And what else?
Undertail is shit.
>>342568236
Mark of the Ninja.
To The Moon
But anon, Undertale is trash.
>not having Risk of Rain up there
what a faggot
>>342568236
monaco whats yours is mine
Super Meat Boy
>>342568236
VA-11 Hall-A
at least in my opinion. I enjoy booze and cute grills.
>undertale
You need to remove that from the list anon.
Deadbolt
Enter the GungeonHyper Light Drifter
Shovel Knight
>Undertale
Haha, nice try tumblr.
>>342568236
>indie games that don't suck
>undertale
So it's a bait thread is it
frozen synapse
machinarium
bastion (published by warner bros but the devs are small)
super meat boy
mark of the ninja
don't starve
ftl
>>342568236
swap undertale for Yume Nikki and you got my top 3 indie series.
Doom
>>342568451
>>342568473
>>342568525
>>342568590
Seconding these.
Also Underrail.
Also remove Undertale.
There's no such thing as an indie game that doesn't suck
I love that there are still people who think that there are like 20 indie games total
>>342568236
Made me reply.
An Untitled Story and Risk of Rain
remove memetail
add the swapper
>>342568236
Lisa
>>342568236
underail
faster than light
binding of isaac
project zomboid
state of decay
>>342568236
Keep Undertale
add Shovel Knight
I'm bored, so I'm going to be
>that guy
>>342568236
>Hotline Miami
>Indie
Published by Devolver
>>342568365
>Mark of the Ninja
Microsoft big publisher bruh
Man I'm too lazy for this.
There's a boatload of quality indie games.
The only people who don't like SpaceChem are too stupid to play it
>>342568236
Fixed
Shovel Knight
Risk of Rain is fantastic and one of the few indie games I have enjoyed
>>342568236
Expeditions: Conquistador
SpaceChem
The Swapper
Maybe Kerbal Space Program but i am not sure if it is indie
Frozen Synapse
War of Mine
Don't Starve
Gone Home
>LE EPIC EVERYONE FORGETS LA-MULANA MEME XDDD
FUCK OFF
here I finished it for you
>>342568236
Iji
Liero
Dwarf Fortress
ĐiệnWorlds
Mini Metro
Clean Asia
Elona
>>342569380
I hope that when you make a game nobody buys it because it's indie
>>342568236
Risk of rain
Faster than light
Va-11 Hall-A
Shovel knight
Don't starve
The banner saga
La-Mulana
Darkest dungeon
Enter the Gungeon
Castle crashers
Transistor
Crypt of the necrodancer
>>342568960
I like it and I am too stupid to finish it.
Someday I'l finish it, but I've been advancing like 1 level per week lately, it just got too hard for me at a point.
>>342568861
I second FTL and Isaac. Hundreds of hours on both.
>>342568994
Updated, anything else to the list?
an untitled story
hero core
knytt stories
seiklus
jumper 2
>tfw the majority of people on /v/ don't remember the golden era of freeware pc games
Does transistor count?
>>342569814
I've played all of those games, though. Untitled Story and Seiklus are really interesting; they come from a different time - there was a time when making platform-exploration games in game maker was in vogue, and those two are probably the quintessential examples.
Clean Asia was in the golden era, too. All of cactus' pre-Hotline-Miami games are.
Theta Games made a lot of stuff then, too.
>>342569803
LE
EPIC
EVERYONE
FORGETS
LA-MULANA
MEME
HEY GUYS WOULDN'T IT BE SO FUNNY IF WE JUST FORGOT
NO HEAR ME OUT
/FORGOT/
THE GREATEST INDIE GAME EVER MADE AND ONE OF THE BEST GAMES OF ALL TIME
WOULDN'T THAT BE HILARIOUS GUYS??? XDD
THIS IS WHAT YOU SOUND LIKE
>>342569982
man, I haven't played clean asia in forever. that was another really good one.
to me the only developer carrying the torch nowadays is locomalito.
>>342569984
Never heard about it, care to share?
>>342570201
I remember when you would get banned for saying you didn't know what it was
2012 was a different time
>>342568236
hahah my man kys
>>342569984
>>342569984
La-what? We're talking about actual games here.
>>342570345
nice memes
>>342568236
Stardew Valley
>>342569380
>>342568236
No Lisa?
>No dustforce mentioned anywhere
Dustforce
>>342568236
Other than the memes, Guacamelee is amazing
Spelunky
La Mulana
Lisa
Transitor
Guacamelee
The Dark Mod
Is reccetear an indie? if so that's the summit of indie games.
>>342568629
Damn straight
>>342568236
OP you summer fag, get off this board. You haven't even heard of Serious Sam, let alone some hidden gems.
>>342569803
Hyper Light Drifter
Faster Than Light
Shovel knight and axiom verge pls
>>342568629
>>342570637
They have a publisher twat
>>342570158
>locomalito
I need to play Hydorah sometime. Also, among this old guard, I think Paul Eres (Immortal Defense) has promise. He's working on an interesting game called Saturated Dreamers.
>>342570737
iD Software had no publisher. For a long ass time.
>>342568236
FTL
Remove tumlurtale
>>342570574
>Dustforce
That game feels so nice, but I was honestly bored after 20 minutes. And this is coming from someone who has played through Cave Story, Iji, and even the old Game Maker platformer exploration games.
>>342568858
How is this for real? Thinking about picking it up on steam.
>>342568607
Yume Nikki sucks tho senpai
>>342569803
readd undertale cause its pretty good
I was actually making something similar for myself.
rate i guess? its not complete though
![header[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/4rXeRLD.jpg "header[1].jpg")
>>342570632
It's a doujin game, so it's the Japanese equivalent of an indie. Their style and development model is a little different though.
Also, pic related.
>>342570596
But anon, memes are unforgivable.
>>342571018
Pretty good but i don't think avgn adventures is indie
and binding of issac is fun but a really shitty game
>>342571018
>first title is The Binding of Isaac
Disregarded
>>342569803
>>342571015
okay
>>342570920
faggot
>>342568236
remove undertail
>>342568236
>>342571240
fuck you senpai.
>>342571018
good games anon.
>>342571280
Remove undertale again because that anon is a faggot and if it's this disputed it doesn't belong
>>342570806
Yes, but so did a lot of other devs back in those days. You don't usually call pre-late-90s PC games "indie" because it wasn't really special back then. It was only after the market changed, publishers got bigger, PC games became less hobbyist, and more "serious business" that the name "indie" emerged to draw a distinction.
In short, yes, by todays standards, if iD released DooM shareware today exactly as they did in the 90s, then yeah, they would be considered "indie."
But retroactively calling them "indie" today would be like calling Frank Sinatra a "fedoracore" musician of the 40s.
>>342571309
>Cartoon Cartoon Summer Resort
>Indie
Are you joking?
>>342571309
>Platypus
yoooo
I haven't thought of that game in ages
>>342571280
>>342571280
undertail is still terrible
Within a Deep Forest.
Knytt/Knytt Stories.
Hero Core.
Iji.
La Mulana.
>Paying for games
>>342571018
literally what is "Party Hard?"
Valdis Story is pretty niche but rad as hell.
>>342571379
>>342571280
>>342571434
better?
VA-11 Hall-A
Limbo
Super Meat Boy
>>342571504
crypt of the necrodancer
crypt of the necrodancer
crypt of the necrodancer
>>342571504
Papers Please?
>>342568236
>undermeme
Yeah, no, fuck off, OP.
orcs must die
I vote Jamestown
>>342568236
Underhell, Mount and Blade, Natural Selection, Insurgency
>>342571504
Was DEFCON indie? I really don't remember.
Papers, Please maybe
Recettear
>>342571196
>i don't think avgn adventures is indie
mmm i might have to look that. anyway I enjoyed the first and second game
>>342571240
Sorry. they are not in any order though.
>>342571327
thanks
>>342571463
Fun pixelated game were you have to kill everyone in a party. the story is kinda dumb and its full of references. I think its on sale right now
>>342568236
shovel knight
>>342571504
Spelunky, mother fucker.
>>342570880
I was really confused by the movement in Dustforce. Everything felt so clunky and awkward, but I stuck with it for a while and after a few hours it started to make more sense. I eventually got decent enough at it to start SSing levels without looking like a bumbling moron and the game finally clicked. Once you get the hang of dash rhythm and how to maintain momentum in general, the game becomes super fun.
It's a hard fucking game for sure, but it has a great difficulty curve and is truly satisfying to learn. I highly recommend going back and giving it another go, but I understand if you don't feel like the time is worth spending.
Some of the later levels are just brutal, but at the same time, they make you feel like a goddamn master for beating them.
>undertale
dropped, thread dropped, thread reported to the cia
>>342571504
Cool, no readd Undertale again cause it's pretty good
>>342571684
>Jamestown
Oooh, yes, this game is so good. One of the best SHMUPs period - not just indie.
Dorf fort?
>>342568236
>all these people getting triggered over a game that was hyped up for 2 years here
Outer Wilds needs a spot
>/v/ gets triggered by undertale
so whats the difference between you guys and sjw's again?
>>342571684
fuck i forgot that game i second that
Nidhogg
Papers, Please
Rogue Legacy
Bastion
Transistor
>>342570913
It's kinda good, and kinda shitty.
Like a post-apocalyptic Earthbound + The Children of Men.
It's worth buying.
>no one has posted Besiege yet
Another reminder /v/ has shit taste.
>memes
Whelp, its garbage.
>>342571384
>You don't usually call pre-late-90s PC games "indie" because it wasn't really special back then
It isn't special now either. "indie" games are all over the place, plenty of them are not self published or financed independantly.
"Indie" is a marketing label that has been meaningless for a while. id Software (before 2009) and Platinum Games both described themselves on their respective websites as independant game developers. Yet nobody considers Bayonetta or Vanquish indie games.
>but those weren't self published
Which would again RULE OUT Flow, Flower, Braid, Limbo, Everyday Shooter, Super Meat Boy, and countless others, and INCLUDE practically From Software's entire catalog, as well as Acquire's, Spike's, Arc System Works', et al, not to mention Cave's shooters and an extensive part of the arcade scene
Touhou Franchise
I was thinking of picking up Cave Story from this sale. The Steam version is the best version, right?
>>342568236
Super motherload, they bleed pixels, and the cat lady
None of them, indie games are fucking garbage. I wish I could filter steam so it never even showed me anything indie-game related.
>>342569589
>ĐiệnWorlds
>Mini Metro
Both of those games are brilliant examples of how simple rules can make for a very engaging, interesting, deep game. Also, dat ĐiệnWorlds soundtrack.
Towerfall is acceptable, right? I love these 2D arena games, despite the pixelshit.
>>342571884
>le triggered meme
>le /v/ is the same as sjw meme
literally any and everything is a "trigger" now. People figured out that "u mad?" is the perfect thing to say. Either they are, and they lose, or they aren't, and get mad trying to prove they aren't. Hell, you can even try it with "triggered". The more they say "i'm not triggered" the more you can say they're a creepy obsessed weirdo harassing you.
>>342568236
Cortex Command
>>342571597
SJW faggotry
SJW faggotry
SJW faggotry
>>342571814
eat a dick you fucking faggot
>>342571987
OP said good.
Recettear
Va-11 Hall-A
Neo Scavenger
Lisa
>>342571504
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Papers please
VA-11 Hall-A
Recettear
Add them OP.
>>342572054
>being this triggered
>>342571398
I bought both in some random bundle a few years back. Don't make the same mistake and let nostalgia stay nostalgia.
>>342568236
FTL
Crimzon Clover is an indie game, right? There are tons of amazing shmups out there.
>>342568236
Bastion
Risk of Rain
Terraria
Gunpoint
Papers, Please
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
>>342572131
Thank you for proving my point.
>>342571597
>>342571771
>>342571607
>>342572108
Sure
>>342571814
Sorry man, no can do.
>>342571504
Dustforce.
Also, re-add undertale. /v/ was nothing but excited about it, then it got popular elsewhere, and muh secret game was too mainstream.
It's a really good game, it's just not for everybody.
Add VVVVVV OP.
>>342568236
killing floor 1
>>342571881
Really is ironic silly isn't it? We had a ton of threads about it before it came out and then a ton of threads about it right after it did, but the moment it got any sort of popularity /v/ instantly did a 180 a pretended that they never liked it
>>342572203
They bleed pixels senpai?
>>342568307
>>342568307
>>342568434
>>342568539
>>342568554
>>342568571
I totally get the fanbase is beyond terrible but it's a pretty good game
>>342572198
>>342572223
undermeme killed itself with it's own cancer even Toby doesn't like what followed.
Keep undermeme off
>>342572257
NO SHUT UP MUH SJWS MUH TUMBLR MUH HOMESTUCK
>>342572223
Undertale was never a secret game. It always had a following from the Andrew Hussie crowd since toby was his composer.
>>342572203
Add Shantae and VA-11 family
>>342572371
SUPER
Don't Starve
>>342572296
Keep digging that hole.
>>342572408
HOT
>>342572371
It was fun but to bad it lasted about 45 minutes
>>342572408
HOT
>>342572371
SUPER
SHILL
SUPER
SHILL
SUPER
SHILL
no
>>342572352
MUH ARGUMENT ELIMINATIING MEMES
I AM SILLY
>>342572459
It's meant to be replayed.
>>342572484
wah people talked about a game when it came out wah
>>342572449
Last one I have, cherish it
>>342572346
>>342572367
>hating a game because of it's fanbase
Literally a hipster definition.
>>342572257
Meh. I found it boring and like it was trying to force to have feelings for certain characters but that's my personal opinion.
>>342572203
What exactly is "good" about crypt of the necrodancer?
Never heard of Under Rail
SuperHot is too short, fuck that guy spamming.
>>342572352
Shoo shoo tumblr!
I'm not gonna tell you a third time!
tony hawk 1234?
>>342571610
I really enjoyed Undertale you fuck off.
>>342572538
Look at the credits
>>342568236
Fez
>>342572203
Add Downwell, Enter The Gungeon, Nuclear Throne, Terraria. The Stanely Parable maybe? I also quite liked Invisible Inc.And readd Undertale
>>342572252
I second this, not enough love for it
>>342572223
Seconding re-add Undertale. It's one of those games that /v/ is super contrarian about since it got really, really popular on tumblr.
>>342572414
Please add Invisible Inc, Don't Starve, and Mark of the Ninja. Klei makes some good stuff.
>>342572371
I liked SuperHot but it's not quite there yet. It's lacking in substance.
>>342572586
Good music, nice graphics, interesting enemies, tactical gameplay that makes you think on your feet because there's always a perfect solution.
>>342568236
>Undertale
>not a shit game
Add to the list
Her Story
Fez
Gone Home
Braid
The Witness
Life Is Strange
Depression Quest
Anyone who doesn't like these games is just triggered by MUH SJWS MUH TUMBLR MUH ALT RIGHT BRANWAISHING
>>342572643
Just a bunch of Russians. What of it?
>>342572529
>MUH ARGUMENT ELIMINATIING MEMES
I welcome actual arguments for it, about 99% of /v/ can't come up with a good argument of why its bad other than "the fanbase" and "I didn't like it so shut up"
>>342568451
My nigga, one of my favorite games.Even though I still can't fucking git gud.
>>342569984
this looks like a very shit game that no one should care about
>>342572089
>SJW faggotry
Pray tell me how, and further tell me why it even matters. I don't like the game myself, but I can see why the gameplay (which is what matters most by far) would appeal to some people.
>>342572652
Different anon here. Please justify Enter the Gungeon to me.
I played it and found it nothing but boring. While it has very nice graphics and sound, the gameplay is so shallow. All guns behave the same, there's terrible balance, and there's no strategy aside from enter room-> clear room without being hit. Your playstyle never changes and you never interact with the environment in any meaningful way.
>Grim Dawn
>Secrets of Grindea
>Vagante
>Momodora
>Crawl
>Nuclear Throne
>>342572793
>>342572569
>get told
>waaah you're a hister
you're literally pathetic
>>342572735
>Her Story
Gonna shill it again. I enjoyed the fuck out of the cat lady.
>>342568236
Path of Exile
The Witcher
>>342572846
triggered
>>342572735
> Depression Quest
>>342572846
Different anon here. I didn't play Her Story but it seemed alright. Dunno if it's OP material though.
To the moon and
>>342572918
>>342572735
Fez and Braid should have spots, memes aside. LiS is not indiebut is good. Her Story is overhated but I don't think it deserves a spot. Rest are bait.
Ceramic Shooter: Electronic Poem
>>342572846
Not him but I liked Her Story, what are you gonna do about it? call me bad names?
>>342572569
You literally don't know the definition of hipster.
Also the hate towards the fanbase is completely waranted. Same with Sonic autists and Blizzdrones.
>>342572751
>I welcome actual arguments for it,
No you don't. about 99% of /v/ can't come up with a good argument of why its good other than "hipster/contrarian" and "I like it so shut up"
>>342572735
>gone homo
>depression quest
>game
The other shit you have on there is just awful. "The Witness" might be okay, I've never heard of it but you've proven you have shit taste and are not to be trusted.
Papers Please
Factorio
>>342572924
It's literally a pixal shit virtual desktop with 5 live action videos.
>>342572740
Story literally ends with the game prompting you to sell the game to others, including a script and a discount code. It gets away with it by framing it as inviting them into a secret society where they get their brains digitized.
>>342572673
I think Undertale should stay off for reasons >>342571379 talked about, it's very divisive, and there's no general consensus on whether it's good or not on here. Remember that this is a list of games /v/ considers good, not what is considered good by most people, otherwise we'd have shit like Fez and Gone Home on here.
>>342573013
second for factorio, it feeds my autism
>/v/ never talks about indie games before 2010 other than fucking Cave Story and a scant few others
This was the golden age of indie games, and /v/ is completely ignorant of it.
>>342571542
>>342571956
Definitely limbo
Factorio. It's a top autism game.
>>342572953
Life is Strange is good, but it's published by Square Enix and therefore does not qualify.
>>342568236
Lisa
>>342572257
Undertale is good
![[BestGirl] Non Non Biyori - 09 [BD 1280x720 x264 AAC].mkv_snapshot_20.46_[2015.01.20_14.31.45].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/eziPKIm.jpg "[BestGirl] Non Non Biyori - 09 [BD 1280x720 x264 AAC].mkv_snapshot_20.46_[2015.01.20_14.31.45].jpg")
>>342572839
>>342572871
>muh sega
>mom why isn't it the 90s anymore
>kate we have to go back
Stardew Valley
pre adventure update (beta 1.7.3) minecraft was pretty fucking solid if you ask me but after that they forgot what kind of game minecraft was and it got super popular with autists
>>342573069
This. I personally wouldn't mind seeing undertale on it, but it's too divisive. If you put it there, and use the image anytime, people will just argue about undertale instead of seeing the big picture.
>>342573084
What'd you expect, /v/'s full of children who just play whatever's popular at the moment, and maybe some well-known older games because they're "retro".
>>342573084
what are you talking about, there is plenty of good indie games in the last 3 years
Okay, I'll add Shantae, Dustforce, Terraria, and They Bleed Pixels
>>342572652
I can't say I've ever heard of anyone liking the Stanley Parable.
volgarr the viking maybe
>>342572993
>Haha I'll just copy and paste what he said back at him and act like I'm a superior intellectual
Thanks for proving my point, and also he never said that the hate for the fanbase isn't warranted, he just said that hating a game because of the fanbase is stupid, should I not like Sonic 2 and 3 because of the fanbase now?
>>342573236
Where the fuck is Dwarf Fortress?
Why has DF only been mentioned once in this thread?
>>342568236
strike suit zero
shovel knight
divinity OS
>>342573084
If you've been here longer than 2010 then you're older than like 80% of the board. Most people have moved on by now
>>342570913
good game, good story, good music
not much to hate on really
its also funny as fuck at times
>>342573153
You just ousted yourself as a huge newfag so way to go.
>>342573236
>Stanley Parable
I enjoyed it. Stretching the limits of 'game' though, but
>>342573181
Seconding. You literally cannot get any more indie than Stardew Valley.
>>342573236
I liked Stanley Parable a lot. It's good as long as you realize it's finite. Then again, what order you do the endings in will influence your opinion on the game. I'm betting that most people who say they hated it went full contrarian their first time.
if hotline miami counts than this does
>>342573190
No, fuck that. Moving to beta took away my snow worlds.
Alpha or bust
>>342573236
The Stanley Parable is probably the only walking simulator /v/ actually likes. Though since it is a walking simulator there isn't much depth to it and discussion died off within a week after it's release.
>>342573153
>sega
>>342573236
VVVVVV pls
>>342573236
Gotta add La-Mulana too.
>>342572840
>>342572993
>Hating something because it's cool
No, that's literally hipster.
Literally.
>>342573236
Stanely Parable got some pretty good buzz, it just didn't have long-lasting appeal cause it's short and story-based.
>>342573193
Fair enough, as long as I can shop Undertale on it for some easy (You)s
>>342573391
oh fuck I almost completely forgot about that I was so pissed when that happened
LISALISALISALISALISALISALISALISALISALISALISALISALISALISALISA
>>342573236
add Path of Exile, it's one of the few indie games that has a huge following, is still very popular, and is better than all but one game in the same genre.
I've heard good things
>>342573364
Oh hell yes. Loved this game.
>>342573236
put undermeme back /v/ just likes to shit on it cause muh sjw but gud game
>>342573502IS DEAD
>>342573451
I hate it because it's artstyle is ugly and it's left-leaning hippie bullshit where violence leads to the bad ending even though everything is trying to kill you even if they don't realize it and by the way the world is set up exterminating monsterkind makes perfect sense from the human perspective.
>>342568236
Factorio
>>342573236
How about swapper? I thought it was very well done.
Also yeah, fuck Stanley parable.
>>342573236
stanley parable is god awful
>>342573576
it's ok. not great. torchlight is better
>>342573457
It's divisive for the wrong reasons though. The game itself is good. People hate it because they don't want to be associated with people who like it.
Bastion
Undertale
Terraria
Add Bastion and Transistor.
I'm pumped for Pyre. I've never been hyped about sports games but goddamn Supergiant is making me question myself.
>>342573645
That keeps getting mentioned but I've never heard of it
>>342573720
No
No
Maybe
>>342568236
Since OP's a faggot I decided to create the true indisputable list that we can all agree on.
>>342573720
>one of these is not like the others
>>342573236
>>342573291
>>342573435
Oh shit I forgot about these games.
>>342573360
>>342573339
>>342573457
Ok then that's enough for me to add it.
Should I add Sengoku Rance?
>Super Time Force Ultra
>>342573720
Good
Fucking
Taste
>>342573720
>>342573743
These, Supergiant is great.
>>342573221
Oh absolutely, but you can't argue that it hasn't changed since its original entirely hobbyist roots. Keep in mind that Cave Story is free, Iji is free - a lot of these pre-2010 games are free. I'm definitely not saying that indie devs shouldn't sell their games, but indie devs often now deal with influences outside of their own personal dream game development. They deal with "audiences," with "social media presence," etc. Indie games is big business now.
I'd say we're in a "silver" age at the moment. Minecraft changed everything.
>>342573291
It's been mentioned at least twice, now at least three times (once including your reply). It should definitely be on the list.
>>342573753
Factorio is fun, worth it if you like sprawling factories and automation
>>342573779
-stanley
-they bleed pixels
-hyper light
+fez
Hyper light drifter any good?
>>342573779
>Should I add Sengoku Rance?
Hell the fuck yes
>>342573829
Interesting. Steam or something else?
>>342573758
>not putting Underail and Underhell on there
Not meme enough fampai
>>342573846
>30fps lock on an action game
It's trash
>>342573753
if you think bastion is bad you need to kill yourself niggerfaggot
>>342573838
Kys
