Independent Games Festival winners

Castle Crashers is a 2D beat 'em up video game developed by The Behemoth.

Fez (stylized as FEZ) is an indie puzzle-platform video game developed by Polytron Corporation and published by Trapdoor.

Aquaria is a 2D sidescrolling action-adventure video game designed by Alec Holowka and Derek Yu, who together form the independent game company Bit Blot, which developed and originally published the game.

Closure is an independent video game developed by programmer Tyler Glaiel and artist Jon Schubbe with music and sound by Chris Rhyne.

Heroes of Newerth (HoN) is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game originally developed by S2 Games for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux.

World of Goo is a puzzle video game developed and published by independent game developer 2D Boy.

Botanicula is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Amanita Design.

Cortex Command is a 2-dimensional side-scrolling action game developed by Data Realms.

Gish is a side-scrolling platformer video game developed by US-based indie developer Cryptic Sea (pseudonym of Alex Austin) and published by Chronic Logic.

Crayon Physics Deluxe is a computer video puzzle game designed by Petri Purho and released on January 7, 2009.

Dofus is a Flash-based tactical turn-oriented massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Ankama Games, a French computer game manufacturer.

Antichamber is a single-player first-person puzzle-platform video game created by Alexander Bruce.

Darwinia is a 2005 real-time tactics and real-time strategy video game for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

Spartan is a computer game developed by Slitherine Strategies in 2004.

Machinarium is a puzzle point-and-click adventure game developed by Amanita Design.

Braid is a platform and puzzle video game developed by Number None, Inc.

Samorost is a puzzle point-and-click adventure game developed by Amanita Design.

N is a freeware video game developed by Metanet Software.

Blueberry Garden is a puzzle platform video game.

Far Gate (known prior to release as The Rift) is a 2001 video game released for personal computers.

Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space is an indie roguelike video game developed by the company Digital Eel.

Bang! Howdy is an online free-to-play strategy game published by Three Rings Design and released on December 1, 2006 after public beta testing.

King of Dragon Pass is a 1999 computer game published by A Sharp.

Terminus is a space-flight role-playing action video game by Vicarious Visions.

Papers, Please: A Dystopian Document Thriller is a video game created by indie game developer Lucas Pope, developed and published through his company, 3909.

Samorost 2 is a puzzle point-and-click adventure game developed by Amanita Design.

Fire and Darkness is a cancelled three-dimensional real-time strategy video game developed by Singularity Software.

Bad Milk is a puzzle video game developed by New York developers Dreaming Media, the working name of brothers Ted and Mick Skolnick.

Brainpipe: A Plunge to Unhumanity is an action video game developed by Digital Eel for Microsoft Windows, macOS and handhelds and was released on December 24, 2008.

Skyrates is a browser based massively multiplayer online game with a focus on sporadic play in a persistent world.

The Dream Machine is an episodic point-and-click adventure video game developed and published by Cockroach Inc.

Shattered Galaxy is a massively multiplayer online real-time strategy game (MMORTS) that was released in 2001 by Nexon Inc.

Oasis is a turn-based strategy video game developed by Mind Control Software and published for Microsoft Windows by PlayFirst in April 2005.

Cart Life is a simulation video game developed by Richard Hofmeier using Adventure Game Studio for Microsoft Windows released in May 2011.

Insaniquarium is a puzzle video game created by Flying Bear Entertainment and PopCap Games.

Metamorphabet is a 2015 video game by Vectorpark.

Outer Wilds is an open world exploration indie video game.

Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates is a massively multiplayer online game developed by Three Rings Design, a company acquired by Sega Sammy Holdings in 2011.

RoboBlitz is an indie puzzle action video game for Microsoft Windows through Steam and the Xbox 360 through Xbox Live Arcade.

Wild Earth is a safari video game and motion simulator ride by Super X Studios.

Desktop Tower Defense is a Flash-based tower defense browser game created by Paul Preece in March 2007.

Nidhogg is a side-scrolling two-player fighting video game by Mark "Messhof" Essen.

Alien Hominid is an independently developed run and gun video game developed by The Behemoth.

Steer Madness is an animal rights inspired adventure video game developed and published by Veggie Games Inc.

RocketBowl (also RocketBowl Plus) is a sports game developed by LargeAnimal and published by GarageGames, released November 4, 2004 for Windows.

Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a stealth action video game released in 2013 for the Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

Everyday Shooter (known as Riff: Everyday Shooter in Europe) is an independent video game developed by Canadian programmer, visual artist, and guitarist Jonathan Mak.

Crime Cities is a video game for Microsoft Windows compatible PCs.