Indie Game Awards 2025 winners announced

The winners of the 2025 Indie Game Awards have been revealed.

At last night’s ceremony, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won for Game of the Year. Sandfall Interactive and Team PEAK both walked away with two wins each. The full list of winners can be seen below. The entire ceremony can be seen here.

Steam users can dive into great sales for nominated games during the Indie Game Awards Steam Sale, which can be found here. Games such as Date Everything!, Blue Prince, and Hades II are featured in the sale.

Indie Game Awards 2025 winners

Achievement in Accessibility: PEAK - Team PEAK

African Indie Game Award (Curated by the Playtopia Festival): Stick It To The Stickman - Free Lives

ANZ Indie Game Award (Curated by Frosty Games): The Drifter - Powerhoof

Bite-Sized Game: Time Flies - Playables

Black Voices in Gaming Award (Curated by Black Voices in Gaming): Altheia: The Wrath of Aferi - MarsLit Games

Community Management: PEAK - Team PEAK

Debut Game: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Sandfall Interactive

Emotional Impact: and Roger - TearyHand Studio

Gameplay Design: BALL x PIT - Kenny Sun

Industry Impact: Game Devs of Color

Innovation: Blue Prince - Dogubomb

Latin American Indie Game Award (Curated by the Latin American Games Showcase): Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo - Pocket Trap

The Mohammad Fahmi Storyteller Award: Maddy Thorson

Music: Rift of the NecroDancer - Danny Baranowsky, Alex Moukala, Jules Conroy, Josie Brechner, Sam Webster, and Nick Nausbaum

Narrative: Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector - Jump Over the Age

Solo Development: Tall Trails - Brady Soglin

Southeast Asian Indie Game Award (Curated by the Southeast Asian Games Showcase): Artis Impact - Mas

Visual Design: 30 Birds - RAM RAM Games, Business Goose Studios

Women-Led Indie Game Award (Curated by Women-Led Games): Urban Myth Dissolution Center - Hakababunko

Game of the Year: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Sandfall Interactive

Indie Vanguard | Class of 2025:

Alice Bottino and Chancellor Wallin

Cookiecrayon

Crashable Studios

Gabby DaRienzo

Gortyn Code

The Indie Game Awards air on Dec. 18th, streaming on IGN, GameSpot, and Six One Indie. It’s not a night for new trailers, but a night to celebrate global devs who swung for the fences with unrestricted creative freedom. 🕐 IGAs Countdown: 6:30 PM ET 🏆 Ceremony: 6:50 PM ET 🔗 www.indiegameawards.gg

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— The Indie Game Awards (@indiegameawards.gg) December 12, 2025 at 7:00 AM