5 of the Best Indie Games You've Never Played
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Step aside, AAA studios with overpriced games and microtransactions - it’s time to talk about some super secret underrated indie games for the third time!
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Music:
Wishy Well - Ooblets
A Colorful Tale - Chicory: A Colorful Tale
Dinners, the Big City - Chicory: A Colorful Tale
Dessert Mountain - Chicory: A Colorful Tale
Probably Ancient Evil - Chicory: A Colorful Tale
Sips River - Chicory: A Colorful Tale
The Town of Luncheon - Chicory: A Colorful Tale
rollerdisco rumble - vince kaichan
Supraventricular Tachycardia - Rhythm Doctor
wish i could care less - Rhythm Doctor
Distant Duet (Night) - Rhythm Doctor
Super Battleworn Insomniac - Rhythm Doctor
Sleepy Garden - Rhythm Doctor
All The Times - Rhythm Doctor
Bomb-Sniffing Pomeranian - Stinkbug & Coda
The Still Bastion - ScourgeBringer
Fury - ScourgeBringer
The Wasted Pit - ScourgeBringer
At the Race Track - Everhood
Why Oh You Are LOVE - Everhood
Squid Jazz - Everhood
Tinnitus Dance - Everhood
Reconciliation - Everhood
OWOL’s Theme - Everhood
Barge - Gunnar Olsen
Surviving Exile - Pyre
Path to Glory - Pyre
Sky Dance - Pyre
The Blackwagon - Pyre
Strange Voyage - Pyre
Title / Menu Theme - Toree 3D
Meteor Herd - Sonic Adventure 2
Other Games Shown (in intro):
Balan Wonderworld
Toree 3D
Atomicrops
Hypnospace Outlaw
Transistor
The Messenger
Excited for another 5 games I'll have to buy that will sit in my steam library, waiting for a day to see playtime.
we out here supporting indie devs
@@yakkocmn Lets goo supporting the indies!
This is the reason I bought a Steam Deck
@@yakkocmn But who is going to pay for my therapy I'll need after playing these games?
To be completely honest the only reason I don't wanna play pyre despite the fact that its sitting on my steam library is I DON'T WANNA FAIL THE TEAM
Rythym doctor be like: That song where he went into cardiac arrest was a banger
DOCTOR STOP BREAKDANCING THE PATIENT IS HAVING A HEART ATTACK
She’s coughing up blood the fuckre you doing the twist for
SIR THIS ISNT THE TIME FOR THE MACARENA!!!
Skooch: (releases a video about one obscure indie game)
Yakko: “Oh, you’re approaching me?”
I can't make a video about you without getting closer
Another channel did a video a few days ago as well Razbuten I think it was.
@@lProN00bl yeah, I was actually watching it earlier today and it dawned on me lol. Yakko’s got competition
Been doing a voicethru of Pyre with my VA friends and it hits so much harder when a professional voice actor is reading all the lines to you.
Cool! Where Can I watch it?
Wh- where can we watch it???
@@therandommanbackup5607 i’m a bit late but if u still care i found them - scroll thru the youtube page GetGianni and the vods for each of the streams are posted there. they’re definitely worth a watch
"Please let me pay more for this game" is the real Supergiant experience
I really wish Steam implemented pay what you want like Itch does.
Even though I have complex feelings towards their games, that statement is still true..
Chicory legitimately changed my life. It helped me realize my imposter syndrome came from a place in life I don't need to be in anymore. I will be forever grateful to it for that.
Same here. I had just started therapy to confront childhood trauma and my fear of making music and art in general, so this game found me at the perfect moment. I had never really allowed myself to think I was able to create art before, yet this game made me do it an connect with the inherent fun of it all.
I love everything about this game. ❤
If there's anything else to add for Pyre's recommendation...the soundtrack is BANGING! Honestly the best Supergiant game soundtrack of them all, even better than Hades.
Personally I prefer the transistor soundtrack, but they’re all incredible
its been years since i played pyre, but ost still makes me cry!
The ending theme changes depending on who you freed. It's amazing.
darren really do be dropping legendary music with the dynamic credits theme
I HIGHLY recommend a rouge-like game called One Step from Eden. It’s combat is like the Mega Man Battle Network series, but with a bunch of other mechanics added into the mix.
Seconded on One Step from Eden! I think I did nothing but play that game for two weeks straight when I first bought it. I personally LOVE the game’s soundtrack, too. Eden’s Gate kicks ass.
PVP is brain damage waiting to happen not that am complaining lol
THIS, I WAS ABOUT TO COMMENT THIS
One step from eden is super goated
Hell yeah that game slaps so hard
Rhythm Doctor is such a revolution in the rhythm genre. Its visual distraction, amazing mechanics, with its music, graphics... Its such an amazing game, I loved every single seconds of play, and some songs really echoed with me. Honestly, its just a masterpiece, even in early access.
Finally more Rhythm Doctor appreciation
Chicory is one of the most wholesome games out there
This guy is three times more famous yet only 15 likes for his comment ?! Common
What platforms is it on?
@@waluigionadinosaursquisham4035 steam, idk what else
Everhood is an acid trip and I love it, you even fight your own cursor
Yeah, the best way to play it would be without watching videos or spoilers tho. It ruins the effect
@@alexanderuser1282 Play it blind a months ago, It's a masterpiece that I will hold for a long time.
Played rythm doctor back when it came out and I did like it but, my computer had to be repaired shortly after. I haven't touched the game since but, ill give it a shot now! Other then that great video my guy and love to see you upload!
ALSO in Pyre, you can lose at the championship, and allow the enemy to send someone home
The achievement you get for doing so is “mercy”
It's often considered the best outcome to intentionally throw the match when Pamitha's sister is up for ascension as Pamitha askes you to let them win. If you do and THEN send Pamitha up after the two will finally reconcile their grievances. It's so good.
My favorite time of day: me looking at yakko talk about indies that I’ll put on my steam wishlist never to be thought of again XD. Although one day I’ll play the games mark my words.
The mention of pyre always reminds me of how much I love the night wings and the music
Everhood might be one of my favorite indie game ever
The characters , the story , the deep lore , and those bangers ...
It's kind of a shame that people might think it's just "Undertale : The Rhythm Game" , cause it deserves way more attention
Do you think it would have been better served without the clear homage to Undertale's aesthetic or was it worth it if it got people talking bout it?
@@FaTerokiMenra Well I mean , that's how a friend presented it to me so ...
But still , it's such a wonderful game and I don't want it to suffer comparison with it
But sure , if it help the game find the community it deserves , it's more that worth it in the end
@@yoanng.5755 you sound like a cool fan. Are you in the discord?
@@johanneskraglund2795 Nope, actually :3
@@yoanng.5755 its a pretty good one
Everhood praise?
I absolutely love to see it.
Thank you for promoting this heavily underrated joy ride
Here’s a hidden gem I have super fond memories of:
Towerfall, aka, the game the Celeste guys made before Celeste.
Nobody ever talks about Towerfall, prob cause everyone’s always singing Celeste’s praises, but Towerfall is such a wildly fun game that I used to play all the time with my friends. Also the music slaps.
rhythm doctor was worth it 5+ years ago when there was only like 4 songs, god i almost cried seeing how far it's come.
Honestly everyone go play Chicory just for the OST
Also, the end credits song is sung by Emi Evans (who sings a good portion of the soundtracks for the Nier games) and it's gorgeous and thematically relevant and I've been looping it since I played the game a month ago
Try West of Dead. I'm a sucker for bold graphic design so I got hooked on it instantly, that and the godly soundtrack.
It warms my heart to see someone giving pyre the recommendation it deserves. It’s been one of my favorite games ever for a long time, and I don’t think I’ve seen someone give it true praise since totalbiscuit.
you should play Omori, Banger OST
yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Easily one of my all time favorite games and osts
@@jesseh9125 the game is a masterpiece, everything about it
It was a interesting game, the psychologic and obscure parts were good but I found everything else kinda boring. I ended up stopping playing in the mole kingdom, the side quest were very boring for me.
preach
What I like most about this series is I learn new indie game in a bite sized review style. Hearing about some of these games makes me so happy I watched this since most of the games mentioned are passion projects by a small team. I genuinely love indie games and the people who make them because they aren’t bound by expectations or a insisting feeling to rush their games. Keep being cool, dudes.
I finished Chicory the other day and I LOVED IT! So good!
I've gotta give a huge reccomendation to game that's coming out of early access in 2ish weeks called Library of Ruina. it's a deck-building/turn-based/strategy/visual-novel/rpg/simultaneous-battle-simulator made by a korean indie studio with one of my favourite game soundtracks I've ever listened to. It's got some darker themes but some of the best damn world building I've seen.
Yeah library of ruina because they ruined it
Library of Ruina is absolutely fantastic and deserves more attention same with the studio who made it Project Moon who are also teasing their next game Limbus Company.
the prequel Lobotomy corp is also amazing
I'm so happy other people are talking about Ruina! It's one of my favorite games.
Completely agree, I bought the soundtrack and it was worth every penny!
Pyre is one of my favorite games. Its super underrated and really want more people to play it.
You shoud totally check out ''The pedestrian'', ''The beginner's guide'' and ''Abzû'', three amazing indie games
Abzu is a vibe my cuz and I binged no lie
Thank you SO MUCH for bringing up Pyre. I feel like nobody talks about it even though it was the first game Supergiant made with a lot of characters. I love that game so, so, so much.
I wish it was on Switch 😔 Everything else from SuperGiant is there, I don't understand why Pyre isn't
@@stefaniaperin5428 i believe its an issue with the engine
saw Pyre and immediately clicked, I adore that game
SAME! That game gave me a feeling I rarely get
The title of Everhood is a reference to the (absolutely amazing) music project "Shpongle" by combining their album titles "Ineffable mysteries from Shpongleland", "Tales of the Inexpressible" and their song title "Divine moments of truth".
my personal fav of supergiant’s is transistor, i just ADORE the atmosphere, the music, and the setting
Pyre is 100 percent my favorite super giant game. The writing and charicters are just amazing. Also one thing that I think is really underrated is the gameplay. In almost every review everyone says they thought the gameplay was boring so they turned the difficulty down to get through it quicker. I think that's the worst way to play pyre. Part of what makes pyre so good is that the outcome of the matches actually affects the charicters and when you just win every match without effort it takes that away. Also when playing on hard or nightwing difficulty you realize how much depth their is in the gameplay mechanics because you have to take advantage of them to win.
Even the ending credits is baked into your personal experience
I’m so glad you finally spoke about ScourgeBringer! I’ve been recommending it to you ever since I saw your video about Celeste :)
I'm so glad pyre is on here! I fell in love with it instantly so hard that I played it all the way through in one sitting!
Everhood, Pyre and Chicory are sitting in my steam library amongst many others I've discovered because of Yakko. I'm always looking for a new escape to obsess over and all the ones Yakko has recommended has been all time favourites. I hope that this video gets the attention it deserves considering the myriad of experiences that are out there for everyone to enjoy.
(I also keep rewatching these vids in the hopes that Yakko makes a new one bc I LOVE THIS SERIES I BASICALLY USE IT TO SLEEP AT THIS POINT)
"The fact that I bought this game on sale for $6 feels like an actual crime" I bought terraria for $5 and can relate
I saw pyre and I clicked, I love that game so much it gave me a feeling I haven't had in ages.
another really good indie game i played recently was underhero. a really fun and charming game with a music based combat system that dos some really cool stuff with its plot
For anyone that loves Rhythm Doctor and wants more 1 key rhythm games, the same devs also worked on A Dance of Fire and Ice and also has a banging OST
- Megaton Rainfall is the best superhero game, because for once it actually figures out a mechanic that makes being Superman challenging.
- Stacking is Double Fine's finest, in my opinion. A beautifully charming Russian Nesting Doll Puzzle Adventure game.
- SpyParty is a competitive espionage party game about subtle human behavior.
- Save the Date! is a freeware visual novel by Paper Dino, that ended up being one of my favorite games of all time, despite being barely an hour long; saying anything more than that would ruin this brilliant game.
Interesting fact about Everhood. Apparently the D&D session is actually a game called Talisman.
I'm a simple woman: I see Pyre, I click.
In all fairness, I'm not a gamer at all, but I've always liked watching games for their stories and last year I fell in love with Supergiant's storytelling. Despite my limited experience with games, Pyre has become one of my favourite stories ever told in any medium and if I didn't need to borrow a PC for playing, I would have completed it countless times by now. I truly wish more people would give it a try
When I once lost the rutial where one of the characters would be sent back to the commonwealth I was actually really happy that I could spent more time with them
Time for another round of, oh I played 4 of these games so I must buy the other one NOW
I think a game that should be mentioned in a future video is A Pet Shop After Dark. It’s a simple game that’s a point and click, but has an interesting story and good gameplay to back it up. Without spoiling anything, you’re a girl hired to work at a pet shop with both an owner and environment that’s a bit strange and it goes off from there. The art book for the game was also neat too.
Alright, you sold them all to me. I hope that if one day i make a video game with my friends someone so cool as you is there to make me feel like my work was worth and in what aspects i could improve. (I really imagine indie devs waiting to see if the next 5 games Yakko covers features theirs)
It’s a great day when yakko uploads, and more frequently too
I've had Chicory on my wishlist for a while considering it, but this absolutely sold me
when i saw pyre in the thumbnail i almost cried, glad more recognition is being brought for the game
8:55 this made me look up if there was a gun mod for Celeste. Yes it does exist, and it's beautiful
I highly recommend Just Shapes and Beats, an incredible rhytmn bullet-hell game with a simple but well told story, absurdly good music and fun gameplay.
In the other end of the spectrum I recommend The Liar Princess and The Blind Prince, a puzzle/plataformer game with a fairy tale aesthetic and story. Is very easy, but that because is mostly focus on tell ita storym. The music is also very good, especially the main theme.
I'd love it if in the next installment, he talked about What Lies in the Multiverse. I think it's a terrific game that deserves to be talked about more
So glad someone is talking about rhythm doctor. Honestly one of the few games I ever backed.
I love these videos because I always at least find one game I like. Unfortunately I don’t have a gaming pc, so I never know what I will actually be able to play
I seriously can't recommend Tangle Tower enough. It's made by the same devs as snipper clips but is moreso a professor layton type game with amazing voice acting, great story, beautiful backgrounds, lovable characters and very importantly in your case, an absolute banger of a soundtrack. It's got both steam and switch versions and I think you or anyone reading this should check it out or its prequel Detective Grimoire (steam and ios only)
MORE of this series please, its awesome
I will always sing praises for Return of the Obra Finn as I have Never found another game that seamlessly weaves story and gameplay together in the way Obra Dinn has. It made the act of playing as an insurance agent one of the most compelling mystery stories of the decade
You had me at "it's a rhythm game". Buying Everhood now.
it's on my wishlist for next steam sale but will buy as well.
@@lProN00bl 4 hours in, not sure how long left I have. I'd say it's really hard not to compare to Undertale in terms of art style and humor, but the story is not very engaging. Still, it's a fun distraction.
Yeah, the best way to play it would be without watching videos or spoilers tho. It ruins the effect but hey, hope you enjoy
This is a pretty good list, but have you heard of this game called lethal league blaze?
Iconoclasts is CRIMINALLY underrated, and i cannot recommend it highly enough. it's got absolutely gorgeous pixel art, fun and engaging combat, and like, an absolutely banger story? with a really good cast? and also it was all made by one dude over SEVEN WHOLE YEARS. it's literally my favourite game, and people have been SLEEPING ON IT for years
If I were to recommend an indie game, I'd actually recommend the game Greg Lobanov worked on before he teamed up with the Celeste people to make Chicory, that being Wandersong. It's a simple puzzle platformer with a really touching story that I highly recommend
I'm not willing to bet this'll be the most obscure pick out there, I'm sure a really good amount of people heard of this game series already buuuuuut,
The Spark The Electric Jester series spanning at 2 (finished) games at the time of writing this, is definitely something I'd recommend not only to Sonic fans but just people who like shorter platformers as a whole. The first game, Spark TEJ while not all too revolutionary with most factors like story for instance, (although the story is good, ridiculous, and over the top and that's pure entertainment for someone like me) it still felt like a nice breath of fresh air playing a completely different 2D sidescrolling platformer after my kabillionth playthrough of Sonic Mania (also kinda unrelated sidenote, so glad it was the game I decided to pick up instead of Forces at the time lmao). The mechanics, combat and bosses while they do show their inspirations, is pretty varied, unique and very much intense when it needs to be. I can pretty much say the same about the sequel, Spark The Electric Jester 2 which is a transition to 3D surprisingly enough, and a rad one at that! The sequel in my opinion can fall flat at times mostly with the bossfights, "kinda difficult to get the hang of" physics for people like me at the very least, and altered mechanics, so I personally like the first game a lot more I'd say that it's probably one of the first full length game that can re-emulate the Sonic Adventure game's style and it does that really well (don't worry you won't have to do any treasure hunting or mech levels or anything lmao). Oh and the OST which is great at worst and surprisingly boppin' at best. For me at least, not only is Spark TEJ able to emmanate the "Sonic-Speed" my favorite OSTs in the Sonic franchise were able to, but it also stands out on it's own, most of the music for both games was done by the notable artists who worked on the soundtrack No Straight Roads such as Funk Fiction, James Landino and Andy Tunstall sooo it's kinda no wonder it goes this hard haha. It's definitely not their best work but it's still a pretty good listen and i reccomend checking it out at the very least if you don't feel like buying the game (which is like very cheap btw).
At the time of making this long ass comment, a 3rd installment of the Spark The Electric Jester series is in the works. A demo is out right now for it which looks to resemble the 2nd game's mechanics with a ton more polish, which makes me very excited.
Anyway uhhh that's it for my big long gush about unique lil sonic inspired game I like a lot, not willing to bet ppl will read this but yeah just wanted to get it out there. You all have a good one now, uhhh peace.
Loving the fact that this has become a series
7:30 I see the Outer Wilds Wallpaper, I see a fellow man of culture... very good taste in games
I feel Neon Abyss is a great game to play. It's a Metroidvania that has you play/unlock characters that have a special skill, fighting demons, getting tons of cool and situational equipment, a great expanse of weapons to your disposal that many of them have extra skill for, and cute little pets like a tiny robot, a little "trump" that steals money, or just a block. the best thing about this game i think is two things, when you play a level in the game, you never know what stage you get, but even then if you want to play a stage again or have a stage you really like, there are seeds you can save for later and put in before you enter. and you constantly have to play keeping things like keys, block-breaking grenades and money in check, because what you do then can be a good idea or a bad Idea based on how you like to play or just what happens later in general. And the weapons are just fun! some have homing, others have a whip-like beam, and others are just pure chaos. whatever you get, you probably are gonna have a good time with it. I guess the worst thing about the game is that there is no real story to go off of when playing though.
Thanks for the recc. Gonna check it out!
Isn't Neon Abyss a rogue like?
I think one of my favourite tiny indie games still happens to be Wonder Wickets. It's the perfect blend of cute artstyle and hard as shit - minigolf in space with Kirby's Dream Course vibes while being extremely unique in its own right, with fantastic characters and voices to boot.
There's also a ToeJam & Earl cameo... and characters, but keep it on the downlow 👀
I would love to see a vod channel from you i have a hard time watching twitch streams but I really love your content so it would be awesome to see more
Yes i've never played one of these but i have 4/5 games on my wishlist and i saw the remeinig one
5:42 If you want a rhythm game with a great story I highly recommend Mad Rat Dead, a rhythm platformer with a phenomenal soundtrack. It's not an indie game, but it is absolutely a hidden gem.
I love the cave story reference in scourgebringer
Talk about CrossCode PLEASE and cry about how sad it gets, it's so good.
I bought Lethal league 2 days before the BRC trailers
I'm new to your channel but damn,it didn't take me long to subscribe! Also you forgot My Friend Pedro,that's a really good game and is faithful to it's Flash game counterpart
holy shit man u rock! always bringing banger videos and wholesome games I've never seen before, thanks!! :))
Everybody's gangsta till the trash can pulls out the acoustic guitar
Babe wake up, new Yakko vid just dropped!
Hopefully he'll do a list that has Hylics 1 or 2 on it some day! I'd love to see that series get so much more attention :)
Pyre has such a good soundtrack and art style. It's my favorite indie game of all time
I'm so happy you enjoyed Pyre as well :)
It's my personal favourite of the Supergiant Games
In my first playthrough, I intentionally lost the first final match because I realized halfway through I wasn't going to see Jodariel anymore if I won...
You might like One Step From Eden. MegaMan Battle Network Deck building roguelite rhythm game.
(Also play CrossCode already)
this truly is one of the content ever created!
7:42 3 HOURS! dude I have like 7 hours and I am not even past the cafeteria, am I that bad?
To level each character evenly sound like a real grind. I haven't played pyre so I wouldn't know but i guess if you like the core gameplay then it wouldn't be a chore. But taste differ
It finally happened. A game list where I've played all the games.
Try Guacamelee 2 bro. That game is so underrated it's insulting.
Okay am I old for draw dog reminding me of that one DS game where you bring color back to the world?
I refuse to buy supergiant games on sale anymore, only ever full price.
I SAW RHYTHM DOCTOR IN THE THUMBNAIL AND I ALREADY AGREE
Pyre is so good and underrated. I can see how it wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea but the writing, art, and music is so so good. I cried when the credits played.
For the past four months I’ve been addicted to Ultrakill it is A genuine problem
yakko on his way to talk about indie games for the 15'00th time
Wandersong is a very sweet indie game that I would heavily recommend.
First game I think I saw an ad or a gameplay trailer pop up about it on steam
Second game I remember playing the html version and then it became big well when a bunch of streamers started playing it a couple months later I was wondering why it seemed familiar yet different.
The rest I've never heard of
Good content as always man!
Rhythm Doctor is actually fucking great I totally agree with everything said here
Sans in everhood would be devastating with his megalomania
Watching a rhythm game with the wrong sound is fusterating
There are so many indie out there it’s hard to play all of them