It is that point of yr once more, people. GOTY season is nearly upon us, and whereas Mr. Keighley’s large occasion is staying quiet on its nominees in the meanwhile, different reveals are already gearing as much as crown a winner.
One such occasion is the Indie Sport Awards, a developer-focused awards present centred on — you guessed it — indie video games, which has at the moment revealed its remaining award nominees throughout 18 totally different classes.
The classes cowl every part from ‘Achievement in Accessibility’, to ‘Chew-Sized Sport’, ‘Neighborhood Administration’, to ‘Emotional Affect’. The granddaddy of all of them, as you may count on, is ‘Sport of the Yr’, and this yr’s nominee checklist is virtually bursting with great entries which you could attempt on Change proper now.
The nominees embody large gamers like Hole Knight: Silksong and Hades II, however there are additionally smaller releases, together with Citizen Sleeper 2, and Roger, Absolum, and Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo — lots of which we are able to extremely advocate you try on Change. There are additionally some tasty titles that we might love to see come to Change 2 sooner or later, like Eat Me, Maintain Driving, or indie darlings Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Blue Prince.
Hit Change titles crop up everywhere in the remainder of the nominations, like BALL x PIT for ‘Gameplay Design’, Herdling for ‘Music’, Antonblast for ‘Solo Improvement’, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown for the ‘Black Voice in Gaming Award’, and Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping for ‘Ladies-Led Indie Sport Award’.
The Indie Sport Awards 2025 will kick off at 11:30pm GMT / 3:30pm PT / 6:30pm ET on 18th December, and you can catch it on the Six One Indie YouTube and Twitch channels. Head over to the Indie Sport Awards web site for the total checklist of nominees and award presenters.
Which indie sport do you suppose will stroll away with the ceremony’s GOTY award this yr? Tell us within the feedback.
