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Independent Games Festival Awards Releases 2024 Finalists

The Independent Games Festival Awards have revealed their full list of finalists, as the awards will be taking place on March 20.

The Independent Games Festival revealed the full list of their 2024 Awards finalists as they prepare for the awards to be held at GDC 2024. The festival will be taking place alongside GDC at San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center from March 18 – 22, with the awards happening on March 20. Among the top nominated games is Venba with four nominations, along with 1000xRESIST, A Highland Song, Anthology of the Killer, COCOON, and Mediterranea Inferno, all with three nominations. And all of those games have also been nominated for the Seumas McNally Grand Prize. The full list of finalists is here for you to check out, as you can vote for them online right now.

2024 Independent Games Festival Awards Finalists

Best Student Game

• goodbye.monster (Monster Team)
• Once Upon a Jester (Bonte Avond / Crunching Koalas)
• Pile Up! (Remoob / Catoptric Games, IndieArk)
• Planetka (TeTerka)
• RAM: Random Access Mayhem (Xylem Studios)
• TRY AGAIN (the Rejects)

• A Highland Song (Inkle)
• COCOON (Geometric Interactive / Annapurna Interactive)
• Nour: Play With Your Food (Terrifying Jellyfish / PANIC)
• Rhythm Doctor (7th Beat Games / 7th Beat Games, indienova)
• Tchia (Awaceb / Kepler Interactive)
• Venba (Visai Games)

• Chants of Sennaar (Rundisc / Focus Entertainment)
• Cobalt Core (Rocket Rat Games / Brace Yourself Games)
• COCOON (Geometric Interactive / Annapurna Interactive)
• Cryptmaster (Paul Hart, Lee Williams, Akupara Games / Akupara Games)
• Final Profit: A Shop RPG (Brent Arnold)
• Isles of Sea and Sky (Cicada Games, Jason Newman, Craig Collver / Cicada Games, Jason Newman, Gamera Game)

• 1000xRESIST (Sunset Visitor / Fellow Traveller)
• A Highland Song (Inkle)
• Mediterranea Inferno (Lorenzo Redaelli, Eyeguys / Santa Ragione)
• The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood (Deconstructeam / Devolver Digital)
• The Wreck (The Pixel Hunt)
• Venba (Visai Games)

• Anthology of the Killer (Thecatamites, Tommy Tone, A. Degen / Thecatamites)
• Clash: Artifacts of Chaos (ACE Team / Nacon)
• Darkest Dungeon II (Red Hook Studios)
• Little Goody Two Shoes (AstralShiftPro LDA, AstralShift / Square Enix)
• Phonopolis (Amanita Design)
• Venba (Visai Games)

• 1000xRESIST (Sunset Visitor / Fellow Traveller)
• Anthology of the Killer (Thecatamites, Tommy Tone, A. Degen / Thecatamites)
• Cryptmaster (Paul Hart, Lee Williams, Akupara Games / Akupara Games)
• Kevin (1997-2077) (Kevin Du)
• Mediterranea Inferno (Lorenzo Redaelli, Eyeguys / Santa Ragione)
• NIDUS (Caleb Wood)
• The Forest Cathedral (Wakefield Interactive LLC, Brian Wilson / Whitehorn Games)

• 1000xRESIST (Sunset Visitor / Fellow Traveller)
• A Highland Song (Inkle / Inkle)
• Anthology of the Killer (Thecatamites, Tommy Tone, A. Degen / Thecatamites)
• COCOON (Geometric Interactive / Annapurna Interactive)
• Mediterranea Inferno (Lorenzo Redaelli, Eyeguys / Santa Ragione)
• Venba (Visai Games)

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