When you're playing a videogame, how often do you stop to take in the details of the virtual world you're exploring? How often do you lean just a little closer to your screen so that you're better able to appreciate a little touch or flourish a game developer included in their game, just to surprise and delight you?
We do that all the time! But just in case you don't, we've put together a list of indie games that include some of the very best representations of digital grass we've ever seen, all included in a very important and very scientific collection below, just in time for April Foo... First Day!
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Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles
Links: || Steam || PS4 || Nintendo Switch || Main Site || Twitter ||
"Unwind and enjoy the slow life in Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles, a relaxing open-world adventure game. Yonder is set in the world of Gemea. A natural island paradise with eight distinct environments ranging from tropical beaches to snow-capped summits."
Equilinox
Links: || Steam || Main Site || Twitter ||
"Equilinox is a relaxing nature simulation game in which you can create and nurture your own ecosystems. Shape the world to your liking, cultivate and raise hundreds of different species, and evolve your wildlife to unlock more exotic plants and animals."
Semblance
Links: || Steam || Nintendo Switch || Main Site || Twitter ||
"Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and turns it on its head."
Fugl
Links: || Steam || Main Site || Twitter ||
"Experience the thrill of flying as you explore the natural beauty of a vast voxel world. Relax and feel as free as a bird as you create your own adventure, with no time constraints or set goals. Discover and observe hundreds of unique animals whose features your shape-shifting bird can absorb."
Shape of the World
Links: || Steam || PS4 || Xbox One || Nintendo Switch || Main Site || Twitter ||
"A serene first person exploration game in a surreal, organic world that reacts to your presence. Journey through a psychedelically colorful ecosystem of flourishing flora, rambling waterfalls, burgeoning mountains, glowing monoliths and graceful creatures."
Unworthy
Links: || Steam || Main Site || Twitter ||
"UNWORTHY is a hardcore combat-focused metroidvania without jumping. Explore a grim universe, discover new weapons and abilities, and defeat the vile creatures that plague the land."
ABZU
Links: || Steam || PS4 || Xbox One || Nintendo Switch || Main Site || Twitter ||
"A beautiful underwater adventure that evokes the dream of diving. Immerse yourself in a vibrant hidden world bursting with color and life as you descend into the heart of the ocean. But beware as you swim deeper as dangers lurk in the depths."
Watch the full list of indie games and their wonderful grass in motion below:
