Best Indie Games of 2021
Winner: Loop Hero
Reviews Editor Zhiqing Wan: Speaking of deck-building rogue-lites, Loop Hero is easily the most unique indie game we’ve played all year.
This is a blend of RPG elements, rogue-lites, deck-builders, and base building all rolled up into one. It sounds like a total mess, but the end product works extremely well. At its core, Loop Hero is an idle clicker game that strips away all control from the player; you’re only able to determine which cards you want to play, and what you want to equip your character with. Everything else is out of your hands.
You’re given a great deal of control over what actually happens in the game, but the catch is that a single wrong move or a moment of overconfidence can quickly cause things to go very wrong. At that point, though, it’s too late, and there’s nothing you can do to save your character unless you happen to draw a card that lets you delete a few tiles here and there.
Loop Hero is all about understanding your own capabilities and working around them and creating a perfect build that lets you complete countless loops. Complete with a kickass soundtrack that never gets old (especially if you’re spending hours on a run), and you’ve got pretty much the perfect idle clicker game that’s incredibly easy to pick up, but hard to master.
