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[–] Tolstoshev@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Spelunky. My Vita was basically a Spelunky machine.

[–] poissonDistribution@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Disco Elysium. Best writing and storytelling I've ever played.

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[–] Pacmanlives@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

To the Moon - gonna have my partner play it here soon so they can cry from it too

[–] De_Narm@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Bug Fables

It's a really well done RPG in the spirit of the original Paper Mario games. Charming and fun to play. Got some depth to the build choices using a similar badge system as Paper Mario or even Hollow Knight.

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[–] Yn37@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Cave story the og ... man what a game

[–] B0NK3RS@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Citizen Sleeper, one the the best games, not just indie.

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[–] jtk@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 6 months ago

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (ASCII mode) and Neofeud hold a special place in my heart

[–] Pixelnugget@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Shattered pixel dungeon Many hours put into this game

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Inscryption

You are in a weird cabin in the middle of the woods playing a card game with your fate on the line. Some of your cards are talking to you and comment on how you play.

Then things get weird.

For those that like Inscryption, honorable mention for Hand of Fate 1 & 2

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[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

The Oregon Trail, Pong, Myst, Doom, Worms, Transport Tycoon, Tetris...

[–] dlpkl@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Are Journey and Outer Wilds considered indie games?

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[–] Hotzilla@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Valheim is one of the best, especially with frends

[–] simple@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Shame the updates come at such a glacial pace though...

[–] Hotzilla@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 months ago

It is a small indie team, that doesn't want to crunch their devs. I can live with that.

[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Binding of Isaac. When it finally came out on the switch, I played it more than Breath of the Wild.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I played it to completion. Then Rebirth came out and I played it to completion (barring The Lost, because come on). I only recently picked up Repentance and I'm already another 200 hours in.

❤️, or perhaps I should say ❤️🤍🤍💙💙🖤💔

[–] Nelots@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago (4 children)

The Lost at least gets significantly easier once you unlock the holy mantle for him. The Tainted Lost though...

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[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago

I played A Short Hike recently, and I was transported. It's a painterly little adventure in which you walk and glide your way through an archipelago, meeting people and solving small puzzles, mostly around platforming. It's amazingly soothing. First game my wife actually enjoys too, and she's not into games at all.

[–] AllToRuleThemOne@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Hotline Miami. Would appreciate recommendations of similiar games.

[–] RandomStickman@kbin.run 4 points 6 months ago

Does STALKER count? I love the atmosphere of the games.

If not I've sunk a lot of time in Mini Metro

[–] yamanii@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Fight N Rage was my favorite beat'em up before Streets of Rage 4 released, made by mexicans I think, very stylish and manga influenced, tons of juggling and branching paths.

Valdis Story was the hollow knight of it's generation, awesome metroidvania with great bosses and combat with good combos, but it didn't get tiresome like castlevania mirror of fate because regular enemies weren't health sponges, bosses were where you let loose.

[–] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Not technically in their bedrooms but made by students - Narbacular Drop. It was the game that spawned Portal. It’s not a great game, per se, but I’ll never forget the paradigm-shifting moment I had when I realized what was happening.

Valve ended up hiring the entire team to work on Portal.

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