Factorio is nice

Lead dev of Ultrakill is Finnish and he said it's okay to pirate the game if you can't afford it

Kingdom Come Deliverance 1 and 2 by Warhorse Studios - Czech

No Man’s Sky by Hello Games - UK

Planet Coaster 1 and 2 and Planet Zoo by Frontier Development - UK

Valheim, with couple of friends it is one of the best games in decade. Done by swedish team iron gate and published by coffee stain which is also swedish.

No one has mentioned S.T.A.L.K.E.R. yet?

Not indie but still good:

• Remedy - Control, Alan Wake.
• Embark - Finals, Ark Raiders.
• Flying Wild hog - Trek to Yomi

Don't know if it qualifies as an indie game but Clair Obscur Expedition 33.

I suppose that they would still count even though their first game has been running for over a decade.

I love Keen Software House, and their games Space Engineers and the new Space Engineers 2 that is in early access.

(They are based in the Czech Republic)

Alwa's Awakening and Alwa's Legacy, by Elden Pixels, a Swedish studio.

While you're at it, buy from GOG, a Polish store that sells DRM-free games for PC.

I'm biased because I go to the same school these guys went to but check out Wrong Organ: https://www.wrongorgan.com/

They made Mouthwashing and How Fish is Made, both are weird as fuck

Tactical Breach Wizards has been a lot of fun lately

BeamNG.Drive is German 👌
It's a softbody physics vehicle sim/sandbox game thing.

My favorite thing to do in it is to pair it with Automation: The Car Company Tycoon Game (NZ-based dev) where you can design vehicles and then export them to BeamNG to drive them.

Hempuli is a Finnish indie dev, best known for Baba is You

This War of Mine is made by a Ukranian team, and part of the proceeds go to helping with the war effort.

Stray, A Plague Tale, Noita

Isn't the Horizon franchise made by a Dutch studio?

How about the fartastical Diarrhea 4? Not only by a European indie dev, but also inspired by a Lemmy comment!

Arc Raiders: it was produce by Embark Studios located at Stockholm

Warhorse studios (KCD2) in a bit big for real indie but it's not AAA either. They are pretty European afaik.

Edit: correct spelling

Casette Beasts, a Creature collecting (pokemon like) game, is by a UK studio, and Yooka Replaylee which is also British only released last year and I still think it's the most slept-on game of 2025!

Gotta plug the games my IRL friends have made, all Swedish:

Dennaton Games:

Hotline Miami

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

YCJY Games:

Keep Driving

Post Void

Sea Salt

The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human

Wriks: nothing completely made by him on steam, but he's done work for several games and other stuff, most of it is on the website.

Town to City is a very cute and cozy city builder with a very calm pace, from a small studio in the Netherlands.

Limbo and Inside, by danish dev company Playdead

Little Nightmares and the new game Reanimal, which is looking amazing, are also by swedish studio Tarsier.

EGOSOFT (the X series of space empire simulators) is based in Germany.

Intravenous

MENACE is a great sci-fi tactical RPG I’ve been playing a ton recently. It’s still in early access though so beware of that but its by a german studio who made Battle Brothers and they seem to be knocking it out of the park with updates so far.

The Midnight Walk is made by Swedish studio Moonhood with game assets sculptured in clay and scanned and animated. It won "Best VR Game" in the recent Steam awards but works really well as a regular game. A very beautiful and artful story

What about Tri: Of Friendship and Madness

It's a puzzle FPS kinda reminding me of Portal.

Satisfactory is excellent. Like 3D Factorio.

I've been playing a lot of The Last Caretaker too. It's early access but there's already 20hrs+ of good content. Seriously relaxing game too.

Tiny Glade
Hidden Folks
Falconeer
Bulwark
Thronefall
Kingdom: New Lands
Nuclear Throne
Vampire Survivor
Monument Valley
Dome Keeper
Dungeon Clawler
Buckshot Roulette
CloverPit
Slots & Daggers
Townscaper
Bad North

I'm not sure if it counts as indie, but I played Eriksholm in December and enjoyed it quite a bit. I'm also playing TR-49 at the moment that's scratching my Roottree itch.

Drone Perspective (Sweden) - good tactics about the modern war.

I’ve been saying this for over a decade now, but, fucking Starbound. It’s so good. Play Starbound. Play it now.

Does Darkwood sound good ??

Or X1-X4 by EgoSoft ? Or Intravenous ?

this thread is about to make my bank account cry 😭

I'm playing Haiku the Robot right now and loving it. It was developed in Estonia.

No one mentioning Kenshi in this thread should be considered a crime against humanity.

Strange Horticulture and Strange Antiquities by the British studio Bad Viking

Personally, the game also needs to be sold on gog, Nintendo, or PlayStation to avoid giving a cut to a us company.

Ink Inside

It's a Cartoon Action RPG from ex-Cartoon Network devs now based in Spain. Feels like a cartoon show. Great voice cast. Fun adventure with some comedy. And optional co-op.

Only $10!