Children's Software Award 2024
Winner 2023
TOMMI - German Children's Software Award 2023The 2023 winners have been announced
For two months, 4,238 children and young people in over 50 libraries in Germany, Austria and Switzerland puzzled and puzzled to find the best games and educational offers for children and young people at the TOMMI 2023 children's software award. The brand-new "Education Youth Award" category, which targets young people aged 12 and over with serious content, was a recent addition. An expert jury had previously determined the nominations. The winners have now been announced.
The 22nd award ceremony took place on television on KiKA, as well as on kika.de and in the KiKA player.
Winner Apps 2023
1st place - Mayority (WOTI World of Tomorrow Institute GmbH)
What the children's jury says: "Mayority" wins 1st place at the TOMMI because we build cities very realistically in this simulation game. We have to think particularly tactically and proceed strategically in order to feed the inhabitants and make them happy. If...
2nd place - Brixity (Chris O'Kelly / Devsisters)
This is what the children's jury says: "Brixity" wins 2nd place at the TOMMI because it is simply great fun and good humor. The graphics are sensational and we had to be good with the system and show great dexterity to build houses, theaters and...
Winner console games 2023
1st place - Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Nintendo)
What the children's jury says: "Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe" wins 1st place at the TOMMI because it is simply an incredibly full adventure, we like the strange world and we are very impressed by the design of the characters. Kirby is...
2nd place - 1-2-Switch! (Nintendo)
This is what the children's jury says: "1-2-Switch" wins 2nd place at the TOMMI because it is the best party game in the world and a really large number of people can take part in the "multiplayer". We compete alone or in groups in very funny mini-games and...
3rd place - Pikmin 4 (Nintendo)
What the children's jury says: "Pikmin 4" wins 3rd place at the TOMMI because it is very funny, adventurous and really imaginative. We run through a beautifully animated world on a planet and have to find our way through a mixture of adventure and strategy game...
Winner PC Games 2023
1st place - SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake (THQ)
What the children's jury says: "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake" wins 1st place at the TOMMI because this mixture of platform game and adventure game is hard work, but also fun! The game is incredibly good, full of witty dialog and the world...
2nd place - The Wandering Village (Stray Fawn)
What the children's jury says: "The Wandering Village" wins 2nd place at the TOMMI because the game has an incredibly cool idea: We are supposed to build a village on the back of a walking dinosaur and take good care of the inhabitants on it. In doing so...
3rd place - Sticky Business (Assemble Entertainment)
What the children's jury says: "Stick Business" wins 3rd place at the TOMMI because the game is new and very special and we have never seen anything like it before. In it, we are the proud owners of a sticker store that creates its own stickers and...
Winner Youth Award Games (All Platforms) 2023
1st place - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of Kingdom (Nintendo)
This is what the youth jury says: "The Legend of Zelda: Tears of Kingdom" wins 1st place in the TOMMI because we were far from being able to see and discover everything in this beautifully designed open world action adventure game. And there is still...
2nd place - Hogwarts Legacy (Warner)
What the youth jury says: "Hogwarts Legacy" wins 2nd place at the TOMMI because we love the Harry Potter world and have been waiting a long time for this game. Immersing yourself in this world and being invited to Hogwarts as a student...
3rd place - Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Sony)
This is what the youth jury says: "Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart" wins 3rd place at the TOMMI because it is an action adventure game with breathtaking graphics and a great sense of humor. If only it weren't for the evil Dr. Nefarious! At last we can...
Winner Electronic Toys 2023
1st place - Hey Clay (TOMY)
What the children's jury says: "Hey Clay" wins 1st place at the TOMMI because we particularly liked it for younger children. Above all, the mixture of app and real clay is a lot of fun because we can do something with the...
2nd place - Furby (Hasbro)
What the children's jury says: "Furby" wins 2nd place at the TOMMI because it's like a pet you can touch and he talks to us all the time. He's always making jokes and when we tickle him, he has to laugh. He...
3rd place - Bitzee (Spin Masters)
What the children's jury says: "Bitzee" wins 3rd place in the TOMMI because it is a virtual pet like a Tamagochi in a small purple box that we can easily take with us everywhere. We have lots of different Bitzees and then have to choose exactly...
Winner Education 2023
1st place - Flik Flak - The Adventure Of Time (Swatch AG/ Fox and sheep)
What the children's jury says: "Flik Flak - The Adventure of Time" wins 1st place at the TOMMI because it is a really great and funny idea for teaching younger children how to tell the time. The app can help them to...
2nd place - Toni's Escape - on the trail of the hacker (Federal Ministry of Education and Research)
What the children's jury says: "Tonis Escape- dem Hacker auf der Spur" wins 2nd place at the TOMMI because it is a real escape room game with great thrills. In it, we have to stop a dangerous hacker before he takes over the city. First we escape...
3rd place - WAS IST WAS - the podcast (Tessloff)
What the children's jury says: "Was ist Was - der Podcast", wins 3rd place at the TOMMI because it really is something different and it can be really exciting to listen carefully. There are many topics ranging from animals to...
Winner of the Education 2023 Youth Prize
1st place - Facts & Fakes 2 (Deutsche Telekom Foundation)
What the youth jury says: "Facts & Fakes 2" wins 1st place at the TOMMI because this game allows us to find out what fakes and facts are. We find this topic important, like to do research and check various articles for their trustworthiness....
2nd place - Glass threads (Causa Creations Interactive Media GmbH)
What the youth jury says: "Glass Threads" wins 2nd place at the TOMMI because the app tells the migration story of Vietnamese contract workers in the style of a graphic novel in a very appealing way. This makes it more vivid rather than dry. We also liked the...
3rd place - https://youngdata.de (Conference of Independent Federal and State Data Protection Authorities (DSK) / The State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
What the youth jury says: The "Youngdata" website wins 3rd place at the TOMMI because it finally provides us young people with a good and comprehensible selection of information on the subject of data protection. We may have already known some of it before, but...
TOMMI increases equal opportunities
Patron and Federal Minister for Family Affairs Lisa Paus:
"I think it's excellent that the TOMMI media project is being held in public libraries. After all, libraries are one of the most important pillars for equal opportunities in our society. With TOMMI, children who don't have all the technical gadgets at home can thus actively participate in the prize-giving process."
TOMMI lives up to UN children's rights
TOMMI initiator Thomas Feibel:
"With the Children's Jury in Libraries, the TOMMI fulfills several children's rights at once. The right to access media, the right to education, the right to play and the right to participation. I am pleased that we are now extending this successful participation project to rural areas with the Schnupper TOMMI."
Publisher and partner of the prize
The TOMMI is published by FEIBEL.DE, an office for children's media in Berlin. Partners of the award are the Auerbach Foundation, Biblioplay, BiblioSuisse, the German Library Association (dbv), Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Dein Spiegel, Familie & Co, the Frankfurt Book Fair, Gaming ohne Grenzen, KiKA, Partner & Söhne and ZDF.
Press contact
Thomas Feibel
Feibel.de, Office for Children's Media
Jenaestr. 15
10717 Berlin
