Indie game funding in 2024

indielist tracks 3 indie game funding events dated 2024, spanning Grant, Publisher advance. Exact amounts are undisclosed for these entries; each links a public source.

• Nomada Studio Grant Spanish Ministry of Culture and Sport (Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan) Undisclosed source

  Development of Neva received a Spanish Ministry of Culture and Sport grant for the video-game sector under the EU-backed Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan. Amount undisclosed; date = game release.

• Slavic Magic (Greg Styczeń) Publisher advance Hooded Horse Undisclosed source

  Manor Lords (solo dev Greg Styczen / Slavic Magic) was published by Hooded Horse, into early access 2024-04-26; it was the most-wishlisted game on Steam pre-launch (2M+ wishlists) and passed 2M copies. Publisher deal terms undisclosed; date = early-access release.

• LocalThunk Publisher advance Playstack Undisclosed source

  Balatro (solo dev LocalThunk) was published by Playstack, released 2024-02-20; it sold 1M copies within weeks and went on to win multiple GOTY-category awards. Publisher deal terms undisclosed; date = release.

Funding data is hand-curated from public sources; amounts shown as "Undisclosed" are not publicly verified. Confidence varies per row.