Fashion Police Squad dev here! Thank you so much for your coverage, we really appreciate the mention. The first level is definitely more chill, but the action in the game picks up as we introduce more movement mechanics, weapons and enemies!

@cloogshicer

Жыл бұрын

I really love that you're making a shooter that's upbeat and completely different in theme from everything else out there. Best of luck to you!

@Patsui

Жыл бұрын

@@cloogshicer Thanks a lot!

@michaelmonstar4276

Жыл бұрын

Did you take inspiration from 'First Person Lover'?...

@moosepotato4116

Жыл бұрын

AH! I cannot wait for this game! I played the demo recently and loved it so much!

@Patsui

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelmonstar4276 for sure!

I really appreciate the kind words on Spirittea! You're a gentlemen and a scholar for shouting out all of these amazing indies! Thank you!

@catsandpaper6201

Жыл бұрын

Game looks awesome! 👍

@attilathemom7518

Жыл бұрын

I can't wait to play this one.

@antehood_antoni1987

Жыл бұрын

:)

@cloudstriker3972

Жыл бұрын

Spiritea is my chance to live up Spirited away in real life!!!

@afrog2666

Жыл бұрын

A gentleman, several gentlemen.

I wouldn’t know about some of the best games I’ve ever played if it was for your various indie coverage. Great content as always!

@DaMorg3

Жыл бұрын

What are they? Recs welcome

@yorokobeshitbag4618

Жыл бұрын

@@DaMorg3 Not OP but Gris is probably the second best ever game I've discovered through this channel. NieR Automata is the absolute best, although not an indie.

@tatepollock3025

Жыл бұрын

@@DaMorg3 I agree with shitbag, Gris is awesome and Nier: Automata, (while not an indie) is like a top 5 game for me. But I’d like to highlight my 10/10 indies: Outer Wilds (Shout out Skill Up), Hollow Knight (probably my all time favorite game lol), Subnautica, Into the Breach, Inscryption, What Remains of Edith Finch, Celeste, and Undertale. To name a few Plus any rougelike/lite indie darlings: Binding of Issac, Gungeon, Slay the Spire, Hades, etc. I’m sure you’ve heard of most of these, but each of these games constantly make me angry that AAA developers can’t nail half of the games they release anymore. If the team is smaller than 10 people and you’ve heard the title, chances are it’s a certified banger. Hope this helps you find a couple you might’ve missed!

@tatepollock3025

Жыл бұрын

Also, side note, what a pleasant surprise to get some love from the man himself. I knew ringing that bell would pay off lolol

@t.t6294

Жыл бұрын

@@DaMorg3 Hollow Knight, Spiritfarer, Disco Elysium, Transistor and Subnautica come to mind

Can we give Ralph some credit here? Videos like this from content creators with this big an audience brings a massive opportunity for indie and AA devs who are baking a phenomenal, worthwhile experience! Not only that, but he also includes constructive feedback on some of them, as he elaborates on how he thinks certain elements of the game can improve and the overall experience can benefit from it as a result! This would also be great for those devs if they happen to watch the video! Additionally, I want to thank Ralph on a personal level; as two of my favorite video games of all time, Outer Wilds and GRIS are timeless masterpieces of art that I wouldn't have ever experienced had it not been for his coverage. I ended up wishlisting almost 10 titles off of this one video alone, and it goes to show how big of a positive impact a good influencer can leave across the medium as a whole! Thank you so much, for your great content and your love and passion for the good in the industry!

@SkillUp

Жыл бұрын

Cheers mate

@WeekndWarriorrr

Жыл бұрын

Outer Wilds was an absolutely amazing experience. It was such a unique gaming experience I wish I could erase my memory of it and played it again for the first time. Ive not played GRIS, but I imagine you would highly recommend it?

@msaeedazizi

Жыл бұрын

@@WeekndWarriorrr GRIS is fantastic. It is an emotional journey with nearly unheard of quality in craftsmanship. I absolutely loved everything about it and have since bought it two times on two different systems, just because! Oh and its soundtrack and sound design is insanely good. Seriously

You NEED to make this a series! Maybe not every month, since that would be tiring, but every Steam Next fest or so, I love finding out about awesome indies! I've actually been itching for something like this ever since you had the "keep this in your radar" for the news videos. Also, regarding 18:32 Fire Emblem, you might want to check out a game called Wargroove

@michaelmonstar4276

Жыл бұрын

You didn't pay attention, did you...

@errantoverflow4828

Жыл бұрын

​@@michaelmonstar4276 What do you mean?

@Trebiane

Жыл бұрын

@@errantoverflow4828 He’s done this series in the past too lol.

@errantoverflow4828

Жыл бұрын

@@Trebiane True, SkillUp did cover one previous Next Fest that happened a year or so ago, I didn't phrase my comment very well. What I was trying to say is that since there are several Next Fests (and other events) a year, I would love to have these kinds of videos happen more often. Also, try Shady Knight, it's awesome.

@buttpaste

Жыл бұрын

advance wars says hi

Some of the best games I've experienced have been from indie Devs, I have so much praise for creating the space to allow these titles some time in the spotlight.

@takoshihitsamaru4675

Жыл бұрын

It's funny because Ican't the same for me. I mean, I've had tons of fun with Indies, Edith Finch, Abzu, Gang Beasts, Stanley Parable etc. But my AA or AAA experiences are always better for some reason. I'm thinking length is a big reason :(

I love it so much whenever you talk about Indies and put them in the spotlight they deserve. Much love, Ralph ❤️

@misterskaught

Жыл бұрын

This is probably the best video you have ever made! Thank you! Keep it up! I am wish listing what I can on my PS5! … I Got a couple of them!

@misterskaught

Жыл бұрын

I think when people make videos like this. Sony… might one day end up offering these games in that store well.. and we’ll before they release.

@JaydevRaol

Жыл бұрын

Yeah same.

Cursed to Golf is AWESOME!

@wesgaminginc.439

Жыл бұрын

Yo jirard

@michaelmonstar4276

Жыл бұрын

Seems a lot better than that game 'Golf Club Wasteland', which was on indie-lists last year but kind of came off as a dud. At least, I played the demo and it was really dull and slow, plus there were plenty of people who felt it just didn't work. Sad, as the concept and presentation are good, and some people might still enjoy it, but then 'Cursed to Golf' seems like it just has more interesting stuff to it.

SkillUp doing an amazing job by putting spotlight on indies. Keep up the good work, man.

You are genuinely one of my favourite creators on this platform. The fact that each video release from you makes my day proves that point.

Some additions I'm looking forward to in 2022 as well: - Endling: Extinction is Forever - Hell Pie - Turbo Golf Racing - Lost in Play - Tinykin - Asterigos: Curse of the Stars - Goodbye Volcano High - Blossom Tales 2: The Minotaur Prince - Lonesome Village - Thymesia - Steelrising - Soulstice

@Chropoles

Жыл бұрын

Steelrising looks really interesting XD

Just wishlisted like 6 games. So glad you do this for these teams and stories like Ghost Song gives me hope for the game I hope to someday make myself.

@DanKaschel

Жыл бұрын

Same here. Lots of dev experience no game dev and I am such a shitty artist :p

@dropkickpherby6994

Жыл бұрын

@@DanKaschel there are other approaches than just drawing im sure. I'm pretty decent at cartooning but have no doubt it will be a lot of work.

@t.t6294

Жыл бұрын

I wishlisted 15 lmao. I just hope they end up being as good as they look

TotalBiscuit use to do an excellent job on filtering out absolute indie gold. And to the credit of others, he wasn't the only one. I miss TB and I miss the WTF is... series, because I was absolutely guaranteed to get a good video game recommendation out of every video.

@Psychopatrix

Жыл бұрын

I Still Miss him way to much :-(

@Wraiven22

Жыл бұрын

TB is so sorely missed, for real!

@SuperLeonBlade

Жыл бұрын

Gone but never forgotten. Rest in peace.

@Chropoles

Жыл бұрын

100% Agreed

@magic3383

Жыл бұрын

I watched TB talk about Ridge Racer Unbounded earlier today. He was the best gamer KZreadr to ever do it.

Yay, thank you so much for giving Dome Keeper a go and all the nice words! I'm very happy you had a good time with it, and the praise was really flattering. Also a great feedback on something i wondered about, namely Dome Keeper not being as enticing on paper as it is through gameplay. Steam Next Fest was a ton of fun!

Ralph honestly these "indie-showcases" you do are amazing and inspiring ! keep up the great work !

Really appreciate this one Shillup, the volume of games on display that week was overwhelming. This vid has highlighted a couple I can't wait to check out.

Anger Foot, it’s going to be Quentin Tarantino‘s favorite Game…

Big up for constantly highlighting upcoming indie titles! Liked before watching as always... for the algorithm

Fantastic list, a handful I hadn't checked out but will be... a few more that I would add to it: Endling - Extinction is Forever (Fox survival simulator) Super Catboy (run and gun action, really smooth controls) Swordship (shoot em-... dodge em all) Roots of Pacha (Stardew Valley, but set in Prehistoric times w/ other interesting mechanics) Curse of the Sea Rats (action adventure, great stylistic art) Dave the Diver (pixelated adventure- scuba dive and fish in sea, run a sushi restaurant, etc) The Cub (Apocalyptic jungle-book platformer, done by those that made Golf Club Wasteland - very similar atmosphere) Railbound (train based puzzles)

@thebrownlord1465

Жыл бұрын

Really good-looking recs!!

Indie games have really gotten better each and every year. So many outstanding indie games in last decade. 2012: Journey, Thomas was alone, Fez 2013: Gone Home, Papers, Please, The Stanley Parable 2014: Shovel Knight, Never Alone, Five Nights At Freddy’s, This War of Mine, Transistor 2015: Ori and the Blind Forest, Rocket League, Undertale, Her Story 2016: Inside, Firewatch, ABZU, Stardew Valley 2017: Cuphead, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Hollow Knight, Night in the Woods, What remains of Edith Finch 2018: Celeste, Dead Cells, Into the Breach, Gris, Return of the Obra Dinn 2019: A plague tale innocence, Outer Wilds, Disco Elysium, Katana Zero, Untitled Goose Game 2020: Hades, Spiritfafer, Carrion, The Pathless 2021: Kena: Bridge of Spirts, Deaths Door, Inscryption, Unpacking, Loop Hero, The Artful Escape 2022: Nobody saves the world, Sifu

@TheCoolCore

Жыл бұрын

Ori and the Blind Forest, Disco Elysium, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, A Plague Tale Innocence, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, and SiFu aren't indies they are middle market (AA). Maybe we can argue for Ori and the Blind Forest, and Disco Elysium but the rest aren't indies. Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice had a development budget of somewhere in the ballpark of 30-40 mil, which is a lot compared to indies at the time having on the high end 5-8 mil, and AAA having like 80-100+ mil. These are my own estimates however, and I'm not infallible. Plus I should mention that budgets have gone up as well, so many things have changed over the years the emergence of the Indie, the AA, and in the last 3 or so years the big budget Indie. Though I agree that these games you listed are all amazing, and are all so different. Only proves the decline an zero creativity within the big budget games market. Cheers mate!

@GamingRobioto

Жыл бұрын

Great list and I'm pleased to say I played around 2 thirds of these. My very favourites are Hollow Knight (in my top 20 games of all time), Stardew Valley, Death's Door and Hades. I also adore Spelunky and Salt & Sanctuary which aren't listed

@poett8875

Жыл бұрын

@@TheCoolCore Disco Elysium most definitely is an indie. It’s developed and published by ZA/UM which is an independent studio. It even won the game award for best indie game. Same with Hellblade and Kena. Kena was developed and published by Ember Lab which is a very small studio. And Hellblade was developed and published by ninja theory which was an indie studio until Xbox acquired them.

@TheCoolCore

Жыл бұрын

@@poett8875 Mate, independent studio and Indie game aren't interchangeable like they used to be in the past. There are AAA independent studios that make big-budget games. Indies typically have a smaller budget like I said in my previous comment. It's not the team size that makes a game Indie, it's the budget. Fine, I agree Disco Elysium is an Indie game. But I don't agree with the rest, have you seen Kena it definitely had a bigger budget maybe around 50 mil, that's no Indie regardless of team size. You are aware that Ninja Theory has been in the industry for 22 years right? Ninja Theory has made 6 games thus far not counting mobile or Senua 2. I won't repeat what I already said about Hellblade, but I am sticking with that. This is exactly why AA exists as a moniker. So time isn't wasted discussing this stuff.

@poett8875

Жыл бұрын

@@TheCoolCore just because Ninja Theory has been around for a long time doesn’t mean they’re not an indie studio. Supergiant Games has been around for 10+ years and they’re still very much an independent company. Hellblade actually had a budget of under 10 million and development team of only 20 people. If that’s not an independent game then I don’t know what is. If Kena isn’t an indie game, why did it also win the game award for best independent game? But anyway it doesn’t matter. They’re still all excellent games nonetheless.

Ever since I started watching this channel, I have always appreciated how Ralph always tries to highlight indie games, so watching this was a blast, as usual, I'm in awe of just how broad your taste is, Ralph. 😁 Thanks for doing this for both the gamers and the developers. 😃👍

Games like this are why I'm really looking forward to my Steam Deck email. I can play Elden Ring on my TV, but indies are perfect for that handheld portable experience. Love it!

@Bourgit

Жыл бұрын

Same, I've started making a list of games in my library I would love to play on gamedeck and sure enough most indie games suit the steam deck so perfectly. Now awaiting end of the year for mine D:

Awesome video, love the fact that you put all the indie titles steam pages in the description! Wish to see more of these indie videos, always love to discover these new games.

Been really looking forward to this video ever since you mentioned how excited you were about it!

really thankful for this video. I love indie titles and I'm a big fan of the steam next fest because of all the little demos. sadly Im currently trapped in a nightmarish graduation exam marathon with barely any free time on my hands so still being able to at least learn about a few new titles while I do housework made my day. thanks!

I've never really been a fan of the old-school RE type of games, but when I tried out Signalis I instantly fell in love. I can't wait for it to release this October.

You know what dude, this video alone (I've been here since the start) showed me that you are 100% the gaming journalist that I need to stick by, I have followed your recommendations for years and I have never been disappointed every gaming experience that you said was an 8 + was accurate.

Thanks for this coverage as always. Just wanted to say that a lot of the best stuff for me in this bud came from the little clips from the intro section. So glad the titles were attached to them so I could look them up.

Hearing such glowing praise for Ghost Song has me so excited. I remember seeing it put on "Coming Soon" on Steam like... 5-6 years ago I think it was? It caught my eye then and it caught my eye now. The UTMOST respect to the one dude developing something that seems like it will be an instant classic.

I love that you do these videos. Much respect for checking indie out! So many people ignore them when it's full of gem! You rule Skill Up! This is another great reason to follow this channel!

Ooooo I've been waiting for this one. Thanks again Ralph and Austin!

Great list! Thank you for putting the sponsor at the end. You respect my attention span and my time, so I respect your business model, and stuck around for the ad. In fact, (it probably doesn't change anything but) I stuck around a second time as I was going over the games to wishlist them. Get better soon!

Woah... I was just wondering when this video was coming and decided to check your channel. Perfect timing

Really impressed with this channel. Your commitment to giving space and exposure to indie developers. Your goals to cultivate and grow an informed and diverse community. Your own growth and development as a content creator and your lack of hesitation in speaking up on all types of industry practices be they good, bad or outright weird and awful. Your growing relevance in the gaming media space and never ending positive networking. All combined, you have *almost* made up for your awful Marauder take and playing of Destiny. Keep it up champ, you may one day be worthy of forgiveness. 💪🏾

Thank you for putting this video together, it put a lot of games on my radar!

Woohooo, what a start into my weekend (it‘s already afternoon here). Thanks ShillUp

Fashion Police Squad and Trepang2 were my favorites from NextFest. “You can slow down time ala Max Payne” Not like FEAR or anything…. Also, I’m surprised you didn’t mention the fact that Deadlink is essentially a rogue light Doom Eternal.

Love that you are doing this for the indie side of gaming. Everyone benefits for the spotlight you put on them. Thanks for doing this!

Thank you for the aptly named chapters, makes this a whole lot easier to go through.

Mate we are unworthy of this kind of bounty of content. I'm frantically jotting down game titles I'd never heard of and likely wouldn't ever know about if it wasn't for your efforts. You and your editor are living legends.

While Trepang2 is the best shooter in the festival, I still got more impressed with Selaco. Man, that level design ROCKS! And combat.... Wooohooo! Not Trepang2 level of... viciousness, I guess is the word, but certainly awesome, really polished. Buying those two, ofc. Just hope both of them not more than 20 buck per piece otherwise Imma toss some coins.

Again...another great indy showcase. Excellent games, well put together video, great script married up to some on-point, well paced narration and perfect editing from the GOAT Austin. Easily my favourite channel on KZread, bar none. I never miss an episode of "TWIVG" and always look forward to your annual Steam fest coverage.

This needs to be a series. Absolutely love this and I have wishlisted/bought so many games from the first one that I would've otherwise never checked out. Thanks for doing this SkillUp!

I tried out Signalis and Midnight Fight Express and I’m very much sold on both of them!

Steam Demo Fests are my favorite events. Would be even with E3 existing. I can watch trailers and gameplay reveals anytime anywhere. Nothing beats being drowned in loads of demo versions on demand. In a recent edition I've played 105 demos, if the profile event badge is correct. Prolly ~10-12 were broken/garbage/really poor and I've uninstalled them within 5min, prolly 10-15 were demos I've played during the previous edition or in a form of some kind of closed playtest, but the rest was new stuff. And it's amazing. For every single tapeworm dumpster fire from EA/Ubi we get dozens of great indies on Steam. I'd say it's a fair deal. BTW good selection. Already have a bunch of those on my wishlist.

Thanks for doing these videos. As someone who usually only plays indies now & doesnt have so much time to research them all, these videos are everything! ty!

Love the positive energy and outlook. Kudos!

Ghost song’s demo was excellent! I’d highly recommend Rain World if u want a similar experience while you wait, plus it’s the only other game to give me Outer Wilds feelings :)

Brilliant stuff as always, Ralph. Feel better soon ... I just got over the 'rona myself and it 100% sucks.

so much value in all your content Ralph. great stuff!!

I admire your love for indie games, you are the biggest channel that I see talking frequently about indies. Being a gamer since the 90s (Doom, DM2 Skullkeep and The Dig are my start in gaming life), nowdays the majority of games I play are indies because of what this industry has become. Keep this up, Skill Up!

At some point along the years our tastes diverged a lot Skillup, but I still watch because you are just so genuine about your love of games. Admittedly, I wishlisted 2 of the 25 on your list, so that's something!

Having played Lost eidolons, I can easily say its my favorite spin on the fire emblem games. Hard mode is actually hard and its class system is pretty neat too and the story is actually interesting enough that I can get absorbed into it. Looking forward to the full release

@emptyskies144

Жыл бұрын

What about the waifus? Are there waifus? Can I plant my seed in them? I must know!

@FalseOrbit

Жыл бұрын

@@emptyskies144 there's definitely waifus, there's a princess, an assassin, and one who is just a straight up b****. You can increase your bond levels with them but the game seems massive, im sure there will be more waifus

Thank you for putting this together. I would have missed out on most of these.

I love your weekly news videos... but these indie showcase videos are the absolute treasures to your channel.

Really looking forward to Lost Eidolons myself as a giant fan of Fire Emblem but not of Nintendo, if anything I'm actually liking its more grounded approach towards its setting as well.

Some of the best experiences I’ve had in gaming have come from indie games. Sifu, Outer Wilds, Journey, Hollow Knight, Hades, Celeste. Most AAA games these days are kind of bland and bloated. I’m so happy you decided to make this video, great job man!

@wetteryan

Жыл бұрын

Portable Hades on my switch is probably the the best dollar per hour value I have ever gotten. Its so perfect for quick bite sized sessions especially when I'm somewhere I don't have access to a console.

Love that a lot of these demos work without a problem on the steam deck, cheers for the recommendations.

There's an overwhelming amount of awesome stuff here. The future is indie! I RARELY watch 40+ Min videos on youtube, but watched this list and your last years. I hope you keep it up these are FASCINATING. Your interest and passion and support for these developers is palpable. Thank you. BTW Cult of the Lamb is incredible I binged it throug the "end" of the campaign.

Great roundup. Had a lot on my list already, but found a few more. Thanks!

Doing gods work, mate! Thank you, lots of fun stuff uncovered this way

Months later and I've still gone back and used this to wishlist so many games. Really appreciate this sort of video, amazing coverage for what look like some great games.

Thank you for all your work bringing much needed attention to the indie scene, to the worlds, stories and emotions that come from people who are truly passionate about games instead of the bottom line.

Really appreciate you taking the time to put this together for us! I've come across many of my now-favorite games for the first time on your channel.

Wishlisted 18 of your 25 titles! Great work here!

Thanks for putting in time stamps!

I've been following Ghost Song for a long time and I'm so glad it's finally making its way to release

Great coverage this year shillup! Love your indie showcases

i’ve been following midnight fight express for over a year and i’m so so hype for it

LOVED Ghost Song. Can't wait to play the full thing.

Was sooo looking forward to this video! Thanks for all this amazing content 😍

This was an unreal list, thank you so much for all of these recommendations!

Great video again from you and Austin. I can't wait to try some of these games out.

Great video. Haven't been watching game channels a lot because it is so mainstream focused. This is exactly what I needed. I just downloaded 10 demos.

Added atleast half of these to my wishlist. Thank you so much for vids like this! It gives me games to look forward to when the Triple A scene gets uninteresting or straight up disappointing. Cheers!

Thanks for enriching my catalog of turn based tactical games. Always appreciated.

Nine Sols and Cult of the Lamb have been pretty high on my wishlist for a while, but now I’m extremely excited to check out Domekeeper and Cursed to Golf. Thanks for the recommendations and quality coverage as always!

Really appreciate you highlighting Indie developers, definitely interesting and deserving coverage.

Hope you keep doing this every year. Probably my favorite video you put out!

It's crazy to come back after a year and see how many of these games blew up! Awesome job skill up, waiting for the next indie games vid

You are doing good work covering indie games. Thank you!

The time it took to make this video and the links added for our benefit made me a subscriber! Thank you!

This video was awesome! This is exactly. The kind of games coverage we need today, the kind that connects me with what I want to play but can't find instead of just being the 1000th channel covering the same AAA game everybody already knows everything about.

This was fantastic, ShillUp. Lots of good stuff here. Thanks so much for the coverage!

Wishlisted around 10 of the games you showed off; Powerchord, Metal: Hellsinger and Deadlink *REALLY* scratch some itches for me. You're doing god's work, spreading the Indie scene around; feel better soon!

Very cool to spotlight all these indie games. I wish listed a lot of them, and would have never known they existed without your help.

Nice list SkillUp! Steam Next Fest was definitely great, and any opportunity to get these indie devs the proper attention they deserve is commendable. Here's the games that stuck out to me personally. I mostly ordered these on a fun factor from most fun to least fun (but still good): - Boneraiser Minions - Archtower - The Tarnishing of Juxtia - Cult of the Lamb - GigaSword - Nine Sols - Exophobia - Dome Keeper - Elsie - Lone Ruin - Necrosmith

Great video. Appreciate all the work you put into this!

Love how much effort Ralph puts into the indie scene… for someone that still hasn’t played braid, he definitely knows his stuff

Thank you so much for this. What a great excursus! Can't wait for all these to come out.

Wishlisted a heap of these! Thanks!!

I really enjoyed this video. Thank you.

Thank you for such a great selection!

I simply love indie tittles and I'm always playing them and looking for more, it's great to have this content from a youtuber that I trust so much!

This is really helpful! Thank you!

There were a few games there that made me nostalgic for your review days. Fun video and thanks for the work

i've been waiting for ghost song for so long i actually forgot about it for a few years. long time coming! gonna try the demo right now

Thank you for the spotlight on these games It's hard out there for an indie. Wishlisting them all.

Watched sooooo much of the Summer Game Fest, and still this videos contained even more great Indie games. Keep it coming!

Excellent clip. I installed like 5 demos based on this