Summary
- In 2024, a record number of indie games scored 90+ on Metacritic, with 5 titles earning a 'Must Play' badge.
- Previous years also had impressive indie game lineups, with 4 games breaking the 90+ mark in 2023 and 2018.
If this year has felt like a good year for indie games, that's because it is. In fact, according to , it's the best, with more indie games scoring 90+ on the review aggregation site than in anꦛy other year.
Five different games scored 90+, earning them the 'Metacritic Must Play' badge, a feat that had never been a🌟chieved before.
2024 Was The Best Year Ever For Indies
This year, indies have shone, with the followin🌜g five games achieving ܫa 90+ on Metacritic:
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Slay The Princess: The Pristine Cut (92)
- UFO 50 (91)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Animal Well (91)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Balatro (90)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Thank Goodness You're Here (90)
Things started well when, in February, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:The Game Awards Game of the Yဣear😼 nominee Balatro hooked players with its devilishly moreish Roguelike action. May came around, and Animal Well's deep and mysterious Metroidvania dropped, getting 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:a perfect score from us at TheGamer.
Then, we were hit by a pair of indie greats in August and September, with Thank Goodness You're Here and UFO 50 releasing. Finally, in October, the definitive edition of Sl𒁃a𒈔y The Princess was released, making it the best way to play one of last year's highest-rated titles.
Four of these games made my end-of-year top ten, which 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:you should totally go and read now.
Alongside those five, Lorelei and the Laser Eyes and Neva were both nominated for 'Best Indie Game' at 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:The Game Awards, an꧃d Manor Lords, The Plucky Squire, and Pacific Drive for 'Best Debut Indie Game', showing the strength in depth this year had.
It Was Close, Though
While 2024 was the first year five indie games hit 90+, four games have broken the mark in a couple o🔯f other years.
Last year, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Baldur's Gate 3 (which is technically an indie game), 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Against The Storm, Slay The Princess, and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Videoverse all scored 90+. 2018, which is widely considered the best year for indie games, also saw four hit 90+, with Hades, Celeste, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Hollow Knight, and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Into the Breach all doing so.
Who said you need big triple-A games to make a year g🍌ood?
Balatro takes the classic card game of poker and adds roguelike gameplayꦰ, using Joker cards with various abilities to build your deck and attempt to defeat ꧃pesky blinds.
- OpenCritic Rating
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