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Favourite Indie PC game under $10?

January 15, 2012 10:22 AM PST  ·  Flag  ·  66 answers
I showcase them on my YouTube channel, and I am wondering whether anyone has any favourites they would like me to do :)

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  Dungeon Defenders on Steam
  
I haven't played it yet, but I heard good things about it. And its just a little over 10$ (15$) but I think you should give it a try
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  2 points posted by Jake Gold
It's definitely fun if you like Defender-style games. Not *super* fun, but a lot of fun for the money that's for sure.
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  1 points posted by Chris N
I can vouch for this, I have plugged 100+ hours into this game. I picked up this game when it was on sale over the holidays (Steam Winter Sale). You will enjoy this game if you like RPG + Tower Defence game.


Serge Shirokov
  
Favourite would be Terraria but Braid and Jamestown are also good.
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Chris N
  Magicka
  
Aside from recommending Dungeon Defenders (already recommended by someone else), I say Magicka. It's a great multiplayer game if you're into that. It requires team work. You can combine different elements to make new spells. Example: Fire+Rock/Earth = Fireball.
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  1 points posted by Eugene S.
Awesome game, and soo funny.
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  1 points posted by James O.
Oh Magicka indeed. So much fun, especially if you're playing with friends.
Ja Wat
  VVVVVV
  
I'm loving this game right now. It's universe is big and has a lot of replay value in it.
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Nuno F.
  Super Meat Boy on Steam
  
Super Meat Boy is my favorite Indie game. It's a few dollars over your budget but believe me, it's worth every penny. You should also get VVVVVV on Steam, it's like $5 and a great game as well. http://store.steampowered.com/app/70300/

Other than that Terraria is also worth your time. http://store.steampowered.com/app/105600/
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  2 points posted by James O.
Super Meat Boy is incredibly frustrating and amazingly fun at the same time.

VVVVVV is a quick game with some of the best music I've heard.

And Terraria is really fun with friends, or just joining the community on the official forums and playing games with the users there. Just don't say it's a 2d Minecraft. They don't like that.
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  1 points posted by Nuno F.
Definitely. I don't know, there's something about Super Meat Boy's mechanics that just works. The controls are super responsive, the level design is great and although it's an unbelieavably hard game the fact that you can restart instantly (not even the soundtrack stops) ends up making you try again and again without feeling like throwing your controller against the wall in rage. Which also boosts the sense of accomplishment when you finally beat a particular level.

I have yet to try playing Terraria with friends, basically because I'm still a noob at it on Single Player. But I've heard great things about it.

Josh Baldvins
  
terraria is a great game for 10 bucks. but it is worth it to pay 15 more and get Minecraft
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Duncan MacLeod
  VVVVVV on Steam
  
one of the best platformers in recent years, only 5 dollars on Steam, amazing deal. Also Bastion($15) Super Meat Boy($15) Ben There, Dan That(hilarious point and click, $5) and plenty more
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  Jamestown on Steam
  
Jamestown, hands down. Probably one of the most fun shmups I'v played in years. It was part of the HiB #4 so if you do a video about it you'll have more than a couple commenters on it.
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  1 points posted by James O.
Jamestown is super fun bullet-hell game. Dodging everything coming at you while trying to activate your 'Vaunt mode' is as hard as it is rewarding.
Alexander Andrew Halim
  Cave Story+ on Steam
  
Cave Story is a great indie game on steam, although this is the remake, the original cave story was produced by one man, all of the dialogue, level design, even music was created by Daisuke Amaya, aka. Pixel, this indie game is a must get for people who love old style platformers, and/or love good plot driven games =D, i highly recommend this game.
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  1 points posted by Gordon Zhang
Cave Story itself can be downloaded for free, by the way. Try it out, it's a great game.
Lukas M
  The Binding of Isaac on Steam
  
This is great game for Youtube channel. It is action RPG game. Everytime there is randomly generated dungeon for you. And also it has awesome music. Give it a try you wont regret it.
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Luihu Leijona
  
Terraria is a really fantastic one that you can pick up for $9.99 on Steam. It's similar to Minecraft, but it's set in a 2D perspective rather than a 3D one. It's also much more combat oriented than Minecraft is, with many weapons to use and many enemies to fight. I've sunk over a hundred hours into it since I got it.
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Alex Y.
  
Bastion is amazing. It's a work of art and has some of the best music and voiceover work I've ever seen in an indie game.
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  1 points posted by Ibrar A.
I believe Bastion is $15 dollars though,
Elijah Rellis
  
VVVVVV is well worth it
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Leandro Pardini
  
Trine is on Steam for $10, though it has been for a lot cheaper and it was part of a Humble Bundle. Trine 2 sells for $15, but it adds so much enemy variety that it's worth the extra $5.
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Mads Andersen
  
You should also tjeck the Humble Indie Bundles and Royale Indie Bundles out!
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Jake Fuller
  
"Terraria" it's on steam, it's essentially a 2D version of Minecraft, and slightly different. It's fun for just $9.99
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Eric Turner
  Bastion - Official Trailer - YouTube
  
Enough said.
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Philly Skip
  
Get the Humble indie bundle! its 10 games for around 5 dollars. Some of the games have won "Best Indie Game" such as Braid, Cortex Command! Its actually any price you want since all the money goes to charity. I pay around 15 dollars but my friend pays around 60 cents for all the games!
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Adam Buttercup
  
Garrys mod 11.

its basicaly a sandbox type game were anything is posible. spent days ata time playing its so fun.and its for steam
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Nora Larson
  
Binding of Isaac: A good game, kind of reminds me of a shooter version of 2D Legend of Zelda titles' dungeoning system of rooms, items, and all that good stuff. Doooon't play it if you're easily freaked out, though, or if you're offended by things that sort of poke fun at christianity.
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Nick Collins
  
Dungeons of Dredmor is an amazing choice. I would get that.
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Steve Landstrom
  Top Games Under $10
  
A ton of really cool games all in one place under $10. Have fun playing.
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Matthew Kijanko
  
Dungeons of dredmor. So much variety in that game.
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Josh Gallagher
  
Terraria is a good game for a small price, Steam has a category for under £7 or $10 which is very useful
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Norman Nguyen
  
Magicka ,hands down fav (not sure its an indie game though, but still under $10).
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Shane McCallum
  
Braid. Easily the best and most beautiful indie game i have ever played.
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alex moore
  World of Goo
  
World of Goo
Drag and drop living, squirming, talking globs of goo to build structures, bridges, cannonballs, zeppelins, and giant tongues. The millions of innocent goo balls that live in the beautiful World of Goo are curious to explore. But they don't know t... read more...
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World of Goo is really fun
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Geoffery R.
  
binding of Issac is super addicting
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Adrian A.
  
Terraria, vvvvvv, supermeat boy, nexiuz is good, PixelJunk Eden, Really Big Sky, Cave story+, and trine
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logan parks
  
i say tf2.its an awesome game,and best of all,its free!
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Kevin Liu
  
TERRARRRRIAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!1!!11one!!1!!!!eleven!!!11!1!1
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Charles Martin
  
Uplink is $9.99. I've gotten countless hours of fun and frustration out of it. The game makes you figure out how to hack futuristic systems, forcing you to use your brain (rare in games these days).
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Jordan C.
  Terraria on Steam
  
By far the best indie game ive played. basically a 2d minecraft although theres a big unique twist on it
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Justin Stewart
  
Terraria is an awesome game for its price, it is a must get :]
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Clay Venezia
  
King Arthur's Gold is like Terraria but its mainly a multiplayer online game. Basically you build castles and such as defenses and your enemy does the same then the Knights and Archers on your team charge at each other. It has surprisingly deep and complex gameplay and strategy as well. Unfortunately, I believe that they raised the price to $12.50 just two days ago. It is still in alpha though, and the free version of the game is still really fun and you don't miss out on much.
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Rakin Fatahillah
  Frozen Synapse on Steam
  
Frozen synapse is the best. you get to play chess with guns. one of a very unique games out there.
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Aziz Bouland
  
Dungeon defenders:
I've played it, if you like the mmorpg style and action combat style and tower defense theme, this is your game.
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Seneca Smith
  
Jamestown if you are into the shmup genre.... very Cave-like shooter.. and very very good -- its also available on linux
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Matt Zielesch
  Project Zomboid | The Zombie Survival RPG
  
Great game with near endless possibilities, plus the Devs are extremely good with keeping the community informed on what's happening with the game at all times.
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matej s.
  
limbo is awesome
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Mads Andersen
  
The binding of isaac is a really cool games, and i heard there is a Expansion coming up! Ohh and its only 4,99€
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Matthew Wiese
  
Knytt Stories. A beautiful little indie game that can last you maybe 30 minutes to an hour on the main storyline, and has bazillions of level created by the community using the included level editor. Did I mention it's free?
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Glenn H.
  
Terraria is an awesome, colourful game and i would reccomend it to people who play games like Minecraft or Dwarf Fortress or Infiniminer
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Dylan P.
  BIT.TRIP RUNNER on Steam
  
This is a must have for music lovers.
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Bobby Stanley
  
I agree about Dungeons of Dredmor, but honestly check out the Humble Bundles.
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Jonathan Bryan
  
Dungeons of Dredmor is FANATASTIC! It has great replay value. You can spend hours on the game and not even realize it.
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Ross Donalson
  
I'm just going to step into my time machine and assume you asked this question a year or so ago. Minecraft>*. Best $10 I ever spent. It is now $20? but still worth it.
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Matthew Hoffman
  
I recently got Killing Floor off of Steam for around 6 dollars US. I think it goes for around 10 now.
Think Left 4 Dead meets Call of Duty zombie mode, and you'll have Killing Floor.

For the amount of money, I'd defiantly say its worth it.
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Michael DeLecce
  
As people have said before, Terraria is one of the most fun indie games I have ever played, Super Meat boys a good choice also, but i think terraria definantly takes the cake
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Christian Nesenberend
  
This is a tough question. Personally, I'd say that Immortal Defense might be my favourite right now, though it might not be the best game for you to showcase.

However, there's so many other answers I can happily promote it. Give it a shot, the demo is the first 20 levels and the game is PWYW.
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Chris Johnson
  Uplink on Steam
  
Uplink is an amazing hacking simulation game. It requires no real-world hacking knowledge to play. It is very addicting and immersive. I sometimes find myself forgetting that it is not real.
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Matthew Papantonakis
  
Red Nation right now on steam is under 10 dollars! If you love zombie anything! You'll love this game!
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Paul Fox
  
Try this, it's an excellent indie Tower Defense game with a difference. Tech tree, great music, great graphics, addictive gameplay.
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John Harding
  
It's an awesome game.
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Josh Speer
  
I really enjoyed machinarium. The graphics are great, and the puzzles are fun.
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lionel traine
  
DustForce. It's new and totally awesome.
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Eric E.
  
If you have any friends to play with you can pick up magicka for 9.99 on steam. Now that is a game worth playing altough it has some game breaking glitches and crashes. It is tons of fun. also there is limbo which is also 9.99, great singleplayer a bit short but well worth the money you pay.
Limbo is kind of creepy and dark, but has great mood and controls.
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Antonio Garcia
  
you can get "Artemis space ship" for free if you do a video with the demo

Terraria would be a great option too
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Troy Nutter
  
You should really check all of these out, it is pay what you want and you get to designate how much of your donation goes to charity! all the games are a blast, but I'm partial to bitrunner.
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  1 points posted by Troy Nutter
i meant to link this sorry :P http://www.humblebundle.com/
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  1 points posted by Nora Larson
But the bundle is closed...
Marc Yates
  
Not sure on US prices but the original Trine is still worth a play through and Bastion is superb, if you wanted something a little more retro try Cthulu saves the World and Breath of Death VII as a double pack on Steam
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Ibrar A.
  
Terraria. This is one of the best indie games I have played, I've spent over 100 hours on it.
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Anthony Cristo
  Super Meat Boy Ultra Edition
  
Super Meat Boy Ultra Edition
Super Meat Boy is a tough as nails platformer where you play as an animated cube of meat who's trying to save his girlfriend (who happens to be made of bandages) from an evil fetus in a jar wearing a tux. Our meaty hero will leap from walls, over ... read more...
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My brother plays this game, says it's pretty cool. Lots of characters to choose from and hundreds of levels with cool stories, warp zones, and other games. I've only watched, myself, but it seems like it would be a good time.
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Holden B.
  
Like a previous poster said, be sure to check each humble bundle. They typically put the best of the best for sale on there. Also, the Indie Royale has some good games from time to time. And I know it's over $10, but Bastion is the greatest indie game of all time IMO. It has a near perfect blend of gameplay, story, music, atmosphere, and art design. I haven't been that impressed by a game since I played Majora's Mask.
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Site Mao
  
Terraria, Super Meat Boy, Audiosurf are my top favorites.

Usually they are $10, $14, and $10 dollars respectively, but every week or so there are sales which can take it down to $3-5
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Isaiah Lucas
  
I enjoy all the games in humble indie bundle, where you pay whatever price you want and get cheap games. like, i paid 3 dollars and got all the games.
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Frank Moricz
  
"Towns" is quickly growing in popularity, and for the purposes of youtube, it would be great to work with. The more popular title already have a great number of "let's Play" videos and such.

http://www.townsgame.com/
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Voting Summary

1. Dungeon Defenders on Steam 26%
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2. Magicka 14%
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3. VVVVVV 10%
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4. Super Meat Boy on Steam 8%
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5. The Binding of Isaac on Steam 5%
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