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Tunic came on Game Pass, later to Switch, and at first look it seems to be “Indie Zelda imitation 15”. When actually playing it, it ends up functioning a bit like Dark Souls; very low-explanation exploration, some tough combat, and some really cool secrets. It was my Game of the Year, in a year when Elden Ring released.

For Switch I would recommend Golf Story, an exclusive for the platform. It’s a golf RPG similar to the Game Boy Color Mario Golf game where you do silly golf challenges around an island full of weird characters and become a golf champion. The story is funny and the golf mechanics are surprisingly deep too.

Edit: just saw I’m not the first to plug this game. :)

Give babaisyou a try. It’s a logic puzzler and that’s all I’m going to say about it. Part of the fun is discovering the mechanics and how to break them

I absolutely adore no man’s sky. It’s my favorite game of all time.

I am really enjoying apico at the moment, a really cute wholesome game about breeding bees and butterflies, helping to save the species, it’s based on the old forestry mod for minecraft which used to be one of my favourites as well.

In no particular order:

• The Forgotten City - (loved it)
• Rain World - (love/hate. Unique game where you play as a slugcat)
• Hollow Knight - (someone said it, but I second it. 10/10)
• Celeste - (same as above)
• Furi - (very cool, bullet hell, great music)
• Hotline Miami - (top down fun and murder lol)
• Firewatch - (a good linear story)
• Stanley Parable - (choices, choices 10/10)
• Don’t Starve Together - (survival, great art style)
• Fez - (a really cool puzzle platformer)
• Undertale - (should you kill?)
• Dead Cells - (pretty hard, but fun)
• The Forest - (horror survival)
• Subnautica - (ocean survival. Thalassophobia)
• Amnesia: The Dark Descent - (horror story)
• What Remains of Edith Finch - (good linear story)
• Outer Wilds - (I loved this one so much 10/10)
• The Witness - (cool game, puzzle)
• Outlast - (horror, damn good)
• Deep Rock Galactic - (Rock and Stone!)
• Blasphemous - (Spain inspired metroidvania)
• Abzu - (a very cool ocean experience)
• Soma - (linear horror story)
• Untitled Goose Game - (be a goose)
• Goat Simulator - (be a goat)
• Thumper - (Music, beetle, on a rollercoaster)
• Journey - (go on a journey)
• Risk of Rain 1,2 - (lots of fun)
• Slay the Spire - (a very good turn-based card game)
• Overcooked 1,2 - (fun co-op that gets hard)
• Unravel - (puzzle about yarn)
• No Man’s Sky - (has gotten good since launch, I was at launch)
• OlliOlli - (side scrolling skateboarding)
• Minecraft - (you should know)
• Terraria - (you should know this too)
• Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey - (not sure if indie, but I love it)
• Descenders - (procedural mountain biking)
• Everything - (well, it’s everything feat. Alan Watts)
• The Swords of Ditto - (top down metroidvania?)
• Tails of Iron - (9/10 metroidvania as a rat)
• Ghostrunner - (fast hack and slash awesomeness)
• Rimworld - (management sim, crash landed)
• Slime Rancher - (be happy farming slimes)
• Deadbolt - (play the reaper, like Hotline Miami but side scrolling)
• Kingdom New Lands - (manage your kingdom and survive)
• Limbo/Inside - (two games, puzzle and strange)
• Super Meat Boy - (speedy puzzle platformer)
• Downwell - (arcade game about going down a well)
• Thomas Was Alone - (minimalist puzzle platformer)
• Human Fall Flat - (try to platform, funny)
• Spiritfarer - (cozy management game about dying)

Well, that’s about all I can remember playing. I enjoyed all of these games and they are 7/10+ Anyways, whatcha think?

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Gold Story is a phenomenal Indie Switch exclusive. You definitely don’t have to enjoy golf to have fun playing it. I highly recommend it.

If you haven’t already, you should check out hollow knight or Celeste