IGF 2027 Games I Want to Talk About

It's that time of year again! Like the last few years, I've been a judge in this year's edition of the Independent Games Festival, and just like last year, I've brought you a set of the most interesting games I played this year. It's been a rough year for the game industry, so it's been refreshing to be able to take so much time surrounded by the work of amazing teams doing incrdible things despite it all. This year's slate has an especially strong showing from student games compared to previous years, and I've made sure to highlight several of them - Doo-Daa, Horse Magnifier, and GAME. This is not, as a reminder, my prediction of what games I think will win any awards. I'm one judge of hundreds, and this is just my personal opinion. Rather, this is a set of games I personally found fascinating and would love to see get more attention. Walk (bilge, Windows, available now - Steam) If there were an award for "Most CD-ROM Game 2027", this might be the winner. Somewhere between a…

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