INARI by 1HP Studio wins Grand Prize at 2026 Indiecraft

1HP Studio's INARI won the Grand Prize in the domestic/Community category at the 2026 Indiecraft awards ceremony, held on October 15 at Hyatt Place Seoul Pangyo. The Grand Prize carries 40 million won, according to inven.co.kr.

Six outstanding developers received awards at the ceremony, with the final rankings revealed for the first time at the event. In the domestic category, Wayway's Aksun took the top excellence award and 10 million won, while Circlefromdot's Kusan: City of Wolves received the excellence award and 5 million won.

In the Challenger category, Plutarchos won the top excellence award for Theseus and a 2 million won scholarship. Sprout Studio's War in the Dark took the excellence award and a 1 million won scholarship, and Trinet Studio received the Indie Level Up Award and a 500,000 won scholarship for Pass the Bam: Runner.

How the rankings were decided

In the domestic category, results were weighted 30% from the first document screening and 70% from a second screening based on FGT by general users. The awards were presented by a co-CEO of One&One, last year's first-place developer in the domestic category.

The 2026 Indiecraft was hosted by Seongnam City and co-organized by the Seongnam Industry Promotion Agency and the Korea Mobile Game Association. It ran for about seven months starting in March and concluded with this ceremony, having selected 72 developers in total this year: 52 in the domestic category and 20 in the Challenger category.