{"podcast":{"title":"Indieventure","slug":"indieventure-6655297","podcast_index_feed_id":6655297,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/indieventurepodcast/feed.xml","website_url":"https://indieventurepodcast.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/17398332/THUMBNAIL-FULL.png","author":"Indieventure Podcast","episode_count":76,"summary":"Join three friends as they embark on an adventure to discover the best indie games! Hosted by Rebecca Jones, Liam Richardson and Rachel Watts. Episodes released fortnightly!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T00:20:47.458833+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/indieventure-6655297"},"episode":{"title":"#52. The Best Indie Games of 2025","slug":"52-the-best-indie-games-of-2025","published_at":"2025-12-22T13:16:48+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/indieventure-6655297/52-the-best-indie-games-of-2025","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/indieventure-6655297","url":"https://indieventurepodcast.podbean.com/e/52-the-best-indie-games-of-2025/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/8t53k4jy2mexzdhp/ep-52_mixdown.mp3","summary":"Ring out those solstice bells, the longest night of the year is now behind us! But we've still got weeks and weeks of winter left to go, so if you're looking for some indie games to help pass those cold and dark nights, you're in the right place: it's the third (or maybe fourth, depending on how you count) annual Indieventure GOTY episode! This is our smallest GOTY cohort ever, with just 12 games – not because this wasn't a great year for indies, but because your trio of hosts are in greater agreement than ever before as we slowly but surely merge into a single terrifying gestalt consciousness. As a fun challenge, why not pick one game from this list to play every day during the 12 days of Christmas? Sure, that'd be prohibitively expensive and impossibly time-consuming, but if you already have some to hand, consider this the sign you were waiting for to tackle some of that backlog – truly a festive tradition for many of us gamers at this point. As ever we won't spoil our Christmas selection box here in the show notes, but you can always check the Indiventure website for a full list of games mentioned in the episode. Furthermore, maybe keep an eye on that blog over the festive period if you're interested in some additional stocking stuffers in written form from your Indieventure hosts and some friends of the podcast… Our final round of hyperfixations for 2025 progresses at lightning speed because we're all very tired and want to start our Christmas break, please. Stranger Things 5 has Rebecca's seal of approval, while Super Mario Galaxy on Switch 2 is similarly acclaimed by Liam, and Rachel recommends The Chair Company season finale. Thank you all and good night: merry Christmas, happy holidays, a peaceful midwinter to you all, and we'll see you in 2026! Our music was w…","meta_description":"Ring out those solstice bells, the longest night of the year is now behind us! But we've still got weeks and weeks of winter left to go, so if you're look…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":8404,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/indieventure-6655297/episodes/52-the-best-indie-games-of-2025/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/indieventure-6655297/52-the-best-indie-games-of-2025.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}