Five Star Free Indie Games
This is my personal list of free indie games that I consider to be excellent.
You've probably heard of some of these
This is a living document.
Knytt/Knytt Stories
http://nifflas.ni2.se/?page=Knytt
http://nifflas.ni2.se/?page=Knytt+Stories
The king of atmosphere in 2D platforming.
Hero Core
http://www.remar.se/daniel/herocore.php
Quality exploration shooter worth playing all the way to the end - one bit color. Gotta love it.
Spelunky
http://spelunkyworld.com/original.html
Hamster Ball
http://www.raptisoft.com/index.php?game=hamsterball
Jables's Adventure.. fuck, the one with good dialog
http://squiddershins.com/games/jables-adventure/
Gun Girl 2
http://www.gungirl2.com/
apparently on steam now
Don't let the artwork on the
title screen fool you, this is a good game.
EnviroBear 2000
This is the only really disposable experience on the list. The game itself is a punchline, not an in depth experience. But it runs well, has a consistent graphical style and is quite amusing the first time you play it.
https://gamejolt.com/games/enviro-bear-2000/211
Cave Story
Surely everyone has heard of this game by now, but since I'm way more indie than you, I played it back in 2007. I'll admit, I didn't really like the game at first because there was too much of the
blahblah. But it opens up in the glass. Solid jump-and-shoot mechanics with some plot points that are the best examples of gameplay-story integration I've seen (even if the committment is a bit
questionable).
The remixes appear to be making the game
steadily worse.
Things not on steam:
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[li][url=http://nifflas.ni2.se/?page=Knytt]Knytt[/url]/[url=http://nifflas.ni2.se/?page=Knytt+Stories]Knytt Stories[/url][/li]
[li][url=http://www.remar.se/daniel/herocore.php]Hero Core[/url][/li]
[li][url=http://spelunkyworld.com/original.html]Spelunky[/url][/li]
[li][url=http://www.raptisoft.com/index.php?game=hamsterball]Hamster Ball[/url][/li]
[li][url=http://squiddershins.com/games/jables-adventure/]Jables's Adventure[/url][/li]
[li][url=http://www.gungirl2.com/]Gun Girl 2[/url] (apparently it's on steam now, still free)[/li]
[li][url=https://gamejolt.com/games/enviro-bear-2000/211]EnviroBear 2000[/url] (meme)[/li]
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