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Genius idea: Date Boy is a short, free game about juggling a date and your Game Boy #FreeGames #GameBoy #IndieGame #PCGaming #datinglife

Is there a game with a better art style than Cuphead? Amazing that it lived up to the hype of how good it looks... #Cuphead #CupheadEdit #cupheadgameplay #Runandgun #indiegamer @cuphead.bsky.social @studiomdhr.bsky.social @zoemoss.bsky.social

Mario decided he'd earned himself a bit of fun...

🚗 Keep Driving 🚗 by @ycjygames.bsky.social makes me want to go on road trips even though I'm a terrible traveler. Amazingly atmospheric. #keepdriving #RPGs #RoadTrips #IndieGames #Indiegamedev

How would you improve Zelda: Ocarina of Time? It may be being remade, if the rumours turn out right... #Zelda #legendofzeldabreathofthewild #LegendOfZelda #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch

🩸⌨️ Blood Typers ⌨️🩸 = Resident Evil x Typing of the Dead. It works very, very well. #bloodtypers #typinggame #typingchallenge #residentevil #indiegames

🐠 ABZÛ is still up there with the best-looking games ever made 🐠 #Abzu #oceanlife #indiegamer #aquaticlife #indiegaming @505games.com @giantsquidstudios.com

🌊 Wave Race 🌊 64's beautiful waves, splashing and racing is ageing brilliantly. Be nice to be in the sea in this 🔥 heatwave 🔥 #WaveRace64 #Nintendo #Nintendo64 #jetskilife #N64

Is there a game with better writing than Disco Elysium? #DiscoElysium #SeaPower #RPGs #RolePlayingGames #RPG @zaumstudio.bsky.social @seapowerband.bsky.social

🚬🍳 Arctic Eggs is weird magic. Turns out frying odd stuff for odd folks is a very satisfying game mechanic... 🍳🚬 #arcticeggs #indiegames #indiegaming #frying #steamgames @thewatermuseum.bsky.social @cr-games.bsky.social @cdbunker.bsky.social

Button-destroyers Track and Field + Hyper Sports are 40+ years old, yet still two of the best sports games. #trackandfieldlife #hypersport #konami #arcadegamer #sportsgames @konamina.bsky.social

It's still hard to beat the Katamari games for pure cheerfulness... #katamari #katamaridamacy #katamaridamacyreroll #namco #nintendoswitch @bandainamcousa.bsky.social @bandainamcoeu.bsky.social @bandainamcoau.bsky.social

Titanium Court does some enjoyable match-3 (and more) unpredictability. #TitaniumCourt #ConsumeMe #IndieGames #match3game #indiegaming @fellowtraveller.games @apthomson.bsky.social

Making games that get laughs is hard. 🦝 Funi Raccoon Game 🦝 makes it look easy. Proper consistent laughs and chaotic 3D platforming. #funiraccoongame #Irishgaming #3dplatformer #indiegame #raccoons @crayondev.ie @kitworldz.bsky.social

🪙 Reckon you could get a coin to land on heads 10x in a row? 🪙 Unfair Flips is a short game about a coin that hates you and probability. #incrementalgame #clickergame #indiegamedeveloper #cointoss #indiegames

The Exit 8 is an eerie masterpiece. Spot eerie anomalies. Turn back. Turn back. Turn back. @kotakecreate.bsky.social @playismen.bsky.social #Exit8 #TheExit8 #indiegame #horrorgames #liminalspaces

Everybody's Gone to the Rapture is still a rare thing - a game that looks, sounds and feels like a bit of England. Eerie story too... #walkingsimulator #storygame #storygames #PS4 #steamgames @thechineseroom.co.uk

🌹 Flower 🌹 knew exactly how to do satisying, relaxing progress... #Annapurna #journeygame #flowgames #PS3 #PS4 @annapurna.com @thatgamecompany.com

Nine Sols gives you: ✅️ 2D Sekiro ✅️ Difficulty ✅️ Parrying ✅️ Hardcore bosses. Very challenging, very rewarding. #ninesols #Sekiro #Metroidvania #Soulslike #HollowKnight

Who's the most annoying video game character? perhaps the King of All Cosmos from the Katamari Games? #Katamari #katamaridamacy #videogamelover #videogamer #gaming

Is The Good Time Garden - from the makers of Thank Goodness You're Here - the weirdest, eeriest little game ever made? @coalsupper.bsky.social #IndieGames #FreeGames #ThankGoodnessYoureHere #SteamGames #IndieGamer

🚖 Crazy Taxi 🚖 is still pretty hard to beat for arcade driving chaos. #Sega #crazytaxi #segadreamcast #arcadegame #drivinggame @sega.jp @sega-west.bsky.social @sega-16.bsky.social

✝️ Forgive Me Father 2 ✝️ is like playing through a sinister, Lovecraftian graphic novel @bytebarrel.bsky.social #lovecraft #boomershooters #fpsgames #graphicnovel #hplovecraft

🧨 A Game About Digging a Hole 🧨 is one of the most enjoyably mellow games I've ever played. #agameaboutdiggingahole #steamgames #incrementalgame #digging #indiegame

Superflight is a wingsuit game. Score chasing, risk taking and adrenaline by Grizzly Games. #Superflight #Wingsuit #IndieGame #extremesport #steamgames

Is there a game with a better soundtrack than ◻️ Geometry Dash? ◻️ So many tunes #GeometryDash #geometrydashgame #GameMusic #gamesoundtrack #rhythmgame

Clutter's Greatest Hits - object matching games - are weirdly moreish. Can't stop clicking. #Clutter #Tidying #IndieGames #cleaninggame #findtheobject

Goldeneye 007 was genuinely so great at the time. Holds up well, odd controls aside... #N64 #Nintendo64 #JamesBond #Goldeneye007 #007firstlight @rare.co.uk

Easy Delivery Co. by Sam C is a uniquely frosty mix of cosy + mildly eerie. It's ace. #EasyDeliveryCo #IndieGamer #cosygaming #cozygamingcommunity #cozygamers @orointeractive.bsky.social

Was 🐵 Diddy Kong Racing 🐵 the best racing game on the Nintendo 64? #Nintendo64 #N64 #DiddyKongRacing #Mariokart #crashteamracing

🏁 Parking Garage Rally Circuit 🏁 by @walaber.com absolutely nails those perfect old-school arcade looks and drifts. #RacingGames #indiegamesdev #rallygame #ArcadeGame #racinggame

The Simpsons beat 'em up was some of the most fun you could have at the arcade... @thesimpsonsonfox.bsky.social #BartSimpson #TheSimpsons #ArcadeGame #Konami #HomerSimpson @konamina.bsky.social

📊 Pocket Boss 📊 is a clever, short game from @mariov.ch and @playables.net about if your boss gets what they're asking for. #indiegame #steamgames #data #dataanalysis #exceltricks

⛷️ Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders ⛷️ by Megagon Industries is great for adrenaline and slapstick @lonelymountains.bsky.social #lonelymountainsdownhill #lonelymountainssnowriders #indiegames #skiing #skiingislife

🌚 15 Minutes 🌚 by Timmy Beckmann is a moving, free, short game about being stuck in school with 15 minutes before the world ends. #itchio #narrativegames #walkingsimulator #indiegamer #indiegame

Is Lemmings the best Amiga game? If not, then what? #CommodoreAmiga #Amigagames #retrogamers #PuzzleGames #classicgames

SEKTORI is a roguelike shmup with Housemarque heritage and non-stop adrenaline. It's incredible work by @gimblll.com #shmup #shootemups #roguelike #returnal #saros

🔪 Anthology of the Killer 🔪 is excellent, weird, distinct comedy-horror #AnthologyOfTheKiller #HorrorGames #FunnyGames #itchiohorror #steamgames

RACCOIN delivers on the hype. Arcade nostalgia, moreish roguelike magic. @playstack.com @raccoingame.bsky.social #raccoin #roguelike #roguelite #coinpusher #steamgame

What's the best story ever told in a game? 1000xRESIST, perhaps? @sunsetvisitor.studio @fellowtraveller.games #IndieGamer #narrativegames #storygames #scifigame #nintendoswitch

🐶 Dogpile 🐶 is a joyful roguelike deck builder (especially if you liked Suika Game) @folly.studio #Roguelike #dogsoftiktokviral🐶🦮 #Deckbuilder #steamgame #PCGames

Stick It To The Stickman is a roguelite beat em up with office politics and dragon punches @freelives.bsky.social @devolverdigital.com #indiegaming #beatemup #roguelike #roguelite #steamgames

Manifold Garden is beautiful, gravity-bending, infinite-loop puzzle solving #ManifoldGarden #Indiegaming #puzzlegame #puzzlegames #puzzlegaming @laryssaokada.bsky.social @ompu.co

🫐 Berry Bury Berry 🍓 is unbelievably moreish (and tells a good spooky story) #Incremental #berryburyberry #indiegamer #pcgaming #horrorgamer

Is there any game that does better destruction than Teardown? #teardown #destruction #demolition #indiegames #tiktokgaming

That rushing water. Turns out clearing up floods is crazy-satisfying in DrainSim #simgame #powerwashsimulator #simulatorgames #simulatorgame #indiegame

Is there a snowboarding game as pleasantly crunchy as 🏂 1080 🏂 on the N64? #Nintendo64 #1080 #Snowboarding #n64 #snowboardinggames

Without A Dawn by @jessemakkonen.com is a short, excellent, BRUTAL, ASCII-style bit of horror. #HorrorGames #Indiegamedev #Ascii #VisualNovel #shortgames

🚀 Wild Blue Skies 🚀 - a game with Starfox dev lineage - more than scratches the Starfox itches #wildblueskies #steamgames #starfox #nintendo64 #snes @chuhailabs.com

Dipped back into the original Grand Theft Auto from 1997. Sort of different and sort of the same :-) #GTA6 #GrandTheftAuto #GTA #GTACommunity #GTA5 @rockstargames.com

📣 Phonopolis 📣 is the most distinctly great looking game I've seen in a while. @amanita-design.net #IndieGames #dioramas #handpainted #cardboardcutout #steamgames

Very impressed how slickly Super Meat Boy 3D makes the transition from 2D. Enjoyed the demo a lot. @headup.bsky.social @sluggerfly.bsky.social @supermeatboy.bsky.social #SuperMeatBoy #SuperMeatBoy3d #supermeatboyforever #3dplatformer #speedrunning

Donkey Kong Country still plays nicely. Today feels like a nostalgia day... #DonkeyKongCountry #donkeykongbananza #DonkeyKong #SNES #snesgames

Nubby's Number Factory successfully scratches all those nice roguelike itches. In a very 90s way. #indiegames #indiegaming #steamgame #steamgames #roguelike @mogdogblog.bsky.social

🛹🚞 Denshattack! plays as happy as it looks. Skateboarding, except trains. 🚞🛹 @fireshinegames.bsky.social @denshattack.bsky.social #SteamNextFest #tonyhawksproskater #IndieGames #Anime #PCGames

🐸❄️ Froggy Hates Snow ❄️🐸 has very satisfying looks and survival loops @digitalbandidos.bsky.social #IndieGaming #SteamNextFest #Itchio #SurvivalGame #survivalgames

🏔 Celeste 🏔 came out 8 years ago and is still one of the best platformers out there @maddymakesgames.com #Celeste #2dplatformer #itchio #steamgames #platformer

Movement feels GOOD in Pepper Grinder @devolverdigital.com #PepperGrinder #IndieGameDev #NintendoSwitch #SteamGames #2DPlatformer

Maquette's size-shifting world-within-a-world puzzles are underratedly satisfying... @annapurna.com #maquette #maquettes #indiegame #annapurna #puzzlegame

Slay The Princess by @blacktabbygames.com somehow lives up to the huge hype. Excellent writing, choice making, branching paths and longevity. @serenityforge.com #SlayThePrincess #SlayThePrincessEdit #scarlethollowgame #visualnovel #visualnoveledit

Tell me the game that makes you genuinely laugh out loud? I'll start with Thank Goodness You're Here... #ThankGoodnessYoureHere #ComedyGame #indiegamesdev #gamingjokes #comedy @coalsupper.bsky.social @panic.com

Superliminal does incredibly satisfying magic with perspective. Lovely puzzles. #Superliminal #GamePass #IndieGames #puzzlegame #puzzlegames

Strange Jigsaws and 20 Small Mazes - by @flebpuzzles.bsky.social - both really hit the button in your brain that makes you feel very clever (& occasionally daft, until then :-) ) There’s an excellent pace of fresh twists & ideas to keep up with. Proper, clever, escalating puzzle design #PuzzleGames

🪰 Time Flies 🪰 by @playables.net is a beautiful, funny, short game about life and death. @panic.com #timefliesgame #Timeflies #indiegames #steamgames #steamgame

I’m not a big horror fan, but Home Safety Hotline is pitched perfectly (for me, anyway). Fascinating enough to justify the eerieness, but also way, way funnier than I was expecting. An all-timer weird-fun ending as well :-) @slicknicklives.bsky.social @nightsignalentertainment.com #IndieGaming

Is there a better 3D platformer than Super Mario Odyssey out there? I want to try it, if so... #SuperMarioOdyssey #Nintendo #Switch #Switch2 #3dplatformer

Remember Snake on old Nokia phones? Try 🐍 Deep Snake 🐍 by @dietzribi.bsky.social (it's free on Steam) #Snakegame #Mobilegames #Retrogames #indiegaming #pcgames

🚕🚖 Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom 🚖🚕 is awesome 3D platforming at hyperspeed. Get those cogs. @panikarcade.bsky.social @thoseawesomeguys.bsky.social #YellowTaxiGoesVroom #3dplatformer #indiegaming #indiegamesdev #steamgames

Which is the best point 'n' click ever? Day of the Tentacle, for me. Those time travel puzzles = genius. If not, which is better? @doublefine.com #DayOfTheTentacle #Pointandclick #pointandclickgames #scumm #scummvm #Lucasarts

🥚Egg🥚 is a free, short, hardcore 3D platformer from Terry Cavanagh ( @terrycavanaghgames.com ) maker of Super Hexagon and VVVVVV. It's a proper challenge. If you liked Baby Steps as much as I did you'll like this too. #Egg #SuperHexagon #VVVVVV #itchio #FreeGames #BabySteps

You recommended Ultrakill. It's incredible and hilarious, thanks for that :-) @newblood.games #fpsgames #Ultrakill #ultrakillgame #fps #Steamgames @ultrakill-game.bsky.social

Limbo is still beautiful - if bleak - in motion. Worth an hour or two if you don't mind a bit of trial and error. @playdeadgames.bsky.social #Limbo #Playdead #playdeadinside #platformer #2dplatformer

🎳 Super 10 pin is a hidden gem 🎳 New(ish)-but-N64-retro-themed, very moreish bowling by @modusinteractive.bsky.social #Bowling #Nintendo64 #N64 #Steam #IndieGames

Brotato goes toe-to-(pota)toe with Vampire Survivors and others in the genre. Excellent escalation by @evilempirestudio.bsky.social and company... #Brotato #VampireSurvivors #Megabonk #IndieGaming #GamePass

Banjo-Kazooie: I still have to go back around once a year (in no small part because of @grantkirkhope.bsky.social's banger of a soundtrack) #BanjoKazooie #BanjoTooie #N64 #nintendo64 #3dplatformer @rare.co.uk

You recommended I AM YOUR BEAST for some great-feeling movement in an FPS. You were very right (thank you!) @strangescaffold.bsky.social @frostypopgames.bsky.social #IndieGaming #IndieGames #FPSGames #Iamyourbeast #FPSGaming

Portal. Another all-timer satisfying game mechanic. #Portal #Portal2 #Portals #Valve #PCGaming @valvesoftware.com

🍄Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker🍄 is a beautiful underrated gem #WiiU #NintendoSwitch #3DS #CaptainToad #CaptainToadTreasureTracker

Post Void by @ycjygames.bsky.social is psychedelic, frantic, addictive madness. #PsychedelicArt #IndieGaming #IndieGames #PostVoid #FPSGames

A Short Hike remains a cosy joy. An hour or two of fun and relaxation waiting for you. @adamgryu.bsky.social #IndieGaming #CosyGames #CosyGaming #Itchio #ItchioGames

Wonder = best 2D Mario, for me. Pays off decades of great games all at once. If you disagree, which is better and why? #SuperMarioWonder #SuperMarioWorld #SuperMarioMaker #SuperMarioBros3 #NewSuperMarioBros

Super Meat Boy still slaps. Amazing feeling platforming. @supermeatboy.bsky.social @dannybstyle.bsky.social @dannybstyleband.bsky.social #SuperMeatBoy #SuperMeatBoy3d #SuperMeatBoyForever #Platformer #IndieGaming

📸 Walking into photos 📸 Is this the most satisfying game mechanic ever? (From Viewfinder by Sad Owl Games w/ @thunderfulgames.bsky.social) #IndieGaming #IndieGames #PuzzleGames #IndieGamer #SteamDeck

Before #Sektori there was 🟢🟦🔺️Geometry Wars!🔺️🟦🟢 #GeometryWars #Shmup #Shmups #Roguelike #Roguelite #IndieGaming

Outer Wilds - off we go again with one of the best, smartest games ever made, then @annapurna.com @mobiusdigitalgames.com #OuterWilds #OuterWildsEchoesOfTheEye #IndieGaming #Annapurna #AnnapurnaInteractive #IndieGames

🪿 Untitled Goose Game 🪿 Like Hitman, but a goosey jerk. Still a great game. @househouse.bsky.social @panic.com #IndieGame #IndieGames #IndieGamer #IndieGaming #NintendoSwitch

🤛🫷💪 Sifu - is there a game with better hand-to-hand combat? 💪🫷🤛 @kepler-interactive.bsky.social @sloclap.bsky.social #Sifu #BeatEmUp #BeatEmUps #BeatEmUpGames #MartialArts

HYPER DEMON looks and plays like nothing else. (Except maybe looking a little bit like Skate Story, now I think about it...) #HyperDemon #DevilDaggers #IndieGaming #IndieGamer #IndieGames

Spilled! deserves more love. Very satisfying, ultra-relaxing, short and sweet, and a good cause. @gamesforwaves.bsky.social #gamesforwaves #spilledgame #cozygamer #cozygame #cozygaming

🫡 The true hero of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice 🫡 #Sekiro #SekiroShadowsDieTwice #FromSoftware #Soulslike #Soulsborne

Neon White - I'm yet to find a first-person game where the movement feels better. @annapurna.com #NeonWhite #Speedrunning #IndieGaming #IndieGame #NintendoSwitch

Boomerang X is a beautiful-looking, lovely-moving shooting range. A shame we won't get more from DANG! @devolverdigital.com @samsuite.bsky.social @smaxophone.bsky.social #Devolver #DevolverDigital #BoomerangX #IndieGame #IndieGames #IndieGaming #SteamDeck

3D World (and Land) seem weirdly underrated compared to the other 3D Mario games... #SuperMario3DWorld #SuperMario3DLand #SuperMario3DWorldandBowsersFury #NintendoSwitch #WiiU

🚀 Minishoot Adventures 🚀 is in the absolute top-tier of Metroidvanias. The pace of progression, secrets, puzzles etc. is perfectly pitched. Also, the shooting feels like proper fireworks in your brain @indieark.bsky.social #MinishootAdventures #SoulgameStudio #Shmup #Metroidvania #Shmups #SteamDeck

⚽️ Sensible Soccer ⚽️ is still more fun than FIFA / EA FC and Pro Evo / eFootball #SensibleSoccer #SWOS #FootballGames #RetroGames #Retrogaming

Keep moving, don't get hit. Super Hexagon by @terrycavanaghgames.com absolutely slaps. Especially with @chipzel.bsky.social's soundtrack. #Chiptune #ChipTunes #Indiegame #IndieGaming #IndieGames #SuperHexagon

If you grew up playing and loving ⚽️ football ⚽️ and the #WorldCup then Despelote is a game for you. It's a nostalgic, uniquely great-looking narrative-kickabout. @despelote.game #IndieGames #IndieGaming #SteamDeck #Ecuador #Soccer

This isn't the game you think it is. It's The Looker (🔊 SOUND ON for a genius maze puzzle) If you loved The Witness you'll love this. Proper laughs and affectionate parody. #TheWitness #TheLooker #SteamDeck

RACCOIN is a coin-pusher roguelike and that's me hooked on another one then. @raccoingame.bsky.social @playstack.com #Coinpusher #Roguelite #SteamDeck