By Kate Gray
2016 has been an exceptional year for indie games: Stardew Valley, Darkest Dungeon, Hyper Light Drifter, Gonner, Broforce, Firewatch, Abzu… we could go on, but that’s not what we’re here to do.
First, you should go and buy all those games, but second, you should put some money aside for the even more amazing haul of indie games that are coming in 2017. Here are some of our favourites to look out for!
Night in the Woods
Think Life is Strange crossed with Oxenfree and Wind in the Willows and… well, no, that’s not really what Night in the Woods is, but it’ll give you a good idea of what it might be.
Centered around a small town, to which college dropout (and anthropomorphized cat) Mae returns to rediscover old friends and settle back into her old life, Night in the Woods appears to capture a feeling of aimless drifting with a creepy, foreboding sense of something dark going on just behind the curtain. It’s going to be absolutely brilliant.
Pikuniku
Some games are brilliant because of their mechanics, others are great because of their writing. Pikuniku manages to be both in the most absurd way possible.
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Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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