TGA 2024 Game of the Year winner leaves the internet divided

The Game of the Year 2024 was a night full of surprises. While the event featured sensational announcements, including the highly anticipated Witcher 4, Okami 2, and many more, none of the announcements or the celebrity cameos were talked about as much as the biggest award of the night and its winner.

Even before the show’s premiere, The Game Awards had been under a lot of criticism for this year’s selection of Games. However, when the indie platformer, Astro Bot, won the Game of the Year 2024, many gamers on social media lost their cool. They flocked to online open forums like Reddit to share their criticisms.

The nominations for the Game of the Year 2024 were:

• Astro Bot
• Balatro
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Metaphor: ReFantazio

Astro Bot Has Won Game of the Year 2024 byu/harderthenhard inplayboicarti

Successful_Pace_1159 was shocked by this result. They felt another indie game deserved the award:

"Balatro robbed, I was rooting for it so much."

The reaction was shared by many other fans as well, as they felt Balatro had been robbed of the Game of the Year.

The winner of the award stunned reddit user TheseZookeepergame88, who claimed the show to be a joke:

"what a joke of an awards show, lol."

However, the negative reactions were soon overshadowed by the fans who genuinely rooted for the game's victory. Those who supported Astro Bot to be a worthy winner of the title seemed to be the majority.

ASTRO BOT GAME OF THE YEAR 2024 byu/ThighHighEnthusiast inGamingcirclejerk

Reddit user Lonza_lucigul exclaimed that living in a world where an Indie game like Astro Bot won the Game of the Year 2024 has to be the best timeline to live:

"Living in the best timeline."

Reddit user mllemuppet cheered for their fellow Astro Bot fans by saying:

"LET’S GO ASTRO BROS!!!!!!"

Astro Bot fans were elated! (Image via Reddit)

The cheerwagon of Astro Bot continued in the comments.

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All categories swooped by Indie games in The Game Awards 2024 alongside Game of the Year

All the indie games that won in TGA 2024. (Image via Sony)

This year's Game of the Year event was indeed a boost for indie developers. However, two games in particular highlighted the genre's victory: Astro Bot and Balatro.

Here are all the indie games that won in different categories this year:

Game of the Year

• Astro Bot - WINNER
• Balatro
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Metaphor: ReFantazio

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Best Game Direction

• Astro Bot - WINNER
• Balatro
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Metaphor: ReFantazio

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Games for Impact

• Closer the Distance
• Indika
• Neva - WINNER
• Life is Strange: Double Exposure
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
• Tales of Kenzera: Zau

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Best Independent Game

• Animal Well
• Balatro - WINNER
• Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
• Neva
• UFO 50

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Best Debut Indie Game

• Balatro - WINNER
• Animal Well
• Manor Lords
• Pacific Drive
• The Plucky Squire

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Best Mobile Game

• AFK Journey
• Balatro - WINNER
• Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket
• Wuthering Waves
• Zenless Zone Zero

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Best Action/Adventure Game

• Astro Bot - WINNER
• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
• Silent Hill 2
• Star Wars Outlaws
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

That concludes the categories dominated by Indie games in The Game Awards 2024.