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Stalker: Call of Chernobyl Wins Mod of the Year ModDB, Rimworld wins IndieDB’s Top Prize - TheTech52
Stalker: Call of Chernobyl Wins Mod of the Year ModDB, Rimworld wins IndieDB’s Top Prize

Stalker: Call of Chernobyl Wins Mod of the Year ModDB, Rimworld wins IndieDB’s Top Prize

The public has spoken and has named STALKER’s Call Of Chernobyl as the Mod of year. IndieDb has also announced Rimworld as the best indie game of 2016.

Call Of Chernobyl is a free sandbox mod for STALKER: Call of Pripyat. Call of Chernobyl includes 32 maps, a bunch of reworked stages, a new arena and engine improvements amongst other things.

Below is the list of top ten games which were in the criteria. Note not all games have been released this year but due to updates, they are in the list.

  1. Expanding Fronts—Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
    9. RHS: Armed Forces of the Russian Federation—Arma 3
    8. Call of Warhammer: Beginning of The End Times—Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms
    7. Divide and Conquer—Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms
    6. Medieval Kingdoms Total War (Attila Version)—Total War: Attila
    5. Brutal Doom 64—Doom II
    4. Thrawn’s Revenge: Imperial Civil War—Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
    3. Hearts of Iron IV: The Great War—Hearts of Iron IV
    2. Enderal—Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
    1. STALKER: Call of Chernobyl—STALKER: Call of Pripyat

IndieDB’s list India of the Year 2016 has awarded the game Rimworld by Ludeon Studio’s a survival colony story simulator.

Here is the whole list:

  1. Inside
    9. Enter the Gungeon
    8. Slime Rancher
    7. Factorio
    6. Firewatch
    5. The Isle
    4. Empyrion—Galactic Survival
    3. Stardew Valley
    2. Superhot
    1. RimWorld

This year has been a good one for both indie games and games in general. We wish you a happy new year.