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[โ€“] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Tiny Glade
Hidden Folks
Falconeer
Bulwark
Thronefall
Kingdom: New Lands
Nuclear Throne
Vampire Survivor
Monument Valley
Dome Keeper
Dungeon Clawler
Buckshot Roulette
CloverPit
Slots & Daggers
Townscaper
Bad North

this thread is about to make my bank account cry ๐Ÿ˜ญ

[โ€“] gezero@lemmy.bowyerhub.uk 60 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[โ€“] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 19 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Understatement of the decade

[โ€“] 9bananas@feddit.org 8 points 3 days ago

i can stop anytime i want! ...i just don't want to stop...

there's a reason the community calls it cracktorio, lol

[โ€“] ElectroLisa@piefed.blahaj.zone 24 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Lead dev of Ultrakill is Finnish and he said it's okay to pirate the game if you can't afford it

[โ€“] xspurnx@leminal.space 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Soundtrack has some amazing tracks, too. Shame I get motion sickness from (fast) FPS.

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

This War of Mine is made by a Ukranian team, and part of the proceeds go to helping with the war effort.

[โ€“] Hotzilla@sopuli.xyz 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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.

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[โ€“] Pratai@piefed.ca 19 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Kingdom Come Deliverance 1 and 2 by Warhorse Studios - Czech

No Manโ€™s Sky by Hello Games - UK

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

[โ€“] Klear@quokk.au 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I wouldn't call any of those indie.

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[โ€“] a14o@feddit.org 8 points 3 days ago (3 children)

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)
[โ€“] MrFinnbean@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Not so indie:

Control Alan Wake games. Max Payne 1&2 (Remedy, Finland)

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall, France)

Satisfactory (Coffee Stain studios, Sweden)

Valheim (Iron gate, Sweden)

[โ€“] ech@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Control Alan Wake games. Max Payne 1&2 (Remedy, Finland)

Get it before the new (ex-EA) CEO turns the company into a husk of what it was becoming :\

[โ€“] MrFinnbean@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

I kind of hate how comfy their position as a new CEO is. Firebreak was horrible for the company and it was not made by the main dev team. Remedy is now finishing the Control 2 and there is talk about remastering Max Payne 1&2. Those projects are pretty much unfuckable at this point, so the new CEO gets all the praise how after the horrible launch of Firebreak they came amd saved the company. Only thing they need to do is to not torpedo the projects that are allready underwork.

[โ€“] ech@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

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.

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[โ€“] Matth78@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Don't know if it qualifies as an indie game but Clair Obscur Expedition 33.

[โ€“] ramble81@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

Iโ€™d say it does. Itโ€™s an independent studio, half the cast had never even made a game before. And theyโ€™re French too.

[โ€“] M137@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Gotta plug the games my IRL friends have made, all Swedish:

Dennaton Games:

Hotline Miami

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

YCJY Games:

Keep Driving

Post Void

Sea Salt

The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human

Wriks: nothing completely made by him on steam, but he's done work for several games and other stuff, most of it is on the website.

[โ€“] graograman@feddit.org 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Deep Rock Galactic is still awesome, made by the Danish dev studio Ghost Ship Games.

[โ€“] FatVegan@leminal.space 3 points 3 days ago

Even if you don't like DRG for whatever reason, everyone should appreciate how awesome they are.

Casette Beasts, a Creature collecting (pokemon like) game, is by a UK studio, and Yooka Replaylee which is also British only released last year and I still think it's the most slept-on game of 2025!

[โ€“] truthfultemporarily@feddit.org 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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.

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[โ€“] REDACTED@infosec.pub 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

No one has mentioned S.T.A.L.K.E.R. yet?

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[โ€“] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Hempuli is a Finnish indie dev

[โ€“] CheesyFox@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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?

[โ€“] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 days ago
  • cold

  • terrible weather

  • nearby to Russia

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[โ€“] cybernihongo@reddthat.com 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Alwa's Awakening and Alwa's Legacy, by Elden Pixels, a Swedish studio.

While you're at it, buy from GOG, a Polish store that sells DRM-free games for PC.

[โ€“] Lysergid@lemmy.ml 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Not indie but still good:

  • Remedy - Control, Alan Wake.
  • Embark - Finals, Ark Raiders.
  • Flying Wild hog - Trek to Yomi
[โ€“] LordDaveTheKind@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

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.

[โ€“] Mac@mander.xyz 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

BeamNG.Drive is German ๐Ÿ‘Œ
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.

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[โ€“] NoPanko@feddit.uk 3 points 3 days ago

MENACE is a great sci-fi tactical RPG Iโ€™ve been playing a ton recently. Itโ€™s still in early access though so beware of that but its by a german studio who made Battle Brothers and they seem to be knocking it out of the park with updates so far.

[โ€“] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 9 points 4 days ago

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

[โ€“] yakko@feddit.uk 8 points 4 days ago

Tactical Breach Wizards has been a lot of fun lately

[โ€“] sunbytes@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Satisfactory is excellent. Like 3D Factorio.

I've been playing a lot of The Last Caretaker too. It's early access but there's already 20hrs+ of good content. Seriously relaxing game too.

[โ€“] kwarg@mander.xyz 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Limbo and Inside, by danish dev company Playdead

Little Nightmares and the new game Reanimal, which is looking amazing, are also by swedish studio Tarsier.

[โ€“] Militias@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

I suppose that they would still count even though their first game has been running for over a decade.

I love Keen Software, and their games Space Engineers and the new Space Engineers 2 that is in early access.

[โ€“] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 days ago

Stray, A Plague Tale, Noita

[โ€“] Outdoor_Catgirl@hexbear.net 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Noita absolutely rules, and is Finnish.

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[โ€“] EngineX@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 days ago

Arc Raiders: it was produce by Embark Studios located at Stockholm

[โ€“] lb_o@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Drone Perspective - good tactics about the modern war.

No one mentioning Kenshi in this thread should be considered a crime against humanity.

I'm playing Haiku the Robot right now and loving it. It was developed in Estonia.

Iโ€™ve been saying this for over a decade now, but, fucking Starbound. Itโ€™s so good. Play Starbound. Play it now.

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