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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by roxas2153 to c/games
 

Started playing a few indie titles on PC, or at least titles that I would not normally be able to find without digging a bit (Sea of Stars, Hollow Knight, Garden Story, etc). Finding games that are made by smaller studios is a little (not much, but a little) harder than finding "Top Sellers" on Steam. I have tried Steam's "niche" Recommender, which has helped find some cool titles.

However, I am wondering if there is something that would be equivalent to what E3 was, but for Indie titles? Either some online showcase that doesn't rely on the Steam Curator system, or even something hosted in person with actual demos like E3. Does anything like this exist?

EDIT: Thank you for the answers! Steam Next Fest, the YouTubers listed below (thank you again!), gamescom, and itch.io all work great for what I was looking for.

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[โ€“] NocturnalMorning 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I just go to itch.io usually and play new games there. Might not be what you're looking for, but as far as indie titles go, I find a lot of weird ideas on there.

[โ€“] roxas2153 2 points 8 months ago

By far some of the most interesting and bizarre games I have ever seen. Thanks!