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Content creators who highlight small indie games? (lemmy.today)
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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.

Edit: I'm checking all of these out, thanks everyone!

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year 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.