Through the Years

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Balatro

LocalThunk
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Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

  • Michael Gagne
  • Joe Olson
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The Unfinished Swan

  • Ian Dallas
  • Nathan Gary
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Gone Home

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Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna)

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Her Story

Sam Barlow
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Firewatch

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Gorogoa

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Through The Years

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    Balatro

    LocalThunk
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    The Plucky Squire

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    Thank Goodness You're Here!

    • James Carbutt
    • Will Todd
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    Tales of Kenzera: ZAU

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    Pacific Drive

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    ANIMAL WELL

    Billy Basso
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    Venba

    • Abhi
    • Sam Elkana
    • Shahrin Khan
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    Viewfinder

    Development Team
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    Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical

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    DREDGE

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    DAVE THE DIVER

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    COCOON

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    TUNIC

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    Vampire Survivors

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    Trombone Champ

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    The Case of the Golden Idol

    • Andrejs Klavins
    • Ernests Klavins
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    Stray

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    As Dusk Falls

    • Caroline Marchal
    • Charu Desodt
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    TOEM

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    The Forgotten City

    • Nick Pearce
    • Alexander Goss
    • John Eyre
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    The Artful Escape

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    Maquette

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    Genesis Noir

    • Evan Anthony
    • Jeremy Abel
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    Eastward

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    CARRION

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    The Falconeer

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    Röki

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    Factorio

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    Call of the Sea

    • Tatiana Delgado
    • Manuel Fernandez
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    Airborne Kingdom

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    Disco Elysium

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    Manifold Garden

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    Knights and Bikes

    • Rex Crowle
    • Moo Yu
    • Kenneth C M Young
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    Katana Zero

    Justin Stander
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    Death Stranding

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    Ape Out

    • Gabe Cuzzillo
    • Matt Boch
    • Bennett Foddy
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    Yoku's Island Express

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    GRIS

    Development Team
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    Florence

    Development Team
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    Donut County

    Ben Esposito
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    Cultist Simulator

    • Alexis Kennedy
    • Lottie Bevan
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    Beat Saber

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    Gorogoa

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    Slime Rancher

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    The Sexy Brutale

    • Charles Griffiths
    • James Griffiths
    • Tom Lansdale
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    Night in the Woods

    • Scott Benson
    • Alec Holowka
    • Bethany Hockenberry
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    Hollow Knight

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    Cuphead

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    Firewatch

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    Virginia

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    The Witness

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    That Dragon Cancer

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    Oxenfree

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    Overcooked

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    Her Story

    Sam Barlow
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    Prune

    • Joel McDonald
    • Kyle Preston
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    Ori and the Blind Forest

    Development Team
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    Mini Metro

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    Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime

    • Matt Hammill
    • Jamie Tucker
    • Adam Winkels
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    Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

    • Ben Kane
    • Brian Fetter
    • Allen Pestaluky
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    Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna)

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    Shovel Knight

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    Hitman GO

    Daniel Lutz
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    CounterSpy

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    The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

    • Adrian Chmielarz
    • Andrzej Poznanski
    • Michal Kosieradzki
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    The Banner Saga

    • John Watson
    • Alex Thomas
    • Arnie Jorgensen
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    Gone Home

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    BADLAND

    • Johannes Vuorinen
    • Juhana Myllys
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    Castles in the Sky

    • Jack de Quidt
    • Dan Pearce
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    Gunpoint

    • Tom Francis
    • John Roberts
    • Ryan Ike
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    Remember Me

    • Jean-Maxime Moris
    • Hervé Bonin
    • Oskar Guilbert
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    The Stanley Parable

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    The Unfinished Swan

    • Ian Dallas
    • Nathan Gary
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    The Room

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    Proteus

    • Ed Key
    • David Kanaga
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    Forza Horizon

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    Dear Esther

    • Daniel Pinchbeck
    • Robert Briscoe
    • Jessica Curry
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    Deadlight

    • Raul Rubio
    • Luz Sancho
    • Oscar Cuesta
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    Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

    • Michael Gagne
    • Joe Olson
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    RIFT

    • Russ Brown
    • Scott Hartsman
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    Monstermind

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    LA Noire

    • Alex Carlyle
    • Naresh Hirani
    • Brendan McNamara
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    Eufloria

    • Rudolf Kremers
    • Alex May
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    Bastion

    • Greg Kasavin
    • Darren Korb
    • Amir Rao
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