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Murbs 2 Dec 2020 14:53:48 25,151 posts
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Everyone knows about how good Celeste, Dead Cells, Slay the Spire, Into the Breach and Hollow Knight are. These are really high profile Indie titles that get plenty of exposure.

However, a post in the Switch thread for a game titled Paradise Killer made me realise that the glut of games on the eshop mean some really interesting indie titles may be getting completely overlooked. I bought the game as it’s currently on sale in the US eshop and I can’t wait to get started on it.

So any other suggestions of overlooked indie titles on the Switch that are worth checking out?

Pipedream 2 Dec 2020 15:42:19 658 posts
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Steredenn - excellent rogue like side scrolling shoot 'em up. It's included in a bundle of three games called Indie Gems; currently $6 in the American Eshop.

Fight 'n Rage - imo the best scrolling beat 'em up. Different paths, juggling combos, loads to unlock. I've played it for 20 hours and still nowhere near unlocking everything.

Murbs 2 Dec 2020 15:47:52 25,151 posts
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@Pipedream is the daily challenge absolutely broken for you in Steredenn? I may not play for days then it tells me I've already done the daily run. Super little game otherwise

Pipedream 2 Dec 2020 15:55:07 658 posts
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I've not had any issues with the daily challenge. Might be worth downloading it again to see if that helps.

JoelStinty 3 Dec 2020 08:10:56 9,530 posts
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BeatEmUps as a good playlist on YouTube where he goes through 10 good indies titles recently released. Found it invaluable really in getting good indie recommendations. You have your usual big hitters but he does show off a lot of lesser known titles as well, Paradise Killer being one of them. I think he is on number 23 in that series so that’s a 230 games! I found Get indie gaming, Switch up and switch Watch have good indie coverage for the switch too. Think Switch Watch is the brain child of a semi forum regular too, Guy named Jordan.

As for personal recommendations, can’t think of the top of the my head but I enjoyed Graceful Explosion Machine, a 2d side scrolling shoot em up that is a joy to play. Box Boy Box Girl a 2d puzzler from Hal laboratory where you have
to use a certain amount of boxes to traverse a level. It’s got plenty of charm and just relaxing to play. Mini metro is great too, sunk 40 hours into a trying to get the right passengers to the right train stations, all presented in a nice London Underground art aesthetic.

el_pollo_diablo 5 Dec 2020 22:42:50 3,106 posts
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I really liked Mr Shifty. You basically play Nightcrawler from Xmen 2.