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Balatro dev shares an excellent list of his favourite indie games of 2024 (www.eurogamer.net)
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TL;DR:

Animal Well is his game of the year, with runner ups being Dungeons and Degenerate Gamblers, Arco, Nova Drift, Ballionaire, and Mouthwashing.

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[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 days ago

I heard one video essayist identify it as a "metroidbrainia" - a game where progression is gated not simply by items/keys, but by knowledge of systems, many of them hidden.

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