Best indie games of 2018 version Layfhakera

Florence

platforms: Android, iOS.

Florence - it's a mobile game that tells the story of how two people meet and fall in love. It is made in an elegant visual style with nice bright colors. The gameplay is very inventive and completely tied to the elongated shape of the smartphone screen sometimes give even manage applications on devices heroes.

It's pretty short but touching and unforgettable adventure. A real work of art - such games are rare.

Dead Cells

platforms: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch.

Dead Cells - this is one of those games in which you need to constantly seek a balance between speed and caution. After the death of a character is sent back to the first level, and the road has to go again. Level structure changes are saved only available skills and weapons.

The main thing in the game - is the combat system.

Fight here it is very nice. The hero moves fast, and thanks to the excellent voice acting punches feel almost physically. Many kinds of magic and bladed weapons, grenades and traps gives boevka depth. You can compose and sharpen unique combos to use them on regular enemies and horrible bosses.

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Into the Breach

platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch.

Huge insectoid aliens attacked the Earth and repel can only detachment of the huge robot. In Into the Breach player needs to control these robots to destroy the enemy and minimize the damage from their attacks.

This is a difficult task: the opponents are almost always more. It is necessary to think several moves ahead and use the potential of mechanical soldiers full. Due to the unique combat system the game is very addictive, and procedural generation levels diversifies the gameplay and ensures uniqueness of each battle.

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Frostpunk

platforms: PC.

In Frostpunk player tries on the role of the mayor of one of the last cities on the planet, almost completely covered with a thick layer of snow. The task - to build a city so that it lasted as long as possible.

In the game you have to make difficult decisions, choosing between the common good and personal, send people to a grueling work, and so on. Frostpunk complexBut the need to constantly be at the border between life and death have its own charm.

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Celeste

platforms: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch.

Celeste - a stylish pixel platformer about a girl who tries to climb a high mountain. The most important thing in the game - a system of movement. It is simple at its core, but as you progress through it added additional mechanics. Player regularly receives new tricks and opportunities to try them out at varying difficulty levels.

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Return of the Obra Dinn

platforms: PC.

Merchant ship "Obra Dean" went to sea in 1803 and never reached their destination. Four years later, the ship washed ashore - from the team on it were only bones. The player in the role of the state inspector must find out what happened to the people.

Return of the Obra Dinn - this adventure in the first person, in which you need to look for clues and recover what happened on them. In addition to the fascinating history of the game there is also a unique visual style. It is made in the art 1-bit - all graphics consists of black dots or cyan color.

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Two Point Hospital

platforms: PC.

Simulator Managing the hospital where you want to monitor all aspects of the building work. Build classrooms, buy benches and vending machines with food, hiring nurses and doctors. Due to easy humor and gradually increase the complexity of the play Two Points Hospital fun. And it pleases: quality games on the management of the hospital was not long ago.

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Minit

platforms: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch.

At the main character Minit is a problem: in his hands was a cursed sword, because that every 60 seconds a character dies and is reborn from its bed. The hero must find a way to get rid of the sinister blade.

The player is necessary to explore the world for a minute at a time. Change the place of rebirth is possible, but first you need to get to it. Developers interested to play up the idea of ​​a time limit. The hero finds himself in a cave-maze, he found a character who speaks very slowly.

Overall Minit - a unique adventure with a great idea. The game quickly, but and inexpensive.

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Iconoclasts

platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch.

Developer under the pseudonym Konjak Iconoclasts worked on for seven years. It turned out great platformer about a girl-mechanic, who had gone against the government of a dying planet. One of the main features of the game - a visual component. Iconoclasts very bright and beautiful, and her characters look incredibly cute.

More chic in the game story. The main character goes through great difficulties, met good friends and solve puzzles using gadgets. Thanks to the colorful graphics, interesting story and inventive gameplay platformer solutions received high marks from both the critics and the players.

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Moonlighter

platforms: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch.

Gameplay Moonlighter dimensional action is divided into two parts. The first - a journey into the underground and other realities, in which the hero fights with enemies, solve puzzles and looking for artifacts. The second - the work of the seller. To stand at the counter, welcome visitors and sell them to the previously found values.

Levels in the game are generated procedurally, therefore, are not repeated. Each campaign item - a real adventure. You never know what you'll get and how many artifacts will be able to collect. And let Moonlighter story served very small portions, and the characters seem a bit lifeless, it is still a very exciting game, where you can easily spend 8-10 hours.

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Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

platforms: PC.

RPG from Obsidian Entertainment is made in the spirit of classic role-playing games. Isometric view of the above, the opportunity to collect a party of heroes with different characteristics, tactical combat system - there is everything for that love franchises like Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale.

As expected, the game is a lot of dialogues, characters and quests. Almost all can speak, and the task - to solve a variety of ways. Commitment Deadfire canons of the genre is a high barrier to entry for newcomers. But if you can find the strength and the time to immerse themselves in it, then you will find one of the best and profound role-playing games in recent years.

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