10 Essential Indie Games Every Gamer Should Play

First released on PC, This War of Mine, which sees players in control of a group of civilians trapped inside a city torn apart by war, has now found a home on consoles complete with DLC in the form of The Little Ones.

The game is essentially comprised of two parts, the day time where you manage your home and the night time where a single survivor can scout an (often dangerous) location for supplies. The only goal is to keep everyone alive as they struggle with a lack of food, medicine and the constant danger of hostile soldiers and civilian scavengers. With character deaths being permanent and tough choices having to be made constantly it provides a completely different perspective on war from the usual shoot first, ask questions later gameplay of other video games and makes for a tense and enthralling experience. With children added into the mix everything is all the more heartbreaking...