Hello, i was wondering if there are any good indie games on steam to try out. Can be free or paid, i don’t mind if there’s no native linux build either (i play stuff with wine/proton anyways lol) and i don’t mind the genre. I’ve been thinking of trying something new as of recent so i thought i might ask it here.

Thanks!

  • Caveman@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    I play indie games a bunch, here’s my shortlist:

    • Factorio (factory builder)
    • Enter the Gungeon (bullethell top down shooter)
    • Slay the spire (rougelike deckbuilder)
    • Subnautica (underwater exploration/survival/base building) - nr 2 is in early access, publisher deal with Krafton so good for the devs they fucked up trying to get out)
    • Megabonk (rougelike auto-shooting, 3d vampire survivors type)
    • Outer Wilds (space mystery exploration)
    • Chants of Senaar (language decoding)
    • Return to the Obra Dinn (forensics)
    • Dave the Diver (dive fishing/sushi serving)
    • Celeste (2d platformer)
    • Neon White (speedrunning FPS)
    • Papers Please (soviet style document checking)
    • Cuphead (metroidvania)
    • Magic Archery (very short and solid incremental, free and unmonetized, very rare)
    • Inscryption (deckbuilder)
    • Schedule I (drug dealing sim)
    • Hollow Night (2d platformer Soulslike)
    • Hades (roguelite)

    All of them are good and they’re mostly different types of games. All are tons of fun to play and most of them have a very charming art style (schedule I, and Megabonk Notably lacking there)

    Out of these the absolute favorites are Factorio, Outer Wilds, Return to the Obra Dinn.

    Side note, very important you stick with Outer Wilds until you find a major secret, people sometimes bounce off it and miss out on a once in a lifetime gaming experience.

    • FauxLiving@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      60 minutes ago

      Magic Archery (very short and solid incremental, free and unmonetized, very rare)

      If you like incrementals look at the Gnorp Apologue. Very well designed and the presentation is top tier. Good enough to have spawned new ‘Gnorp-like’ games:

      Dwarf Eats Mountain is very gnorp-like, it just released so the balance is a little rough but the dev is very active (there’s been 4 updates in the past 3 days).

      Journey to Incrementalia same idea, it does a good job on having unique troop ‘builds’ due to the synergies between different types of units and the prestige upgrades.

      Honorable Mention: Tower Wizard, more standard incremental but well done.

    • fragrantvegetable@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      1·
      1 hour ago

      Can confirm that Outer Wilds and Return of the Obra Dinn are amazing games unlike anything I’ve had played before. Though both needed some time before it clicked for me. Subnautica, Celeste, Hollow Knight, and Hades are solid games too.

      I’d also like to mention Soma (a horror game I still often think about) and the two Ori games (metroidvanias with incredible soundtracks).