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Indie of the Year

Welcome to the 7th Annual Indie of the Year Awards, a celebration of the years finest indie games chosen by you and us. For the next 4 weeks it is up to you to vote for your favorite indie games so that they may make the top 100 which will be announced on the 11th of December.

Last year we saw galaxy-traversing sandbox Space Engineers take out first place, followed with the tactical shooter Squad as runner up with the 90's nostalgia inducing Black Mesa finishing third on the podium. Read our players choice or editor's choice for the full results and start voting to help award the prestigious title of the 2016 Indie of the Year. Good luck everyone!

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Indie Awards proudly sponsored by Square Enix Collective

Square Enix Collective has been created to act as a service provider for indie developers, either through helping to build community, helping to raise funds via Kickstarter, or with support for releasing games. Regardless of which services we work with you on, you will always retain your own IP, as well as creative control over your projects – and at each stage it’s up to you if you want to continue to work with us in the future.
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Players Choice Indie of the Year 2016

Players Choice Indie of the Year 2016

Feature 16 comments

The time has come, announcing the best Indie games of 2016 as selected by you.

Players Choice Best Upcoming Indie 2016

Players Choice Best Upcoming Indie 2016

Feature 13 comments

Welcome all to the Best Upcoming Indies of 2016 as picked by you!

Editors Choice - Indie of the Year 2016

Editors Choice - Indie of the Year 2016

Feature 15 comments

Welcome to the 2016 Award Presentation, while the old computer crunches the votes, we highlight our favourites from the year.

Top 100 Indies of 2016 Announced

Top 100 Indies of 2016 Announced

News 22 comments

Phase 1 has concluded and our top 100 indies of 2016 have been announced.

Square Enix Collective joins the 2016 awards

Square Enix Collective joins the 2016 awards

News

Square Enix Collective announce their huge prize for a lucky developer or team in the 2016 Indie of the Year Awards.

Houdini joins 2016 awards as prize sponsor

Houdini joins 2016 awards as prize sponsor

Houdini 3 comments

SideFX, creators of popular tools and engines for game developers and artists to use have offered Houdini Indie licences for up to 30 winners in the 2016...

Crafting the 2016 award logos

Crafting the 2016 award logos

News 16 comments

See the process we followed, to design the 2016 logos for our end of the year awards.

Indie of the Year 2016 kickoff

Indie of the Year 2016 kickoff

News 12 comments

Hold on to your hats... the 2016 search for the crowd favorites have begun! Time to vote for the 2016 Indie of the Year.

2016 Indie Games Year in Review

2016 Indie Games Year in Review

Feature 5 comments

With the end of the year drawing to a close, lets recap some of the amazing games released in 2016!

2016 Voter Prizes

2016 Voter Prizes

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Help us discover the best mod and indie games of 2016, and win awesome games from our community for participating.