A cerimônia do Indie Game Awards 2025 aconteceu em 18 de dezembro e, como muitos previam, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 levou para casa os prêmios de Jogo do Ano e Jogo de Estreia.
No entanto, as coisas mudaram e o Indie Game Awards tomou a drástica decisão de retirar os prêmios de Clair Obscur e da desenvolvedora Sandfall Interactive devido ao uso de inteligência artificial (IA) generativa.
Em um comunicado divulgado na tarde de sábado, a Six One Indie, criadora da premiação, afirmou que a remoção dos prêmios ocorreu após a descoberta do uso de IA generativa depois que a votação já havia sido concluída e a cerimônia gravada.
Veja o comunicado (via site oficial e Insider Gaming):
O Indie Game Awards tem uma postura firme em relação ao uso de IA gerada por computador durante todo o processo de indicação e na própria cerimônia. Quando foi submetido à consideração, representantes da Sandfall Interactive concordaram que nenhuma IA generativa (GAI) foi usada no desenvolvimento de Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
Considerando que a Sandfall Interactive confirmou o uso de arte gerada por IA durante a produção no dia da estreia do Indie Game Awards 2025, isso desclassifica Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 de sua indicação. Embora os recursos em questão tenham sido removidos posteriormente e o jogo seja excelente, ele contraria as regras estabelecidas. Como resultado, o comitê de indicação do IGA decidiu retirar oficialmente as indicações para os prêmios de Jogo de Estreia e Jogo do Ano.
Cada prêmio será concedido ao próximo jogo mais bem classificado em sua respectiva categoria:
Jogo de Estreia: Sorry We’re Closed
Jogo do Ano: Blue Prince
Tanto a à la mode games quanto a Dogubomb foram notificadas e convidadas a gravar discursos de agradecimento. Como a estreia do IGA ocorreu pouco antes do recesso de fim de ano, esperamos que ambos os discursos de agradecimento sejam gravados e publicados no início de 2026.
Vencedores do Indie Game Awards 2025
Caso tenha curiosidade, veja abaixo a lista completa dos vencedores (via Polygon).
Game of the Year nominees
- Absolum – Dotemu, Guard Crush Games, and Supamonks
- and Roger – TearyHand Studio
- WINNER: Blue Prince – Dogubomb
- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector – Jump Over the Age
WINNER: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive- Consume Me – Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, and Ken “coda” Snyder
- Hades 2 – Supergiant Games
- Hollow Knight: Silksong – Team Cherry
- Keep Driving – YCJY Games
- Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo – Pocket Trap
Achievement in Accessibility nominees
- Abiotic Factor – Deep Field Games
- Barista – YofiAsi
- Calm the Storm – Ludic Lemur
- WINNER: Peak – Team PEAK
- Spray Paint Simulator – North Star Video Games
- Squeakross: Home Squeak Home – Alblune
ANZ Indie Game Award nominees
Bite-Sized Game nominees
- Carimara – Beneath the Forlorn Limbs – Bastinus Rex
- FlyKnight – Wabbaboy
- Many Nights a Whisper – Deconstructeam, Selkie Harbour
- The Dark Queen of Mortholme – Mosu
- this game will end in 205 clicks. – insertdisc5
- WINNER: Time Flies – Playables
Black Voice in Gaming nominees
- Advent Neon – CryoGX
- WINNER: Altheia: The Wrath of Aferi – MarsLit Games
- Sorry We’re Closed – à la mode games
- Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To – Soft Not Weak, LLC
- Sunken Stones – Spritewrench
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown – Strange Scaffold
Community Management nominees
- Consume Me – Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, Ken “coda” Snyder
- Date Everything! – Sassy Chap Games
- Ikeelya – ALL DAY ALL NIGHT
- WINNER: Peak – Team PEAK
- Soulstone Survivors – Game Smithing Limited
- Strange Scaffold – Strange Scaffold
Debut Game nominees
WINNER: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive- Discounty – Crinkle Cut Games
- Fretless – The Wrath of Riffson – Ritual Studios
- ILA: A Frosty Glide – Magic Rain Studios
- WINNER: Sorry We’re Closed – a la mode Games
- Tyrant’s Realm – Team Tyrant
Emotional Impact nominees
- Afterlove EP – Pikselnesia
- WINNER: and Roger – TearyHand Studio
- Don’t Get Your Hopes Up – Krish Raghav
- Henry Halfhead – Lululu Entertainment
- Wanderstop – Ivy Road
- Wednesdays – Pierre Corbinais, The Pixel Hunt, exaheva
Gameplay Design nominees
- Absolum – Dotemu, Guard Crush Games, Supamonks
- WINNER: BallxPit – Kenny Sun
- Dawnfolk – Darenn Keller
- Hades 2 – Supergiant Games
- Hollow Knight: Silksong – Team Cherry
- Keep Driving – YCJY Games
- Look Outside – Francis Coulombe
- Öoo – NamaTakahashi, tiny cactus studio, Tsuyomi
- Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo – Pocket Trap
- The King is Watching – Hypnohead
Innovation nominees
- WINNER: Blue Prince – Dogubomb
- FreeRide – Flightyfelon Games Inc.,
- Gas Station Story – enzi
- PBJ The Musical – Philipp Stollenmayer
- Ruffy and the Riverside – Zockrates Laboratories UG
- Taria & Como – Poppyseed Studio Inc, JuVee Productions
Latin American Indie Award nominees
- Adventure of Samsara – Ilex Games
- Despelote – Julian Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena
- Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo – Galla
- WINNER: Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo – Pocket Trap
- Taria & Como – Poppyseed Studio Inc, JuVee Productions
- Tormented Souls 2 – Dual Effect
Music nominees
Narrative nominees
- WINNER: Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector – Jump Over the Age
- Consume Me – Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, Ken “coda” Snyder
- Promise Mascot Agency – Kaizen Game Works
- The Drifter – Powerhoof, Dave Lloyd
- The Roottrees are Dead – Evil Trout Inc.
- The Séance of Blake Manor – Spooky Doorway
Solo Development nominees
- Lushfoil Photography Sim – Matt Newell
- Megabonk – vedinad
- Naiad – HiWarp
- Spilled! – Lente
- WINNER: Tall Trails – Brady Soglin
- Vile: Exhumed – Cara Cadaver
South African Indie Game Award nominees
- Bru & Boegie Get Da Milk! – MIKDOG
- Finding Father – Studio Bo
- Flibbius McDoogle and The Mysterious Flying Machine – Unsigned Double Collective
- Ikeelya – ALL DAY ALL NIGHT
- Metavoidal – Yellow Lab Games
- WINNER: Stick It To The Stickman – Free Lives
Southeast Asian Indie Game Award nominees
- Afterlove EP – Pikselnesia
- WINNER: Artis Impact – Mas
- Glyphica: Typing Survival – aliasBLACK
- Sedap! A Culinary Adventure – kopiforge
- Urban Jungle – Kylyk Games
- Whisper Mountain Outbreak – Toge Productions
Visual Design nominees
- WINNER: 30 Birds – RAM RAM Games, Business Goose Studios
- Artis Impact – Mas
- Cat Detective Albert Wilde – beyondthosehills
- Eclipsium – Housefire
- Mashina – Talha and Jack Co, J. King Spooner, Talha Kaya
- Slime Rancher 2 – Monomi Park
Women-Led Indie Game Award nominees
- Cabernet – Party for Introverts
- Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping – Happy Broccoli Games
- Gemporium: A Cute Mining Sim – Merge Conflict Studio
- Spilled! – Lente
- WINNER: Urban Myth Dissolution Center – Hakababunko
- White Knuckle – Dark Machine Games
Indie Vanguard Class Selections
- Chantey – Gortyn Code
- Neon Knives – Cookiecrayon
- Seasonala Cemetry – Gabby DaRienzo, Kait Tremblay, Jen Costa, Nina Wong, Halina Heron, Mobeen Fiktree, Jacqueline de Leon
- HYPERBEAT – Alice Bottino, Chancellor Wallin
- Wildwood Down – Crashable Studios
The Mohammad Fahmi Storyteller Award
- Maddy Thorson – Extremely OK Games, Ltd.
Industry Impact Award
- Game Devs of Color – represented by Catt Small, Brian S. Chung, and Josh Boykin
