The Indie Games Everyone’s Sleeping On
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Indie games are innovating harder than AAA right now, and these massively slept on indie games prove it. Over the past year, some of the most creative indie games on Steam barely broke a few thousand players, despite bold mechanics, unique design choices, and years of development. In this video we’re looking at massively overlooked indie games that deserved way more attention, including Hail to the Rainbow, The Midnight Walk, Deadzone Rogue, Pathologic 3, Crisol: Theater of Idols, and Out of Action. These indie games span multiple genres, yet none ever broke 10,000 concurrent players on Steam. ____________ Thanks to Lost In Cult for sponsoring this video. Check out the Citizen Sleeper 2 collection at: www.lostincult.co.uk Use code JOYSTICKCS2 for 5% off everything. _____________ From a solo developer spending five years building Hail to the Rainbow, to The Midnight Walk winning Best VR/AR Game at The Game Awards 2025, to Deadzone Rogue hitting Steam’s top sellers before quietly f
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