There you have it! There are hundreds of indie gems released each year, but we hope you found some new indie games to look forward to in 2022.

Like Haunted Chocolatier, this is one of the biggest and most anticipated indie games around even if it doesn’t arrive in 2022. But let’s not forget that a huge part of school is developing friendships, and those interpersonal relationships will also be explored during your time at Witchbrook. In addition to finding those out and getting through the school year, Witchbrook is tapping into the cozy vibes of things like Animal Crossing or Stardew Valley, as players will also be able to fish, farm, and forage for resources. However, Witchbrook casts players as a witch-in-training as they try to make it through their schooling, although like any good magic school, this one has secrets to uncover. Harry Potter meets life-sim in this new game from Chucklefish, the team behind Starbound and Wargroove. Having narrative even partly authored by AI has led to mixed results in the past, but this team has the pedigree to make non-linear systems sing. However, the bigger draw of Weird West is the highly granular, reactive world, in which characters, story beats, and even locations respond to your actions. The five playable characters each offer a unique set of abilities and perspective on this dark fantasy version of the Old West, and you’ll play as each of them in turn before the end. He and his new team have brought the immersive-sim sensibilities of Dishonored and Prey to this new project in a big way. Weird West is the next game from Arkane Studios co-founder Raphael Colantonio. But we put Hollow Knight: Silksong on this list, so that means it has to launch this year… right? Well, whether released in 2022 or 2033, Silksong will still be one of the biggest and most anticipated indie games.

Playing as the Knight’s more agile counterpart, Hornet, looks familiar but different in all the best ways, so it’s a shame that the wait has been so long. On the surface, this full-fledged sequel seems to have it all – more gorgeous hand-drawn visuals, brand new enemies and kingdoms to conquer, an evolved take on the original gameplay, etc. Luckily, from the glimpses we’ve seen so far, Hollow Knight: Silksong might just live up to the expectations built since its early 2019 reveal.

Team Cherry became a premier indie game developer after Hollow Knight’s infectious Metroidvania gameplay and haunting visuals were a smash hit, so now it faces the mountainous task of making another game that’s just as good, if not better.

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