Development of the indie games segment

How the 2010s became the decade of indie developers.





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Disco Elysium.  Source: Reddit.
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The indie marketplace literally wouldn't exist without Steam paving the way for it.  Source: Gamasutra.
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Indie game Fez.  Source: Steam.
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One of the very first indie games was Braid.  Source: Critical Distance.
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Celeste is one of many indie games to have won major awards at The Game Awards.
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