Comment on Is there some sort of Indie Game Showcase?
catloaf@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Seriously? Hollow Knight is/was a huge hit. The other ones I’ve heard of before by word of mouth.
You can easily find indie games on Steam when you browse by any method. The ones of major devs will be obvious recognizable names. Even on the front page of the Steam store, it looks about a third of them are indie games.
Or you could look at other stores like GOG or Indiegala.
roxas2153@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It is true, the gap between Hollow Knight and the other two is large (Steam Reviews as source, and general ease of finding it). But even finding something like Hollow Knight was something that conveniently popped up through either a Curator or in Specials at one point for me (can’t remember for certain).
Growing up, if a game was not something that showed up at E3 or was mentioned by a friend (and then later, showing up on Steam’s Specials or Top Selling), I never played or heard of it. And Steam is good, but I guess I was looking for something that targeted Indie games in particular, and if there existed a yearly showcase or event that was dedicated to Indies.
Hadn’t considered GOG or heard of Indiegala though, thank you for the reference!
catloaf@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Oh yeah, curators is the other one I wanted to mention but couldn’t remember.
Steam does have indie events, but really you won’t find anything there you can’t find just by browsing the store pages.
You can also hear of a lot of games just by being in game communities like here on Lemmy.
And don’t forget about games outside the major stores.