{"id":1497053,"date":"2026-02-14T10:04:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/EDgpNHacV65HyxrYqsW7GV"},"modified":"2026-02-14T10:04:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:04:19","slug":"its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;It&#8217;s weird in the industry right now&#8217;: Cult of the Lamb&#8217;s devs still have faith that the indie scene will continue dishing out &#8216;smash hits&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Over the years, we&#8217;ve seen many smash hit indie games. In fact, these indie games have been the backbone of creativity in the industry on large, providing players with amazing stories and worlds to explore. <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/uk\/cult-of-the-lamb\/\">Cult of the Lamb<\/a> is just one example of this, a game from a small studio seemingly coming out of nowhere and garnering critical acclaim and much love.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think we definitely had an idea that people were going to like Cult of the Lamb and it was going to be a success, but I think it would have been mad to assume that it would have got the level of success that it did get,&#8221; Massive Monster&#8217;s art director, James Pearmain, tells me.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet >\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"low\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/yQPMZseKOyY\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s weird in the industry right now, because you have these AAA games that cost $200 million or however much to make, and so they have to charge $60 or however much it is to sort of have any chance of breaking even. And then you have all these indie games that are coming out at a fraction of that. And a lot of them, actually, have just as much content as the AAA games, and in some cases they&#8217;re just as good, if not better experiences.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Looking at my recently played library in Steam, it&#8217;s a mix of AAA games like <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/uk\/fallout-76\/\">Fallout 76<\/a>, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/uk\/deadlock\/\">Deadlock<\/a>, or <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/uk\/battlefield-6\/\">Battlefield 6<\/a>, and some AA games like <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/uk\/arc-raiders\/\">Arc Raiders<\/a>. But there&#8217;s also a hell of a lot of indie games that just keep sticking around. Cult of the Lamb isn&#8217;t just a regular play, especially with its recent <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/roguelike\/cult-of-the-lambs-woolhaven-dlc-is-everything-i-couldve-wanted-and-more-with-brilliant-fights-lethal-weather-and-of-course-heaps-of-cute-little-critters\/\">Woolhaven expansion<\/a>; <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/stardew-valley\/\">Stardew Valley<\/a>, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/uk\/lethal-company\/\">Lethal Company<\/a>, and SCP: Secret Laboratory keep popping up.<\/p>\n<p>One of the best things about the gaming industry right now is not knowing when the next indie smash hit is going to come out of the woodwork and happily surprise us all. But with everything else going on in the industry as of late, I don&#8217;t blame anyone for getting nervous about the future.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.30%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"pq4hm6VzqXF7GTsykiozv8\" name=\"Cult of the Lamb Woolhaven screenshots\" alt=\"Looking at a statue\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1081\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Devolver Digital)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s really hard to sort of tell what&#8217;s going to happen,&#8221; Pearmain says. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know if [releasing an indie game] is necessarily harder. Our friends over at Aggro Crab just sold a ridiculous amount of copies with <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/uk\/peak\/\">Peak<\/a>, and you know that they&#8217;re not a new studio. But I think that kind of took them massively by surprise.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m sure there will be games in the future that just absolutely explode, almost out of nowhere, like <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/uk\/schedule-1\/\">Schedule 1<\/a> this year, which sold a ridiculous amount of copies. Sometimes you just make something that really resonates with people.&#8221; Peak&#8217;s devs have said time and again how the success of the multiplayer climbing sim took them by surprise.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"3ck9u4mm5VDGCkhKWuJYiN\" name=\"Cult of the Lamb Sex Update.png\" alt=\"Several anthropomorphic characters from Cult of the Lamb dance around a fire in the buff.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Massive Monster \/ Devolver Digital)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On the other hand, Landfall, the other half of Peak&#8217;s development team, had less success with their previous multiplayer game <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/uk\/content-warning\/\">Content Warning<\/a>, something which I thought was going to be the next Lethal Company. I absolutely love Content Warning and still play it occasionally with my friends, but it just didn&#8217;t take to water as Peak did. It really does seem as if you can&#8217;t predict how players will react to these kinds of games.<\/p>\n<p>But that doesn&#8217;t mean all hope is lost. &#8220;AAA games are getting a bit stagnant, with their hundreds of millions of dollar budgets, and then you can just make a really interesting indie game with one person, and the risk is so low, because you just need to be able to afford to eat and pay rent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think that&#8217;s where the really interesting stuff comes from, and I think players really respond to that. So, yeah, I don&#8217;t think those days have gone at all. I think there&#8217;ll be plenty more indie smash hits, and I can&#8217;t wait to play them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"513da99d-6018-4b18-b1be-04b6b6ae771d\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:661px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:98.94%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6offQUY4CXebir2TC27dMd\" name=\"kingdom come 2 square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"654\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-pc-games-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"513da99d-6018-4b18-b1be-04b6b6ae771d\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2026 games<\/strong><\/a>: All the upcoming games<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/roguelike\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years, we&#8217;ve seen many smash hit indie games. In fact, these indie games have been the backbone of creativity in the industry on large, providing players with amazing stories and worlds to explore. Cult of the Lamb is just one example of this, a game from a small studio seemingly coming out of nowhere and garnering critical acclaim and much love. &#8220;I think we definitely had an idea that people were going to like Cult of the Lamb and it was going to be a success, but I think it would have been mad to assume that it would have got the level of success that it did get,&#8221; Massive Monster&#8217;s art director, James Pearmain, tells me. &#8220;It&#8217;s weird in the industry right&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1497054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748,1518],"class_list":["post-1497053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games","tag-roguelike"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&#039;It&#039;s weird in the industry right now&#039;: Cult of the Lamb&#039;s devs still have faith that the indie scene will continue dishing out &#039;smash hits&#039; | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Over the years, we&#039;ve seen many smash hit indie games. In fact, these indie games have been the backbone of creativity in the industry on large, providing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&#039;It&#039;s weird in the industry right now&#039;: Cult of the Lamb&#039;s devs still have faith that the indie scene will continue dishing out &#039;smash hits&#039; | Arcader News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Over the years, we&#039;ve seen many smash hit indie games. In fact, these indie games have been the backbone of creativity in the industry on large, providing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-14T10:04:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"270\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"headline\":\"&#8216;It&#8217;s weird in the industry right now&#8217;: Cult of the Lamb&#8217;s devs still have faith that the indie scene will continue dishing out &#8216;smash hits&#8217;\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-14T10:04:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":710,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"games\",\"Roguelike\"],\"articleSection\":[\"PC Gamer\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\\\/\",\"name\":\"'It's weird in the industry right now': Cult of the Lamb's devs still have faith that the indie scene will continue dishing out 'smash hits' | Arcader News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-14T10:04:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"description\":\"Over the years, we've seen many smash hit indie games. In fact, these indie games have been the backbone of creativity in the industry on large, providing\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":270,\"caption\":\"\u2018It\u2019s weird in the industry right now\u2019: Cult of the Lamb\u2019s devs still have faith that the indie scene will continue dishing out \u2018smash hits\u2019\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"&#8216;It&#8217;s weird in the industry right now&#8217;: Cult of the Lamb&#8217;s devs still have faith that the indie scene will continue dishing out &#8216;smash hits&#8217;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"description\":\"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Arcade News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cricketgames.tv\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/author\\\/arcade-news\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"'It's weird in the industry right now': Cult of the Lamb's devs still have faith that the indie scene will continue dishing out 'smash hits' | Arcader News","description":"Over the years, we've seen many smash hit indie games. In fact, these indie games have been the backbone of creativity in the industry on large, providing","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"'It's weird in the industry right now': Cult of the Lamb's devs still have faith that the indie scene will continue dishing out 'smash hits' | Arcader News","og_description":"Over the years, we've seen many smash hit indie games. In fact, these indie games have been the backbone of creativity in the industry on large, providing","og_url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\/","og_site_name":"Arcade News","article_published_time":"2026-02-14T10:04:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":480,"height":270,"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arcade News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arcade News","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\/"},"author":{"name":"Arcade News","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"headline":"&#8216;It&#8217;s weird in the industry right now&#8217;: Cult of the Lamb&#8217;s devs still have faith that the indie scene will continue dishing out &#8216;smash hits&#8217;","datePublished":"2026-02-14T10:04:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\/"},"wordCount":710,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits.jpg","keywords":["games","Roguelike"],"articleSection":["PC Gamer"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\/","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\/","name":"'It's weird in the industry right now': Cult of the Lamb's devs still have faith that the indie scene will continue dishing out 'smash hits' | Arcader News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits.jpg","datePublished":"2026-02-14T10:04:19+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"description":"Over the years, we've seen many smash hit indie games. In fact, these indie games have been the backbone of creativity in the industry on large, providing","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits.jpg","width":480,"height":270,"caption":"\u2018It\u2019s weird in the industry right now\u2019: Cult of the Lamb\u2019s devs still have faith that the indie scene will continue dishing out \u2018smash hits\u2019"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-weird-in-the-industry-right-now-cult-of-the-lambs-devs-still-have-faith-that-the-indie-scene-will-continue-dishing-out-smash-hits\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"&#8216;It&#8217;s weird in the industry right now&#8217;: Cult of the Lamb&#8217;s devs still have faith that the indie scene will continue dishing out &#8216;smash hits&#8217;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/","name":"Arcade News","description":"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839","name":"Arcade News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Arcade News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/cricketgames.tv"],"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/author\/arcade-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1497053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1497053"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1497053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1497058,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1497053\/revisions\/1497058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1497054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1497053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1497053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1497053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}