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It has nothing to do with "woke" 🤣. Bigger and "better" games means bigger studios, means huge investments, means AAA games having to appeal to the lowest common denominator in order to ensure profit, means bland, generic, unchallenging, insulting AAA titles in comparison to the indie scene. Big business often doesn't get along with art. It's the same reason why marvel movies dominate the box office, while movie buffs tend to prefer comparatively lower budget and often older stuff.
@@aryudsoh I just think it's really a once of a time game, and it's already done ig lol. I hope they don't make a sequal because honestly I want to see what other games the devs, Animators, Musicians and more make !!
Kingdom Animal Well Fear & Hunger Darkwood Hylics 1 & 2 Broken Reality Signalis Thumper Cruelty Squad Hotline Miami Blasphemous A Short Hike What Remains Of Edith Finch Firewatch Garage : A Bad Dream Adventure
@@arxiiiAlso: Omori Fear and hunger 1 and 2 Manifold garden The red strings club Below Yume Nikki Felvidek Lorelei and the laser eyes O_ abyssalSomwhere (An incredibly underrated Game) Lisa the painful And a big ETC. Conclusion. The indie games are the best games in the videogame industrie.
Minecraft Journey Sea of stars Cuphead Subnautica The binding of Isaac Rebirth Shovel knight Limbo Inside Hollow knight Fez Stardew valley Celeste Super meat boy Undertale Hades Shredder's revenge Disco Elysium final cut
thank you. i stopped watching after they explained journey because they basically spoiled the ending and didnt want to get spoiled on the rest lol. will do my own research on the list now lmao
No Ori makes this video a joke. From what I've played in this list Ori stands like that: Hades Ori and the Will of the Wisps Inside Celeste Limbo Stardew Valley
The Messenger Starbound Terraria Iconoclasts Omori Just Shapes and Beats I could keep going but I would be here for hours. Why none of those are on this list is messed up.
easily could replace shapes and beats with geometry dash GD came first and 2.2 just came out and deserves a spot on this list for sure especially considering rob is a single developer
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I’ve been enjoying Tartarus by Vulcan Forged lately. It’s an indie game with an infinite survival mode that’s super challenging and fun. Any indie game fans here?
Hollow Knight changed my life. The difficulty curve, and the way the gameplay was so simple, yet so deep that most of my "leveling up" was just me getting consistently better as a player throughout the experience through how the game taught me to play itself, was insane-level game design. It felt like learning a skillset, sure without the real life benefits to show for it, but it still somehow felt just as good. It became part of the storytelling of that game. If other soulslikes are anything like it, then I'm hooked.
Outer Wilds is one of the best games of all time. a true masterpiece. My top 5 indie: 1- Outer Wilds 2- Hollow Knight 3- Cuphead 4- Amnesia The Dark Descent 5- Slay the Spire
MADiSON is hella good and really scary :3 Last I checked, it's getting a vr version. It's about Luca and the haunted camera that belonged to a serial killer named Madison who now haunts the camera. Will he end the curse or succumb to it?
Absolutely LOVE y'all's #1 pick, Disco Elysium is legit one of the greatest games I've ever played, Probably the most well written and funniest tbh. Legit the first list with Hollow Knight ever that I didn't put it at #1, That's how much i love Disco, But HK def deserves to be #2 IMO Other games from this list I love include Hades, Undertale, Cuphead and Celeste, There is one game that is for sure missing on here tho and that's Omori, Incredible game, HEAVY hitting story and for sure in my top 5, Maybe top 3 favorite OSTs of all time, Its music is phenomenal.
I compiled 10 lists of “the 50 best indie games” and ranked them all by points gained from list positions. Stardew Valley was #1, Hollow Knight was the only game on all 10 lists, and Outer Wilds had the highest average but was only on 4/10 lists (49.3 point average, crazy). 210 games total across the 10 sources, half of which were only on one person’s list
I loved Sea of Stars. Certainly was my game of 2023 My top five (no particular order). Theres just so many games! Fez Shovel Knight Inside Bastion Super Meat Boy
Top 10 games i have played - Bendy, FNaF, Cuphead, Job Simulator, The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe, Portal 2, Undertale, Minecraft, Deltarune and Baldi’s Basics.
Amnesia The Dark Descent should be in top 10 imo, one of the best horror games ever and still supported by both devs and community after all these years
Never heard of the number 1 choice. I think the number 20 choice should've been much higher, that game is iconic & dare I say revolutionary. The number 3 slot is personally my favourite game of all time, overtaking my previous favourite game (which was Skyrim for the longest time) but after a replay of the game it overtook it.
These are some of the best indie games I've ever played : Kingdom Animal Well Fear & Hunger Darkwood Hylics Signalis Thumper Cruelty Squad Hotline Miami Blasphemous A Short Hike What Remains Of Edith Finch Firewatch Garage : A Bad Dream Adventure
@@JaydenM7 that´s why you shouldn´t drink and then comment stuff on internet. 😅 I really can´t remember why I wrote that... hope my ex doesn´t appear here 🤣
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Cuphead
Honorable mentions:
Hotline Miami
Freedom Planet
Ori and the Blind Forest
20XX
Fight'N Rage
30XX
Freedom Planet 2
Jitsu Squad
Honorable mention:
Five Nights at Freddy's series
The Messenger
Lethal Company would be my personal favorite
Omori deserves a spot on this list for sure
lame game
@@reedspace8267it came out in 2020 and was made by a small team🫣 i heard and it in 2021
@@ghostofalgerianope
@@ghostofalgeria It just aint
@@ghostofalgeria Get better bait, bozo
At this rate I'm never picking up Nightingale
I wish I could like your comment twice.
I got so many ads for it I was just not interested anymore
I got 3 ads for it this video alone
I find it so interesting how some indie games look better than a lot of AAA titles
Nowadays, Ax3 titles are just a cashgrab attempt with their microtransactions.
And most importantly: They have a soul, don't rip you off with micro transactions and are not full of woke agenda
@@florianhaffner3910celeste is abt trans people
Art style
It has nothing to do with "woke" 🤣. Bigger and "better" games means bigger studios, means huge investments, means AAA games having to appeal to the lowest common denominator in order to ensure profit, means bland, generic, unchallenging, insulting AAA titles in comparison to the indie scene. Big business often doesn't get along with art. It's the same reason why marvel movies dominate the box office, while movie buffs tend to prefer comparatively lower budget and often older stuff.
Cuphead might be the only indie game in History people both want & don't want a sequel to no matter how Awesome it was. 🙆🏿♂️🙅🏼♀️🙆🏻♀️🙅🏽♀️
Based I don't want a sequal either lmao I think the games too special to have a follow up
I personally would love another Cuphead but only if the devs felt the passion to make another rather than for sakes.
@@aryudsoh I just think it's really a once of a time game, and it's already done ig lol. I hope they don't make a sequal because honestly I want to see what other games the devs, Animators, Musicians and more make !!
Maybe just one or two more DLCs and maybe it could be enough to wrap the franchise up
FTL, Rimworld, Frostpunk, Darkwood., Amnesia, Darkest Dungeon.
Dwarf fortress, factorio, kingdom, lifeline, weird West,
Darkest Dungeon for sure, and Slay the Spire!
This war of mine, Frostpunk, Terraria
Oxygen Not Included, my favourite of all time
@@ShivammWarambhey ONI isnt a indie
All of the Indie darlings are my all-time favorites
Journey should be higher up. Something that can genuinely be enjoyed by everyone regardless of age. Truly special
I'd like to leave a mention to Rebel Galaxy and Spiritfarer. Both amazing games that got me through hard times.
Cuphead, shovel knight and hollow knight should be top 5. They were so important for the indie industrie.
If we are talking importance. Mincraft should be no1.
Dead Cells, Hotline Miami, Shovel Knight, Terraria. Where is TERRARIA.
shovel knight was on this
Terraria is literally my favourite game ever, I feel offended
Terraria should be number one
Kingdom
Animal Well
Fear & Hunger
Darkwood
Hylics 1 & 2
Broken Reality
Signalis
Thumper
Cruelty Squad
Hotline Miami
Blasphemous
A Short Hike
What Remains Of Edith Finch
Firewatch
Garage : A Bad Dream Adventure
@@arxiiiAlso:
Omori
Fear and hunger 1 and 2
Manifold garden
The red strings club
Below
Yume Nikki
Felvidek
Lorelei and the laser eyes
O_ abyssalSomwhere (An incredibly underrated Game)
Lisa the painful
And a big ETC.
Conclusion. The indie games are the best games in the videogame industrie.
Where is dead cells
It's probably a better game than any in the video. That game feels so good to play, it's ridiculous.
Its shit
@@dooleh84 Do people still associate it with that IGN reviewer who was caught plagiarizing his review of the game?
@@christianloubardias6375 I remember that, but I don't remember it being a dead cells review. So in my case, no.
Dead cells is peak tbh
Minecraft
Journey
Sea of stars
Cuphead
Subnautica
The binding of Isaac Rebirth
Shovel knight
Limbo
Inside
Hollow knight
Fez
Stardew valley
Celeste
Super meat boy
Undertale
Hades
Shredder's revenge
Disco Elysium final cut
Saved me 15 mins
you missed alot
This list is a joke
Pizza tower should have been on the list
thank you. i stopped watching after they explained journey because they basically spoiled the ending and didnt want to get spoiled on the rest lol. will do my own research on the list now lmao
Absolutely thrilled to see Disco Elysium at number 1, ah gosh, probably the most satisfying number 1 from any if your lists
I think its overrated, but it deserves a spot on the list.
@@jackjager8790not even close to being overrated
@@jackjager8790disco Elysium is Underated
Don't ever let WatchMojo make a tierlist again
No Ori makes this video a joke.
From what I've played in this list Ori stands like that:
Hades
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Inside
Celeste
Limbo
Stardew Valley
Ori is not an indie
@@jackjager8790 Yeah i guess, but then Baldur's Gate 3 should be here lol
ty for not going into spoilers i really appreciate it
He spoils the game 'inside' - basically shows the big reveal at the end
The Messenger
Starbound
Terraria
Iconoclasts
Omori
Just Shapes and Beats
I could keep going but I would be here for hours. Why none of those are on this list is messed up.
just so many they can do i guess o.o;;
easily could replace shapes and beats with geometry dash GD came first and 2.2 just came out and deserves a spot on this list for sure especially considering rob is a single developer
Nah man, it's just your favorites
other than terraria mid asf games.
@@reedspace8267 how the hell do you not know terraria, that's one of the most popular indie games of all time
So many games spoiled in one video. Why???
My absolute favourite is Transistor (also from Supergiant Games). Gameplay and soundtrack are just brilliant! :)
If hollow knight isn't first I quit
Well... Time to quit! XD
I did not play any of the games in the top 10 besides Papers Please. So, i don't know if the list is accurate or not.
#9 smh
@@glaucogd1800if hollow knight isn't #1, then the list is wrong
Hope its not. Game’s tedious af.
Hades
Actually a pretty decent top. I would arrange some of those differently, but agree with Disco being number 1. It's an unquestionable masterpiece.
Spoilers!
Yeah the game has a lot of depth
@@A-Dubs398you should of have been prepared this is a comment section and that’s a regular thing
give this guy more video game lists cuz he goddamn knows what he's talking about
Vampire Survivors should have been in this. it spawned a genre that is thriving with other amazing indie games and won a Bafta.
Even tho I don't like VS, I also think it should be high on the list, it did inspire a lot of creators.
Not only that. There is also Freedom Planet, 20XX, and Spark the Electric Jester.
I agree completely!
Absolutly agreed with You also they should have removed Sea of Star from that list thats just an unoriginally Chrono Trigger rip off
The tutorial comment on cuphead had me 💀
I swear if the Messenger isn't here...
SoS is better and its from the same people.
This has now become my favorite gaming video, with all those recomendations
Why giving so many spoilers? Doesn't add anything!!!
yeah makes no sense, they said "we wont spoil anything for Outerworld" but the next game Braid they spoil the entire ending like what the hell
Damn where’s little nightmares?
Or omori and Celeste
@@code066funkinbird3 celeste is number 5?
little nightmares is a bandai namco game so it's not indie
Wow No Broforce on the list? That’s the worst crime ever committed
Penny’s Big Breakaway is not only my all time favorite Indie game, but possibly my favorite video game of all time!
I think it looks like tons of fun. I think I will buy it soon.
Video suggestions:
TOP 20 BEST MULTIPLAYER/CO-OP GAMES OF THE DECADE/CENTURY
TOP 10 MOST UNDERRATED VIDEO GAMES OF THE 2010S
ANOTHER TOP 20 BEST YEARS IN VIDEO GAMES (ex. 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2022, or 2023)
I hope there are people here who remember Crosscode
Not only remember, but play the game at least once a year.
But maybe that's just me.
no BLASPHEMOUS 😣😣
"If you can beat the tutorial, you'll find an excellent game beyond."
WE WILL NEVER DROP THIS, WILL WE? 🤣🤣
Cuphead was amazing its one of the many games I hope get a sequel
I’ve been enjoying Tartarus by Vulcan Forged lately. It’s an indie game with an infinite survival mode that’s super challenging and fun. Any indie game fans here?
Hollow Knight changed my life. The difficulty curve, and the way the gameplay was so simple, yet so deep that most of my "leveling up" was just me getting consistently better as a player throughout the experience through how the game taught me to play itself, was insane-level game design. It felt like learning a skillset, sure without the real life benefits to show for it, but it still somehow felt just as good. It became part of the storytelling of that game. If other soulslikes are anything like it, then I'm hooked.
Outer Wilds is one of the best games of all time. a true masterpiece.
My top 5 indie:
1- Outer Wilds
2- Hollow Knight
3- Cuphead
4- Amnesia The Dark Descent
5- Slay the Spire
Hollow Knight = Masterpiece, simply as that🤷🏿♂️
Whoa, Cuphead is an Indie game!?
yes how it not
MADiSON is hella good and really scary :3
Last I checked, it's getting a vr version.
It's about Luca and the haunted camera that belonged to a serial killer named Madison who now haunts the camera. Will he end the curse or succumb to it?
I love Hades so a much fun game bro
i recomend it
Let’s face it, most indie games are far better then half the shit corporations come out with now-a-days…
I'd rank Cuphead and Hollow Knight much higher. But putting Disco Elysium on top was a good choice.
Absolutely LOVE y'all's #1 pick, Disco Elysium is legit one of the greatest games I've ever played, Probably the most well written and funniest tbh. Legit the first list with Hollow Knight ever that I didn't put it at #1, That's how much i love Disco, But HK def deserves to be #2 IMO
Other games from this list I love include Hades, Undertale, Cuphead and Celeste, There is one game that is for sure missing on here tho and that's Omori, Incredible game, HEAVY hitting story and for sure in my top 5, Maybe top 3 favorite OSTs of all time, Its music is phenomenal.
I agree man, I love Hollow Knight, but Disco Elysium, somehow surpasses the Artistry and uniqueness of Hollow Knight.
How did Cave Story not make the list? I figured that one would have easily made the top 10. 🤔
Cave Story is bad
@@jackjager8790 Huh? It's known to be one of the best indie games of all time.
I compiled 10 lists of “the 50 best indie games” and ranked them all by points gained from list positions. Stardew Valley was #1, Hollow Knight was the only game on all 10 lists, and Outer Wilds had the highest average but was only on 4/10 lists (49.3 point average, crazy). 210 games total across the 10 sources, half of which were only on one person’s list
Dude this is the greatest game review ive ever seen in my whole intire life
Outer wilds at 15 is criminally low ngl
Shovel Knight is a darling game that is nearly perfectly in my view.
Such a bummer that the studio of disco elysium Is such a mes nowdays. I really hope for a sequel.
good thing sdv is here good list❤❤❤
Since I love dinosaur games,my favorite indie game is Paleo Pines 🦕🦖
Ohh yess very genuine list with Minecraft placed no 20
What about vampire survivors???
I loved Sea of Stars. Certainly was my game of 2023
My top five (no particular order). Theres just so many games!
Fez
Shovel Knight
Inside
Bastion
Super Meat Boy
Bonus: Portal (which, yes, started life as an indie game).
No Terraria or Geometry Dash is crazy
I think Freedom Planet should have been on the list. Love that game
Hotline Miami?!?
Cuphead. You love to see it. What a masterpiece.
Top 10 games i have played - Bendy, FNaF, Cuphead, Job Simulator, The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe, Portal 2, Undertale, Minecraft, Deltarune and Baldi’s Basics.
No slay the spire or FTL?? Where's the love for the strategy games? If anybody is an enjoyer of these, id suggest checking out hellcard as well
1% games 99% spoilers
Honorable Mention: Moonlighter
No Darkest Dungeon? No Broforce? No Amnesia?
Amnesia The Dark Descent should be in top 10 imo, one of the best horror games ever and still supported by both devs and community after all these years
Seconding Darkest Dungeon.
Amnesia TDD should've been there.
I notice two great absents: Darkest Dungeon and Hyper Light Drifter.
If only AVGN Adventures could have made the list. As Omori and Deltarune as well. And Bug Fables the Everlasting Sapling.
AVGN adventures is unironically a master piece.
Never heard of the number 1 choice.
I think the number 20 choice should've been much higher, that game is iconic & dare I say revolutionary.
The number 3 slot is personally my favourite game of all time, overtaking my previous favourite game (which was Skyrim for the longest time) but after a replay of the game it overtook it.
Too many great indie games out there there to name!
These are some of the best indie games I've ever played :
Kingdom
Animal Well
Fear & Hunger
Darkwood
Hylics
Signalis
Thumper
Cruelty Squad
Hotline Miami
Blasphemous
A Short Hike
What Remains Of Edith Finch
Firewatch
Garage : A Bad Dream Adventure
Not fear and hunger yet?.... some day
Lets also not forget thw game that basicly started entire indie troupe.
Cave story
Outer Wilds and Hollow Knight are some of the most perfect games I have ever played.
Cuphead deserves to be so much higher! Hades #1! Other than that I was pretty happy with the list!
I’ve never played Hades. Y’all how good is it and should I check it out?
It's one of the best games that exists rn.
yes. 21,020 voice lines from some of the most committed voice actors you'll ever hear.
@@exhalealexinhale it's just the nearest game to perfection imo, literally 10/10 all around.
Its an incredible game. Absolutely among the greatest titans of gaming history as a whole
probably the best roguelite dungeon crawler out there. if you love greek myth then you're gonna have an even better time
hotline miami
dead cells
spelunky
into the breach
slay the spire
Ultrakill ? 🥺🥺
Hollow knight is one of my absolute favorite (indie) games of all time!
IMO Hollow Knoght deserves 1st place. Truly a masterpiece of a game😊
But have you actually played Disco Elysium?
1- Disco Elysium
2- Hades
3- Inside
4- Hollow Knight
5- What remains if Edith Finch
Great list! I just missed GRIS and maybe Bloodborne...
Bloodborne ??
@@JaydenM7 that´s why you shouldn´t drink and then comment stuff on internet. 😅 I really can´t remember why I wrote that... hope my ex doesn´t appear here 🤣
Needs Spelunky
No soma? No kenshi? What are we doing here?
Wow i had no clue Subnautica was an indie game
hotline miami always gonna be my fav, something about mowing down the russian mafia with some synthwave beats i find awesome
What about Pizza Tower? Definitely deserves a spot in here (great to see Disco Elysium in first tho)
Terraria, especially with Calamity Mod??? How about Little Nightmares??? Doki Doki Literature Club, dubbed the #1 Psychological Horror experience???
I like all-time favorite indie darlings on the PS4 or on the switch or on the PS3 like Minecraft and Cuphead
How is sea of stars on the list when games like chained echoes exist?
This list is incomplete without Spirit Farer.
Baldi's basics: Where is us?
“Papers Please” over Hollow Knight. Really?
I have the answer so everybody that’s going to watch this. I’ll save you the time.
1) Hyper light drifter (Special Edition for switch)
2) Cuphead DLC
To be fair, I've played only one of these. That said, I LOVE Hollow Knight! Try it if you can!
Hades, Hollow Knight, Stardew Valley.
No Dead Cells?
Why is cuphead 17th?
This is actually criminal
lol man i wish omori was up there
Thought for sure Rimworld would have been here. Also I was pretty sure Geometry Dash would as well