TOP 5 BEST INDIE GAME DEVS 2024
21WHO IS THE BEST INDIE GAMING STUDIO?
You could obviously make a subjective list about the best indie studios around, but that would ruffle a lot of feathers and you would never be able to create a list that everyone could agree on. What if we made that list objective? What if we ranked these studios based on their history of producing high quality games and their consistency?
Back in 2021, we created this list for the first time using the same metrics and since then, there have been an overwhelming amount of amazing indie experiences, which makes this list a lot different from the first time around. It’s not a hyperbole to say that every year feels like the golden age of indie games.
We examined over “50” of the best and brightest indie game studios, made sure they were eligible based on the rules we laid out and then rated them against one another to find out who are the top five indie game studios.
57 INDIE GAME STUDIOS RANKED
Moon Studios - Ori and The Blind Forest (88) + Ori and The Will of The Wisps (93x1.1) = 190.3
Supergiant - Pyre (85) + Hades (93x1.1) = 187.3
Studio MDHR - Only Cuphead
Mossmouth - Only Spelunky 2 in the past decade
Thatgamecompany - Too BIG
megacrit - Only Slay The Spire
team meat - Super Meat Boy Forever 70. Dr Fetus 76x1.1 = 153.6
mediatonic - Epic Games Owned
Team Cherry - Only Hollow Knight
Giant Squid - Abzu (82) + Pathless (78x1.1) = 167.8
House House - Push Me Pull You (75) + Untitled Goose Game (80x1.1) = 163
Matt Makes Games (EXOK) - TowerFall (84) + Celeste (92x1.1) = 185.2
Yacht Club - Shovel Knight: Pocket dungeon and Dig were collaborations
Capybara Games - Below (75) + Grindstone Switch (87x1.1) = 170.7
Hazelight - A Way Out (79) + It Takes Two (89x1.1) = 176.9
Hello Games - No Man’s Sky (83) + The Last Campfire (83x1.1) = 174.5
Ghost Town Games - Overcooked (80) + Overcooked 2 (81x1.1) = 169.1
Drinkbox - Nobody Saves The World (79x1.1) + Guacamelee 2 (85) = 171.9
illfonic - Ghostbusters (70x1.1) + Predator: Hunting Grounds (60) = 137
Thunder Lotus - Sundered (76) + Spiritfarer (83x1.1) = 167.3
Klei - Owned by Tencent
Thekla - only one game in last decade, witness
Mobius Digital - only Outer Wilds
Playdead - only one game released in past decade
Studio Jumpship - Only Somerville
Campo Santo - owned by Valve
Night School - Owned by Amazon.
Mossmouth - only Spelunky 2 in last decade
Toby Fox - Undertale 92, Deltarune - not enough critical reviews
Subset Games - Faster Than Light - not on console
New Additions
Arrowhead - Helldivers 81, Helldivers 2 82(1.1) = 171.2
Sabotage Studios - Messenger 88, Sea of Stars 89(1.1) =185.9
Game Kitchen - Blasphemous 77, Blasphemous 2 84(1.1) =169.4
sloclap - Absolver 75, Sifu 81(1.1) = 164.1
Daniel Mullins games - The hex 81, Inscription 85(1.1) = 174.5
Passtech Games - Curse of the Dead Gods 78, Ravenswatch - Still Early Access
Heart Machine - Hyper Light Drifter 84, Solar Ash 77(1.1)= 168.7
digital sun games - Moonlighter 81, MageSeeker 78(1.1) = 166.8
dodge roll - Enter Dungeon 82, Exit 78(1.1) = 161.2
Cellar Door - Full Metal Furies 82, Rogue Legacy 2 89(1.1) = 181.8
Acid Nerve - Titan Souls 74, Deaths Door 85(1.1)= 167.5
Red Hook - DD 84, Darkest Dungeon 2 82(1.1) = 174.2
Larion - Too big
Dennation - Only Hotline Miami 2
Wishfully Studios - only Planet of Lana
Geometric Interactive - Only Cocoon
Rundisc - Varion 70, Chants of Sennar 85(1.1) =163.5
Ska Studios - Salt and Sanctuary 84, Salt and Sacrifice 72(1.1) =163.2
Housemarque - Too big and owned by Sony now
Massive Monster - Adventure Pals 77, Cult of The Lamb 82(1.1) =167.2
Roll7 - Owned by Private Division who is owned by TTWO
Jump over the Age - In other Waters 79, Citizen Sleeper 82(1.1) = 169.2
Wishes Unlimited - The Wandering 82, Chicory 88(1.1) = 178.8
Croteam - owned by Devolver Digital
Shiny Shoe - Monster Train 86, Inkbound Early Access
Motion Twin - Only Dead Cells, soon to be Windblown
Free lives - Gorn 77, Terra Nil 82(1.1) = 167.2