Die Nominierten aus 226 Einreichungen für den Deutschen Entwicklerpreis 2015 am 17. Dezember 2015 in Köln stehen fest:
Beste PR-Einzelaktion
- DevPlay (Black Forest Games, Deck13, KING Art Games, Piranha Bytes)
- Pixel Heroes: Bytes & Magic (The Bitfather)
- Retro Invasion (Threaks)
Beste Marketing-Kampagne
- Everspace (Rockfish Games)
- HandyGames Crazy Challenge (HandyGames)
- Indie Arena Booth
Bester Publisher
- Daedalic Entertainment
- Deck13 Interactive
- Headup Games
- Kalypso Media
- Ubisoft Deutschland
Bestes Game Design
- Anno 2205 (Blue Byte Mainz)
- Grand Ages: Medieval (Gaming Minds Studios)
- The Curious Expedition (Maschinen-Mensch)
- Typoman (Brainseed Factory)
- Valhalla Hills (Funatics Software)
Bester Sound
- Anno 2205 (Blue Byte Mainz)
- Crookz (Skilltree Studios)
- Fire (Daedalic Entertainment)
- The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 (King Art Games)
- Typoman (Brainseed Factory)
Beste Story
- Anna’s Quest (Daedalic Entertainment)
- In Between (gentlymad)
- Lost Horizon 2 (Animation Arts)
- Renu und die Sari Revolution (Reality Twist)
- The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 (King Art Games)
Beste Grafik
- Anno 2205 (Blue Byte Mainz)
- Dungeons 2 (Realmforge Studios)
- Grand Ages: Medieval (Gaming Minds Studios)
- The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 (King Art Games)
- Valhalla Hills (Funatics Software)
Beste Technische Leistung
- Anno 2205 (Blue Byte Mainz)
- Dungeons 2 (Realmforge Studios)
- Galaxy on Fire – Manticore Rising (Deep Silver Fishlabs)
- Grand Ages: Medieval (Gaming Minds Studios)
Bestes Studio
- Gaming Minds Studios
- HandyGames
- King Art Games
- Mimimi Productions
- Limbic Entertainment
Sonderpreis für soziales Engagement
- Charity Day (HandyGames)
- Loot für die Welt (LeFloid)
- Moshamber (Gameswelt.de)
- Queer Einsteiger (InnoGames/Goodgame Studios)
Innovationspreis
- Cloud Chasers (Blindflug Studios)
- Imagoras – Die Rückkehr der Bilder (Deck13)
- Space Hawk (Ravensburger Digital/Deck 13 Interactive)
- 10+ Jahre öffentliche Forschung zur Verbesserung von Computerspielen (Universität Erlangen, Universtiät des Saarlandes, Intel Deutschland)
Bestes PC-Spiel
- Anno 2205 (Blue Byte Mainz)
- Blackguards 2 (Daedalic Entertainment)
- Dungeons 2 (Realmforge Studios)
- In Between (gentlymad)
- The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 (King Art Games)
- Valhalla Hills (Funatics Software)
Bestes Konsolenspiel
- Grand Ages: Medieval (Gaming Minds Studios)
- The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 (King Art Games)
- Typoman (Brainseed Factory)
Bestes Mobile Game
- Anno: Erschaffe ein Königreich (Blue Byte)
- Cloud Chasers (Blindflug Studios)
- Clouds and Sheep 2 (HandyGames)
- Forge of Empires Mobile (InnoGames)
- Space Hawk (Ravensburger Digital/Deck 13 Interactive)
Bestes Browsergame
- Big Bait (unikat media9)
- DarkOrbit Reloaded (Bigpoint)
- Drakensang Online: Rise of Balor (Bigpoint)
- Elvenar (InnoGames)
- The Curious Expedition (Maschinen-Mensch)
Bestes Indie-Game
- The Bug Butcher (Awfully Nice Studios)
- Cloud Chasers (Blindflug Studios)
- In Between (gentlymad)
- The Curious Expedition (Maschinen-Mensch)
- Typoman (Brainseed Factory)
Bestes Deutsches Spiel
- Anno 2205 (Blue Byte Mainz)
- The Curious Expedition (Maschinen-Mensch)
- Grand Ages: Medieval (Gaming Minds Studios)
- The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 (King Art Games)
- Typoman (Brainseed Factory)
- Valhalla Hills (Funatics Software)