Now that's settled, on with the list.Ī soothing little game about climbing a big mountain, A Short Hike lives up to its name by letting you wrap the whole thing in just a couple of hours.
It just means 'independent' and describes games that were made without outside interference. And now that the semantic satiation is setting in, you'll have come to realize that the word 'indie' doesn't really mean anything, and all games are beautiful no matter what label we apply to them. You'll find indie open world games as well as indie metroidvanias, and relaxing, cozy indie games. This list of the best indie games on PC contains games of all those kinds of games, across all kinds of genres.
Or they might highlight a viewpoint we hadn't considered, explaining why someone we disagree with feels the way they do and expanding our understanding of the world. They might even let us recognize something of ourselves, and learn that something we thought was freakish is actually a shared experience, helping us feel less alone. Or the best indie games could be the ones that are the most personal-that reveal something intimate about their developers and make us feel the kind of human connection you don't get in games made by gigantic anonymous teams.
