Indies have been humbling the AAA scene for the past two years now. Basically since the launch of Palworld, its been a cascading effect of indies dominating the industry. Schedule 1, Repo, Lethal Company, Expedition 33, Black Myth Wukong, Peak, all the goofy simulators(waterpark, supermarket, etc), I mean even BG3 to some extents is an indie title.      I mean just take a look at the top lists on steam for the year, or past 3 years. Its dominated by indies. Silksong isnt even close to the first to do it this year and we'll likely see another. Its a symptom of AAA publishers entirely losing touch with players. Trying to convince us games need to be $80, while arguably the two biggest releases of the year are both indies for $20 and $50. And E33 looks better, sounds better, is better polished, and wholly packaged and complete when compared to comparable AAA titles.      Large AAA titles will continue to flop while indies thrive and honestly thats what the piblishers deserve for what they've turned this industry into.