r/IndieDev is a subreddit with 445k members. The community frequently discusses game, game development, game dev, feedback, and hard time, and they frequently recommend/review programming language, coding language, and software/website, and the most common flair used is feedback?, video, discussion, screenshots, and upcoming!.
This is the place for indie devs and gamers to share anything, be it game development, their favorite games or just cool images, GIFs and music from an indie game in a casual community-run environment. If you're an indie gamer, this place welcomes you too! After all, every gamer is a potential indie developer!
Popular Topics in r/IndieDev
#1
Game
22 posts
#2
Game Development
14 posts
#3
Game Dev
9 posts
#4
Feedback
6 posts
#5
Hard Time
5 posts
#6
Struggling
5 posts
#7
Development
4 posts
#8
Annoying
4 posts
#9
Steam
3 posts
#10
Indie Games
3 posts
Products Discussed in r/IndieDev
Programming Language
8 reviews
#1
Godot
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
GameMaker Studio
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Unreal Engine
4.0★ from 1 review
Coding Language
6 reviews
#1
Codecademy
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Unity
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
C#
5.0★ from 1 review
Software/website
3 reviews
#1
Miro
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Obsidian
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Google Docs
5.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/IndieDev
#1
Feedback?
: "Your day job is launching rockets. Your evenings are a life sim on the same island."
23 posts
#2
Video
: "Before and after of our goofy game!"
15 posts
#3
Discussion
: "Looking for a musician/composer for an indie game inspired by Indian art"
13 posts
#4
Screenshots
: "Detrás de Carmina"
7 posts
#5
Upcoming!
: "Announcement trailer for Towers & Tentacles!"
5 posts
#6
Image
: "Who knew making/choosing fonts for your game could be so exhausting"
4 posts
#7
GIF
: "My vector graphics library (for Godot and Unity) is currently free on itch"
3 posts
#8
New Game!
: "Just Get The Flag - A new type of puzzle game"
3 posts
#9
Blog
: "Як вам оформлення ?)"
1 post
#10
Review
: "Need help in balance mechanics, online UI for testing parameters"
1 post
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Last updated: September 13, 2026