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Best Indie Shooters

The indie industry has gifted us with many bright and unusual shooters that often turn out to be more interesting than mainstream FPS games. Developers experiment with visual style, gameplay rules, and storytelling.

In this selection, you will find bloody arcades, tactical shooters, stylish retro shooters, and surreal action games that amaze from the very first minutes.

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Hell Let Loose
Hell Let Loose
Shooter, First-person view, Historical, Online, Action
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June 6, 2019
Players: 7.6/10
Steam: 83/100
Metacritic: 74/100
Hell Let Loose is a realistic first-person shooter set during World War II. You will take part in major and famous battles, recreated with unprecedented realism...
Choo-Choo Charles
Choo-Choo Charles
Adventure, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Indie, Survival horror, Open world
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December 9, 2022
Players: 6.9/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 56/100
Choo-Choo Charles is a psychological horror shooter with a first-person view in an open world, in which you have to run away from a monster engine that resembles a...
Witchfire
Witchfire
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Fantasy, Medieval era, Role-playing game, Exploration
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September 23, 2024
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 91/100
The Church begins to lose a deadly war against the witches and decides to use forbidden pagan magic to turn a group of volunteers into immortal hunters. Armed with...
Hotline Miami
Hotline Miami
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie
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October 23, 2012
Players: 8.9/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 86/100
Hotline Miami is a brutal and bloody top-down action game. You have to step into the shoes of a serial killer who kills hundreds of various bandits and simply not...
Turbo Overkill
Turbo Overkill
Shooter, Futurism (Future), First-person view, Cyberpunk, Action
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April 22, 2022
Players: 9.3/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 86/100
The events take place in a typical “neon” metropolis of the future, where the lone hero has to destroy a lot of enemies. The crime rate has risen sharply in the...
Neon White
Neon White
Action, First-person view, Platformer, Parkour, Adventure
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June 16, 2022
Players: 8.2/10
Steam: 98/100
Metacritic: 88/100
The main character comes to his senses in heaven: he doesn’t remember anything, there are many poor fellows around like him, and angels are visible ahead. The...
Ultrakill
Ultrakill
Shooter, Slasher, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Action
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September 4, 2020
Players: 9.1/10
Steam: 100/100
Ultrakill is a driving shooter with a first-person view. The game will take you to an alternative reality where humanity has become extinct, and the only...
Gunfire Reborn
Gunfire Reborn
Shooter, First-person view, Roguelike, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Procedural generation, Online
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May 23, 2020
Players: 8/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 75/100
Co-op shooter for up to four people. Players take on the role of heroes with unique abilities and go with friends to explore vast locations created at random. At...
CULTIC
CULTIC
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Old school
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October 13, 2022
Players: 10/10
Steam: 97/100
Metacritic: 83/100
A dynamic retro shooter with a first-person view, combining the atmosphere of classic action movies with horror elements and modern technology. A fully...
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Top-down view, Indie
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March 10, 2015
Players: 9/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 75/100
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is a continuation of the dynamic top-down action game. The main action takes place parallel to the events of the original Hotline...
Trepang2
Trepang2
Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Action
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June 21, 2023
Players: 8.8/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 79/100
A horror shooter with a view that is a spiritual successor to the F.E.A.R. series. The game has the ability to become invisible, slow down time and sneak up on...
DUSK
DUSK
Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Old school
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December 10, 2018
Players: 8.2/10
Steam: 97/100
Metacritic: 88/100
A retro shooter filled with three atmospheric campaign episodes, designed in the spirit of the 90s. The main character fights against mystical creatures. The game...
SUPERHOT
SUPERHOT
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)
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February 25, 2016
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 83/100
SUPERHOT is a first-person shooter-puzzle game from the Polish studio SUPERHOT Team. The main feature of the game mechanics is the passage of time — only...
Bright Memory: Infinite
Bright Memory: Infinite
Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), First-person view, Indie
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November 11, 2021
Players: 7.3/10
Steam: 85/100
Metacritic: 65/100
The game follows the adventures of a girl named Shelia, who is an agent of the Supernatural Research Organization (SRO). One day, the organization manages to find...
Prodeus
Prodeus
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie
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November 9, 2020
Players: 8.6/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 84/100
Prodeus is a fast-paced first-person shooter set in a sci-fi setting, inspired by the DOOM 64 and Quake series. You can expect realistic blood, modern...
SUPERHOT VR
SUPERHOT VR
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Puzzle, Virtual Reality (VR)
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December 5, 2016
Players: 8.1/10
Steam: 79/100
Metacritic: 79/100
SUPERHOT VR is a special version of the game for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR. You will find an innovative control scheme that...
Metal: Hellsinger
Metal: Hellsinger
Shooter, First-person view, Music game, Action, Demons, Fantasy
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September 15, 2022
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 79/100
Metal: Hellsinger is a first-person shooter with rhythm game elements in which your success depends on your ability to fight in unison with the music. The more...
I Am Your Beast
I Am Your Beast
Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Open world, Arcade
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September 10, 2024
Players: 8.8/10
Steam: 98/100
Metacritic: 79/100
Dynamic game from the developers of El Paso, Elsewhere with comic book graphics. The action takes place in the North American wilderness, where the main...
Selaco
Selaco
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Old school
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May 31, 2024
Players: 9.3/10
Steam: 93/100
A fast-paced shooter inspired by the classic games F.E.A.R., Quake and Doom. The style is based on F.E.A.R. — one of the most iconic action films of the...
Postal: Brain Damaged
Postal: Brain Damaged
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Comedy
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June 9, 2022
Players: 7.6/10
Steam: 94/100
A wild spin-off of the cult series, bringing back the spirit of old-school 90s shooters, but with Postal's signature flair. After a head injury, The Dude awakens in...
Severed Steel
Severed Steel
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Parkour
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September 17, 2021
Players: 6.2/10
Steam: 56/100
Metacritic: 76/100
Severed Steel is a dynamic first-person shooter in which the main character is a one-armed girl who destroys entire squads of soldiers using different types of...
MULLET MADJACK
MULLET MADJACK
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Old school, Indie, Cyberpunk, Arcade
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May 15, 2024
Players: 6.9/10
Steam: 97/100
Metacritic: 87/100
The game takes place in a future world controlled by artificial intelligence, and the main character is a person who has merged with the network. The goal of the...
HROT
HROT
Shooter, First-person view, Indie
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January 29, 2021
Players: 9.6/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 86/100
HROT is a dynamic old-school shooter with a first-person view, made in the style of games of the last century. The events in the game take place in Czechoslovakia...
HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed
HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed
Action, Shooter, Indie, First-person view, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Arcade, Tactics, Third-person view
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June 22, 2017
Players: 7/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 77/100
Co-op shooter with tower defense elements. In the game you have to fight for the future of plastic life. Together with three friends, you will go on an epic...
Nex Machina
Nex Machina
Arcade, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Action, Indie
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June 20, 2017
Players: 10/10
Steam: 89/100
Metacritic: 86/100
Nex Machina is a classic arcade twin-stick shooter in a futuristic setting. More than 100 tasks await you at different difficulty levels and five world-locations...
Chop Goblins
Chop Goblins
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Comedy, Old school
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December 12, 2022
Players: 10/10
Steam: 97/100
Chop Goblins is an old-school first-person shooter from the creators of DUSK. The plot follows a hero who breaks into a nearby museum to rummage through the...
Fashion Police Squad
Fashion Police Squad
Shooter, Indie, First-person view, Comedy, Adventure, Old school, Action, Arcade
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August 15, 2022
Players: 9.3/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 76/100
Fashion Police Squad is a fast-paced, old-school first-person shooter where you'll proudly serve as the Fashion Police, solving fashion crimes, collecting clothes...
Rez Infinite
Rez Infinite
Arcade, Music game, Third-person view, Virtual Reality (VR), Action, Shooter
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October 13, 2016
Players: 9.4/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 88/100
This rhythm action shooter takes place in cyberspace, where the player fights a threat looming over the world. Shots at waves of enemies and giant transforming...

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