Games Game Genres Indie

Indie

Indie is short for the English word independent, which means "not dependent." Independent developers usually create games without investments from publishers, and therefore have a very limited budget. As a result, the games do not feature AAA-level graphics, but in each of these projects, the developers strive to realize their boldest fantasies and apply risky ideas. Often, indie games are not well-received by hardcore players due to their experimental gameplay. The most prominent representatives of the indie game genre are: Minecraft, Super Meat Boy, Super Meat Boy , and perhaps Fez.

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2005

Pathologic

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, In real time, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

June 9, 2005

Players: 9.9/10

Mor. Utopia is a role-playing action game with a first-person view. The game offers a choice of three protagonists: the Bachelor, the Haruspex, and the Impostor...

Uplink

Role-playing game, Simulation, Cyberpunk, Indie, Strategy

March 11, 2003

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 89/100

This cyberpunk hacking simulation follows an independent hacker who takes on dangerous contracts and breaks into secure systems. The protagonist steals corporate...

Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space

Simulation, Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Casual game

November 4, 2005

Steam: 77/100

Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space is a top-down simulator with a dash of action and strategy from the masters at Digital Eel. The game is published by Shrapnel...

Lugaru

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Beat them all, Indie, Parkour

January 1, 2005

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 83/100

This third-person action game with fighting elements follows Turner, a rebel rabbit searching for those responsible for destroying his village. His quest uncovers a...

Jets'n'Guns

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Futurism (Future), Side view, Indie

November 30, 2004

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 87/100

Jets'n'Guns is an arcade game with a dash of action and a beat 'em up game from the masters at Rake in Grass. The publisher of the game is GarageDeveloper...

Hell-Copter

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Helicopters, Indie

June 1, 2005

Steam: 66/100

This third-person arcade shooter puts players in control of an experimental military drone defending the planet from an attack and taking on enemy air support...

Ultratron

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie

June 15, 2005

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 73/100

In a retro-futuristic world, the last human has been killed by evil robots, and a battle droid sets out to avenge the human race. Players fight through more than 40...

Keepsake

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Casual game, Point & Click

November 21, 2005

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This puzzle adventure follows Lydia as she arrives for her first day at a magic academy, only to find its halls empty. Accompanied by a dragon afraid of heights...

Darwinia

Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Puzzle, God Simulator

March 4, 2005

Steam: 78/100

This real-time strategy game blends action and puzzles in a digital world inhabited by intelligent creatures called Darwinians. When a dangerous virus disrupts...

Geneforge 3

Role-playing game, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Strategy

April 1, 2005

Steam: 87/100

Geneforge 3 is a fantasy role-playing adventure and the third chapter of the Geneforge Saga, set in unfamiliar, hostile lands. The player explores the world...

Gish

Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Indie, Adventure

August 2, 2004

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This action-adventure game with puzzle elements follows Gish, a ball of tar who ventures into the subterranean sewers of the forgotten city of Dross to rescue his...

Aselia the Eternal

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Indie

November 28, 2003

Steam: 85/100

This tactical role-playing game with visual-novel elements follows Yuuto, who is summoned from his ordinary life to the distant land of Phantasmagoria, while his...

Moment of Silence

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click

October 1, 2004

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This third-person point-and-click adventure is set in New York City in 2044. Advertising executive Peter Wright is working on the Government’s “Freedom of Speech...

Jack's Crazy Cong 2

Arcade, Platformer, Indie

March 16, 2005

Jack's Crazy Cong 2 is an arcade game with platformer and indie game elements from developers from the magnussoft Deutschland GmbH studio. The game's...

La•Mulana

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Metroidvania, Indie

June 27, 2005

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 82/100

La•Mulana is an archaeological action-platformer about exploring ancient ruins said to hold the Secret Treasure of Life, the beginning of all civilization. Players...

Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Combat robots, Adventure, Indie

October 11, 2005

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 67/100

This action platformer with arcade and puzzle elements follows an invasion by the Quinkan, an ancient evil from another world. After the Bush Rescue team disbands...

Airline Tycoon Deluxe

Simulation, Strategy, Flight Simulator, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie

November 28, 2005

Steam: 84/100

This real-time economic simulation in a comic style puts the player in charge of an airline. Responsibilities include buying and outfitting aircraft, planning...

Avernum 4

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie

December 12, 2005

Steam: 85/100

Avernum 4 is a fantasy role-playing game set in an enormous underground nation, where outcasts, rogues, and fortune-seekers struggle to survive in monster-infested...

Deep Sea Tycoon: Diver's Paradise

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Third-person view, Indie, Casual game, Simulation

September 19, 2005

Steam: 100/100

Deep Sea Tycoon: Diver's Paradise is a third-person strategy game with a touch of business simulator from the developers from the Pixel after Pixel studio. The main...

Charm Tale

Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game, Indie, Adventure

March 2005

Steam: 70/100

Charm Tale is a top-down strategy game with a dash of puzzle and fantasy from the developers at Puzzle Lab. The game's primary publisher is GameHouse, Inc...

Chameleon (2005)

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie

October 19, 2005

Players: 7/10

A retro-style stealth action game set in the 1970s. The protagonist wakes up at the secret LRS facility with no memory of who they are or how they got there. With...

Cotropitorii

Online, Shooter, Third-person view, Action, Indie

November 15, 2005

Steam: 83/100

A shooter about Romanian communists with multiplayer for up to 32 people. Players choose which of the two factions to...

Witch's Yarn

Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Casual game

May 14, 2005

Steam: 16/100

This point-and-click visual novel combines adventure puzzles with the story of Wednesday, a witch who gave up magic for love of a mortal. After his death, she opens...

Rag Doll Kung Fu

Action, Fighting, Online, Indie

October 12, 2005

Players: 3.2/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 69/100

A fighting game with rag-doll characters, Rag Doll Kung Fu brings together a collection of single-player and multiplayer games, interspersed with cutscenes inspired...

Jets 'n' Guns

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Side view, Indie

November 11, 2005

Steam: 87/100

Jets 'n' Guns is an arcade game with a mixture of action, shooter and flight simulator from the Rake in Grass studio. The game is published by Rake in...

Mutant Storm: Reloaded

Arcade, Action, Indie

November 22, 2005

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This top-down arcade twin-stick shooter challenges players to survive 89 levels filled with hostile creatures. Players blast their way through waves of enemies...

DROD: Journey to Rooted Hold

Strategy, Third-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Adventure, Indie

April 1, 2005

Steam: 100/100

This fantasy puzzle game follows Beethro Budkin and his nephew, Halph, who take a secret passage through the king’s dungeon and end up deep underground, pursued by...