Category: Indie
Games that are created by smaller studios or individuals, rather than large scale companies. Indie games may be published through larger publishers such as Annapurna Interactive or Devolver Digital, but the games themselves are smaller scale.
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Rusty Lake
This is a weird one because its not just a game, but rather a whole series of games made by a single developer. The games all belong to the same genre: Point and click puzzle games. Starting as a series of flash games, the publishers have bundled all their early works up into a single…
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Mages of Mystralia
An action adventure game where simply put, you are a mage. You can learn and create spells using a super unique spellbook system of combining effects with a trigger and chaining things together. Then you can assign your spells to buttons to cast in world to defeat the enemies you encounter. Its a short little…
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Moonlighter
This is a roguelite dungeon crawler with some strategy, as the objective isn’t simply to get through the dungeon and kill the boss, but rather to loot as much expensive stuff as you can while you’re there. The game’s primary upgrade system involves creating new gear using loot from the dungeons, but unlocking new shops…
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Shapez
Shapez is the single most distilled form of a factory building and simulation game I have ever played. Most other games of the genre have something extra adding friction to the game, such as resource or money costs, enemies trying to break your stuff, having to manage a power grid, or even having to play…
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Monster Sanctuary
It’s not a Pokemon game! Monster Sanctuary is a monster collection game, where you hatch monsters to be a part of your team, and then explore a world to battle wild monsters or other keepers in strategy heavy 3v3 battles. The world that you explore is a vast 2D platformer, where the monsters you have…
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Cultist Simulator
Cultist Simulator is a tabletop card game where the goal is to form a cult and ascend to a higher plane known as the Mansus. While the game describes itself as a roguelike narrative card game, each individual run may take significantly longer than a traditional roguelike, potentially spanning multiple playsessions. However, from personal experience,…