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At what point is something not considered indie?

When it is self-published or independent from major publishers.

Kepler Interactive is not considered a major publisher, thus Expedition 33 is an indie game.

So, to become a non-indie game, you'd need a major publisher. Generally, a major publisher will have control over the game's development, whereas an Indie publisher either can't control it, or doesn't want to have control.

I see, so the word no longer has the same connotations it used to have, even if the same meaning.

As a follow-up to that, there is some contention about whether a game needs to be both financially and creatively independent from its publisher, or if it needs to be both to be considered an indie game. For now, indie is considered, at minimum, creatively independent from the publisher.

Pretty much that.

I don't even consider it an Indie game anyway, but I am glad it won the award. If only because people will be angry about it.