The 2023 Indie Game Rewind

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Happy New Years!

Here is the 2023 Indie Game Rewind! Some entered early access, some went straight to release. Here's the best of the 2023 indie games - a hand selected collection of all the shiny indie games that dazzled through the year.

I did not include games that did a 1.0 release as they are often covered in prior years when they came to Steam initially. This is a Steam list and does include a few Steam VR games or new to Steam games (but could have been initiated on other platforms).

You can watch the full selection in the YouTube video, and find the links of each game individually below.

Featured games (click for links):

Crab ChampionsSons Of The ForestSea of Stars
DREDGESunkenlandPseudoregalia
BattleBit RemasteredHalls of TormentThe Outlast Trials
Pizza TowerViewfinderTechtonica
Pile Up!Big AmbitionsStation to Station
King Of The CastleDemonologistParty Animals
Bread & FredVertigo 2 VRInkbound
Fears to Fathom - Ironbark LookoutUltimate Epic Battle Simulator 2Limbus Company
Geometry Dash 2.2 UpdateChants of SennaarEternights
BIT.TRIP RERUNNERYour Only Move Is HUSTLEMy Friendly Neighborhood
Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus ButterflyBomb Rush CyberfunkMy Little Universe
HavendockWizard with a GunDotage
Shadows of DoubtOutpathCassette Beasts
COCOONPlanet of LanaPunch Club 2: Fast Forward
VenbaShadow Gambit: The Cursed CrewI Am Future
AfterimageMoonstone IslandMeet Your Maker
WitchSpring RRoots of PachaHELLCARD
Amnesia: The BunkerSlay the PrincessFigment 2: Creed Valley
Kingdom EightiesShardpunk VerminfallHexarchy
JusantSmalland: Survive the WildsFriends vs Friends
Cobalt CoreDarkest Dungeon IIStoryteller
FabledomLies of PSticky Business
Volcano PrincessHeretics ForkSTASIS: BONE TOTEM
Aces & AdventuresRisk of Rain ReturnsA Space for the Unbound
Bopl BattlePaleo PinesPioneers of Pagonia
Ash of Gods: The WayBOOK OF HOURSThe Bunny Graveyard
The Last FaithSmall SagaMy Dream Setup
Plan B TerraformPasspartout 2: The Lost ArtistThis Bed We Made
DesyncedHouse Flipper 2Back to the Dawn
TEVIShogun ShowdownWall World
Thriving City SongGoodbye Volcano HighBreakout 13
Let's SchoolLaika: Aged Through BloodThronefall
Deceive Inc.Killer FrequencySmushi Come Home
Bramble: The Mountain KingDordogneDeath Must Die
Astrea: SixSided OraclesUnderground BlossomVoidtrain
Wandering SwordThe Ranch of RivershineBlazBlue Entropy Effect
Terra NilForever SkiesBlasphemous 2
One-armed RobberNova LandsYet Another Zombie Survivors
Alien Hominid InvasionPan'oramaMr. Sun's Hatbox
Tape to TapeFortune's RunLoddlenaut
Amanda the AdventurerSEASON A letter to the futureWildfrost
The Matchless KungfuStray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical

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