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“This one caught me completely off-guard. I stacked the dead and made a graveyard, which I sold for money to buy card booster packs.” ~ TheOvermatt Then a goblin came out of a portal and killed almost everybody. “I was having a nice day getting my villagers to forage for food.

So here we humbly present IndieGameReviewer’s top 10 indie games of 2022! 10. The result often stands the test of time as an anchor for the tides that the mosaic of works released within a 12-month period reflects. Then we also vigorously debate their presence on the list and what their sequencing should be, which often leads to wonderful insights, anecdotes, and even more discoveries.

We factor in overall playability, technical achievement, novelty and originality, implementation, functionality, and rarity, among other considerations. 2022 was a boom year! There were so many incredible titles released we could have chosen any on our list to be the best of the year, let alone our mile-long list of honorable mentions.īut for the past 14 years, we have put it upon ourselves to take on the intense task of not only choosing ten but putting them in order. But we are only talking in degrees because, quite frankly, any indie game delivered is nothing short of a miracle. In the land of indie games, there are boom years, and there are bust years.
