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Haha I'm totally not doing this just to find and play a great underrated indie game. ^^
I think my favorites of all time are Slay the Spire and Kingdom: Two Crowns. I've spent hundreds of hours in both and I just can't stop coming back to them all of the time.
Slay the Spire is such a good multitasking game. Can watch TV and play all day
I can't put down RimWorld once I start a colony.
Same, I have waaaay too many hours in that game
If you liked playing with toy soldiers as a kid, I'd highly recommend checking out Foxhole.
If you're looking for underrated indies, I'd recommend Ctrl Alt Ego, a fantastic attempt at an indie immersive sim in the style of Deus Ex or System Shock, and Worlds, a unique stealth-action-exploration game that feels like something from the early 2000s, though it does require putting up with some ambitious indie jank. I'm not sure which games I would call my favourites, but those are definitely up there.
I'm new here, so sorry if I make a faux pas or something...
I really like Reshaping Mars. There is a legacy version of it I haven't played, but the new version I really like. I enjoy games where you can move slow and not be pressured time-wise. I also enjoy the fact that it will take a long time to terraform Mars, as it should. I'm sure I could double down on making things quickly, but I really like that I can take my time. I haven't finished it, so maybe I'll find out I shouldn't have been, who knows.
I prefer it over Surviving Mars. It's sad it's not getting much recognition.
If you haven't experienced the sadistic, rage inducing masterpiece known as Jump King I highly recommend it
Nothing crazy, but Spelunky 2 kept me entertained for a few solid hours (+40 hours). Simple permadeath platformer with tight controls. Also has coop and multiplayer, altho I recommend not touching multiplayer until you finished the game.
Pathologic. It's not even close, honestly. If you're the sort of person who reads the novels you were assigned in English class and actually goes "fuck yeah this is awesome and I wanna write an essay about it now", Pathologic is that in video game form.
I really love Monster Sanctuary by Moi Rai Games. So much so that I played it to 100% on Xbox, Steam, Switch, and the Game pass version on Windows, which for whatever reason is different than the Xbox versions.
It's a metroidvania game with Pokemon-style creature collecting and turn based three-on-three battles (or six-on-six with three at a time plus swapping when a monster faints). It's insane how viable every monster can be with the right build.
Several newgame+ modes to enable too!
I’ve really enjoyed Slay the Princess. Repeat the same three scenes ad infinitum to get all possible outcomes
Oh I'm a huge fan of NGU Idle. It is an obscenely deep idle game, that is fairly unknown outside of idle game fans. Its written with a very self-referencial sense of humor, and I have over 100 hours in it.
You should check out Inscryption. Deck-builder with amazing story.
Since so many people have already mentioned Stardew Valley, I'll go for some lesser-known ones:
Kena: bridge of spirits
Maybe not underrated, but Darkwood blew my mind.
I want to promote Monochrome Heights. It's a deceptively simple, kaizo platformer based on color.