Indie Game: The Movie
A documentary following independent developers through making and releasing games
BlinkWorks Media · Released Jun 12, 2012
- Reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 96% of 1,152
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 1
- daily peak, Nov 1, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- Unknown
- no patch notes on Steam
What is Indie Game: The Movie?
This feature documentary follows Super Meat Boy's developers preparing for release, Phil Fish presenting FEZ at PAX, and Jonathan Blow considering his next project after Braid. You watch the theatrical cut in a video application, with subtitles, commentary from Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes, and production extras.
For you if...
- +you enjoy documentaries about creative work and personal pressures
Not for you if...
- −you want interactive gameplay rather than a film
What players say
96% of 1,152 reviews are positive
Players praise the insight into game development and the personal focus on the people behind the games.
Screenshots and trailer
Indie Game: The Movie system requirements
Minimum: 0.5 GB RAM, 4 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Indie Game: The Movie?
The published requirements do not name a graphics card we can compare.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Microsoft® Windows® XP Home, Professional, or Tablet PC Edition with Service Pack 3; Windows Server® 2003; Windows Server® 2008; Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise (including 64-bit editions) with Service Pack 2
- Processor
- 2.33GHz or faster x86-compatible processor or Intel® Atom™ 1.6GHz or faster processor for netbooks
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM
- Storage
- 4 GB HD space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7
- Processor
- 2.4Ghz or faster x86-compatible processor
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 4 GB HD space
Does Indie Game: The Movie have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Indie Game: The Movie run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 7
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Arabic, Czech, Dutch, German, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Thai, Turkish, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Swedish, Romanian.
Does Indie Game: The Movie use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Indie
- Great Soundtrack
- Linear
- Story Rich
- Emotional
- Game Development
- Singleplayer
- Dystopian
- Post-apocalyptic
- Funny
- Anime
- Female Protagonist
1 DLC available.
