A dress-up game with gacha mechanics winning a mobile game Visuals and Graphics award this year? Say it isn’t so!

In all seriousness, Apple has announced a slew of iOS video game winners in its annual Apple Design Awards 2025, ahead of Apple’s WWDC 2025 expo. Highlights from the eclectic awards list include the aforementioned Infinity Nikki, a 3D platformer gacha fashion game that won the Visuals and Graphics category award. Congratulations, Infold Games from Singapore!

Other highlights include South Korean-made title Feather: Draw in 3D (Visuals and Graphics) and China-made title CapWords (Delight and Fun). Feather: Draw in 3D is an intuitive iPad app that empowers users of all skill levels to sketch and build in 3D, opening up professional-grade design tools to a new generation of digital creators. CapWords is a playful language-learning app that transforms everyday objects into interactive vocabulary stickers, making multilingual education more engaging and accessible for learners around the world.

Here’s the full list filled with the 12 awarded games:

• Delight and Fun – CapWords by HappyPlan Tech
• Delight and Fun – Balatro by LocalThunk
• Innovation – Play by Rabbit 3 Times
• Innovation – PBJ — The Musical by Philipp Stollenmayer
• Interaction – Taobao by Zhejiang Taobao Network
• Interaction – DREDGE by Black Salt Games
• Inclusivity – Speechify by Speechify
• Inclusivity – Art of Fauna by Klemens Strasser
• Social Impact – Watch Duty by Sherwood Forestry Service
• Social Impact – Neva by Developer Digital
• Visuals and Graphics – Feather: Draw in 3D by Sketchsoft
• Visuals and Graphics – Infinity Nikki by Infold Games

For more on Infinity Nikki, check out our review of the launch version of the title.