6 Indie Games You NEED To Try (or else)

it's been a little while, but i'm back! hope you enjoy these funny little video games :)

she rock on my rock and im rock

I love every game on this list, but DRG will always hold a special place in my heart. Rock and Stone forever!

Thank you so much for the Brutal Orchestra shout out! This was such an absolute joy to watch! I’m so glad you took the plunge into the depths of purgatory. Keep your eyes peeled though, there is a circus coming to town 🤡🥩

I love how I see the thumbnail and my brain immediately goes "ROCK AND STONE" without skipping a beat

• Bomb Rush Cyberfunk • Pseudoregalia • Deep Rock Galactic • Case of the Golden Idol • Citizen Sleeper • Brutal Orchestra

Fun fact about the procedural generation in DRG that isn't explicitly told to you and can be difficult to notice organically: Another part other than the layout of the caves themselves that's variable from mission to mission and contributes to keeping things fresh is that there's a pool and priority system for determining what shows up during a mission and how often. Grunts (+elite variants), praetorians, and oppressors are always going to be on the table, but everything else is limited by either a limited number of slots in a pool, or a priority system that makes the director handling the enemy spawns much more likely to spend its credits on one enemy type than another. Like, you know how you'll go tens or twenties of missions without seeing a Bulk, and then in one mission you get two or even three? That's probably why; it wasn't in the pool in those other missions, but that one it *is*, it's on the table every time the director has credits to burn. Those missions where you feel like you can't take a second to breathe without getting mouthful of web from a web spitter? The ones where you look at the corner of the screen and it definitely isn't a Mactera plague but by god does it feel like it? The priority system. It's fucking brilliant. Ghost Ship are great.

I just finished pseudoregalia recently, it deserves every penny and can't wait for more from the dev in the future.

BRC was such a fun little game. By far the most fun I’ve had with a game all year

I'm a simple man. I see deep rock galactic. I click

So happy to see BRC on the thumbnail! This game needs more attention so that more people can check it out. I feel like it is also important to mention that the modding community in this game is also very active, that you basically have a dlc expansion because of them! ..and they are still going at it! PS they are also releasing a 3xLP/vinyl record of their awesome soundtrack! To which i'm sure Yakko would be thrilled with!

It’s always cool to see how creative the indie scene is

Dude i adore this series. More creators in this scene needs to look for and showcase indie games, im sick of seeing the same 5 new AAA games every month. I always know 2 or 3 of these but you always manage to put a couple of new bangers on my radar. Insert praise for the design of Deep Rock here.

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In terms of Indie Games you haven't talked about, you definitely gotta give both Dust:An Elysian Tail and CrossCode a go, they're my favourite indie games for good reason.

Great video and nice list also Sybil in the thumbnail is just a chef’s kiss 😩

I think you should take a look at Laika: Aged Through Blood. It's a "motorvania" as the devs called it. They basically turned the Trials games into a metroidvania where you do backflips to reload. Also, the story, art style and music are all amazing. I think its right up your alley.

Have you played Rain World before? It’s a 2D platformer/survival game where you are just a little creature exploring abandoned superstructures while trying to survive at the bottom of the food chain. I’ve heard people call it the “New York city Rat Simulator” and honestly that sums it up better than I ever could. Oh plus it has lots of cool movement tech and a killer soundtrack-

I found out about pseudoregalia thanks to Iron pineapple A bite sized 3D platformer metroidvania with fluid movement and a bunny girl protag with a (pardon my french) sublime arrière train, all for a price equivalent to a 4 scoops ice cream while being infinitely less unhealthy and not costing anything to re-experience This game was a true feast for my platformer loving heart so thank you Yakko for helping spread the word 🙏

Thanks for covering Brutal Orchestra. It is criminally underrated and I feel has a really unique and fun combat system and some of the best writing I've heard in quite some time.