Gayming Awards 2023 Winners Revealed

April 24, 2023

The winners of the Gayming Awards 2023, presented by Logitech G & Streamlabs, have been announced.

The winners of this year’s Gayming Awards were announced from Industry Bar in New York City. Honors of the night were shared amongst an incredible lineup of games, content creators and companies, all reflecting the incredible diversity on show in the global games industry.

In total, there were 10 categories honoring a selection of video games, tabletop games, comic books, organizations and content creators that have championed diversity and inclusivity globally in 2023.

Additionally, Ashly Burch picked up the Gayming Icon Award in recognition of their contribution to the LGBTQ community within gaming by giving voice to so many LGBTQ characters. Plus, Gayming Magazine also inducted seven more streamers into its Rising Star Class. The streamers were chosen by the Gayming Ambassadors to be join this prestigious class because they have all “made incredible strides in their streaming career over the last year and have made significant contributions to the LGBTQ+ world within the gaming space.”

“Making our Broadway debut and celebrating LGBTQ excellence in the global games industry was such a proud moment,” said Robin Gray, Founder of Gayming Magazine and the Gayming Awards. “Coming into our third year of the Awards, we’re now firmly established as the leading voice on LGBTQ gaming and to be able to celebrate the success of our community in person, in such a prestigious location, it was truly awesome.”

Before the curtains come down for good, let’s look back at the Gayming Awards 2023 winners. The full list can be seen below:

Game of the Year Award

WINNER: Cult of the Lamb – Devolver Digital & Massive Monster
Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers – Pqube & Fiction Factory Games
Elden Ring – FromSoftware & Bandai Namco
God of War Ragnarök – SIE Santa Monica Studio

Gayming Magazine Readers’ Award – sponsored by Devolver Digital

WINNER: Stray – Annapurna Interactive & Blue Twelve Studio
Cult of the Lamb – Devolver Digital & Massive Monster
Disney Dreamlight Valley – Gameloft
Elden Ring – FromSoftware & Bandai Namco
Ghostwire Tokyo – Bethesda Softworks
Horizon Forbidden West – Sony Interactive Entertainment
Tunic – Finji
Wylde Flowers – Studio Drydock

Gayming Icon Award – sponsored by Facebook Gaming

Ashly Burch

Best LGBTQ+ Indie Game Award

WINNER: Wylde Flowers – Studio Drydock
Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers – Pqube & Fiction Factory Games
Butterfly Soup 2 – Brianna Lei
SIGNALIS – rose-engine & Humble Games
ValiDate: Struggling Singles in your Area – Veritable Joy
We Are OFK – Team OFK

LGBTQ+ Streamer of the Year Award – sponsored by Streamlabs

WINNER: DragTrashly
Espé Symoné
Fox Queen
Gothika Love
HiDro
Psoymilk
Sammy M Jay
SuperButterBuns
Toph
Willow

LGBTQ+ Streamer Rising Star Class of ’23 – sponsored by Logitech G

BetweenTwoGays (Jayce & Ryan)
Blobarella
itsOnlyVega
MadiDuVernay
Marisol Lords
TheJustRyan

Authentic Representation Award

WINNER: I Was a Teenage Exocolonist – Northway Games & Finji
Saints Row – Deep Silver
SIGNALIS – rose-engine & Humble Games
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands – Gearbox & 2K
ValiDate: Struggling Singles in your Area – Veritable Joy
We Are OFK – Team OFK

Best LGBTQ+ Character Award – sponsored by Rocksteady Studios

WINNER: Lor – New Tales from the Borderlands – Gearbox & 2K
Bones Three-Wood – Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands – Gearbox & 2K
Bridget – Guilty Gear Strive – Arc System Works
Catalyst – Apex Legends – Respawn & EA
ELSTER – SIGNALIS – rose-engine & Humble Games
Tara Wylde – Wylde Flowers – Studio Drydock

Industry Diversity Award

WINNER: GLITCH
Code Coven
GaymerX
Girls Run These Worlds
Qweerty Gamers

Best LGBTQ+ Contribution to Esports Award

WINNER: XSET
Chicago Metropolitan Sports Association
Team Overture
Valorant Game Changers

Best LGBTQ+ Tabletop Game of the Year Award

WINNER: Adventuring with Pride – A Queero’s Journey – Jack Dixon
Pathfinder Lost Omens – Paizo
Pride Across the Multiverse – Wizards of the Coast
Tower of the Soul – Awfully Queer Heroes

Best LGBTQ+ Comic Book Moment Award

WINNER: Young Men in Love – Joe Glass and Matt Miner (editors) & A Wave Blue World
Marvel’s Voices ICEMAN – Luciano Vecchio & Marvel Comics
Rockstar and Softboy – Image Comics
Superman: Son of Kal-El – DC Comics

The Gayming Awards return to New York City in 2024 with public nominations opening in October 2023.

For more information, head to gaymingawards.com and follow Gayming Magazine on all socials @gaymingmag.

In the meantime, make sure to congratulate all of the winners – as well as the rest of the nominees – for their contribution to making the gaming space bigger, better and more inclusive.