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Pixels Are Art XII
for most pretentious indie game
Sure, we're on a roadtrip, trying to survive against an oppressive government, but what about MY FEELINGS?!
Dustborn
Red Thread Games
"Finally, the first Well-type game"

~ videogamedunkey, 2024
Animal Well
Shared Memory
Finally, PC players can finally have animal crossing at home, legally!
Webfishing
lamedeveloper
It's a jolting retread of the first game's story formula, but even more incompetent and with less to say.
Life Is Strange: Double Exposure
Deck Nine
Sorry, I think I'm in the wrong flavor text. My wife's boyfriend made a typo.
Clickolding
Strange Scaffold
>Make a card game based on poker rules
>Cry when people label it as gambling, or when casinos want to collab
Balatro
LocalThunk
Makes sense, given all the dicksucking this game gets.
Mouthwashing
Wrong Organ
When at first you don't succeed, you try and try and try and try a little and you still deliver the same self-centered story as before, but I suppose the combat is bearable now.
YIIK I.V
Ackk Studios
The only thing more confusing than the storyline are the badly arranged puzzles.
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
Simogo
Slav AND eurojank? About subversive religion themes in XIX century Russia? If that's not pretentious, I don't know what it is.
Indika
Odd Meter
An obscure indie darling with no influencer backing whatsoever!
Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore
Seedy Eye Software
Gorgeous graphics do not a good game make still, no matter how many times you push it.
Neva
Nomada Studio
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