Submitted 2 days ago by Elevator7009@lemmy.zip to games@lemmy.world
Given the swathes of posts about bad behavior from big companies, I figure we could counterbalance that with some positivity about stuff the smaller guys made that often costs us less too.
Dungeons of Dredmor! Just a really solid, straightforward roguelike with a ton of stuff and a cheeky sense of humour.
Live for Speed
I’ve been playing it on and off for over 20 years now with some definite highs and lows but I have nothing but respect for the devs and community. It’s not on any store fronts and they just do their own thing.
I really liked What Remains is Edith Finch. It was now of an experience and really struck some emotional chords, leaving me write emotional at the end.
Really beautiful and melancholy experience.
I loved a tiny one called The Last Day of June.
It was on PlayStation Plus and it really had a great story.
I’ll have to go with Selaco, it’s not even finished (in fact it’s approximately half done) but it feels more complete than any mainline Halo game after H:Reach. Looks better too.
The Cat Lady and the other games from Harvester Games 👀
I haven’t seen it mentioned and feel like it should count, since it really just had a solo programmer working with a graphic designer and musician, but RollerCoaster Tycoon and RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 took a big chunk of my gaming time.
I really like Isle Wars and Scorched Earth
Rogue Legacy
Most of my picks have been mentioned already, but I had a blast with Mullet Madjack. A tongue in cheek riff on 80s anime in a boomer shooter where you have 10 seconds to live, but each enemy kill gives you 2 more seconds of life.
Clonk Endevour is not my favorite game, but I played it a lot with friends when I was younger. You can play with 2 or even more people, with just a monitor and a keyboard! Also it’s so old it should run on any potato.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. If that doesn’t count. Will…HoloCure or Noita.
Holocure is amazing! I don’t even watch Vtubers I just looked at the highest rated games on steam and found it. Within the first 3 weeks I put in 100 hours
Clair Obscur really isn’t an indie game.
NaissancE
That game is something else. Music by Pauline Oliveros is half of the game’s magic.
FlyKnight and ATLYSS, I think. Kinda retro but actually really good and very affordable.
I remember playing an RPG back in the day called “Dink Smallwood” on my old Macintosh laptop, it was one of the few games that were Mac compatible. Really funny and self aware dialogue, pretty great! I found out there’s an app version of it for mobile
Available for PC too: www.gog.com/en/game/dink_smallwood_hd
viking@infosec.pub 2 days ago
Tactical Breach Wizards
Nalivai@lemmy.world 2 days ago
The whole defenestration trilogy is amazing
viking@infosec.pub 2 days ago
Yep, agree. Heat Signature was also fun, but getting rather repetitive.