what are the best/your favourite indie games that emulate gameplay

>Axiom Verge
i still need to get around to playing that

Underrail

>>389411176
I really tried to like Freedom Planet but stage design and enemy placement become a mess about mid point and the bosses are a chore to fight. This may be less of a problem if it didn't attempt to portray itself as a 2D Sonic clone early game.

Oniken, Odallus

I seriously live Shovel Knight. The gameplay is some of the most fun I have had in a platformer. Not only that the developers at YachtClub keep giving Shovel Knight free DLC like 2 Player COOP and new playable characters.

>>389411236
Today's the day. I liked it so much I ordered the switch special edition.

Shovel Knight and Axiom Verge. There might be a couple more, but most others fall flat. Like, as much as I like Binding of Issac Rebirth, it's a complete failure at looking like an old game with its rotating and scaled pixels.

I wonder why there's such a mixed opinion with Axiom Verge. I loved it, but there are a lot of people that call it total trash too. It's not like Shovel Knight that gets universally praised, and rightfully so, but I still think Axiom Verge should at least be liked a bit by everyone.

Cave Story
Kero Blaster
Nuclear Throne
Spelunky (2008)

>>389412113
>>389412329
Shovel Knight is too easy it puts me to sleep.

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight is my favorite retro-style indie.

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any fans of Cosmic Star Heroine?

>>389413240
never heard of it but that looks neat

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>>389411176
Does pic related count?

>>389413657
Sure why not.

>>389413657
what games from the late 80s/early 90s is it similar to?

>>389411176
Valdis Story.

>>389414826
gameplay wise: alundra, zelda