cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/43119841

Hello, i was wondering if there are any good indie games on steam to try out. Can be free or paid, i don’t mind if there’s no native linux build either (i play stuff with wine/proton anyways lol) and i don’t mind the genre. I’ve been thinking of trying something new as of recent so i thought i might ask it here.

Thanks!

  • rustydrd@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    7 days ago

    As much as I love Larian and BG3, you’d have to have a really narrow definition of “major” if Larian isn’t a major studio since at least DOS2.

    • mechoman444@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      6 days ago

      It’s never been a major studio. They make a very specific kind of game they publish themselves or through a small publisher. So they’re by definition indie. In fact many people call larian AAA indie.

      • Mistic@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        5 days ago

        Personally, I call such studios AA. They are too large to be indies, yet to small to be AAA.

        Expedition 33 creators, for example, would also fall under AA, even though they’re a very young studio.

        Indie, to me, would be a studio of a couple people, of a one single team. Like with the creators of Hollow Knight. So, it’s about internal structure rather than budgets or involvement of publishers.

          • Mistic@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            4 days ago

            Which is?

            I’m asking for 2 reasons: 1st is that I simply don’t know which one you’re talking about as I’ve seen different interpretations of that word. 2nd is that I don’t think people would be arguing as much if the definition was that clear-cut.

            • mechoman444@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              4 days ago

              And before y’all start downvoting an indie game has nothing to do with budget. As long as it’s not made by a major publisher it is considered indie. Just like Mixtape and Expedition 33 are both indie games right along with schedule 1 and balatro.

              I already defined it in my first post.

              But here it is again: an indie game is any game made by a none-major publisher.

              Examples of major publishers: Activision/Blizzard, Ubisoft, Sony.

              Examples of non-major publishers: Larian Studios, Annapurna Interactive, Playstack.

              An indie game has nothing to do with budget or how many people developed the game. It is exclusively referring to the publisher.