Spiel des Jahres 2026 Nominations Announced (Game of the Year, Kids, and Kennerspiel)
Spiel des Jahres 2026 Nominees
Cozy Stickerville — Corey Konieczka (Unexpected Games)
Peaceful sticker-filled downtime game
1–6 players, ages 8+
Dito! — Martin Ang (Game Factory)
Empathy-based word association game
3–7 players, ages 10+
Morty Sorty Magic Shop — Markus Slawitscheck (Schmidt)
Organizing chaos is half the game
2–4 players, ages 8+
Recommended List
Hot Streak — Jon Perry (Strohmann Games / CMYK)
Meister Makatsu — Reiner Knizia (Amigo)
Take Time — Alexi Piovesan & Julien Prothière (Libellud)
Toriki — Wojciech Grajkowski (Mirakulus)
Toy Battle — Paolo Mori & Alessandro Zucchini (Repos Production)
Wilmot’s Warehouse — David King, Ricky Haggett & Richard Hogg (CMYK)
Kinderspiel des Jahres 2026 Nominees
Boo Party — Florian Sirieix & Benoit Turpin (Loki)
A costume party nobody forgets
2–6 players, ages 5+
Mooki Island— Florian Sirieix (Kosmos / Scorpion Masqué)
Charming island duel
2 players, ages 4+
Verflixt verzaubert — Thomas Dagenais-Lespérance (Game Factory)
Asymmetrical race for apprentice wizards
2–4 players, ages 6+
Recommended List
Little Stinker — Elan Lee, Ken Gruhl & Quentin Weir (Kitten Games)
Magical Mirrors — Kseniya Kuznetsova (Ravensburger)
Paleolino — Marco Teubner & Peter Rustemeyer (Hans im Glück)
Kennerspiel des Jahres 2026 Nominees
Boss Fighters QR — Michael Palm & Lukas Zach (Pegasus Spiele)
Cooperative monster-brawling
2–4 players, ages 10+
Moon Colony Bloodbath — Donald X. Vaccarino (Alea)
Predictable disasters — last one standing wins
1–5 players, ages 12+
Rebirth — Reiner Knizia (Frosted Games / Mighty Boards)
Rewarding area-placement strategies
2–4 players, ages 10+
Recommended List
Sanctuary — Mathias Wigge (Feuerland)
Frosted Blooms — Bruno Cathala & Ludovic Maublanc (Elznir Games / Synapses Games)
Foundations of Metropolis (Grundstein von Metropolis) — Emerson Matsuuchi (Kobold Spieleverlag)
Tag Team — Gricha German & Corentin Lebrat (Kosmos / Scorpion Masqué)