Best Polish Game of 2023: Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

I am very pleased that this year the statuette went to a woman. Marta has long been active in Polish gamedev, educating and inspiring. She is a leading expert in game design and has worked on such hits as Frostpunk.

Anna Krampus-Sepielak, Head of Digital Dragons

This year's Digital Dragons Awards show what a diverse, creative and ambitious market the Polish video games sector is. Among the winners we have a game that advertises Polish gamedev in the West, which is, of course, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, which managed to win two statuettes. But there were also awards for much less mainstream works, such as The Invincible, which gives new life to Stanisław Lem's works, or the amazingly playable Against the Storm, which puts the city-builder genre on its head, which has been a bit dusty until recently. Inkulinati, on the other hand, bases its design on decorative motifs from medieval books. On top of this, of course, there is a thriving mobile games sector in Poland - Hero Legacy: Adventure RPG is a fully localised title that surprises with its scale. All of these games deserve international attention as they all stand out with their originality and the courage to change established patterns. As for the winner of Best Foreign Game, it could not have been any other way - Baldur's Gate 3 reminded us all why we play games at all and why we meet at events such as Digital Dragons.

Maciej Pawlikowski, Editor In Chief GRY-OnLine.pl

Each subsequent edition of Digital Dragons Awards is a panoramic view of the rich landscape of Polish gamedev, unique on the map of the whole world. Keeping in mind our idea - that it should be an award "from devs for devs", reflecting the real opinion on quality and prestige in the Polish game industry - we are inviting the whole community to co-create the list of nominees, and to the jury deciding on the winners – we are selecting representatives of the media, independent experts, specialists in various fields. We are proud that every year Polish gamedev confronts the jury with insoluble dilemmas and the curse of abundance - because the competition in each category is always fierce. Certainly, an unobvious but inspiring choice was the recognition of Phantom Liberty project as Best Polish Game, which is technically a DLC to Cyberpunk 2077. This decision signifies the openness of the industry and the jurors to both smaller independent games and large productions with DLC status. What matters most is the value they bring to players.

Łukasz Leszczyński, Coordinator of Digital Dragons Awards