Climate Jam 2026 Winners!

This year over 500 participants in Climate Jam 2026 created 50 completed games! Teams worked from July 1 to August 12 to create games on the theme “Plant a Seed.”

Here are the winners!

Announcing the top games of Climate Jam 2026: Plant a Seed!

Each game was ranked both by the community of jammers and a group of judges for its engagement of the themes, releasability as a polished project, aesthetic and technical merits, and more. These results were combined for the final category rankings.

[Best Narrative]

Standout writing (story, narration, characters, dialogue).
First – Project: PROVITA
Second – Mālama Hawaiʻi: Restorative Tourism
Third – Plastic Seeds

[Best Aesthetics]

Standout visual & audio design (strong, effective, unique, cohesive).
First – The Last Pollinator
Second – The Last Seed
Third – Botanica Boutique

[Best Gameplay]

Standout gameplay and mechanics (engaging, fun, unique).
First – Sail Cargo
Second – Druid’s Haven
Third – Green Arsenal

[Most Releasable Game]

Polished, complete, and releasable game; effective and engaging project page).
First – Druid’s Haven
Second – Sail Cargo
Third – Guerrilla Gardening

[Best Use of Theme]

Interpretation of this year’s theme: “Plant a Seed!”
First – The Last Seed
Second – Druid’s Haven
Third – Telling the Bees

[Best Use of Climate Solutions]

Incorporation of real world science, climate solutions, or a call to action.
First – Mālama Hawaiʻi: Restorative Tourism
Second – Plastic Seeds
Third – Seeing Eye to Sky