Spiritfarer

The 2021 Independent Games Festival and Game Developers Choice Awards

The 2021 Independent Games Festival and Game Developers Choice Awards served as a comprehensive celebration of creative innovation, community-driven development, and the evolving professional standards within the global gaming industry.

• Supergiant Games’ Hades dominated the 2021 Game Developers Choice Awards, winning Game of the Year, Best Narrative, Best Audio, and Best Design.
• The success of Hades validated the efficacy of long-term early access development models and the integration of iterative player feedback into the production cycle.
• The 2021 Independent Games Festival (IGF) awarded the Grand Prize to Spiritfarer, while Teardown received recognition for design and Genshin Impact was honored for mobile excellence.