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Sadly a lot of popular indie games, I really like a game where I can feel like I'm living another life in it, get to be someone else for a while, and that just isn't a thing in most indie games because of the limited scope that comes with a small development team. There's games like MotorTown or Stardew Valley, that have what I'm looking for, but those are unfortunately rare so I often have to turn to AAA games and damn it's hard finding a good one of those.
The crafting survival indie games have been good to me for that. Subnautica, zomboid, Ark, rimworld, my dino survival simulators. I have a hard time finding AAA games that do that outside of Red Dead Redemption.
If you like survival games, may I introduce you to Stalker G.A.M.M.A?
I don't know about the other games but it feels kinda disingenuous to plump Ark and Subnautica in the same category as small team indie games.
I literally want to claw my eyes out because of how popular indie rogue-likes are. And that people can argue with a straight face that these are not just as good, but preferred to a big budget game, will forever baffle me. I get that everyone has their own tastes ... But it feels like they are taking the piss.