New Year, same game backlog. Only, what if we made it even worse? Forget finally returning to The Witcher 3 or Persona 5, there are weird indie games to play. They're cheap. They're short. They'll probably run on your Steam Deck (and maybe even your Windows 7 PC).
They just might surprise you with ambition and depth well beyond what you'd expect, and you can feel cultured, "in the know," and above all productive as you check passion projects and outsider art off the little gaming backlog to-do list you keep on your phone. I've gathered eight of my favorite weirdo deep cuts of the past year, plus two from the end of 2023—they were technically in the running for this year's Game Awards, so they still count!
