Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Secures Another Game of the Year Honor at the Indie Game Awards

The visionary collective at Six One Indie returned last night for the second annual Indie Game Awards, a dedicated showcase celebrating the peak of independent development. Having served on the jury this year, we had a front-row seat to the incredible breadth of talent within the scene. Following a ceremony brimming with passion and creativity, the results are finally in.

Without further delay, here is the full roster of victors from The Indie Game Awards 2025.

Complete Winners List: The Indie Game Awards 2025

Below are the nominees for each category, with the final winners highlighted in bold.

Achievement in Accessibility

• Abiotic Factor
• Barista
• Calm the Storm
• Peak
• Spray Paint Simulator
• Squeakross: Home Squeak Home

African Indie Game Award

• Bru & Boegie Get Da Milk!
• Finding Father
• Flibbius McDoogle and The Mysterious Flying Machine
• IKEELYA
• Metavoidal
• Stick It To The Stickman

ANZ Indie Game Award (Australia & New Zealand)

• Abiotic Factor
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Mars First Logistics
• PROXIMATE
• Tempopo
• The Drifter

Bite-Sized Game

• CARIMARA – Beneath the Forlorn Limbs
• FlyKnight
• Many Nights a Whisper
• The Dark Queen of Mortholme
• this game will end in 205 clicks.
• Time Flies

Black Voices in Gaming Award

• Advent Neon
• Altheia: The Wrath of Aferi
• Sorry We’re Closed
• Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To
• Sunken Stones
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical

Community Management

• Consume Me
• Date Everything!
• IKEELYA
• Peak
• Soulstone Survivors
• Strange Scaffold

Debut Game

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Discounty
• Fretless – The Wrath of Riffson
• ILA: A Frosty Glide
• Sorry We’re Closed
• Tyrant’s Realm

Emotional Impact

• Afterlove EP
• and Roger
• Don’t Get Your Hopes Up
• Henry Halfhead
• Wanderstop
• Wednesdays

Gameplay Design

• Absolum
• Ball x Pit
• Dawnfolk
• Hades II
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Keep Driving
• Look Outside
• Öoo
• Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo
• The King is Watching

Innovation Award

• Blue Prince
• FREERIDE
• Gas Station Story
• PBJ The Musical
• Ruffy and the Riverside
• Taria & Como

Latin American Indie Game Award

• Adventure of Samsara
• despelote
• Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo
• Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo
• Taria & Como
• Tormented Souls 2

Music & Sound Design

• Everhood 2
• Herdling
• Rift of the NecroDancer
• SONOKUNI
• Sword of the Sea
• Wheel World

Narrative Excellence

• Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
• Consume Me
• Promise Mascot Agency
• The Drifter
• The Roottrees are Dead
• The Séance of Blake Manor

Solo Development Achievement

• Lushfoil Photography Sim
• Megabonk
• NAIAD
• Spilled!
• Tall Trails
• Vile: Exhumed

Southeast Asian Indie Game Award

• Afterlove EP
• Artis Impact
• Glyphica: Typing Survival
• SEDAP! A Culinary Adventure
• Urban Jungle
• Whisper Mountain Outbreak

Visual Design

• 30 Birds
• Artis Impact
• Cat Detective Albert Wilde
• Eclipsium
• Mashina
• Slime Rancher 2

Women-Led Indie Game Award

• Cabernet
• Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
• Gemporium: A Cute Mining Sim
• Spilled!
• Urban Myth Dissolution Center
• White Knuckle

Game of the Year

• Absolum
• and Roger
• Blue Prince
• Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Consume Me
• Hades II
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Keep Driving
• Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo

Community Picks

The community has spoken. Here are the fan-voted favorites across the major genres:

• Best Action Game: Hades II
• Best Adventure Game: Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Best Horror Game: R.E.P.O.
• Best Interactive Fiction: Date Everything!
• Best Multiplayer Game: Peak
• Best Puzzle Game: Blue Prince
• Best Role Playing Game: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Best Simulation Game: Schedule 1
• Best Strategy Game: The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy
• Best Survival Game: Abiotic Factor
• Community Game of the Year: Hollow Knight: Silksong

Signature Honors

In addition to the competitive categories, several honorary awards were presented to recognize long-term impact and burgeoning talent.

Indie Vanguard Class of 2025

• Chantey (Gortyn Code)
• Neon Knives (Cookiecrayon)
• Seasonala Cemetry (Gabby DaRienzo, Kait Tremblay, Jen Costa, Nina Wong, halina heron, Mobeen Fiktree, Jacqueline de Leon)
• HYPERBEAT (Alice Bottino, Chancellor Wallin)
• Wildwood Down (Crashable Studios)

The Mohammad Fahmi Storyteller Award

• Maddy Thorson (Extremely OK Games, Ltd) — Recognised for work on Celeste and TowerFall Ascension.

Industry Impact Award

• Game Devs of Color — Represented by Catt Small, Brian S. Chung, and Joshy Boykin.

That concludes the full list of winners for The Indie Game Awards 2025! Did your favorite indie title take home a trophy? Share your thoughts on the winners in the comments section below.

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