about
WE ARE
FREE LIVES
Free Lives are a team of teenage anthropomorphic turtles, led by their anthropomorphic beard wielding rat sensei in honing and perfecting their art of game jam jitsu to battle bills, pants, petty criminals, evil overlords and alien invaders. They met in the storm sewers of Cape Town, where they bonded over a love for dank accommodations, consuming copious amounts of pizza and remaining isolated from society-at-large.
BROFORCE
METACRITIC AWARDS RANKINGS
Most Discussed PC Game of 2016 – #48
Best PC Game of 2014 – #35
Most Discussed PC Game of 2014 – #89
Most Shared PC Game of 2014 – #21
STEAM AWARDS 2017
The “Cry Havoc & Let Slip the Dogs of War” Award – Runner Up
GOLDEN TRAILER AWARDS 2016
Most Innovative Advertising for a Video Game
GLOBAL GAME AWARDS 2015
Best Platformer
TOTALBISCUIT’S ARBITRARY VIDEO GAME AWARDS 2015
Best Game to Come out of Early Access Award – Nominee
SXSW 2014
Gamers Voice – Nominee
PAX EAST 2014
4-Play Network Category – Best in Show
IGN ITALIA 2014
Best of E3 – Nominee
E3 2014
Nerdy Show – Best in Show
Games.cz – Best of E3
Hardcore Game – Best of E3 Nominee
Worth Playing – Best of E3 Nominee
Robbie Awards – Best High Fives Runner Up
LUNDUM DARE #23
Humour – Winner
Fun – Runner Up
Graphics – 4th
A MAZE. / GERMANY 2013
Official Selection
A MAZE. / SOUTH AFRICA 2013
Official Selection
MINECON 2013
Official Selection
GRIMMY AWARD 2013
Best Early Access/Beta of the Year
GORN
STEAM
Top VR Sellers 2018
GAMING CENTRAL
Best VR Games 2017 – 4th Place
VR WORLD
Top 10 Games of 2017 – 6th Place
VR FITNESS INSIDER
Best VR Fighting Fitness Game of the Year 2017 – Finalist
TERRA NIL
IGF Awards 2023 (March)
3 Honorable Mentions – one for Excellence in Design, one for Excellence in Visual Arts, and one for the Seumas McNally Grand Prize
Game Developers Choice Awards 2023 (March)
An Honorable Mention for Social Impact
2023
Games for Change Awards (July)
Won the Most Innovative award
15th Unity Awards (November)
Won the Best Social Impact Project award
The Game Awards 2023 (December)
Nominated for Games for Impact and Best Mobile Game.
BAFTA games award 2024 (April)
Nominated for Game Beyond Entertainment
GENITAL JOUSTING
IGF 2019
Excellence in Narrative Nomination
METACRITIC AWARDS & RANKINGS
Most Discussed PC Game of 2018 – #90
Most Shared PC Game of 2018 – #17
A MAZE. / BERLIN 2018
Winner – Story Mode
Winner – Digital Moment
ALTERNATIVE PC GAMER AWARD
Easiest Clicks for a Day
EB BEST OF THE WORST GAME AWARDS 2016
Most Immature Mature Content
A MAZE. / BERLIN 2016
Audience Appreciation Award – Official Selection
CRICKET THROUGH THE AGES
FANTASTIC ARCADE 2018 – Selection
GAME JAMS / OTHER
FANTASTIC ARCADE 2018
Spotlight Game – Cricket Through the Ages
Official Selection – Sticky Cats
EGX 2018
Left Field Collection Showcase – Sticky Cats
BITBASH 2015
Showcase – Yojimbrawl
LUDUM DARE #25
Winner: 1st Overall – Ore Chasm
Runner Up: Audio – Ore Chasm
Runner Up: Fun – Ore Chasm
OUYA CREATE GAME JAM 2013
Grand Prize Winner – Strange Happenings on Murder Island
