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    6 Great Indie Games To Play While You Wait ... And Wait ... For 'The Last Of Us 2'

    This was a big spring for mainstream game studios — but summer was looking dry even before the pandemic upended everything. So it's a great time to check out some independent games.
    by Kaity Kline Apr 23, 2020 5 minutes
    <em></em>You'll die a lot in the mountain-climbing platformer <em>Celeste</em> — but the journey is worth it.

    Spring 2020 was a big moment for video games from mainstream companies — Animal Crossing: New Horizons has dominated the conversation, but there were also Doom Eternal, Persona 5 Royal, and the remakes of Final Fantasy VII and Resident Evil 3.

    But summer was looking dry even before COVID-19 upended everything — delaying hotly anticipated titles like The Last of Us 2. Which means it's a great time to get into indie games. There's an entire world out there of amazing games created by independent developers, so many that it's impossible to mention all of them.

    So I've curated this list of great indie games to get you started, three single-player and three multiplayer! (And if you want more, I highly recommend checking out console stores or the online game marketplace Steam.)

    Single Player

    Celeste

    You'll die in — but

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