IGF finalists Smash a Frozen Fez To the Moon (from a cave)

The 14th annual Independent Game Festival finalists have been announced, and this year's finalists are indie-licious (yum). Titles include pop-indie hits Fez, Frozen Synapse, Spelunky and Atom Zombie Smasher, as well as some of our own understated favorites, such as Freebird Games' To the Moon.

The winner of the Seumas McNally Grand Prize receives $30,000, the winner of the Nuovo Award for "abstract, shortform and unconventional game development" gets $5,000, and all other category winners receive $3,000. The awards will take place March 7 at GDC. Check out the entire list of finalists right here:

Seumas McNally Grand Prize:

• Dear Esther

• FEZ

• Frozen Synapse

• Johann Sebastian Joust

• Spelunky

Excellence In Visual Art

• Botanicula

• Dear Esther

• Lume

• Mirage

• Wonderputt

Technical Excellence

• Antichamber

• Fez

• Prom Week

• Realm of the Mad God

• Spelunky

Excellence In Design

• Atom Zombie Smasher

• English Country Tune

• Frozen Synapse

• Gunpoint

• Spelunky

Excellence in Audio

• Botanicula

• Dear Esther

• Pugs Luv Beats

• To the Moon

• Waking Mars

Best Mobile Game

• ASYNC Corp.

• Beat Sneak Bandit

• Faraway

• Ridiculous Fishing

• Waking Mars

Nuovo Award Finalists:

• At a Distance

• Dear Esther

• Fingle

• GIRP

• Johann Sebastian Joust

• Proteus

• Storyteller

• WAY