The Indie Game Awards announces its nominees for Game of the Year 2024

The Indie Game Awards announces its nominees for Game of the Year 2024

From UFO 50.

In a livestream Tuesday, the inaugural Indie Game Awards — a new awards show focused on “creativity, innovation, and passion” in the independent games space — announced its 2024 nominees for a slate of awards including Debut Game, Bite-Sized Game, Solo Development, and of course, Game of the Year.

The show is presented by collective Six One Indie, which also puts on the Six One Indie Showcase that highlights upcoming indie games. According to the website, The Indie Game Awards nominees are selected by a “panel of indie-focused games industry professionals and media outlets,” though it says open submissions will be available for the second installment of the show in 2025. The winners are selected by “a diverse jury of judges” that includes influencers and experts, as well as journalists and industry pros.

Naturally, indie games feature in The Indie Game Awards nominations, many of which address titles some felt were missing from The Game Awards nominations that were announced Monday.

Here are all of the 2024 nominees for The Indie Game Awards, which take place on Dec. 19 at 7 p.m. EST.

Game of the Year

Debut Game

  • Arranger
  • Lil’ Guardsman
  • Little Kitty, Big City
  • Loddlenaut
  • Mullet Madjack
  • Worldless

Bite-Sized Game

  • Buckshot Roulette
  • Clickholding
  • Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
  • Minami Lane
  • Please Touch the Artwork 2
  • Thank Goodness You’re Here

Narrative

  • 1000xResist
  • Arco
  • Caravan Sandwitch
  • Fear the Spotlight
  • Last Time I Saw You
  • Mouthwashing

Solo Development

  • Aerial_Knight’s We Never Yield
  • Animal Well
  • Children of the Sun
  • Crypt Custodian
  • Knuckle Sandwich
  • Magical Delicacy

Emotional Impact

  • In Stars and Time
  • Kind Words 2
  • Neva
  • Selfloss
  • Thirsty Suitors
  • Until Then

Music

  • Core Keeper
  • Flock
  • Pacific Drive
  • The Cub
  • Thrasher
  • Wild Bastards

Visual Design

  • Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus
  • Crow Country
  • Harold Halibut
  • Hauntii
  • The Plucky Squire
  • Ultros

Innovation

  • Cryptmaster
  • Karmazoo
  • Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
  • Oddada
  • Rusty’s Retirement
  • UFO 50

Gameplay Design

  • Balatro
  • Grunn
  • Minishoot Adventures
  • Nine Sols
  • Tiny Glade
  • Victory Heat Rally

Women-Led Game

  • Gourdlets
  • Keylocker
  • Love, Ghostie
  • Mexico, 1921. A Deep Slumber
  • Nightmare Kart
  • The Crimson Diamond

Notable Achievement in Accessibility

  • Another Crab’s Treasure
  • Elsie
  • Periphery Synthetic
  • Pine Hearts
  • Steamworld Heist 2
  • Surmount: A Mountain Climbing Adventure

Community Management

  • Aggro Crab
  • Black Tabby Games
  • LocalThunk
  • Massive Monster
  • NPC Studio
  • Pounce Light

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