What's an Indie Game?

[jason1637]

SegataSanshiro said:

jason1637 said:

Why cant a game have a big budget but still be developed and published by an independent studio?

Indies are lower budget and smaller & independent studios.  You may as well call Valve an indie.

Why does it have to be low budget? If a game is made by an independent studio it's an indie game as long as they own the IP imo. A game for rocket league has blown up and made lots of money which is now being used to develop new content for the game instead of making a sequel. So it has a large budget now but it's still an indepedent  studios game and IP. By you're definition it won't be an indie anymore.