What is the best indie game you have ever played? And who was the developer?

[JemothSkarii]

BEST one I've played is Amnesia, made by...I forget.
My FAVORITE however is Jamestown, by Final Form Games. It's like a Western SHMUP with great art and intriguing story (which turns hilarious if put into Farce) and it's just FUN, if somewhat difficult.

 

[enzilewulf]

Castle Crashers. Me and my friends played that for hours on end.

 

[Duck Sandwich]

Avadon. Turn-based combat on a grid, with 4 well-balanced character classes that you can choose from, and a fairly simple character customization system. Each trait corresponds to an increase in damage and accuracy with a different type of attack (ie: Strength increases melee damage/hit rate, Dexterity increases missile damage/hit rate, intelligence increases spell damage/hit rate, and finally endurance increases health and stamina) and some other side effects (Strength allows you to equip heavier weapons/armor, dexterity makes you act sooner in combat)

Oh, and it was developed by Spiderweb Software. They also made Exile 3, which was the first RPG I ever played.

 

[Solo-Wing]

Shit I got lots on steam thanks to the Humble bundle. But I also got a few others as well but so far my favorites (In no order) would be:

VVVVVV
Amnesia the Dark Decent
Super Meat Boy
AudioSurf

4 really damn good games and I love them.

 

[NecroFantasy]

Recettear. I swear, I had more fun with this than most games I've ever played.
Chantelise is good too, for the humor, though the controlsneed a bit of time to get used to.

 

[Commissar Sae]

Mount and blade: Warband by Taleworlds. God Damn it give me my life back!!!!

 

[Warlord211]

Cthulhu Saves the World is a great RPG and all around good game. I like how it fixes the random battles by limiting them.

 

[ZeroChan]

Machinarium by Amanita Design

OR

Castle Crashers by The Behemoth

OR

LIMBO by Playdead

 

[Aksor]

played super meat boy, minecraft and amnesia, and I thought they were all quite brilliant.
Nothing however, comes close to the genious that is World of Goo.

serious, if you haven't played it already: go play it. World of Goo by 2Dboy
it's a puzzle/construction game with humor, and a story/soundtrack so good your actually gonna care for blobs with eyes

 

[octafish]

Frozen Synapse by Mode 7 Games. It is a simultaneous turn based strategy game that is sort of like Rainbow Six meets Combat Mission meets X-Com meets Laser Squad Nemesis. I usually play by Email and end up having about a dozen games going at once.

EDIT: I completely expect Frozen Synapse to pick up a GOTY award somewhere, it is certainly my GOTY. It will feature heavily in top ten games of the year lists, mark my words.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Exile 3, or maybe Blades of Exile, by SPiderweb.

 

[ckam]

I liked the text game, Violet by Jeremy Freese. It was fun and humorous.

 

[MetalMantheRevenge]

Cave story, by Pixel, aka Daisuke Amaya. It took him 5 years by himself, but the result is well worth it. Plays like a glorious crossover of Mega Man and Metroid Prime. And it's free of course.

http://www.cavestory.org/

Ninja'd to the max. But this to the highest power.

 

[Blastinburn]

May I list more than 1 plz:
Epic Dungeon (Eyehook Games) (turn off gore),

The lack of Recettear disturbs me.

Same, need to play Chantelise a bit more but have been waiting for it since it's announcement at the beginning of the year, both games are made by EasyGameStation in japan and are translated by CarpeFulgar.

Cave Story,

Audiosurf/Beathazard,

Iji.

[edit:] First post on page 2... I'm all alone... D:

 

[bushwhacker2k]

Mount And Blade:Warband.

I actually do love M&B (provided I'm not sucking majorly), but this makes me want to ask: "When does a company become NOT indie?" Because unless I'm mistaken they're pretty successful at this rate.

Also I've played a lot of indie games, hard to say which is best... I did like Plants vs. Zombies though.

 

[Turigamot]

Amnesia, finally a horror game that actually was scary!

Most assuredly.

 

[Turigamot]

A double post. Grr...

 

[Uber Evil]

Only indie game I play is Minecraft, so my opinion is invalid, but Overgrowth by Wolfire is looking promising. They made Lugaru, which was in the HIB 1.

 

[Cazza]

Minecraft & Amnesia

Very well done games.