cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/43119841
Hello, i was wondering if there are any good indie games on steam to try out. Can be free or paid, i don’t mind if there’s no native linux build either (i play stuff with wine/proton anyways lol) and i don’t mind the genre. I’ve been thinking of trying something new as of recent so i thought i might ask it here.
Thanks!
- Full Bore is IMO one of the most underrated games on Steam (10+ years old and only 78 reviews) if you like puzzle platformers.
- Baba is You if you like puzzles without platforming.
- Dropsy surrealistic point-and-click.
- SteamWorld Dig 2 metroidvania, and currently on sale.
- Ittle Dew Zelda-style adventure game… with puzzles.
- VVVVVV retro puzzle game, with platforms but no jumping.
I thought I had more varied taste in games but kind of realizing that there’s a pattern now that I’m writing down the ones I’ve enjoyed the most.
My Summer Car is an incredibly well-designed game.
The problem is that it’s designed incredibly well to simulate rural life in Finland during an economic depression, and punish the player at every step.
The dev is open about it. The first sentence of the release trailer is “This is not a fun game”.
Release trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulXkgdijz1c
Fan-made trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brlM92kScmMWhat I’ve played and can 100% vouch for:
- Another Crab’s Treasure
- Celeste
- Fly Knight
- Katana Zero
- Noita
- Terraria
- The Messenger
- Ultrakill
- ZeroRanger
What I haven’t played but looks good:
I will shill crosscode at every opportunity. Favourite game of all time for me. Def give it a shot when you can. There’s also a free demo.
Pseudoregalia is also awesome. Can’t speak on any of the others to be played tho
Enjoy your gaming :)
I def plan on playing everything in that list. I have an entire backlog lol. I bought the lot of them when they were on sale. It’s only a matter of getting to them.
Of my list, I shill Katana Zero and ZeroRanger the most. They’re short but sweet. I went into them completely blind after having listened to part of their OSTs. If you have the chance, do try them. :)
Crosscode mentioned!
Words really cannot express how excellent it is. Whoever is considering it, just go for it!
Seconded. Great combat, puzzles, exploration, boss fights, and story. What else could you possibly want.
If you haven’t yet, check out alabaster dawn the devs’ new game. In early access now.
Best rogue-like(GPLv3):
Shattered Pixel Dungeon
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1769170/Shattered_Pixel_Dungeon/
I really recommend Slay The Spire 1 & 2, fantastic game!
The most libre FPS: (zlib engine, CC-BY-SA assets)
Red Eclipse (= parkour shooter)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/967460/Red_Eclipse/
(I prefer the gameplay and physics of RE1.6, but should still have a good time with this 2.0)
Balatro
Check out Skyrim! /jk
Exanima is fun and frustrating. Screenshots don’t really tell the story about its gameplay, check out a video or go in blind lol
Highly recommend crosscode. It is a snes era style rpg. It has great puzzles, boss fights, combat, exploration, and story. What more could you ask for.
You play as Lea who is brought into the world of crosscode, a fictional mmo where the avatars that people play as are physically present. Lea has amnesia and plays the mmo to try and recover her memory.
The devs just recently released their new game, alabaster dawn, into early access. I would say it is more GameCube era style.
Hero’s Hour is a fun Hero’s of might and magic crossed with an auto battler
Dwarf Fortress is the worlds first and most in depth colony sim their motto is “losing is fun”
Crawl is really fun 4 player pvp local co-op dungeon crawler
YOMI hustle is an absolutely bizarre turn based 1 on 1 fighting game
7 days a stranger will bring you down a rabbit hole of point and click horror mystery
Due Process is a very fascinating take on team based shooters
FTL is a rougelike space battler
Into the Breach is a fun strategy battler with mechs and knockback mechanics
Rift Wizard topdown rougelike wizard sim
Noita sidescrolling rougelike wizard sim where every pixel is simulated gets real nuts
I’ve been playing Thrifty Business. It’s really chill
Abiotic Factor is pretty amazing. I’ll play with ya.
The downfall of any good indie game is that it’s a target for acquisition. Anything we love can be turned against us. ROCKET LEAGUE.
Timberborn recently hit 1.0, it’s good.
My favorites are:
Outer Wilds, Silksong (& HK), Hades 1 & 2, Nine Sols, Blue Prince, Subnautica, Dave the Diver, Return of the Obra Dinn, Papers Please, Inscryption, Baba is You and Factorio.
Some of these are not recent though.
Outer Wilds is an absolute masterpiece, easily in my top 10 (perhaps even top 5) games of all time. The DLC is amazing too. The rest of the games you mentioned are also good.
