Laira Cut Me Open

Laira Cut Me Open is a 2D narrative game, where you assume the role of Mary, who wakes up in a ward only to find a shocking stitched wound on her body, and all her memories lost. A clear voice remains in her head, repeating the perpetrator’s name–Laira. Burning with hatred, she sets out on a revengeful path to find the source of all her misfortune.

Play Laira Cut Me Open for free on Steam.

Laira Cut Me Open was awarded Best Storytelling at the 2026 Gotland Game Conference!

In September 2026, it also won Game of the Year at the Swedish Game Awards: New Talent 2026!

Team:

  • Jiaqi (Emerald) Jiang

Stick Together

Stick Together is a physics-based co-op platformer where two players share one stick to traverse tricky terrain.

Download the current development build via itch.io (two gamepads required).

Stick Together was awarded Best in Show and Best Level Design at the 2026 Gotland Game Conference! In September 2026, it also won Best Design at the Swedish Game Awards: New Talent 2026! Gather Studios, the team behind Stick Together, also received UU Innovation’s DRIVE Award that month in recognition of its entrepreneurial work.

Team:

  • Boman Karlsson
  • Johanna Mäkelä
  • Dennis Silén

Natura:Reborn (2026)

Natura:Reborn is a top-down action-adventure sandbox game where you craft, gather resources and explore.

Download the earlier GGC 2025 build, Reborn, on itch.io, or wishlist Natura: Reborn on Steam.

In September 2026, Stargazing Games, the team behind Natura:Reborn, received UU Innovation’s DRIVE Award in recognition of its entrepreneurial work.

Team:

  • Mikael Söderman
  • Albin Thornell
  • Jiao Rosenqvist

Excava

Excava is a 1v1 multiplayer card game in which you excavate units that automatically battle your opponent.

Wishlist Excava on Steam.

Excava was awarded Best Game Design and Almedalen Public Library Award at the 2026 Gotland Game Conference!

Read the related thesis: Designing A Digital Online Multiplayer Card Game Without Explicit Tutorials And Textual Descriptions.

Team:

  • Birk Melkersson
  • Albin Thornell
  • Mikael Tao Söderman