Seumas McNally Grand Prize

[4][5][6] From 2011 onwards, a list of "Honorable Mentions" was introduced, composed of games that had been considered for the prize but had not become finalists.

Additionally, Gish is the only finalist to win the prize in a subsequent edition of the festival.

[2][4][5][8] FTL: Faster Than Light was the first game to have been both an honorable mention and a finalist, achieving the former in 2012 and the latter in 2013.

[9][10][11] Games do not have to be published in order to qualify for the prize; when Fez won the award in 2012, it was still undergoing pre-release certification.

[12] Some developers have won the prize twice, either solo or as part of a larger team: Alec Holowka for Aquaria and Night in the Woods, and Lucas Pope for Papers, Please and Return of the Obra Dinn.