Indie Games That Deserve Your Attention

The Essentials

Hollow Knight — metroidvania perfection, 40+ hours of content for $15

Celeste — precision platformer with a genuine mental health story woven in

Hades — the roguelike that proved the genre can have real narrative depth

Disco Elysium — CRPG masterpiece, every playthrough feels completely different

Outer Wilds — exploration puzzle game, play it completely blind or don't bother

Slay the Spire — the deckbuilder that ruined every other deckbuilder for me

Return of the Obra Dinn — deduction puzzle by the Papers, Please creator

Stardew Valley — the farming sim that quietly replaced my social life