Indie developers dropped some of the year's best games, including some offbeat insta-classics. Here's what you might have ...

Unable to restrain our list to a top 10, we've rounded up the Shacknews top 25 indie games of 2025.

The year 2025 has been the year of indie games. Check our list of the 10 best indie games of 2025 to learn about all of them.

Another indie hit that took everyone by surprise was Megabonk, a 2025 roguelike survival game developed and published by solo ...

After a bumper year, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is ending on a bit of a sour note as we learned Sandfall Entertainment used ...

We're here to shine a light on the best Switch indie games around right now. So, if you find yourself looking through the ...

The AAA game studio development cycle is floundering in the face of economic headwinds and bloat. Long development cycles, inflated headcounts, and soaring budgets mean that major studios are ...

The gaming landscape in 2025 has shifted dramatically, with indie developers rising to levels once thought exclusive to major publishers. By mid-year, indie studios claimed eight of Steam's top 20 ...

You thought it was time for 2025’s packed release schedule to wind down, didn’t you? We’ve still got a full month ahead of us, and just like the first 11 months of 2025, December is packed with ...

Connecting the dots: Pricing has always been a tricky topic for indie developers, and new data suggests that multiple factors are putting downward pressure on how much shoppers are willing to pay on ...

Indie devs are using anti-gen-AI statements to make their games stand out. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. is a reporter who covers ...

As someone who champions indie games, it wasn’t surprising to see former Sony Interactive Entertainment executive Shuhei Yoshida making an appearance at last month’s Osaka Indie Games Summit 2025. In ...