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As we touched on in a recent episode of the Indie Game Culture Podcast, indie games have an innate ability to tell heartfelt, passionate, and touching stories that often put big-budget titles to shame. While AAA games can throw money at huge show pieces, indie games often take bigger narrative swings and cover topics that […]

Open-world adventures are usually pretty daunting. With the sheer magnitude of content on offer and places to explore, it’s sometimes easier to set your controller down and take a minute to gather yourself before jumping headfirst into a huge new world. Most open worlds are like this, but not all. As there are a bunch

If there’s one thing you can bank on being included in just about any modern indie game, it’s a fishing mechanic. It’s all Stardew Valley’s fault, honestly, but it’s the reality we have to live with now. We have seen some really cool fishing indie game mechanics being employed in recent titles like Dredge, or

Star Citizen is an expansive spacefaring MMO, and unlike many of its contemporaries, it takes 45 USD even to begin playing. Luckily for people who want to give the game a shot but don’t want to commit to spending that much money, the game is temporarily free on certain occasions, called “Free Fly Events.” These

There are a handful of indie developers that are synonymous with a certain style of game. Just as you can spot a Quinten Tarantino or Christopher Nolan film right from the opening scene, some games immediately give away their creator with just a snippet of gameplay. Prime examples would be the likes of Toby Fox,

Since it got released in June 2022, Neon White has been considered by a lot of critics as one of the best Indie Platform games of recent times. Everyone loved it, including me, and it’s because it has everything a good game should have nowadays. Neon White has a wonderful story, relatable characters, funny moments,

Having played Pokémon games ever since I was a kid, I was eager to try out Cassette Beasts from the moment I first saw the trailer. A creature collection game with its own spin on the genre? Count me in! Thankfully, it did not disappoint. Although I had high hopes for it, I genuinely expected to have

Inscryption is a spooky card game where you play your deck of mystical creatures against a weird glowing pair of eyes in the shadows. Still, if you fell in love with the gameplay the first time, you should be glad to know there’s a mode where you can keep replaying Act 1 under different conditions

I’ll be honest, I’m not normally into visual novels. I see gaming and reading as two completely separate hobbies, and I rarely fancy both of them at the same time. However, Coffee Talk was a rare exception for me, and I loved playing the first one. The sequel came out recently, and I was thrilled to

When I saw Dredge sailing over the horizon ahead of its release a little while back, I remember its imminent arrival being met with a tidal wave of cynics who wrote it off as ‘a glorified fishing minigame.’ Which, I will admit, was a thought that crossed my mind too. How could this game take