NOV 16–18, 2018 ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Countdown to Doors Open:
The List of 49 Indie Titles Coming to Atlanta: Quantity & Quality
We don’t choose quantity over quality—we do both by sprinkling the indies into 12 genre categories
Attendee playing Black Future ’88 at DreamHack Austin 2018
Quality is partly subjective, right? You can’t rip an arthouse game if you’ve only ever played RPGs. So, in order to give you quality AND to make sifting through a butt-load of games easier, we’ve divvied them up into 12 genre categories in our Indie Playground. Some are familiar, a few might be new, but they’re here to guide you to the best indie games.
If you’re new to indie games altogether, basically all you need to know is that they’re made by small teams (sometimes twenty people, sometimes one person). Because they’re small and they don’t often have huge financial support like the AAA titles (the 60hrs+ games with the highest quality graphics and animations, etc.), they have a lot of freedom to be experimental. They don’t always push for the best polish, but they absolutely push the boundaries of the expected to bring us fresh gameplay in every genre.
The Indie Playground is our tribute to the love we have for these teams and what they represent: creativity, passion, dedication, strong friendships, and potential. The risks some of these teams take to make their games and have their statement be heard is something we respect immensely. So go meet the devs, spend time talking with them and giving your feedback. You’re the whole reason they’ve come to show their games, they want to meet you too!
BTW: There’s an Indie Stage
Watch our indies take to the Indie Stage with fun presentations throughout each day of the festival. We give all of them a 15-minute window under the spotlights to give you a deep dive into their games and their motivations behind creating them—or to hand out goodies. At these talks, you can really get inside the mind of a game developer and then track them down afterwards, stalk them relentlessly, and message them on Discord at all hours until you get blocked (<– bad idea). Or you could just play their game at our show.
Find out more about the Indie Playground and the Indie Stage schedule in the Indie Zone.
News from all DreamHack events
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Game
Genre
Booth #
Stage Time
Elemensional Rift
Best Action
I-16
Fri 2:20 PM
Griefhelm
Best Action
I-48
Sat 3:40 PM
Hamsterdam
Best Action
I-34
Fri 5:20 PM
Neon the Ninja
Best Action
I-28
Fri 12:20 PM
The Last Friend
Best Action
I-29
Fri 1:20 PM
Cede
Best Action/Adventure
I-19
Sun 5:00 PM
Pig Eat Ball
Best Action/Adventure
I-32
Fri 6:00 PM
REZPLZ
Best Action/Adventure
I-02
Sun 1:20 PM
The World Next Door
Best Action/Adventure
I-11
Sun 4:00 PM
A Purrtato Tail – By the Light of the Elderstar
Best Adventure
I-31
Sun 2:00 PM
Forgotton Anne
Best Adventure
I-13
Sun 5:40 PM
Iris.Fall
Best Adventure
I-14
Sun 4:40 PM
UnderMine
Best Adventure
I-05
Sat 12:40 PM
Bring to Light
Best AR/VR Experience
I-45
Sun 3:00 PM
Shaking Death
Best AR/VR Experience
I-45
Sun 6:00 PM
SMUSH.TV
Best AR/VR Experience
I-23
Fri 1:00 PM
She Dreams Elsewhere
Best Arthouse
I-09
Sun 5:20 PM
Verlet Swing
Best Arthouse
I-27
Sun 2:20 PM
Waveform Wipeout
Best Arthouse
I-17
Sat 1:00 PM
Zarvot
Best Arthouse
I-27
Sun 4:20 PM
Arcade Spirits
Best Casual
I-12
Fri 3:20 PM
Death Coming
Best Casual
I-35
Sat 2:20 PM
Deblockle
Best Casual
I-25
Sun 1:40 PM
SiNKR 2
Best Casual
I-15
Sat 12:20 PM
Buoyancy
Best Early Access
I-49
Fri 4:40 PM
Summoners Fate
Best Early Access
I-30
Fri 2:40 PM
Witch It
Best Early Access
I-22
Sat 3:00 PM
COLINA: Legacy
Best Let’s Play
I-43
Fri 4:20 PM
The Subject
Best Let’s Play
I-46
Sat 3:20 PM
Torn Asunder
Best Let’s Play
I-47
Sun 3:20 PM
TwinCop
Best Let’s Play
I-03
Sat 1:20 PM
Collidalot
Best Multiplayer
I-36
Fri 6:20 PM
Mowin’ & Throwin’
Best Multiplayer
I-21
Fri 3:00 PM
Steamhounds
Best Multiplayer
I-04
Fri 1:40 PM
Super Slime Arena
Best Multiplayer
I-33
Fri 5:00 PM
Swim Sanity!
Best Multiplayer
I-18
Fri 12:40 PM
Depth of Extinction
Best RPG
I-08
Sat 2:00 PM
Disjunction
Best RPG
I-06
Sun 6:20 PM
DON’T GIVE UP: A Cynical Tale
Best RPG
I-10
Sun 1:00 PM
SAVAGE: The Shard of Gosen
Best RPG
I-07
Fri 3:40 PM
BattleCON ONline
Best Strat/Sim
I-37
Fri 4:00 PM
Broken Lines
Best Strat/Sim
I-41
Sun 2:40 PM
Element: Space
Best Strat/Sim
I-42
Sun 12:40 PM
Harvest Hands
Best Strat/Sim
I-20
Fri 2:00 PM
One Step From Eden
Best Strat/Sim
I-01
Sun 12:20 PM
Raja Mandala
Best Tabletop
I-40
Sat 1:40 PM
Temporal Odyssey
Best Tabletop
I-38
Fri 5:40 PM
True Messiah
Best Tabletop
I-39
Sat 2:40 PM
Zer0 Inbox
Best Tabletop
I-24
Sun 3:40 PM
