Made with Unity: January/February 2024 highlights

Congratulations to all the Unity nominees and winners at the 27th annual DICE Awards. Cocoon won Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game, and What the Car? was awarded Mobile Game of the Year. In total, there were over 20 games nominated that were created with Unity. This is incredibly impressive and a testament to the innovation and creativity within our developer community.

Earlier this month, Apple launched the highly anticipated Apple Vision Pro. Some of the very first spatial computing experiences available for the device are made with Unity, including the critically acclaimed LEGO® Builder’s Journey from Light Brick Studios and TRIPP, a VR meditation app recognized by Time Magazine as one of the best inventions of 2022.  For those itching to kick off the new year with new games, check out Steam’s Top New Releases from December. It featured six games made with Unity: Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, Disney Dreamlight Valley, Arizona Sunshine 2, Against the Storm, Steamworld Build, and House Flipper 2. Alternatively, if you’re just looking to play a game that everyone else is playing, Rust, Lethal Company and Unturned continue to make their mark on Steam’s most-played games chart.*

In video and streaming, we started the year off with an in-depth look at Cookie Cutter, a hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania. We spoke with the creators, Subcult Joint to hear how they used 2D animations, Sprite Sheets, lights and more to build this unique beat-em-up. 

For our next creator spotlight, we talked to the developers at Dumativa and Cellbit on their latest game, Enigma of Fear, and how they built this 3D pixel art horror game in Unity’s Universal Render Pipeline (URP). 

Finally, if you’re keen on keeping a pulse on some of the best and brightest up-and-coming developers, our education team spent nearly two hours playing through winning and nominated games from the Best Student Project category in our 15th Annual Unity Awards.  

There were also some great highlights from our Unity Insiders. Here’s a roundup of the top content from some of your favorite community voices:

Dilmer: Speaking of Apple Vision Pro, Dilmer (@Dilmerv) gave his first impressions of the device from a developer’s perspective.  

Turbo Makes Games: Johnny from Turbo Makes Games (@TurboMakesGames) teams up with Dani Anderson, a software engineer at Unity, to do a DOTS-centric livestream series. You can catch the first episode here. 

SpeedTutor: For an in-depth overview of the new changes to the Input System, be sure to check out this tutorial form Speedtutors (@SpeedTutor). He starts by installing the system and showing you how to set up your first action map, then guides you through scripting a manager script and creating your own 3D and 2D character controllers, complete with practical examples.

There are so many impressive shares on social media using the #MadeWithUnity hashtag. Below are some highlights.

We’re all excited about the early access announcement from Southfield. The physics-based chaos looks incredibly fun, and we can’t wait to get our hands on it.

Have you checked out Goblin Cleanup? It’s exactly what it sounds like, and it’s amazing. 

Keep adding the #MadeWithUnity hashtag to your posts to show what you’ve been up to and spread the project love.

• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Ubisoft (January 18, 2024)
• Wild Legion, BluSped (January 1, 2024)
• Sovereign Syndicate, Crimson Herring Studios (January 15, 2024)
• New Cycle, Core Engage (January 18, 2024 – early access)
• Stargate: Timekeepers, Slitherine (January 23, 2024)
• Oblivion Override, Humble Mill (January 24, 2024 – early access)
• Speed Crew, Wild Fields Games (January 31, 2024)

• Airhead, Octato (February 12, 2024)
• Lysfanga: The Time Shift Warrior, Sand Door Studio (February 13, 2024)
• The Great Ocean, Actrio Studio (February 15, 2024 – early access)
• Sons Of The Forest, Endnight Games Ltd (February 22, 2024 – launched out of early access)
• Inkulinati, Yaza Games (February 22, 2024 – early access)
• The Inquisitor, The Dust S.A. (February 8, 2024)
• Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, Funday Games (February 14, 2024 – early access)
• Helskate, Phantom Coast (February 15, 2024)
• Solium Infernum, League of Geeks (February 22, 2024)
• Bandle Tale: A League of Legends Story, Lazy Bear Games (February 21, 2024)

Do you see any on the list that have already become favorites or find that we’re missing a title? Share your thoughts in the forums. 

We post new game releases and milestone spotlights on the @UnityGames Twitter and @unitytechnologies Instagram. Be sure to give us a follow and support your fellow creators.

If you’re creating with Unity and haven’t seen your projects in any of our monthly roundups, submit them for the chance to be featured.

That’s a wrap for January and February. For more community news as it happens, follow us on social media: X, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, or Twitch.

*Ranking as of February 12, 2024 at 5:30 pm PT.