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Which indies did you discover and would love more people to know about? I'll start: The Pale Beyond. Not sure if it's a hidden gem tbh, but it's such a good story rich game. I laughed, I cried and felt the characters struggles. If you like story rich games/ choices matter, check it out.

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[–] ExtraMedicated@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I've mentioned these before and I'll do it again:

  • Exanima - Read about the features. This one is more impressive than the screenshots make it look (at least for me).
  • Lunacid - I love the visual style and atmosphere of this. I also enjoyed Lost in Vivo by the same developer.
  • Praey for the Gods - This one is for anyone who's looking for more games like Shadow of the Collossus.
  • The Upturned - A cartoony horror-comedy game with a great sense of humor.
  • Withering Rooms - The story is interesting and the atmosphere is great.
  • Your Spider - This one is possibly my favorite indie horror game.
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[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I've never heard or seen anybody else mention Suzerain. It's like a choose-your-own-adventure political strategy game, which is pretty unique. You are the new leader of a fictional nation wrestling with corruption. Your decisions will affect the outcome. Game is only $6 on Steam right now and is well worth it.

Also worth mentioning Ostriv, a beautiful city-builder in which you build an 18th Century Ukrainian village, complete with individual little villagers wearing their villager clothes. It's lovely and made by ONE GUY, as best I can tell? Also, last I saw, the entire game was somehow under 1 GB, if I remember correctly. It's absurd.

[–] yamanii@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Andor's Trail is a foss roguelike with a twist that it's story based, something quite rare in this genre.

Immortal Life is a farming game but with a Wuxia twist where you can use chinese magic to help you do your chores and there's a twin stick combat inside the dungeon. What surprised me was seeing the game selling well on steam, but never seeing a single article about it, strangely common with chinese indies over here.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I would imagine that most articles about Chinese Indie Games are written in Mandarin, so it's unlikely you'd see them without the ability to read Chinese.

[–] yamanii@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The games are in english and they talk about japanese indies all the time though.

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[–] BiggestBulb@kbin.run 3 points 9 months ago

Hmm, ones no one knows about...

Probably Icy: Frostbite Edition. Pretty solid, not something to get full-price necessarily but it was pretty good when I played it like 5 years ago. Interesting turn-based combat.

Also, OneShot. My avatar is from that game, I really think almost everyone should play it.

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Shadow Tactics and Shadow Gambit are two brilliant gems that come to mind by Mimimi Studios. I discovered them a few weeks ago and just learned they went defunct back in August because they were too niche a genre and couldn't make enough sales. They're Stealth Strategy games where you control a group of ninjas/pirates through a heavily guarded level to the objective, stealthily murdering everyone along the way. If you get seen you can easily jump back to a quick save and try again. You're not overpowered and can easily be killed by enemies so save scumming is deliberately built in to the experience to experiment with your approach.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

It's in fact three games:

  • Shadow Tactics is set in feudal japan. This one has an expandalone.
  • Desperados III then takes the game to the wild west.
  • Shadow Gambit goes wild and gives us a magic ship and an undead pirate crew. It has two rather pricey expansions, one bringing in a character from the first game. It also has a hidden character to unlock after you beat the game, which is kinda cool.

You can notice how each game perfects the formula, but they're overall extremely similar. I would very much recommend the last one if you have to pick one, as the focus on magic allowed them to go truly wild with the character abilities. Gaelle shooting corpses and partymembers around with her cannon is a particularly fun one.

Sidenote: Far as I can tell they didn't go bankrupt or anything, they just ... stopped. They're done or so. Did the same concept three times, happy now, works for them.

[–] TipRing@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Shadow of the Forbidden Gods - a strategy game where you play as the ancient cthonic entity waking up because the stars are right. Set in a fantasy world where the forces of good slowly become aware of the coming apocalypse and attempt to forestall your return. You have to get past the janky UI and some dreadful AI art, but the gameplay is unique and satisfying.

[–] DarkGamer@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

the Skyrim total conversion mod, Enderal: Forgotten Stories, blew me away, and it's free if you own Skyrim. Even has its own installer and game page on Steam.

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Their earlier game Nehrim: At Fate's Edge is also worth a play. It runs on the Oblivion engine so it's a little dated graphically, but story- and gameplay-wise it holds up fine.

[–] amio@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

Treasure Adventure Game, maybe? I believe it's free, though there's a paid remake of it named Treasure Adventure World now.
Cutesy "kid goes on adventure" 2d platformer with sailing and some Metroidvania-y or Zelda-y factors. Cute pixel art and the music is very well done.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago

From The Depths -- very deep large vehicle design and combat game, prepare to happily lose months of your life

Barotrauma -- help crew a submarine under the command of the captain to perform missions in an alien open world. fun multiplayer with good in game VOIP

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)
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[–] silentknyght@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I'm currently totally hooked on Tiny Rogues.

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

OMG-Z It's a playstation mini for the PS3/PSP.

Warp on the PS3.

Donut County isn't really a nobody game. But I never see it mentioned.

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[–] CH3DD4R_G0BL1N@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

After Hades, I hope some folks went back and played Supergiant’s other titles. I love them all. But even amongst them, Pyre is the underdog, unknown, shunned. And I think it’s fantastic. The music and writing is top notch. You can really see the bones of Hades in all their games, but they polished their world building and story telling to perfection in this one.

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[–] ooli@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

rogue Lords: it is inspired by Slay the Spire (StS). Card game with roguelike element. Here, the cards are replaced by your minions skill. But the right set of skill is less frustating to build than in StS. Making it a more fun experience, and the graphics are way above StS(not hard). As in StS , with luck/skill you can manage to build some 'infinite deck" where you never let go of the control of the battle.

[–] kaosof@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Blasphemous.

Fantastic metroidvania meets soulslike game. The art style, the lore, the atmosphere, and by God - the music!

The combat is not super great, but it's capable enough for a metroidvania.

I haven't played the second one, I hear it's kinda hit and miss.

[–] learningduck@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

The first one also meh at releast until several patches later. The second one is on the easier side as the penitent one is now more agile.

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[–] ActionHank@sopuli.xyz 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Sebil Engineering has a really fun mechanic I've never seen before. Its like those Hot Wheels tracks you always wanted as a kid but your parents never got you, but even better. I guess its a traffic control game? Anyone have other examples of these?

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[–] Seasoned_Greetings@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

Dominions (Dominions 6 just came out, but it's an iterative game so try 4 or 5 first)

So it's like civilization and battle simulator had a baby, where armies are managed by the unit and there are simulated battles of thousands.

But all the civs are loosely based on different existing mythologies and there's a crazy complex magic system

Oh, and you get to create a god that you can totally battle with.

If you like civ-like games, it's a really unique and satisfying twist on the genre with an incredible amount of sheer depth.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 1 points 9 months ago

Where The Water Tastes Like Wine - Ever play ToeJam & Earl? This game has the same core game loop. You're on a treasure hunt, unlike ToeJam & Earl where you are trying to find spaceship parts. In Where The Water Tastes Like Wine, you meant to collect stories and then share stories with major NPCs. The stories that you collect and share, change over the course of the game. The soundtrack is also really good.

Splattercat did a video on the game.

This game isn't for everyone. It's a very, niche game.

[–] Cybersteel@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Black Souls 2

[–] Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

They are hidden, so I don't know about them. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

[–] TunaLobster@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I'll toss 2 mobile games on the list. Desert Golf and Golf on Mars. No ads. No stupid paid trinket nonsense. Just a couple bucks for the game and a very chill and casual 2D golf game.

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