The Xbox One era was a great time for indie games: Microsoft proved increasingly willing to support smaller developers, and Game Pass alone made it far easier for players to access a whole library of fascinating indie titles they hadn’t known about before.
Plus, the popular indie games on Xbox have plenty of other advantages, too — they’re usually shorter than larger titles, they can be incredibly ambitious in design or premise, and if you’re buying them, they’re significantly more affordable purchases. Here are some of the best available to help you get started!
Hollow Knight
Hades
Castle Crashers Remastered
Ori and the Blind Forest
Oxenfree
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Deep Rock Galactic
Stardew Valley
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Firewatch
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