Indie What is the best indie game you played

[CyberRabbit]

The best one I’ve played so far is Annalynn, it’s only like five dollars on switch

 

[MrCheeseburger7]

The original Risk of Rain. It was basically the only game I played on my Switch for a while

 

[twistedbee]

One of the better ones I've played in recent years is Arcade Paradise. Laundromat turned arcade simulator with a good story too!
https://wiredproductions.com/games/arcade-paradise/

 

[WerewolfJones]

my favorite indie RPG is probably Lisa the Painful. Fuck I love that game.

Any other genre my favorite indie is Katana Zero.

 

[Dannzy]

There's many choices but I'm also in love with Katana Zero. I may go missing when the DLC comes out in order to play it .

 

[valosagutas]

The friends of Ringo Ishikawa: https://store.steampowered.com/app/846110/The_friends_of_Ringo_Ishikawa/

I love beat 'em up games and pixel artwork, on top of it it's like Japanese highschool kid simulator. But personally I loved it because the story and situations were very similar to my middle-school experience lol.

The game doesn't have A to B gameplay. Yes it has a particular story but what can happen between them depends on conditions to unlock and certain triggers to trigger. It's one of those "I wonder what would happen if I had do X or Y" video game. You can encounter random situations that can change how the rest of the game is affected from minor things like getting a cat pet and how the story goes on. There is a branching story here reacting to what you did and what you didn't. In this game cruel time doesn't wait you, it goes on with you or without you. It's up to you to chase the time or sit where you stopped fighting in desperation. You cannot change your destiny, but you can change your journey.

 

[Pinballbuzzbro]

Best is easily Shovel Knight. That game is pure game design bliss start to finish and genuinely as close to perfect as a retro platformer can get IMO.

Subjectively my favorite tho is Juiced! description says it's inspired by old dos games but it reminds me moreso of those mid 90s 16 bit platformers like Dynamite Headdy or the magical quest games where it's nonstop level theme changes with constant fun gimmicks and boss fights. I was wavin my pitchfork and torch around like a stereotypical angry mob when Nintendolife added it to the "shovelware" tag of their own Eshop lol.

Also shoutouts to Ichonoclasts for having possibly the best story I've ever experienced in a video game.

 

[Ons2k6]

There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension on Steam

There is no game. So don't go messing things up by clicking everywhere. You don’t want to be kicked out of your video game world, do you? Of course not!

store.steampowered.com

 

[Fray Guillermo]

One of my favourite games in general. Almost feels like a 2D Silent Hill in a way, minus the combat, and the story has a vibe going similar to SH2

 

[Stingy Perry Stingy Perry]

I’ve been playing this Zelda clone for a long while now.

 

[Dannzy]

Also shoutouts to Ichonoclasts for having possibly the best story I've ever experienced in a video game.

Interesting, I have heard many mixed things on this game but not one peep about the story, that comment makes it more intriguing.

Best is easily Shovel Knight. That game is pure game design bliss start to finish and genuinely as close to perfect as a retro platformer can get IMO.

Shovel Knight is definitely going to remain a classic for the rest of time, every single character story is almost as polished too, even Plague Knight mostly being a re-thread is super fun with his mechanics.

 

[JackNoir413]

sakuna of rice and ruin and its not even close. the characters are all well developed, the combat is great and really fun and the rice mechanic is incredibly well done. plus the soundtrack is fire and also its just a really good game like it took me 39 hours and i never thought at any point that the game got worse i really think its the best indie game ever done and all the negative reviews were written by CIA gangstalkers trying to shut down a great game and failing.

 

[Viviana Santos]

Peak Fiction, a true masterpiece.

 

[ThePeon]

SOOOOO MANY. Here is a list of my favroites.
20 till dawn
8-bit armoies
Aquaria
The Black Grimoire: Cursebreaker
Blasphemous
Breath of death VII
Chantelise
Core keeper
Coromon
Cthulhu save the world
Cthulhu save Christmas
Dead Cells
Desynced
Ender Lillies
Dungeons of Dreadmore
Epistory
Evil Tonight
Evoland 1-2
Foward to the sky
FTL
Gedonia
Ghost 1.0
Heroes of hammerwatch
Heroine Anthem zero 2
Iconoclasts
KingsGrave
Kona
Little witch Nobeta
Little Wood
Loop Hero
Loria
Lost Ruins
Lunacid
Metal Unit
Oceanhorn
Panzer Knights
Pier Solar
Pixel Piracy
Project Warlock 1 and 2
Recettear and item shops tale
Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth-
Region of Ruins
Rift Breaker
Rise to Ruins
Salt and sacntery
Shovel Knight
Slain back from Hell
SPAZ "space priates and zombies"
StomeHearth
Stardew Valley
The Pit
TerrorBane
Terraria
TimeSpinner
Toren
The Vagrant
Vampire Survivors
Wyrmsun
Zero Sievert


Still in early acess but epic games
Dawn of defiance
DeadPoly
DysonSphere program
Enshrouded
SoulMask
Travlers Rest
Glimmer in Mirror
PalWorld
A world of little Legends

 

[Zeonic89]

ASTLIBRA!

If you havent played it you should try it story is twisty and interesting, atmosphere is so good gameplay feels great.

 

[Samatonic Samatonic]

Stardew Valley, Undertale, Omori, Ultra Kill and a Few more I can't remember the names of but remember their faces.

 

[Strategist's icon Strategist Strategist]

Aquaria, Braid, Geometry Wars, Flower, World of Goo were games I like from the first XBOX live indie boom in the 2010s.

For more recent stuff I like Gris, Disco Elysium, Hollow Knight.

 

[Inkingsama]

Nuclear Throne hands down. I would say the binding of isaac but the game gets worse the more you play it.

 

[Ren96]

1st. Hollow Knight
2nd. Stardew Valley.
3rd. Doki Doki Literature Club Plus.

The only indies that I've played in fact.

 

[Male Nerdity]

I purchased a game back in November on Switch called Huntdown. It is a pixelated platformer but I thoroughly enjoyed it.

It hit the nostalgia feels pretty hard. There was a good challenge but not so annoying like some Indie games are nowadays with their difficulty spikes.

I highly recommend it!

 

[DoubleSunday]

surprised nobody said slay the spire yet. Absolutely my favorite indie game of all time. cant wait for the sequel

 

[RanmyakuIchi's iconRanmyakuIchi]

Hard to narrow it down to just one, but I've been a massive fan of the Retro FPS wave in the indie scene that started with Dusk and Ion Fury.

 

[Dannzy]

@RanmyakuIchi have you played Slayers X yet? Beyond the parody aspect it's one of the most authentic retro FPS games you can play right now. Zortch is also really good.

 

[ObscureJigglypuff]

Thirty Flights of Loving.

 

[RanmyakuIchi's iconRanmyakuIchi]

@RanmyakuIchi have you played Slayers X yet? Beyond the parody aspect it's one of the most authentic retro FPS games you can play right now. Zortch is also really good.

I've played Slayers X and love it, it's so incredibly charming and nostalgic for the era it's parodying. Zortch is also great, and I dig it's N64 meets Shiny Entertainment vibe.