TGA: The Best Indie Games / The Best Independent Games
The Game Awards starts from 2014;
Spike Video Game Awards starts from 2003 (from 2008 for independent games).
2008 World of Goo | 黏黏世界
2009 Flower | 花
2010 Limbo | 地域邊境
Joe Danger
Super Meat Boy
The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom
2011 Minecraft | 我的世界
Bastion
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
The Binding of Isaac
2012 Journey | 風之旅人
Dust: An Elysian Tail
Fez
Mark of the Ninja
2013 Gone Home | 到家
Kentucky Route Zero
Papers, Please
The Stanley Parable
TheGameAwards came out since 2014:
2014 Shovel Knight | 鏟子騎士
Broken Age Act I – Double Fine Productions
Monument Valley – Ustwo
Transistor – Supergiant Games
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter – The Astronauts
2015 Rocket League | 火箭聯盟
Axiom Verge – Tom Happ
Her Story – Sam Barlow
Ori and the Blind Forest – Moon Studios
Undertale – Toby Fox
2016 Inside
Inside – Playdeaddouble-dagger
Firewatch – Campo Santo
Hyper Light Drifter – Heart Machine
Stardew Valley – ConcernedApe
The Witness – Thekla, Inc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_Awards_2016
2017 Cuphead
Cuphead – Studio MDHR‡
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice – Ninja Theory
Night in the Woods – Infinite Fall
Pyre – Supergiant Games
What Remains of Edith Finch – Giant Sparrow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_Awards_2017
2018 Celeste
Celeste – Extremely OK Games[c]double-dagger
Dead Cells – Motion Twin
Into the Breach – Subset Games
The Messenger – Sabotage / Devolver Digital
Return of the Obra Dinn – 3909 LLC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_Awards_2018
2019 Disco Elysium
Disco Elysium – ZA/UMdouble-dagger
Baba Is You – Hempuli
Katana Zero – Askiisoft / Devolver Digital
Outer Wilds – Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive
Untitled Goose Game – House House / Panic
2020 Hades
Hades – Supergiant Gamesdouble-dagger
Carrion – Phobia Game Studio / Devolver Digital
Fall Guys – Mediatonic / Devolver Digital
Spelunky 2 – Mossmouth
Spiritfarer – Thunder Lotus Games
2021 Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Kena: Bridge of Spirits – Ember Labdouble-dagger
12 Minutes – Luís António / Annapurna Interactive
Death's Door – Acid Nerve / Devolver Digital
Inscryption – Daniel Mullins Games / Devolver Digital
Loop Hero – Four Quarters / Devolver Digital