As we have observed before, Indie Games, regardless of their level of scrutiny, falls into a brief sneer in the Game Awards category of the Year. A game of indie never won Goddy – unless you figure out Larian's self-publishing, but richly produced Baudel's Gate 3 (The jury obviously didn't, as it didn't nominate for Best Indie Game Award). In 2020 Haves Some controversy is Our Last Part 2.
Perhaps more persuasive than the final winner is the scarcity of the indie nominees for the TGA Awards. In the history of awards, there are only five game instances in Game of the Year and Best Indie Game: in,,,,, Celeste,,,,, Haves,,,,, Wanderingand Balatro. And, there are never two such games in a year.
Of course, this winning streak will be broken in 2025 had 2 and Hollow Knight: Silk.
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had 2 Starting from most quarters, if not us, get wild praise from the early days. Its total score rating on Metacritic and Opencritic is about 93, very close to the original Haves. It may lack novel value (it has been in the early passage for more than a year) to make up for the support among critics. The nomination for the first game makes it irrelevant in the category. Some jury members may also be eager to correct the perceptual snubs that the game suffered in 2020.
silk The reception was more mixed, but only slightly. Although its infamous difficulties may hinder it, its sensational launch after seven years of fan hype means it is imminent in the conversation, with a comment rating of 92, which is not damaged. The developer team Cherry has not announced sales figures yet, but we do have analysts estimates claiming 3.2 million copies sold on Steam alone. But the exact number shaking, it's obvious silk It was a huge blow. Its peak concurrency on steam, in 587,150, divides all possible (even unlikely) peaks for Goty competitors. Monster Hunter Wilderness. (Strangely, my favorite Claire Momod: Adventure 33 To 145,000. Baudel's Gate 3 and Elden Ringof course it will help.
These are currently two of the three best games of the year Claire covered up. They have genealogy and scale. It is impossible for them to be nominated. Therefore, in the independent game, the jury will rule that the jury’s long-standing mental disorder appears to be a certificate of death certificate and that two nominees will be passed.
Hollow Knight: SilkImage: Cherry Team
That said, it is important to remember that this possible double nomination will be an extremely rare convergence rather than calling it fluke: two well-known standalone giant racing cars should not only be in the same year, but should be in the same month. Given their ex's popularity and well-known, the odds of both games are much higher than any of the top five independent nominees. You can almost say they have been classified into that category by grandfather.
Whether the jury really sees both games as independent games, although their kindness is impeccable: both are self-published by relatively small development teams, and both strongly adhere to a general view of independent spirit and aesthetics. It seems unlikely that none of them will be nominated for the Best Indie Games category. Still, the real sign of the jury’s true courage and the adventurous spirit of its taste will be the third Goty nomination Prince Blue. This may be too much.
Apart from all the warnings, it is worth noting that the days of welcome game awards cannot be considered more than one indie game. Indeed, when you think about a bigger picture, it includes Claire covered up As a runaway favorite – the original AA game for first time developers, and absolutely non-mainstream, even “independent” publishers – the 2025 Game Awards could be a watershed. With AAA's all-time lows, other developers and publishers are filling the gaps, and gamers have found the totem elsewhere. In this world, even at the Game Awards, indie games can be blockbusters.