r/IndieDev is a subreddit with 459k members. The community frequently discusses game, game development, tired of, feedback, and game dev, and they frequently recommend/review programming language, coding language, and software/website, and the most common flair used is feedback?, video, discussion, upcoming!, and free game!.
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
31 posts
#2
Game Development
14 posts
#3
Tired Of
8 posts
#4
Feedback
6 posts
#5
Game Dev
6 posts
#6
Annoying
4 posts
#7
Indie Games
3 posts
#8
Collaboration
3 posts
#9
Struggling
3 posts
#10
Marketing
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?
: "Been making this 13th Century Mongol Conquest Era RTS"
17 posts
#2
Video
: "I’m trying to make the boat feel like a home in my first-person sailing game"
12 posts
#3
Discussion
: "Anyone have experience paying streamers to play your game?"
5 posts
#4
Upcoming!
: "My surreal point-and-click puzzle game set in a desert hot spring resort. Inspired by Rusty Lake"
3 posts
#5
Free Game!
: "College Football Simulator"
2 posts
#6
New Game!
: "I chose gamedev over my family...😅"
2 posts
#7
Postmortem
: "My Story"
2 posts
#8
Meta
: "I'm a solo dev & I built a VR house you fill with your own photos. Hang them on the walls, walk around, and relive your memories. Photo House VR: turn your photo library into a house you can walk through Quest +PC VR. I got tired of scrolling photos on a tiny screen, so I built a house to hang them."
1 post
#9
Image
: "Spend the day setting up steam achievements, always wanted to hit this milestone!"
1 post
#10
GIF
: "Here's what happens when I go down in the final showdown in my game"
1 post
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Yearly
+149k members(48.2%)
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Last updated: October 13, 2026