The best Australian indie game developers

summary

• Australian indie developers like Spitfire Interactive, 5 Lives Studios and Witch Beam create creative and engaging games.

• These studios showcase their creativity through games such as Capes, Cozy Caravan and Unpacking and receive critical acclaim and awards.

• Developers such as Jordan Mochi and House House also provide the gaming industry with unique titles such as Conscript and Untitled Goose Game.

There are amazing and creative developers operating out of Australia. Australian indie studios produce some of the most unique, innovative and sometimes downright weird games on the market.

Despite the loss of amazing development companies like League of Geeks (on long hiatus) due to various post-pandemic pressures, there is still amazing work being done in the Australian video game industry. This list is designed to celebrate the creativity of both established and emerging video game creators. Here are some of the most exciting development companies and their recent releases.

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Spitfire Interactive

Based in Brisbane

Spitfire Interactive is a Brisbane company that published Cloak In 2024 Cloak Shows irreverent love for comic book superheroes and XCOMA turn-based strategy style game that emphasizes teamwork and finding the best way to use each superhero's unique abilities.

Cloak It is Spitfire Interactive's first game as a studio and shows great promise for future projects. The creators of this studio have already worked on it hand of fatewhich was also a clever take on an established playstyle, the rogue rogue deck builder. It will be interesting to see where they go from here.

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5 live studio

Brisbane Indie developer

5 live studio cozy caravan It's only in early access, but it's still making a lot of noise. There is no doubt that Australian studios produce some of the best cozy games cozy caravan It certainly delivers those cozy vibes.

cozy caravan In 2024, it won an award at the Australian Game Developers Awards for sound design. While 5 Lives Studios might get more recognition for this. cozy caravan It recently received its previous game satellite kingdom, It's a fantastic dystopian strategy game that will appeal to fans of class-based combat.

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Summer studio

Melbourne developers inspired by music

Creator Summerfall Studios Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musicalwhich was released in 2023 and attracted the attention of many critics and gamers. It's a beautiful multi-linear musical role-playing game that uses mythology to inform its branching characters and narrative.

The studio consists of industry veterans with experience in the field of games in collaboration with skilled industry newcomers. new Wandering Gods DLC “Orpheus” It represents a continued commitment to continuing the legacy of the sophisticated, intelligent and inclusive title.

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huge monster

Melbourne International Studios is gone

Massive Monster is an independent game studio based primarily in Australia and the UK. The most popular version of Massive Monster so far is awesome lamb cult Released in 2022 and published by Devolver Digital. in lamb cult Players must expand their cult as much as possible with the goal of world domination.

Previous Massive Monster games, Adventure friends and Never give upare enjoyable platformers with a mischievous visual style. They are also sometimes very difficult, esp never give up which has insane levels of punishment and grizzly deaths. It's unclear what Massive Monster will be working on next, but they seem dedicated to cultivating a fan culture around. Go to sect It also promotes support and participation in the video game industry in general.

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Jordan Mucci – Catchweight Studio

Solo developer out of Melbourne

Jordan Mucci is a solo developer responsible for the award-winning game Conscript. Conscript An amazing top-down survival horror game. if Oblivion: Sanctuary and dark wood Having a baby, this is what it might look like. The gruesome setting of World War I battlefields is perfect for exploring the cruelty of humanity.

Conscript It's Jordan Mucci's debut, and despite his lack of experience in the industry, it shows a love for the subject and a keen understanding of visual design. If his output so far is any indication, he's definitely an Aussie developer to watch in the future.

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house house

Horn! Horn! Horn!

House House is a small developer team located in Melbourne and is definitely best known for their impressive success. Untitled goose game (recently introduced at ACMI). The player is a “terrible goose” who threatens a strange village in a variety of fun and inventive ways. Its popularity increased with the addition of a multiplayer mode that doubled the chaos.

Their signature cartoony visual style was already established in their first game, the quirky multiplayer space puzzle game. My pressure will kill you. Village characters in Untitled goose game They have more clothes and legs. Their future game Great walk It seems to combine cartoon aesthetics with real world movies.

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Magician's Ray

Small development team from Brisbane

Witch Beam is probably best known for its gameplay Unpacking. Players who have experienced the beautiful exploration of their home and belongings Unpacking He will be well aware of Witch Beam's ability to design games that evoke emotion through simple graphics, spatial puzzles, and storytelling.

They are currently working on a new project called tempopo which now has a revealing trailer available. It looks to bring back the appeal of Witch Beam, but this time with customizable environments and adorable character models. tempopo No official Steam release date yet, but it's currently on the wishlist.