IndieQuest - An Indie Game Podcast

<p>IndieQuest is a celebration of the indie and obscure. We love independent video games. We love talking about them. This show is all about shining a spotlight on the smaller games that inspire us, intrigue us, and make us feel things.<br />Join your hosts Steve, Seth, and Josh while we build a massive list of recommended indie video games called "The Quest Log," review both classic and hotly anticipated indies, listen to some tunes,  and chat with some friends along the way. <br />Why don't you sit down, relax, and come with us on this quest! All are welcome!</p>

Episode 121: Horror Indie Games Worth Playing

Welcome back to IndieQuest, a celebration of the indie and obscure! It's October, so you know what that means - SPOOKY SEASON IS HERE! We chat about Baby Steps and Digimon, take some community emails, and then dive in to some spooky themed games to kick off the Halloween season! See you next episode for Spooktacular! - -- ------ -------------- ------------------- Games talked about in the show (contains spoilers for the episode): ---------------- -------- --- - Baby Steps, D...

10-08
01:20:15

Episode 120: All Vocals, No Hands (With Rob of Classic Gaming Podcast)

Welcome back to IndieQuest, a celebration of the indie and obscure! On this episode we have on the wonderful Rob, host of the Classic Gaming Podcast and creator of Boxography! We ask him THE BIG QUESTION, and then we all bring games to the quest log! We bring a wide variety of indies, some new, some classic, some random and obscure... we run the gamut! Check out Rob's podcast: https://classicgamingpodcast.podbean.com/ and check out his youtube channel - https://www.you...

09-24
01:58:57

Episode 119: Pyre Review

Welcome back to IndieQuest, a celebration of the indie and obscure! It's Silksong launch week so we had to get some quick early impressions before diving into the main topic. We're back with the next in our series of Supergiant Games catalog with they're 3rd and often underappreciated game — Pyre! Join us as we chat about the ins and out of the gameplay, story (spoiler free until after the plugs), art style, music, and everything this game has to offer! How does Pyre stack u...

09-10
01:58:26

Episode 118: IQ OST - Campfire Jams

Welcome back to IndieQuest, a celebration of the indie and obscure! On this episode campfire chat turns into an indie video game music listening party for the ages! (Thank you Wiwiweb!) Yes, we talk about Silksong, too. A little. Our next episode is a continuation of our Supergiant game review series with a deep dive on Pyre, if you have comments or a review of your own— please send us an email at indiequestpod@gmail.com, we're also taking submissions for indie game tracks YOU'D like to...

08-27
01:14:29

Episode 117: Second Opinion - Host's Choice, Zero Regrets (Mostly)

Welcome back to IndieQuest, a celebration of the indie and obscure! Your home for indie game conversations and chiiiiilll viiiiiibes...... On this episode we reflect on the Nintendo Indie World, and then we jump into our second opinions, WITH A TWIST. Last episode we assigned each a selection of games, we then had to pick one and come back with our pure UNADULTERATED opinions!!! WATCH OUT! (lol, why do they let me write these descriptions. Don't care, they can't stop me) - -- ----...

08-13
01:40:56

Episode 116: In-DeanQuest (With Dean, Founder of theVideoGameLibrary.org)

Welcome back to IndieQuest, a celebration of the indie and obscure! On this episode we bring on another guest, Dean Guadagno, founder of thevideogamelibrary.org, and contributor to the Cartridge Club! We ask THE BIG QUESTION, select 4 awesome titles for the biggest and best list of indie games on the internet, the Quest Log! Then after some listener comments we give each other assignments for next episode... Thanks for checking out the show, follow dean on Bluesky here: http...

07-30
01:58:23

Episode 115: Keep On Questin' Indie People (With John of Gaming in the Wild)

Welcome back to IndieQuest, a celebration of the indie and obscure! On this scorchin' summer episode we bring on special guest John of the Gaming in the Wild YouTube Channel and Podcast! We talk to John some about about his YouTube channel, and of course we ask him THE BIG QUESTION! After introductions we each place indie games on our ever growing list of Indie Game recommendations, The Quest Log. Then we read some community comments and submissions in The Campfire Chat segment.&n...

07-16
02:09:11

Episode 114: The Best Indie Games of 2025 (so Far)

Welcome to IndieQuest, a celebration of the indie and obscure! Okay, okay, okay, the title might be a little click-baity, but we DO start the show talking about our favorite indie games of the year so far, and what we're looking forward to for the rest of the year. Also one of the hosts has a hot take. After these shenanigans we each bring games to the quest log. One that will bug you, one that you will die for, and one that won't get under your skin. As always, thanks for c...

07-02
02:14:23

Episode 113: Butter My Biscuit

Welcome back to IndieQuest (not that one), a celebration of the indie and obscure! On the latest we talk Summer Game Fest announcements, food, and of course indie games. The quest log game selections this go around are wildly diverse and unique --- These indie picks are bound to surprise you! If you enjoy the shenanigans, leave us a review on your podcast app of choice! - -- ------ -------------- ------------------- Games talked about in the show (contains spoilers for the e...

06-18
01:51:32

Episode 112: First After

Welcome back to IndieQuest, a celebration of the indie and obscure! On this episode we talk about the Switch 2 launch, and a few other topics, but then we do what we do best - bring awesome games to the Quest Log! Steve brings a unique handheld experience, Josh brings a cozy experience with a little bit of existential dread, and Seth bring a title that is the weirdest genre mash yet! As always thanks for checking out the show! If you liked this, consider giving us a review o...

06-04
01:47:44

Episode 111: Knowledge is Progress (with Dave Jackson of Tales From the Backlog)

Welcome back to IndieQuest, a celebration of all things indie games! On this episode we bring on Dave Jackson, from the Tales From the Backlog Podcast, to the show! We do what we do best, bring games to our ever growing list of curated indie games, The Quest Log! Seth and Josh bring shorter experiences with unique looks and vibes. Steve and Dave bring a couple of banger titles that use failure as a teaching tool. This is a big episode with an awesome guest, we hope you enjoy! ...

05-21
01:50:15

Episode 110: IQ OST - Genital Journey

Welcome back to IndieQuest, a celebration of all things indie games! We're back to one of our favorite episode types, IQ OST, in these episodes we have a listening party of some of our favorite indie game music! Before that though, we return to Combo Quest where the game master (Josh) gets quizzed! Come, Hang out, and vibe with us! (No game list this episode, check chapters for music/game credits) Send us a text --------------------------------------------- Leave us q...

05-07
01:39:13

Episode 109: Second Opinions Are Like...

Welcome to IndieQuest, a celebration of the Indie and Obscure! On this episode we kick off the show by playing a new game called Combo Quest! After the festivities each of us dip into the quest log to give our second opinion on games we hadn't tried yet that the other hosts have brought to the show in the past. Then we give each other a good roast, but don't worry we hug afterwards. ENJOY! - -- ------ -------------- ------------------- Games talked about in the show (contains spoilers f...

04-23
01:36:09

Episode 108: Bargain Quest - Indie Game Oddities Under $5!

Welcome back to IndieQuest, a celebration of the indie and obscure! On this episode we chat a bit about the Switch 2 (it's positive, we promise), take some community questions in our Campfire Chat segment, and then we each bring strange/unique indie games that are under $5 to our ever-growing list of recommendations, The Quest Log. Fun fact, they're all games made by a single developer! LETS GOOOO! Check out Steve on The Pre-Order Bonus Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/20KaLLiy...

04-09
01:41:34

Episode 107: Just a To The Moon Series Beach Episode Review

Welcome back to IndieQuest, a celebration of the indie and obscure. On this episode we return to our Freebird game's To the Moon series reviews, or what we lovingly call it the "To the Mooniverse." In "Just a To the Moon Series Beach Episode" we see a collection of characters from throughout the series at a beach resort! There are light spoilers for previous entries before the spoiler wall. But before all of that we talk about Captain Drachma's new obsession! - -- ------ -------------- ...

03-26
01:13:56

Episode 106: GAMES

Welcome to another episode of IndieQuest: An Indie Game Podcast (A celebration of the indie and obscure - gotta include the slogan haha)! On this episode we get together 3 indie games that you may (or may not) have heard of and put them on our ever-growing list of indie recommendations, The Quest Log. Hell yeah, indie games. - -- ------ -------------- ------------------- Games talked about in the show (contains spoilers for the episode): ---------------- -------- --- - NAI...

03-12
01:18:40

Episode 105: Mr. Mo-stly Space Games

Welcome to IndieQuest, a celebration of the indie and obscure! On this episode we have a special guest from the community, Mr. Mo! Mo is a huge fan of rogue-likes, let's see what game he decided to bring to the quest log! And, of course, he answers THE BIG QUESTION! Somehow we all brought space games until 1 of us had to ruin it. Mr. Mo's YouTube video: https://youtu.be/KEqXmAXnCjU?si=88ArhDkIgEfu0_iI Follow Mo on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/mrmo1984.bsky.social - -- ------ ...

02-26
02:19:35

Episode 104: Transistor Review

Welcome back to IndieQuest, a celebration of all things indie games! We're finally returning to our complete SuperGiant games catalogue reviews! On this episode we played and talked about their second title, Transistor, that released in 2014. Transistor is a game with unique gameplay systems, an incredibly dense sci fi story, and still maintains that SuperGiant quality in its art direction. This podcast is primarily spoiler-free and then after a break we go in depth and brea...

02-12
02:00:14

Episode 103: Steak & Marshmallows

Welcome back to IndieQuest, a celebration of the indie and obscure! We're back to our normal format this episode! We start the show with some random chit chat and then dive headfirst into the quest log with 3 very diverse indie picks this go around. After that we take community comments in the newly dubbed "Campfire Chat," segment! On next episode we are continuing our playthrough of all the SuperGiant game catalog with 2014's Transistor! Play along with us if you'd like! ...

01-29
02:00:35

Episode 102: IQ OST - Best of 2024

Welcome back to IndieQuest, a celebration of the indie and obscure! On this episode we dive back into the IndieQuest OST with some tracks from 2024 that we wanted to share with you, and each other! We also follow up and read some of the community comments and feedback we've received over the course of the past few episodes. Kick your feet up and chill with us as we listen to some awesome indie game music from 2024! (Music credit and the ability to skip tracks are f...

01-15
01:34:52

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