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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2012

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Minecraft
Minecraft
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Crafting
August 15, 2011
Players: 7.7/10
Metacritic: 83/100
An exciting sandbox focused on freedom of action and exploring a practically endless open world. Created through procedural generation, it is filled...
New Beginning
New Beginning
Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Comics, Point & Click, Indie
October 8, 2010
Steam: 73/100
Metacritic: 72/100
This graphic-novel-style adventure thriller follows a looming climate catastrophe that threatens humanity with extinction. Former bioengineer Bent...
Hotline Miami
Hotline Miami
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie
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...
Bastion
Bastion
Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic, Indie
July 20, 2011
Players: 8.7/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 89/100
Bastion is an action-adventure RPG with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. You will go to a fairy-tale world, which, by the will of fate...
Zombie Driver
Zombie Driver
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Racing, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Sports game
December 4, 2009
Players: 6.7/10
Steam: 85/100
Metacritic: 64/100
Zombie Driver is a whirlwind racing action game with a top-down view in the dangerous world of the zombie apocalypse. You have to travel around a...
Home - A Unique Horror Adventure
Home - A Unique Horror Adventure
Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view
June 1, 2012
Steam: 69/100
Metacritic: 73/100
Home is a unique side-scrolling horror adventure in a pixelated style. The main character wakes up in a mysterious dark place and does not know how...
Journey
Journey
Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Exploration
March 13, 2012
Players: 8.4/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 92/100
Journey is an atmospheric adventure with a third-person view. The main character is a nameless wanderer who must cross the desert and get to the...
FTL: Faster Than Light
FTL: Faster Than Light
Simulation, Action, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Strategy, Space
September 14, 2012
Players: 8.7/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 86/100
FTL: Faster Than Light is a unique management simulator with role-playing elements in a sci-fi setting. The cruiser Kestrel was lucky to find out...
Cut the Rope
Cut the Rope
Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Indie
October 5, 2010
Players: 6.4/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 93/100
Cut the Rope is a physics-based puzzle game about Om Nom, a creature inside a mysterious package who wants candy. The player cuts ropes to guide the...
Sandbox
Sandbox
Arcade, God Simulator, Puzzle, Logic, Sandbox, Simulation, Indie
May 15, 2012
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 54/100
Metacritic: 85/100
Sandbox is an arcade god simulator with puzzle elements. Imagine creating your own 8-bit pixel world, playing with humans, ninjas, robots or zombies...
To the Moon
To the Moon
Adventure, Top-down view, Puzzle, Visual novel, Indie
November 1, 2011
Players: 9.4/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 83/100
An indie adventure game created using the RPG Maker engine. The game tells the story of two young doctors, Eva and Neil, who give people another...
Shank 2
Shank 2
Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Adventure
February 7, 2012
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 81/100
Metacritic: 75/100
This 2D side-scrolling action platformer follows Shank, a former mob hitman drawn back into a fight when people close to him are threatened. He uses...
Waking Mars
Waking Mars
Arcade, Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Science fiction, Indie
March 1, 2012
Players: 1/10
Steam: 89/100
Metacritic: 84/100
Waking Mars is a side-scrolling arcade adventure platformer. In 2097, life was discovered on Mars. During the mission to make first contact, you find...
Mark of the Ninja
Mark of the Ninja
Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Indie
September 7, 2012
Players: 8.6/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 91/100
A 2D stealth platformer about a ninja whose cursed tattoos heighten his senses and allow different approaches to each situation. The protagonist can...
The Room
The Room
Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Steampunk, Point & Click
September 19, 2012
Players: 8.8/10
Steam: 97/100
Metacritic: 82/100
The Room is an indie puzzle game with a first-person view and horror elements. A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In...
Spelunky
Spelunky
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Indie
July 4, 2012
Players: 8.4/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 87/100
Spelunky is a fun adventure that takes you to explore dangerous but rich mines. You will control a rather big-nosed but cute gold digger who came to...
La Mulana Ex
La Mulana Ex
Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie
June 21, 2011
La Mulana Ex is a side view arcade game with platformer, puzzle, fantasy and indie elements from Nigoro and Pygmy Studio. The game is published by...
Bridge Constructor
Bridge Constructor
Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Simulation, Casual game, Indie
December 1, 2011
Players: 10/10
Steam: 78/100
Metacritic: 62/100
Bridge Constructor is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game. Using the proposed materials, you have to build the strongest bridge that can withstand...
Anomaly: Warzone Earth
Anomaly: Warzone Earth
Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
April 8, 2011
Players: 5.6/10
Steam: 84/100
Metacritic: 79/100
Anomaly: Warzone Earth — This is a strategy with an unconventional approach. The player controls units that move along a pre-marked route. The...
Dear Esther
Dear Esther
Adventure, First-person view, Walking Simulator, Exploration, Puzzle, Indie
April 26, 2012
Players: 7.1/10
Steam: 75/100
Metacritic: 68/100
Dear Esther is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view. The main character is a man staying on an island in the Hebrides archipelago. The...
VVVVVV
VVVVVV
Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Exploration
January 11, 2010
Players: 7.3/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 85/100
VVVVVV is an arcade indie platformer with a side view. You play as the fearless leader of a team of dimension explorers who have crashed and lost...
The Unfinished Swan
The Unfinished Swan
Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Exploration
October 23, 2012
Players: 7.5/10
Steam: 83/100
Metacritic: 79/100
The Unfinished Swan is an interactive adventure with a first-person view. In the game you control a boy who chased a swan and ended up in a strange...
Legend of Grimrock
Legend of Grimrock
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Puzzle, Dungeons
April 11, 2012
Players: 9.1/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 82/100
Legend of Grimrock is an action role-playing game with a first-person view in a fantasy setting. A group of prisoners are sentenced to death by exile...
Scania Truck Driving Simulator
Scania Truck Driving Simulator
Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie
June 18, 2012
Players: 6.5/10
Steam: 81/100
This truck-driving simulator features Scania R-series vehicles and challenges focused on manoeuvring and freight transport in realistic conditions...
Tiny Troopers
Tiny Troopers
Arcade, Action, Isometric, Tactics, Indie, Tanks, Warships / Submarines, Strategy
June 7, 2012
Players: 9.9/10
Steam: 81/100
Metacritic: 69/100
Tiny Troopers is an arcade indie action game with tactical elements and an isometric view. This game puts you in charge of a team of little soldiers...
Adam's Venture 2: Solomon's Secret
Adam's Venture 2: Solomon's Secret
Adventure, Puzzle, Logic, Point & Click, Indie, Action
April 8, 2011
Steam: 78/100
This third-person adventure with puzzles follows a search for the Garden of Eden in 1920s Jerusalem. After escaping the Caverns of Eden, Adam Venture...
Super Hexagon
Super Hexagon
Arcade, Music game, Indie
August 31, 2012
Players: 8.6/10
Steam: 97/100
Metacritic: 86/100
Super Hexagon is an indie music arcade game. This is one of the most difficult games you will ever play. A pulsating soundtrack underscores the...
Ravensword: Shadowlands
Ravensword: Shadowlands
Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Adventure
December 20, 2012
Players: 7.5/10
Steam: 65/100
Metacritic: 76/100
Ravensword: Shadowlands is an action role-playing game with a first-person view in the fantasy style. After the fall of Ravengard, the world plunged...
Canabalt
Canabalt
Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Action, Runner
October 1, 2009
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 77/100
Canabalt is a fantasy arcade platformer. You have to escape from the destruction of your city with just one button. The game that popularized the...
House of 1000 Doors: Family Secrets
House of 1000 Doors: Family Secrets
Indie, Adventure, Puzzle, First-person view, Point & Click, Casual game
January 24, 2012
Steam: 97/100
House of 1000 Doors: Family Secrets is an indie adventure puzzle game in the point and click genre with a first-person view. An adventure awaits you...
Realm of the Mad God
Realm of the Mad God
Role-playing game, Online, Action, Shooter, MMO, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game, Roguelike, Indie
June 20, 2011
Players: 9/10
Steam: 80/100
Realm of the Mad God is a free-to-play top-down multiplayer shooter in a fantasy setting. You have to team up with dozens of players and fight for...
Block Story
Block Story
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Sandbox
December 19, 2012
Players: 7.8/10
Steam: 82/100
Block Story is an action role-playing game with elements of adventure and fantasy with a first-person view. A world of vast landscapes awaits you...
Bloons TD 5
Bloons TD 5
Online, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game, Comedy, Strategy
November 15, 2012
Players: 7/10
Steam: 94/100
The player builds towers, selects upgrades for them and hires cool special agents to destroy all the balls flying over the map. A total of 21...
Defense Zone
Defense Zone
Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Indie
December 24, 2011
Players: 8.4/10
Steam: 80/100
Defense Zone is an exciting tactical strategy game in the "tower defense" genre with a top-down view. During the game, you need to protect your...
Revelations 2012
Revelations 2012
Action, Shooter, Strategy, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie
April 23, 2012
Players: 9.3/10
Steam: 55/100
This first-person shooter with strategy elements takes place in an alternate dimension where heroes battle gods who entered the human world through a...
SpaceChem
SpaceChem
Strategy, Puzzle, Sandbox, Indie, Logic
January 1, 2011
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 84/100
SpaceChem is an unusual puzzle game with strategy elements and a top-down view. In the game you will try on the role of a SpaceChem reactor...
Vampire Crystals
Vampire Crystals
Arcade, Shooter, Beat them all, Indie
December 20, 2012
Vampire Crystals is an arcade shooter, beat 'em up and indie game from Shanblue Interactive. The main publisher of the game is Shanblue Interactive...
Binding of Isaac: Wrath of the Lamb
Binding of Isaac: Wrath of the Lamb
Action, Shooter, DLC, Third-person view, Top-down view, Indie, Adventure
May 29, 2012
Players: 5.5/10
Steam: 93/100
An expansion for The Binding of Isaac, Wrath of the Lamb follows Isaac as he battles mysterious creatures through randomly generated rooms...
Cook, Serve, Delicious!
Cook, Serve, Delicious!
Arcade, Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Indie
December 13, 2012
Players: 10/10
Steam: 95/100
This arcade restaurant-management simulator follows the growth of a small café into a five-star establishment. The player builds a menu from 30 types...
Fez
Fez
Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie
April 13, 2012
Players: 7.1/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 90/100
Fez is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer. The action takes place in a 3D world, allowing the player to explore and traverse colorful worlds...
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