4: UFO 50 (2024)
3: Return of the Obra Dinn (2018)
2. Nidhogg (2014)
1: Super Hexagon (2012)

Sorry if any of these don't actually count as indie games.

14: Us Lovely Corpses (2017)
13: Long Live the Queen (2012)
12: A Short Hike (2019)
11: One Night, Hot Springs (2018)
10: Lost in Play (2022)
9: The Wanderer: Frankenstein's Monster (2019)
8: Heaven Will be Mine (2018)
7: 1000xResist (2024)
6: Spelunky (2012)
5: All the Blackwell games (2006-2014)

25: Demons Roots (2021)
24: Yume Nikki (2004)
23: Heroine's Quest (2014)
22: To the Moon (2011)
21: The Drifter (2025)
20: Into the Breach (2018)
19: Stardew Valley (2016)
18: La-Mulana (2012)
17: Cave Story (2004)
16: Frog Fractions (2012)
15: VVVVVV (2010)

35: Opus: Echo of Starsong (2021)
34: Dusk Child (2015)
33: Elliot Quest (2014)
32: Canabalt (2009)
31: Squakross: Home Squak Home (2025)
30: Hollow Knight (2017)
29: ZeroRanger (2018)
28: Liyla and the Shadows of War (2016)
27: Ungrateful Birds: No Good Deed (2023)
26: Ikenfell (2020)

45: Milkmaid of the Milky Way (2017)
44: Kill the Prince?! (2021)
43: The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa (2018)
42: The Crimson Diamond (2024)
41: Angel at Dusk (2024)
40: Water's Fine (2018)
39: Downwell (2015)
38: We Know the Devil (2015)
37: Venba (2023)
36: Noitu Love 2: Devolution (2008)

Declaring a winner between pieces of art is just kind of silly. I, very slightly, like Silksong more than E33. That means I think Silksong deserves a trophy. It doesn't mean I think E33 doesn't, but it kind of does by semantic default?

There is no way to make what these weirdos do not sounds weird as shit. So they should be forced to own their perversions fully.