author: Paul Wozniak
The Best Indie Games of 2020
Making a hit when the budget is counted in tens of millions of dollars isn't a great feat. Today, we talk about great games that have been successful despite scarce resources, and tiny development teams.
Table of Contents
- The Best Indie Games of 2020
- Among Us
- Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
- Satisfactory
- Risk of Rain 2
- ULTRAKILL
- Pummel Party
- CARRION
- BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE
- UnderMine
- Monster Train
- Spiritfarer
Spiritfarer
- Developer: Thunder Lotus Games
- Genre: a combination of adventure game, platformer, and economic strategy
- Release date: August 18, 2020
- Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Ratings on Steam: 95% positive
What kind of game is this?
This year, Thunder Lotus Games delivered its third game. Jotun and Sundered, their previous productions, featured not only beautiful, hand-drawn graphics, but also engaging gameplay and original stories. It's no different with Spiritfarer, which is a game in which we play the carrier of the souls of the dead. In order to do this, we need to help the spirits solve certain issues and learn their life stories. There's also the ability of expanding our boat, exploring the available world or indulging in simple activities such as fishing and growing crops.
What made the players like this game so much?
Spiritfarer is a highly atmospheric production that quickly won the players' hearts by showing various (and often not quite joyful) stories of deceased characters and their relationships with the main character. We also appreciated the number of side activities, pleasant mechanics of expansion and management of the boat, and the gameplay, which does not force us to do anything, so that we have a lot of freedom here.
