Die 20. Ausgabe des Independent Games Festivals und die Verleihung der Auszeichnungen fand bei der Game Developers Conference 2018 im Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco statt.
Excellence in Visual Art (3.000 Dollar) Chuchel (Amanita Design)
Best Student Game (3.000 Dollar) Baba is Yo (Hempuli)
Audience Award (3.000 Dollar) Celeste (Celeste Team)
ID@Xbox Gaming for Everyone Award SpecialEffect
alt.ctrl.GDC Award (3.000 Dollar) Puppet Pandemonium
Seumas McNally Grand Prize (30.000 Dollar) Night in the Woods (Infinite Fall)
"The Nuovo Award, for the title that makes jurors 'think differently about games as a medium', went to developer Bennett Foddy for Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy, a merciless climbing game that rewards players who can reach the top of the mountain. This unconventional game featured an awkward control scheme and frequent failure, causing players both frustration and joy if they could miraculously summit the mountain."