EDIT: Woops, I missed the "indie" part!
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Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri
My all time favourite game, and the only immersive 4X I know.
I’played it for more than ten years, and it’s still the only game I install on every machine I own.
Anachronox
An RPG by the developers of Deus Ex, with its ambiance being a mix of Douglas Adams’ H2G2 and Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner.
Funny AND dark, cynic, often suprising… A shame it is not better known!
StarTopia
Some kind of Dungeon Keeper in space (by the same developers), with the same kind of cynic humour.
Full of references ot other games and movies, a smart game easy to apprehend.
Freelancer
If you’re into dogfight in a customized spaceship, this one is still the best in this category, even after all those years.
Its arcade gameplay make it far easier to apprehend than the X series and other "simulators".
A quite long campaign followed by an open game of exploration, there is an awful lot of hours worth of fun in this one.
Warzone 2100
An open-source RTS in which you design your own units with hundreds of possibilities.
Hey, this one is free, it would be a shame to miss the opportunity to give it a try ;)
Post edited September 01, 2014 by vv221