IndieDBhas announced its list of best indie games of this year. These were voted on by its community (30,877 nomination votes and 34,363 final votes) and chosen by editors and a panel of judges. Based on community votes, the Players Choice Top 10 indie games of 2010 are:

Editor’s Choice and other Players Choice nominees and winners are listed below.

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The Editor’s Choice awards are not based on community votes, but are selected by IndieDB editors andjudgesfrom places like Joystiq and Rock Paper Shotgun. Here are the nominees of the respective categories, with the winners at the top inbold:

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Congratulations to all the winners and nominees!

2010 Indie of the Year Awards[IndieDB] [Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images North America]

John and Molly sitting on the park bench

Close up shot of Marissa Marcel starring in Ambrosio

Kukrushka sitting in a meadow

Lightkeeper pointing his firearm overlapped against the lighthouse background

Overseer looking over the balcony in opening cutscene of Funeralopolis

Edited image of Super Imposter looking through window in No I’m not a Human demo cutscene with thin man and FEMA inside the house

Indie game collage of Blue Prince, KARMA, and The Midnight Walk

Close up shot of Jackie in the Box

Silhouette of a man getting shot as Mick Carter stands behind cover