Spiritfarer
Cozy management game about dying.\\\' Ferry spirits to the afterlife. Emotional and beautifully hand-drawn.
Blasphemous
Brutal pixel-art metroidvania set in dark religious horror world. Spanish indie hit with Souls-like difficulty.
FTL: Faster Than Light
Spaceship management roguelike. Every decision matters. Kickstarted the modern roguelike renaissance.
Hollow Knight
Modern metroidvania masterpiece. Hand-drawn beauty, challenging combat, vast interconnected world. Set standard for genre.
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Start Learning โInto the Breach
From FTL creators. Perfect information turn-based tactics. Every move matters. Bite-sized but deeply strategic.
Shovel Knight
NES-style platformer that kickstarted retro-indie movement. Multiple campaigns added over years.
Baba Is You
Mind-bending puzzle game where you manipulate the rules themselves. Unique mechanic creates incredible puzzles.
Rimworld
AI storyteller generates emergent narratives in colony management sim. Infamous for war crimes and organ harvesting.
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Start Learning โDarkest Dungeon
Gothic horror RPG where stress matters as much as HP. Manage sanity while exploring eldritch horrors.
Hotline Miami
Neon-soaked ultra-violent top-down action. Die and retry instantly. Incredible soundtrack. Cultural style icon.
Don\\\'t Starve Together
Tim Burton-esque survival game with excellent co-op. From makers of Mark of the Ninja and Oxygen Not Included.
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Roguelike that popularized the genre on modern platforms. Hundreds of items create infinite synergy combinations.
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Start Learning โReturn of the Obra Dinn
Brilliant detective game from Papers Please creator. Investigate deaths on a ghost ship. Incredible deduction gameplay.
Loop Hero
Unique roguelike where you build the world your hero loops through. Addictive card-based strategy.
A Short Hike
Relaxing exploration game about hiking a mountain. Short but perfectly crafted. Pure wholesome vibes.
Valheim
Viking survival sandbox that became Early Access phenomenon. Solo or co-op base building and exploration.
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Start Learning โInscryption
Genre-bending card game with horror and meta elements. From creator of Pony Island. Multiple gameplay shifts.
Factorio
Build and optimize increasingly complex factories. Notoriously addictive automation game. Perfect engineering sandbox.
Celeste
Challenging platformer about climbing a mountain and overcoming anxiety. Perfect difficulty curve, touching story.
Dead Cells
The roguevania that defined the genre blend. Tight combat, procedural levels, constant updates.
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Start Learning โCult of the Lamb
Build a cult of woodland followers while exploring dungeons. Adorable art hides dark themes. Viral hit.
Disco Elysium
Revolutionary RPG with no combat. Multiple GOTY awards for incredible writing and choice-based gameplay.
Outer Wilds
Explore a solar system trapped in a time loop. GOTY winner with jaw-dropping discoveries. Best played knowing nothing.
Stray
Play as a cat in a neon-lit cyberpunk city. Viral sensation with realistic cat behaviors and touching story.
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Start Learning โCuphead
Hand-drawn 1930s cartoon style meets brutal difficulty. Every frame hand-animated. Cultural art style icon.
Risk of Rain 2
Third-person roguelike shooter with excellent co-op. Each run feels different with scaling difficulty and items.
Slay the Spire
Genre-defining deckbuilding roguelike. Spawned entire subgenre. Perfect for \\\'one more run\\\' addiction.
Hades
Multiple GOTY winner. Perfect roguelike with incredible storytelling, voice acting, and music from Supergiant.
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Start Learning โUndertale
Cultural phenomenon RPG where you don\'t have to kill anyone. Memorable characters, incredible music.
Vampire Survivors
The genre-defining bullet heaven that spawned countless imitators. Minimalist graphics, maximum dopamine. Cultural phenomenon.
Dave the Diver
Run a sushi restaurant by day, dive for fish by night. Charming blend of genres became viral sensation.
Stardew Valley
The cozy farming RPG that defined modern indie success. Solo dev Eric Barone created a cultural phenomenon.
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Start Learning โTerraria
2D Minecraft with deep RPG progression. 50M+ copies sold makes it one of best-selling games ever.
Slay the Spire 2
The highly anticipated sequel to the 98%-rated genre-defining deckbuilder. New characters, cards, and strategic depth.
Subnautica 2
Dive into uncharted waters in this highly anticipated sequel to the acclaimed underwater survival game. Co-op enabled.
Palworld
Capture, battle, and survive with mysterious creatures called Pals. Sold 20M+ copies in first month. Phenomenon-level viral hit.
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Start Learning โHades II
From GOTY winners, play as Melinoรซ in this mythological roguelike sequel. Enhanced combat, new gods, and deeper progression.
Hollow Knight: Silksong
The most wishlisted game on Steam returns with Hornet\'s adventure through the Silk Kingdom. Hand-drawn animation, challenging combat, and interconnected exploration.
Black Myth: Wukong
Stunning Chinese mythology action RPG based on Journey to the West. AAA-quality indie that sold 20M+ copies globally.
Balatro
Hypnotic poker roguelike that became 2024\'s surprise hit. Endlessly replayable with mathematical depth meets accessibility.
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Start Learning โLethal Company
4-player co-op horror where you scavenge abandoned moons. Viral sensation with proximity voice chat creating emergent comedy.
Animal Well
A layered pixel-art metroidvania with deep secrets. Published by Dunkey\\\'s Bigmode. 2024 GOTY contender from solo dev.
The Witness
Open-world puzzle game from Braid creator. Beautiful island full of interconnected puzzle panels.
Spelunky 2
Sequel to roguelike platformer legend. Infinite replayability through procedural generation and emergent gameplay.
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Start Learning โOxygen Not Included
Manage duplicants in a space colony. Complex systems simulation from Don\\\\\\\'t Starve creators. Engineering paradise.