Can you recommend me some good indie games?

Hi all...

So,I was planning to get more into indie market,and try out some good indie games.I was never too much into it,so I would like some recommendations,where should I start?

I already played some highly popular ones like Amnesia,Braid and Limbo,so don't list those,please :)

legend of grimrock

super meat boy

trine

Bastion

I don't play indie games, whenever I do they tend to be rubbish. However 'Keplar Space Program' is a crazy fun rocket building game where you actually get to fly it after you have built it.

Get the Humble Bundle V, easily the best Humble Bundle yet.

Get the Humble Bundle V, easily the best Humble Bundle yet.

EliteM0nk3y

Wow,that's easily one of the best deals I ever saw.It'll definitely do.Thanks for recommending :)

EDIT: Purchased it,will get to it later...

yea definetely get the Humble Bundle its got some great games!

Just started Amnesia and HOLY CRAP playing it in the dark with headphones on is scary as hell!! Other than that Super Meat Boy is awesome.JC_Spot

Yeah,Amnesia is truly an unique experience,definitely the scariest horror game I ever played.Looking forward for their next game,Machine for Pigs or something like that,IIRC :)

And will try SMB,heard it's very difficult,but never actually played it...

Maybe you played them but Terraria and Magicka haven't been mentioned.

[QUOTE="JC_Spot"]Just started Amnesia and HOLY CRAP playing it in the dark with headphones on is scary as hell!! Other than that Super Meat Boy is awesome.Rocker6

Yeah,Amnesia is truly an unique experience,definitely the scariest horror game I ever played.Looking forward for their next game,Machine for Pigs or something like that,IIRC :)

And will try SMB,heard it's very difficult,but never actually played it...

[QUOTE="Rocker6"]

[QUOTE="JC_Spot"]Just started Amnesia and HOLY CRAP playing it in the dark with headphones on is scary as hell!! Other than that Super Meat Boy is awesome.JC_Spot

Yeah,Amnesia is truly an unique experience,definitely the scariest horror game I ever played.Looking forward for their next game,Machine for Pigs or something like that,IIRC :)

And will try SMB,heard it's very difficult,but never actually played it...

That is fine,I like a good challenge,as long as it isn't a cheap one.For example,I enjoyed Demon's Souls very much on the PS3,and now I'm looking forward to Dark Souls PC version.Both games are difficult,and require practice and patience,but the challenges are very fair...

Maybe you played them but Terraria and Magicka haven't been mentioned.

spittis

Nope,haven't played them.Will add them to the list,and check them out eventually...

BTW,has anyone here played To The Moon?

I hear that's a great game as long as you enjoy a good story...

[QUOTE="JC_Spot"][QUOTE="Rocker6"]

Yeah,Amnesia is truly an unique experience,definitely the scariest horror game I ever played.Looking forward for their next game,Machine for Pigs or something like that,IIRC :)

And will try SMB,heard it's very difficult,but never actually played it...

Rocker6

That is fine,I like a good challenge,as long as it isn't a cheap one.For example,I enjoyed Demon's Souls very much on the PS3,and now I'm looking forward to Dark Souls PC version.Both games are difficult,and require practice and patience,but the challenges are very fair...

A few I would recommend - Vessel, Orcs Must Die, and Capsized. All are single player games.slabber44

Orcs Must Die doesn't look like my kind of thing,but Vessel and Capsized look great.Will be checking them out...

[QUOTE="Rocker6"]

[QUOTE="JC_Spot"] It is quite difficult but the difficulty curve is very gradual and it's very rewarding. Some levels are borderline impossible but these are bonus levels (of which there are dozens and dozens).JC_Spot

That is fine,I like a good challenge,as long as it isn't a cheap one.For example,I enjoyed Demon's Souls very much on the PS3,and now I'm looking forward to Dark Souls PC version.Both games are difficult,and require practice and patience,but the challenges are very fair...

Yeah,at some points Demon's Souls can become somewhat repetative,that is true,but I still loved it very much,and find it to be one of the best action RPSs I've ever played...

And glad to hear about responsive controls in SMB,I find that very important in games.Imprecise and clumsy controls heavily degrade my gaming experience,which is why I find console FPS unenjoyable to play,controller analog sticks don't offer me the same level of control as my gaming mouse does...

Most if not all the games in the humble indie bundle.

Go to humblebundle.com, spend more then the average, and boom. For $9 you get Amnesia, Bastion, Limbo, Braid, Super Meat Boy and a couple others, all of these some of the best indie games ever.

IMO, Mount & Blade is the king of indie games. Absolutely huge semi-realistic medieval sandbox RPG with awesome combat and multiplayer. Started by a husband and wife dev team in Turkey if I recall correctly. The whole series is on sale right now on Steam, but I recommend just picking up Mount & Blade: Warband. I've put a few hundred hours into the singleplayer and a few thousand hours into the multiplayer. And there are dozens of awesome mods to download as well. One example is a massive LoTR total conversion.KHAndAnime

I'll second this. Mount and Blade Warband all the way. It is especially good for online fighting with the CRPG mod. I had more fun with that game than I ever did with COD or BF3.

Most if not all the games in the humble indie bundle.

Go to humblebundle.com, spend more then the average, and boom. For $9 you get Amnesia, Bastion, Limbo, Braid, Super Meat Boy and a couple others, all of these some of the best indie games ever.

SPYDER0416

Done and done.Downloads are in progress :)

[QUOTE="KHAndAnime"]IMO, Mount & Blade is the king of indie games. Absolutely huge semi-realistic medieval sandbox RPG with awesome combat and multiplayer. Started by a husband and wife dev team in Turkey if I recall correctly. The whole series is on sale right now on Steam, but I recommend just picking up Mount & Blade: Warband. I've put a few hundred hours into the singleplayer and a few thousand hours into the multiplayer. And there are dozens of awesome mods to download as well. One example is a massive LoTR total conversion.Mr_Ditters

I'll second this. Mount and Blade Warband all the way. It is especially good for online fighting with the CRPG mod. I had more fun with that game than I ever did with COD or BF3.

Used to play Mount and Blade some time ago,a good game.Don't feel like going back at it atm,though.Maybe sometime later...

SpaceChem is an amazing puzzle game, one of the best ever.

Oh yeah. I forgot about Terraria. What a fun game that is!

- Hard Reset or Hard Reset [Extended Edition] / FPS

- Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP / Point & Click Adventure

- Dear Esther / Point & Click Adventure

- Botanicula / Point & Click Adventure

- The Path / Point & Click Adventure

- Bastion / Action RPG

- Magicka / Action RPG

- Costume Quest / RPG

- Fez / Platformer

- Capsized / Action, Platformer

- Dustforce / Platformer

- And Yet It Moves / Platformer

- Vessel / Action, Platformer

- Rochard / Action, Platformer

- Scarygirl / Action, Platformer

- Shoot Many Robots / Action, Platformer

- Trine 2 / Action, Platformer

- Renegade Ops / Action

- Anomaly Warzone Earth / Strategy

- Greed Corp / Strategy

- E.Y.E Divine Cybermancy / RPG, FPS

- Avadon: The Black Fortress / RPG

- Ys: The Oath In Felghana [Steam Release] / RPG

- Ys: Origin [Steam Release] / RPG

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- Grim Dawn / Action RPG [Upcoming]

- Pixeljunk Eden / Platformer [Upcoming]

- The Showdown Effect / Action, Platformer [Upcoming]

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There were some more if you could pass the 16-bit graphic,

such as: (Jamestown, Terraria, Dungeons Of Dredmor, To The Moon and Lone Survivor.)

watch the video/gameplay first, and choose what you see fit, and you'll be fine.:)

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Project Zomboid

Machinarium

VVVVVV

Bastion

The Lone Survivor

Basically anything you get in the Humble Bundles is amazing so be sure to check those out.

Flower. The stranger the better.

Bastion and Braid are my favourite.

*list*

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There were some more if you could pass the 16-bit graphic,

such as: (Jamestown, Terraria, Dungeons Of Dredmor, and Lone Survivor.)

watch the video/gameplay first, and choose what you see fit, and you'll be fine.:)

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Ladiesman17

That's a nice list,thank you very much,will be checking many of them out :)

Also,you mentioned Hard Reset Extended Cut.Is that out yet,and can I upgrade my "regular" Hard Reset copy on Steam with some update?

I played Hard Reset,and loved it...

Flower. The stranger the better.

Starshine_M2A2

I really wish that game was availible on the PC,as well as Journey :(

Used to own a PS3 for a year,but not anymore...

You may want to give some specifics before asking for "good" indie games. Otherwise, you would be attracting indie game fans to spam all over this thread about their favorite games and not necessarily games that you may like.

(And I want to point out here that Orcs Must Die! is indeed not your kind of game, especially if you don't like obnoxious protagonists - please see illustration.)

Of course, they might just spam anyway. :P

Anyway, I had to look through your posts in this thread and your profile to make a recommendation.

You may want to have a look at Aquaria, if you haven't gotten the game already. Its gameplay is probably sophisticated for you, but I have to warn you that the combat in that game is under-developed. It has a complete story (no loose ends and sh*t like that), no annoying DLCs and such other things if you happen to despise current game-making trends.

Obligatory screenshot for optional embellishment.

There is a demo for that game, and if you want to listen to the soundtrack, there's a free-to-stream album over at Bandcamp.

P.S. If you are curious about this, then you may want to know that while there is a game-page for this game, GameSpot (under Jeff Gerstmann's stewardship at the time) had overlooked the game.

IMO, Mount & Blade is the king of indie games. Absolutely huge semi-realistic medieval sandbox RPG with awesome combat and multiplayer. Started by a husband and wife dev team in Turkey if I recall correctly. The whole series is on sale right now on Steam, but I recommend just picking up Mount & Blade: Warband. I've put a few hundred hours into the singleplayer and a few thousand hours into the multiplayer. And there are dozens of awesome mods to download as well. One example is a massive LoTR total conversion.KHAndAnime

one indie game im going to recommend is ARDFG or its unabreviated name a reckless disregard for gravity. neevr before has basejumping been this fun

http://www.introversion.co.uk/

You may want to give some specifics before asking for "good" indie games. Otherwise, you would be attracting indie game fans to spam all over this thread about their favorite games and not necessarily games that you may like.

(And I want to point out here that Orcs Must Die! is indeed not your kind of game, especially if you don't like obnoxious protagonists - please see illustration.)

Of course, they might just spam anyway. :P

Anyway, I had to look through your posts in this thread and your profile to make a recommendation.

You may want to have a look at Aquaria, if you haven't gotten the game already. Its gameplay is probably sophisticated for you, but I have to warn you that the combat in that game is under-developed. It has a complete story (no loose ends and sh*t like that), no annoying DLCs and such other things if you happen to despise current game-making trends.

Obligatory screenshot for optional embellishment.

There is a demo for that game, and if you want to listen to the soundtrack, there's a free-to-stream album over at Bandcamp.

P.S. If you are curious about this, then you may want to know that while there is a game-page for this game, GameSpot (under Jeff Gerstmann's stewardship at the time) had overlooked the game.

Gelugon_baat

That was the plan,get a lot of suggestions,check them out for more info,and see which ones I find interesting :)

And I like your suggestion,haven't played it.Art style looks nice,and if it isn't too combat focused,there shouldn't be any problems.Glad these smaller developers give us demos,makes it easier to decide,remids me of how things used to be in the industry some time ago.Will DL when I have the time...

[QUOTE="ZombieKiller7"]

http://www.introversion.co.uk/

ionusX

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[QUOTE="ZombieKiller7"]

http://www.introversion.co.uk/

ionusX

- Hard Reset or Hard Reset [Extended Edition] / FPS

- Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP / Point & Click Adventure

- Dear Esther / Point & Click Adventure

- Botanicula / Point & Click Adventure

- The Path / Point & Click Adventure

- Bastion / Action RPG

- Magicka / Action RPG

- Costume Quest / RPG

- Fez / Platformer

- Capsized / Action, Platformer

- Dustforce / Platformer

- And Yet It Moves / Platformer

- Vessel / Action, Platformer

- Rochard / Action, Platformer

- Scarygirl / Action, Platformer

- Shoot Many Robots / Action, Platformer

- Trine 2 / Action, Platformer

- Renegade Ops / Action

- Anomaly Warzone Earth / Strategy

- Greed Corp / Strategy

- E.Y.E Divine Cybermancy / RPG, FPS

- Grim Dawn / Action RPG [Upcoming]

- Pixeljunk Eden / Platformer [Upcoming]

- The Showdown Effect / Action, Platformer [Upcoming]

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There were some more if you could pass the 16-bit graphic,

such as: (Jamestown, Terraria, Dungeons Of Dredmor, and Lone Survivor.)

watch the video/gameplay first, and choose what you see fit, and you'll be fine.:)

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Ladiesman17

That was the plan,get a lot of suggestions,check them out for more info,and see which ones I find interesting :)

And I like your suggestion,haven't played it.Art style looks nice,and if it isn't too combat focused,there shouldn't be any problems.Glad these smaller developers give us demos,makes it easier to decide,remids me of how things used to be in the industry some time ago.Will DL when I have the time...

Rocker6

Okay, so you won't have a problem with being spammed, I suppose...?

Well, unfortunately, Aquaria will involve combat - and you are going to find out that many fights are best resolved by swimming around to dodge crap while spamming away homing projectiles. There are plenty non-combat sequences and puzzles though.

That said, you may want to try out Binding of Isaac.

Yes, this is the game's take on Bomberman.

I should warn you that the game has many minor problems - many enough to annoy me at least. (I wrote a user review for that game, by the way. I am not going to plug a link here though.)

That, and Edmund McMillen resorted to premium DLC to place a price tag on the game's second major expansion.

[QUOTE="Ladiesman17"]

*list*

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There were some more if you could pass the 16-bit graphic,

such as: (Jamestown, Terraria, Dungeons Of Dredmor, and Lone Survivor.)

watch the video/gameplay first, and choose what you see fit, and you'll be fine.:)

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Rocker6

That's a nice list,thank you very much,will be checking many of them out :)

Also,you mentioned Hard Reset Extended Cut.Is that out yet,and can I upgrade my "regular" Hard Reset copy on Steam with some update?

I played Hard Reset,and loved it...

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Flying Wild Hogs / Hard Reset Dev. got a nice publishing deal from Kalypso Media (It's a thriving Publisher that started in 2006, if you asking.)

following their growing popularity since original release.

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Hard Reset got a lot of criticism for being too short, that's why Extended Edition will add new gameplay elements, new level, new boss character, bug fix, updated graphic, and retail version. basically its like The Witcher Enhanced Edition.

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it looks like it will come to Steam (eventually), and rumour has said it will be free for those who already purchased original game.

:D

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[QUOTE="Rocker6"]

[QUOTE="Ladiesman17"]

*list*

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There were some more if you could pass the 16-bit graphic,

such as: (Jamestown, Terraria, Dungeons Of Dredmor, and Lone Survivor.)

watch the video/gameplay first, and choose what you see fit, and you'll be fine.:)

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Ladiesman17

That's a nice list,thank you very much,will be checking many of them out :)

Also,you mentioned Hard Reset Extended Cut.Is that out yet,and can I upgrade my "regular" Hard Reset copy on Steam with some update?

I played Hard Reset,and loved it...

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Flying Wild Hogs / Hard Reset Dev. got a nice publishing deal from Kalypso Media (It's a thriving Publisher that started in 2006, if you asking.)

following their growing popularity since original release.

----

Hard Reset got a lot of criticism for being too short, that's why Extended Edition will add new gameplay elements, new level, new boss character, bug fix, updated graphic, and retail version. basically its like The Witcher Enhanced Edition.

----

it looks like it will come to Steam (eventually), and rumour has said it will be free for those who already purchased original game.

:D

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[QUOTE="Gelugon_baat"]

You may want to give some specifics before asking for "good" indie games. Otherwise, you would be attracting indie game fans to spam all over this thread about their favorite games and not necessarily games that you may like.

(And I want to point out here that Orcs Must Die! is indeed not your kind of game, especially if you don't like obnoxious protagonists - please see illustration.)

Of course, they might just spam anyway. :P

Anyway, I had to look through your posts in this thread and your profile to make a recommendation.

You may want to have a look at Aquaria, if you haven't gotten the game already. Its gameplay is probably sophisticated for you, but I have to warn you that the combat in that game is under-developed. It has a complete story (no loose ends and sh*t like that), no annoying DLCs and such other things if you happen to despise current game-making trends.

Obligatory screenshot for optional embellishment.

There is a demo for that game, and if you want to listen to the soundtrack, there's a free-to-stream album over at Bandcamp.

P.S. If you are curious about this, then you may want to know that while there is a game-page for this game, GameSpot (under Jeff Gerstmann's stewardship at the time) had overlooked the game.

Rocker6

That was the plan,get a lot of suggestions,check them out for more info,and see which ones I find interesting :)

And I like your suggestion,haven't played it.Art style looks nice,and if it isn't too combat focused,there shouldn't be any problems.Glad these smaller developers give us demos,makes it easier to decide,remids me of how things used to be in the industry some time ago.Will DL when I have the time...

Lol yes. This. To be exact. She's one heck of powerful mermaid. Think God of War meets Metroid Meets The ACTUAL story of the Merfolk.AnomalyCompound

That may be an exaggeration, but that's much too far from what the game is like. The combat is more like a shoot-'em-up than either God of War or Metroid.