Independent Games Festival Awards Nominees

The Independent Games Festival Website lists the nominees for the Independent Games Festival Awards, which will be handed out on March 19th during the Game Developers Conference. The highlight is Consume Me with five nominations, which feels like a lowlight for this site, since it's never been mentioned here, but it is still listed as "coming soon" on Steam, and "in development on Itch.io, so how this all works is a little mysterious. Word on the process includes a little placeholder text:
This year's nominees were selected from a list of almost 500 entries, thanks to the hard work of our expert juries in each individual category, who chose the finalists after playing, discussing, and meticulously evaluating each of the games in consideration. Be sure to submit your vote for the IGF Audience Award LINK TKTKTKTTK! Voting will close on TKTKTKT.

The Independent Games Festival is part of GDC 2025, which will be held in San Francisco March 17-21.