Object Game

Dead Reckoning: Sleight of Murder

  (22.89%)

Dark Realm: Guardian of Flames

  (20.93%)

Christmas Wonderland 7

  (15.42%)

Dreampath: Guardian of the Forest

  (10.77%)

Ghost Files: The Face of Guilt

  (10.53%)

Living Legends: Beasts of Bremen

  (7.96%)

Redemption Cemetery: Embodiment of Evil

  (6.24%)

Immortal Love: Blind Desire

  (5.26%)

Best Adventure Game

Mystery Case Files: The Black Veil

  (22.16%)

Fetch

  (17.51%)

Maze: Nightmare Realm

  (14.64%)

Nevertales: Forgotten Pages

  (14.36%)

Living Legends: Uninvited Guests

  (13.27%)

Harrowed Halls: Hell's Thistle

  (9.17%)

Midnight Calling: Wise Dragon

  (5.06%)

Spirits of Mystery: The Fifth Kingdom

  (3.83%)

Best Time Management/Strategy Game

Sally's Salon: Beauty Secrets

  (31.52%)

Heart’s Medicine: Hospital Heat

  (21.27%)

Happy Clinic

  (19.46%)

Incredible Dracula III: Family Secret

  (10.56%)

Moai V: New Generation

  (5.43%)

Rose Riddle: The Fair Tale Detective

  (4.68%)

Maggie's Movies: Camera, Action!

  (3.92%)

Rescue Team 7

  (3.17%)

Best Match 3/Puzzle Game

Home Run Solitaire

  (43.33%)

Rescue Quest Gold

  (26.48%)

Spellarium

  (6.76%)

Secrets of Magic 3: Happy Halloween

  (5.88%)

Jewel Match Solitaire

  (5.80%)

MatchVentures

  (5.57%)

Laruaville 6

  (3.13%)

Legendary Slide 2

  (3.05%)

Best Visuals

Donna Brave: And the Strangler of Paris

  (21.74%)

The Unseen Fears: Body Thief

  (21.34%)

Hidden Expedition: The Pearl of Discord

  (18.05%)

Queen's Quest III: End of Dawn

  (12.38%)

Lost Lands: Ice Spell

  (10.67%)

Haunted Hotel: The Thirteenth

  (7.25%)

The Legacy: Forgotten Gates

  (4.48%)

Living Legends: Beasts of Bremen

  (4.08%)

Best Story

Vermillion Watch: Order Zero

  (20.45%)

Bridge to Another World: Escape From Oz

  (17.80%)

Tiny Tales: Heart of the Forest

  (13.91%)

Dawn of Hope: Daughter of Thunder

  (12.93%)

Darkness and Flame: Missing Memories

  (11.54%)

Shadowplay: Whispers of the Past

  (10.57%)

Haunted Hotel: The Thirteenth

  (6.54%)

Living Legends: Uninvited Guests

  (6.26%)

Best New Series

Bonfire Stories: The Faceless Gravedigger

  (28.26%)

Donna Brave: And the Strangler of Paris

  (24.68%)

Tiny Tales: Heart of the Forest

  (16.21%)

The Legacy: Forgotten Gates

  (12.48%)

Yuletide Legends: The Brothers Claus

  (9.47%)

Halloween Stories: Invitation

  (7.32%)

Rose Riddle: The Fair Tale Detective

  (0.86%)

Spellarium

  (0.72%)

Best Sequel

Dawn of Hope: Daughter of Thunder

  (19.81%)

Darkness and Flame: Missing Memories

  (16.87%)

Vermillion Watch: Order Zero

  (16.47%)

Incredible Dracula III: Family Secret

  (15.26%)

Saga of the Nine Worlds: The Four Stags

  (11.24%)

Heart’s Medicine: Hospital Heat

  (8.84%)

Redemption Cemetery: Embodiment of Evil

  (6.43%)

Royal Detective: Borrowed Life

  (5.09%)

Best Concept

Tiny Tales: Heart of the Forest

  (20.03%)

Fetch

  (19.48%)

Darkness and Flame: Missing Memories

  (14.71%)

Phantasmat: Insidious Dreams

  (14.58%)

Dead Reckoning: Lethal Knowledge

  (13.90%)

The Unseen Fears: Body Thief

  (8.04%)

Midnight Calling: Wise Dragon

  (5.86%)

Edge of Reality: Lethal Predictions

  (3.41%)

Best Developer

Mad Head Games

  (25.95%)

Eipix Entertainment

  (21.21%)

4 Friends Games

  (17.65%)

FIVE-BN Games

  (9.72%)

Elephant Games

  (8.53%)

Gamehouse

  (7.23%)

GrandMA Studios

  (5.45%)

Daily Magic Productions

  (4.27%)

Talk of the Town Game

Donna Brave: And the Strangler of Paris

  (22.21%)

Heart’s Medicine: Hospital Heat

  (22.07%)

Lost Lands: Ice Spell

  (14.48%)

Mystery Case Files: The Revenant's Hunt

  (10.76%)

Mystery Case Files: The Black Veil

  (10.34%)

Bonfire Stories: The Faceless Gravedigger

  (7.31%)

Living Legends: Uninvited Guests

  (6.76%)

Halloween Stories: Invitation

  (6.07%)

Best of the Best

Heart’s Medicine: Hospital Heat

  (22.15%)

Vermillion Watch: Order Zero

  (18.74%)

Donna Brave: And the Strangler of Paris

  (15.20%)

Lost Lands: Ice Spell

  (13.63%)

Tiny Tales: Heart of the Forest

  (9.44%)

Bonfire Stories: The Faceless Gravedigger

  (7.86%)

Dawn of Hope: Daughter of Thunder

  (6.68%)

Living Legends: Uninvited Guests

  (6.29%)