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[Dazraell]

Disco Elysium
Yes, Your Grace
The Forgotten City
Hades
Stray
Pentiment

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

Salt & Sanctuary

Salt & Sacrifice

Vampire Survivors

 

[Ashler]

2015 - Axiom Verge
2016 - The Witness
2017 - Hollow knight
2018 - The Messenger
2019 - Outer Wilds
2020 - Hades
2021 Death's Door / Axiom Verge 2
2022 - Tunic

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Soma
Enter The Gungeon
The Binding of Isaac..
Let Them Come
Velocity 2x (That soundtrack..)

And Bullies special prize..
Haven

 

[Little Mac]

Hollowknight
Slay the Spire
Hades
Vampire Survivors
Into the Breach

 

[dreamstation]

Hard to really pick just 5 or to even rank them in any order. I just know that these games that I've played in the last few years have been amazing. Many have already been mentioned but worth doing so again. Probably heaps more that I'm missing as it's late but yea you get the picture.

Disco Elysium
Pentiment
Stasis: Bone Totem
Citizen Sleeper
Norco
Jupiter Hell
Blasphemous
Halls of Torment
Shredder's Revenge
Chronicon
Medieval Dynasty

 

[Thief1987]

Celeste
Salt&Sanctuary
Blasphemous
Guacamelee (both)
Bloodstained RotN

 

[Roberts]

Nice to see Blasphemous mentioned here. Can’t wait for the sequel - already pre-ordered and will probably be the game I dig in before Starfield.

 

[Fbh]

you played sea of stars yet?

Yeah I tried the demo and thought it was great.
The jury is still out on things like story and pacing but I enjoyed the combat system and the visuals are really nice

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Just from the top of my head:

- Stray
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits

 

[Sensei]

• 2018: Celeste
• 2019: Outer Wilds
• 2020: Hades
• 2021: Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights
• 2022: Inscryption

This year will probably go to Silksong Sea of Stars

 

[Dynasty8]

Supraland
Hades
Hollow Knight
Slay the Spire
Chained Echoes

 

[phant0m]

I’m lazy and not looking up years, but here’s my top 5 (unordered):

• Axiom Verge 2
• Hades
• Wildermyth
• Chained Echoes (seriously, play this game)
• Prodeus

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Ori 1/2 top the list by far

 

[Represent.]

1. SIFU

2. Resogun

 

[AndrewRyan]

Fury Unleashed
Dead Cells
Lonely Mountains: Downhill
The Hong Kong Massacre
Rollerdrome
Inertial Drift
Theatre of Doom
Noita

 

[Melee Attack]

Best 2D shooter for me.

 

[rofif]

Spelunky2
Enter the gungeon
Vampire survivors
Stray
Pizza tower

And I haven’t even played last one!! But cmon. It’s pizza tower. Honourable mention to teardown and rain world.

 

[KiteGr]

Hollow Knight
I unassumingly picked it up from a closing video store. It became one of my favorite games of the decade.

Outer Wilds
I've heard a lot and picked it up. I wish I could erase my memory and rediscover it all over again. Both it and it's expansion.

River City Girls
I've played many couch beat em ups with my brother. Few where as fun as this one!

Hades
There are many excelent rogue likes, but few manage to have a proper story.

Subnautika
I only played recently after the many quality of life updates and it's an amazing experience.

 

[GigaBowser]

Hades
Katana Zero
Dead Cells
Huntdown
Streets of Rage
Thumper

 

[Hudo]

I don't play indie games very often because most of them are shovelware to me.

But the ones I actually paid money for in past half decade were:

Signalis
Highfleet
Brigador (although it's "too old", I guess. But more people need to play it.)
Astlibra Revision
Silica

 

[Celine]

Disco Elysium, Signalis, Lonely Mountains: Downhill, Huntdown and Inscryption.

 

[Lunarorbit]

Hades
Slay the Spire
Stephen jackson's Sorcery! (loved it on ios)
Doki Doki Literature Club
Tunic

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

I'm not even sure I've played 5 indies in the last decade.

 

[Holammer]

Top 5 in this exact order.

1. Crosscode
2. Hades
3. Noita
4. Binding of Isaac
5. Enter the Gungeon

Honorable mentions in no particular order:
Hollow Knight, Souldiers, Yoku's Island Express, Dave the Diver, Tinykin, Blazing Beaks, Dead Cells, Cult of the Lamb

 

[LavitzSlambert]

2017 - Hollow Knight
2018 - Celeste (The Messenger is a close runner up and deserves a mention)
2019 - Untitled Goose Game (until perhaps I play Outer Wilds)
2020 - Hades
2021 - Kena: Bridge of Spirits
2022 - Stray (haven’t played many from this year, Tunic will probably take its place once I get around to it)

This year I am hoping for a strong showing from Sea of Stars. If the demo is any indication, Sabotage Games is going to blast off.

 

[theHFIC]

Hardspace: Shipbreaker
Dorfromantik
The Case of the Golden Idol
Vampire Survivors
Stanley Parable - Ultra Deluxe