Indie
How Two Friends Made Hollow Pines in a Garage Over Five Years
Savings, a borrowed laptop and 4,000 hand-drawn frames: the story behind the year’s best mystery.
INDIE
Small teams. Big ideas.
Our indie editor plays forty small games a month so you only have to play the best five.
Review
Hollow Pines
A cozy mystery with sharp teeth. Score: 8.8.
Coming soon
Paper Lanterns
Out October 9. A puzzle box about light.
Coming soon
Signal Lost
Out December 4. Tune the radio, find the truth.
Hidden gem
Soup for Two
A short cooking game about memory.
Cozy
Garden Guild
The most relaxing game of the year.
Feature
Game jams
Where the next big hits are born.
WHY INDIE
Most of the games that surprised us this year were made by fewer than five people. Small teams take bigger risks — and that is where new ideas come from.
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