Best Narrative
Country Area	Game Title	Developer Team
Canada	Escape from Ever After	Sleepy Castle Studio
China	Insects Awaken	HelloMeow
Spain	The Midnight Barber	Omaet Games
China	KARMA: The Dark World	Pollard Studio
Sweden	Mouthwashing	Wrong Organ
Taiwan	Minds Beneath Us	Bearbone

 

Best Audio
Country Area	Game Title	Developer Team
Japan	Maid Cafe on Electric Street	Adventurer's Tavern
Netherlands	Tiny Terry's Turbo Trip	snekflat
Spain	The Midnight Barber	Omaet Games
Taiwan	Rubinite	Cup Dog Games
Thailand	Lost and Found Co.	Bit Egg Inc.

 

Best Visual Art
Country Area	Game Title	Developer Team
Chile	Bruma	4HA Games Studio SpA
China	Sunset Hills	Cotton Game
New Zealand	Rose and Locket	Whistling Wizard
China	KARMA: The Dark World	Pollard Studio
Taiwan	The Star Named EOS	Silver Lining Studio

 

Best Design
Country Area	Game Title	Developer Team
China	CATO: Buttered Cat	Team Woll
China	DICEOMANCER	Ultra Piggy Studio
Taiwan	Bionic Bay	Psychoflow Studio
Canada	Balatro	LocalThunk
United States	Temporal Titans	Lost Tower Games

 

Best Innovation
Country Area	Game Title	Developer Team
China	CATO: Buttered Cat	Team Woll
Denmark	WHAT THE CAR?	Triband
South Korea	Dungeon Inn	Cat Society
Sweden	Mouthwashing	Wrong Organ
Canada	Balatro	LocalThunk

 

Best Mobile Game
Country Area	Game Title	Developer Team
Argentina	Monstabox	atKombi
China	Sunset Hills	Cotton Game
Denmark	WHAT THE CAR?	Triband
South Korea	Scarecrow Tactics	Shining Gorani
Canada	Balatro	LocalThunk

 

Best Student Game
Country Area	Game Title	Developer Team
Indonesia	Bag Of Seed	Sankalpa Games
Indonesia	Verde and the Echoing Water	Antimeta Studio (Binus University)
Malaysia	Paper Pal	Scribble Squad
South Korea	MONOWAVE	BBB
South Korea	Scarecrow Tactics	Shining Gorani
Taiwan	Pass Without Faith	Musu Studio

*The winners of Indie Game Award 2025 will be announced at the award ceremony on Jan. 22nd ,2025.