The Indie Game Awards 2025 are fast approaching, and the team at Six One Indie has unveiled the full list of nominees, presenters, and judges for this year’s event.
Airing on December 18 at 6:30pm ET/3:330pm PT on the Six One Indie YouTube and Twitch channels, the second annual awards continue its mission to highlight the best indie games available that may have been overlooked otherwise.
This year’s show features 21 main awards up for grabs this year, including Game of the Year, Best Debut Game, Best Bite-Sized Game, Best Narrative, Best Music, and more. Presenters for the show include Playstack’s Wout van Halderen, Jade Meadows, The MIX’s Justin Woodward, and other influential people from the world of indie games.
Judging for a number the awards will be done by a number of journalists, content creators, and industry efforts. Full disclosure, Insider Gaming’s Mike Straw is on the judging committee for this year’s event.
All of the presenters and judges can be found right on the award show’s website.
You can check out the full list of available awards and nominees below. Be sure to let us know in the comments below who you think will take home the award for Game of the Year and others. And join the discussion in the official Insider Gaming Discord server.
The Indie Game Awards 2025 Nominees
Below you’ll find the nominees for 18 of the 21 available awards. Three awards—Indie Vanguard (class of five), The Mohammad Fahmi Storyteller Award, and Industry Impact—are selected by the curation jury and will be announced during the show. The are also community pick awards that you can submit nominees for between now and November 24th.
Game of the Year
- Absolum – Dotemu, Guard Crush Games, Supamonks
- and Roger – TearyHand Studio
- Blue Prince – Dogubomb
- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector – Jump Over the Age
- Constance – GODD Games
- Dungeons of Hinterberg – Microbird Games
- Littlelands – Hyper MegaPixel
- Mars First Logistics – Shape Shop
- Pine Hearts – Hyper Luminal Games
- RKGK / Rakugaki – Wabisabi Games
- The Crush House – Nerial
- World of Goo 2 – 2D BOY / Tomorrow Corporation
Women-Led Indie Game Award
- Dead Pets Unleashed – Triple Topping
- Doodle Streets: London – I Love Birds
- Fishbowl – imissmyfriends.studio
- Pine Hearts – Hyper Luminal Games
- The Mermaid’s Tongue – SFB Games
Achievement in Accessibility
- Abiotic Factor – Deep Field Games
- Barista – YofiAsi
- Calm the Storm – Ludic Lemur
- Peak – Team PEAK
- The Crush House – Nerial
- Witch Rise – LightUpGame Studio
ANZ Indie Game Award
- Abiotic Factor – Deep Field Games
- Hollow Knight: Silksong – Team Cherry
- Mars First Logistics – Shape Shop
- PROXIMATE – Cain Maddox
- The Godfeather – Hojo Studio
Bite-Sized
- CARIMARA – Beneath the Forlorn Limbs – Bastinus Rex
- FlyKnight – Wabbaboy
- Chicken Pox – Firequill Games
- Weird Happenings – Merge Conflict Studio
- Sou’calc – Lente
Black Voices in Gaming Award
- Afterlove EP – Pikselnesia
- Fishbowl – imissmyfriends.studio
- Mars First Logistics – Shape Shop
- RKGK / Rakugaki – Wabisabi Games
- UnFollow – Unseen Silence
Community Management
- Abiotic Factor – Deep Field Games
- Captain Punch! – AJ DiGesu
- Doodle Streets: London – I Love Birds
- Pine Hearts – Hyper Luminal Games
- Witch Rise – LightUpGame Studio
Debut Game
- Dead Pets Unleashed – Triple Topping
- Fight Crab 2 – Calappa Games
- Manifesto – Out of the Blue
- The Land Beneath Us – FairPlay Studios
- Unfollow – Unseen Silence
Emotional Impact
- Afterlove EP – Pikselnesia
- Aikode – IzanagiGames
- From Earth to Heaven – Chilla’s Art
- The Mermaid’s Tongue – SFB Games
- Wish Me Luck – Peony Knight
Gameplay Design
- Abiotic Factor – Deep Field Games
- Blue Prince – Dogubomb
- Littlelands – Hyper MegaPixel
- The Crush House – Nerial
- World of Goo 2 – 2D BOY / Tomorrow Corporation
Innovation
- 1000xRESIST – sunset visitor
- Among Ashes – Lucy Blundell
- Blue Prince – Dogubomb
- Constance – GODD Games
- RKGK / Rakugaki – Wabisabi Games
Latin American Indie Award
- Abyss X Zero – Violent Star
- Monolith: Requiem of the Ancients – C2 Game Studio
- Red Trigger 2 – Bold Spirit Game Studio
- The Sidekicks – Sunny Lab
- Trails of Kinara – Two Thousand Flowers
Music
- Afterlove EP – Pikselnesia
- Constance – GODD Games
- Critter Crops – Skyreach Studio
- Littlelands – Hyper MegaPixel
- The Mermaid’s Tongue – SFB Games
Narrative
- 1000xRESIST – sunset visitor
- Aikode – IzanagiGames
- Manifesto – Out of the Blue
- The Mermaid’s Tongue – SFB Games
- Wish Me Luck – Peony Knight
Solo Development
- Abyss X Zero – Violent Star
- Among Ashes – Lucy Blundell
- Doodle Streets: London – I Love Birds
- Scorch – Syd
- Unfollow – Unseen Silence
South African Indie Game Award
- Byte’n the Bullet – Rendered Fiction
- Critter Crops – Skyreach Studios
- Lovebirb – Team Lovebirb SA
- No Stone Unturned – Cloud Bird
- Rugby 25 – Wicked Witch
Southeast Asian Indie Award
- Alicus – Pathea Games
- Chrono Faction – Mojo Bones
- Dungeon Clawler – Stray Basilisk
- Fishbowl – imissmyfriends.studio
- The Land Beneath Us – FairPlay Studios
Visual Design
- 1000xRESIST – sunset visitor
- Aikode – IzanagiGames
- Blue Prince – Dogubomb
- Critter Crops – Skyreach Studio
- RKGK / Rakugaki – Wabisabi Games
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