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- $0.79 (Price checked Oct 3)
- 2011
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- 1Portal 2 - The Final Hours
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Also Post-apocalyptic and Emotional, like Indie Game: The Movie.
- 92% of 22,855 reviews
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- Released: 2012
- Developer: BlinkWorks Media
- Price: $4.99−50%checked Oct 3
- 95% of 611 reviews
- Genres: Indie
- Platforms: Windows, macOS
Players highlight
- Captures the emotional turmoil behind game creation
- Features commentary tracks with the original devs
- Includes bonus materials tracking the aftermath of the featured games
- Contemplative
- Emotional
- Melancholic
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About Indie Game: The Movie
The closest matches to Indie Game: The Movie: Portal 2 - The Final Hours, That Dragon, Cancer, Super Meat Boy, The End Is Nigh, and Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Indie Game: The Movie is your kind of game, the closest matches are Portal 2 - The Final Hours, That Dragon, Cancer and Super Meat Boy — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as contemplative, emotional and melancholic, and single out its behind the scenes footage and character study. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Indie Game: The Movie: The emotional journey of four developers as they sacrifice money, health and sanity to realize their lifelong dreams of sharing their games with the world.
Is Indie Game: The Movie worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 95% of 611 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- On sale: 50% off, now $4.99 (checked Oct 3).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 6 h when they wrote their review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Captures the emotional turmoil behind game creation
- Features commentary tracks with the original devs
- Includes bonus materials tracking the aftermath of the featured games
- Inspiring for aspiring game developers
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“This movie showed that indie developers are not strong passionate people but maximum freaks and crybabies, with Fez not age well at all (watch the video - Phil Fish: Gaming's Most Hated Developer), in fact everything is much simpler, do…”
People who play it also play: Portal 2 - The Final Hours, That Dragon, Cancer, Super Meat Boy
Frequently asked about Indie Game: The Movie
Can I run it?
How much does Indie Game: The Movie cost?
Indie Game: The Movie is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Indie Game: The Movie?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Indie Game: The Movie are Portal 2 - The Final Hours, That Dragon, Cancer, Super Meat Boy.
Who developed Indie Game: The Movie?
Indie Game: The Movie was developed by BlinkWorks Media.