Courtesy of the indiegames.com weblog, the top 10 indie games of 2010 in a variety of categories:

• Freeware Experimental Games (previously)
• Freeware Shoot 'em Ups
• Freeware Role-Playing Games
• Freeware Puzzle Games
• Freeware Adventure Games
• Browser Arcade Games
• Freeware Arcade Games
• Browser Platformers
• Top 10 Indie Games (overall, including ones that *gasp* actually cost money)
• Indie Games To Watch Out For In 2011

posted by juv3nal on Jan 14, 2011 - 27 comments

Werewolf Werewolf2 Werewolf3 Werewolf4 Werewolf5 [more inside]
posted by Faint of Butt on Nov 4, 2010 - 17 comments

Mateusz Skutnik makes beautiful point-and-click adventure games. [more inside]
posted by lalex on Jan 25, 2010 - 7 comments

Scarygirl. Flash platformer/adventure game with absolutely staggering production values and art. The intro sequence is awesome.
posted by juv3nal on Apr 14, 2009 - 40 comments

Well, THAT was certainly frustrating. More random cruelty to a cartoon cat, this time with a springy pole-vault thing. (like Cat with Bow Golf, previously on MeFi)
posted by yhbc on Sep 28, 2007 - 21 comments

CDX: great Flash adventure by BBC History (in association with Preloaded) for their "Ancient Rome" series.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane on Sep 24, 2006 - 9 comments

Itchana Tchones resembles-but-is-legally-distinct-from a certain beloved adventurer whom you may remember from a certain series of copyrighted movies. The first few games in which he stars are in French (and a little on the primitive side), but the gameplay is simple enough: Arrow keys to move, jump, and duck, spacebar to attack with the whip. The latest game in the series, Alien Wars, can be played in English. Lovely squishy little blood spurts, among other things, when death ensues. (Flash.)
posted by Gator on Mar 8, 2006 - 7 comments

Friday Flash Fun: More point 'n' click adventure games than you can shake a stick at. [Most have sound, and a very small percentage may be NSFW.]
posted by Sibrax on May 27, 2005 - 8 comments

Some Friday Fun "Banja is destined for everyone. Here, it is not a question of conquering, but of evolving within a whole way of life and of discovering its mysteries." Not a game for the bandwidth-challenged, unless you're REALLY patient.
posted by TheFarSeid on Oct 25, 2002 - 13 comments