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Happy Keen Day! It's the day where we usually get some cool Keen stuff coming out! Maybe stuff that will be nominated in the 2026 Keen Awards? Speaking of the Keen Awards, what about the results of the 2025 Keen Awards? We had some excellent stuff come out last year and it'd be great to acknowledge ...

The nominations process is now over! Thank you all for your contributions! We've got a lot of keen stuff to choose from!

Now that nominations have settled, it's time for the polls to officially start! The deadline is March 14, 2026 (Keen Day), so you have one week to vote! Have fun! :pogo

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Vote for your favorite Vorticon mod of 2025. There are two nominees this time around.

• Inside the Vorticon Hyve by Vortlike
• The Lost Martian Cities by Vortlike

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Vote for your favorite Vorticon level of 2025. There are four nominees this time around.


London Tantalus Center (Level 04) from Inside the Vorticon Hyve by Vortlike
Cairo Tantalus Center (Level 06) from Inside the Vorticon Hyve by Vortlike
Moscow Tantalus Center (Level 15) from Inside the ...

Vote for your favorite Galaxy level of 2025. There are six nominees this time around.


Pyramid of Armageddon (Level 12) by Gridlock from O-Mega-Matic
Defense Tunnel Aqaxz (Level 05) by SodiumtheGlitcher from O-Mega-Matic
Tunnel Cranmore (Level 07) by Dave216 from O-Mega-Matic
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Vote for your favorite Commander Keen tool of 2025. There are two nominees this time around.

• GalaxyView v2.0 by K1n9_Duk3
• IMF Processor alpha v0.001 by K1n9_Duk3

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Vote for your favorite update made to a Commander Keen mod in 2025. There are three nominees this time around.


Foray in the Forest v2.0a by Nisaba and K1n9_Duk3
The Alphamatic v3.0 beta by Gridlock
Keen Dreams Gold Edition Christmas Eve update by szemi


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Vote for your favorite Commander Keen non-computerized art of 2025. There are four nominees this time around.


Keen acrylic paintings ( #1 , #2 ) by Symphony
Keen Dreams pencil drawings by hairmonster12
Defender Of The Universe by Soul Monster
Skating O'er the Ice by Quillax


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Vote for your favorite Commander Keen gameplay video (or group of videos) of 2025. There are five nominees this time around.


Foray in the Forest v2.0 playthrough ( part #1 , #2 , #3 ) by Emmfoolery
Keen mod playthroughs by troublesomekeen
Episode 58 - The Ruin of Roib playthrough by ...

Vote for who you think should receive Online Community Service Recognition. There are two nominees this time around.

• Fleexy
• Malvineous

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Vote for who you think is the Keenest Person of 2025. There are five nominees this time around.

• Tom Hall
• K1n9_Duk3
• Vortlike
• SodiumtheGlitcher
• lethal-guitar

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Vote for what you think was Really Keen Stuff in 2025 (something great that came out of the blue). There are two nominees this time around.

• Reconstructed Commander Keen 1-3 source code by K1n9_Duk3
• Keen 1-3 modding tutorial by Vortlike

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Vote for what you think is the most promising Commander Keen project of 2025. There are four nominees this time around.


Prison Escape by SodiumtheGlitcher
Doom in Commander Keen 1 ( additional screenshot ) by TheBigV
Get My Stuff by Vortlike
Keen Meets the Meats Gold Edition by szemi ...

Vote for your favorite Commander Keen work made during the hiatus of the Keen Awards (2005-2018). There are twenty nominees.


Dead in the Desert (2009) by Ceilick
Mink's Puzzle Pack (2010) by Mink
Clouds Unseen (2010) by StupidBunny
Fall Up (2010) by KeenRush
Bananasauros (2010) by ...

I have officially set a deadline for nominations. The nominations process will end on March 7 . On that day, I'll start voting as soon as possible. This is final. If there's anything you'd like to nominate, now would be a good time do so. The list of nominations is up to date.

If any of you have ...