The Best Indie Games You've Never Played
There's twenty indie games in this list which I think most of us have played, but if you've missed any of these picks previously then the weekend is a good time to try them out.
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Comments
Some games are so old that corresponding links are 404.
Posted by: Lazer | September 6, 2008 2:18 PM
The Underside as one of the best indie games I've never played? Great let's just put unreleased games on the list since we know no one has played it yet.
Posted by: heh | September 6, 2008 2:32 PM
And Yet It Moves (download)
Cactus Arcade by cactus (download)
Trilby: The Art of Theft by Yahtzee
Karoshi 2.0 by Jesse Venbrux (download)
Gesundheit by Matt Hammill (download)
Paroxysm by Tom Vine (download)
Cottage of Doom by Alex May (download)
Dot Fighters by Takase (download)
Toribash by Hampa (download)
De Blob by Banana Games (download)
Chalk by Joakim Sandberg (download)
Phun by Emil Ernerfeldt (download)
Racing Pitch by Secret Exit
Rose and Camellia by Nigoro
Ocular Ink by Pistachio Productions (download)
Knytt by Nifflas (download)
Knytt Stories by Nifflas (download)
Warning Forever by Hikware (download)
Cave Story by Pixel (download, translation patch)
The Underside by Arthur Lee (download)
Posted by: Tim | September 6, 2008 3:11 PM
does anyone have a working version of paroxysm? because that is 404 as well...
Posted by: b3at | September 6, 2008 3:22 PM
Thank you a lot, Tim! Gonna play Dot Fighters now.
Posted by: Lazer | September 6, 2008 3:54 PM
Cactus arcade. What a cool idea. 10/10 for execution, too. Very neat little front-end for some wacky games.
Posted by: Mark | September 6, 2008 7:29 PM
Can't believe I've never heard of Racing Pitch. That sounds amazing.
Posted by: Quetz | September 6, 2008 7:50 PM
I was kinda hoping they'd show us indie games that I, you know, never played.
Posted by: Troy RULES | September 6, 2008 8:46 PM
Cave Story and Knytt (+ Stories).....seriously? I'm guessing this was written for those who are new to the indie games community.
Posted by: Anonymous | September 6, 2008 11:51 PM
"I was kinda hoping they'd show us indie games that I, you know, never played."
If you like, I can pick really obscure indie games and post a real list of 25 that none of you have ever heard of. :)
Posted by: Paul Eres | September 7, 2008 12:02 AM
Missing's a really good candidate..
Posted by: Tim | September 7, 2008 12:50 AM
Should be called Indie Games that everyone has played. Maybe whoever wrote the article is a newbie to the scene or something.
Posted by: mosh | September 7, 2008 1:09 AM
I've played (mostly) all of them; even still, it's a solid list. Could be a nice short primer for the uninitiated.
Posted by: Eli | September 7, 2008 1:30 AM
I think that article wasn't written for us.
Posted by: beylita | September 7, 2008 2:19 AM
@beylita Exactly.
Posted by: Eli | September 7, 2008 3:19 AM
this list is missing an awesome new game called "golden pearl"!! you can get it at: goldenpearl-game.com
Posted by: tender ronin | September 7, 2008 8:18 AM
Out of curiosity I looked up the "Golden Pearl" game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDfAcmjYZ_0
This video automatically earns bonus points from me for using one of my favorite Katamari songs.
Posted by: Chetyre | September 7, 2008 8:37 AM
I'd like to see your list, Paul :)
Posted by: Zaphos | September 7, 2008 10:02 AM
Why not, I haven't posted in this blog for too long as it is. I'll write it up later today probably.
Posted by: Paul Eres | September 7, 2008 8:24 PM
You can find PAROXYSM at the following url.
http://files.filefront.com/PAROXYSMzip/;6373508;/fileinfo.html
Posted by: alpharia | September 8, 2008 6:54 AM
Rudolf didn't work on cottage of doom ;)
Posted by: haowan | September 8, 2008 10:22 AM
thanks much =) was beginning to think no one reads first posts anymore xD thanks alpharia =)
@paul we'd like to see that list =)
Posted by: b3at | September 8, 2008 12:27 PM
I also thought (like, ehh, anonymous) that it would be indie games that we have never played, not games that the mass have never played ...(but which are still very known in the indie community)
Posted by: Tzibo | September 11, 2008 7:52 PM