Better late than never! Here’s a selection of games released in 2010 which I absolutely loved. Unfortunately, I now have to accept that I simply don’t have time to explain why I loved them in detail, but they’re all amazing games and I recommend you check out as many of them as you can.
They’re in the more or less arbitrary order that I’d planned to post them, with one exception; the last game I was planning to post – my favourite game from 2010 is Phenomenon 32.
Minecraft by Mojang
Shareware, 14.95 EUR, download, (writeup) |
REDDER by Auntie Pixelante
Free, Play online, (writeup) |
 Super Crate Box by Vlambeer
Free, Download, (writeup) |
 Fractal by Cipher Prime
Shareware, $9.99, Download, (writeup) |
 Sleep is Death by Jason Rohrer
Pay what you want, Download, (writeup) |
 Fish Fish Bang Bang by Rob Fearon
Pay what you want, Download, (writeup) |
 Hero Core by Daniel Remar
Free, Download |
 Space Funeral by thecatemites
Free, Download, (writeup) |
 Cactus Block by chuchino
Free, Download, (writeup) |
 L’Abbaye des Morts by Locomalito
Free, Download, (writeup) |
 Digital: A Love Story by Christine Love
Free, Download |
 The Terrible Whiteness of Appalachian Nights by Increpare
Free, Play online |
 Recettear by Carpe Fulgar
Shareware, £12.99 Download |
 5 Colors Pandora by Jordan Magnuson
Free, Download |
 Desktop Dungeons by QCF Design
Free, Download |
 Looming by Gregory Weir
Free, Play Online |
 The Sense of Connectedness by Brog
Free, Download |
 Teppoman 2 by Ikiki
Free, Download |
 Norrland by cactus
Free, Download |
 Prosopamnesia by Agj
Free, Play Online |
 Super Meat Boy by Team Meat
Shareware, £11.99 Download |
 Feign by Ian Snyder
Free, Play Online |
 Air Pressure by Bento Smile
Free, Play Online |
 Where we Remain by Two Fold Secret
Free, Play Online |
 Playpen by Farbs
Free, Play Online |
 suteF by Ted Lauterbach
Free, Download |
 A Slow year by Ian Bogost
Shareware, $19.95 Order |
 Marvel Brothel by Nicoisas
Free, Download |
 Pirate Kart II by The Glorious Trainwrecks Community
Free, Download |
 Phenomenon 32 by Jonas Kyratzes
Free, Download |
By Terry
Excellent list Terry. Played some, will have to try others.
Thanks! That’s high praise coming from you 🙂
Ah, thank you for filling in some of the blanks for me, as I arrived on the scene somewhat late last year. Cheers!
Also, good on you for not applying a silly ranking metric to them. 😉
Excellent list man, most of my favourites are included (bar maybe Give Up Robot 2.) There are some there I’ve missed, so this’ll act as a good to-do. It definitely is time I played Digital: A Love Story.
This is by no means a comprehensive list! I loved Give Up Robot 2 – most of the games here I actually picked because I had something in particular to say about them (though of course that seems silly now that I didn’t end up saying anything about them).
Indeed, bunch of great games. Super Crate Box really took me by surprise… I was addicted for weeks until I finally unlocked everything and got tired of playing Ambush. : P
Teppoman 2 is a lot more fun after you watch a few videos to learn the various moves available to you.
Abbaye and Hero Core are both so full of retro goodness it hurts. I love showing friends Abbaye and getting their awkward looks of, “So… what’s the catch?” : D
Terry, have you had a chance to play FoldingStory? I think a creative guy like you would really enjoy it. It’s an online version of the paper-and-pen exquisite corpse game. Lots of fun, lots of laughs, and a perfect browser-based distraction.
@Geoff: I haven’t heard of it, but I’ll check it out.
Gotta try all of them, thanks for the advices!
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Some of these games are indeed among my favorite of recent memory. Don’t know if I deserve to be among them, but I appreciate it!
@agj: In my post about Prosopamnesia, I actually planned to post about all your experiments along those lines last year, which I found fascinating!
And here’s a list which includes your name on it! 🙂
https://mindinggames.blogspot.com/2011/03/link-to-past.html
Wait, I’m pretty sure Recettear was released in 2007, not 2010…?
Though I guess most of us (not including me) played it in 2010, so, eh.
@Mushyrulez: True, but virtually everyone played it last year, when it was translated!
Thanks for making this list! Some of these games I’ve played before, and others I’m now checking out. I often wonder how small but interesting games can fall through the cracks of time and become forgotten or unnoticed by people…. and if there is a way to make these games easier to find.
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