Indie Games Dominate the Game Awards 2025

[mendez]

This year’s Game Awards delivered a surprise shift: half of the Game of the Year contenders weren’t backed by AAA studios.
Titles like Hades 2, Hollow Knight: Silksong, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 stood shoulder-to-shoulder with giants like Death Stranding 2.

The message?
Indie studios are no longer the underdogs — they’re shaping the future of the industry.

[Rimon Khan]

Indies dominating this year proves creativity is beating big budgets once again.

[Abdul Khan]

The indie scene is on fire — fresh ideas are carrying the industry forward.