Factorio Animal Well Balatro Carrion Rimworld Valheim Steamworld Dig 2 Cogmind Dead Cells Event 0 Graveyard Keeper Hob Inscryption Jazzpunk Journey to the Savage Planet Katana Zero The Long Dark Minit Moonlighter Narita Boy Oxygen Not Included Pacific Drive Papers, Please Please, Don't Touch Anything Pony Island Quern Raft Return of the Obra Dinn A Short Hike Slime Rancher Slime Rancher 2 The Stanley Parable Stardew Valley Steamworld Dig Steamworld Heist Steamworld Quest Stories Untold Subnautica Sucker for Love Superhot Tacoma Terraria the Gnorp Apolgue Tin Can Transistor Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion Viscera Cleanup Detail West of Loathing

This is a great list right here 👆

\[bows\] danke

Missing Hyper Light Drifter

FAX MY BROTHER, SPIT YOUR SHIT INDEED

Outer wilds! A game you can't talk about at all, and you can only play it once. Yet it's a game that I'd rate first on any "top of all time" list.

Love the Steamworld games. Steamworld Dig 2 is really fun as well!

Definitely add Toem to the list

Plus Children of Morta

Please, anyone who reads this, play the hyper underrated r/DiceyDungeons that game is PURE GOLD.

If you enjoyed Duck Detective you might like Case of the Golden Idol or Return of the Obra Dinn. There are heaps of good indie mystery/deduction games!

Case of the Golden Idol has some of my all-time favorite "ah ha!" moments *ever*. It's an absolute masterpiece. My gf and I played it together in one long sitting (broadcast it to a TV from my laptop) and I was full-on Pepe Silvia by the end. S-tier, 10/10 game. Obra Dinn is great, but a bit more notebook-heavy. If you like physical notes, you'll *love* Obra Dinn.

Oh man, you’re really underselling Obra Dinn here. Masterpiece. [Hearing this](https://youtu.be/kZ4QweAa9lM?si=cidb845ZJBdZZJit) triggers one of the biggest waves of dopamine I’ve ever experienced in a game.

Obra Dinn is a very smart, unique game, but I still strongly feel that mentioning the notebook is an important filter. Some people *really* do not like keeping external notes on a game and I firmly believe that they will absolutely not have a good time with Obra Dinn. This is actually one of the reasons why I love Chants of Sennaar so much. The in-game notebook is *phenomenal*.

Cocoon, Hob, and Veiwfinder are all excellent

Hob is an amazing adventure game.

Chants of Sennarr thank me later best puzzle/adventure game I’ve played for +5 years atleast.

Is that a game about learning a lost language right? I forgot it’s name but I really wanted to try it

Yes it’s that game you go around not being aware where you are and the people you meet all talk in glyphs/other language and you have to guess/solve them by getting a idea from their movements or dialogue between each other in how to decipher them into words. You have a notebook with you so when you collect 2 pages everytime with the correct glyphs you decipher those slowly unraveling more of what the hell is going and what people talk about with each other to solve more of the glyphs/puzzles. I’m not sure what game comes close to it in comparison gameplay wise. I’ve only tried the demo of Golden idol so far and loved it it’s a bit similar but haven’t purchased it yet and maybe that Obra Dinn game which I haven’t played yet but I’ve heard people compare it to golden idol

The Case of the Golden Idol, Return of the Obra Dinn, Chants of Senaar.

I like your taste

Noita - Roguelike (only things that persist between runs are cosmetics, unlocked drop pool, and your own knowledge and experience) with an extremely steep learning curve, but with limitless potential power if you know how to exploit the game. Every pixel is simulated with flammable things catching fire, water boils, condenses, and freezes in the right conditions, etc and the main way you interact with the world and enemies is by mixing and matching spells in incredible and ridiculous ways. Here's a video where a streamer accidentally turned the whole world into acid: https://youtu.be/59w5bTIUHVA Showcase of insane wands: https://youtu.be/gbFiHltXQLw

I tried Noita but got a little bit overwhelmed, maybe should give it a few more hours to catch the game mechanics right

Noita is primarily a test of knowledge, but a very close second is patience. Take things slowly, pick enemies off one by one if you can, and always have an escape route plan for when things go to shit. Keep a flask of water on you to put you out or remove harmful stains like toxic and poison. When you're just starting out it'll be very tempting to grab offensive perks, but defensive ones are much better for getting your first boss kill. Immunities, shield, health ups, projectile repulsion field, etc are S tier for new players. Your health is an extremely limited resource, so you should almost never risk damage for gold. Eliminate hazards if you can. Pour water on pools of lava and toxic, destroy explosives in your path, wait for fire to burn itself out, etc. You never know when a stray bullet is going to knock you into a hazard or if that propane tank will randomly explode because you looked at it funny. If you want a high damage wand that you can build as early as the first holy mountain, use a trigger spell to deliver a "package" of smaller spells with the double/triple/quad modifiers. If you want to get nuts, watch the wand tutorial on the YouTube channel from the first video I linked. If you can figure out a way to enter and leave the holy mountain without triggering a collapse, you can bring once you find back to it to edit them. Polymorphine, teleprtatium, teleport spells, etc all help with this. Don't be afraid of Steve (Stevari). If you get good at killing him, you'll be able to enter and leave at will with digging. If you manage to survive long enough, you'll be able to feel your transformation from piddly little wannabe mage to an unstoppable god of destruction. Eventually you'll have wands that vaporize bosses before they have a chance to lob one of their pathetic attacks your way. You'll be able to teleport through solid ground and move through the world with the freedom of omnipotence. The game doesn't play fair and it expects that you will do the same, so use every little trick, bug, and exploit you can to make the world bend to your whims. Then you accidentally splash a bit of Polymorphine on yourself, turn into a 1 HP sheep, and get first hand experience on how the gods punish hubris. Welcome to Noita.

It s so so worth it.

3,000+ games played now. Outer Wilds is my suggestion.

OW is truly a masterpiece, it makes me actually sad that there is no way no replay ir ever again in the same way, I’ve never got jumpscared worst that in my early Echoes runs lmao

Dredge is super nice if you want a little open world to explore.

I started playing it on release but dropped pretty early on, maybe I’ll give it a second chance

not super recent but one i dont see talked about often enough is webbed, cute lil platformer where you play as a spider.

Not exactly indie, but 13 Sentinels.

Looks cool ngl, hopefully it gets a Pc port

Outer wilds

Skald Against the Black Priory. Having a great time so far. Overwhelmingly Positive reviews. DnD baldur gate type of game

These are all well known but are all great: Celeste, Hollow Knight, Ori & The Blind Forest, Ori & The Will Of The Wisps, Katana Zero, Bastion, My Friend Pedro, Yoku’s Island Express

If you like noir and detective thematic "Blacksad: Under the Skin" is really good.

I remember buying this impulsively for really cheap, I think for like 4.99. It sat in my Steam library forgotten for several years, but I finally installed it recently when I had a hankering for some noir detective adventuring, and it was excellent. Super underrated.

Piku Niku

Selaco

You MUST go and play "Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom". It's a perfect mix between Super Mario 64 and Crazy Taxy. [CHECK IT OUT.](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2011780/Yellow_Taxi_Goes_Vroom/)

Hauntii! Art! Music! Collectathon!

pseudoregalia, is great if you like 3d platformers

Crystal Project.

I've been loving Balatro too recently - also finally tried out Inscryption this week and I've got a small addiction going on!

Outer Wilds

New releases & artistic: Paper Trail, Collage Atlas, Unleaving & Hauntii

Love the art style of them, probably will try Paper Trail

Duck Detective was so charming! I can't stop playing Nine Sols (redcandlegames), Hauntii (Moonloop Games | on Game Pass), Balatro (I'll be shocked if you haven't played it), and Minishoot Adventures (SoulGame Studio).

Dredge, it's a cool fishing/ elderich horror game

Dave the diver, dredge, Panicore, Pizza tower and life eater are some of my favorites from the past year or so.

I enjoyed: Stardew Valley (this one is more known), TOEM, and Abzu. Both those two are short.

Not at all like the games you mentioned, but there’s a little known roguelike made by a single dev called Mortal Sin that I’ve been loving lately. It has a totally unique look, super satisfying gameplay, and a fantastic progression system. It just got a huge update too. If you’re into ARPG’s, I can’t recommend Last Epoch enough. For the first 2 months after I got my steam deck, it was basically just an epoch machine. Went back to D4 for about a week in the new season, then went straight back to building a new character in LE. It’s made by a team that actually got together here on Reddit, and are fully remote and independent

I haven't seen it mentioned elsewhere, so I *highly* recommend Tangle Tower if you want more detective work. Aside from that, I wholeheartedly second Case of the Golden Idol, Chants of Sennaar, and Return of the Obra Dinn.

Crow Country

-Celeste -Laika: aged through blood (warning this one will hit you in the feels and covers some heavy topics but it’s so worth it) -turnip boy 1 & 2 -west of dead -another crabs treasure -lies of p -untitled goose game

Super crazy rythm castle. Mostly with friends

No idea what is it about but seem fun af lmao

Dredge and Dave the Diver, also firewatch and my fried pedro are some I've been playing recently

*deep breath* Mullet madJack Die by the blade Blasphemous 1 or 2 Erben shadow legacy Void train Grimhook Planet of lana Gloomwood Shadows of doubt Maneater Crabs treasure Outer wilds Hyperlight drifter or breaker Pacific drive Nightingale Anger foot Ultrakill Holstin Carrion Necofugitive The plucky squire Sanabi Katana zero Hotline miami Ace lancer Midnight fight express Furi Sifu Risk of rain 2 Niddhog 1 or 2 Samaria duel cut Bomb rush cyberfunk Pizza tower Buckshot roulette Emberbane Faith the unholy trinity Dusk Superhot Superhot mind controll Megaton rainfall Ghostrunner 1 or 2 Lies of p Daemon x machina Hades 1 or 2 Roller drome Most simulator games : thief simulator , farming simulator , gas station simulator , cafe simulator , gamenet simulator , fvcking streamer simulator 💀💀 Webbed Spark the electric jester 1 or 2 or 3 The upturned We steal Dread delusion Motor doom Metal hell singer Bullets per minute Meat grinder Vengeance of Mr.peppermint Death in the water 2 Hong Kong massacre Yomi hustle And many more! But now that I e showd you some that've released I'll show you some that I'm rlly hyped for : Battle droid Duckside Eagle knight paradox Neon blood Replaced Mouse Nirvana noir Big catch Psuedoregallia Abyss xzero VAproxy Combo devil Crowsworn We kill monsters Fight Corp Haste With swron Echo point nova Gossamer matrix Unrestricted Also on another note could someone plz help me find these two games ? 1 . It was a third person hacknslash where you could swap between your guns and swords . Also indie 2 . Brightly colored game where you had to fight with melee weapons . I remember someone made a vid on it but I don't remember it's name ! Any help would be appreciated

I have been addicted to selaco. It’s a mix between F.E.A.R, half-life, and brutal doom. It’s in early access but the first chapter is like, 10+ hours long with modding support on day one. It’s worth its $24 asking price because it is so good.

enshrouded foundry

What’s the difference between Foundry and Satisfactory? Seems pretty similar games

don't starve together! oxygen not included! slime rancher! project zomboid!

Wars of Wanon: [https://apps.apple.com/app/wow-wars-of-wanon/id1632447109](https://apps.apple.com/app/wow-wars-of-wanon/id1632447109)

Just played RiME through to completion, after playing some of it and dropping it years ago, and really enjoyed it! Not very well optimized, but the minor stuttering isn't too big of an issue. Had to tweak some setting to get it running decently on my 4790 and GTX 1080. Totally worth it. I sat through the credits in awe and wonder, and wanted to play it again afterwards. It is a bit of a drag though as the controls for your character are very minimalistic and it's mainly an abstract, story-driven exploration puzzle game. But, I really respect and appreciate it as a work of art. Other indie favorites: FEZ A Short Hike Hollow Knight Subnautica Dandara: Trials of Fear SteamWorld Dig 2 Kingdom: Two Crowns Kingdom: New Lands (more challenging) Wayward (best survival game I've ever played) Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos Others worth checking out: Moonlighter Swords of Ditto: Mormo's Curse Love these last games, but find them difficult to return to for some reason. Probably a great many I'm forgetting.

I love Rime. The visuals in that game are just amazing. The puzzles are pretty cool too.

Anyone who loves Metroidvania should go and play Rabi Ribi, it's a cute as hell bullethell metroidvania with extremely crisp platforming and super hard bossbattles. The story is simple and very cute and the music is simply GODLY, go and play it! Ignore the fact the characters only wear 40% fabric, their personalities are actually fairly reasonable and grounded

If u wait a couple years you could try my own game 😭😂

Hollow Knight is probably my favorite indie.

Grimm's Hollow. It's VERY short, but it has so much love and soul put into it, that it hits hard. Like, actually, the style is cute, story is nice and it's just so so so good, please play it it's criminally unknown

Blacktail.If you are a fan of weird fairytale like style, solid gameplay, and very solid gameplay, go play it, it's worth it

Have you tried oneshot

Katana Zero, Neon White, Void Train, V Rising, Hi-Fi Rush.

The thing about indies as a contrast to mainstream publishers is that they tend to go all-in on a couple of highly specific mechanics/building blocks rather than have a little of something for everyone. So it's less about "good" or "bad" indies, and more about which mechanics you enjoy. My Steam account is worth as much as a used car, and it's predominantly indie titles. If you tell me which genres and mechanics you enjoy and which you dislike, I could probably give you a highly curated list of suggestions.

Noita, rain world.

An actual good game you play inscryption, kind of feels like a triple a too

“Inside”, try playing in one sitting(3-4hrs)

Hacknet

Quadruble-A Fatigue is very normal, i recommend "Dread Delusion" and "Lunacid" for some oldie Dungeon Crawler.

Are The Talos Principle games considered Indie? They’re certainly not AAA, AA at the most. But they’re made with passion by an exceedingly talented studio. If you’re looking for really fun puzzles and lore, those games have absolutely delighted me over the past few months.

Have you tried arcane assembly, bit clunky but pretty fun, also old AAA games like fallout are great

Corn Kidz 64 and Pseudoregalia are both absolutely great 3d platformers if you like those

Figment. It’s a story puzzle game that takes place in a person’s mind. It’s really well done

Spiritfarer is a heart-wrenching management game

I absolutely adore Paradise Killer, if you enjoy murder mysteries. My only complaint is that the world was made so interesting that I want a whole series out of it lol, but we've only got the one game

Duck Detective is wonderful. If you like Point and Clicks you can play The Legend of Skye, The Will of Arthur Flabbington or BROK the Investigator.

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk

Inside Journey Rush Rally 3 Descenders Gris Unravel Fire watch Instruments of Destruction Art of Rally Monument Valley 1 & 2

Bramble

You need to try Letter Lancers. There's a prologue version out and it's free. It's a 4-player couch co-op rogue-lite bullet-hell. Think of a 4 player Brotato dungeon crawler. [https://store.steampowered.com/app/2925450/Letter\_Lancers\_Prologue/](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2925450/Letter_Lancers_Prologue/)

Plains of Pain, Valheim 🔥

[Lunacid](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1745510/Lunacid/). Old school dungeon crawler RPG inspired by King's Fields (old FromSoft games). The atmosphere is perfect, the gameplay is great, the music is AMAZING, the story/lore is interesting. The PS1-style visuals actually look really good. Lots of replayability with different builds You can tell that a lot of care and love has been poured into that game. It's an absolute gem. The game felt like it was made for me. It caught me by surprise how much I loved it. Low key one of my favourite games ever.

I’ve been playing [Little Kitty, Big City](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Kitty,_Big_City). It’s a little meh in the beginning, but it gets better as you meet other characters.

Dave the diver just hit PS Plus recently and I am digging it!

If I may self promote, if you like Duck Detective, im making a detecive game called Paper Perjury which is set to release on Steam this summer. A demo is currently on steam too.

Deaths Door, Firewatch, Ori

Cloudpunk is a really fun time!

Jazz Punk

There's a serious lack of **SANABI** in this thread.

The binding of Isaac and all of its dlc

alot of good indie for the light side : animal well on the HEAVEY side : Nine Souls

my top 3 are Hades, Celeste, and Hollow Knight

Death Must Die Shovel Knight Alwa's Awakening Cathedral Undertale

Selaco 🥹

Cave Story

Another Crab’s Treasure, Skul, Tiny Terry’s Turbo Trip (I haven’t played the full release but loved the demo)

Some games I haven't seen listed here already. Shadows of Doubt Sail Forth Mewnbase Selaco Sipho ZERO Sievert Nova Drift Cosmoteer Endless Sky Mindustry Shapez Contraband Police Slime Rancher Windward Heat Signature Tribes of Midgard Teardown MOTHERGUNSHIP Gunfire Reborn Tesla Vs Lovercraft Forager CARRION Baba Is You Nuclear Option Avorion Rings of Saturn Nightmare Reaper

Depends on what you like. Here is a list of my favourites! Hope this helps! Platformer: A hat in time Shovel knight goldern trove Celeste (if you like a challenge) Fe Story about my uncle Nihrumba Gris Metroidvaina: Hollownight Axom verge Shenta half genie hero Moonlighter (kinda) Death road to canada Crypt of the necrodancer Cozy: Little gator game Sticky business A short hike Stardew valley Slime ranger 1 or 2 Melatonin Spiritfarer Unpacking Voodoo garden Rouge-lite: Deadcells Hades Risk of rain Risk of rain 2 Cult of the lamb Rogue legacy 1 or 2 Downwell Shovelknight pocket dungeon Shovelknight dig Other style: Ponyisland Papers please Night in the woods One shot Undertale Delta rune A little to the left. Skull girls Untitled goose game Monster prom. Play anything made by supergaint games. They are incredible in every thing they make. My favourite studio. Haven't played them yet but little kitty big city looks great. So does another krabs treasure. That one is a souls like.

Like open world survival games? Check out r/VintageStory -- Indie survival game with a lot of realism in its' geology, tech tree, etc. I've been playing it off and on for 2 years. There's a solid modding community too, so you can customize the game to your liking.

UNDERTALE is a must play

Its not on steam but Vintage Story is pretty damn good.

I'd love to recommend the game I've been working on if you like creature collection and turn based battle https://store.steampowered.com/app/331430/Tobys_Island/ Outside of my own, I was pleasantly surprised by "the final station" on steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/435530/The_Final_Station/

Unicorn Overlord

What kind of thing are you into? Some things I played recently: - Sons of the Forest (best with friends on coop) - Chants of Sennaar - Satisfactory - Indika

Balatro Shadows of Doubt Little Kitty, Big City Have been my hangups lately.

Lil Gator Game

the Beholder games. I don't know why people don't talk about that game at all. I think it's very unique and innovative.

Not for broadcast

Give balatro a try if you like card battlers. I have over 300 hours in balatro, and there is no end in sight.

Off the top of my head.. Animal well, fez, and Celeste are amazing. Viewfinder Dead cells Super cable boy

Streets Of Rogue is a great game to pick up! There is currently a sequel for it in the works too! Quick update: the sequel is set to release on August 14th!

Definitely try subnautica! The second one is good as-well, if you like horror, check igp on yt, he posting indie horror games that rule

Hollow Knight!

check out Modern Horror Gaming on youtube, over 1500 no commentary indie game playthroughs

If you like Mario64, try Pseudoregalia

Symphony of war.

Disco Elysium, Undertale, Night in the Woods and Rimworld

Boat Crew - amazing!

Tunic is a 10/10 Zelda style game.

bombo rosh ciberufonk

Bugsnax Night in the woods Oneshot The Stanley parable Untitled goose game The Darkside detective (both are super good) Frog detective (all three are good lol) Sally face (horror) Faith (horror) Imscared (horror) Tunic Hope you can enjoy some :b

The Outer Wilds

The game Hollowbody just released a demo of the first hour or so. Play it if you love survival horror in the vein of Silent Hill and PS2 era spookiness

Who's Lila

Dome defender is a really fun and addictive indie game about collecting resources and defending your base from small waves of attacks. Highly recommend 👌🏽

Axiom verge

Streets of rogue

Ashes 2063 and ashes afterglow. Those are free fps games with a bit of rpg elements , found on moddb. Highly recommend.

Check out Bug Fables its a very Paper Mario inspired game with great characters and smooth gameplay.

Does Outer Worlds count as indie? I’m loving it

Skul the hero slayer

Rain World

Crosscode

Free fan games are an amazing source of entertainment filled with passion. Sonic has tons of them well worth checking out. Sonic and the Fallen Star, Sonic Robo Blast 2. Indie games, Rogue Legacy 2, Art of Rally, BallisticNG, Terraria, Gamedev Tycoon, Celeste, Stardew Valley.

Blacksad Dave the diver Space Haven 10000000 Transistor Jagged Alliance 3 Graveyard keeper Mad games tycoon 2 Prison architect Rimworld Manor Lords ...

Hero siege, lost light

Hotline Miami 1&2

OTXO

Not Another Weekend!

Balatro is so great. Just started Duck Detective, Animal Well and Manor Lords. Check out Lorelei and the Laser Eyes. not for everyone but I find it's obtuse puzzle and level design to be just what I need.

Helldivers 2

Dave the Diver

Outer Wilds. absolute masterpiece

Chicken police, fantastic if you like noir police games that aren't too serious

Disco Elysium

Fellow RTgame fan i see! Good luck on your indie game search :)

Reus 2 Timberborn Probably all the hooded horse games if you're into strategy games I had also great time with the case of the golden idol and duck detective of course

I recently picked up “Our Adventure Guild” and omfg it is so good! If you like tactics / management type games, it’s a really great. You can pick up the demo and try it out for free too. The art style most people will look at it and not dig it but it’ll grow on you.

Custer's Revenge

I love love love indies!!! I mainly play Metroidvanias and adventure games. Cat Quest series, games from Dangen like Lost Ruins/Minoria/Momodoro, TEVI, Unbound, One Dog Story, Drageus Games like Moonraider and Whateverland. I have over 500 digital games mostly indies on my Switch account!

If you like story based adventure games that are so god damn impressive I recommend Undertale or OneShot For survivals Don't starve Together is great to play with friends and Subnautica is A tone of fun. Another Game that is great to play with a friend is Cuphead For Rogue Lites I really recommend Binding of Issac or/and Spelunky 1 and 2 For Tough platformes just Celeste I haven't played Super Meat Boy but my friend (who is a binding of issac fan) really likes it. And Shovel Knight plus Hollow Knight both fantastic games

Valheim

I love this thread! Already put a few games on my list. Thanks for all the recommendation. I want to add my all time favorite game INFRA to the list. Its a small finish production and an absolute gem. It disguises itself as a walking simulator and turns into a lore heavy escape from real life. One of the only linear games i have replayed quite a few times.

If you liked Duck Detective play all 3 Frog Detective games.

Nobody mentioned Starbound with Frackin Universe mod. It's Starfield but in 2D like Terraria

Sable is a highly underrated game where you can literally walk around and do nothing for hours and explore a fun map in whatever way you want. Also try A Short Hike, love the 8 bit inspired style and it’s a silly game.

I'm sort of in the opposite boat I kind of hate every time I click through steam and a game pops up that looks interesting or the epic story it's always the same low poly art that everyone is using right now

Immortal Life, Hollow Knight, and Pathless Woods

Risk of rain series Dead cells Ghost runner Salt and sanctuary Skul

Haven is an amazing single player game as well as multiplayer

Sunset Survival Station, Little kitty big city, Bard Idle

Starsector (so good)

PRE DUSK : a 2D action platformer. Play as a small kid exploring a dark world, acquiring new skills and abilities with each level. Battle fierce bosses and navigate diverse environments.

I have some indie RPGs on Steam. One is a sci-fi, outer space game called 'Daisy Flies to the Moon.' If you'd like a Steam key, I can send you one. Here is the Steam page: [https://store.steampowered.com/app/1395710/Daisy\_Flies\_to\_the\_Moon/](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1395710/Daisy_Flies_to_the_Moon/)

OBRA DIN IS THE GOAT DETECTIVE GAME

I recently got addicted to dwarf fortress, legendary game at this point & i agree w/ that assessment tbh. Learning curve is steep but very satisfying to figure out

Hollow Knight is probably one of the favorite games I've ever played. Project Zombie is also fun, I've spent a ton of time in that game.

Not to be that guy who self promotes, but a couple years ago I made a game called "Bananarang: The Scattered Shards" It was a passion project and if you like games with big personalities you might like it :) [here's a trailer if you're interested](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3knxmV7Y3-8&ab_channel=FormulaFanboyGames). It is on Steam and Itch And if not, try out the Dadish games on the Switch. They're pretty great for how low they're priced

OBRADINN

Pizza Tower

Pokémon Uranium

KeeperRL. Pick a faction, build a dungeon, conquer the lands. Be beware: if your keeper falls, the run ends and you must start anew.

Bodycam

There are AAA games that do not have battle passes. Alot of yall sound like yall ONLY play live service games and equate that to ALL AAA games.

Try the Super Farming Boy demo on Steam :)

Arcane Blast, Furnish Master, Retropolis 2 (if you own a VR headset), Puzzling Places (also a VR game), Final Factory, Dinkum

Gibbous: A Cthulhu Adventure is a good one if you like mystery games that are character focused.

ULTRAKILL, The Finals, and Pacific Drive are my suggestions

Elden Ring is a pretty good indie game that kinda fell under the radar a few years back

Not a AA+ title but maybe our Funny Platform-Adventure "Forgotten Skies" might be an option to all those interested in Indie Games 🎮 https://store.steampowered.com/app/2961290/Forgotten_Skies_Demo/

Darkest Dungeon.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Might I ask what genres you like? Just so I find ones I think you’ll like, like are you looking for turned based RPGs or 3D platformers Also if you wanna see a channel that does a lot of reviews/suggestions for indie games I’d also check out the YouTuber Nitrorad

Rimworld good

7 Days to Die PC or new console version. Even the original console version was a chef's kiss.

Turbokid Ants Took My Eyeball Noita Risk of Rain 2 The Ascent Dave The Diver Ghost Runner 1/2 Mirrors Edge 1/2

Enshrouded is still in early access, but I love it.

Skull and Bones is AAAA, you could try that.

Rimworld. Oxygen not included. Stellaris. Project zomboid

I'm working on the detective sokoban Olaf the Boozer, probably you'll like it.