Hey folks, what`s an indie game give been playing that you just want to shout about and wish more people have heard of? Let me know, give it your best elevator pitch and include a screenshot or link to the game`s store page.
Hey! Have you ever wondered what would happen if you took a rhythm game like Rhythm Heaven and DOOM, and then mashed them together into a hideous monster? No? Well, you unimaginative freak, it exists anyways- in the form of a lovely game called BPM! All the joy of snooping in Gone Home combined with a broader glance at the future of AI, work, capitalism, and hope, rolled out in a character-rich mystery. It is only a couple hours long, but feels like there is reason to go back and try to see everything.
risk of rain 2, best damn 3d roguelike ive ever played
Another RPG Id like to mention is Weird and Unfortunate Things are Happening. You play as Alicia Copeland, a psychic who recieves a telepathic distress call from her niece Dottie. When she arrives, though, Dotties hometown of Daybreak has gone missing! One I`ve been playing recently is Horace. Charming story, a cool mechanic of gravity being used to its fullest, lovely pixel art, and jam packed with content. Mini games, fully animated cutscenes, a 3 hour soundtrack, its staging how much love two guys poured into the game. Ive been pushing through a lot of my backlog recently, and last night finally played Later Alligator. It is the most genuinely funny and adorable game I have played in a while, with its love of puns, silly animations, and odd families Gonna throw in some love for CrossCode. It`s a 2D Action RPG set in a virtual online world with a very nice story involving making friends and stopping the big bad. Plus the art is really pretty. There is a demo on steam and it`s out on consoles as well. Petal Crash! it`s tile-sliding competitive puzzle game with some incredibly charming and light-hearted writing in its story mode. One of the playable characters is a nonbinary centaur celebrity dancer, which alone sold me on the game. DOOM Eternal meets Devil May Cry ( if you will) Insane movement, a small but well-turned arsenal, great enemy variety, insane bosses...it just goes on. I love this one, and it`s only a third done. (Early Access)
I think one game that flew under a lot of people radars was Hotshot Racing by It was one of my favorite games last year. Amazing racing game with an arcade feel. my boyfriend is also working on an open-world rpg named rainbow dawn, in which you explore an abandoned world and fulfill the last wishes of those with unfinished business Low Magic Age, a currently early access (no wait come back it has content) sandbox RPG based on the D&D 3.5e Open Game License. Number crunchy character building and combat combined with a Mount & Blade-esque world to gain reputation and gold in. Spiritfarer is one of my absolute top games from last year, a beautiful cozy management game where you take over for Charon, guiding spirits on their final journeys. I cried several times during my playthrough, it is emotional and touching. I don`t play a lot of new games so it`s mostly just the ones I`ve mentioned before, but since I`m the only one who seems to mention them I`ll do it again. Starsector at and Consortium Mine is Coffee Talk, it`s an amazingly relaxing and fun story game with a bit of a challenge making all the recipies. Great characterisation AND music. Here it is on steam but I played on Switch Cloud Gardens the game is simple- drop props on a ruined landscape to make plants grow, and collect whatever fruits or flowers they grow, to plant more beating a level can unlock props for sandbox, and it has a camera! Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass is a JRPG taking place in the dream of an 8-year-old named Jimmy. A creeping horror appears and threatens his family, as well as the dream world itself. He must confront the Pulsating Mass and the fear within his subconscious. monolith! it`s a roguelite/shoot `em up with fast and tight gameplay, with a lot of different weapons and ways to modify them to obliterate enemies. plus the story is very compelling once it starts falling into place Dicey Dungeons had me in its grip for a few weeks. Suuuuper satisfying roguelite deckbuilder Wrestling with and defeating the RNG was such a good time Lately I`ve being playing Cruelty Squad: a game that can be best described as wearing the skin suit it harvested off of early 2000`s Rainbow Six, Hitman and Deus Ex to create an aggressively antagonistic experience about being a pathetic corporate hitman. It`s a few years old now, but I absolutely love Apotheon. You basically have to make the gods of Olympus not abandon humanity. The story is excellent, the gameplay is fun. I love the artstyle, everything basically looks like Ancient Greek pottery. Been loving Weird and Unfortunate Things are Happening. Pixel art JRPG that`s clearly inspired by the Shin Megami Tensei games. And it`s free? I don`t even understand that part Recettear is a cute but witty shop running/dungeon adventuring game. Bits of time managing and crafting added in too makes it a very novel time but it really works! Choose what to do with your day to earn enough to pay off your bills. Neon Abyss and Going Under have become my goto Rogue Likes as of late. Going Under has a fun loop involving using weapons you grab as you go, and Neon Abyss is just a really fun Sidescrolling twinstick shooter. I haven`t played it in a while but I adore Creature In The Well. It`s a hack and slash mixed with a pinball game. Gonna throw a couple out there: 1. Umurangi Generation is one of the best games of recent memory. Wander round a pre-apocalyptic world and take arty photographs. Feel some feelings. Bleed and Bleed 2 by Jump, dash, shoot, reflect bullets, and slow down time all at once in these fast paced bullet-hellish Twin-Stick/Free-Aim non-stop action platformers with tons of replayability (and a great community too)! Definitely EXTREME MEATPUNKS FOREVER by A combination visual novel/top-down brawler about being a gang of queer disasters punching fascists in the face while piloting flesh mecha. You can find Part 1 here: support the shmup scene I gonna give a shout-out to the best indie game I ever played, great to take away all my anxiety!
It isn`t out yet, but I`m really looking forward to trying Ocean`s Heart! It`s a top-down action RPG in the style of Game Boy-era Legend of Zelda. World of Horror! It`s a turn based roguelite on a card system - You investigate mysterious occurrences in your city and uncover secrets and horrors while stopping a dangerous cult from resurrecting an eldritch god. It wears its Japanese horror influences on its sleeve and
If you like puzzles and point and click The Little Acre is an indie game I worked on as an animator and character designer. Its by an Irish games studio and features all handdrawn animation :) I feel like most the indie games I play are somewhat well known but here`s Calico a very cute game about building a cat cafe It`s not exactly new but I will never stop simping for La-Mulana. An enormous labyrinthine temple that makes Metroid feel linear and Zelda feel like a cakewalk. The combat and platforming are the easy parts. Plus, very pretty 2D-HD art and an absolutely godlike soundtrack. Off is what you would get if Salvador Dal and David Lynch got to gather and made a JRPG. A very unique art style and a surreal story go to gather to make the best free rpg.
Omori is a really good game that is basically if earthbound was a psychological horror game that explores the messiest parts of depression
Omori!!! It`s an RPG Maker game in the same vein as Yume Nikki and Lisa: The Painful, and has been in development for YEARS. So excited to get into it this weekend. REDO!, hands down. A bleak, incredibly atmospheric cyberpunk/cosmic horror metroidvania inspired by Tsutomu Nihei`s BLAME! For me it was one of the best things of 2019, right up there with Control and Sekiro. Iconoclasts. A side scrolling action game strung along a progressing narrative of masterful character development and world building.
Base jumping from floating buildings in a futuristic neon city. The jumps are not about culture, but a disregard for regulation Theyre not about art, but a disregard for safety. Theyre not about science, theyre about a reckless disregard for gravity.
A space exploration game (but not like a simulator) that accurately enough replicates a mini solar system with a mystery to behold, all on a 20 minute loop, sort of Sexy Brutale, excellently written and just so charming. 10/10.
Timberborn! Timberpunk post apocalyptic beavers making a moneyless society and thriving! Plays very much like banished too :D It`s still in closed beta, but there are plans of early access launch in April this year They are here too at ^~^
Broken Reality, a non-violent Metroidvania set in a decaying, vaporwave-y virtual world. Makes a lot of reference to the dead and dying parts of the internet, which feels relevant in a post-Flash world. Rusty Lakes Cube Escape Collection. Its a compilation of nine of their point & click puzzle games, saved from the death of Flash. The games have this thick, surreal Twin Peaks vibe to them that really drew me in. Mindustry is cool. I`m not very good at it. It feels like, at first, a simplier factorio (maybe not so) but with tower defence thrown in the mix. They also revised their campaign and units, also added new towers, as of december last year!
Aviary Artorney. As a fan of the Phoenix wright games, i try to find others like it. Takeing the art from J J Grandville, a world in old Paris is created. There are many funny and serious moments. The path forward is not exactly set in stone. And can be enjoyed by mystery fans. ANATOMY by Legitimately a game that has haunted me for years, left me inspired, and perfectly utilizes the VHS found-footage aesthetic. I`ve been playing a fetch-questy slice-of-life game about running a cat caf in a village full of beautiful people of all sorts of genders and body types! A must-have for anyone who sees a picture of a raccoon on the internet & enthusiastically thinks `trash panda!` Desktop Dungeons is what I`d describe as a hardcore roguelike puzzle game with dungeon crawling elements. It`s incredible, clever, fun and addictive, in my opinion. It came out in 2013 and it slipped under everyone`s radar, probably because of how differently it looks/plays.
Signs of the Sojourner is a diverse narrative game where you set out on a journey and make choices about how you communicate and grow closer to farther from your friends and acquaintances... through cards! Paradise killer by The game its self is fantastic and the world they`ve started building has a lot of potential for some amazing offshoots. Idk if have done it yet, but Armello is a super interesting game imo and doesn`t get the love it deserves for how beautiful it is. Gunfire Reborn. Action FPS roguelike where you play a magical cat prince, a dual weilding doggo, or a face-kicking kung fu bird. Still in early access but it`s so polished and has so much style. Varied enemies, great boss fights and imaginative weapons. Ikenfell (Tactical RPG): When her sister doesn`t come back from her magic school for vacation, Maritte goes to find her. In the process she discovers her own magic powers, an incredible cast of queer characters, mysteries galore, and lots of cats. LOTS. It blows my mind that Beautiful Desolation got almost no attention. It`s like if Disco Elysium and the first two Fallouts merged but even weirder. And it`s got a soundtrack by Mick "motherfucking Doom" Gordon. DEEMO is one of my all time favorite rhythm games. It focuses more on its story than getting perfect scores, although score does still matter. The music is gorgeous, and it only made me cry a lot. the HD remake is available on steam, PS4, and switch OneShot. You are a deity, helping a child, Niko, bring the Sun back to the world. But you only have one shot. If anything happens to the Sun, it will shatter, and doom the world. Maybe.
Downwell is a roguelite game where you platform down a vertical level using guns strapped to your boots. Shooting slows your descent and stomping on enemies will refill your ammo. Quick 5-15 minute runs, fun difficulty curb and neat core gameplay. BEACON is a transhuman action roguelite where you mutate and transform your character as you delve further into your run. When you die, you can take the DNA youve gathered and use it to improve and adjust the next generation, with mods varying from stat boosts to new abilities.
Honestly any that come to mind I think you`ve talked about already! I`d have to check my Steam account later but you`ve pushed Timespinner, Hades, Factorio, those are the only ones I can think of.
That`s hard, Casey, because there`s so many good ones out there but also recently I`ve been taking dives into the itch. io indie community. It`s one of those places that has a lot of different ideas for games and lots of different game jams to get yourself into or to watch for
Mine would be Prodigal by Its a callback to the GBA Legend of Zelda games, with some light town sim elements. The story is fascinating, the world is colorful, & its not too long. I have been doing an LP of it as well on me channel! Is very good :D Card Quest! Despite the generic title and crude graphics it`s one my favorite single-player card games! You play through a campaign and as you progress you unlock new cards that can change your strategy. It requires a lot of careful resource management! Elsinore: You play as Ophelia from Hamlet who starts travelling through the events from the play in a Groundhog Day fashion, allowing you to change the outcome in numerous different ways. Had such a lovely time with this one, I had to write a thread about it.
