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Indie: Return of Obra Dinn
Narrative: Disco Elysium
Horror: SOMA
Sandbox Building: Factorio
Roguelike: Dwarf Fortress
Roguelite: The Binding of Isaac
Simulated Puzzle: Hypnospace Outlaw
Puzzle: Stephen's Sausage Roll
Design: Inside
Exploration: Outer Wilds
Atmosphere: Pathologic 2
CRPG: Divinity Original Sin (Series)
Lucas-P&C: The Secret of Monkey Island
Retro-P&C: Sanitarium
Retro-FPS: Dusk
Metroidvania: Hollow Knight
Open World Puzzle: Obduction
Collectathon: Psychonauts (Series)
Sandbox RPG: Terraria
Sandbox Survival: RimWorld
Survival: Kenshi
STG: ZeroRanger
Driving: Art of Rally
Platformer: Celeste
JRPG-like: Bug Fables
Animation: Cuphead
TBS: Into the Breach
Card: Balatro, Slay the Spire
Teenager: Night in the Woods
Farming: Stardew Valley
Tycoon: Roller Coaster Tycoon, Parkitect
Shoot-em-up: Vampire Survivors
2024 Mystery Puzzle: Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
2024 Cyberpunk Reasoning: Nobody Wants to Die
2024 Taoism Punk: Nine Sols
2024 Religious Narrative: INDIKA
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Indie Developer: Lucas Pope, Brandon Chung, Jonathan Blow, Alec Holowka
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3A Immersive Sim: Prey, Dishonored (Series), Deus Ex (Series)
3A ARPG: Diablo (Series)
3A RTS: StarCraft (Series), Age of Empires (Series)
3A Open World: GTA (Series)
3A FPS: Doom (Series)
3A TPS: Resident Evil (Series)
3A Visualization: Metro Exodus
3A RPG: The Witcher 3, The Elder Scrolls (Series), Fallout (Series), Mass Effect (Series)
3A CRPG: Baldur's Gate (Series), Planescape: Torment
3A Slash: Elden Ring, Sekiro, Dark Souls (Series)
3A Driving: Forza Horizon (Series)
3A Stealth: Hitman (Series)
3A RPG Strategy: Heroes of Might & Magic (Series <= V)
3A Realtime Strategy: Commandos
3A 4X: Civilization (Series)
3A Reasoning: 428, Ghost Trick, Ace Attorney (Series)
3A TBS: XCOM (Series)