The Midnight Walk is made by Swedish studio Moonhood with game assets sculptured in clay and scanned and animated. It won “Best VR Game” in the recent Steam awards but works really well as a regular game. A very beautiful and artful story
Deep Rock Galactic is still awesome, made by the Danish dev studio Ghost Ship Games.
Even if you don’t like DRG for whatever reason, everyone should appreciate how awesome they are.
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)
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)
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.
Does Darkwood sound good ??
Or X1-X4 by EgoSoft ? Or Intravenous ?
Hempuli is a Finnish indie dev, best known for Baba is You
Ink Inside
It’s a Cartoon Action RPG from ex-Cartoon Network devs now based in Spain. Feels like a cartoon show. Great voice cast. Fun adventure with some comedy. And optional co-op.
Only $10!
Don’t know if it qualifies as an indie game but Clair Obscur Expedition 33.
Inkle studios - UK - Heaven’s Vault, A Highland Sing
Abbey Games - Netherlands - Reus, Renowned Explorers: International Society
Dimfrost Studio - Sweden - Bramble: The Mountain King
Strange Horticulture and Strange Antiquities by the British studio Bad Viking
BeamNG.Drive is German 👌
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.
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.
Factorio is nice
Understatement of the decade
i can stop anytime i want! …i just don’t want to stop…
there’s a reason the community calls it cracktorio, lol
Kingdom Come Deliverance 1 and 2 by Warhorse Studios - Czech
No Man’s Sky by Hello Games - UK
Planet Coaster 1 and 2 and Planet Zoo by Frontier Development - UK
I wouldn’t call any of those indie.
None of them are AAA, so what would you call them?
AA?
Isn’t the Horizon franchise made by a Dutch studio?
Yes, Gorilla Games is a Dutch company
