The Horror Game Awards was the brainchild of Phil Dickens and Will Penkeyman. Seeing that horror games weren’t getting recognition in other award shows at a time when the genre was seeing a resurgence in both popularity and quality, they decided that there was only one way to rectify the problem: do it themselves.

The awards started towards the end of 2022 as a Horror Game of the Year Award. Fourteen content creators made up that year’s jury. It was such a success that in 2023 the jury doubled in size and the awards expanded their scope.

They’re aided by Andy Cox, who brings his production skills to the group; Améliane Chiasson, who created the iconic logo and all our graphics; Nick (R.E.T.I.N.A), who brought the logo to life and made it bleed; and iconic horror writer, presenter and content creator Ash Millman.