Category: Indie Games

Celeste pairs razor-precise platforming with a sincere story about anxiety, and the two halves elevate each other beautifully.

Team Cherry's Hollow Knight trusts players to explore a fallen kingdom with almost no hand-holding, and the payoff is enormous.

Stardew Valley remains the benchmark farming sim, built almost single-handedly by ConcernedApe and still receiving updates years later.

Supergiant Games' Hades turns a roguelike about repeated death into one of the warmest, most narratively rich indie games of the decade.

Dead Cells blends roguelike permadeath with metroidvania exploration and some of the best action combat in the indie space.