The Indie Game Awards 2024 Nominees

It’s definitely awards season! The Indie Game Awards 2024 have announced their nominees!

It’s a busy time for the video game industry, with award shows popping up left right and centre announcing their nominees!

The Indie Game Awards, brought to you by collective Six One Indie, have recently announced their nominees for 2024. Notably, including some New Zealand-made games and industry experts. We’ll point them out below!

The Indie Game Awards have specified that there are different nominees for each category except in Game of the Year, Community Management, and Industry Impact. “To ensure a diverse selection of indie games across all categories.”

Streaming Friday, December 20th, on Youtube and IGN, with a starting time of 10am AEST / 1pm NZ. Below you can check out all the great Indie nominees!

Best Debut Game

• Arranger
• Lil’ Guardsman
• Little Kitty, Big City
• Loddlenaut
• MULLET MADJACK
• Worldless

Notable Achievement In Accessibility

• Another Crab’s Treasure
• Elsie
• Periphery Synthetic
• Pine Hearts
• SteamWorld Heist II
• Surmount: A Mountain Climbing Adventure

Best Music

• Core Keeper
• Flock
• Pacific Drive
• The Cub
• Thrasher
• Wild Bastards

Best Visual Design

• Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus
• Crow Country
• Harold Halibut
• Hauntii
• The Plucky Squire
• Ultros

Best Bite-Sized Game

• Buckshot Roulette
• Clickolding
• Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
• Minami Lane
• Please Touch the Artwork 2
• Thank Goodness You’re Here

Best Innovation

• Cryptmaster
• KarmaZoo
• Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
• ODDADA
• Rusty’s Retirement
• UFO 50

Best Emotional Impact

• In Stars and Time
• Kind Words 2
• Neva
• Selfloss
• Thirsty Suitors
• Until Then

Best Gameplay Design

• Balatro
• Grunn
• Minishoot Adventures
• Nine Sols
• Tiny Glade
• Victory Heat Rally

Best Community Management

• Aggro Crab
• Black Tabby Games
• LocalThunk
• Massive Monster
• NPC Studio
• Pounce Light

Best Narrative

• 1000xRESIST
• ARCO
• Caravan SandWitch
• Fear The Spotlight
• Last Time I Saw You
• Mouthwashing

Best Woman-Led Game

• Gourdlets
• Keylocker
• Love, Ghostie
• Mexico, 1921. A Deep Slumber
• Nightmare Kart
• The Crimson Diamond

Best Solo Development

• Aerial_Knight’s We Never Yield
• Animal Well
• Children of the Sun
• Crypt Custodian
• Knuckle Sandwich
• Magical Delicacy

Indie Game Of The Year 2024

• 1000xRESIST
• Animal Well
• ARCO
• Balatro
• Crypt Custodian
• Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
• Mouthwashing
• Neva
• Nine Sols
• UFO 50

The Indie Game Awards will have a number of presenters, including NZ-based Black Salt Games (Dredge). We also have NZ-based nominees, including Cryptmaster for Best Innovation and Aggro Crab (Another Crab’s Treasure) for Best Community Management. Although Aggro Crab themselves are not NZ-based, the mastermind behind Aggro Crab’s community management is NZ-based, Paige Wilson!

Six One Indie, responsible for bringing together The Indie Game Awards, is a collective that is “focused on offering a fresh approach to amplifying indie games, featuring showcase spotlights and in-depth commentary on the indie gaming and development scene.

The Indie Game Awards 2024 will be streaming on Youtube and IGN at the following times below!

PT: Thursday 19th December 4pm

ET: Thursday 19th December 7pm

AEST:  Friday 20th December 10am

New Zealand: Friday 20th December 1pm