What have Been your favorite Low Budget games ?

In this gaming generation it has became more normal for video games to have a 25 Million budget, which to me seems to be quite a lot of money. Remember that game too human ? No ,it's okay no one does that ended up costing 60 Million to make. So my question is what are your favorite budget games right now I'm liking Europa universailes 3 and sins of a solar empire ( Which I count as a low budget game even though I have heard some debate on it)

FTL! Granted, they were Kickstarted by several orders of magnitude more cash than they asked for, but it's still a fantastic game by any standard, let alone a two-man studio.

@Shotgunblast97 said:

Remember that game too human ?

Ummm, I think EVERYONE remembers Too Human, to the point that it will be one of the more remembered games of this generation (for the wrong reasons sure, but remembered nonetheless).

But I digress. I don't keep track of game budgets, how much did Jetpack Joyride cost to make?

Probably minecraft. I don't know the numbers at all but I'm assuming the budget was pretty small on it.

Audiosurf. That game is still super awesome and everytime I get some new music almost the first thing I do is shove it into Audiosurf.

Super Meat Boy

FTL. I got sick of it pretty quick once I beat it, but until I did I was playing it all the time for a good few days.

FTL. It was like $10. I've spent more time with it than I have most full priced games. I think I'm at like 42 hours or something now?

Terraria, just an infinitely more enjoyable Minecraft for me.

Can I narrow it down to just this year? FTL for sure. I had more fun with that than almost anything else I played this year.

Probably the Binding of Isaac

Test Drive Unlimited 1 & 2 - but really I'm just always bummed if I think what they could have been with AAA budgets.

What qualifies here anyway? Anything without a monster budget? Atari published these, I'm pretty sure anything Atari would qualify.

FTL and Barkley, Shut up and Jam!: Gaiden. If anyone needs help with that last one, ITS FREE!

Barkley is maybe the silliest game I have ever played. So silly, but pretty darn funny. FTL though is probably the better of the two, but not really the same kind of game at all.

@plaintomato I didn't know there was a test drive 2, Is it free roam like the 1st one.

Way of the Samurai 4 has been a blast. The screen tears like a bastard, but the gameplay is still there. Also really loved Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes from Capybara.

EDF 2017 all the way. That game is the best example of a B-movie in game form. It looks like ass, the animations are horrific, and it recycles assets like nobody's business, but that game is just loads of fun and has its own strange charm to it. There is no game out there that does a better job of letting you take on a swarm of hundreds of giant ants with a MLRS!

FTL this year. The Binding of Isaac last year. VVVVVV the year before that (the more I think about it, the more I realize that game is one of the best games I've ever played).

VVVVVV for sure. Kicked me down a wicked indie path.

Me and my friends had a blast in Terraria for a few days, a deal at $2.50 when we bought it over a year ago.

I am just now getting into League of Legends.

Hawken is dope, but it's not out yet.

Deadly Premonition was pretty damn good

Cave Story

Deadly Premonition, EDF 2017, Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom, Kairosoft games.

Bastion.

In the age of indie gaming and 99 cent games, I wonder if the definition of low budget games has changed. Retail budget games may have a bigger budget than indies, but I personally enjoy seeing how a developer has to deal with time and hardware constraints in shipping a retail product. Both the Earth Defense Force series and games like Cave Story, Dust, or Retro City Rampage would all be considered low budget, but they're very different from one another. Alternately, I also like low budget games that are just plain bad. For this reason Cauldron is one of my favorite developers. That they keep getting to make the Cabela's games makes me very, very happy inside.

With that in mind I kind of keep indie games separate from low budget games. Earth Defense Force 2 is probably my favorite "low budget" game, with Sandlot taking the top place as my favorite low budget developer. I'm super excited to see that they're back in charge for EDF 4.

Edit: I feel bad for forgetting to mention Deadly Premonition. Although, I'm pretty convinced that game had an enormous budget, and Swery just spent all of it on hamburgers and driving around Washington State.

Deadly Premonition, and like half the indie games out there.

I am not sure on the budget, but Splosion Man and Ms Splosion Man spring to mind for games I enjoy that are in the downloadable game category. Also To The Moon, Project Zomboid, Terraria, and many others. Although 90% of these were bought due to comments from sites like Giantbomb where I would not have tried them without a strong community good will for them.

Battlefield 1943 was a grand experiment, and a grand game. I'm quite surprised and disappointed that EA/DICE didn't keep following it up every other year - between big Battlefield releases - because that'd be dope, and they'd be able to be much more experimental with these bite-sized Battlefield iterations - like having ammo & gadgets & explosives refill on cooldown - which was hella neat.

Gaijin's line of combat flight sims for PS3/360 (Birds of Prey, Birds of Steel, Apache Air Assault).

Feels good to fly again. Haven't had a gaming PC in close to a decade.

@Little_Socrates said:

Deadly Premonition, and like half the indie games out there.

Same.

Barkley Shut up and jam Gaiden, Hotline Miami

off the bat i'd say probably mount and blade. picked up hotline Miami last week and it's making a strong case for itself.

too many to list, but let's not forget about Deadly Premonition, Torchlight series, and Legend of Grimrock.

Dear esther

Torchlight

Hmmm, not sure how much they cost to make, but I loved Torchlight 2 and Space Pirates and Zombies. Oh, and Super Meat Boy was awesome.

Edit: D'oh! I forgot about Bastion! Shame on me.

Tren.. I mean Iron Brigade was a lot of fun and of course, Bastion. Will be getting FTL soon.

¡Binding of Isaac!

would mount and blade warband count as low budget? it looks low budget so i'll go with that.

that game is glorious

20 for Deadly Premonition=best value ever.

Speed Racer has to be the best Wii Hidden Gem.

Also one of the best F-Zero clone ever.

And was Nier low budget ?

@Clonedzero: From what I've heard, Mount & Blade was made by only a few people, so I say it counts. And I agree, that game is glorious. Siege battles are awesome.

Anything that is not AAA is low budget and a risk really. I think the correct title for this post is favorite Indy game.

The answer is Minecraft by the way.

Either Minecraft or Super Meat Boy. Both games are in my top ten.

I really liked Metro 2033.

Super Meat Boy and Minecraft.

Minecraft is the best way to enjoy an audio book and "do" something while listening. =)

All about the Bastion.

world of goo and little inferno.

hugo.

My favorite is a free mod created by one guy. Day Z is absolutely fantastic. As good a job as telltale did making a walking dead game, i think Day Z captures the universe even better.The constant desperation created by the lack of supplies is incredible. Its the only game I've ever just hidden and observed someone before revealing myself, knowing that anyone can be hostile in the wrong circumstances. I cant wait for the retail release.

@ervonymous said:

Terraria, just an infinitely more enjoyable Minecraft for me.

This, many many times over.

I put way to much time into Earth Defense Force 2017 on 360 when it first came out. Indy wise I really liked the Legend of Grimrock. Never really played to many classic dungeon crawlers but I still liked what I played.