Favourite Indie Games of this Generation:

[Andrei79]

I started playing Tunic, and so far it's fantastic. Sort of what I've wanted out of Zelda franchise. Understands old game design elegance/minimalism/restraint even better than old games do, but without the jankiness. Great music, great art style, great sense of exploration/discovery, challenging. Kind of gives me part of the feeling that Hyper Light Drifter did, only more fully realized. I'm not far enough to get a sense of the story yet, but the way everything's being handled/delivered seems promising. Also love its instruction manual gimmick.

Tunic looks fantastic. I was waiting for it to get on sale on steam. How does it compare to Death's Door?

 

[Shareefruck]

Tunic looks fantastic. I was waiting for it to get on sale on steam. How does it compare to Death's Door?

I could see someone finding Death's Door to be a much smoother and less frustrating experience (it's definitely more normal/typical), but I think Tunic is more restrained, interesting, and uncompromising, personally.

Tunic leans HARD into that get lost and figure it out yourself thing. It makes you earn the feeling of discovery using abstract clues and your gaming literacy as if the game were a mysterious artifact to piece together or something. Personally, I'm finding that very cool so far, but that may not be for everyone.

The combat is a bit more plodding and methodical than I like, though (Death's Door is snappier).

I'm inclined to say that Tunic to Death's Door is kind of like what Inside/Hollow Knight is to Little Nightmares/Ori. That's not 100% accurate, but that's sort of how I look at them.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

Tunic is incredible. I played it right after Elden Ring so I was prepared for pain. It tells you absolutely nothing and you figure it out by finding the pages.

 

[Shareefruck]

Just finished Tunic. Absolutely loved it. To return to that question, it's way way better than Death's Door (which, while maybe solid, is pretty unremarkable/forgettable), IMO. Definitely way high up on my list. Thoughts here.

 

[aleshemsky83]

Vampire Survivors is a big one this year.

yeaaah dude, I've put 50 hours into it and didn't even notice. It's too addicting.

 

[stan the caddy]

Chained Echoes came out today. Getting good reviews. Looks like a throwback to Chrono Trigger.

 

[93LEAFS]

Since, the first is such a common mention. Can't wait for this. Was curious what SuperGiant would do next.

 

[RandV]

Valheim's first big content udpate, the Mistlands, just came out. I'm on the fence whether to get back into it or continue waiting for the game to be complete. That was a long wait for Mistlands though and they still have two biomes to complete.

 

[Shareefruck]

Celeste team's next project is worth noting too, though I'm not totally sure what to make of it yet.

 

[pistolpete11]

Celeste team's next project is worth noting too, though I'm not totally sure what to make of it yet.

Looks more Hollow Knight than Celeste. Not a good thing or a bad thing.

 

[Andrei79]

Anyone tried Chained Echoes ? I'm seeing a lot of positive reviews. The guys at SwitchUp rated it very highly.

 

[robertmac43]

Have a Nice death comes out next week. Definitely looking forward to that one.

Any Indies people have liked as of recent?

 

[Mikeaveli]

Some more good ones I played since this thread was made:

Severed Steel (excellent single-player movement shooter)
Cuphead
Sonic Mania
ULTRAKILL
Into the Breach
Rune Factory 4 Special
PowerWash Simulator