The Indies
Famous Figures
A Perfect Score
The Game Awards
Tools of The Trade
200

Not only is this the best selling indie game, but also the best selling single video game title of all time.

What is Minecraft?

200

The Host of The Game Awards, this Canadian funded his own efforts in producing the shows inaugural episode in 2014.

Who is Geoff Kieghly?

200

This immensely popular game got its theme from a popular Russian folk song which originated as a 19th century poem from the same country.

What is Tetris?

200

With hand drawn animations in a style that is reminiscent of early 20th century cartoons, this game spent over 5 years in development hell before receiving awards for Art Direction and Debut Indie Game in 2017.

What is Cuphead?

200

Battle Rifle, Energy Sword, Needler


What is Halo?

400

In this 2D metriodvania developed by Team Cherry, the silent and nameless protagonist adventures through the bug infested ruins of Hallownest.

What is Hollow Knight?

400

Previously working as a composer for a webcomic, this person found incredible success with their hit solo project: Undertale.

Who is Toby Fox?

400

This person was the official composer for Doom(2016) and also worked on Doom Eternal, although he has now distanced himself from the latter project.

Who is Mick Gordon?

400

The 2015 winner for both Independent Game and Sports/Racing Game has a very active pro scene to this day, and was the 10th largest E-Sport in 2020 by total prize pool.

What is Rocket League?

400

Fat Man, Power Armor, DeathClaw Gauntlet

What is Fallout?

600

This game, a product of Czech developers, 'beat' out most of its competition to be the second highest selling VR game, according to Steam.

What is Beat Saber?

600

This person's resume includes: directing Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding, as well as some voice acting for the character of Oshima in Cyberpunk 2077.

Who is Hideo Kojima?

600

This AAA title's official theme featured a guitar performance from three time Grammy Award winner Steve Vai.

What is Halo 2?

600

Despite receiving awards for Best Game and Best Studio in 2016, this game developer and publisher has not found the same acclaim in recent years.

What is Blizzard Entertainment?

600

Operator, Sheriff, Spectre

What is Valorant?

800

This top-down dungeon crawler rougelike, with a plot and title fashioned around a story from the Hebrew Bible, released in 2011 and immediately created a cult like following that persists to this day.

What is the Binding of Issac?

800

This aptly named American currently serves as the President of Nintendo of America, and was the successor to the popular Reggie.

Who is Doug Bowser?

800

The original music for Minecraft was composed by German musician Daniel Rosenfeld, better known by this moniker.

What is C418?

800

This 2020 winner for best indie game featured music with performances from Ashley Barrett and music director Darren Korb.

What is Hades?

800

Hunter Axe, Saw Cleaver, Threaded Cane

What is Bloodborne?

1000

Developed and published by Tuxedo labs, this 2020 Early Access game features an environment fashioned completely out of three-dimensional pixels, a.k.a voxels.

What is Teardown?

1000

With an impressive pedigree as the lead programmer of games Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Quake, this person now works as the CTO for Oculus VR.

Who is John Carmack?

1000

The 'Theme of Love' from this popular series is a part of the official Japanese high school music curriculum.

What is Final Fantasy?

1000

Despite winning the 2014 Award for Best Remaster, this title is still the most recent in the history of the expansive franchise.

What is GTA V?

1000

Prosthetic Arm, Mortal Blade, Finger Whistle

What is Sekiro?