With GOTY season winding up, what about the smaller games you might have missed? Here are 13 2025 indie games with 0.1-2% of Silksong’s Steam reviews. Support this channel: http://patreon.com/gaminginthewild. Special thanks to my Boss Tier Patrons: ShyGuy, KingChamp, Cerys, SusannaMaria, Nate, and Drellesh. Join the boss tier to get a thank you on every video! Additional thanks to Turtle Beach and Snakebite for sending me fun peripherals to review. January Indie Releases: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m4yeXXGc0U GOTY 2025 - The Final Cut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5Z4bBENvW0 Best ever Switch Indies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48f-zXDkuaU December Indie Releases: https://youtu.be/9kkDypmnydI Game Awards reaction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmrDbflPuy0 Skate Story review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j6iPpWqKnA 00:00 Intro 02:03 Wander Stars 03:10 Blippo+ 04:30 Cipher Zero 05:31 Sektori 06:38 Hypogea 07:51 Dawnfolk 09:06 Many Nights A Whisper 09:56 Lost In Random: The Eternal Die 11:02 The Dark Queen of Mortholme 12:13 Drop Duchy 13:31 Carimara (edit error on footage) 14:53 Star Vaders 17:15 Peripherals: Turtle Beach Atlas 200 18:16 Peripherals: Snakebite Switch 2 Stuff
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Great list, thank you! Actually a couple I didn't already own/have wishlisted!
Appreciate the Cipher Zero love, it has gone pretty much unnoticed! Some of my loved hidden Indies from 2025, ranked by hiddenness - Skate Story, Tiny Bookshop, Q-Up, The Fable: Manga Build Roguelike, Clutchtime: Basketball Deckbuilder.
Gonna try The Dark Queen of Mortholme
Looked up Carimara purely on your description and wow, what a visual feast, and it's so cheap! Definitely getting this one.
Bum ups, revolutionised a genre there, I'm in.
Yes! I’m here for the lesser known picks. I’ve been enjoying Fading Serenades and Kabuto Park this holiday. Both are small but polished and very chill
Such great lists man. Always something to add to my catalogue. Thanks.
As far as obscure games that came out in 2025 go though, I think peppered: an existential platformer, quarion, zexion and without a dawn deserve a shout 🎉 Blippo+ looks amazing, gonna pick that up haha
Thanks, also your video is messed up with your audio at around 13. Good luck, and thanks.
Eternal Die is the best roguelite I played recently, great gameplay loop
Loved Blippo+ and Many Nights A Whisper
bought many nights a whisper, thanks
Who else is here before this goes viral? 📈
I played star vaders and loved it. But I found dawnfolk a bit bland. Nice list
Also recommend Tall Trails. Nothing to look at but movement is really fun and surprisingly funny
Cipher Zero aesthetics look fantastic.
Love to see these more hidden games
Yoooo nice to have Wander Stars and LiR: The Eternal Die on here! Fun thing, my friend Esh (FictionAddiction on YT) is currently streaming Wander Stars on Twitch :P Fun thing on LiR, it's a side-quel to the original Lost in Random & part of the team went on to form Moonhood Studios to make The Midnight Walk. I'm glad that these games were to your liking & it's always good to see the smaller folks being helped out with sharing word on them. Wish you a lot of good for 2026 and beyond! Many Nights a Whisper is the game that catches my attention the most. Blippo seems quite fascinating too, not quite for me but I see it getting fans.
Nice seeing Blippo+ get a mention. Love that game so much!