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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.

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!

  • nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
    71·
    11 months ago

    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.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      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.