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Welcome to the Editor's Choice awards for the 2017 Indie of the Year Awards, where we show recognition to the indie games from the past year that we've found to be personally deserving of attention.

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Welcome to the Editor's Choice awards for the 2017 Indie of the Year Awards, where we show recognition to the indie games from the past year that we've found to be personally deserving of attention.


Best Singleplayer

A Hat in Time

From: MekuCube


A Hat in Time is a 3D, Collect-a-Thon, Platformer being developed by Gears for Breakfast, an up and coming indie team consisting of various members from across the globe! Inspired by classic games like Mario Sunshine and Psychonauts, we hope to bring back the magic of a lost genre that was adored by gamers!



Travel through a beautiful, fictional rendition of the 16th century of Feudal Japan. Choose between four types of warriors as you learn to master intuitive, directionally-driven swordplay while also choosing unique abilities to ensure victory over your foes.


Best Visuals

Cuphead

From: StudioMDHR


Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.



The greatest “giant rocks rolling through historical/artistic ages” tower defense game is back with Rock of Ages II: Bigger and Boulder. Just like the title says, Bigger and Boulder cranks up the surrealism and gameplay with to be, well… BIGGER AND BOULDER.



Experience intense close-quarters battles in iconic WWII settings. Day of Infamy is a teamwork-oriented shooter which aims to be a continuation and evolution of the original Day of Defeat mod released in 2001 - brought to you by the creators of Insurgency.



What would you do if your fears were hacked? >observer_ is a cyberpunk horror game from Bloober Team, the creators of Layers of Fear. Discover a dark cyberpunk world beset by plagues, war and squalor. Play as the new front line of neural police as you hack into the jagged minds of the insane.


Feel like the star of a martial arts film in Overgrowth, as you jump, kick, throw, and slash your way to victory. Free the rabbits from their evil overlords in the main story, then play through the prequel story, and finally, try out nine years of mods developed by the community, or create your own!



Night in the Woods is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet and lots to do across a lush, vibrant world.


Most Anticipated

Pine

From: Twirlbound



Pine is an action adventure simulation game. Set on the island of Albamare, where Humans never reached the top of the food chain, an intricate ecology reacts, evolves and adapts to you specifically. It's up to Hue to find a new home for a near-extinct leftover tribe.



Best in Show

Special award presented by Crytivo Games.


Empires of the Undergrowth

By: SlugDisco



Your queen has set up home beneath a rotting log. She is fat, and vulnerable. Her first brood will need to move quickly if the colony is to survive. Their priority now is to find food, and there is plenty around; but there are other hungry creatures in the undergrowth. The workers will need to be vigilant.

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Alex626
Alex626

Congratulations everyone!

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Bigzur
Bigzur

Great games! Cuphead inspires me.

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Phoenix1747
Phoenix1747

Congratulations, guys! Really nice work!

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SilverSpook
SilverSpook

Congrats everyone! And thanks everyone who voted for Neofeud. :)

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SlugDisco
SlugDisco

Well done everyone! There are a few games on this list I need to quickly put on my Christmas list!

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RoKabiumGames
RoKabiumGames

Congrats all!

Will add these to my list of games that I need to play.

And will be watching out for Pine also!

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Dimaleth-ACETeam
Dimaleth-ACETeam

Congratulations everyone!

Thank you for choosing the Rock, we're honored. :)

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TKAzA
TKAzA

Amazing list of games, Congratulations to all!

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Disqualified
Disqualified

Congrats to the winners! Much deserved for sure!

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MattCan36
MattCan36

Thank you guys! We're only five bucks right now on steam! HANAKO that is.

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Dune_Jumper
Dune_Jumper

A lot of good games this year. Glad to see Day of Infamy on here.

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Guest
Guest

cuphead IP is majority owned and funded by Microsoft. Not sure what its doing here or why they pretend to be indie.

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Snuffeldjuret
Snuffeldjuret

Congrats Day of Infamy :)

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Jetcutter
Jetcutter

Congrats to all!

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yawayawa
yawayawa

Congratulations

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