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Indie of the Year

Back for an amazing 14th time, welcome to the 2023 Indie of the Year Awards, a celebration of the year's finest indie games chosen by you and our team at IndieDB.

Last year saw the visceral WW1 indie Isonzo claim first place, followed closely by the simple but addictive Vampire Survivors in second and Turbo Overkill placing third. If you want a look at how the rest of the placing went in 2022, check out the rest of player's choice for released and upcoming, as well as the editor's picks for 2022.

The time is now to start hitting the vote button for your favorite indies, so they may make it into coveted Top 100. Help hard working game developers feel the love and soon we will announce the 2023 Indie of the Year. Good luck everyone and may the best indie win!

Report RSS Top 100 Indies of 2023 Announced

The 2023 Indie of the Year Awards moves into its next phase: voting for the Top 100!

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After 10 days of nominations in which more than 1,450 indie games were competing to enter the Top 100, just over 7,812 votes have been tallied and the nominees for the Top 100 Indie Games of 2023 have been revealed!


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Phase 2 has begun, in which voting is now open for the Top 100 indie games to determine
2023's ultimate winner. You have until December 21 to cast your votes!


Presenting the Top 100 Indies Of 2023


The Top 100 this year sees some awesome indies across a wide variety of genres, including Lethal Company, Sunkenland (Waterworld-Themed Survival), Amnesia: The Bunker, Party Animals and Shadows of Doubt. A set of promising upcoming indies made the cut too, including Under a Rock, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl, Kiyo and ALTERA, which all stand a chance at winning the best upcoming indie game for 2023.

You can vote for more than one game, so be sure to
vote for all
the games you think are deserving of a win!


Congratulations to all the indies that made it into the 2023 Indie of the Year Top 100. Now is the time to continue spreading the word about your nomination and to rally the support of your most vocal community members to boost you with votes and word-of-mouth discovery! Continue posting informative updates and articles about your game, and showcase new screenshots and trailers when they're ready for viewing.

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LexipGames
LexipGames - - 17 comments

We are nominated!🥳

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LyaaaaaGames
LyaaaaaGames - - 4 comments

Congratulation LexipGames! I'm nominated too :)

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ClaireBob
ClaireBob - - 9 comments

Congratulations all!

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VSwede
VSwede - - 5 comments

Didn’t think I’d get nominated, but I’m a happy boi 😄

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FlightFight
FlightFight - - 34 comments

Congrats to everyone who made it to top 100!
It's amazing that Assembly RTS was nominated.
I would have never expected that. Thanks to everyone who voted! 😄

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mitridas
mitridas - - 3 comments

Huge congrats to all the nominated teams!
And thanks a lot to everyone who voted for Kiyo, I didn't dare hoping we'd make it :)

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philmacnevin
philmacnevin - - 1 comments

Congrats to the rest of the nominees! Good luck!

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Omnipoet
Omnipoet - - 3 comments

Congrats to all of the nominees! Now begins the systematic blackmail of the competition in manner to delete all games besides my game The Gray Man, oh wait I shoudn't have written tha-

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