Cozy Game Jam: And the Winners Are...
Discover the winners of the Stay Awhile Cozy Game Jam, featuring 55 heartwarming games created by the RUN community. Meet the top creators and learn about upcoming opportunities for indie developers.
By RUN.team · June 24, 2026
Seven days to build a world so comfortable and cozy that people want to come home to it. That was the ask, and the RUN community delivered something special.
Stay Awhile brought out a side of RUN we hadn't fully seen yet. Fifty-five games, each one dripping with intention, warmth, and the kind of detail you only put in when you actually care about what you're making. Cozy doesn't mean easy, and the creators who showed up for this jam clearly understood that. They built shops and sanctuaries and little pocket worlds that make you want to close your laptop, grab a blanket, and just exist in them for a while. It’s even more impressive when you take into consideration the fact that a large chunk of our participants had never made a game before. (Shameless plug: RUN’s tools enable anyone with an idea to create games, shows, and interactive fiction, no matter your experience level. We digress!)
Nearly 3,000 plays later, we’re thrilled to announce the winners of the Stay Awhile: Cozy Game Jam!
The Winners
🥇 1st Place, $1,000 | Little Light Shop by drvirjinity
Paint glowing stained glass by night and sell it in your cozy little shop by day.
🥈 2nd Place, $600 | Legends of Whispering Water by kazuo7
A cozy fishing adventure where you explore a peaceful landscape and catch fish in a world that asks nothing of you.
🥉 3rd Place, $400 | Sunveil Demo by sunshineseer
A mystical open-world demo. Wander an enchanted island, collect herbs, crystals, and secrets.
4th Place, $100 | Lily Leap by moonspark
A cozy arcade pond-hopper about Pip, a cheerful little frog collecting her way through the world.
5th Place, $100 | Bloom: Flower Shop by silvernexus8861
Run your own cozy flower shop. Buy stems, arrange beautiful bouquets, and build something beautiful.
🌟 Community Pick, $300 | Little Light Shop by drvirjinity
The community voted and drvirjinity swept both the top prize and the hearts of everyone who played. A well deserved double win.
Congratulations to all five winners, and to every creator who shipped something this week. Building a complete, playable game in seven days is no small thing, and the quality across all 55 entries had us genuinely excited about what this community is capable of.
Looking Ahead
The prizes aren’t where the fun stops. If your game crossed 100 plays during the Cozy Jam, you’re being granted a ticket into something bigger. Several of you qualified for the RUN Founders Program which means preferred rev share for your creations along with a bunch of other awesome perks you can learn about HERE. We recently released a new Creator Program that gives members of all sizes and experience levels more tangible support, and we’re pumped to share that quite a few of our jam participants qualified. We'll share the full details a little later, so keep an eye on your inbox and the Discord.
In the meantime, the Heartlines Jam is landing June 26, with another $2,500 prize pool and a whole new creative direction. This jam is a little different. We're giving writers, students, recent grads, indie developers, and aspiring creators a chance to publish an interactive story, build a portfolio piece, grow an audience, and compete for a share of a $2,500 prize pool using IFFY and RUN.
Wherever your creative energy lives, we have a home for it.
Thank you for making our Jam the coziest around and we’ll see you soon!
Full Heartlines Jam details → https://events.run.game/events/heartlines/
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