Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game
Awarded to a game that embodies the independent spirit of game creation, representing a higher degree of risk tolerance and advances our media with innovative gameplay and experiences
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Nominee Predictions
Predict which games will be nominated in this category. You can select up to 6 games from the eligible pool.
Deadline: January 12, 2027
Eligible Games
12279 games are eligible for nomination in this category. Showing the top 60.
Big Walk
Mina the Hollower
Mewgenics
Cairn
Mixtape
Mouse: P.I. For Hire
Well Dweller
Iron Nest: Heavy Turret Simulator
Lost and Found Co.
Schrödinger's Call
Valheim
Desktop Explorer
Fields of Mistria
Denshattack!
Tukoni: Forest Keepers
Tombwater
Hermit and Pig
Opus: Prism Peak
Welcome to Elderfield
Dressmaker
Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven
Perfect Tides: Station to Station
Esoteric Ebb
The Mermaid Mask
Timberborn
Elementallis
Space Haven
Sovereign Tower
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
Terra Invicta
ShantyTown
Hank: Drowning on Dry Land
Raccoin: Coin Pusher Roguelike
Woodo
Xenonauts 2
Escape from Ever After
Swan Song
ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs
Coffee Talk: Tokyo
Moonlight Peaks
Dodo Duckie
HellSlave II: Judgment of the Archon
Go-Go Town!
Heave Ho 2
Kaz
Grime II
Rubinite
Gallipoli
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