What's an Indie Game?

[jason1637]

twintail said:

jason1637 said:

Spiderman i would say isnt an indie because they dont own the IP but i consider Sunset Overdrive an indie since they own the IP and its made by an independent studio even if its funded by MS. In the movie Biz many indie movies are funded by other companies.

Indie correlation is not 100% across different media.

Indie for movies usually means small studios.

For music it means not a mainstream label.

For books it means niche appeal/ not wide release.

 

Even if we look at movies, indie movies usually have limited releases and are not mainstream at all. Sunset was a major release with a major budget intended for the mainstream. 

It's far from being indie.

Most indie games are intended to hit as much people as possible. Gmaes like Minecraft, Rocket League, and Shovel Knight have hit a mainstream audience and most of these developers want these games to be big and become mainstream.