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EngineX ( EngineX@lemmy.zip )  to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 7 months ago

Anyone can recommend some good European Indie Devs / Games?

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Anyone can recommend some good European Indie Devs / Games?

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  • gezero ( gezero@lemmy.bowyerhub.uk ) 
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    Factorio is nice

  • ElectroLisa ( ElectroLisa@piefed.blahaj.zone ) 
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    Lead dev of Ultrakill is Finnish and he said it’s okay to pirate the game if you can’t afford it

    • xspurnx ( xspurnx@leminal.space ) 
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      Soundtrack has some amazing tracks, too. Shame I get motion sickness from (fast) FPS.

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        I can second the soundtrack, which by the way you can get on Bandcamp.

        I think this game has now an accessibility setting to slow it down? I’ll have to verify it later

  • Pratai ( Pratai@piefed.ca ) 
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    Kingdom Come Deliverance 1 and 2 by Warhorse Studios - Czech

    No Man’s Sky by Hello Games - UK

    Planet Coaster 1 and 2 and Planet Zoo by Frontier Development - UK

    • Klear ( Klear@quokk.au ) 
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      I wouldn’t call any of those indie.

      • Pratai ( Pratai@piefed.ca ) 
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        None of them are AAA, so what would you call them?

        • krull_krull ( krull_krull@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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          AA?

  • truthfultemporarily ( truthfultemporarily@feddit.org ) 
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    There are so many! What kind of games do you like? For example Spilled! Was made by a Dutch solo dev while living on her houseboat.

  • Lysergid ( Lysergid@lemmy.ml ) 
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    Not indie but still good:

    • Remedy - Control, Alan Wake.
    • Embark - Finals, Ark Raiders.
    • Flying Wild hog - Trek to Yomi
    • LordDaveTheKind ( LordDaveTheKind@piefed.social ) 
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      I would also add HellDivers 2 , by Arrowhead Game Studios, although the Publisher is a Japanese corporation (Sony Interactive Entertainment) and it is not an indie game at all.
      Remedy is a Finnish studio, but the Publisher for Alan Wake is Epic Games, one of the least consumer-friendly companies in the Industry.

  • REDACTED ( REDACTED@infosec.pub ) 
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    No one has mentioned S.T.A.L.K.E.R. yet?

    • imetators ( imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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      Add Metro series to it. THQ, afaik, doesn’t own rights to it anymore. Austrian publisher has rights now.

  • Hotzilla ( Hotzilla@sopuli.xyz ) 
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    Valheim, with couple of friends it is one of the best games in decade. Done by swedish team iron gate and published by coffee stain which is also swedish.

    • JayGray91🐉🍕 ( JayGray91@piefed.social ) 
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      And I think they’re about to hit 1.0 with the Deep North update. Will be great to get back in then with my friends.

  • Matth78 ( Matth78@lemmy.zip ) 
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    Don’t know if it qualifies as an indie game but Clair Obscur Expedition 33.

    • ramble81 ( ramble81@lemmy.zip ) 
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      I’d say it does. It’s an independent studio, half the cast had never even made a game before. And they’re French too.

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    Interesting question, here are some EU-made indie games I’ve enjoyed, in no particular order. I’ve had to look all of these up, I didn’t play them because they were European or anything.

    • Chants of Senaar (France)
    • Dead Cells (France)
    • Disco Elysium (Estonia)
    • Drova (Germany)
    • Monster Train (Netherlands)
    • Roadwarden (Poland)
    • Ech ( ech@lemmy.ca ) 
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      Disco Elysium (Estonia)

      The current state of that dev team is…contentious to say the least. If I recall correctly three different studios have spawned, none on good terms with the others. Good game, though.

    • pewgar_seemsimandroid ( pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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      #eestimentioned

  • Ms. ArmoredThirteen ( ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip ) 
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    I’m biased because I go to the same school these guys went to but check out Wrong Organ: https://www.wrongorgan.com/

    They made Mouthwashing and How Fish is Made, both are weird as fuck

  • gwl [he/him] ( gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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    Hempuli is a Finnish indie dev, best known for Baba is You

    • a14o ( a14o@feddit.org ) 
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      Of course, how did I miss that?

    • CheesyFox ( CheesyFox@lemmy.sdf.org ) 
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      idk wtf is going on with Finland, but gamedevs from over there make absolutely crazy lovecraftian-level-of-incomprehensiveness games

      • baba is you
      • noita
      • fear and hunger
      • whatever the fuck remedy is doing

      Like, wtf is going on there?

      • gwl [he/him] ( gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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        • cold

        • terrible weather

        • nearby to Russia

    • JiffyBag ( JiffyBag@feddit.org ) 
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      Habbo Hotel is by a Finnish indie dev, best known for Habbo Hotel

  • BandanaBug ( BandanaBug@piefed.social ) 
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    Isn’t the Horizon franchise made by a Dutch studio?

    • GrayBackgroundMusic ( GrayBackgroundMusic@lemmy.zip ) 
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      But I wouldn’t say they’re indie. They’re published by Sony.

  • Brave Little Hitachi Wand ( yakko@feddit.uk ) 
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    Tactical Breach Wizards has been a lot of fun lately

  • EngineX ( EngineX@lemmy.zip ) OP
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    Arc Raiders: it was produce by Embark Studios located at Stockholm

    • EngineX ( EngineX@lemmy.zip ) OP
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      deleted by creator

  • Mac ( Mac@mander.xyz ) 
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    BeamNG.Drive is German 👌
    It’s a softbody physics vehicle sim/sandbox game thing.

    My favorite thing to do in it is to pair it with Automation: The Car Company Tycoon Game (NZ-based dev) where you can design vehicles and then export them to BeamNG to drive them.

    • Skua ( Skua@kbin.earth ) 
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      I have done literally nothing with Automation except build stuff for Beam and I still consider it to be an excellent purchase. Best standalone third party DLC ever

      • Mac ( Mac@mander.xyz ) 
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        Yeah, i don’t think I’ve ever even clicked the career mode button. lmao

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