Have an Indie category like Retro/Creative/IRL/etc
It would be super lit to have an Indie category to play lesser-known games. Very often I'll try to stream an Indie game and it either wont be listed on Twitch or have 0 viewers. It would be beneficial to indie devs too to get their name/games out there.
Thank you for your feedback!
While “Indie” is not a category that we have today or plan to offer anytime soon, we do keep track of which games are considered indie and they can be filtered for within Browse: https://www.twitch.tv/directory/tags/d72d9de6-1df8-4c4e-b6a2-74e6f4c80557
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Anonymous commented
Yes @!
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Nalyo Gaming commented
AGREED!!! We need an Indie Category.. I am actually blown away that this even has to be asked for by now, lol..
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KHunt commented
BUMP!
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RubidiumMoon commented
Following my previous post, I just think the main directory itself should have genre categories that way games are easier to find. You should be able to search for just RPG games or just Fantasy games. People who would determine the genres of games would be the developers. Like there are communities, but I feel it would be better to have official game categories just like IRL and Creative do. I mean, why categorize creative and IRL and not the games themeselves? There are millions or games and being able to filter or search for specific genres would improve discoverability and searchability.
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RubidiumMoon commented
I think the best idea would be to have a main Indie Game Directory and have every individual indie game directory (as in the directories like Darkest Dungeon) as like subcategories or something that way, you have the main category and then people can search in there for a specific game. Kind of likehow Creative and IRL function. Communities are great, but one there are too many indie communities because everyone makes their own category; two, they don’t separate per game so it’s still harder to find what you want as you can’t search for a game within a community; and three, communities don’t get as much exposure as Game Directories do. Communities are good for things like “Positivity” and “LGBTQA” and things like that, but are not good for part promoting game communities.
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Anonymous commented
Games + Demos isn't a good enough category. Something highlighting JUST Indie games, not just un-cataloged games, would be great!
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Tcba9 commented
They have one
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Winter Apocalypse commented
I think this is a great idea!
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TwittlesTV commented
I would love to see this because there are so many titles out there that deserve more love and attention
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RiotRey commented
this would be a great idea as a small streamer trying to promote some good indie games that were given to me i only average about 3-5 viewers, this idea would not only promote the game but be beneficial for myself as well. A very mutual agreement on both ends
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Jared Gingerich commented
I agree. Definitely agree that this is a wonderful idea.
Though, better terminology to make it sound a tad more appealing is streaming "Early Access" category instead of Indie IMO
Someone people only think of indie as pixealted, when they don't consider that No Man's Sky was actually indie (self published)
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uulltt commented
As an indie developer/publisher I am greatly for this idea! Would make finding potential streamers to show off my products much easier!