In short, it’s the kind of game that we all want the indie scene to produce — the kind of thing that the AAA big dogs just won’t touch.
Shadows of Doubt sits at the top spot because it is the most innovative and most ambitious indie game of 2023. It’s not a perfect game, but it aspires to something new and bold and unheralded in video games today. It’s a game of organized chaos, where each playthrough and each crime has the potential to turn into a strange and wonderfully unpredictable story. In short, it’s the kind of game that we all want the indie scene to produce — the kind of thing that the AAA big dogs just won’t touch. ( Review)