Best Indie RPG You Should Try
Five years ago, role-playing games were the domain of large studios and teams under the wings of big publishers. But after the indie boom, it became clear that RPGs can be created even without large budgets.
Many role-playing games from independent developers may not boast realistic graphics, but they win over players with fresh solutions that AAA publishers do not allow. This is what makes such games valuable.
Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Crafting, Online
February 2, 2021
VGTimes:
7.8/10
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
89/100
A fantasy sandbox with survival elements. You can play alone or with others, exploring the world and gathering resources, finding and raiding tombs, building bases...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Simulation, Online, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Survival, Open world, Space, Exploration
August 9, 2016
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
82/100
Metacritic:
75/100
No Man's Sky is an adventure simulator with a first-person view set in a futuristic environment. You will embark on a journey to explore space and planets, some of...
Action, Strategy, Adventure, Simulation, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Dungeons, Construction
August 11, 2022
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
84/100
Cult of the Lamb is a dark action roguelike with base building and dungeon crawling. The main character is an possessed lamb who was once saved from death by a...
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Simulation, Survival, Sandbox, Space
July 22, 2016
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Starbound is an indie adventure role-playing arcade game with platformer and action elements. You are forced to flee your planet by hijacking a ship. Fleeing from...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Hack and slash, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)
June 30, 2014
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
87/100
Divinity: Original Sin is an action-adventure RPG with turn-based combat and a fantasy setting. The game is a true sequel, the plot of which will begin immediately...
Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Sandbox, Open world, Survival
November 8, 2016
Players:
5.2/10
Steam:
59/100
Planet Explorers is a free-to-play action role-playing game with a third-person view and survival elements in a sci-fi setting. The plot tells about the distant...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Cyberpunk, Science fiction
May 20, 2014
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
84/100
Transistor is an adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat in a sci-fi setting. The game will tell the story of a girl named Red. She is going to take...
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
December 16, 2010
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
79/100
Dungeon Defenders is a dynamic cooperative action role-playing game with a third-person view and elements of the tower defense genre in a fantasy setting. You have...
Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Adventure, Business / Management, Third-person view, Open world, Farm Simulator
January 15, 2019
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
73/100
My Time at Portia is an action-adventure role-playing game with a third-person view and elements of a management simulator. You have to go to a colorful open world...
Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy, Medieval era, Indie, Roguelike, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
October 27, 2014
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
79/100
A hardcore roguelike in which a group of prisoners suddenly become explorers of a hostile world. After a prison ship crashes on the mysterious planet Auriga, the...
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