Best Indie Game of 2015 - Article
by Evan Norris , posted on 07 January 2016 / 5,372 Views
It's amazing what indie games can do. With relatively small budgets and staff, indie developers often manage to produce gameplay experiences that are as good, if not better, than many big-budget blockbuster titles. In 2015 we saw plenty of worthy contenders for best indie game of the year, and everyone got in on the action, from Xbox One, to Wii U, PlayStation 4, and PC users.
We saw throwback RPGs, tactical shooters, party games, action platformers, and sports games. Picking a winning game from so many different genres and experiences wasn't easy, but at long last we decided on a worthy champion.
The Nominees:
Undertale
Rocket League
Ori and the Blind Forest
Runbow
Not a Hero
And the Winner is...
Rocket League
Community's Choice - Rocket League (31% of the votes)
With a bizarre premise - playing soccer with rocket-powered cars - and easy-to-learn controls, Rocket League, at first glance, doesn't seem like something that would be worthy of winning the best of anything. But those accessible controls mask a deeply tactical game and that premise, strange as it is, is surprisingly effective and addictive. When the game launched in July on Windows PC and PS4, hundreds of thousands of gamers - VGChartz staff included - fell in love with this physics-based vehicle soccer game in a way that they hadn't with its 2008 predecessor, Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars.
With plenty of online and local multiplayer options, as well as a constant helping of new content (both free and paid-for), Rocket League will no doubt continue to remain popular throughout 2016. Congratulations to Psyonix for striking gold with Rocket League; our pick for best indie game of 2015.
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Pillars of Eternity not even mentioned?
What a joke.
I'm shocked Undertale didn't won, but rocket league deserves it as well.
well deserved.
Well deserved!
First place I've seen where Rocket League beat Undertale in the Best Indie category.
Rocket League got the Best Indie award at The Game Awards.
True, I didn't remember that :P
Fast Racing Neo was not nominated? O_o
Nice one rocket league! Well deserved!
I miss a mention to Affordable space adventure. A gratis game. Honorable mentions: Sunless sea, Dead sincronacity, Prune, Cibele, Her Story, Nuclear throne...
I love both Rocket League and Undertale, but you can probably tell by my profile picture which of the two I think should've won.
Great a Rollcage ripoff that only covered a small part of Rollcage has won.
wait.... not a single mention of Fast RAcing Neo ?
Wow, there was some fierce competition in this category! Indies have come a long way.
Every time I see something about Ori and the Blind Forrest, I get irritated that I can't play it. Ugh.
Don't worry Undertale baby, you got my vote ; )
I loved this game since I had SARPBC for free on PS-Plus years ago. The game is so addictive.
Undertale should have won.
It got GOAT on gamefaqs, it doesn't need any other awards. Let Rocket League have its moment in the sun as irrelevant award winner on an underpopulated site.
RL won awards at the VGA's and other more bigger popular sites, imo Undertale should have won.
Ori should have taken this, that game is a masterpiece. Rocket League is fun.
