Indie games
These games were indie smash hits – but what happened next?
The developers of Thank Goodness You’re Here!, Frog Detective and Consume Me discuss burnout, ‘second-album syndrome’, erotic fan art, and the other highs and lows of having a breakout success
Sarah Thwaites
27, Mar, 2025 @12:24 PM
‘The odd drunken detective has been sighted at gigs’: how Sea Power won legions of gamer fans
As they get ready to tour its mournful music, the band reflect on Disco Elysium, the video game whose soundtrack won them a Bafta – and plenty of new followers
Dom Peppiatt
14, Mar, 2025 @4:44 PM
Grunn review – part gardening sim, part survival horror thriller
Pleasant pottering tending the hedgerows turns into an eerie puzzler full of peril, delivering more than the rural idyll it first promises
Keith Stuart
09, Jan, 2025 @4:00 PM
Games: Simon Parkin’s five best of 2024
A crafty whodunnit, a galaxy of 80s games and a subterranean adventure enthral, while poker with a twist proved addictive
Simon Parkin
21, Dec, 2024 @3:00 PM
Grab your Ouija board: behind Fear the Spotlight’s 90s-inspired horror
When two horror movie fans took the leap into game development, the last thing they expected was for an actual movie production company to want to get involved
Keza MacDonald
02, Aug, 2024 @10:00 AM
Animal Well – beautifully wrought indie underground adventure
A shimmering subterranean world reveals itself bit by bit to you, an amorphous blob, in this enchanting, intricate game
Simon Parkin
08, Jun, 2024 @1:00 PM
Little monsters: why indie developers make the best horror games
In gaming as in cinema, all of the most personal, creative and risk-taking horror can be found away from the mainstream. And happily it’s also a genre in which budget constraints can be turned into an advantage
Keith Stuart
31, Oct, 2023 @9:00 AM
Game developers furious as Unity Engine announces new fees
Unity announces a ‘Runtime Fee’, which will charge developers each time a game using the engine is downloaded
Keith Stuart
12, Sep, 2023 @6:24 PM
Dungeon crawler or looter shooter? Nine video game genres explained
Modern video games now exist in a bewildering mass of interconnected genres and sub-genres: here’s your guide to the most interesting
Keith Stuart
11, Oct, 2021 @9:00 AM
The 15 greatest games of the 2010s – ranked!
The 2010s birthed games that changed the world, from Grand Theft Auto V to Pokémon Go. In a decade with so many exceptional games to pick from, which will win out?
Keza MacDonald and Keith Stuart
07, Sep, 2021 @9:04 AM
2021 has been slow for video games. Will autumn fix that?
After the year of plenty that was 2020, 2021 has so far been a pretty lean one for video games. Are things about to turn around?
Keith Stuart
03, Sep, 2021 @8:33 AM
Backbone review – raccoon PI stars in a noir adventure with an inexplicable twist
Uncover a grim conspiracy and sweet-talk snooty bears in this genre-hopping indie game
Phil Iwaniuk
02, Sep, 2021 @11:15 AM
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