It's a terrible business, though. Making an indie game you'll be lucky to draw a salary. Much better to get paid market development rates and make a game on the side, or go work for one of those "evil" monetization focused game companies.

Case in point: Toronto, Ontario has a lot of indie game devs. Ontario has great government grants for interactive digital media, through the OMDC.

All that said, the typical indie game studio here is marginal, surviving year-to-year off government grants.

If you actually manage to make a profit and draw a salary ($50k), you're a big success story.