What are some of your favorite content creators that highlight small indie games? Can be big or small, I’m just looking to find some lesser known games for a change.
Edit: I’m checking all of these out, thanks everyone!
https://www.youtube.com/@ClemmyGames
I don’t watch his videos, I just go through the links in the description and watch the trailers on the steam page. He covers a lot of games not all good or unique, but it’s easy to go through. Also if you haven’t been playing many games then the top indie games of the year/decade can be good for you.
Also I found this list on indie general on /v/ or /vg/ a while back, it’s pretty good.
indie Games
2019:
-Baba is You
-Bug Fables: The Everlasting Spring
-Disco Elysium
-Grimm’s Hollow
-Katana ZERO
-Manifold Garden
-Outer Wilds
-A Short Hike
-Slay the Spire
-ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove!
-Touhou Luna Nights
-Unheard
-Wargroove
-What the Golf?
-Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
2020:
-Alwa’s Legacy
-Black Mesa
-Breakpoint
-Creeper World 4
-Cyber Hook
-Damaged In Transit
-Deep Rock Galactic
-Factorio
-Filament
-Hades
-Hylics 2
-Jet Lancer
-Lair of the Clockwork God
-Levelhead
-Mainframe Defenders
-A Monster’s Expedition
-Noita
-OMORI
-The Pedestrian
-Penko Park
-Pumpkin Jack
-Risk of Rain 2
-Slap City
-Spelunky 2
-Tenderfoot Tactics
-There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
-Umurangi Generation
2021:
-Bonfire Peaks
-Brutal Orchestra
-Chicory: A Colorful Tale
-Cruelty Squad
-Deltarune: Chapter 2
-Dodgeball Academia
-ElecHead
-ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights
-Everhood
-Exo One
-The Forgotten City
-GRIME
-Inscryption
-Kaze and the Wild Masks
-MADNESS: Project Nexus
-Mini Motorways
-Moncage
-Northern Journey
-The Riftbreaker
-Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon
-Time Loader
-TOEM
-Toodee and Topdee
-Unpacking
-Unsighted
-Wolfstride
-Webbed
-Ynglet
2022:
-Devastator
-Devil Spire
-Dorfromantik
-Drainus
-Haiku, the Robot
-Kaiju Wars
-Nightmare Reaper
-Nobody Saves the World
-OlliOlli World
-Patrick’s Parabox
-Rogue Legacy 2
-Scoop Kick!
-Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate
-Supraland: Six Inches Under
-Teardown
-Windjammers 2
-Wobbledogs
sorry for the long list but I hope it helps people find some indie games.
I’ve played or own about half of these, and those I’ve played have been great. To me that means this person is a good curator. Here are a few I’ve especially enjoyed:
- Black Mesa - never played HL before it, and I found it fantastic; in fact, HL2 felt like a downgrade to me in gameplay, that’s how good BM was
- Baba is You - I’m a software engineer, and this totally nerd sniped me
- Manifold Garden - not too difficult, but tons of fun and a very unique puzzling experience
- Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair - only mentioning because I adored the original; this is fun too, but the OG is fantastic; not sure if this should qualify since it was made by former AAA devs
- Slay the Spire - fantastic game, though I found Inscryption to be even better for me since it offers more than just a card battler (StS is rogue like, Inscryption is more complicated)
- The Forgotten City - haven’t played it yet, but it looks like a ton of fun
I didn’t like a few of them (e.g. Jet Lancer), but that’s mostly because I don’t like the genres they’re in, not because they’re bad games.
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