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IndieGames 2015 Staff Picks - A little something for everyone

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More_Badass

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http://indiegames.com/2015/12/2015_staff_picks_genre.html

IndieGames.com has been around for years and has ties to Gamasutra, IGF, and GDC, so they tend to be one of the best resources for indies.
There have been many great and wonderful games in 2015. Too many for any one person to play, which has made compiling end of year IndieGames staff pick lists interesting. We've found that very few of our personal top picks overlap. Rather than trying to rank everything, we'd like to start with making some recommendations by genre... and also a few recommendations that break genre boundaries
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The article has reviews and links for each, if you're interested in learning more

Action
Axiom Verge
Clandestine
Jotun
Marvelous Miss Take
Penarium
The Swindle
Titan Souls

Adventure
Dropsy
Dyscourse
Fran Bow
Homesick
Providence
Read Only Memories
Technobabylon
Tormentum: Dark Sorrow

First-Person Exploration
The Beginner's Guide
The Old City: Leviathan
The Static Speaks My Name
Trawl
Wonderland

Horror
The Coma
The Consuming Shadow
Layers of Fear
Morning Rituals
Soma
Stasis
Sylvio

Interactive Fiction/Visual Novel
80 Days
An Octave Higher
Black Closet
PataNoir
Regency Solitaire
The Right Side of Town
TOMBs of Reschette
We Know the Devil

Platformer
The Curse of Issyos
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Iggy's Egg Adventure
Lumini
Manos: The Hands of Fate
Ninja Pizza Girl
Odallus: The Dark Call
Towerclimb

Puzzle
A Good Snowman is Hard to Build
Gravity Ghost
Snakebird
Squarecells
The Talos Principle: Road to Gehenna
TIS-100

Puzzle Platformer
Inside My Radio
Mushroom 11
The Magic Circle
Typoman

Roguelike/Roguelite
Caves of Qud
Guild of Dungeoneering
Heroes of Loot
Invisible, Inc.
Nova-111
Sunless Sea

RPGs
LISA
Dustbowl
Last Word
Undertale

Shooter/SHMUP
A Fistful of Gun
Assault Android Cactus
Bezier
Death Ray Manta
Reign of Bullets
Super Cyborg
Ziggurat

Simulation/Management
Dead in Bermuda
Empire TV Tycoon
Mini Metro
Orion Trail
The Spatials

Sports
Eastside Hockey Manager
Out of the Park Baseball 2016
Rocket League

Strategy
A Druid's Duel
Beyond Sol
Chaos Reborn
Chroma Squad
Freaking Meatbags
Ironcast
Telepath Tactics

Genre Breakers
Armello
Cibele
Concrete Jungle
Devil's Bluff
Else Heart.Break()
Frozen Cortex
Hand of Fate
Her Story
Last Horizon
Lovely Weather We're Having
Rebel Galaxy
Typefighters
 
S

Sloane

Banned
I can't believe how many great / interesting indie games I've missed this year. Weird. Now, how do I play 20 games until XCOM 2, Firewatch, and The Witness come out in a month or so...
 
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zashga

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It's crazy to me how little attention Crypt of the Necrodancer is getting. That game is amazing! Do people identify it with 2014? It just blows my mind that anyone would list the best indie games of 2015 with dozens and dozens of games... and that's not one of them.
 
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armjoe

Neo Member
Really love half of that list. It's quite a strong year for indie gaming.

My personal pick would be Axiom Verge. It might not be perfect but it's an amazing Metroidvania experience.
 
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Messofanego

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zashga said:
It's crazy to me how little attention Crypt of the Necrodancer is getting. That game is amazing! Do people identify it with 2014? It just blows my mind that anyone would list the best indie games of 2015 with dozens and dozens of games... and that's not one of them.
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Too many good games, didn't get around to it, but it looked cute and hard which should be my ballpark.
 
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baconcow

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Good choices. Expected Darkest Dungeon to be included or was it on there last year? Caves of Qud looks like a promising Early Access.
 
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