Game Developer Contests

Kongregate offers weekly and monthly contests for the highest rated games. There are cash prizes and the top prize is $1500.

The contests
Every game uploaded to Kongregate is eligible to compete for the weekly and monthly prizes, whether or not these games are also uploaded to other sites. Winners are determined solely by user votes. A game must have a minimum of 10 votes to compete in the Weekly contest and 30 votes to compete in the monthly contest. In order to be able to claim the monthly prizes, games must also implement Kongregate's Statistics API. Kongregate retains the right to exclude votes that they feel were made in a fraudulent manner. This is to prevent a developer with multiple accounts to upvote his/her game. The same goes for encouraging fans to create multiple accounts to upvote or downvote games. All uploaded games participating in these contests are also fully eligible for ad revenue share.

Weekly
1st: $250

2nd: $150

3rd: $150

Monthly
1st: $1500

2nd: $1000

3rd: $700

4th: $500

5th-9th: $250 each

Helpful Links

 * Contests on Kongregate