Indie
The Stardew Valley Effect
One person with a vision outsold entire AAA studios with thousand-person teams.
Engines
RPG Maker
The 30-year-old JRPG creation tool that powers an entire underground scene of horror games, narrative experiments, and breakout indie hits.
Iconic Games
Pro Evolution Soccer 6
The PES that gameplay purists still call the greatest football game ever made.
Narrative
The False Protagonist
A storytelling device where the character players believe is the hero dies or loses focus early, shifting the spotlight to someone else.
Card & Board Games
Vampire Crawlers
Poncle turned Vampire Survivors energy into a roguelike deckbuilding spin-off.
Based on infomaxxxing codebase