The Stanley Parable (Galactic Cafe)
Don't Starve (Klei Entertainment)
Jazzpunk (Necrophone Games)
Papers, Please (Lucas Pope)
DEVICE 6 (Simogo)
Dominique Pamplemousse in "It's All Over Once the Fat Lady Sings!" (Deirdra Kiai Productions)

Honorable mentions: Crypt Of The NecroDancer (Brace Yourself Games), TowerFall Ascension (Matt Thorson), Kerbal Space Program (Squad), 868-HACK (Michael Brough), The Yawhg (Damian Sommer & Emily Carroll)

All finalist games will be playable at the IGF Pavilion on the Game Developers Conference 2014 Expo floor from March 19-21, 2014, at San Francisco's Moscone Center, as part of a week of independent game-related content that also includes the Independent Games Summit (March 17th-18th), and the IGF Awards ceremony.

Once again, all IGF Main Competition finalists will also receive the opportunity to accept a distribution agreement for Valve's Steam, a leading platform for distribution in today's thriving independent gaming market.

Voting for the IGF Audience Award winner from all Main Competition finalists will begin on February 18th. Additionally, IGF Student Showcase award winners, competing for the Best Student Game award at the Festival, will be announced in mid-January.

The Independent Games Festival was established by UBM Tech's Game Network to encourage the rise and development of independent games and serve as a launch pad to celebrate the best independent game titles. Notable finalists and winners since its 1999 debut have included precedent-setting games such as Braid, World of Goo, Super Meat Boy, Minecraft, FTL: Faster Than Light, and Cart Life among others.

For more information on the Independent Games Festival, please visit the official IGF website at  www.igf.com. For those interested in registering for GDC 2014, which includes the Independent Games Summit, the IGF Pavilion and the IGF Awards Ceremony, please visit  www.gdconf.com.

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