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Indie Games 2015 [May] Now Voting - Post 348!

Toma

Let me show you through these halls, my friend, where treasures of indie gaming await...
Campfire
Little musical toy. Not much behind it, but cute to play around with.

Carena
Top down destruction derby concept. The controls and scope dont allow for much finesse, which doesnt allow for much actual fun to be had.

Copycat
I am surprised that I like the challenge created through these simple mechanics and layout. Still overall not really enough depth though.

Crayon Poke
Sidescrolling puzzle game with a very unconvential "weapon" (LD theme). I liked it, because the level/puzzle design was surprisingly tricky at times.

Crypt of the Necrodancer
Others already said enough about it, I just agree with that :p Highly recommended.

Environmental Station Alpha
This game is so good. Extremely challenging Metroidvania with great controls, a marvellous sense of exploration and a good amount of content (~20+ hours). Good stuff.

Fathom
This:
Fathom: The game seems quite accomplished in a lot of areas but the core gameplay idea is only neat in theory. The fact that you're basically moving through molasses while having to redirect bullets (which you do a lot) lends the gameplay rhythm an irksome quality which should have been avoided. Since you're quite fragile and bullets come flying at you all the time, simultaneously giving you no real time to react, you're inclined to slow down time more often than you need. But then again you have to preempt projectiles so there's no easy solution here. While trying to look up the dev's portfolio, I read a small post-mortem on the game in which he addresses these issues so it seems he's well aware and hopefully working on a revision.



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Highly recommended

Environmental Station Alpha
Crypt of the Necrodancer

Recommended
Crayon Poke
Blink Gun

Decent

Copycat
A Knife Made of Whispers
Campfire
Fathom

Not recommended
Carena
BitGun
 

mvtn

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Joar is a wizard.

Do we know if it's going to be on Linux yet?
 

Toma

Let me show you through these halls, my friend, where treasures of indie gaming await...
Post impressions, guys,
 
Catlateral Damage - $9.99 (PC, Mac, Linux)
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Catlateral Damage is a first-person destructive cat simulator where you play as a cat on a rampage, knocking as much of your owner's stuff onto the ground as possible. It's a highly original, experimental concept that was born out of a game jam. Oh, and it's based on a real-life mischievous cat, Nippy!

On sale for $8.99
 
Fathom - Very well made for a Jam entry, the main gameplay element is interesting

Grimstorm - The artstyle is interesting but I think it should do a better job showing the doors to the other rooms (or maybe that was the dev intention). The controls are simple, one buttom to attack and you can deffend by holding down and it's an important element in the combat. I usually like these sidescrolling games but lately I'm not in the mood to play another one

The Rock the Paper and the Scissors - This was a big surprise for me, as the name clearly suggest it's a rock, paper, scissors game with a wild west theme though you can't just input the commands because the enemies follow a rhythim pattern and you must drop their health to zero before they finish the pattern otherwise they regain health.
 
Don't know when it was added, but Catacomb Kids has a portal spell now and it's amazing. You can shoot magic through the portals as well. That's how I killed myself actually. Set portals in a room, launched a tornado and then the tornado kept tearing through the room, getting more powerful until my hammer got ripped from my hands and killed me.
 
Catlateral Damage - $9.99 (PC, Mac, Linux)


On sale for $8.99

I am super super super on the fence about that one. One one hand it looks like a total one note joke game that might get old mega fast, but on the other I really appreciate destruction in all its forms and I had a real good time with the demo/alpha. Arrggg, choices.
 

Phawx

Member
Don't know when it was added, but Catacomb Kids has a portal spell now and it's amazing. You can shoot magic through the portals as well. That's how I killed myself actually. Set portals in a room, launched a tornado and then the tornado kept tearing through the room, getting more powerful until my hammer got ripped from my hands and killed me.

Amazing
 

Nabs

Member
Just wanted to say that NOT A HERO is really fun. I had a good time messing around in my first playthrough, but I'm having even more fun now that I'm trying to go for the various in-game objectives.

For anyone who isn't in the know, NAH is a 2D cover shooter where your goal is to get a time traveling purple bunny elected as Mayor of Britain. You need to successfully clean up the streets of drug dealers and ninjas, because ninjas are totally a problem in the area. You get a choice of 9 or so characters with different play styles, so you can mix it up quite a bit as you play.

Initial maniac/i don't give a fuck playthrough might take 4 hours or less, but going for all the mission objectives will require around 10 or so hours. It's a surprising amount of fun. NAH is definitely worth keeping an eye on.

PS. Cletus is a boss.

 

Moobabe

Member
Crypt of the NecroDancer

Not much I can say about this that hasn't already been said by everyone else in the thread. It's fantastic, looks, plays and sounds great. Definitely one of the indie highlights of the year so far.

Dirty Bomb

I want to like this a lot but, knowing the discussions that go on behind the scenes, it feels like they're caught between a rock and a hard place on a number of systems. It's a pretty confused game but one that has a lot of potential to be good.Fingers crossed - it's open beta next week so you guys should check it out (if you're into team based FPS games that is.)

Environmental Station Alpha

I only played the demo of this but it was good then and I can only assume much better now. Extremely tough metroidvania that handles like a dream.

Titan Souls

Again, I only played the demo of this - first the free prototype and then the post-Develover demo and it impressed me both times. I worried about how that might translate over into a £10 game and whether or not it could justify the price tag, but that's for someone else to decide. What I did play was good; the right mix of Zelda and Shadow of the Colossus (which we all know is the best game ever created.)

I'll be back with more impressions later after I've played a few more bits and bobs.

Voting

Highly Recommended

Crypt of the Necrodancer

Recommended

Environmental Station Alpha

Recommended with caveats

Dirty Bomb
Titan Souls
 
Crypt of the NecroDancer
Not sure what else I could say about this that hasn't been said. It's a fantastic mix of roguelike and rhythm game and just a blast to play

Sorcery 3
Inkle continues to knock it out of the park with their interactive fiction series. Sorcery 3 is their biggest game yet, an open world across two timelines, with multiple bosses, and incredible depth. You'll only barely scratch the surface after one playthrough.

Environmental Station Alpha
An excellent metroidvania, with a sprawling map that's fun to discover, tight controls, challenging gameplay, and a ton of content

Zenzizenzic
Only played the early beta of this, but that's enough to make me hyped for the full game. Zenzizenzic is wild abstract art in motion, a spectacle of colors and shapes and patterns. The two-weapon system allows for a variety of loadouts and the gameplay is extremely hectic. Definitely worth a look if you're a fan of shooters and shmups

Wizard of Legend
Still relatively early in development, but the main draw here - magic based arena combat - is fun already. The spells feel powerful and the pixel art is well done. I'm eager to see how this progresses

A Knife Made Of Whispers
Yet another fun game from Daniel Linssen. An action platformer where you must carry around a lantern to illuminate the levels, the twist bring you can only attack enemies while within the lantern's light. It's relative simple compared to some of his other games, but still a fun game and worth checking out.

Titan Souls
Only played the recent demo of this, but I wasn't very impressed. While the art style was nice, the gameplay itself just felt lacking. It may have been inspired by Shadow of the Colossus but Titan Souls' boss battles have none of the thrill or intensity. And for a game that's decidedly arcadey in nature, having to run back to a boss after dying gets annoying really fast

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1) Crypt of the NecroDancer
2) Sorcery 3
3) Environmental Station Alpha
4) Zenzizenzic
5) Wizard of Legend
6) A Knife Made of Whispers
7) Titan Souls
 
Something new from Linssen

Planetarium - Free (PC)
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http://managore.itch.io/planetarium

this is a planet generator, not a game
type in a name and press enter to visit that planet

Treeker: The Lost Glasses - $7.49
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http://blubox-soft.itch.io/treeker-the-lost-glasses

Treeker: The Lost Glasses is a first-person adventure game, with puzzle and platform elements. In the game, the player needs to use a pair of glasses in order to see mysterious objects left behind by some sort of ancient civilization.
 
We've finally released Clandestinity of Elsie on itch.io!

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We've also put it up on Greenlight and have been getting a good vote ratio (at least it says it's good when compared to the top 50), so now I'm thinking it's a matter of exposure. (Which may not be so easy with my non-existent marketing skills.)

It remains to be seen if releasing during exam period was a good idea. -.-
 

CheesecakeRecipe

Stormy Grey
We've finally released Clandestinity of Elsie on itch.io!

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We've also put it up on Greenlight and have been getting a good vote ratio (at least it says it's good when compared to the top 50), so now I'm thinking it's a matter of exposure. (Which may not be so easy with my non-existent marketing skills.)

It remains to be seen if releasing during exam period was a good idea. -.-

Voted, congrats on the release! <3
 
May 2014

Barrage - Greenlit in April

Crosscode - Successful Indiegogo, currently on Early Access

Here Be Dragons - Seems to be dead, no activity since last April

Kero Blaster - Finished and released on PC and mobile

Lumo - Moved to Unity 5, recent updates

OX - Cancelled last year

Project Infinitesimals - Slow progress, but still in development

Rise & Shine - got picked up by Adult Swim Games

singmetosleep - Still in development

Subray - Devs have moved onto a new game, Dischord

Super Mutant Alien Assault - No updates since last year

Terratech - Currently on Steam Early Access

The Flock - Still in development, RPS did a hands-on preview in March

The Sun & Moon - Expanded upon and released on Steam
 
Voting
- Ultra Hat Dimension
- Crayon Poke
- Dagdrom
- A Knife Made Of Whispers
- Heavens Below
- Copycat
- The Rock the Paper and the Scissors

I highly recommend Heavens Below and The Rock the Paper and the Scissors
 

titch

Member
Apologies for any dupes!!!

Mysterious Space - £4.00 (WIN)
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/368700

Mysterious Space was originally created for the 2014 7-Day Rogue-Like competition, but has received many updates since! Though it features some familiar rogue-like elements - including potions, equipment, and procedurally-generated worlds - Mysterious Space is ultimately a side-scrolling

Why Am I Dead At Sea - £6.99 (WIN)
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/359400

Why Am I Dead At Sea is an adventure game where you solve the mystery of your own murder. As a ghost, you will have to possess people and use them to investigate your surroundings. But in this place no one is who they seem...and everyone has a secret.

Sym - £5.59 (WIN/MAC)
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/342100

Sym is a puzzle-platformer that explores social anxiety disorder. Play as Josh, a teenage boy trying to reconcile a maze of two contrasting worlds that coexist within the blank spaces of each other - his perception of reality, and the world he created to avoid his fears.

The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing III - £11.99 (WIN/MAC)
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/359900

Van Helsing, monster hunter will face the most difficult trials of his life as he is trying to destroy his nemesis. The civil war is over in Borgovia, but the future still looks grim. The city of weird science is in ruins and a strange cult prophesises the coming of the end times.

Pixel Dungeon - £3.99 (PC)
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/365900

Pixel Dungeon is an exciting and extremely popular roguelike (more than 2 million mobile installs!). Explore the depths of Pixel Dungeon, collect useful items and fight fierce monsters to find the Amulet of Yendor - the ultimate artefact of this game world!
 

titch

Member
Forge Quest - £10.99 (PC)
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/249950/

Forge Quest is a dungeon crawling rpg set in a voxel world. Explore the land full of chickens on a light hearted quest to become a hero. Delve deep into the randomly generated dungeons to battle monsters, find treasure and craft your equipment. Invite your friends to join your world and help you in your adventure.

Vortex Attack - £3.99 (PC)
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/357890

Vortex Attack is a frenetic arcade space shooter featuring explosive effects and an intense local multiplayer mode. Destroy the vortices by capturing the 'lumergy' from the destroyed enemies. WARNING: Highly addictive.

Ossuary - £6.99 (WIN/MAC)
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/363500

Fall into the place of bones. Urge on the stagnant residents who are lost to corrupt virtue. Use sins as your tools to improve their existence. Expose the cabbages pretending to be people. Learn about the razor blades hidden in your walls.

Subject 13 - £14.99 (WIN/MAC)
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/322970

Play as Franklin Fargo, a quiet physics professor who has led a bitter existence ever since his fiancée died in a holdup in which he was supposed to be the victim. One morning, he wakes up in the middle of an abandoned scientific facility. His only link with the outside world is a voice that calls him "Subject 13".

Flame Over - £8.99 (WIN)
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/345080

Blending top down "squirt em-up" action and "Pyroguelike" game mechanics, Flame Over features fast-paced fire-fighting thrills, randomly generated levels, 4 different game zones and dastardly hazards at every turn!

LOOP: A Tranquil Puzzle Game - £3.99 (PC)
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/370150

LOOP is a tranquil puzzle game, with a unique, simple, meditative feel. Inspired by Zen philosophy, the minimal UI has no timers, move limit or score; allowing you to just relax and focus. Includes 100 Levels and a colour blind mode.
 

titch

Member
Invisible, Inc. - £14.99 (PC)
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/243970

Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.

Toren - £6.99 (WIN)
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/320820

Experience the mysterious, timeless world of Toren, the first adventure game from Brazilian indie developer Swordtales. You are Moonchild, destined to climb the tower (known as Toren) on a hauntingly solitary journey to find your purpose.

Dex - £14.99 (PC)
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/269650

Dex is a 2D, side-scrolling, open-world cyberpunk RPG with a focus on exploration and non-linear gameplay.

Magnetic: Cage Closed - £11.99 (WIN)
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Magnetic: Cage Closed is a first person puzzle game where the player manipulates magnetic forces to accomplish their goals. The mechanics are focused around a single tool: The Magnet Gun which allows you to create electromagnetic fields with either positive or negative charges.

Inside My Radio - £10.99 (WIN)
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/357720

Can you beat the beat? Journey as a green LED mysteriously trapped inside a dying boombox and play the ultimate musical experience. In this rhythmic platform adventure where your every action needs to be right on the beat, bring electro, dub and disco music back to life!

Action Henk - £10.99 (PC)
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/285820

Run, jump and butt-slide into the glorious toy-filled world of Action Henk! Become a master of momentum and defy physics as you race against a band of ragged 90s action figures to once and for all prove that Action Henk is the fastest of them all!
 
Sleepers - 2016
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http://sleepers.camel101.com/

Sleepers is a survival horror game set in the future, where the player controls a character that wakes up in a spaceship, with no memory of what happened.

InfiniQuest - ????
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https://twitter.com/seconddimension

A procedurally generated text adventure! You take control of a randomised hero in a randomised world. You do random things to random objects. This is a very odd game.

The Town of Light - PC, Mac, Linux
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http://www.thetownoflight.com/

The shadow of the past are waiting for you inside these walls, drenched with fear, distress and tears. The light that blind the mind dissolves the line between reason and madness. Are you going to find the switch of the darkness?

The Eyes of Ara - PC, Mac, IOS, Android
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http://www.100stonesinteractive.com/the-eyes-of-ara

Become enthralled in an elaborate puzzle adventure in a stunning 3D environment. Explore a dusty old castle, riddled with secret vaults and hidden rooms. Solve elaborate puzzles, crack cunning codes, and collect cryptic devices to unravel the mystery of The Eyes of Ara!

Shallow Space - July 2015 (PC, Mac, Linux)
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http://shallow.space/

Shallow Space focuses on organised mass RTS space combat in a fully 3D environment. Ships in Shallow Space are nearly always grouped into Flotillas and Wings, and orders issued to these structures cascade to the subordinate members.
Rather than stressing out clicking on the units or dragging selection boxes during the heat of battle, standing orders are issued in advance leaving you to zoom around, activating abilities and arranging support and reinforcements. Should the tide turn in battle traditional control is still available.

Tales from Dunwich - ?????
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https://twitter.com/EYESODIC_GAMES

"A Point-&-Click horror series"

Turmoil - PC
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http://gamious.com/press/sheet.php?p=Turmoil

Turmoil is a simulation game set during the 19th century oil rush in North America. Get a taste of the rush and rivalry of the time as you earn your way to become a successful oil entrepreneur. As you make money digging up and selling oil, your town will grow along with you. Once all oil rich grounds have mined, you’ll know if you’ve managed to become the town’s ultimate oil baron.

Empire TV Tycoon - PC, Mac, Linux
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http://www.empiretvgame.com/

Empire TV Tycoon is a game where you manage a TV Channel and fight for audiences taking decisions that will lead your channel to the fame. You will decide the content of your channel, select advertisers, hire workers, make your own productions, hire actors and much more! It's inspired by games like Mad TV, Mud Tv and other movie management games, with a modern approach on how to produce custom content like movies or tv-shows. The high concept is "The unholy child between Mad TV and Game Dev Tycoon".

Project Ven - ????
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http://projectvn.blogspot.com.au

What is Project Ven? We like to call it "a visual novel on crack" (You can see that we're not very good with words - probably why we need a writer).
Our goal is to make a visual novel that demonstrates the capabilities of the medium to a mainstream audience, while remaining relevant to existing fans of the genre.

Boxman Begins - Late 2015 (PC, Mac)
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http://www.boxmanbegins.com/

Boxman Begins is an online game with unique game modes and high octane action. Featuring game modes like "Pass the Bullet" in which snipers pass around a single bullet between them. And "Giantslayer", in which players grow in size and strength with each kill, forcing alliances to be made and broken as the game moves on.

Domiverse - ????
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https://twitter.com/hauntedtie

Domiverse is a fast arena fighting game where aliens try to win a tournament to dominate the whole universe!
It is a one shot / one kill game with only multiplayer mode. For the moment we only aim offline multiplayer for couch parties!

Riposte

Unnamed Game 1 - ????

Unnamed Game 2 - ????

Previously Mentioned

Beacon

Edge of Eternity

Flotsam

Exception
 

Nabs

Member
Treeker: The Lost Glasses - $7.49

I just beat it this afternoon. It's a decent first person platformer with nice visuals. The lens effect kind of takes away from the visuals, which is unfortunate. It took about 2 hours to complete, and it seems like there's more content coming for free. I'd recommend waiting for a sale/bundle or for more content patches.

GAF, I'd do unspeakable things for a mobile port of Hexcells.

That would be nice. I'd do unspeakable things for Hexcells 4.
 

Toma

Let me show you through these halls, my friend, where treasures of indie gaming await...
That would be nice. I'd do unspeakable things for Hexcells 4.

I'd do unspeakable things for a handheld that allows me to comfortably play Dwarf Fortress.

...

Hey, dreams and all.
 

Nabs

Member
Hey, did you ever get a chance to play some Hexcells (and hopefully Hexcells Plus)? I think you'd really like 'em!
 

Toma

Let me show you through these halls, my friend, where treasures of indie gaming await...
Hey, did you ever get a chance to play some Hexcells (and hopefully Hexcells Plus)? I think you'd really like 'em!

Yep, great games :)
Definitely one of the best "pure" puzzle games I played in the past few years. Actually, it might just be outright the best, since I cant think of one from the top of my head that I consider better.
 
So I hooked up a 360 controller and at long last was finally able to enjoy Outer Wilds as it was meant to be enjoyed, aka with a gamepad and not a slideshow

And it only made my hype for the expanded and improved version grow. I just love the little details so much. The tutorial disguised as optional challenges that add texture to the world (zero-g cave, flying the model ship). The strange artifacts in the museum. The interactivity of your ship, from using the monitor and needing to manually suit up. Shooting off a probe and touching down on a weird planet gives me strong Interstellar vibes.
 

Toma

Let me show you through these halls, my friend, where treasures of indie gaming await...
Well, Prison Architect is coming to iPad, so that kind of game could work on a tablet.

Prison Architect is no Dwarf Fortress, though.

But its a decent substitution, yeah.
 

titch

Member
Updated Current Voting in No particular Order - several ludlum shorts but well worth a look

Ridiculous amount of free content to try this month - i've easily reached ten games to vote on and still have another twenty(now seven) that i wanted to try but only picked the browser based games first.

Ten Games of The Month


Badass Inc. - A point and click short with some arcade action, stylish graphics and audio &#8211; an expanded version could be an instant hit.

Blink Gun -

Copycat -

Souls of the Fallen - So you've reached the end of your journey you need to defeat the end level boss in a single screen action platformer &#8211; small pixel art style &#8211; nice mechanics and controls &#8211; would love to see this expanded into a full game.

Fathom -

Iridescent -

Mass-X - Another ludlum dare entry where a button press swaps your location with enemies, pixel graphics, zingy audio whats not to like

Nuclear Autumn - Clever little puzzle platformer, nice pixel graphics with tight controls and audio that adds to the atmosphere

Super Recoil Gun - Hardcore shooter, use your gun like a rocket to move oh and die lots

Wizard of Legend - Action rogue like still in early development (with co-op) &#8211; if this game continues to build on its foundations with the same quality it will be one to watch out for

Worth a look

BitGun -
Crayon Poke - A nice little browser game with functional graphics and sound. User crayons to create platforms
Out Of Mind - Turn out the lights turn up the volume and run, atmospheric short that will set your anxiety on edge for at least a short while
ScarKrow -
Theropods - A point and click adventure from the stone age with simple screen by screen puzzles
Garden - Really like the art style, not really sure whats going on and the controls will take a fair bit of getting used to.
Underground Hangovers - Nice basic pixel graphics and looks like there is more of a game hidden there just didnt have the time to play longer

Avoid

Bloodbath Kavkaz - Picked this up in a bundle - would have felt ripped off if it was free
Flail Rider - Still a developmental build &#8211; at present the controls are difficult and what looks like instant collision death makes the experience a funless one

Notable Paid Releases - Never got a chance to play these due to lack of funds but well worth looking up.

Environmental Station Alpha - $7.99 (WIN\MAC)
Finding Teddy 2 - $14.99 (PC, Mac)
JumpJet Rex - $14.99 (PC)
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse - $19.99 (WIN)
Titan Souls - $14.99 (WIN/MAC)
Westerado: Double Barreled - $14.99 (WIN/MAC)

All of the games below - looked interesting enough for me to try but just didn't have the time - will hopefully go back and give them a short soon

Agent Of Souls - Free (PC), Dagdrom - Free (PC, Mac, Linux), Mable: The Journey - Free (PC, Mac, slappy the frog goes to town - Free (Windows), Soul Breaker - Free (PC, Mac, Linux), Superstatic - Free demo (PC, Mac, Linux), The Stranger - Free (PC, Mac, Linux)
 

titch

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Monstrum - £11.99 (WIN)
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/296710/

Monstrum takes the traditional survival horror formula and remixes it completely with procedurally generated levels, permadeath, and AI driven predators, ensuring that nowhere on its derelict cargo ship is ever truly safe.

Visibility - £1.99 (WIN)
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/368290

Visibility is a platformer that is completely dark until you place your lights. Each level has a limited set of lights which you must strategically place around the level in order to illuminate your path to the exit.

Gran Vitreous - £3.99 (WIN)
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/346340

Gran Vitreous is a PC shmup that combines classic arena shooter gameplay with the mechanics of a loot driven action RPG. Upgrade your ships equipment and level up as you battle through a galaxy filled with randomly generated encounters.

Xlarn - £3.99 (WIN)
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/360030

This is a heavily extended version of one of the most famous roguelike games of the 80&#8217;s named LARN. Your choice is to find a magic elixier for your daughters recovery. Therefore you have to explore a lot of unknown caves, filled with monsters, demons and traps. Good luck! You may need it!

Ruzh Delta Z - £1.59 (WIN)
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/370190

Ruzh Delta Z is a frenzied shoot-em-up which draws inspiration from classics such as Gradius, DoDonPachi, and R-Type. Shoot your way through perilous stages and wreck thousands of rogue vessels in your quest to become the ultimate pilot.
 

Toma

Let me show you through these halls, my friend, where treasures of indie gaming await...
Technobabylon and Badland already have posts.

Thanks for letting us know. It would be great if we remove the games that have been posted a second time. Otherwise I might not notice that I post them multiple times in the next thread (@titch).
 
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