what is your favourite indie game?

my favorite recent one I played was axiom verge. It's the closest game to being like metroid without actually being called metroid

>>714068494 (OP)
Darkest dungeon (both 1 and 2) - the most played by far

>>714068494 (OP)
Black Souls 2

The Frydarian Tale because I made it myself.

>>714073058
gm fygoon

>>714068494 (OP)
you posted it

You posted it. Before that it was probably Cave Story.

>>714068494 (OP)
enter the gungeon, but you posted my wife's favorite.

>>714068494 (OP)
Either that one or Crosscode.

>>714068494 (OP)
My friend keeps shilling me this. A fucking black and white sokoban is NOT peak fiction no matter the video essay.
>>714074051
CrossCode has the greatest arpg gameplay I've played but the story's resolve was ehhh

>>714075350
Sokoban autists are probably just really happy that they get something to play

>>714075437
I hate sokoban but VS was my GOTY a couple of years back. It doesn't really have anything to do with sokoban.

>>714068494 (OP)

>>714068494 (OP)
rain world

hypnospace outlaw

I am sad.

>>714076814
Hypnospace crashed for real during the in-game crash and I had to watch someone else beat it because it broke my save. Dogshit game.

>>714068494 (OP)
I keep getting tempted to buy this game because of the boobs but I know I would hate the gameplay

iji

>>714077076
The gameplay is solving puzzles. Are you too stupid for puzzles or something?

modded nuclear throne

>>714075705
GOTY? 2023 was insanely packed.
>>714077653
Not the tagged but I don't like "puzzle" games they remind me of doing tests. I like strategy, where you have to think of something based on randomized elements on the fly (I play many Roguelikes...).
But, say, I was playing Dicey Dungeons and they have DLC, "hell yeah". Half of it is all puzzles...
Because the thing with a Puzzle is that it has a set guaranteed way to complete it. I like games where you can plan around scenarios with possible risk and reward in the future.

I do find concepts of some more meta puzzle games kinda cool. Like, you can complete it normally, or do some fucky shit in order to complete another puzzle, ect.

picrel
>what if project m, but not nintendo

Play Taiji.

>>714068494 (OP)
Crystal Project

>>714068494 (OP)
risk of rain 2

>>714078697
and no mod support

>>714068494 (OP)
Void Stranger is fantastic, and I wish it was on more people's radar.

>>714075350
>A fucking black and white sokoban is NOT peak fiction no matter the video essay.

Art of Rally.
Spend way too many hours on it and it's still fun and comforting.

Rabi-Ribi, also one of the GOATs of all time.

>>714075437
>>714075705
>>714078668
The only thing you can say about Void Stranger without spoiling it is that it's a puzzle box. The sokoban elements are only the outermost layer of the puzzle box. It's part of why the game has one of the most satisfying approaches to "upgrades" in a very long time.

>>714079738
It's on the development roadmap. Game's in soft early access. The competitive multiplayer part of the game is finished and feature-complete, but all the bells and whistles are still being added.

>>714080371
Yea but they said it's not coming anytime soon. By this rate the game will be long dead before any mod support comes. It's losing players daily.

nuclear throne or golden treasure

>>714082373
>It's losing players daily
Oh boy, Steam metrics autism, my favorite.

First off, all fighting game metrics are abysmal by any other genre's standard. Street Fighter 6's metrics are due to Japan, while Tekken 8 and Strive (the two most popular, non-Street Fighter fighting games) have more reasonable metrics of 6,000 and 2,000 daily peak players, respectively. RoA2 hovers around 600-1,000, which is damn good for an indie fighting game that wasn't shilled like NASB or MVS. Second, metrics are fucking retarded. They have nothing to do with whether a game is good, and too many people don't know the difference between correlation and causation. RoA2 is a good game and it has a healthy future. Every single one of the following is going to attract new or returning players:
>free, new characters every 3 months
>major tournaments (especially Evo)
>console release (especially if there's cross-play)
>story mode
>side modes
>Steam workshop support
>monthly events
RoA1 is STILL alive after 9 years. RoA2 will be fine, but people just want to prognosticate doom for any game that isn't some flavor-of-the-month garbage that gets 100,000 players. The game will obviously never compete with Smash (nor should it), but It's already financially successful and stable.

I'm so sick of /v/irgins obsessing over fucking Steam player counts. It doesn't even have anything to do with this game specifically, just games in general.

>>714068494 (OP)
I wanted to like Void Stranger so badly but it's just not for me. It's way too frustrating, even La Mulana was less frustrating than this.

>>714068494 (OP)
Pic rel is good for like 3 hours, its undertale if it was shit

>>714079773
im happy with it remaining relatively niche as long as the developers made enough money for their next game
>>714085337
the puzzles in void stranger arent bullshit like in la mulana bar one which you probably didnt encounter

>>714087168
It's not the puzzles that got me, (I know what puzzle you are talking about, that one I liked and solved on my own), it's the tedium of not being able to easily backtrack, easily undo, and having to repeat the same fucking floors over and over again. And yes, I know all the skips, but you still have to repeat levels again if you want to see the story and cutscenes.

>>714087504
fair enough, i didnt mind the repetition

FTL is my favorite and it's not even close. Second best would be Slay the Spire.

>>714068494 (OP)
I got into it because of its wacky and cutesy character sorites, back then I had no idea what an emotional rollercoaster I had climbed into

>>714073750
Morning.

Would post it but Fyggot would go nuclear. Hint: Green.

>>714075942
shes so sexy and fun to move with. hope the dev finishes that gobbo game or make another demo

>>714092207
Yes, Fygoon is green. Can you say "green"? Guh-reen!
Hooray! You now know your colors!

>>714068494 (OP)
Elin

>>714092604
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaFk8XkgZik

>>714068494 (OP)

>>714093920
I never knew that was the origin of that clip. Then again, I'm more of an amateur christorian.

>>714068494 (OP)
There's something about this character design that really tickles my mind, even if I didn't care for the game much.
Any other characters that look like that?

Cave Story but Void Stranger and AstLibra are also excellent.

>>714094261
she reminds me of misery so i add her on the harem list

Intravenous 2, mainly because it's a stealth game that feels like it takes a more light and natural approach to stealth
>primarily a stealth game but the option to go loud and play it like Hotline Miami is pretty much always present
>going loud basically means everyone in the level is going to be relentlessly hunting you for the remainder of the mission since every goon with a radio who hears gunfire is going to alert every other goon with a radio who will then alert every other goon and there's a good chance you're going to be overwhelmed and die
>basically encourages you to play it smart if you're going to go loud, setting traps and thinning the enemies' numbers ahead of time
>even then you're still encouraged to use hit and run tactics, sticking to shadows, ambushing dudes, and sometimes hiding since trying to hunker down usually means getting overwhelmed or surrounded and killed

Most recently Withering Rooms, was really surprised at the level of depth the game has.

>>714068494 (OP)
Hard to say. There aren't many good indie games. Majority of indie "creators" are just trend followers creating shallow and forgettable experiences.

Minecraft from back in the day probably has the most playtime from me. Touhou games too. But most people don't think of those as indie games. Because they're imagining a specific "aesthetic" or fashion. Which proves my point.

"Indie games" the way people refer to it is not about making good games, it's more of a social media thing and being part of a community, trying to farm likes on social media so you can pretend you're le heckin creative because your game starts with a warning that it "tackles serious issues like suicide and abuse" like every other game on itchio that wants to rip off of Doki Doki Lit Club.

>>714068494 (OP)
The Hand of Fate series.

>>714068494 (OP)
DRG

Horizon's gate, tho I like all Rad Codex games

what defines an indie game in current year?

>>714097868
low budget
small dev team
not from big gaming brands
its less than 5gb installed :)

hopefully theyll release some more content once someone figures out what that kettle is good for

>>714097865
Is it an RPG ?

>>714068494 (OP)
i dont believe anyone in this thread praising this shit is legit

Against the Storm is an absolute BANGER of a game

>>714098153
If you're counting a small studio as an Indie game then the answer is Clair Obscur. But that's NOT an Indie game, and neither is Against the Storm.
Retard.

>>714098034
You play as a ship captain and you can hire more crew and explore places and trade goods or become a pirate.

Combat is like FFT with a job system, and the world is persistent, so enemies killed in dungeons don't respawn and solved puzzles don't reset after leaving an area

>>714098297
well shit that does sound pretty fun. Is there an actual story and characters? That would make it worth checking out

>>714098519
Yes, but the story is rather basic, the focus is more on exploration. Kingsvein is a slightly more story driven version of the same dev. But no sailing.

You only have 3 set members in your crew and if you bring them in your party when you go on land they'll have some banter when you visit the local pub.

>>714092207
post it

>but fygoon
who cares

>>714098873
You can always recruit more people in your fleet, but they are just random NPC's and they don't talk

>>714094259
>large-breasted kuudere milf
Think I've unironically seen some girls in hentai OVAs that look like Gray, now that I think about it.

>>714098941
Fygoon haters are, for some inexplicable reason, the most delusional and spiteful people on the planet.

>>714077653
>puzzles
>>714080023
>puzzle
puzzles are boring shit for nerds, call me when there's blood, gore and tits, ideally at the same time.

>>714077653
>the gameplay is tedium
>do you hate not having fun or something?
Nigger i'd rather play a VN than subject myself to the menial task this game presents itself as

>>714099206
Is she a MILF at the beginning or end of the game? I've seen people post the image of her breast feeding.

>>714101350
>Is she a MILF
She's the closest thing Princess Lily has to a mother, yeah. She's also Lillie's adopted mother. She's also Add.

>>714101778
How is she lactating?

>>714068494 (OP)

i would say Cave Story but also Phoenotopia Awakening
I was a little off-put by it at first glance, but someone here recommended it a few years ago and I gave it a try and was blown the fuck away. There is a shocking amount of thought put into the world and it just feels really good to play. I don't think the screenshots they picked on the steam page do it justice. I'm sad that it will probably never get the sequel that was planned.

>>714068494 (OP)
Still mad these retards couldn't work together and their studio imploded.

One of the best, most compelling risk-reward loops ever designed wrapped in a compelling package that is now almost entirely forgotten.

Klei made some absolute bangers before they got completely eaten up by the parasites that are Don't Starve and Oxygen Not Included.

>>714099884
>call me when there's blood, gore and tits, ideally at the same time
this game has that too

>>714097865
I miss Uncharted Waters

>>714103948
Is Star Iliad not the sequel?

>>714102057
She's just built differently. Overflowing with estrogen and other female pheromones.

>>714099884
>Gor

>>714106571
huh, maybe it is. I didn't know about this, I was basing that off of what I read on the dev's blogposts from a few years ago. Looks good.

>>714068494 (OP)
So i played void stranger for 61 rooms, i know nothing about it and heard its good.
But so far it was quite boring (puzzles were good at least)
when will things pick up?

>>714068494 (OP)
I beat Nine Sols today and it was fucking baller.

>>714110096
Once the anime cliches start showing up.

>>714110096
For your first run through the puzzles, you're mostly just learning the backstory through checkpoint rooms. After that, you're supposed to start experimenting, and digging at every question or hunch you have. The game won't handhold you though. There are ways to crack the game wide open, but you gotta figure them out.

>>714110096
You have to "beat" the game at least once for the real game to start.
Light Spoiler: You go through successive rounds of beating the game with more tools and understanding at your disposal to see more content.
Heavy Spoiler: Game is frankly pretty cringe and a lot of weight is carried by milkers or promise of milkers. It's fun and opens up in some interesting ways, but you need to be a very motivated gamer on your own willing to try things over and over and over again.[

>>714068494 (OP)
Uninstalled that tranny shit after 30 minutes
Never listening to /v/ shilling any indie slop ever again

>>714110897
I know nothing about this guy, except that he's a Str*tfordian. Well, at least he's not a de Vere fag.

>>714098139
it's a great puzzle game and the world building is cool

>>714110723
>a lot of weight is carried by milkers or promise of milkers
Loli Lillie is the sexiest girl in Void Stranger though.

Undertale

>>714068494 (OP)
>pic
I refuse to play a video game with a female MC.
But to answer your question, Starsector.

>>714097709
RIP to one of the two aussie developers

>>714068494 (OP)
>>714099206
>>714106875
>>714110596
peak female form, built for me

>>714105285
I didn't feel like playing after winning once
But it's still better than survivalslop and cardslop I suppose

>>714078825
I'm playing it right now, but it seems to be pretty easy
Sometimes I even play by feel and put in a combination that I feel like it would be an answer and it fits

Has to be Isaac

>>714098013
>its less than 5gb installed :)
Eh. Too much crap in the "indie" scene where it's a game that looks like it was made in the 90's but takes up 20gb, uses more than 12gb of ram, and still has stuttering issues.

>>714110723
>Game is frankly pretty cringe
Honestly, yeah. But I still respect it because of how brazen it is. The devs are turbo weebs and it's obvious the game is just a collection of stuff they thought was cool.

>>714068494 (OP)
1. UFO 50
2. Baba Is You
3. Blasphemous
4. Valfaris
5. Lisa The Painful
Honorable Mention: Phoenotopia Awakening

>>714068494 (OP)
certainly not that piece of shit

>>714110723
once you learn to ignore or maybe even embrace the cringe you basically become unstoppable

>>714112339
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBwYm4hHJMU

>>714114220
Doesn't bother me, I'll dance too

>>714112104
neither of those is true you fucking shill nigger

>>714068494 (OP)
Purgatory 2

>>714068494 (OP)
Obra Dinn

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>>714116216
I just like the game and post about it for free, cope

one day I'll revisit void stranger for the EX stages

>>714068494 (OP)
underrail

>>714119420
It unironically has the best puzzles in the game. Also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPzYU85ML2M

>>714068494 (OP)
Been enjoying Studio System lately, nice Silent Hill-like and I enjoyed the twist

>>714104790
>ctrl+f dustforce
>1 of 1 match
wew nice

>>714068494 (OP)
Ring Racers.

Call me a basic bitch but I liked it.

>>714068494 (OP)
Dicey Dungeons
man I really hope I get in a sokoban mood at some point so I can progress in Void Stranger

Deep Rock if that counts, closely followed by Epic Battle Fantasy 5

>>714119947
I believe it. It simply released after I was done with the game and I haven't been in the mood for sokoban again yet.

>>714068494 (OP)
Highfleet