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Welcome to the 5th 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.

Who will join Starbound last years winner, which now sits alongside Minecraft the inaugural 2010 victor. Up until Jan 1st 2015 join us and celebrate the joy indie games bring us on a daily basis by voting for your favorites! We are also running a Mod of the Year awards and App of the Year awards. Also big thanks to Epic Games who have offered an engine subscription for the winners.

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The votes have been tallied these are your picks for Upcoming Indie Games of 2014

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Welcome all to the Top upcoming Indies of 2014 as picked by you! It's been a record breaking year with a great variety of games up for nomination and a whopping 111,793 votes from 8,984,330 visitors, selecting these top games. So without further ado, We are delighted to present your Top 5 Upcoming Indie Games. We are also announcing the Top upcoming Mods and mobile Apps, you're invited to check them out!

5 Developer - BlackMill Games, M2H | Release:TBD (Early Accsess)
@verdun_status
Verdun

"Inspired by the infamous battle of Verdun in 1916"

Verdun is a squad-based multiplayer FPS in a realistic WW1 setting. The merciless trench warfare offers a unique battlefield for tactical squad play in the realistic Frontlines game mode, and raw gameplay in the rifle-deathmatch.

The game includes historically accurate features such as true WW1 weaponry, historical maps based on sectors of the Western Front and authentic uniforms and equipment. The game immerses you audiovisually into one of the bloodiest conflicts fought in Europe. Read more...

Beta November 2013 Verdun Beta - November 2013

4 Developer - Boneloaf | Release:TBD (Early Accsess)
@boneloaf
Gang Beasts

"A silly multiplayer co-op fighting game with ragdoll physics"

Gang Beasts is a silly local multiplayer party game with doughy ragdoll physics and horrific environmental hazards. In the current pre-alpha players can grab, push, pull, punch, and throw their friends from wrestling rings, speeding trucks, and suspended platforms. Read more...

Character Customisation (Kigurumis) Gang Beasts Customisation Pre-viz #2

3rd Place:Developer - Donkey Crew | Release:TBD
@meleegame
Melee: Battlegrounds

"The spiritual successor to cRPG"

Medieval Multiplayer Combat for PC. Build & Destroy Castles in a Huge Sandbox. Join Massive Battles With Your Unique Warrior. Immerse Yourself in a Medieval World.

Melee: Battlegrounds is a pre-alpha stage standalone, 100% independent game being developed as the spiritual sequel to the popular Mount & Blade Warband mod cRPG, with the intention of making the best medieval combat game available by using what was good and improving on what can be done better. The game is made upon our own homemade engine which also will allow for heavy modding - mod anything you can think of! Read more...

Dead Templar Customize your Character - Knight

2nd Place:Developer - Tynan | Release:TBD (Early Accsess)
@tynansylvester
RimWorld

"A sci fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller."

Inspired by the space western vibe of Firefly, the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, and the epic scale of Dune and Warhammer 40,000.

Manage colonists' moods, needs, thoughts, individual wounds, and illnesses. Engage in deeply-simulated small-team gunplay. Fashion structures, weapons, and apparel from metal, wood, stone, cloth, or exotic, futuristic materials. Fight pirate raiders, hostile tribes, rampaging animals and ancient killing machines. Discover a new generated world each time you play. Build colonies in biomes ranging from desert to jungle to tundra, each with unique flora and fauna. Manage and develop colonists with unique backstories, traits, and skills. Learn to play this deep game smoothly and naturally with our intelligent, reactive AI tutor. Read more...

Tundra tunnels Spring time


Primaeval is a 3rd person action Adventure dungeon crawler game featuring interactive logic puzzles and engaging melee and magic combat system.


Primaeval adopts a tactical real time physics based melee combat system with wide range of attacks and moves, the player has a full control of his character, both successful and failure attacks have their respective consequences. in addition, the game features several types of weapons each with it's own play style.

The magic system is a symbol based system and heavily relies on player's memory , a magic spell may be represented by one or more symbols written on magic scrolls. During combat, the player has to remember the correct symbol that represents the spell he wishes to cast and draw it quickly to activate the spell, otherwise the player will need to reopen the scroll and waist a precious time.


The AI is designed to be challenging and merciless, a horde of enemies wont' tackle the player one by one but instead they'll attack together whenever it's possible and it's the player's job to tactically choose the best gameplay style to deal with this situation depending on his current equipments and weapons.

With many logical and mechanical puzzles designed to tease the player's brain and sometimes frustrate him! Read more...

Congratulations to all nominated upcoming indies and all the best with your future releases, don't forget to track your favorites to ensure your always kept upto date.

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TKAzA Author
TKAzA

Well done to all nominees!

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frenchiveruti
frenchiveruti

Any special mentions?

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JellyfishGames
JellyfishGames

Congrats to all!

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eosshelt
eosshelt

So I say. It would be great to see the complete ranking.

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TheUnbeholden
TheUnbeholden

Yes I would very much like to see this soon!

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mrKaizen
mrKaizen

Congrats to all! Would also like to see some special mentions! :D

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SirErwinRommel
SirErwinRommel

Ah Rimworld, I truly do love the modding support for it

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