And those, honestly, end up being the heart of the game: You become attached to your ship and crew - even when you end up accidentally killing them and having to start over.IndieDB is a community for game developers, bringing news, downloads, insight and media direct from indie game teams. Subset Games's tactical strategy title puts you in the captain's chair on your way to save the galaxy -Р В РІР‚в„ўР вЂ™Р’В if you can make it through any number of insane and sometimes impossible challenges. If you've ever dreamed of captaining a starship, it's hard not to love FTL. In a month where it's been hard to regularly read Facebook or Twitter, Stardew Valley is an appropriately delightful escape from the real world. If you're a fan of simulation games but want a little more quirk and a little less 'send your Sim to work for the fortieth time' monotony, Stardew Valley offers you the chance to run your own pixelated farm, interact with the locals, defeat (or join forces with) a possibly evil corporation, explore caverns, and create all sorts of endless weird cooking experiments. This was an outlier pick for our indie games list courtesy Mobile Nations video producer Justus Perry, but I have to admit that I quickly fell in love with it myself after a few hours. Though shorter than your average Final Fantasy entry, Transistor nevertheless captivates and offers great replay value with its quests and power-ups - though I'd settle for just exploring its beautifully rendered environments. Supergiant Games's sci-fi/action game sets you on a path through a futuristic electro-punk city with a mystical weapon and enemies to outwit and defeat. Modern RPGs are a dime a dozen, but none are painted in quite so stunning a manner as Transistor. It's a wonderful example of the mystery and exploration genre, providing just enough of a creepy flair to keep you on the edge of your seat with just a few major jump-out scares.Р В РІР‚СњР В РІР‚РЋor all of its intrigue, however, the game's core centers around family, ambition, and love -Р В РІР‚в„ўР вЂ™Р’В and paints those feelings with wrenching truths. The voice acting here is also top-tier this is a game that demands headphones and a wistful spirit.Р В РІР‚СњР В РІР‚С›nother entry in the first-person mystery genre, Gone Home puts you in the shoes of a student recently returned from a lengthy overseas trip to her family house, only to find it empty -Р В РІР‚в„ўР вЂ™Р’В with her younger sister apparently vanished. wildernessР В РІР‚в„ўР вЂ™Р’В -Р В РІР‚в„ўР вЂ™Р’В and the eerieness factor, too.

The 3D mystery and exploration game, which places you as a firewatch in a national park around the late 1980s, captures the essential beauty of being alone in the U.S. We've said a lot about the magic of Firewatch on iMore over the last year, but the Campo Santo/Panic collaboration continues to merit praise. Years after its release, Braid is still considered a masterpiece -Р В РІР‚в„ўР вЂ™Р’В and it's not hard to see why. It's a simple but beautiful mechanic and quickly becomes one of the primary ways you can solve the hardest puzzles all the while, it makes you think about time and movement in a completely different way. But the true delight of the game is in its controls: Not only can you run forward, jump, and the like - but you can rewind time at any moment, reversing your decisions and movements. On its face, Braid is a simple puzzle platformer: You play a man named Tim searching for a princess across the landscape of a strange world, encountering puzzles as you progress through each level.

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