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My Favorite 20 Indie Game Picks
Note: these are the independent games I've most enjoyed. I'm sorry if I don't include ones that were good but which I haven't played or haven't been able to get working well on my computer (like The Endless Forest). I'm excluding games I worked on (like Immortal Defense), but not excluding games my friends worked on (like Sword of Jade).

1. Shoot the Bullet - I still use this to meditate occasionally. It wakes me up.

2. Cave Story - I liked it so much I replayed it just to get to Hell.

3. Sword of Jade - One of the best and most serious RPGs I've played.

4. Knytt Stories / Knytt - The cute little things you come across are the best.

5. Photopia - The one puzzle this game has beats all thee puzzles every other adventure game have, combined.

6. Return to Sector 9 - It's like a modern day Galaxian, and it keeps you playing for a while.

7. Uplink - I enjoyed this game quite a bit, it really raises the tension level often.

8. Chocolate Castle - Puzzles! And chocolate!

9. Alter Ego - Actually a remake, but a very nice one.

10. Kudos - I wish this had proceeded through the "darker areas" that Cliffski first envisioned.

11. Seiklus - Very nice, even though I never finished it completely (there was this one piano puzzle I couldn't solve).

12. Warning Forever - Feels like the Shadow of the Colossus of shmups.

13. Burn the Trash - Pretty relaxing actually. I liked idea of a gun that destroys bullets and a gun that destroys enemies so much, I may even use it :)

14. Zeldarius - The game that got me interested in making Game Maker games.

15. 5 Days a Stranger - Haunting and atmospheric, but I hated the puzzles and had to give up.

16. Clean Asia - Fun, but unforgiving and it takes awhile to start up a new game after dying.

17. Acidbomb 1 and 2 - It's minesweeper, but even more fun!

18. The Crypts of Despair - It's like... a very simple Nethack. Because it's so simple, it's easier to just pick up and play.

19. Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble - Even though I've only played a beta version of it, it was really great, very 1920s.

20. Boomshine - I still return to play this game occasionally. It's very interesting.

If you want to know how to find these games, use Google!

This was made for the Top 20 list of Top games lists.