{"id":59133,"date":"2023-12-28T21:15:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T21:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/wins-indiedb-indie-of-the-year-award"},"modified":"2024-07-19T09:22:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T09:22:36","slug":"wins-indiedb-indie-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/lethal-company\/wins-indiedb-indie-of-the-year-award","title":{"rendered":"Lethal Company Wins IndieDB’s Indie Of The Year Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lethal Company won IndieDB’s Indie of the Year Award 2023<\/strong>, beating out other popular titles like Party Animals and Sledders. The co-op horror game was just released in Early Access in October 2023<\/a> – barely over 2 months ago – but it’s exploded in popularity, and is beloved especially among streamers and content creators who enjoy its goofy-yet-spooky atmosphere. Behind the game is solo developer Zeekerss, who is also known for his Roblox creations.<\/p>\n

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Lethal Company won IndieDB’s Indie of the Year Award, beating other popular titles like Party Animals. (Picture: Zeekerss)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The final Top 10 for IndieDB’s Indie of the Year award includes:<\/p>\n

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  1. Lethal Company<\/li>\n
  2. Slay the Princess<\/li>\n
  3. Occupy Mars: The Game<\/li>\n
  4. Bob: A thousand lives Enhanced Edition<\/li>\n
  5. Shadows of Doubt<\/li>\n
  6. Bzzzt<\/li>\n
  7. Party Animals<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. dotAGE<\/li>\n
  9. Sledders<\/li>\n
  10. Forgive Me Father 2<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    17,010 users cast their votes for this year’s Indie of the Year Award, giving Lethal Company its crown. Lethal Company’s first place spot was “followed closely” by second place’s Slay the Princess and third place’s Occupy Mars: The Game.<\/p>\n

    “Running the indie of the year awards and helping to recognize great games that often can get overlooked in the Steam Awards and other initiatives is a mighty privilege of ours,” the IndieDB team wrote. “Each year we look forward to going through all the votes and exploring all of the top 100 nominees which are decided after the culmination of thousands of community votes. Congratulations to the winners for making incredible indie games for us to enjoy.” <\/p>\n

    Alongside IndieDB’s Indie of the Year Awards, ModDB also held a Mod of the Year Awards, celebrating the best mods in gaming this year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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