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
[Judge’s Choice]
Top overall choice by the judges.
First – The Last Pollinator
Second – The Last Seed
Third – Graft!
[Community Choice]
Top overall choice by the jammers and voting public.
First – The Last Seed
Second – The Last Pollinator
Third – Druid’s Haven
Honorable Mentions:
Towntopia
It Takes Time
And The World Kept Spinning
There were some really outstanding games among the others as well! Check them all out here: https://itch.io/jam/climate-jam-2026/entries.
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