The Indie DB community has cast 97,500 votes to decide which is the best independently developed game of 2013.
Despite only being released in alpha form, the Players Choice 2013 Indie of the Year, Starbound is a deserving winner.
According to the Indie DB editors, only a handful of votes separated the top 10 indie games of 2013:
10. Rogue Legacy
9. Outlast
8. Tales of Maj’Eyal
7. Path of Exile
6. Into the Dark
5. The Stanley Parable
4. Space Engineers
3. Kerbal Space Program
2. Contagion
1. Starbound
Additionally, the Indie DB editors made their own picks for the best of the year, including local legend Desktop Dungeons.
- Editors Choice Best Overall Indie
- 3rd Place – Desktop Dungeons
- 2nd Place – Monaco
- 1st Place – Rogue Legacy
- Interaction Award – Gunpoint
- Creativity Award – Sub Rosa
- Musicality Award – Desktop Dungeons
- Worldy Award – Fist Puncher
- Visuality Award – Ballpoint Universe
- The Ressie 2013 – Surgeon Simulator 2013
- Best Upcoming – Chasm
- Best Alpha Funded Indie – Pixel Piracy
- Best Multiplayer – Monaco
- Best Singleplayer – Rogue Legacy
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