REPLACED Takes Best Game at CEEGA 2026, Winning Three Categories
A three-category sweep by a smaller studio's dystopian thriller is the kind of result CEEGA was built to produce: recognition for regional indie work alongside the larger titles from the same territory.
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At the Central & Eastern European Game Awards 2026, held on October 23 at Poznan Game Arena in Poland, Sad Cat Studios' REPLACED won Best Game. The title also took Game Design and Narrative, three categories in all. CEEGA covers works from Central and Eastern Europe, including Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, and Ukraine, across eight categories, and has run since 2018 as a joint project of regional industry organizations.
REPLACED, developed by Sad Cat Studios, is a cinematic action game set in an America struck by a nuclear disaster, with an AI trapped in a human body uncovering a corporation's conspiracy. Its retro-futuristic look pairs hand-drawn pixel art with modern lighting.
The Best Game field also included Cronos: The New Dawn from Bloober Team, Dying Light: The Beast from Techland, and Mafia: The Old Country from Hangar 13. The ceremony ran on the first day of Poznan Game Arena, local time October 23.
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