[STEAM] The Game Awards made me think, do small indies even stand a chance anymore?

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Image via The Game Awards And one could argue that "Best Indie Game" category is now fair game for ******* titles, as the category for truly small indie titles now is the "Best Debut Indie Game", but, well, you can also witness Expedition 33 severing the feet of every other game there at the same time.

Expedition 33 provides something transcendent that most AAA games simply don't, and at a fraction of the cost. It's also made by a smaller team than what you'd expect, but it still contains over thirty people and cost a lot to make. Expedition 33 got that name because it was famously made by a team of 32 people and a dog (hence, 33!), but it's also known that

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efforts for an unknown number of tasks.

Expedition 33 will likely win in most categories, possibly even do a clean sweep, and not because the year lacked any competition. It's that good, but its inevitable GOTY victory more than ensures it didn't need to be crushing much smaller games in the indie and debut indie categories, as well.

So, because their exposure is sure to get unfairly diminished this year, don't forget to check out Blue Prince, Megabonk, despelote, Dispatch, Absolum, and Ball X Pit.

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