The Game Award for Best Debut Indie Game
The Game Awards · 46 nominations across 9 ceremonies · 9 wins
The Game Awards 2025 · 2025
- Winner Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · Sandfall Interactive
- Nominee despelote
- Nominee Megabonk
- Nominee Dispatch · AdHoc Studio
- Nominee Blue Prince · Dogubomb
The Game Awards 2024 · 2024
- Winner Balatro · LocalThunk
- Nominee Animal Well
- Nominee Manor Lords
- Nominee The Plucky Squire
- Nominee Pacific Drive · Ironwood Studios
The Game Awards 2023 · 2023
- Winner Cocoon · Geometric Interactive
- Nominee Pizza Tower · Tour De Pizza
- Nominee Venba · Abhijeeth Swaminathan, Visai Studios
- Nominee Viewfinder
- Nominee Dredge · Black Salt Games
The Game Awards 2022 · 2022
- Winner Stray · BlueTwelve Studio
- Nominee Neon White
- Nominee Norco · Geography of Robots
- Nominee Tunic · Isometricorp Games
- Nominee Vampire Survivors · Poncle
The Game Awards 2021 · 2021
- Winner Kena: Bridge of Spirits · Ember Lab
- Nominee Valheim · Iron Gate Studio
- Nominee The Artful Escape · Beethoven and Dinosaur
- Nominee Sable · Shedworks
- Nominee The Forgotten City · Modern Storyteller
The Game Awards 2020 · 2020
- Winner Phasmophobia · Kinetic Games
- Nominee Carrion · Phobia Game Studio
- Nominee Raji: An Ancient Epic
- Nominee Mortal Shell · Cold Symmetry
- Nominee Röki · Polygon Treehouse
The Game Awards 2019 · 2019
- Winner Disco Elysium · ZA/UM
- Nominee Untitled Goose Game · House House
- Nominee Outer Wilds · Mobius Digital
- Nominee My Friend Pedro
- Nominee Slay the Spire · Mega Crit
- Nominee Gris · Nomada Studio
The Game Awards 2018 · 2018
- Winner The Messenger · Sabotage Studio
- Nominee Donut County
- Nominee Moss · Polyarc
- Nominee Florence · Mountains
- Nominee Yoku's Island Express · Villa Gorilla AB
The Game Awards 2017 · 2017
- Winner Cuphead · Studio MDHR
- Nominee Mr. Shifty
- Nominee Hollow Knight · Team Cherry
- Nominee Golf Story · Sidebar Games
- Nominee Slime Rancher · Monomi Park, Skybound Entertainment