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 BotBalatroBlack Myth: WukongElden Ring Shadow of the ErdtreeFinal Fantasy VII RebirthMetaphor: ReFantazioAstro Bot Has Won Game of the Year 2024 byu/harderthenhard inplayboicartiSuccessful_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.Read more: The Witcher 4 premieres at The Game Awards 2024, confirms returning protagonistThe 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 inGamingcirclejerkReddit 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.All categories swooped by Indie games in The Game Awards 2024 alongside Game of the YearAll 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 YearAstro Bot - WINNERBalatroBlack Myth: WukongElden Ring Shadow of the ErdtreeFinal Fantasy VII RebirthMetaphor: ReFantazioBest Game DirectionAstro Bot - WINNERBalatroBlack Myth: WukongElden Ring Shadow of the ErdtreeFinal Fantasy VII RebirthMetaphor: ReFantazioGames for ImpactCloser the DistanceIndikaNeva - WINNERLife is Strange: Double ExposureSenua’s Saga: Hellblade IITales of Kenzera: ZauBest Independent GameAnimal WellBalatro - WINNERLorelei and the Laser EyesNevaUFO 50Best Debut Indie GameBalatro - WINNERAnimal WellManor LordsPacific DriveThe Plucky SquireBest Mobile GameAFK JourneyBalatro - WINNERPokémon Trading Card Game PocketWuthering WavesZenless Zone ZeroBest Action/Adventure GameAstro Bot - WINNERPrince of Persia: The Lost CrownSilent Hill 2Star Wars OutlawsThe Legend of Zelda: Echoes of WisdomThat concludes the categories dominated by Indie games in The Game Awards 2024.