The Best Free Indie Games Ever Published

[Estocavio]

Dungeon Keeper 1. Same thing as the previous game, some guys went and remade the entire thing as a standalone installer. I've got it working on Windows 7, so it's quite good compatibility-wise. It features a number of fan-made campaigns although honestly they are quite variable in quality. But it's a good reason to check out an old classic again.


edit: err I realised some of these aren't indie games... but oh well!

Well, theyre not completely mainstream, so its fine. And theyre worth mentioning and thats kind of the main thing.

 

[Fetzenfisch]

Dungeon Keeper 1. Same thing as the previous game, some guys went and remade the entire thing as a standalone installer. I've got it working on Windows 7, so it's quite good compatibility-wise. It features a number of fan-made campaigns although honestly they are quite variable in quality. But it's a good reason to check out an old classic again.


edit: err I realised some of these aren't indie games... but oh well!

Well, theyre not completely mainstream, so its fine. And theyre worth mentioning and thats kind of the main thing.

well is a mainstream hit not mainstream just because its old? everyone played dungeon keeper in the old days
there are some good wing commander and privateer remakes out there too

 

[Fetzenfisch]

Dungeon Keeper 1. Same thing as the previous game, some guys went and remade the entire thing as a standalone installer. I've got it working on Windows 7, so it's quite good compatibility-wise. It features a number of fan-made campaigns although honestly they are quite variable in quality. But it's a good reason to check out an old classic again.


edit: err I realised some of these aren't indie games... but oh well!

Well, theyre not completely mainstream, so its fine. And theyre worth mentioning and thats kind of the main thing.

well is a mainstream hit not mainstream just because its old? everyone played dungeon keeper in the old days

I'm betting a large percentage of younger gamers have never even heard of it

doesnt change the point, but yeah we need to track down all the free versions and remakes of the classics and start a lecturing thread for the younglings here with tipps and anecdotes from the crypt

 

[Estocavio]

Dungeon Keeper 1. Same thing as the previous game, some guys went and remade the entire thing as a standalone installer. I've got it working on Windows 7, so it's quite good compatibility-wise. It features a number of fan-made campaigns although honestly they are quite variable in quality. But it's a good reason to check out an old classic again.


edit: err I realised some of these aren't indie games... but oh well!

Well, theyre not completely mainstream, so its fine. And theyre worth mentioning and thats kind of the main thing.

well is a mainstream hit not mainstream just because its old? everyone played dungeon keeper in the old days

I'm betting a large percentage of younger gamers have never even heard of it

doesnt change the point, but yeah we need to track down all the free versions and remakes of the classics and start a lecturing thread for the younglings here with tipps and anecdotes from the crypt

I stand corrected - Upon investigation its a bit more mainstream than i gave it credit for
Despite having played it, i underestimated the role of the company more specifically. Its still worth mentioning though, since "a large percentage of younger gamers have never even heard of it"

 

[ca_jas]

Yume Nikki!!

Well, I'm not sure the game is good but it's definitely a great experience to play at 4 in the morning with the lights off. To this day I keep finding bizarre rooms that I didn't know were there.

 

[Flour]

Very recently downloaded Nethack as well. I've yet to win even with the "Explore mode" easy play stuff. Even when I can refuse dying/wish for the best gear, the times where you can get de-leveled into having 1 HP, or are suddenly surrounded by tougher, multiplying enemies that would take hundreds of lives to hack your way through, prevent ascension. I think I just suck, but that won't stop me from trying again.

It helps if you play with a spoiler website [http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~eva/nethack/spoilerlist.html] and the wiki [http://nethack.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page] in the background. Something to see what the actual item price [http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4205/14pricetable.jpg] is helps too.

 

[rabidmidget]

Captain forever is pretty cool, imagine a 2d shoot em up, where when you kill a ship, you can get its parts.

 

[Estocavio]

Yume Nikki!!

Well, I'm not sure the game is good but it's definitely a great experience to play at 4 in the morning with the lights off. To this day I keep finding bizarre rooms that I didn't know were there.

I remember Yume Nikki - I never did understand why you couldnt just jump through that window...

 

[OceanRunner]

Scarygirl by Nathan Jurevicius is a charming platformer with a great art style and compelling environments.

 

[Estocavio]

Scarygirl by Nathan Jurevicius is a charming platformer with a great art style and compelling environments.

I do say, i rather liked its unique visualistic style

 

[Fetzenfisch]

Dungeon Keeper 1. Same thing as the previous game, some guys went and remade the entire thing as a standalone installer. I've got it working on Windows 7, so it's quite good compatibility-wise. It features a number of fan-made campaigns although honestly they are quite variable in quality. But it's a good reason to check out an old classic again.


edit: err I realised some of these aren't indie games... but oh well!

Well, theyre not completely mainstream, so its fine. And theyre worth mentioning and thats kind of the main thing.

well is a mainstream hit not mainstream just because its old? everyone played dungeon keeper in the old days

I'm betting a large percentage of younger gamers have never even heard of it

doesnt change the point, but yeah we need to track down all the free versions and remakes of the classics and start a lecturing thread for the younglings here with tipps and anecdotes from the crypt

I stand corrected - Upon investigation its a bit more mainstream than i gave it credit for
Despite having played it, i underestimated the role of the company more specifically. Its still worth mentioning though, since "a large percentage of younger gamers have never even heard of it"

Then let me mention DUNE 1&2 both unique in their ways and especially the adventure/strategy mix of part one is genius

 

[Estocavio]

Yeah you can get all the Dune games at Abandonia

http://www.abandonia.com/en/search_abandonia/dune

I think you must like Abadonia...
In all seriousness, the Dune games are worth it.

 

[Nalgas D. Lemur]

A dozen people already mentioned Cave Story, which was of course what first came to mind for me. For the sake of adding something no one's said yet, I nominate Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, which is a great spoof of JRPGs in general. It completely mocks everything about them, but it can only really be appreciated by someone who knows and likes them.

 

[reyttm4]

I would have said Cave Story or Spelunky, but they've already had a lot of mentions, so I'm going to go with Scrap Collector by Messhof. Really good game, just chilled.