Return of the Obra Dinn wins best indie game at IGF Awards

The Independent Games Festival and Game Developers Choice awards have ended. Return of the Obra Dinn by Lucas Pope won the Seamus McNally Grand Prize for best indie game of the year.

The IGF Awards are hosted by 80 Days screenwriter Meg Jayanth, and the GDC Awards are hosted by Double Fine legend Tim Schafer. Here, the PS4 exclusive, God of War, won Game of the Year, and Return of the Obra Dinn won Best Narrative (best narrative game).

Here are the full results:

IGF Awards

Best graphics
Mirror Drop (Ian Lilley)

Best sound
Paratopic (Arbitrary Metric)

Best Design
Opus Magnum (Zachtronics)

Best Narrative
Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope)

Nuovo Award (Most Innovative Game)
Black Room (Cassie McQuater)

The best student game
after HOURS (Bahiyya Khan, Claire Meekel, Tim Flusk, Abi Meekel)

Audience Award (Game voted by the audience)
ETHEREAL (Nonsense Arts – Nicolás Recabarren and Tomás Batista)

[email protected] Gaming Heroes Award
Jerry Lawson

alt.ctrl.GDC Award
HOT SWAP: All Hands On Deck (Peter Gyory, Clement Zheng)

Seumas McNally Grand Prize
Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope)

GDC Awards

Best new game
Mountains

Best VR/AR game
Beat Saber

Best mobile game
Florence

Best Narrative
Return of the Obra Dinn

Best sound
Celeste

The best technology
Red Dead Redemption 2

Best graphics
Gris

Best design
Into the Breach

Creative Rewards
Nintendo Labo

Game of the Year
God of War