{"id":1103190,"date":"2026-01-27T13:56:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T13:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/hyper-light-breaker-shows-how-much-can-change-in-a-decade"},"modified":"2026-01-27T13:56:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T13:56:33","slug":"hyper-light-breaker-really-shows-how-much-the-games-industry-has-changed-in-a-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/hyper-light-breaker-really-shows-how-much-the-games-industry-has-changed-in-a-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyper Light Breaker really shows how much the games industry has changed in a decade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/hyper-light-breaker-really-shows-how-much-the-games-industry-has-changed-in-a-decade.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nI think that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/games\/hyper-light-drifter\">Hyper Light Drifter<\/a> probably released at just the right time. Indie games were really carving out their own corner of the industry back then, in 2016, and it was truly a year with some (comparatively) massive titles &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/games\/firewatch\">Firewatch<\/a>, The Witness, Inside, <a data-keyword=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/games\/cuphead\">Cuphead<\/a>, Enter the Gungeon, <a data-keyword=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/games\/darkest-dungeon\">Darkest Dungeon<\/a>, and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/games\/stardew-valley\">Stardew Valley<\/a>. It could be argued that 2016 was the year of the indie game, now that I think about it! In the couple years before we had some equally beloved titles like Her Story, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/games\/undertale\">Undertale<\/a>, Downwell, Soma, Octodad, and <a data-keyword=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/games\/shovel-knight\">Shovel Knight<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/hyper-light-breaker-shows-how-much-can-change-in-a-decade\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/hyper-light-breaker-shows-how-much-can-change-in-a-decade\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think that Hyper Light Drifter probably released at just the right time. Indie games were really carving out their own corner of the industry back then, in 2016, and it was truly a year with some (comparatively) massive titles &#8211; Firewatch, The Witness, Inside, Cuphead, Enter the Gungeon, Darkest Dungeon, and even Stardew Valley. It could be argued that 2016 was the year of the indie game, now that I think about it! In the couple years before we had some equally beloved titles like Her Story, Undertale, Downwell, Soma, Octodad, and Shovel Knight. 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