Viewfinder is a released spatial puzzle game from Sad Owl Studios and Thunderful Publishing. It won the Game Designers Award at the Japan Game Awards 2024 and was discounted 65% on Steam through July 27.
Viewfinder is a spatial puzzle game in which photos become 3D objects. Sad Owl Studios developed it and Thunderful Publishing published it.
At the Japan Game Awards 2024, Viewfinder won the Game Designers Award. The award was selected by eight creators, including Masahiro Sakurai and Toby Fox, who judged entries on creativity and novelty. That same award ran from its founding in 2010 until 2026, when its founder and chief judge Masahiro Sakurai announced at a September 15 ceremony that it would end. Seventeen works won across its run, from Heavy Rain in 2010 to Moji Yuge in 2026.
The two stories about Viewfinder cover different moments. One records the 2024 award win and a Steam discount of 65% through July 27, priced at 980 yen. The other marks the end of the award itself in 2026. Together they place Viewfinder among the last winners of a design prize that no longer continues.
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The Game Designers Award, founded in 2010 by game director Masahiro Sakurai, will end in 2026. Sakurai, who is chief judge, announced the close at a ceremony on September 15. Seventeen works won the award across its run, from Heavy Rain in 2010 to Moji Yuge in 2026. The theme is the evaluation of games' originality and novelty.
Viewfinder, the spatial puzzle game where photos become 3D objects, is 65% off on Steam until July 27, priced at 980 yen. Developed by Sad Owl Studios and published by Thunderful Publishing, the game won the Game Designers Award at the Japan Game Awards 2024, selected by eight creators including Masahiro Sakurai and Toby Fox for its creativity and novelty.