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Independent Games That Take Big Creative Risks

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Games That Are Better When You Know Nothing Going In
Games That Are Better When You Know Nothing Going In
by game_tinkerer  • 
8 in common: Immortality, Inscryption and 6 more
For players who enjoy discovering not just an answer, but how a game wants them to think. These choices reward testing an assumption, following an odd detail or letting a story change your...
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Games With Unreliable Narrators Worth Questioning
Games With Unreliable Narrators Worth Questioning
by game_tinkerer  • 
5 in common: The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, The Beginner's Guide and 3 more
For players who enjoy checking a confident voice against what they can actually observe. These games make room for self-interest, selective memory, competing accounts and instructions that deserve...
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Story Games for People Who Love a Good Novel
Story Games for People Who Love a Good Novel
by game_tinkerer  • 
5 in common: Norco, 1000xResist and 3 more
If you love a novel for its voice, its people and the work it leaves to your imagination, games have several ways to meet you. These choices use conversation, observation, decisions and sometimes...
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Games for People Who Love Maps, Codes and Notebooks
Games for People Who Love Maps, Codes and Notebooks
by game_tinkerer  • 
5 in common: Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, Blue Prince and 3 more
There is a particular pleasure in turning a page of uncertain observations into an idea worth testing. These games make room for that pleasure, whether you enjoy sketching a route, comparing...
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Games Where You Learn the Rules by Experimenting
Games Where You Learn the Rules by Experimenting
by game_tinkerer  • 
5 in common: Manifold Garden, Viewfinder and 3 more
For the pleasure of trying an idea and realising the world has been following a rule you had not noticed. These games teach through examples, feedback and repeatable interactions, from small...
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Games That Made Me Fall in Love With Gaming Again
Games That Made Me Fall in Love With Gaming Again
by game_tinkerer  • 
6 in common: Neon White, Blue Prince and 4 more
Coming back to games after a break can begin with a small pleasure: a satisfying glide, a mischievous idea or a mystery you genuinely work out yourself. These picks are for someone tired of...
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Puzzle Games That Make You Feel Brilliant
Puzzle Games That Make You Feel Brilliant
by game_tinkerer  • 
6 in common: Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, Viewfinder and 4 more
The satisfying moment is when a confusing problem becomes something you understand. These puzzle games reward careful experiments, observation and connections you can explain afterwards. The...
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Games With Endings That Stay With You
Games With Endings That Stay With You
by game_tinkerer  • 
5 in common: Kentucky Route Zero, What Remains of Edith Finch and 3 more
A memorable ending makes the time before it matter: a mechanic acquires new weight, an ordinary relationship becomes difficult to leave, or a question follows you beyond the credits. These are...
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Brilliant Games You Can Finish in One Evening
Brilliant Games You Can Finish in One Evening
by game_tinkerer  • 
4 in common: Despelote, The Beginner's Guide and 2 more
Sometimes you want a complete creative statement before bed. These adventures, narrative experiments and puzzle games reach a proper conclusion in an ordinary evening, with room to read the...
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Video Games Everyone Should Play at Least Once
Video Games Everyone Should Play at Least Once
by game_tinkerer  • 
9 in common: Inscryption, Kentucky Route Zero and 7 more
A starting shelf for discovering what games can do: let you solve a problem your own way, inhabit an unfamiliar life, build something personal or share a ridiculous evening. These choices cross...
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Games With Soundtracks Worth Hearing Outside the Game
Games With Soundtracks Worth Hearing Outside the Game
by game_tinkerer  • 
4 in common: Paradise Killer, Neon White and 2 more
I look for game music that offers more than a reminder of a favourite scene: an album with its own shape, a striking instrumental voice or songs that belong in a wider playlist. These choices...
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Games That Tell a Story Through Places and Objects
Games That Tell a Story Through Places and Objects
by game_tinkerer  • 
4 in common: Blue Prince, What Remains of Edith Finch and 2 more
I like noticing what someone left on a desk, which part of a home they kept and how a familiar room has changed. These games make that attention part of playing: you arrange belongings, follow a...
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Difficult Games That Teach You Fairly
Difficult Games That Teach You Fairly
by game_tinkerer  • 
3 in common: Rhythm Doctor, Neon White and 1 more
A useful challenge gives you something to learn from the attempt: a readable attack, a visible rule or a retry that lets you change one decision. These games ask for different skills, from precise...
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Detective Games That Let You Do the Detecting
Detective Games That Let You Do the Detecting
by game_tinkerer  • 
3 in common: Her Story, Paradise Killer and 1 more
These mysteries leave an important part of the reasoning to you: connecting testimony, identifying people, reconstructing a sequence or deciding what the evidence can support. Some check a written...
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Games With Interfaces That Are Part of the World
Games With Interfaces That Are Part of the World
by game_tinkerer  • 
3 in common: Her Story, Return of the Obra Dinn and 1 more
I enjoy an instrument that feels as though my character could actually use it. These games make documents, tools, terminals or control stations part of how you understand and act on the world. I...
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Puzzle Games Where Perspective Changes Everything
Puzzle Games Where Perspective Changes Everything
by game_tinkerer  • 
2 in common: Manifold Garden and Viewfinder
For the delight of finding a route by seeing a space differently. These puzzle games make viewpoint, scale, projection or orientation an actual interaction, with ideas that develop beyond a...
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Games That Make Small Spaces Feel Full of Possibility
Games That Make Small Spaces Feel Full of Possibility
by game_tinkerer  • 
3 in common: Blue Prince, Return of the Obra Dinn and 1 more
For players who would rather learn a place than keep crossing another empty stretch of map. These games fill contained settings with useful routes, changing routines, overlooked clues or systems...
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Games With Great Stories and Forgiving Controls
Games With Great Stories and Forgiving Controls
by game_tinkerer  • 
3 in common: Kentucky Route Zero, Slay the Princess: The Pristine Cut and 1 more
Strong stories can ask a great deal of your judgement without asking for perfect jumps or constant camera control. These recommendations refer to the PC versions and favour conversation...
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Games With Worlds That Change When You Return
Games With Worlds That Change When You Return
by game_tinkerer  • 
2 in common: Pathologic 2 and Outer Wilds
Returning somewhere can be more revealing than finding somewhere new. These games make familiarity matter: a route may work differently, a neighbour may remember your decision, or shared spaces...
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Horror Games With Stories Worth Facing the Fear For
Horror Games With Stories Worth Facing the Fear For
by game_tinkerer  • 
2 in common: Pathologic 2 and Slay the Princess: The Pristine Cut
Fear has more to hold onto when the people and questions behind it matter. These horror games use dread to explore attachment, responsibility, memory or the pressures people place on one another...
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