The Game Award for Best Independent Game
The Game Awards · 61 nominations across 12 ceremonies · 12 wins
The Game Awards 2025 · 2025
- Winner Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · Sandfall Interactive
- Nominee Ball x Pit
- Nominee Hollow Knight: Silksong · Team Cherry
- Nominee Blue Prince · Dogubomb
- Nominee Hades II · Supergiant Games
- Nominee Absolum · DotEmu, Guard Crush Games, Supamonks
The Game Awards 2024 · 2024
- Winner Balatro · LocalThunk
- Nominee Lorelei and the Laser Eyes · Simogo
- Nominee Neva · Nomada Studio
- Nominee UFO 50 · Mossmouth
- Nominee Animal Well
The Game Awards 2023 · 2023
- Winner Sea of Stars · Sabotage Studio
- Nominee Dave the Diver · Mintrocket
- Nominee Dredge · Black Salt Games
- Nominee Viewfinder
- Nominee Cocoon · Geometric Interactive
The Game Awards 2022 · 2022
- Winner Stray · BlueTwelve Studio
- Nominee Sifu · Sloclap
- Nominee Tunic · Isometricorp Games
- Nominee Neon White
- Nominee Cult of the Lamb · Massive Monster
The Game Awards 2021 · 2021
- Winner Kena: Bridge of Spirits · Ember Lab
- Nominee Inscryption · Daniel Mullins Games
- Nominee Death's Door · Acid Nerve
- Nominee Twelve Minutes
- Nominee Loop Hero · Four Quarters
The Game Awards 2020 · 2020
- Winner Hades · Supergiant Games
- Nominee Carrion · Phobia Game Studio
- Nominee Spelunky 2 · Larian Studios Spain, Mossmouth
- Nominee Fall Guys · Mediatonic
- Nominee Spiritfarer · Thunder Lotus Games
The Game Awards 2019 · 2019
- Winner Disco Elysium · ZA/UM
- Nominee Baba Is You · Hempuli Oy
- Nominee Untitled Goose Game · House House
- Nominee Katana Zero · askiisoft
- Nominee Outer Wilds · Mobius Digital
The Game Awards 2018 · 2018
- Winner Celeste · Maddy Makes Games
- Nominee The Messenger · Sabotage Studio
- Nominee Return of the Obra Dinn
- Nominee Into the Breach · Subset Games
- Nominee Dead Cells · Evil Empire, Motion Twin
The Game Awards 2017 · 2017
- Winner Cuphead · Studio MDHR
- Nominee What Remains of Edith Finch · Giant Sparrow
- Nominee Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice · Ninja Theory
- Nominee Night in the Woods · Infinite Fall
- Nominee Pyre · Supergiant Games
The Game Awards 2016 · 2016
- Winner INSIDE · Playdead
- Nominee Firewatch · Campo Santo
- Nominee Hyper Light Drifter · Heart Machine
- Nominee The Witness · Thekla
- Nominee Stardew Valley · ConcernedApe LLC
The Game Awards 2015 · 2015
- Winner Rocket League · Psyonix
- Nominee Her Story
- Nominee Undertale · 8-4
- Nominee Axiom Verge · Thomas Happ Games
- Nominee Ori and the Blind Forest · Moon Studios
The Game Awards 2014 · 2014
- Winner Shovel Knight · Yacht Club Games
- Nominee Transistor · Supergiant Games
- Nominee Broken Age · Double Fine
- Nominee Monument Valley · ustwo Games
- Nominee The Vanishing of Ethan Carter · The Astronauts