Earlier this week we revealed your most disappointing game of 2017; now it’s time for your favourite Aussie game of the year.
It was a pretty substantial year for Australian developers, certainly the best I’ve seen in the last couple of years. The first indie game on the Switch was homegrown. Several Aussie games made huge waves on Steam and other platforms, and there was plenty of work done in the VR space as well.
But there can only be one winner (with a few runners-up). So starting from #3, here are your favourite Australian games of 2017.
3. Hand of Fate 2
A strong follow-up to their excellent deckbuilding/RPG hybrid, Hand of Fate 2 came a comfortable third in our poll. If you haven’t picked it up yet, you can find some footage and my thoughts on it below.
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2. Hollow Knight
Thought this would have won the poll, to be honest. It was the comfortable front runner early on, but was pipped at the end by our following winner. Still an outstanding game, mind you, and one of the most successful indies to come out of the country in recent years.
And now for your favourite Australian game of 2017…
1. RUMU
With 18% of the vote – a sign of just how many good local games came out this year – the Aussie game about the little cleaning robot that could ended up being your favourite Australian game of the year.
So congratulations to Robot House, but also to the entire Australian development scene this year as well. There were a lot of huge successes, and plenty of games worthy of attention that didn’t make the top 3 either.
Some of those include the four in the feature image above, all of which were on the poll but just outside the top 4: Paradigm, Battlestar Galactica Deadlock, the charming Golf Story and Paperville Panic. Thanks to everyone who voted, and here’s to another year of homegrown games.
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