Best Indie Game
For outstanding creative and technical achievement in a game made outside the traditional publisher system.
Current Phase
Nominee Predictions
Predict which games will be nominated in this category. You can select up to 5 games from the eligible pool.
Deadline: November 20, 2026
Eligible Games
15527 games are eligible for nomination in this category. Showing the top 60.
Mina the Hollower
Big Walk
Mewgenics
Cairn
Mixtape
Denshattack!
Mouse: P.I. For Hire
Dispatch
Esoteric Ebb
Valheim
Meccha Chameleon
Silver Pines
Replaced
Slay the Spire II
Well Dweller
Schrödinger's Call
Sektori
Iron Nest: Heavy Turret Simulator
Lost and Found Co.
Desktop Explorer
Fields of Mistria
Rhythm Doctor
Angeline Era
Tukoni: Forest Keepers
Tombwater
Hermit and Pig
Opus: Prism Peak
Welcome to Elderfield
Dressmaker
Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven
Perfect Tides: Station to Station
Skate Story
The Mermaid Mask
Timberborn
Sovereign Tower
Space Haven
Elementallis
Pieced Together
Wax Heads
Titanium Court
Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors
Demon Tides
Phonopolis
BlazBlue: Entropy Effect X
Dead In Antares
Mio: Memories in Orbit
Zero Parades: For Dead Spies
Moomintroll: Winter's Warmth
KuloNiku: Bowl Up!
Moonsigil Atlas
Hank: Drowning on Dry Land
Terra Invicta
ShantyTown
Death Howl
Raccoin: Coin Pusher Roguelike
Woodo
Xenonauts 2
Escape from Ever After
Swan Song
Pioneers of Pagonia
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