cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/43119841

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!

  • Archr@lemmy.world
    5·
    14 hours ago

    Highly recommend crosscode. It is a snes era style rpg. It has great puzzles, boss fights, combat, exploration, and story. What more could you ask for.

    You play as Lea who is brought into the world of crosscode, a fictional mmo where the avatars that people play as are physically present. Lea has amnesia and plays the mmo to try and recover her memory.

    The devs just recently released their new game, alabaster dawn, into early access. I would say it is more GameCube era style.

  • dukeofdummies@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    15 hours ago

    Hero’s Hour is a fun Hero’s of might and magic crossed with an auto battler

    Dwarf Fortress is the worlds first and most in depth colony sim their motto is “losing is fun”

    Crawl is really fun 4 player pvp local co-op dungeon crawler

    YOMI hustle is an absolutely bizarre turn based 1 on 1 fighting game

    7 days a stranger will bring you down a rabbit hole of point and click horror mystery

    Due Process is a very fascinating take on team based shooters

    FTL is a rougelike space battler

    Into the Breach is a fun strategy battler with mechs and knockback mechanics

    Rift Wizard topdown rougelike wizard sim

    Noita sidescrolling rougelike wizard sim where every pixel is simulated gets real nuts

  • TheFinn@discuss.tchncs.de
    3·
    17 hours ago

    Check out Skyrim! /jk

    Exanima is fun and frustrating. Screenshots don’t really tell the story about its gameplay, check out a video or go in blind lol

  • Levi@lemmy.caEnglish
    9·
    1 day ago

    A bunch i really liked were:

    • Hades (and Hades 2) (action roguelike)
    • Dead Cells (side scroller roguelike)
    • Celeste (Precision Platformer)
    • HexCells (puzzle game)
    • Shadow Tactics: Blade of the Shogun (Stealth Strategy, the other games by the same dev are great too)
    • Prey (well, maybe its not an indie, but its great)
    • Vampire Survivors (Bullet Heaven, great to zone out too, lots of things to collect)
    • BugSnax (Not sure if Indie, but a lot more fun than it looks)
    • Cave Story (Side Scroller)
    • Creeper World 4 (Strategy game, I think 4 is the most recent. No need to play older ones unless you want more of the same)
    • Earth Defence force 6 (janky, but fun multiplayer with friends)
    • Heros Hour (strategy)
    • Oxygen Not Included (colony builder)
    • Rim World (colony builder)
    • Satisfactory (Automation game)
    • Pit People (strategy game)
    • Supraland (puzzle game, sequel is fun too)
    • The Talos Principle (Puzzle game, I think its indie?)
    • Undertale (RPG, its fantastic)
    • You must build a boat (Match 3)
  • Aurora Chrysalis@lemmy.mlEnglish
    21·
    1 day ago

    My favorites are:

    Outer Wilds, Silksong (& HK), Hades 1 & 2, Nine Sols, Blue Prince, Subnautica, Dave the Diver, Return of the Obra Dinn, Papers Please, Inscryption, Baba is You and Factorio.

    Some of these are not recent though.

    • clb92@feddit.dkEnglish
      4·
      1 day ago

      Outer Wilds is an absolute masterpiece, easily in my top 10 (perhaps even top 5) games of all time. The DLC is amazing too. The rest of the games you mentioned are also good.

  • Kynsey@lemmy.ml
    1·
    18 hours ago

    Buckshot Roulette is a game where you play a game of russian roulette with a shotgun against a creepy dealer and have various items with abilities to help you win. It’s small but fun. Can do multiplayer.

    Half Sword is a very interesting melee combat game. It’s hard to describe but its mainly about their unique way of controlling a melee character and fighting in battles in a medieval themed arena. It’s a bit wonky, but very fun.

    The Walking Trade is a zombie apocalypse store simulator. You have to run a store and stop zombies from eating your customers.

    Retro Rewind is a game where you run a VHS store in the 90s. You gather various VHS tapes, hire employees, and upgrade your shop.

    They Are Billions is a game where you try to build up a colony in a world overrun by thousands and thousands of zombies. You’ll be attacked in waves and the game manages to run very well even while thousands of individual units are on screen. It’s quite difficult.

    Edit: Actually want to add one I havent played yet. Thick as Thieves seems like it has a lot of potential.

  • z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml
    4·
    9 hours ago

    I don’t game as much as I used to, but I have a list (in no particular order).

    • Project Zomboid
    • Planet of Lana (1/2)
    • The Drifter
    • Replaced
    • No, I’m not a Human
    • The Long Dark
    • Nine Sols
    • Stray
    • Firewatch
    • Disco Elysium
    • Spiritfarer
    • Sea Of Stars

    There’s more, but these are off the top of my head.

  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
    5·
    1 day ago

    A few games I really enjoyed Planet of Lana which just had a new instalment, Tunic, Selaco, Arco, Spritfall, Bionic Ban, Prodeus, Neva, Children of the Sun, and Children of Morta.

    • Corr@sh.itjust.works
      8·
      1 day ago

      I will shill crosscode at every opportunity. Favourite game of all time for me. Def give it a shot when you can. There’s also a free demo.

      Pseudoregalia is also awesome. Can’t speak on any of the others to be played tho

      Enjoy your gaming :)

      • Archr@lemmy.world
        1·
        14 hours ago

        Seconded. Great combat, puzzles, exploration, boss fights, and story. What else could you possibly want.

        If you haven’t yet, check out alabaster dawn the devs’ new game. In early access now.

      • Carnelian@lemmy.world
        5·
        1 day ago

        Crosscode mentioned!

        Words really cannot express how excellent it is. Whoever is considering it, just go for it!

      • SVX@lemmy.ml
        1·
        1 day ago

        I def plan on playing everything in that list. I have an entire backlog lol. I bought the lot of them when they were on sale. It’s only a matter of getting to them.

        Of my list, I shill Katana Zero and ZeroRanger the most. They’re short but sweet. I went into them completely blind after having listened to part of their OSTs. If you have the chance, do try them. :)

  • AshleyNyx@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    4·
    1 day ago

    I really enjoyed I was a Teenage Exocolonist, its a narrative game where you grow up in a colony being established on a distant planet. It has skill training mechanics where you can develop skills to pass skill checks and has card based gameplay for determining the outcome of some events.

    Ena: Dream BBQ is another game I really enjoyed it has a really unique art style and has some great humour. It’s definitely really fun to go in to this one blind