This is our thank-you to all these tireless individuals who have created something singular and pure that we now enjoy. Sometimes this is in a final form, sometimes a single developers vision was released and has subsequent versions that expands this with more people. The games we are including here are those that were created by a single person. This list aims to highlight these games not to hold up the ideal of solo development (which can lead to unhealthy work-life balance) but to uncover this deep pool of fascinating games with a singular vision.Īs Lewis Procter tweeted, it's exciting to realise that 'you can make a game without needing permission or support from a big company, and many great tools are readily available.' But, as he continued, in reality 'games are almost always at some level a collaborative effort.' Still, these are games where there has been a single driving force (auteur) willing their creation into existence.

You will need to explore, craft, gather and manage resources to progress to expand land, build new structures, new skills, abilities and more. it is a new indie adventure survival game where players enter a 2D pixel graphics world. Coding, designing, creating art, writing music, recording dialogue. Forager has been finally released on Steam via PC. Although, as the discussion surrounding this list has uncovered, almost all games have some contribution from other people. These games often stand out because of their singular vision and focused scope. FamiliarLevelTime (minutes)Point costFamiliar sizeCombat levelLPCombat styleSpirit wolf116102x201100MeleeSpirit spider1016201x102000MeleeThorny snail1316201x1163500Melee, Ran. Or is it? We have found a swath of amazing games that have been driven into existence by just one person. The era of a lone developer making a hit game in their bedrooms is long gone.

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