9. Braid
While Jonathan Blow has become an interesting voice in the gaming community, and one who not everyone appreciates, his game Braid changed things. The game debuted in August 2008 on the Xbox Live Arcade and became a cult hit.Braid was by no means the first indie success, but it was one of the first indie developed games to go big by being distributed through a comercial avenue. Braid is one of the first games that comes to mind when we think of the indie market and while it is by no means the face of the movement, its success helped to highlight the power, art and experimentation being done in the indie market. A market that has become on of the major backbones and allures of digital distribution platforms like Steam