[Rud31]

http://indiestatik.com/2013/01/01/top-50-most-anticipated-indie-games-of-2013/

And the 2014 follow up.
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[Toptube]

The Swapper gets my full endorsement.
http://forums.selectbutton.net/viewtopic.php?t=41337&highlight=

The only other thing on that list that I played was Anti-Chamber. Which despite looking cool, I sort of had to force myself to sit down and play. Which is to say, sometimes I'm not in the mood for X type of game. Once I did get into it, I was happy. It's pretty unique and is great at what it's doing.

[Felix]

I like the look of Banished! out next week, apparently!

[Talbain]

The Banner Saga was pretty alright. Not amazing, but a solid game. I haven't played many of the others.
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[wourme]

I'm looking forward to Saturated Dreamers, Revenge of the Sunfish 2, and Barkley 2. A lot of those games look nice, but it's hard to keep up with all of the indie games these days.

I've played some of those listed, but I can't decide whether I'd call any of them great (though I'd definitely call some of them good). Starbound might end up being great, even if we've seen most of its best qualities already in Terraria.

[Brooks]

I'm afraid I cringelaughed at the title "That Dragon, Cancer"

Floor Is Jelly is okay so far, not feeling compelled to finish it

Keen to see how all those Metroid-y ones turn out, also RIOT

Roll on 2015 for them I suppose

[Talbain]

Yeah, eagerly waiting on Riot and Ghost of a Tale, as well as Barkley 2. Also hoping for Sealark to come out by the end of this year, but given Clair is the sole developer, I wouldn't be surprised if it's not out until early next year.
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[Iacus]

I can comment on this since I played some of the released games last year.

From the 2013 list:

I'd say that must plays are:
Gone Home. A great narrative setup using space and text to build a world and convey three entwined plot threads.
The Stanley Parable. A must if you have ever thought about videogames at all. It's funny, too.


Additionally:
Antichamber is a pretty interesting experiment with space and aesthetics.
I hear Amnesia: Pigs Edition is like a crossover between Dear Esther and the first Amnesia, which sounds alright to me.
Path of Exile is a very solid Diablo clone (some say better than Diablo III, which might be true given the lack of money-grabbing features despite being completely free to play)
The Banner Saga looks great, but I need to put a bit more time in it. There's a free edition on Steam right now.
Gunpoint is a pretty decent puzzle-platformer-esque game with neat pixel art but unfortunately dialogue that's too self aware and meta (not in a good way)
Volgarr the Viking is a very cool, tough as nails sidescroller with strong influences from Rastan, but also Ghosts & Goblins and old school arcade sword & sorcery brawlers in general
Sportsfriends looks intriguing. There's a game by Bennet Foddy in there.

I really want to play Octodad and Barkley 2. Hecka excited for Routine. I'd have gotten Republique already (which our very own Adilegian worked on) if I had an iPad. I feel I'll have to play this game on a touchscreen larger than my phone.
Spy party, the asymmetric multiplayer game where you play either as a spy trying to infiltrate a posh party or the sniper tasked with discovering and killing him, looks great. I've applied for a beta ages ago but no luck so far.
Quadrilateral Cowboy sounds like a game I'd like in concept. Let's hope the execution is up to par.
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[Felix]

I've heard that Octodad was better as a free indie as the commercial release is mostly padding + production values

Banner Saga is way too spare for my tastes, that genre is better with maximalism

[Ronnoc]

I love Amnesia and Dear Esther, but Machine for Pigs' loss of the sanity mechanic is pretty much unforgivable. Being able to look at the baddies in an Amnesia-style just makes enemy encounters into not very good stealth.

See also: Outlast

[wourme]

Oh, I didn't notice The Stanley Parable in the list. I think that one qualifies as great, as much as I was ready to dislike it for being a little too self-aware.

[Ronnoc]

Antichamber and The Swapper are both bad the same way Portal 2 is bad in that there's not puzzles, there's 'do everything you can with what you've unlocked currently,' and neither of them are very charming. Antichamber gets points over The Swapper because there was one puzzle that was pretty clever, and because The Swapper is a game in which you can solve puzzles before you get to them by going 'what kind of puzzles could you make with this ability?' That + the slow walking speed made it an effortless glide of ugly graphics.

[Ronnoc]

Oh, I liked The Stanley Parable, so I don't come off as completely bitter about spending money on stuff people tell me I should like.

[MattCD42]

Every game on last years list that sounded interesting lead to a link that was more disappointing then the last...

Axiom Verge- just looks like it's been pushed back into dev hell

Heaven Variant - now downgraded to just a soundtrack, and the cancellation of this game is depressing note to just finding out to what could have existed.

Then Radio The Universe looked like it could be something fascinating, but is just dead apparently.

I'm glad some projects got finished, and very glad Gunpoint came around, but it's sad to see such promising ideas die on the vine. But it does give more appreciation to the pet projects that do make it through, it's a reminder of the work they have to put in to make it all work.
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[Toptube]

Excuse me while I be a fanboy for a minute.

[Talbain]

Yeah, The Stanley Parable was my goty for 2013.
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[Bennett]

Most of the 2013 list are not out yet.