keeveek: Since Shank published by EA was in humblebundle.
grynn: At least Shank devs were kinda indie even though EA published it, just like Deathspank. But Flatout has nothing to do with the term of
indie.
Indie is a loosely defined term anyway. The most clear definition that I have heard (and this is also the one used for the music industry) is that it is a game company that is not linked to any form of stock market or such, that is privately owned and not released by any of the big publishers (or record labels in the case of the music scene). Basically that they are independent and not directly reliant on any big greedy source that just wants money and don't care about the actual quality (stock holders). That might make Valve indie though, as that company is independently owned. It is questionable if it would make Shank or Bastion indie, as those were published by major publishers.