It's an elegant interpretation of the roguelike genre, turning it into an almost puzzle-like single-screen experience.ĭwarf Fortress! Most Beautiful Ascii Structure Award! Check out the original for free, it's just as good.

This roguelike-like was so loved by all, they took development seriously and are making an official version for sale. Great music, incredibly hard, beautiful pixel-art: it's excellent. If you're a fan of old-school side-scrolling shmups, play this asap. This game is clearly a tribute to classics like Gradius. (the big green download button was slightly obscured on my screen, dunno about you) Super simplistic, crazy hectic, twitchy arcady, platforming shoot-fest. This game made it onto iPhone, but the original is great too. It has definitely influences FTL's direction. This platformer roguelike-like was a huge inspiration for me.

I know this crowd probably has heard of them all, but this is for the few that haven't. I do a lot of research on indie games and there are a number of free games that are such amazing gems, you have no excuse not to play them. There's another great roguelike post, so no roguelikes here. Keep in mind, only free games & mostly complete. EDIT: I'm just going to make this a sticky and start adding everyone else's suggestions to the list.

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