Best of 2018

All About Casual Game’s annual Best of the Year awards event celebrates the best premium casual games and developers from the past year. Winners will be selected by the readers! All games nominated were released between December 1st 2017 and November 30th 2018 on Big Fish Games.

Voting Period: December 1st to December 31st 2018

Best Hidden Object Game

Dark Parables: Return of the Salt Princess

  (30.90%)

Path of Sin: Greed

  (15.93%)

Living Legends: Fallen Sky

  (15.55%)

Mystery Case Files: Rewind

  (12.86%)

The Keeper of Antiques: Shadows From the Past

  (10.36%)

Mystery of the Ancients: Black Dagger

  (5.95%)

Labyrinths of the World: A Dangerous Game

  (4.99%)

Tales of Lagoona 3: Frauds, Forgeries, and Fishsticks

  (3.45%)

Best Adventure Game

The Andersen Accounts: Chapter One

  (16.73%)

Lost Lands: Mistakes of the Past

  (16.54%)

Beyond: The Fading Signal

  (14.20%)

Mystery Case Files: The Countess

  (13.81%)

Darkarta: A Broken Heart's Quest

  (11.28%)

Bridge to Another World: Through the Looking Glass

  (10.12%)

Dark City: Munich

  (9.34%)

Edge of Reality: Fatal Luck

  (7.98%)

Best Time Management/Strategy Game

Parker & Lane Criminal Justice

  (29.32%)

The Love Boat

  (16.79%)

Rose Riddle 2: Werewolf Shadow

  (12.78%)

The Witch's Apprentice: A Magical Mishap

  (10.28%)

Roman Adventure: Britons – Season One

  (10.28%)

Viking Brothers 5

  (9.02%)

New Yankee in Pharaoh's Court 6

  (7.52%)

Beyond the Kingdom

  (4.01%)

Best Match 3/Puzzle Game

Last Resort Island

  (23.03%)

Jewel Match Royale 2: Rise of the King

  (19.87%)

Jewel Match Solitaire: L'Amour

  (14.83%)

Avalon Legends Solitaire 3

  (14.20%)

Hiddenverse: The Iron Tower

  (11.36%)

Storm Tale

  (8.83%)

Heart of Moon: The Mask of Seasons

  (5.05%)

Spellarium 3

  (2.84%)

Best Visuals

Yuletide Legends: Frozen Heart

  (28.37%)

Dark Parables: The Match Girl's Lost Paradise

  (21.28%)

Darkness and Flame: The Dark Side

  (15.83%)

Bridge to Another World: Through the Looking Glass

  (9.60%)

Dawn of Hope: The Frozen Soul

  (8.17%)

League of Light: The Game

  (5.87%)

Mystery Trackers: Darkwater Bay

  (5.80%)

Witches' Legacy: Rise of the Ancient

  (5.09%)

Best Story

Wanderlust: What Lies Beneath

  (25.94%)

Noir Chronicles: City of Crime

  (21.00%)

Memoirs of Murder: Welcome to Hidden Pines

  (17.45%)

Path of Sin: Greed

  (11.54%)

Bridge to Another World: Through the Looking Glass

  (6.95%)

Living Legends: Fallen Sky

  (6.26%)

Rose Riddle 2: Werewolf Shadow

  (5.84%)

League of Light: The Game

  (5.01%)

Best New Series

Noir Chronicles: City of Crime

  (23.47%)

Amber's Airline: High Hopes

  (16.71%)

Wanderlust: What Lies Beneath

  (15.86%)

Kingmaker: Rise to the Throne

  (11.83%)

Dark City: London

  (11.38%)

Memoirs of Murder: Welcome to Hidden Pines

  (7.87%)

Darkarta: A Broken Heart's Quest

  (7.41%)

Modern Tales: Age of Invention

  (5.46%)

Best Sequel

Darkness and Flame: The Dark Side

  (26.90%)

Bonfire Stories: Heartless

  (19.74%)

Edge of Reality: Fatal Luck

  (11.93%)

Witches' Legacy: Rise of the Ancient

  (9.54%)

Mystery Trackers: Darkwater Bay

  (9.33%)

PuppetShow: Faith in the Future

  (8.68%)

Rose Riddle 2: Werewolf Shadow

  (8.03%)

Mystery Tales: The Reel Horror

  (5.86%)

Best Developer

4 Friends Games

  (23.15%)

Eipix Entertainment

  (22.04%)

Mad Head Games

  (18.52%)

FIVE-BN Games

  (16.85%)

Cordelia Games

  (8.33%)

Mariaglorum

  (4.26%)

GrandMA Studios

  (3.70%)

Domini Games

  (3.15%)

Best Concept

Kingmaker: Rise to the Throne

  (20.65%)

Vermillion Watch: In Blood

  (16.56%)

Detectives United: Origins

  (16.13%)

The Legacy: The Tree of Might

  (15.27%)

Dark City: London

  (13.98%)

Edge of Reality: Fatal Luck

  (7.96%)

Jewel Match Royale 2: Rise of the King

  (5.59%)

The Unseen Fears: Outlive

  (3.87%)

Most Buzzed About Game

Darkarta: A Broken Heart's Quest

  (21.49%)

Dark Parables: Return of the Salt Princess

  (18.30%)

Kingmaker: Rise to the Throne

  (15.74%)

Darkness and Flame: The Dark Side

  (15.53%)

Detectives United: Origins

  (8.09%)

Edge of Reality: Fatal Luck

  (7.87%)

Mystery Case Files: The Countess

  (7.87%)

Paranormal Files: Fellow Traveler

  (5.11%)

Best of the Best

Darkness and Flame: The Dark Side

  (22.08%)

Kingmaker: Rise to the Throne

  (18.33%)

Dark City: London

  (17.71%)

League of Light: The Game

  (11.88%)

Detectives United: Origins

  (10.42%)

Darkarta: A Broken Heart's Quest

  (8.75%)

Jewel Match Royale 2: Rise of the King

  (5.83%)

Roman Adventure: Britons – Season One

  (5.00%)