The Indie Game Awards @indiegameawards.gg The IGAs is an annual awards ceremony celebrating the indie scene where developers take center stage.
🗓️ December 2026
🔗 www.indiegameawards.gg
🎬 Production & Organization by @SixOneIndie.com
🌎 Curated & Voted on by Showcases, Media, Creators, & more.
Liana Ruppert @dirtyeffinhippy.lianaruppert.com Community, VA, Creators, Marketing, Accessibility in games, books & TV. Owlchemy Labs Sr Comm Manager. TV-side:
✨Fallout
✨Vox Machina/M9
✨The Mighty Nein
✨Secret Level
Prev➡️Multi-award winning D2 CM/Accessibility Co-Lead at @Bungie, Game Informer,+more
Meiri Games 🎮🇧🇷 Game Dev / Queer Games @meiri.itch.io 🇧🇷Psychologist & queer Brazilian indie game dev making experimental games 🖤🤍💜
🖤STEAM: https://bit.ly/4gHgF7h
🤍Play 12+ free games: https://meiri.itch.io
💜Tip me: https://bit.ly/4e4WUnS
⚫reach me at: contact@meirigames.com.br
lily valeen @itsmelilyv.bsky.social ~ i make games about women trying their best
~ i made BOSSGAME: The Final Boss is My Heart
~ she & they
~ https://itsmelilyv.com
~ #gamedev #pixelart
Lucy Blundell 💜 Wishlist Ace & Aro: Heart-to-Heart on Steam 💚 @kinmoku.bsky.social Independent Game Developer – Made One Night Stand and VIDEOVERSE, now working on Ace & Aro: Heart-to-Heart | IGF | Indie Cup | Previous EA Chillingo | Brit residing in Germany | Invisibly disabled | She/They 🖤🩶🤍💜
www.kinmoku.games
camillapanda 🏳️🌈 @camillapanda.bsky.social Comfort Streamer | Gaming Content Creator | Twitch Women's & Pride Guild Member | Youtube Creator | Esports Caster | Cosplayer | She/Her | Des Moines |
💌 info.camillapandatv@gmail.com
https://beacons.ai/camillapanda
Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social Lead developer of Nightwell Games. Currently surviving the aftermath of the Eaton Fire. All-ages deduction game DEDUCTOPIA coming soon: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4429720/Deductopia/
Dead Pets: A Punk Rock Slice of Life Sim @deadpetsu.bsky.social Struggling punk rock band, Dead Pets, are looking for their big break.
@akuparagames.bsky.social
Airframe Ultra @airframeultra.bsky.social Don't find yourself 6 ft under. 💥
bit.ly/AFUSteam
@videocultmedia.bsky.social @videocultmedia.bsky.social 
Moonlight Kids @moonlightkids.bsky.social Illustrated, story-rich adventure games
Working on Echo Weaver
Creators of The Wild at Heart
https://t.co/HAaMjxGFM6
Come hang with us! http://discord.gg/qSGTDRh
Montabi → Coming August 6!🔥 @playmontabi.bsky.social #Montabi is a creature-collector roguelike deckbuilding game by @mankibo.bsky.social published by @akuparagames.bsky.social
Wishlist - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3141630?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=organic
Join us - https://discord.gg/UQ4X96wtMz
Mankibo @mankibo.bsky.social We are #indiegame developer dedicated to creating an inclusive space where anyone can develop accessible games that bring joy.
working on @playmontabi.bsky.social
Carli Velocci 👽 @carlivelocci.com Nonprofit comms professional by day, freelance writer & editor for video games, tech by night | just some aliens in a suit | They/she
Links: https://linktr.ee/velocciraptor
Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social Historian of play | AHRC funded PhD on board games & play c.1860-1939 | Game developer | Writer & narrative designer
Repped by Will Francis at Janklow & Nesbit
she/her
Tokyo Game Life @tokyogamelife.bsky.social Tokyo based video game podcast focusing on Nintendo and gaming culture in Japan’s capital. Available on your favorite podcast app!
https://tokyogamelife.com
Lyn 🌸 @lynloves.games 🌞 video game cm by day
🌝 hobbyist game dev by night
🌸currently sr social media & community manager @noodlecatgames.com |🌸igda neurodivergent in games sig lead |🌸games industry mentor
Aidan Bell @conceptonaut.bsky.social concept artist | 22
currently: Lead Artist on Plantasia 🌱
Ghostcrawler @ghostcrawler.bsky.social Greg Street, CEO of Fantastic Pixel Castle. We are fully funded and remote and making an MMO. Previously: League of Legends, World of Warcraft, Age of Empires. I only work on games with "of" in the middle.
Eric Barone @ericbarone.bsky.social creator of Stardew Valley -- working on "Haunted Chocolatier"
Small Loan Studio @smallloanstudio.bsky.social We are Small Loan Studio, a collective of volunteer junior game devs and career changers expanding our skillsets!
Find our games on Itch [https://smallloanstudio.itch.io/] and Steam [https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45199855] ❄️🚊👻🩸
Noodle Cat Games - Cloudheim OUT NOW! 🪽 @noodlecatgames.com We're a games studio working on Cloudheim — a co-op fantasy adventure blending crafting with physics-based combat.
Ayla Derrick @bigealien.bsky.social Founder of Cave Bear Games
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• Girl | Gamer | Neopets | Tamagotchi | Webkinz | Bratz | Virtual Villagers | Gudetama | OSRS •
Margot 'Elawen' Blanchard @margotblanchard.bsky.social Lead Designer at Lowbirth Games 🥀
Bretonne montréalaise 🥞| French from Bretagne, best place in France😅| living her best game dev life in Montreal
📖 Narrative & Social impact Design ⚙️Challenging social bias players one game at time😼
Elle/She | Fr/En
Women-Led Games @womenledgames.com Summer Game Fest Edition: June 4th 4PM PT https://youtube.com/@Women-LedGames | Highlighting women in the games industry, sharing their projects, and their experiences.
Simply Sweet Games @simplysweetgames.bsky.social Simply Sweet Games (SSG) is a female-founded studio focusing on sustainable development, accessibility, diversity and inclusion. We're creating premium casual games loved by all, thoughtfully made for women.
Tropical Moisture @tropicalmoisture.bsky.social ✨️ animations, doodles and crafts ✨️
👁👄👁 Watch me on YouTube and Twitch!
https://linktr.ee/TropicalMoisture
Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social Game writer, poet, and lover of the fantastical, horrifying, and weird. TND alum. She/her
Games: VAUNTED (Lost Lake Games), MONOCHROME HEIGHTS (Steam), and more
Poetry: TWELVE and NECESSARY POISONS (Interstellar Flight Press)
https://linktr.ee/andreablythe
Akupara Games @akuparagames.bsky.social 🐢Tortoise-powered game publisher
🐢Behind The Frame, GRIME, Absolute Tactics, Rain World, Astrea + MORE!
Will Fenholt 🏳️🌈 @willfenholt.bsky.social Gay aspiring comic artist from Seattle making illustrations. Into comics (DC mostly), anime, manga, bara, bears and daddies.
#digitalart #queerart #illustration #lgbtq
Wholesome Games | Celebration August 6-13 @wholesomegames.com Brightening your day with uplifting, thoughtful, compassionate, and cozy games.
wholesomegames.com
Hexwave Games @handle.invalid Indie Game Collective conjuring socially impactful games that amplify diverse voices. Female owned and operated.
hexwavegames.com
loteque @pxlpush.com 🔊Technical Audio Artist
🪶Xicanx 🌈Bi 🌻He/They
www: https://pxlpush.com
Spacebar: https://fermi.chat/invite/LPW0Ap?instance=https%3A%2F%2Fspacebar.chat
past: Dev, Tresensa, Rumblefish. PT Tech Dir, BirdMouse
@tigerplushie.bsky.social @tigerplushie.bsky.social 
@voidbrickstudio.bsky.social @voidbrickstudio.bsky.social 
No Small Games @nosmallgames.bsky.social 🎙️ Indie Game Recap and Review podcast
👾 Hosted by Emily @aspecificegg.bsky.social and Kate @katerblossom.bsky.social
💜 Find us wherever you get your podcasts
www.nosmallgames.com
📧 Business: nosmallgames@gmail.com
Nicole Rieko @nicolerieko.bsky.social 🩷💜💙 Actress, Aya Yoshie on Twitch, Professional Third Wheel | {she/her} | Bi | For Business Inquiries: ayayoshiestream@gmail.com
https://allmylinks.com/nicolerieko
Hadriel @hadriel.live Just an idiot passing through, helping out, learning.
https://links.hadriel.live
Mama Newt 🦎🎲 @luckynewtgames.bsky.social She/her/Laura. Drama free is the way to be! TTRPG Parent and Indie Designer. Creating family-friendly games since 2021. Opinions are my own. Pan Romantic and Bi Curious.
Avatar/logo by https://topolis.carrd.co
NinjaPenguinAM @ninjapenguinam.bsky.social She/they Game Designer. Rpg/board gamer. 🐧💖💜💙bisexual and demisexual Japanese-American. Occasional cosplayer, trying to make the world a kinder place. Penguin aficionado.
Team HeraldHearts @heraldhearts.bsky.social 
Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social Amanda Katz said this was the cool kids table.
Katy Bentz @katybentz.bsky.social 
Ryan Smith @smitty2447.bsky.social Podcaster, Audio/Video Editor, Love of Viddya Games! Content Creator for Las Vegas Inferno
TinBot @tinbotcreative.bsky.social #Designer, #Illustrator, Husband & Father. Now with 10% more gray hair!
https://www.YouTube.com/@TinBotTV
Jess 💜🌸 @thecoolerjess.bsky.social Hi hiya!! It's-a me, Jess!
23 y/o trans weirdo, i like video games and making art, I also make videos sometimes!!
Art tag: #TheCoolerJessArt
Pfp by: @neonxvoid.bsky.social
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@thecoolerjess
no ai or i block you.
Jacob Garcia @randomjpg.bsky.social ATX | Tech/gaming project-program-product manager, Oh Sees stan
Black Tabby Games (This is Tony) - Slay the Princess @blacktabbygames.com Gamedevs. We make Scarlet Hollow and Slay the Princess
Abby Howard and Tony Howard-Arias but this account is run by Tony
Discord community: discord.gg/blacktabbygames
Babs | SIGNALIS @antihelios.bsky.social Animator, game dev. @laststarfarer.bsky.social and I made #SIGNALIS, a melancholic anime pixelart retro sci-fi survival horror game. she/her; Hamburg
SIGNALIS spoilers in reposts.
http://rose-engine.org/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1262350/SIGNALIS/
Yuri Stern | SIGNALIS @laststarfarer.bsky.social Made #SIGNALIS, a dark anime sci-fi survival horror game, with @antihelios.bsky.social
http://rose-engine.org
OUT NOW ✨ Buy SIGNALIS: http://store.steampowered.com/app/1262350/
Dinosaur Polo Club @dinopoloclub.bsky.social A handful of humans creating games with relatable simplicity.
We make Mini Metro, Mini Motorways, and 🕵️ secret other stuff
Proudly based in Aotearoa/New Zealand!
Other Tales @othertales.bsky.social A small game studio drawn to the enigmatic and unusual. Creators of the co-op puzzler Tick Tock: A Tale for Two and the game anthology Miniatures.
🔗 : https://linktr.ee/othertales
🎮 : https://tinyurl.com/miniaturesgame
Two and a Half Studios @twoandahalfstudios.com We develop visual novels & host The Storyteller's Festival ⭐
Behind the scenes + exclusive goodies on our Patreon!
PR: gabby@twoandahalfstudios.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/twoandahalfstudios
Clever Plays Studio @cleverplays.bsky.social Happy Bastards Combat Demo now on Steam
Montreal indie game studio creating innovative games. Check our other games: #LeapOfFate, #OperationTango
A Space for the Unbound @asftugame.bsky.social A surreal story-driven experience about world-ending supernatural powers and slice-of-life from 90s rural Indonesia 💫 by Mojiken Studio and Toge Productions.
STRADOMYRE! || PLAY DEAD ESTATE @stradomyre.newgrounds.com 🔞 🇵🇭 Illustrator + Animator + Character Designer + Cartoonist
Artist on #DeadEstate • #g00ns • #Kevil • #SpacetimePizza • Dokey
commissions closed‼️
🍻 https://stradomyre.newgrounds.com/ 🍻
🤠 https://www.youtube.com/@Stradomyre 🤠
Happy Broccoli Games @happybroccoligames.bsky.social Indiedevs of Duck Detective: The Secret Salami and Apple Crumble!
(Berlin, Germany)
Little Leo Games @littleleogames.bsky.social We are an #indiegame development studio based on São Paulo, Brazil.
Currently developing @astreagame.
Astrea Discord: http://discord.gg/KssgWCJ
à la mode games @alamodegames.bsky.social you know, like, with ice cream? Indie game dev team of two. Our game Sorry We're Closed is out now!!!
Coffee Talk Tokyo ☕🎆 OUT NOW @coffeetalkgame.bsky.social Coffee-making & heart-to-heart talk simulator.
PLAY Coffee Talk Tokyo! ▶️ https://store.steampowered.com/app/3161220/
Kitfox Games 🦊 @kitfoxgames.com 🔸 Making intriguing worlds with heart
🔸 Streets of Fortuna, Dwarf Fortress, Caves of Qud, Ostranauts, Thousand Hells
🔸 Join: http://discord.gg/kitfoxgames
TerraScape @terrascape.bsky.social A new blend of city builder and puzzle game is available now on Steam.
Get it now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2290000/TerraScape/
Balancing Monkey Games 🌠 wishlist Beyond These Stars! 🐋 @balancingmonkeygames.com 🚀 Indie game studio from Aotearoa
🐋 Making that cool space whale city builder game
💬 https://discord.gg/balancingmonkeygames
✨ BEYOND THESE STARS ✨
Wishlist + demo on Steam! http://bit.ly/spacewhales
䷷ 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦'𝘴 𝘙𝘶𝘯 @fortunesrun.bsky.social Fast-paced melee boom-shoot fighting game platformer action imsim role-playing fever dream adventure story,
Fortune's Run: a videogame.
Rusted Moss @rustedmoss.bsky.social Grappling hook rocket jumping metroidvania with bullet helly combat!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1772830/Rusted_Moss/
Developed by Emlise, happysquared, sunnydaze
Snacko @snacko.land Decorate, collect, produce, and befriend in this cat-ivating life sim!
💕 Available on Steam http://snacko.land/steam
🌱 Made with love by @enralis.dev & @recursive.bluecurse.com
🔗 http://snacko.carrd.co
Nana Moon { game dev } - WISHLIST BATHORY @moonana.bsky.social Anti Capitalistic Rethroric through games narrative.
Director, Narrative Designer, Artist.
⭐Virgo Versus The Zodiac
🎸Keylocker | Turn Based Cyberpunk
🩸 @bathorygame.bsky.social
💜 Support me: https://www.patreon.com/c/moonana
📧 nana@moonanagames.com
Julia 🦊Woodo🐸 - warm game @juliaprokhorova.bsky.social ✨Artist and Game designer
🎮 I’m making Woodo with my friends - a relaxing, puzzle-matching game about happiness.
———-————-———
💛Wishlist it on Steam: linktr.ee/Woodo_game
WitPOP | Just 69cm Between Us @witpop.bsky.social Creating queer stories to make you laugh, cry, and ponder.
Next Event:
🖊️BLWrimo (July)
🎮YaoiGameJam (July-August)
🎮GaymeGasm (July 25th)
https://linktr.ee/WitPOP
Marimomo🟢Wishlist on Steam! @guavagarnet.bsky.social I'm Guava Garnet making Marimomo: a Marimo moss virtual pet collector, without all the responsibility!
💚 Everything is crafted by hand ⛔
🟢 Marimomo on Steam ⤵️
https://tinyurl.com/bdevwcm7
🌱 YouTube Channel ⤵️
https://tinyurl.com/vj2chhye
Gii ✧ developing Sugarplum Cafe @thelettergii.bsky.social Working on Sugarplum Cafe, a sweets crafting game ✨ @bigpapachunk best boy ✨ sugarplumcafe.carrd.co
Endflame | Silent Road ⛩️🚖 @endflamestudio.bsky.social Couple making indie horror games. Working on Silent Road ⛩️🚕🗻
Previously: Ikai👹 / Instants📖
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4124320/Silent_Road/
Aikyam | Demo Out Now! @aikyamgame.bsky.social Dazzle the hearts of disgruntled villagers with extravagant turn-based battles and rally them against demons in this Bollywood-inspired fantasy RPG!
Website: https://aikyamgame.com/
Wishlist on Steam: https://s.team/a/2363840
Making Soggy Beans 🐋 | Demo out now! @ratmode.games The game where fish visit you.
🐳 Meet friends
📸 Take photos
🌻 Decorate
And then relax and watch your friends swim by in this calming side-idler. 💙
Play our demo! ✨ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2636430/Soggy_Beans/ ✨
Making Design & Conjure🔮 DEMO OUT NOW! ✨ @tinykiwigames.com 🍄 Clean & Decorate rooms
🐉 Help your coven & Magical creatures
✨ Wishlist and Follow on Steam ✨
🔮 Steam: https://cutt.ly/oeSY8YGf
🌿 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tinykiwigames
Psychotic Bathtub @psychotic-bathtub.bsky.social Have a psychotic episode in your bathtub: argue with a duck, flood your bathroom, drown jesus. ~ A multi linear story game in development. 50% of Psychotic's final profit will be donated.
https://linktr.ee/psychoticbathtub
Transcenders 💖 Bobbi @transcenders.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 Indie game studio making story and character centered games 🏳️⚧️
👯 Our games: Truer than You & Knife Sisters
🔮 Truer than You: https://tinyurl.com/truerthanyougame
💖 Posts by Bobbi
📍Malmö | Tomelilla
Lithic Entertainment @lithicent.bsky.social Masons of digital megaliths and creators of timeless adventures.
We are a small and dedicated team of game developers, creators of Dwarrows and actively in development for Scaravan 66 - our Car Combat roguelike https://scaravan66.com
anima interactive @anima-interactive.com A new socially conscious indie games studio that blends art and technology to ignite positive cultural impact. Currently developing Take Us North! ⬆
Back our Kickstarter! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/takeusnorth/take-us-north
Resistance Studio 🔛MadGamesShow @resistancestudio.bsky.social Game Developers, Console porting and XR specialists.
https://linktr.ee/resistancestudio
Creators of:
Pushy and Pully in Blockland - https://www.pushyandpully.com
Fixt it, Fast! - http://fixitfastgame.com
Garden Haven - http://gardenhavengame.com
Rex 💫 @rexpo.bsky.social 𝗜𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 || 𝗩𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘃
📧 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 : rexpo.contact@gmail.com
𝗡𝗢 𝗔𝗜
LIMITED PRINT DROP ⬇️
https://rexxpo.myshopify.com/pages/lamentation
LunaBeat Games 🏝 making Cozy Beach @lunabeat.bsky.social Indie studio making 🏝 Cozy Beach, a chill game about fishing w/friends!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3489070/Cozy_Beach/?utm_source=bsky
We also made VR games Paranormal Detective: Escape from the 80s & 90s, and You Can't Scare Me
LunaBeat.com
Witch Beam Games @witchbeam.com.au Brisbane based indie studio
makers of Assault Android Cactus, Unpacking and Tempopo
Ghost Town Games @ghosttowngames.bsky.social Bafta Award winning indie games studio based in Manchester, England.
Makers of Overcooked!
Busy at work on our new game Stage Fright - a cooperative two player adventure
www.ghosttowngames.com
Camper Van: Make it Home 🚚🪴 OUT NOW @malapatastudio.bsky.social #Cozygame where you can camperize your van. You'll go through a journey of personal discovery while creating a space for your stuff🚚🪴 press@malapatastudio.com
Discounty ✨ FREE EXPANSION OUT NOW! ✨ @discountygame.bsky.social Discounty is a supermarket management life sim 🛒
Make friends (and enemies) as you grow your shop!
🍎 Buy on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2274620/Discounty/
💌 Devlogs & Updates: https://crinklecutgames.com/newsletter
Eva Navratilova @evanavratilova.bsky.social Creator of Scarlet Deer Inn | 1/2 Attu Games | eva@attugames.com
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1553260
Altered Alma @alteredalma.bsky.social 🌆A stunning Metroidvania adventure with RPG 🎮 and dating sim elements set in the streets of Neo-Barcelona.
🎮 Made by: @2awesomestudio.com
💚Wishlist our game: https://s.team/a/2190700
The Legend of Khiimori @playkhiimori.bsky.social @aesirinteractive.bsky.social presents The Legend of Khiimori is out now on Steam and Epic!
Discord: discord.gg/AesirInteractive
LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/playkhiimori
Starship Simulator @starshipsimulator.bsky.social Explore billions of distant, uncharted worlds on one of the most detailed starships ever made.
Press Kit: http://bit.ly/3T2H43D
Demo: http://steam.starshipsimulator.co.uk
Discord: https://discord.gg/eDSQvpgdUX
YT: https://www.youtube.com/@StarshipSimulator
The Game Bakers @thegamebakers.com We make games like we make food. With a lot of love. Latest game Haven ✨. Previously: Furi, Squids Odyssey, Combo Crew.
https://thegamebakers.carrd.co/
https://linktr.ee/CairnOST
Stage Fright @stagefrightgame.bsky.social From makers of OVERCOOKED! an all new co-op experience. Take your friend on an amazing adventure; explore, solve escape rooms, overcome fiendish obstacles and unravel an ancient mystery.
Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3260750/Stage_Fright/
Extremely OK Games @exokgames.bsky.social ✨ Purveyors of digital amusements ✨
Creators of Celeste and TowerFall
exok.com
Brave At Night @braveatnight.bsky.social Indie games development studio.
❄️Yes, Your Grace: Snowfall https://store.steampowered.com/app/1373090/Yes_Your_Grace_2_Snowfall/
👑Yes, Your Grace https://bit.ly/YesYourGraceGame
🧠Mind Scanners https://bit.ly/MindScanners
Kitori Academy ✨Wishlist on Steam! @kitoriacademy.bsky.social 🧙Take the role of a wizard apprentice with your spirit companion!
⭐Wishlist on Steam: http://kitoriacademy.com/steam
Stardust ✨ creating Grimoire Groves @stardustgames.bsky.social Swiss indie studio creating #GrimoireGroves – a game about growing plants and friendships with your witch magic! 🌱🪄💜
Wishlist here: s.team/a/1830430
Dark Hours @darkhours-thegame.com Your heist has been disrupted by an evil entity! Find a way to survive in this co-op survival horror game. By @pieceofcake-studios.com
Play it now: http://bit.ly/3VzUJ3w
Tavern Talk Stories: Dreamwalker | Coming June 9th @gentletrolldevs.bsky.social #DnD inspired visual novel 💜 Play as the tavernkeeper! 🔥 Deep lore 💬 drink mixing 🍹 PnP humor 😹 Get it now: https://linktr.ee/taverntalkgame
Go-Go Town! 🏗️ OUT NOW @gogotowngame.com Build, automate, and expand an abandoned town to attract tourists and bring it back to glory 🏗️🌇 by @pridefulsloth.com
OUT NOW on PC, Switch & Switch 2 ➡️ https://linktr.ee/gogotown
Caravan Sandwitch ✨ OUT NOW! @sandwitchdev.bsky.social Drive your van across Provence-punk landscapes in a narrative-driven exploration game! https://s.team/a/1582650/