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Looking through Steam sales for sub-$10 titles with "Very Positive" or "Overwhelmingly Positive" reviews is a good filter.

Some of my favorites over the years include Slay the Spire, Celeste, Vampire Survivors, and FTL.

Edit: How can I forget the "holy trinity" of mystery indie games? Return of the Obra Dinn, Outer Wilds, and Her Story. These are brilliant games that really make you feel like a detective.

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If you haven't tried it, play The Case of the Golden Idol. I liked it as much as Return of the Obra Dinn and it was one of my GOTY last year.

This. And if you like detective games try Shadows of Doubt too. A persistent city with ongoing crimes and full relationships among all citizens.

I adore Return of the Obra Dinn, but didn't quite enjoy the madlibs aspect of The Case or the Golden Idol. However, it isn't necessarily a bad game and it did scratch the Obra Dinn itch a bit.

The makers of FTL have another game, Into The Breach, and it is available on iOS for free with Netflix.

It's also only $7.50 on Steam right now

Can vouch for this game, it’s super fun.

So many hours spent playing FTL. I was against getting Netflix subscription (we already had 3 streaming apps) until one day I noticed Into the Breach is available on mobile if you have a Netflix subscription. Can't believe I'm subscribing to a streaming service to play an indie game (wife turns out enjoy Netflix though).

I thoroughly enjoyed FTL and Into the Breach.

Another I thoroughly enjoyed was Jupiter Hell, which seems to be a fast paced game, but is actually a very thought provoking, turn based game.

I wish I could play Outer Wilds again. That's up there as one of my all time favorites. Obra Dinn was phenomenal as well. I haven't heard of Her Story, but if you're putting it in the same league as those 2, then I'll have to try it out! It's also only $0.99 on Steam right now.

> I wish I could play Outer Wilds again

There's a rather extensive DLC to play through as well in case you haven't seen it. A bit different, but really well made too.

Yes, that was also incredible. I appreciated that it was very different from the main game.

I loved playing Outer Wilds but boy did it make me car sick, had to give it up because I could only play 20 minutes then feel sick.

Thankfully, it's a game that lends itself well to 22 minute play sessions

Great recommendations. I would also add Strange Horticulture and Cultist Simulator to the list.

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