#Best indie games 2013 Pc#
Brilliant.ģ) Papers, Please Developer: Lucas Pope | Platforms: Mac, PC | IGN Review Papers, Please is a puzzle game that will leave you feeling distinctly uneasy. Fighters, for instance, have enemies of the same level or lower marked on the map, which enables you to move more tactically about the dungeon. Each class puts its own spin on the gameplay, too. Defeating the final boss is all about getting to the right level with as big a stockpile of health and mana potions as possible. Exploring uncharted parts of the map restores health and mana, so you should take as few extraneous steps as possible unless you need to be healed. The cleverest part of the design is the way Desktop Dungeons forces the player to think about every step.
Fighting is a simple affair – physical attacks and spells, and the key is systematically defeating enemies of a similar level in order to level up and take on higher level opponents. Viewed from top down, players uncover enemies, secrets and power-ups one tile at a time. Each dungeon is essentially a puzzle to overcome. You should discover how things unfold for yourself.ġ1) Desktop Dungeons Developer: QCF Design | Platforms: Mac, PC Desktop Dungeons is one of the most tightly designed roguelikes of the year. Proteus is an experiment with video game form – players are given no direction, simply finding themselves on a charmingly pixelated island, and left to their own devices. Even the word “played” is probably overstating things.
#Best indie games 2013 ps3#
14) Proteus Developer: Twisted Tree | Platforms: PC, PS Vita, PS3 | IGN Review Proteus lasts all of half an hour, but you’ve probably never played anything quite like it.
#Best indie games 2013 Ps4#
Don’t Starve is coming to PS4 in 2014.ĭon't starve.
The day/night cycle played a big role in the game’s rhythm, and while death meant starting all over again, each playthrough taught valuable lessons. Essentially a wilderness survival game, you explore the world, gathering up resources that can be used for crafting, while trying to avoid starving, freezing, going insane and being killed by the many monsters roaming the land.
Don’t Starve grabbed my attention thanks to its unique hand-drawn visual aesthetic and open-ended gameplay. Even so, I think this list is a good reflection of the breadth of experiences delivered by indie developers in 2013, and hopefully it will point you in the direction of a couple you haven’t checked out yet.ġ5) Don’t Starve Developer: Klei Entertainment | Platform: PC | IGN Review 2013 wasn’t just the year of the indie it was also the year of the roguelike. These are the indie titles I most enjoyed last year, but there are plenty of contenders I’m yet to play.
The list that follows, then, is very much a personal one. There were so many great indie games released last year I spent at least as much time playing them as I did games released through the traditional model. And the best part is – they’re delivering. Hell, one need only look at the tussle between Sony and Microsoft – each professing their love for indies above and beyond the other – to see how important independent developers are in the modern gaming landscape. Everywhere you turned, the indies were there. The scene has been building steam for a number of years now, but in 2013 the age of the independent developer truly arrived.
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