There are a few other obvious issues, stemming from the very definition of "indie game" to more of a subjective reasoning as to why somebody would or wouldn't play certain games in the first place (platform being one major reason).
There are a few other obvious issues, stemming from the very definition of "indie game" to more of a subjective reasoning as to why somebody would or wouldn't play certain games in the first place (platform being one major reason). Of the 25 lists, I've seen some entries that are clearly NOT indie games - they just look and feel like indie games but have a big-ass "EA" on the box art. Regarding platform, some of the lists were PS4/PS5 lists exclusively while others were raw Steam data and included games not on PS at all. There are also games that are, indeed, technically independently developed without the financial assistance of publishers, but were made by a team of a thousand people. And some, by a lone dev. What we get at the end is a list of indies or indie-likes across multiple platforms ranging in budget from shoestring to the GDP of small countries.