[STEAM] IGF 2025 nominees show what a wild and vibrant place indie gaming is

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Last year's defining indie smash hit,

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? Not nominated for the IGF grand prize.

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, which turned damn near every games journalist into a tiresome obsessive? Not nominated for anything.

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, an impressive, important, big boy achievement snubbed

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? It did get a Grand Prize nomination.

I don't disagree with any of the nominees or absences in this year's Independent Games Festival Awards, so I don't mention any of the above to stir up trouble. Instead I look at this list and think: wow, video games are more varied than ever, so much so that there's no longer a dominant cultural narrative even within the specific niche of indie gaming.

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