Great list Clemmy - I would have had Nobody Saves the World much higher and personally just could not get into Rogue Legacy 2, it's objectively a good game but the control, combat and level design are not good.
It's not a fully released game, but my favorite is Have a Nice Death. I really enjoyed Terror of the Hemasauras too. Other than that I was playing a lot of titles from previous years.
Chained Echoes is just...wow. I can not believe a game of this level of quality and amount of content was developed, written, and designed majorly by a singular individual, Matthias Lindas. Passion & love are truly the greatest weapons of a visionary.
For these type of games, there have been a lot of game engines made that cover a big chunk of the programming. With that said, you still need to create the art work, tile blocks, story, etc and for 1 person, that is still a lot.
Tunic is probably my favorite new game from this year. It was just so inventive, unique, and surprising. It made me feel ways that video games haven't in a long time, and has continued to be a focus in my mind even all these months later.
This is one of the many reasons I could never do a channel like this, first you have to constantly be aware of every upcoming indie release, every current release, sort through the rubbish (and there’s way more rubbish than hidden gems, that’s for sure), then after sorting the good ones and placing them in their genre pile, make a ton of videos showcased them in some sort of specific order… then you STILL have to time stamp them all?!?! Look sister, I can talk about games till I’m blue in the face, but the second you put anything in front of me that needs to be properly catalogued, I’m headed straight to the window, or the bathtub with razor in hand! Oh, I wouldn’t exactly say that I’m “afraid of a little work”, I’d say that it’s more that I’m “pants-shitting terrified” of just the THOUGHT of a little work!!! In all honesty, I’m quite perplexed at how I’ve somehow managed to witness a total of 45 summers without dying once (at least not that I know of), but I guess you can’t really count the first 18 being that I had parents who begrudgingly steered me away from the electrical outlets as I ran toward them, arms extended, knife and fork in hand. Unfortunately I can’t say they were as attentive to my needs when it came to playing in traffic. But you know, now that I think about it, that couple who always threw my ball onto the freeway during rush hour did bear a striking resemblance to my parents… Naaaah, it’s just another one of those weird coincidences that have followed me my whole life. Besides, those people both wore crimson capes, and had thick, black, novelty villain mustaches out of those plastic egg gum-ball machines for 25¢ And I’m fairly certain that my mother, although part Italian through marriage, didn’t have a mustache until her late 20’s at the earliest! Well, now that I’ve cleared up that horrible misunderstanding… what the hell were we talking about?
@@danielbueno8474 I’m a little disappointed, but if “uh….okay” is literally the best you could come up with as a dig at me, then I appreciate the effort, but I do hope you work on your shit-talking skills for the future. Don’t get me wrong, I am extremely grateful that you didn’t go with something as shallow as “did you forget to take your meds”, “did you take too much of your meds” …But really any comment revolving around “meds” is just straight up ridiculous at this point, when probably 70%+ of the entire world is on some form of medication. Next time maybe try making fun of my hideous face (while I’m not that hideous, and it’s not like anyone can actually tell, it’s definitely a funnier approach to take), or if all else fails, go for the mom jokes! Nobody will ever, EVER get tired of mom jokes.
Thank God you mentioned Chained Echoes. I've been playing it and it's so good! The best turn-based RPG I've played in years. I'm actually surprised how little attention it is getting from the media, even though the game is on Gamepass. If you like Final Fantasy style turn-based RPG, this game is a must!
Vampire Survivors is easily my favorite this year. But I got to say thanks for showing me so many great games to keep an eye out for or buy this year. Love your videos and cannot wait for more Wishlist padding next year! Looking forward to your Steam Sale videos this week!
Looking back, this was a really stacked year. Feels like the gaming industry is regaining some of the momentum after the pace of releases slowed during the pandemic. Triangle Strategy, Potionomics, Symphony of War, Backpack Hero, and a few others could also be mentioned. This was a surprisingly good year for turn-based strategy fans.
Knowing you, there's a very good chance it'll be a pixel art game. Honestly, if it hadn't come out so late in the year, I would have bet on Chained Echoes.
2022 has been such a great year for indie games. So many worthy titles. My guess for your indie GOTY is Cult of the Lamb and my personal favorite is Tunic.
I don't suspect Tunic managed to enchant you more than Rogue Legacy 2. I'm crossing my fingers for a strong showing by Astlibra which is my favorite this year.
Nephilim saga, it's really good. I recommend it if you loved Fire Emblem series. It's very honorable for dev's love and efforts to the game. I really love added mechanics on this game. There is reasons why over 90% of people gave compliments on it.
My top 10: 1. Cultic 2. Steelrising 3. Prodeus 4. Songs of conquest 5. Souldiers 6. Adaca 7. Haiku the robot 8. Turbo overkill 9. Forgive me father 9,5. Nightmare reaper 10. Tunic Potential to be on the list (I havent played yet): Metal hellsinger, Hands of necromancy, HAAK, Ghost song, Gloomwood, Chop goblins.
Amazing video as always man!. Thanks for all the wonderful recommendations. My favorite indies of the year were Vampire Survivors, Song of Conquest, and Tunic. Tunic my top 1, i really loved!. I must say that it was an excellent year for the indie scene, lots of great titles to enjoy luckily! Hug from Argentina, and happy holidays 🤗
My GOTY List: #1. Tunic #2. Rogue Legacy 2 #3. Chained Echoes #4. Cult of the Lamb #5. Nobody Saves the World I also think it's funny that both our top 4 favorites were the same games, but just in a bit different order. Good tastes, lol!
BUYER BEWARE RIP Wallet because this is such an amazing list and very meticulously researched and recommended that as an Indie enthusiast myself, I too have found some amazing indie gems thanks to this list. Being someone very privy to indie titles in general, hats off to you, for this list.
Rly good list actually. Tbh i have more drive playing indie games than most AAA games nowaday. It's just more fun/ excitement to play them. This list is way better than the best indie list game award thingy has come up with .
Was really on the fence about #2, but I think you pushed me over the edge. Congrats on the child, and the channel. 😅 Metroidvanias brought me here, the quality and breath keeps me around.
Nice to see Chained Echoes at #2! I had a blast playing through that last week! The music was so great too. Still have some other stuff to complete, but overall found the story and gameplay mechanics inspired. And ty for reminding me I need to go finish Rogue LEgacy 2. I think the last time I fired it up, was in pre-release, last year.
My favorite was Vault of the Void. Another notable release for many was Crystal Project, it didn't find me at the right time but others really loved it and I feel like it deserves a mention.
My personal GOTY Indie - Nightmare Reaper. Dark story, fun gameplay, creative weapons. Vampire survivors, then Ultrakill. Lists are subjective, and Clem likes pixel art Metroidvanias
Nice list! (Though I think Tunic should be a little higher up due to all the sick postgame/ARG stuff.) Request for you to cover Rain World: Downpour when that drops Jan 19! The base game was criminally slept on by almost all game journalists.
My favourite was no doubt Chained Echoes, man, what a game!! I've never seen a love letter game done this way, still maintaining its identity, fantastic characters/story and throwing interesting tactical gameplay in the mix! Only thing I didn't like was the upgrading system for the equipement/crystals, felt a bit clunky and needlessly convoluted...! Still, top game of the year for me! The best part is that Sea of Stars is coming too xD JRPG extravaganza! xD
Year has passed quick and a lot of games got delayed, but still a good year for indies. The best ones for me are: SIGNALIS, PRODEUS, SOULDIERS, dark light & knight witch best surprises; salt & sacrifice my disapointment.
Gracias por tanto, Clemmy. I'm glad Rogue Legacy bumped you into this road. May you have wonderful holidays and a next year filled with enjoyment. Watching your videos is all, entertaining, soothing, funny and thoghtfull.
Vampire Survivors is free on iOS and Android for those of you who want to give it a try. I don't know what it is about the game, but it is very addictive :D
banger video my dude, and love that anecdote about Rogue Legacy in the end. Now I'm compelled to play it now. That and a majority of games on this list. Cheers!
I find it amazing that Symphony of War: Nephilim Saga made this considering it was a ghost drop at pretty much the worst time of the year when everyone is just obsessed with AAA fever. My personal GOTY is Chained Echoes, the game is just ridiculously good. Probably the best JRPG I've played since I started following Clemmy back in the Corona days and so damn pretty. Sea of Stars is really gonna have to deliver to stand next to it.
My top 10 from best to least would have to be Triangle Strategy, Cult of the lamb, Stray, Tinykin, Potion Permit, A Plague Tale: Requiem, Somerville, As Dusk Falls, Strange Horticulture, and Domekeeper. A few honorable mentions are Signalis, I Was A Teenage Exocolonist, FAR: Changing Tides, The Entropy Centre, and Beacon Pines.
How is freedom planet 2 not on this list??? That game is what sonic wish it could be! My top 10 for 2022 (not in order): Freedom planet 2 Coromon Prodeus Samurai bringer Kanjozuku Spark the jester 3 Vostok 2061 (visuals were cool) Cosmoteer Tunic Knights of honor 2
FP2 was pretty good, and a worthy successor to the original (and Sonic), It just got a bit too repetitive after awhile and the voice actors annoy the living hell out of me lol. Not bad with the VO turned down and just text boxes though.
Rogue Legacy is actually probably in the running for my favorite game of all time and it was the first Steam game I got all the achievements for, but for some reason I can't get myself to play the sequel. It's like I'm worried that I won't like it as much so I can't play it. I've literally never even seen the game before now (I couldn't even watch the trailers, I have no idea why) and this footage for it is making it look so good to me. I really need to go and play it.
Thank you for your amazing indie games videos. I just bought a Steam Deck and this games are absolutely perfect for this device! Gabe Newell should thank you, too cause of you I spend all my money on the Steam sales :D Keep up the great work! And most importantly stay healthy!
My favorites: GOTY-- Astlibra Revision Best Soundtrack: Anno Mutationem Best Strategy -- Symphony of War: The Nephalim Saga Best Sim -- Dwarf Fortress Best Story -- Riley & Rochelle Best Exploration -- Sephonie 2nd Best Action Game -- Rollerdrome Best Early Access -- Dwarf Fortress
Fantastic list with great variety and fantastic year for indie games. Only one I spontaneously miss is Hardspace Shipbreaker, but I suppose that’s not actually an indie game.
My favorite this year was Haiku the Robot, loved Nobody Saves the World, islets and Potion Permit. I've just started symphopny of war: nephilim saga and now need to play anno mutaionem, citizen sleeper, signalis, chained echoes
Nice list! =D Yeah...Goty at the end varys on the person. To me is the Nº13 of your list: Signalis. It's a game from a genre that I missed a lot and it has a blow mind lore.
Keep it up this is a great channel. I am pleased to see you place Gordian Quest in the top 20 of past year. Very addictive and enjoyable game. Also glad you pointed me to Signalis and Chained Echoes. I still have to give Anno Mutanionem another go I kind of got stuck early and didn't get to see much action yet.
Always enjoy your videos! I appreciate that you aren't just plagiarizing the synopsis off of the store pages of these games, it has always seemed like you really research or play the games you talk about. Hope you have a happy new year. I'm gonna grab Chained Echoes and Wobbledogs 👍
Asterigos is far superior than Thymesia to represent soulslike games Also, The Knight Witch is by far the best metroidvania of the year, I played Infernax and it's an injustice not having The Knight Witch instead.
Thymesia's overall issues were a good mix of being short with no replayability, lack of enemy variety and consequently repeatable encounters, Wounds being more harm than good for combat pacing moreso when enemies fight at a slower pace than you and the minibosses being damage sponges, good amount of build option but lacking build/combat variety from them, and mid to bad bossfights (the only personally great ones were Odun's first encounter and Urd, and screw The God of Fools and Song of the Abyss).
Well imho, you're the best indie game reviewer/previewer and general info source so if you give the trophy to any game, imho it's the DE FACTO INDIE AWARD going! You put the hard yards in and earn the above recognition. You've sold me on Chained Echoes: No better sales-pitch! No idea what my fav release is... so many I lose track of them all. Does your website track all your indie game reviews/previews/releases and lists?
"There is no Light" takes it for me, amazing story, fun gameplay and a decent amount of content. The first 5-10 min of the game are the weakest, but once you get into it you'll be in for an amazing experience
I was actually just about to ask you if it gets better after passing the opening tutorial stuff, because it seemed really janky, and unfinished from the 10-15 minute I put into it. I wasn’t even thinking about giving it another chance, but now I think I have no choice. If you by chance played Morbid, or …damn, I can’t remember the name of the other isometric action horror thing that looked great… looked like a resident evil RPG for SNES or PS1, and now not knowing will consume me all night😬
@@scottbaylo the main “parry” mechanic remains relevant throughout the game, It gives a sense of rhythm to a lot of fights, which I liked, but if you don’t use it, I can see why you would think is no quite there yet. It does get richer the more weapons and skills from the upgrade tree you get. I only thought the pacing of the story a the beginning was a bit whack, but then the game uses more enviromental storytelling, which I prefer, and the walking/fighting animations of the protagonist were rough to my eye at first, but I got used to them fast enough. Didn’t play those games you mentioned, but morbid looks great!
@@acostica1744 I’m glad you told me about the parry being pretty major, because that’s always a huge problem for me. I don’t know what the fuck my problem is, but there are very few games where I am able to do it. Either the parry window is too short, or I hit it too early, it’s a mess! As for Morbid, I promise it’s worth buying blind (but if it has a demo, might as well try it. Funnily enough, I think there’s parrying in that game, but I doubt I ever used it)
Man, loved this video reliving some amazing games this year. Tunic was my #1 by far because the music, environments, and just overall melancholic, sad, but beautiful atmosphere of game was so incredibly engaging to me Rogue Legacy 2 is really good and fun but MAN is it HARD lol
Wow! a lot of comments have an answer for you, very nice, hope this too. Very good year for Indie game was, really enjoy every video you make, my wish list and steam library is full of games you recommended, thanks for that, to bad there is not enought time or money for all of them. See you next year for more.
Thanks for showing all these indies, you have definitely brought some stuff I never would have found otherwise. As for my favorite of the year I think it has to go to Chained Echoes. I was not expecting much and havent beaten it yet but have spent all my free time on it the last week.
What a great video, will keep going back to this to find new games to play this winter! Tunic was great. I didnt see Stray, is that an indie? I also love Tamarin, it's not on the list, great 3d platformer/shooter, but suppose it was from last year.
Chained Echoes is amazing I finished the game saddly dont have game plus or more cuz I wish to play much more happy memories from past in a good quality pixel game!
Congratulations to the team behind Rogue Legacy 2! I mean it, being the best game of the year for Clemmy is not small thing. My top 3 would be: 1. Prodeus 2. Chained Echoes 3. Infernax
My personal favorites of the year: Neon White Signalis - just what I wanted from survival horror. Infernax Dome Keeper - last patch broke controllers, needs to be fixed. I also saw information, that something happened to resource distribution. Prodeus Chained Echoes - there are still some game-breaking bugs that need to be fixed.
@@lancecogan9893 You can wait, if you want to. You can check Chained Echoes subreddit by flair "Bugs" to see how many of them at the moment. Last patch 1.03 fixed some of them.
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Leave a comment to tell me YOUR favourite indie game(s) of the year!
can add new list of upcoming zelda games + 2d zombie games + pixel art zombie games ... and thanks ❤
Great list Clemmy - I would have had Nobody Saves the World much higher and personally just could not get into Rogue Legacy 2, it's objectively a good game but the control, combat and level design are not good.
a musical story is one of the best games that nobody is talking about. i recommend checking out.
If you choose from the above in the video. These are games: anno mutationem, Signalis, tunic, chained echoes.
It's not a fully released game, but my favorite is Have a Nice Death. I really enjoyed Terror of the Hemasauras too. Other than that I was playing a lot of titles from previous years.
Chained Echoes is just...wow. I can not believe a game of this level of quality and amount of content was developed, written, and designed majorly by a singular individual, Matthias Lindas. Passion & love are truly the greatest weapons of a visionary.
Right?? Love it
For these type of games, there have been a lot of game engines made that cover a big chunk of the programming. With that said, you still need to create the art work, tile blocks, story, etc and for 1 person, that is still a lot.
Tunic is probably my favorite new game from this year. It was just so inventive, unique, and surprising. It made me feel ways that video games haven't in a long time, and has continued to be a focus in my mind even all these months later.
Nice. It’s fantastic
I am eager to get my hands on the physical when it comes out. Looking forward to that manual!
I'm addicted to your timestamps please never skip those 😔
I'll get to it when I'm home from work
This is one of the many reasons I could never do a channel like this, first you have to constantly be aware of every upcoming indie release, every current release, sort through the rubbish (and there’s way more rubbish than hidden gems, that’s for sure), then after sorting the good ones and placing them in their genre pile, make a ton of videos showcased them in some sort of specific order… then you STILL have to time stamp them all?!?! Look sister, I can talk about games till I’m blue in the face, but the second you put anything in front of me that needs to be properly catalogued, I’m headed straight to the window, or the bathtub with razor in hand! Oh, I wouldn’t exactly say that I’m “afraid of a little work”, I’d say that it’s more that I’m “pants-shitting terrified” of just the THOUGHT of a little work!!! In all honesty, I’m quite perplexed at how I’ve somehow managed to witness a total of 45 summers without dying once (at least not that I know of), but I guess you can’t really count the first 18 being that I had parents who begrudgingly steered me away from the electrical outlets as I ran toward them, arms extended, knife and fork in hand. Unfortunately I can’t say they were as attentive to my needs when it came to playing in traffic. But you know, now that I think about it, that couple who always threw my ball onto the freeway during rush hour did bear a striking resemblance to my parents… Naaaah, it’s just another one of those weird coincidences that have followed me my whole life. Besides, those people both wore crimson capes, and had thick, black, novelty villain mustaches out of those plastic egg gum-ball machines for 25¢ And I’m fairly certain that my mother, although part Italian through marriage, didn’t have a mustache until her late 20’s at the earliest! Well, now that I’ve cleared up that horrible misunderstanding… what the hell were we talking about?
@@scottbaylo bro chill out 🍭
@@scottbaylo uh... okay.
@@danielbueno8474 I’m a little disappointed, but if “uh….okay” is literally the best you could come up with as a dig at me, then I appreciate the effort, but I do hope you work on your shit-talking skills for the future.
Don’t get me wrong, I am extremely grateful that you didn’t go with something as shallow as “did you forget to take your meds”, “did you take too much of your meds”
…But really any comment revolving around “meds” is just straight up ridiculous at this point, when probably
70%+ of the entire world is on some form of medication. Next time maybe try making fun of my hideous face (while I’m not that hideous, and it’s not like anyone can actually tell, it’s definitely a funnier approach to take), or if all else fails, go for the mom jokes! Nobody will ever, EVER get tired of mom jokes.
Thank you so much for making indie game content. It completely changed me.
I'm enjoying gaming again!
Happy holidays and success in 2023.
Thank you for watching! Happy to be your source for indies
Thank God you mentioned Chained Echoes. I've been playing it and it's so good! The best turn-based RPG I've played in years. I'm actually surprised how little attention it is getting from the media, even though the game is on Gamepass. If you like Final Fantasy style turn-based RPG, this game is a must!
SO GOOD
Make sure to peep out this years amazing "Crystal Project" too!
Thank you so much for mentioning that it's on GamePass - gonna try it out right now!
Vampire Survivors is easily my favorite this year. But I got to say thanks for showing me so many great games to keep an eye out for or buy this year. Love your videos and cannot wait for more Wishlist padding next year! Looking forward to your Steam Sale videos this week!
Cheers. It's a good game!
Looking back, this was a really stacked year. Feels like the gaming industry is regaining some of the momentum after the pace of releases slowed during the pandemic. Triangle Strategy, Potionomics, Symphony of War, Backpack Hero, and a few others could also be mentioned. This was a surprisingly good year for turn-based strategy fans.
Yeah a bit of momentum was gotten back
Triangle Strategy is not an indie game. Symphony of War is listed on the video.
@@Omar_Al_Seddik They didn't specially say those were their favourite indies of the year, just highlighting some awesome turn based strategy games
👀Before the video goes live, guess what my indie GOTY is and let me know your personal favorite!
Knowing you, there's a very good chance it'll be a pixel art game. Honestly, if it hadn't come out so late in the year, I would have bet on Chained Echoes.
2022 has been such a great year for indie games. So many worthy titles. My guess for your indie GOTY is Cult of the Lamb and my personal favorite is Tunic.
Tunic
I don't suspect Tunic managed to enchant you more than Rogue Legacy 2. I'm crossing my fingers for a strong showing by Astlibra which is my favorite this year.
Chained Echoes my guess.
I'm playing it right now, so good!
Dave the Diver is a surprise for me this year.
that's a great one
Nephilim saga, it's really good.
I recommend it if you loved Fire Emblem series.
It's very honorable for dev's love and efforts to the game. I really love added mechanics on this game. There is reasons why over 90% of people gave compliments on it.
right here waiting for it on switch
YES
My top 10:
1. Cultic
2. Steelrising
3. Prodeus
4. Songs of conquest
5. Souldiers
6. Adaca
7. Haiku the robot
8. Turbo overkill
9. Forgive me father
9,5. Nightmare reaper
10. Tunic
Potential to be on the list (I havent played yet): Metal hellsinger, Hands of necromancy, HAAK, Ghost song, Gloomwood, Chop goblins.
It's like all shooters :D
Cultic hell yeah awesome game cant wait for chapter 2
Amazing video as always man!. Thanks for all the wonderful recommendations.
My favorite indies of the year were Vampire Survivors, Song of Conquest, and Tunic. Tunic my top 1, i really loved!. I must say that it was an excellent year for the indie scene, lots of great titles to enjoy luckily!
Hug from Argentina, and happy holidays 🤗
nice. Congrats on the World Cup win & happy holidays!
@@ClemmyGames clemmy? In the scaloneta papá 🇦🇷🇦🇷
My GOTY List: #1. Tunic #2. Rogue Legacy 2 #3. Chained Echoes #4. Cult of the Lamb #5. Nobody Saves the World
I also think it's funny that both our top 4 favorites were the same games, but just in a bit different order. Good tastes, lol!
BRUH
I really like this top 25, it looks super fair, it has many genres
Good job
cheers, thanks for watching!
BUYER BEWARE
RIP Wallet because this is such an amazing list and very meticulously researched and recommended that as an Indie enthusiast myself, I too have found some amazing indie gems thanks to this list. Being someone very privy to indie titles in general, hats off to you, for this list.
😂 💸💸💸
Rly good list actually.
Tbh i have more drive playing indie games than most AAA games nowaday.
It's just more fun/ excitement to play them.
This list is way better than the best indie list game award thingy has come up with .
Cheers. Well, I specialise in all things indies while the game (sony) awards is more aaa focused
Triple A games are obsessed with graphics these days
Indie games are more focused on story and gameplay and most importantly fun
Was really on the fence about #2, but I think you pushed me over the edge.
Congrats on the child, and the channel. 😅
Metroidvanias brought me here, the quality and breath keeps me around.
😁 Hope you like the game. Thanks for the well wishes and I'm happy to be your home for all things indie games!
Nice list! Gonna play some of your list.
Nice to see Chained Echoes at #2! I had a blast playing through that last week! The music was so great too. Still have some other stuff to complete, but overall found the story and gameplay mechanics inspired. And ty for reminding me I need to go finish Rogue LEgacy 2. I think the last time I fired it up, was in pre-release, last year.
Chained Echos and Crystal Project were both great for that genre.
Good!
I forgot a lot of titles, this year was really tiring for me but am playing bear and breakfast now, it's a very enjoyable management game
It's cozy!
My favorite was Vault of the Void. Another notable release for many was Crystal Project, it didn't find me at the right time but others really loved it and I feel like it deserves a mention.
Vault of the Void is spectacular.
If someone played it once when it first was new, they need to revisit to see how far it's come.
Interesting picks
@@Iverath totally agree. VotV is a top tier deckbuilder that needs to be more known
My personal GOTY Indie - Nightmare Reaper. Dark story, fun gameplay, creative weapons.
Vampire survivors, then Ultrakill.
Lists are subjective, and Clem likes pixel art Metroidvanias
good games
@Best Indie Games I enjoy how easy to pick up and play these games are.
Signalis is my GOTY and I first heard about it on this channel. Thank you!
Me too signalis was so fucking amazing
Nice! Happy to be of help!
Signalis was my favourite this year
nice
I wonder what games ill need to add to my backlog after this list... :)
Many!
Nice list! (Though I think Tunic should be a little higher up due to all the sick postgame/ARG stuff.) Request for you to cover Rain World: Downpour when that drops Jan 19! The base game was criminally slept on by almost all game journalists.
For sure! Downpour will be checked out
That popcorners breaking bad ad was awesome.
It’s good
My favourite gaming word of the year: meow-button!
And I bought Dwarf Fortress this week. Send help...
Oh dear.... The Dwarf Fortress hole goes DEEP
My favourite was no doubt Chained Echoes, man, what a game!!
I've never seen a love letter game done this way, still maintaining its identity, fantastic characters/story and throwing interesting tactical gameplay in the mix!
Only thing I didn't like was the upgrading system for the equipement/crystals, felt a bit clunky and needlessly convoluted...! Still, top game of the year for me!
The best part is that Sea of Stars is coming too xD JRPG extravaganza! xD
Glad to see Gordian Quest in the list. It suffered from a bit too many unnessary features but the core game mechanics and artwork were great.
Year has passed quick and a lot of games got delayed, but still a good year for indies. The best ones for me are: SIGNALIS, PRODEUS, SOULDIERS, dark light & knight witch best surprises; salt & sacrifice my disapointment.
Thanks for sharing
Before your channel my steam Wishlist was maybe a dozen or so games. After subscribing to your channel it is now 10 times that.
My wishlist has 3,000 titles lol
Not played many 2022 games, but Vanpire Survivors and Coromon were the two I played and I love both.
excellent!
Gracias por tanto, Clemmy.
I'm glad Rogue Legacy bumped you into this road.
May you have wonderful holidays and a next year filled with enjoyment. Watching your videos is all, entertaining, soothing, funny and thoghtfull.
Cheers Arturo
Fantastic video as always Clemmy! Chained Echoes is #1 for me. I think it may be a masterpiece and it'll go down as the hollow knight of its genre
nice
Best indie channels and thank you soo much for the perfect time stamps! :D
You're so welcome!
Pleasantly surprised to hear SG accent. Solid lah! 😁
Yo! Always happy to see comments from a Singaporean
That's some nice Anno Mutationem in the thumbnail which is my pick for best soundtrack.
👀
Vampire Survivors is free on iOS and Android for those of you who want to give it a try. I don't know what it is about the game, but it is very addictive :D
mmhmm!
banger video my dude, and love that anecdote about Rogue Legacy in the end. Now I'm compelled to play it now. That and a majority of games on this list. Cheers!
Dude I've been following your channel for a while, your game preferences are awesome.
Glad you like them!
Clemmy LMAO @ 10:10 you made me spit up my drink!
😂
Another great year for Indie games and for the channel! Congrats :)
Yes! Thank you!
Delightful list. Gordian Quest and Symphony of War definitely caught my attention 👍
Chained echoes indie goty for me and also One of the best jrpg every made, such an incredible game.
nice. love it
Signalis is such a survival horror masterpiece.
I find it amazing that Symphony of War: Nephilim Saga made this considering it was a ghost drop at pretty much the worst time of the year when everyone is just obsessed with AAA fever.
My personal GOTY is Chained Echoes, the game is just ridiculously good. Probably the best JRPG I've played since I started following Clemmy back in the Corona days and so damn pretty. Sea of Stars is really gonna have to deliver to stand next to it.
I like how you cut to the chase and showed the game from the tumbnail first, pretty much one of the only interesting titles too.
Respect.
😮 Cmon! so many awesome titles in this list
@@ClemmyGames Good but not my cup of tea.
My top 10 from best to least would have to be Triangle Strategy, Cult of the lamb, Stray, Tinykin, Potion Permit, A Plague Tale: Requiem, Somerville, As Dusk Falls, Strange Horticulture, and Domekeeper. A few honorable mentions are Signalis, I Was A Teenage Exocolonist, FAR: Changing Tides, The Entropy Centre, and Beacon Pines.
wow! thanks for sharing!
Great vid! My personal fav's of 2022 are:
1. Dorfromantik
2. Gordian Quest
3. Rogue Legacy 2
4. Brotato
5. Souldiers
thank you for sharing!
Gonna play Hero’s Hour as soon as I finish my King’s Bounty Armored Princess playthrough. Finally the genre is trying something new
Yessssss! Please do!
"SINCE I LIKE MY PANTS CLEAN"🤣🤣🤣
😂
How is freedom planet 2 not on this list??? That game is what sonic wish it could be!
My top 10 for 2022 (not in order):
Freedom planet 2
Coromon
Prodeus
Samurai bringer
Kanjozuku
Spark the jester 3
Vostok 2061 (visuals were cool)
Cosmoteer
Tunic
Knights of honor 2
Interesting list!
FP2 was pretty good, and a worthy successor to the original (and Sonic), It just got a bit too repetitive after awhile and the voice actors annoy the living hell out of me lol. Not bad with the VO turned down and just text boxes though.
Kanjozoku is a scam game: ran a search on youtube, and switchstars had a video on it.
Chained Echoes is in my gog list now. Thanks !
Use my link 😉 af.gog.com/en/game/chained_echoes?as=1734408664
Excellent list, been working on rogue legacy 2 since it dropped on switch and its amazing
NICE
Rogue Legacy is actually probably in the running for my favorite game of all time and it was the first Steam game I got all the achievements for, but for some reason I can't get myself to play the sequel. It's like I'm worried that I won't like it as much so I can't play it. I've literally never even seen the game before now (I couldn't even watch the trailers, I have no idea why) and this footage for it is making it look so good to me. I really need to go and play it.
Thank you for your amazing indie games videos. I just bought a Steam Deck and this games are absolutely perfect for this device! Gabe Newell should thank you, too cause of you I spend all my money on the Steam sales :D Keep up the great work! And most importantly stay healthy!
Cheers
My favorites:
GOTY-- Astlibra Revision
Best Soundtrack: Anno Mutationem
Best Strategy --
Symphony of War: The Nephalim Saga
Best Sim -- Dwarf Fortress
Best Story -- Riley & Rochelle
Best Exploration -- Sephonie
2nd Best Action Game -- Rollerdrome
Best Early Access -- Dwarf Fortress
Cheers Rick, thanks for sharing
Longest EA - Dwarf Fortress lolololol
Fantastic list with great variety and fantastic year for indie games. Only one I spontaneously miss is Hardspace Shipbreaker, but I suppose that’s not actually an indie game.
Yup not an indie
Excellent list. I haven't heard of most of these.
Praise you for dedicating your life to sifting through the humongous stream of indie games and giving us the best!
Cheers
My favorite this year was Haiku the Robot, loved Nobody Saves the World, islets and Potion Permit. I've just started symphopny of war: nephilim saga and now need to play anno mutaionem, citizen sleeper, signalis, chained echoes
Thank you for sharing!
Tunic in 4 only ?! Ok isn't Death Door but it was insane !
Good game!
Nice list! =D
Yeah...Goty at the end varys on the person.
To me is the Nº13 of your list: Signalis.
It's a game from a genre that I missed a lot and it has a blow mind lore.
Of course! It's all personal. Nice pick
Keep it up this is a great channel. I am pleased to see you place Gordian Quest in the top 20 of past year. Very addictive and enjoyable game. Also glad you pointed me to Signalis and Chained Echoes. I still have to give Anno Mutanionem another go I kind of got stuck early and didn't get to see much action yet.
As of December 2022, 22, 15, 13, 12, 11, 7, 4 and 2 are currently available on Xbox/PC Game Pass.
Game pass is great
Thanks for playing games!! Will be buying some of these games!!
Have fun!
I actually found Neon White's writing to be very charming
coromon looks fun... im surprised nintendo hasn't tried to come at them for a game heavily inspired by its top seller
Shoutout to symphony of war, if you like agre battle or soul nomad, this is a must buy. Great story/characters also.
My top:
1.Signalis
2.Tunic
3.Chained Echoes
Good ones
thanks bro, i got some neat recommendations
cheers
Always enjoy your videos! I appreciate that you aren't just plagiarizing the synopsis off of the store pages of these games, it has always seemed like you really research or play the games you talk about. Hope you have a happy new year. I'm gonna grab Chained Echoes and Wobbledogs 👍
Glad you like them! Enjoy!
Asterigos is far superior than Thymesia to represent soulslike games
Also, The Knight Witch is by far the best metroidvania of the year, I played Infernax and it's an injustice not having The Knight Witch instead.
ok. personal preference and all that
Thymesia's overall issues were a good mix of being short with no replayability, lack of enemy variety and consequently repeatable encounters, Wounds being more harm than good for combat pacing moreso when enemies fight at a slower pace than you and the minibosses being damage sponges, good amount of build option but lacking build/combat variety from them, and mid to bad bossfights (the only personally great ones were Odun's first encounter and Urd, and screw The God of Fools and Song of the Abyss).
Great list of games and as always I look forward to playing some of your recommendations
Glad you like them!
Very surprised to not see Dead Estate on this list, this game along with Tiny Rogues and Dysmantle are top 3 this year for me
tiny rouges is early access. Dead estate released last year
Let's be honest, Stray only won popularity, money, and prices because... cat. And that's all.
Well imho, you're the best indie game reviewer/previewer and general info source so if you give the trophy to any game, imho it's the DE FACTO INDIE AWARD going!
You put the hard yards in and earn the above recognition.
You've sold me on Chained Echoes: No better sales-pitch!
No idea what my fav release is... so many I lose track of them all.
Does your website track all your indie game reviews/previews/releases and lists?
Thank you! The website really should be updated :P I'll look into more regular updates there next year, thanks!
Honestly, chained echoes is a masterpiece. If you loved chrono trigger, you'll be right at home. I can't stop playing it
Cult of the lamb? Game was satisfying on both ends of roguelite and management. Ghost song was enjoyable too.
two good ones!
"There is no Light" takes it for me, amazing story, fun gameplay and a decent amount of content. The first 5-10 min of the game are the weakest, but once you get into it you'll be in for an amazing experience
Interesting
I was actually just about to ask you if it gets better after passing the opening tutorial stuff, because it seemed really janky, and unfinished from the 10-15 minute I put into it. I wasn’t even thinking about giving it another chance, but now I think I have no choice. If you by chance played Morbid, or …damn, I can’t remember the name of the other isometric action horror thing that looked great… looked like a resident evil RPG for SNES or PS1, and now not knowing will consume me all night😬
@@scottbaylo the main “parry” mechanic remains relevant throughout the game, It gives a sense of rhythm to a lot of fights, which I liked, but if you don’t use it, I can see why you would think is no quite there yet. It does get richer the more weapons and skills from the upgrade tree you get. I only thought the pacing of the story a the beginning was a bit whack, but then the game uses more enviromental storytelling, which I prefer, and the walking/fighting animations of the protagonist were rough to my eye at first, but I got used to them fast enough. Didn’t play those games you mentioned, but morbid looks great!
@@acostica1744 I’m glad you told me about the parry being pretty major, because that’s always a huge problem for me. I don’t know what the fuck my problem is, but there are very few games where I am able to do it. Either the parry window is too short, or I hit it too early, it’s a mess! As for Morbid, I promise it’s worth buying blind (but if it has a demo, might as well try it. Funnily enough, I think there’s parrying in that game, but I doubt I ever used it)
Just discovered your channel, great content!
Man, loved this video reliving some amazing games this year. Tunic was my #1 by far because the music, environments, and just overall melancholic, sad, but beautiful atmosphere of game was so incredibly engaging to me
Rogue Legacy 2 is really good and fun but MAN is it HARD lol
I'm surprised no one has talked about Trek to Yomi this year..
Ehhhh. It was ok. Definitely going for something in the visuals and presentation.
Thymesia oh thymesia where the second boss is the final boss of the game. Cant ever forget.
Wow! a lot of comments have an answer for you, very nice, hope this too. Very good year for Indie game was, really enjoy every video you make, my wish list and steam library is full of games you recommended, thanks for that, to bad there is not enought time or money for all of them. See you next year for more.
Happy new year and thank you for watching! I try to get to all the comments, love hearing from all of you
Excellent list, thanks and Happy Holidays 🎄🎅🍾🎇
Happy holidays!
so happy rogue legacy 2 made the top. i am over the heels with the sequel!! pair it with my steam deck, it's a perfect combo!
Excellent
Great channel, Yours videos are fantastic source of information for indie games lovers. Great stuff!
Thank you for making this list, so eye-opening!!! Looking foward to play the top 3 on my channel!
Thanks for showing all these indies, you have definitely brought some stuff I never would have found otherwise. As for my favorite of the year I think it has to go to Chained Echoes. I was not expecting much and havent beaten it yet but have spent all my free time on it the last week.
YESSSSSSS
What a great video, will keep going back to this to find new games to play this winter!
Tunic was great. I didnt see Stray, is that an indie?
I also love Tamarin, it's not on the list, great 3d platformer/shooter, but suppose it was from last year.
Tamarin was an interesting one! Stray is indie but it's ok
some good games I missed, thanks for the video!
Glad you enjoyed!
@@ClemmyGames Especially citizen sleeper & dome keeper, looks really good!
Glad to see Heroes Hour in here
woohoo!
Chained Echoes is amazing I finished the game saddly dont have game plus or more cuz I wish to play much more happy memories from past in a good quality pixel game!
yeah, so good
Congratulations to the team behind Rogue Legacy 2! I mean it, being the best game of the year for Clemmy is not small thing.
My top 3 would be:
1. Prodeus
2. Chained Echoes
3. Infernax
🥳 Thanks for sharing!
My personal favorites of the year:
Neon White
Signalis - just what I wanted from survival horror.
Infernax
Dome Keeper - last patch broke controllers, needs to be fixed. I also saw information, that something happened to resource distribution.
Prodeus
Chained Echoes - there are still some game-breaking bugs that need to be fixed.
nice, thanks for sharing!
Should I wait on Chained Echoes then?
@@lancecogan9893 You can wait, if you want to.
You can check Chained Echoes subreddit by flair "Bugs" to see how many of them at the moment.
Last patch 1.03 fixed some of them.
My favorite was embers adrift and it is a indie MMO with no cash shop and weekly updates. It has the best armor system I've seen in any game.
Rogue Legacy 2 is so insanely good!!!! So glad that's on here
Your lists are my favorite :)
Cheers