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When it comes to indie games released in 2024—well—we truly ate this year. Small studios and one-man developers are holding their own when crafting meaningful, entertaining, and thought-provoking experiences that will be hard to top in 2025. It’s difficult to pick the best of the best as each entry offers an immersive world with strengths, differences, and few weaknesses.

But here it is, our 10 best indie games that released in 2024.

So you’re looking for the Celestial Codex to earn the right to call yourself the Chrono-Explorer in Marvel Rivals? Well, be prepared to go through the wringer to find it.

Knowing this strange mass appears exclusively on Klyntar, I spent hours painstakingly playing through dozens of matches, all while keeping my fingers tightly crossed that this map would eventually come around. To give you an estimation of how long it’ll take for you to complete this challenge, I saw this map three times while playing for five hours. Worst of all, when it eventually hit the rotation, I joined in the final 30 seconds of the match and was in agony until Klyntar reappeared.

If you’re used to hero shooters, Marvel Rivals‘ Strategists may surprise you. Working in a supportive role on the battlefield, Strategists behave more like combat medics. But you don’t need to focus just on healing tanks to keep the dream alive. No, it’s time to fight back as the ultimate support.

There are seven Strategists as of Marvel Rivals season 0. These Strategists are the healers of the lobby, making them a vital part of the team. While it’s best to pair Strategists together, you’re not forced to play particular heroes (unless a Team-Up is required). Instead, Strategists are more than capable of dealing damage while healing themselves and their teammates, making them the foundation a team is built around.

Getting away from Crazy Mita is the least of your worries as the treasure hunt for those MiSide achievements continues. Rising to the challenge and tasked to defeat different versions of Mita, all while searching for various collectibles in your entrapment—well—it’s no surprise that Player one keeps finding himself inside his own creation.

There are 26 achievements in MiSide. Some are far harder to nab than others. We highly recommend searching for these after achieving the bad ending as you can revisit the start of a chapter from the main menu. Our achievements are shown in chronological order. Stick to this order as you play through, that way you aren’t repeatedly put back to the start of a chapter in search of the next achievement.

Secret Level uses a formula like Black Mirror, The Animatrix, and Love Death + Robots. Each episode acts as a standalone product and an adaptation of a popular game. These bite-sized episodes allow you to enter a realm originally created in a video or board game format, allowing you to enjoy its lore and fantastical world that you may have had no interest indulging in beforehand.

Whether you’re a fan of the game or have never heard of it, you can appreciate these short-form adaptations without needing to hop into the game itself. All Secret Level episodes can be watched on Amazon Prime with a monthly membership cost of $14.99.

The Command was crystal clear: They want YOU to join the fight, and the Super Earth player count in Helldivers 2 continues fluctuating in this Galactic War. That is until a new enemy, weapon, or fancy armor catches their eye.

If you are wondering how many Helldivers have joined you in the fight, here’s everything you need to know about Helldivers 2′s player count.

Crazy Mita really has her sights set on turning you into a Player Cartridge in MiSide. The more time spent inside her twisted simulation, the closer she is to achieving her goal. But what of the other Cartridges you found inside the ventilation shaft? Surely you won’t get the same fate as theirs?

There are ten Player Cartridges to find, and by collecting these, you can learn a bit about those who came before you (or is it after you?). Here is where to find every Player Cartridge in MiSide.

We have waited for this moment for so long, Helldivers—the Illuminate are finally here. They’ve already made themselves at home, plaguing the streets of a lost civilization with their Voteless minions. Illuminate ships continue to birth new enemies for you to face, but anything can be destroyed.

A shield surrounds the Illuminate landing ship exterior, protecting the Voteless walking out of its doors. While the blue light emanating from the ship’s entrances looks inviting, it doesn’t take long for the surrounding area of the ship to get overwhelmed by mindless zombies. Protected by Watchers, you need a strategy to destroy these ships and hinder the Voteless endlessly spawning in.

Is there a way to escape the confinements of a simulation or will Player one remain within the same four rooms in every MiSide ending, forced to spend eternity inside his warped creation?

No ending is particularly great for our protagonist. Player one is trapped within the game, but it’s heavily implied that this may not be the first runthrough he’s done within this simulation. Our reality is likely simulated from the start, and Player one is “transported” into his own video game, stuck with his obsessive creation that’s eager for him to stay by her side for good. Desperate to escape, Player one works with and meets many Mitas along the way to stop Crazy Mita’s plans. But are their efforts futile?

Lacking memories of who she once, forgetful Mita needs your help. Escaping the hostile Mita throwaways, you’re lead directly to a new kind of Mita—one permanently damaged by MiSide‘s wicked antagonist. She needs five drawing pieces you must find if you want to proceed to The Core.

Here is a quick guide on where to find all five drawing pieces to help the Mita fragment restore herself in MiSide.