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What are the best indie games you've ever played? (ani.social)

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Fantastic titles made by people in their bedrooms.

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[-] darthelmet@lemmy.world 21 points 6 months ago

Slay the Spire: I don’t just think it’s the best deck building roguelike, I think it’s the quintessential deck building roguelike. It’s such a complete exploration of the design space of the genre in terms of the options it gives the player to build their deck and the challenges it puts those decks up against. Not that there aren’t any other fun games in this genre, but they all still feel like STS, but worse and with a gimmick that doesn’t add much.

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[-] Bombastion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 months ago

Yeah, StS really ruined me for other deckbuilders, and I'm still chasing that high. Some pretty good ones have been Power Chord and Banners of Ruin. They're both team-based games where cards are tied to certain characters, and I think that particular mechanic adds enough that it took me a while to crack the code on them.

[-] jacksilver@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Wildfrost is a really good one. It's got a lot of different play styles and has a pretty big learning curve.

Also on android there is Pirate Outlaws. It feels like a slay the spire clone, but has a good amount of content and does enough different to be worth mentioning.

Not exactly the same cause it's not a deck builder, but has a similar feel is dicey dungeons (both steam and android). It's a lot simpler and luck is a larger factor, but it's got a decent gameplay loop and being able to play on Android helped scratch that itch on the road.

[-] rigatti@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

I liked Wildfrost, but it didn't have that much replay value after 30 or so hours, whereas I have 500+ in StS. They have updated it since I last played though, so maybe there's a bit more to do now?

[-] jacksilver@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

They've definitely added things to it over the year or so it's been out. Not sure if enough to make it worth it for you. It's also possible I'm just bad at it, as I haven't beaten it (although only 12hrs on it).

[-] rigatti@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

It's definitely a tough game. The only thing easy about it is taking your turn, missing something important, then dying.

[-] cafuneandchill@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Wildfrost mention, hell yeah

I'm not too into deckbuilders, so I played it just for that gorgeous presentation lol. The art style falls under an unusual category of "cute, but I'm pretty sure that the artist also draws naughty stuff on the side"