Ask HN: Indie Game Recommendations?

Posted by andersjbe on Saturday October 24, 2026 @12:27PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I used to love discovering unique and innovative indie games on the web when flash was a thing. I still find some on steam, but it's harder for me to just hop on like flash games since I have to think of whether or not it's worth buying and downloading a game.

So which brings me to my question and transparent attempt at outsourcing my search: has anyone played any innovative or interesting indie games recently?

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Re:Ask HN: Indie Game Recommendations? by verdverm on Saturday October 24, 2026 @12:33PM (#50222862)

Not sure how indie Outer Wilds is, started as a master's thesis, but it is certainly a unique game play and good story

https://store.steampowered.com/app/753640/Outer_Wilds/

I'm taking a break from games to work on an NES harness so agents can play some of the games I did growing up.

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Re:Ask HN: Indie Game Recommendations? by julez_ on Sunday October 25, 2026 @07:46AM (#50230602)

I made https://a-dark-cave.com/

It's an homage to old text-based games, but more story-driven and with a few modern twists.

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