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->''"Don't need a big name to break the mold\\
All triple A games are takin' notes\\
Timeless stories, innovation\\
And the memories, that we're makin'"''
-->'''Video Game Legends Rap Vol. 3''', ''Music/JTMusic''

The term "independent game", or "indie game", generally refers to a video game developed without the backing of a major publisher.

The standard way that new video games get developed, currently, is that a publisher finances a development team to create the game, and the publisher also handles things like publishing the work, promoting/publicizing it, and any intellectual property issues that might come up.

However, some games are not produced this way. Some games are created by developers on their own time and/or cost, and typically published by the developers themselves (where "publish" sometimes just means putting up a web page with a description and a download link). Such games are developed independently of major publisher backing, and thus called "independent" or "indie" games. Indie games are almost always computer games (since software development kits for video game systems can cost quite a bit), are often simpler and/or of smaller scale than typical commercial games, and have less in the way of graphical and sound assets (as there's less money available in development to make highly detailed environments, textures, and such). Of course, this doesn't reflect on quality; the actual quality of indie games ranges from embarrassingly bad to embarrassing the big houses.

Nor does "indie" necessarily imply anything about who developed the game or how it was developed. ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' is a labor of love wholly created by a single amateur developer over the course of five years, and its success has been largely due to fans' word-of-mouth promoting, while ''VideoGame/{{Bastion}}'' was created by a team of several experienced developers who split off from the prominent video game company Creator/ElectronicArts and then published by Creator/WarnerBrosInteractiveEntertainment.

Many indie games have been released as {{freeware games}}, since the process of charging people money for the software can be a hassle and rather costly (due to transaction fees for credit cards or [=PayPal=]), and furthermore, it's easy to get people interested in your work if you offer it to them for free (and there's no shortage of people looking for free games on the internet), which is especially a good thing if you're an up-and-coming talent wanting to get recognition. Additionally, the recent rise of digital distribution services (such as Platform/{{Steam}}, most famously) has made it easier for indie developers to receive financial compensation for their work from their fans. Indie games are typically lower-priced than conventionally-developed games, and especially in comparison with big-budget "AAA" (pronounced "triple-A") titles, that are expected to be massive blockbuster hits. In theory, the lower budget and lower risk for indie games also permits more creative risk taking that ExecutiveMeddling would try and change to broaden appeal, whereas [[CreatorKiller failure or even mediocrity of a game can doom a studio]] tasked with making a multi-million dollar game (even in good economies, statistics of under-performing AAA studios being shuttered or undergoing large layoffs are common, though this varies depending on the region and circumstances)[[note]]It's more common in studios from Western, Eastern European, and West Asian countries). East Asian studios has more tolerance towards stinkers partly due of how the economic (the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiretsu keiretsu system]] in Japan and the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaebol chaebol]] one from South Korea allows them to stand a failed project more easier than their Western equivalents) and cultural systems of those countries works, albeit this doesn't help always, especially with smaller studios.[[/note]]

In recent years, independent game development has been on the rise, in part due to the success of various notable indie games (most notably ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' and especially ''Videogame/{{Minecraft}}''), as well as the greater availability of digital distribution. This is aided by the rise first of laptops then of portable devices such as tablets and smartphones. The smaller games indie studios are capable of producing often run well on these lower powered devices where AAA studios are typically rereleasing their games from five or ten years ago for the same devices.

While mature titles are far from unheard of, many indie games are notable for defying the [[AnimationAgeGhetto "kiddie" stigma attached to family-friendly video games]] and being the most popular and critically-acclaimed aversions to RatedMForMoney outside of [[Creator/{{Nintendo}} Nintendo's]] first-party titles. Some, such as the aforementioned ''Minecraft'', have become [[CashCowFranchise Cash Cow Franchises]] in their own right because of their MultipleDemographicAppeal with kids and adults.

See also DoujinSoft - in Japan the term "indie" refers only to games sold commercially, while "doujin" is used to describe hobby projects that are available for free or sold only at conventions.

There are also {{Tabletop RPG}}s known as "indie games", but precisely what that means is up to debate. Almost any definition includes many games not commonly identified as "indie".
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* ''VideoGame/OneThousandAndOneSpikes''
* ''VideoGame/TenSecondNinja''
* ''VideoGame/OneTwoThreeSlaughterMeStreet''
* ''VideoGame/TenToOneHundredThree''[[note]]An horror game series where you play as a Spec Op operative.[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/FourDGolf''
* ''VideoGame/The4thWall''
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* ''VideoGame/AdventuresOfPip''
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* The ''Amnesia'' series
** ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheBunker''
** ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent''
** ''VideoGame/AmnesiaAMachineForPigs''
** ''VideoGame/AmnesiaRebirth''
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* ''VideoGame/DotsHome''
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* ''VideoGame/DueProcess''
* ''VideoGame/{{Dusk}}''
* ''VideoGame/DustAnElysianTail''
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** ''VideoGame/DustyRagingFist''[[note]]This game is a prequel to the first one.[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Dustforce}}''
* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress''
* ''VideoGame/EasternExorcist''
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* ''VideoGame/EdnaldoPereiraMescladasso''
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* ''VideoGame/ElPasoElsewhere''
* ''VideoGame/ElseHeartbreak''
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* ''VideoGame/EnchantedPortals''
* ''VideoGame/EndlessNightmare''
* ''VideoGame/EndlingExtinctionIsForever''
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** ''VideoGame/ExitTheGungeon''
* ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy''
** ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy1''
** ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy2''
** ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy3''
** ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy4''
** ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy5''
* ''VideoGame/EpiphanyCity''
* ''VideoGame/EscapedChasm''
** ''VideoGame/DwellersEmptyPath''
* ''VideoGame/EscapeGoat''
* ''VideoGame/TheEscapists''
* ''VideoGame/EternityTheLastUnicorn''
* ''VideoGame/Event0''
* ''VideoGame/{{Eversion}}''
* ''VideoGame/EverHood''
* The ''VideoGame/EverybodyEdits'' series
** ''VideoGame/EverybodyEditsFlash''
** ''VideoGame/EverybodyEditsUniverse''
* ''VideoGame/EveryDayTheSameDream''
* ''VideoGame/EveryExtend''
* ''VideoGame/EverybodysGoneToTheRapture''
* ''VideoGame/{{Everything}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Evoland}}''
** ''VideoGame/Evoland2''
* ''VideoGame/{{Explodemon}}''
* The ''VideoGame/{{Extrapower}}'' series
** ''VideoGame/ExtrapowerAttackOfDarkforce''
** ''VideoGame/ExtrapowerStarResistance''
** ''VideoGame/ExtrapowerGiantFist''
* ''VideoGame/FaithTheUnholyTrinity''
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** ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet2''
* ''VideoGame/FromDust''
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** ''VideoGame/GoatSimulator3''
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* ''VideoGame/GoldenLight''
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* ''VideoGame/TheGoodGrimaceShakeHorrorGame''
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* ''VideoGame/GraveyardKeeper''
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* ''VideoGame/GreyMatter''
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* ''VideoGame/GrowingUp''
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** ''VideoGame/Guacamelee2''
* ''VideoGame/GundemoniumSeries''
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* ''VideoGame/{{Gunpoint}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheGunstringer''
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* ''VideoGame/HaikuTheRobot''
* ''VideoGame/{{Halflight}}''[[note]]A game made by four Taiwanese IT students as their "graduation" exam.[[/note]]
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* ''VideoGame/HappyGame''
* ''VideoGame/HappysHumbleBurgerFarm''
* ''VideoGame/HappyWars''
* ''VideoGame/HardTime''
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* ''VideoGame/AHatInTime''
* ''VideoGame/Haven2020''
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* ''VideoGame/HelloNeighbor''
** ''VideoGame/HelloNeighborHideAndSeek''
* ''VideoGame/HelloPuppets''
* ''VideoGame/{{Hellpoint}}''
* ''VideoGame/HellYeahWrathOfTheDeadRabbit''
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* ''VideoGame/TheHex''
* ''VideoGame/HighHell''
* ''VideoGame/AHighlandSong''
* ''VideoGame/AHoleNewWorld''
* ''VideoGame/HollowKnight''
** ''VideoGame/HollowKnightSilksong''
* ''VideoGame/HomeSafetyHotline''
* ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami''
** ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami2WrongNumber''
* ''VideoGame/House2020''
* ''VideoGame/HouseSitter2020''
* ''VideoGame/HoverRevoltOfGamers''
* ''VideoGame/HowToSurvive''
* ''VideoGame/{{Hue}}''
* ''VideoGame/HumanFallFlat''
* ''VideoGame/{{Huntdown}}''
* ''VideoGame/HyperLightDrifter''
* ''VideoGame/HypnospaceOutlaw''
* ''VideoGame/IAmBread''
** ''VideoGame/IAmFish''
* ''VideoGame/IAmDead''
* ''VideoGame/{{Ib}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Iji}}''
* ''VideoGame/IllWill2023''[[note]]A game made by Slava Bushuev, a ''one-man'' Russian team (!!!)[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/IllusionLands''
* ''VideoGame/IMadeAGameWithZombiesInIt''
* ''VideoGame/ImmortalDefense''
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* ''VideoGame/ImOnObservationDuty''
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* ''VideoGame/InBetween''
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* ''VideoGame/Inside2016''
* ''VideoGame/TheInvisibleHours''
* ''VideoGame/InvisibleInc''
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* ''VideoGame/ItSteals''
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* ''VideoGame/IWasATeenageExocolonist''
* ''VideoGame/JanitorBleeds''
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* ''VideoGame/KentuckyRouteZero''
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* ''VideoGame/Legend1994''[[note]]A game who had the animation made by two French dudes.[[/note]]
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** ''VideoGame/LittleNightmaresII''
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** ''VideoGame/MightyMilkyWay''
** ''VideoGame/MightySwitchForce''
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* ''VideoGame/MondayNightCombat''
* ''VideoGame/MondoMedicals''
** ''VideoGame/MondoAgency''
* ''VideoGame/MonsterBag''
* ''VideoGame/MonumentValley''
** ''VideoGame/MonumentValley2''
* ''VideoGame/MoonChronicles''
* ''VideoGame/MoonDiver''
* ''VideoGame/MortalMeal''
* ''VideoGame/MotherRussiaBleeds''
* ''VideoGame/{{Mothered}}''
* ''VideoGame/MoveOrDie''
* ''VideoGame/MrShifty''
* ''VideoGame/MsDirector''
* ''VideoGame/TheMummyDemastered''
* ''VideoGame/MummySandbox''
* ''VideoGame/MutantMudds''
* ''VideoGame/MuteCrimson''
* ''VideoGame/MyFriendPedro''
* ''VideoGame/MyStickerBook''
* ''VideoGame/MystikBelle''
* ''VideoGame/NaritaBoy''
* ''VideoGame/{{Nefarious}}''
* ''VideoGame/NeonWhite''
* ''VideoGame/NeverAlone''
* ''VideoGame/TheNextPenelope''
* ''VideoGame/{{Nidhogg}}''
* ''VideoGame/NightInTheWoods''
* ''VideoGame/TheNightIsGrey''
* ''VideoGame/NighttimeVisitor''
* ''VideoGame/{{Nikujin}}''
* ''VideoGame/Nin2Jump''
* ''VideoGame/NoMansSky''
* ''VideoGame/NoTimeToExplain''
* ''VideoGame/NobyNobyBoy''
* ''VideoGame/NoituLove''
* ''VideoGame/{{Norco}}''
* ''VideoGame/ANormalLostPhone''
* ''VideoGame/{{Norrland}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Northgard}}''
* ''VideoGame/NotAHero''
* ''VideoGame/NotForBroadcast''
* ''VideoGame/NotTheRobots''
* ''VideoGame/NovaDrift''
* ''VideoGame/NuclearThrone''
* ''VideoGame/{{Oblitus}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Observation}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Observer}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Obusite}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Octodad}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{OFF}}''
* ''VideoGame/OffworldTradingCompany''
* ''VideoGame/OlliOlli''
** ''VideoGame/OlliOlli2WelcomeToOlliwood''
* ''VideoGame/OmniBus2016''
* ''VideoGame/{{Omori}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Oneshot}}''
* ''VideoGame/OnlyIf''
* ''VideoGame/{{Ooblets}}''
* ''VideoGame/OrcAttackFlatulentRebellion''
* ''VideoGame/OrcsMustDie''
** ''VideoGame/OrcsMustDieUnchained''
* ''VideoGame/OrderUp''
* ''VideoGame/OrganTrail''
* ''VideoGame/{{Orwell}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Osada}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{OTXO}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Outbreak}}''
* ''VideoGame/AnOutcry''
* ''VideoGame/OutThere''
* ''VideoGame/OuterWilds''
* ''VideoGame/{{Outlast}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Overcooked}}''
** ''VideoGame/Overcooked2''
* ''VideoGame/{{Overland}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Owlboy}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Oxenfree}}''
* ''VideoGame/OxygenNotIncluded''
* ''VideoGame/{{Palworld}}''
* ''VideoGame/PapersPlease''
* ''VideoGame/PapoAndYo''
* ''VideoGame/{{Paprium}}''
* ''VideoGame/ParadiseKiller''
* ''VideoGame/PartyHard''
* ''VideoGame/ThePathless''
* ''VideoGame/{{Pathologic}}''
** ''VideoGame/Pathologic2''
* ''VideoGame/ThePedestrian2020''
* ''VideoGame/{{Peglin}}''
* ''VideoGame/PencilWhipped''[[note]]A game made by a ''single'' person, a young Lonnie J. Flickinger, who later founded Chiselbrain Software.[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/PennyArcadeAdventures''
* ''VideoGame/PennysBigBreakaway''
* ''VideoGame/PerfectVermin''
* ''VideoGame/PhoenotopiaAwakening''
* ''VideoGame/{{Pigsaw}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Pikuniku}}''
* ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity''
* ''VideoGame/{{Pinstripe}}''
* ''VideoGame/PitPeople''
* The ''Pixel Junk'' series
** ''VideoGame/PixelJunkEden''
** ''VideoGame/PixelJunkMonsters''
** ''VideoGame/PixelJunkRacing''
** ''VideoGame/PixelJunkShooter''
* ''VideoGame/PizzaTower''
* ''VideoGame/PlanetOfLana''
* ''VideoGame/PleaseDontTouchAnything''
* ''VideoGame/{{Polyroll}}''
* ''VideoGame/ThePonyFactory''
* ''VideoGame/PonyIsland''
* ''VideoGame/PoolPanic''
* ''VideoGame/{{PopSlinger}}''
* ''VideoGame/PoppyPlaytime''
* ''VideoGame/PotionPermit''
* ''VideoGame/PrismaticSolid''
* ''VideoGame/PrisonArchitect''
* ''VideoGame/ProjectZomboid''
* ''VideoGame/{{Pronty}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Propagation}}''
* ''VideoGame/ProtectMeKnight''
* ''VideoGame/{{Prodeus}}''
* ''VideoGame/ProjectArrhythmia''
* ''VideoGame/{{Proteus}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Pseudoregalia}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Psychosomnium}}''
* ''VideoGame/PunchClub''
* ''VideoGame/{{Putrefaction}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Pyre}}''
* ''VideoGame/QuantumConundrum''
* ''VideoGame/{{QUBE}}''
* ''VideoGame/QuiltsAndCatsOfCalico''
* ''VideoGame/{{QWOP}}''
* ''VideoGame/RadicalRappelling''
* ''VideoGame/RaidOnTaihoku''
* ''VideoGame/RainWorld''
* The ''Rakuen'' series:
** ''VideoGame/{{Rakuen}}''
** ''VideoGame/MrSaitou''
* ''VideoGame/{{Raskulls}}''
* ''VideoGame/ReadOnlyMemories''
* ''VideoGame/{{Redout}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheRedStringsClub''
* ''VideoGame/{{Reigns}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Relicta}}''
* ''VideoGame/RetroCityRampage''
* ''VideoGame/ReturnOfTheObraDinn''
* ''VideoGame/{{Rime}}''
* ''VideoGame/RivalsOfAether''
** ''VideoGame/DungeonsOfAether''
** ''VisualNovel/LoversOfAether''
* ''VideoGame/RiverCityGirls''
* ''VideoGame/{{Rochard}}''
* ''VideoGame/RockOfAges''
* ''VideoGame/RoadRedemption''
* ''VideoGame/{{Roadwarden}}''
* ''VideoGame/RogueStateRevolution''
* ''VideoGame/Ronin2015''
* ''VideoGame/RootsOfPacha''
* ''VideoGame/TheRoottreesAreDead''
* ''VideoGame/{{Ruiner}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Rumu}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Runbow}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Samorost}}''
* ''VideoGame/SanctuaryRPG''
* ''VideoGame/{{Sanctum}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheSapling''
* ''VideoGame/SayonaraWildHearts''
* ''VideoGame/ScannerSombre''
* ''VideoGame/SeaSalt''
* ''VideoGame/{{Seiklus}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Sequence}}''
* ''VideoGame/SerialCleaner''
* ''VideoGame/SeriousSam''
* ''VideoGame/SevenNightsGhost''
* ''VideoGame/TheSexyBrutale''
* ''VideoGame/ShadowWarrior2013''
** ''VideoGame/ShadowWarrior2''
** ''VideoGame/ShadowWarrior3''
* ''VideoGame/ShakedownHawaii''
* ''VideoGame/{{Shank}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Shatter}}''
* ''VideoGame/Shelter2013''
* ''VideoGame/ShootManyRobots''
* ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight''
** ''VideoGame/ShovelKnightDig''
** ''VideoGame/ShovelKnightPocketDungeon''
* ''VideoGame/{{Shutshimi}}''
* ''VideoGame/SigmaStarSaga''
* ''VideoGame/{{Signalis}}''
* ''VideoGame/SignsOfTheSojourner''
* ''VideoGame/SilverFalls''
** ''VideoGame/SilverFalls3DownStars''
** ''VideoGame/SilverFallsGaidenDeathlyDelusionDestroyersAndRubyRiver''
** ''VideoGame/SilverFallsGhoulBusters''
** ''VideoGame/SilverFallsUndertakers''
* ''VideoGame/SkatorGator''
* ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}''
* ''VideoGame/SkyChildrenOfTheLight''
* ''VisualNovel/SlayThePrincess''
* ''VideoGame/SlenderTheArrival''
* ''VideoGame/SludgeLife''
* ''VideoGame/{{Smashroom}}''
* ''VideoGame/SolarAsh''
* ''VideoGame/SoldnerX''
* ''VideoGame/{{SOMA}}''
* ''VideoGame/SorryWereOpen''
* ''VideoGame/{{Soulash}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Soulcaster}}''
* ''VideoGame/SoulVoid''
* The ''VideoGame/{{Soundodger}}'' series
* ''VideoGame/SpecimenZero''
* ''VideoGame/TheSpectrumRetreat''
* ''VideoGame/SpeedRunners''
* ''VideoGame/{{Spelunky}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Spewer}}''
* ''VideoGame/SplosionMan''
** ''VideoGame/MsSplosionMan''
* ''VideoGame/SpoilerAlert''
* ''VideoGame/{{Spookware}}''
* ''VideoGame/SquirrelStapler''
* ''VideoGame/{{Stacking}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable''
* ''VideoGame/StardewValley''
* ''VideoGame/StealthBastard''
* ''VideoGame/Stonks9800StockMarketSimulator''
* ''VideoGame/{{Steambirds}}''
* The ''[=SteamWorld=]'' series
** ''VideoGame/SteamWorldDig''
** ''VideoGame/SteamWorldHeist''
** ''VideoGame/SteamWorldQuest''
* ''VideoGame/{{Stela}}''
* ''VideoGame/StickyBusiness''
* ''VideoGame/StoriesUntold''
* ''VideoGame/AStoryAboutMyUncle''
* ''VideoGame/{{Strafe}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Stray|2022}}''
* ''VideoGame/StrangeAdventuresInInfiniteSpace''
* ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRogue''
* ''VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople''
* ''VideoGame/SubRosaFPSGame''
* ''VideoGame/{{Sundered}}''
* ''VideoGame/SuperAmazingWagonAdventure''
* ''VideoGame/SuperBenboQuest''
* ''VideoGame/SuperCyborg''
* ''VideoGame/SuperbrothersSwordAndSworceryEP''
* ''VideoGame/SuperGearQuest''
* ''VideoGame/SuperHexagon''
* ''VideoGame/{{Superhot}}''
* ''VideoGame/SuperIndieKarts''
* ''VideoGame/{{Superliminal}}''
* ''VideoGame/SuperMeatBoy''
* ''VideoGame/SuperTimeForce''
* ''VideoGame/SwallowTheSea''
* ''VideoGame/TheSwapper''
* ''VideoGame/TheSwindle''
* ''VideoGame/TheSwordsOfDitto''
* ''VideoGame/{{Tacoma}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheTalosPrinciple''
* ''VideoGame/{{Tamashii}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Tattletail}}''
* ''VideoGame/TechnoKittenAdventure''
* ''VideoGame/TellingLies''
* ''VideoGame/TempZero''
* ''VideoGame/TerraNil''
* ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Terrorbane}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Teslagrad}}''
** ''VideoGame/Teslagrad2''
* ''VideoGame/ThatsNotMyNeighbor''
* ''VideoGame/ThemsFightinHerds''
* ''VideoGame/ThereIsNoGameWrongDimension''
* ''VideoGame/TheyBleedPixels''
* ''VideoGame/TheyBreathe''
* ''VideoGame/ThisWarOfMine''
* ''VideoGame/ThomasWasAlone''
* ''VideoGame/{{Thumper}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Thunderflash}}''
* ''VideoGame/TimeFcuk''
* ''VideoGame/TinyHeist''
* ''VideoGame/ATinyStickerTale''
* ''VideoGame/TitanSouls''
* ''VideoGame/{{Togges}}''
* ''VideoGame/TormentTidesOfNumenera''
* ''VideoGame/ToTheMoon''
* ''VideoGame/ToTheRescue''
* ''Franchise/TouhouProject''
* ''VideoGame/{{Transformice}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Transistor}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Triachnid}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Triggore}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Trine}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Tunic}}''
* ''VideoGame/TwelveMinutes''
* ''VideoGame/TwoBrothers''
* ''VideoGame/TypeRider''
* ''VideoGame/UndeadDarlings''
* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''
** ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheUnfinishedSwan''
* ''VideoGame/UntitledGooseGame''
* ''VideoGame/AnUntitledStory''
* ''VideoGame/{{Uplink}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheUpturned''
* ''VideoGame/{{Uurnog}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Vanish}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheVanishingOfEthanCarter''
* ''VideoGame/VentureKid''
* ''VideoGame/{{Viewfinder}}''
* ''VideoGame/VitaminConnection''
* ''VideoGame/{{Voidigo}}''
* ''VideoGame/VolgarrTheViking''
* ''VideoGame/{{VVVVVV}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Wakfu}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Walk}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheWandererFrankensteinsCreature''
* ''VideoGame/{{Wandersong}}''
* ''VideoGame/ThisWarOfMine''
* ''VideoGame/WarOfRights''
* ''VideoGame/{{Warp}}''
* ''VideoGame/WarstrideChallenges''
* ''VideoGame/{{Wattam}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Webbed}}''
* ''VideoGame/WeedcraftInc''
* ''VideoGame/WeHappyFew''
* ''VideoGame/WeirdWest''
* ''VideoGame/{{Westerado}}''
* ''VideoGame/WhatTheGolf''
* ''VideoGame/WhatLiesInTheMultiverse''
* ''VideoGame/WhatRemainsOfEdithFinch''
* ''VideoGame/WheelsOfDestruction''
* ''VideoGame/WhiteNight''
* ''VideoGame/WildcatGunMachine''
* ''VideoGame/{{Windosill}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Windowkill}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheWitness''
* ''VideoGame/WolfsGang''
* ''VideoGame/WonderlandAdventures''
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfGoo''
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfHorror''
* ''VideoGame/WorldToTheWest''
* ''VideoGame/{{Wrack}}''
* ''VideoGame/WrestledunkSports''
* ''VideoGame/WrestlingMpire''
* ''VideoGame/{{Writhe}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Wuppo}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Xeodrifter}}''
* ''VideoGame/YearWalk''
* ''VideoGame/YIIKAPostModernRPG''
* ''VideoGame/YokaiHunterShintaro''
* ''VideoGame/YookaLaylee''
** ''VideoGame/YookaLayleeAndTheImpossibleLair''
* ''VideoGame/YouHaveToWinTheGame''
* ''VideoGame/YourOnlyMoveIsHUSTLE''
* ''VideoGame/TheYouTestament''
* ''VideoGame/YumeNikki''
* ''VideoGame/YuppiePsycho''
* ''VideoGame/ZniwAdventure''
* ''VideoGame/ZombieDriver''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Indie game developers and labels]]
* Creator/ElevenBitStudios
* Creator/AdultSwim Games
* Creator/AmanitaDesign
* Creator/AnnapurnaInteractive
* Badland
* Creator/TheBehemoth
* Creator/JonathanBlow
* Creator/{{Cactus}}
* Capybara Games
* Creator/TerryCavanagh
* Creator/TemmieChang
* Creator/ChillasArt
* Choice Provisions (formerly Gaijin Games)
* Chucklefish
* Creator/ClimaxGroup
* Creator/CurveGames
* Daniel Mullins Games
* Dear Villagers (formerly Playdius)
* Creator/DevolverDigital
* Creator/DotEmu
* Creator/DoubleFine
* Drinkbox Studios
* Creator/EbiHime
* Creator/{{Finji}}
* Creator/FrictionalGames
* Phil Fish
* Creator/TobyFox
* Fullbright
* Galaxytrail
* Creator/GBPatch
* Creator/GiantSparrow
* Creator/HalfbrickStudios
* Heart Machine
* Creator/IntiCreates
* Creator/IntroversionSoftware
* Creator/KillmondayGames
* Creator/KleiEntertainment
* Creator/LabZeroGames
* Creator/EdmundMcMillen
** Team Meat
* Creator/{{Microids}}
* Motion Twin
* Creator/{{Nicalis}}
* Creator/{{Nitrome}}
* Creator/ParadoxInteractive
* Creator/{{Playdead}}
* Creator/PuppetCombo
* Lucas Pope
* Rain Games
* Creator/RawFury
* Creator/RenegadeKid
* Creator/LauraShigihara
* Creator/StudioElan
* Creator/StudioPixel
* Creator/Team17
* Creator/TeamCherry
* Creator/TequilaWorks
* Creator/ThatGameCompany
* Creator/TinyBuild
* Creator/TwistedPixel
* Creator/TwoAndAHalfStudios
* Vlambeer
* Creator/WayForwardTechnologies
* Davey Wreden
* Creator/WishesUnlimited
* Creator/YachtClubGames
[[/folder]]
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