You can now download the "Indie Royale Alpha Collection," one of those lovely cheap indie bundles that gets you a bunch of games at a decent price.

There's a new crop of small-developer PC releases to be had on the cheap over at Indie Royale. It's a quintet of games this time, as opposed to the four games that served as the site's inaugural bundle.

No matter how many previews, gut check and reviews you load up with, buying any game comes down to taking a risk with your hard-earned money. Mainstream games can tell you that they're chock full of content by citing hours of playtime, DLC plans or multiplayer features. But indie games, either because of their…