GameReviewPad’s Top 10 Indie Games of 2019 (Unranked)
Baba Is You
Developer: Hempuli OyPublisher: Hempuli Oy
Release Date: March 13, 2019
Platforms: PC and Switch
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Baba Is You is an excellent and unique puzzle game that is very clever with excellent presentation.
Children of Morta
Developer: Dead MagePublisher: 11 bit studios
Release Date: September 3, 2019
Platforms: PC
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Children of Morta is an ARPG rogue-lite experience with excellent storytelling that is very unique in how the storytelling is intertwined with the rogue-lite element.
Dicey Dungeons
Developer: Terry CavanaghPublisher: Terry Cavanagh
Release Date: August 13, 2019
Platforms: PC
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Dicey Dungeons is a very unique rogue-lite game involving dice-headed characters in a deckbuilding game that uses dice rolls to use abilities in different unique ways for each character. V
Hypnospace Outlaw
Developer: TendershootPublisher: No More Robots
Release Date: March 12, 2019
Platforms: PC
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Hypnospace Outlaw is a very interesting and unique storytelling experience that taps into anyone’s early internet nostalgia in the created internet world called “Hypnospace” with a massive unique and interesting soundtrack mixed into the world to emulate the early internet music sharing experience.
Islanders
Developer: Grizzly GamesPublisher: Grizzly Games
Release Date: April 4, 2019
Platforms: PC
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Islanders is an addicting city-building strategy game with interesting graphics that will instantly grab you.
Katana Zero
Developer: AskiisoftPublisher: Devolver Digital
Release Date: April 18, 2019
Platforms: PC and Switch
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Katana Zero is a fun action-platformer with a very unique storytelling mechanic that will will test your gaming controls instincts.
Killer Queen Black
Developer: Liquid Bit, BumbleBear GamesPublisher: Liquid Bit
Release Date: October 11, 2019
Platforms: PC and Switch
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Killer Queen Black is one of the best new multiplayer games I’ve played in recent years that has great player sustainability moving forward because of how quick the games go and the different strategies a player can choose. The game is also easy to learn and very addicting.
Kind Words
Developer: PopcannibalPublisher: Popcannibal
Release Date: September 12, 2019
Platforms: PC
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Kind Words is a game I recently decided to play, but it isn’t really a “game”, as much as it is a way to communicate anonymously positively with other people about the problems they are facing.
Slay the Spire
Developer: Mega Crit GamesPublisher: Mega Crit Games
Release Date: January 23, 2019
Platforms: PC
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Slay the Spire is a great single player deckbuilding game that finally released out of Steam Early Access in January 2019. It’s very addicting and well presented to the player that makes it a great roguelike experience.
ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove!
Developer: HumaNature StudiosPublisher: HumaNature Studios
Release Date: March 1, 2019
Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One
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ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! was my first real introduction to the franchise. The gameplay experience is very wacky and fun with a very awesome groovy soundtrack to go along with it.
