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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: 7.6/10
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 with...
Anomaly: Warzone Earth
Anomaly: Warzone Earth
Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
April 8, 2011
Players: 5.7/10
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 goal is to kill...
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 and simply not...
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 buildings with...
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 secret information...
Journey
Journey
Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Exploration
March 13, 2012
Players: 8.4/10
Steam: 74/100
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 mountain that is...
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, is gradually...
Radiant Defense
Radiant Defense
Strategy, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
April 13, 2012
Steam: 82/100
Radiant Defense is a tactical tower defense game. The player finds himself in a vibrant universe, which has been invaded by numerous hordes of aliens. You have to...
Sandbox
Sandbox
Arcade, God Simulator, Puzzle, Logic, Sandbox, Simulation, Indie
May 15, 2012
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 93/100
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, composing your...
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 chance to live...
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 the room is a...
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 by rotating...
Mark of the Ninja
Mark of the Ninja
Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Indie
September 7, 2012
Players: 8.7/10
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 evade enemies...
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 the mines for...
Solar 2
Solar 2
Arcade, Space, Indie, Casual game
June 17, 2011
Players: 8.8/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 72/100
This open-world arcade sandbox takes place in an infinite abstract universe where the player controls a celestial body. In Solar 2, players can complete varied...
Choice of Zombies
Choice of Zombies
Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Text quest, Indie, Role-playing game
April 13, 2012
Steam: 50/100
Choice of Zombies is an adventure horror game with a first-person view in the style of a post-apocalypse. You have to fight for survival in a world overrun by...
Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage
Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage
Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Horror
May 28, 2010
Steam: 69/100
This first-person adventure horror game follows detective Howard Loreid, who is tormented by paranormal events and discovers that his dark past is tied to an...
Block Story
Block Story
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Sandbox
December 19, 2012
Players: 7.9/10
Steam: 85/100
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, where you are in...
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 to the...
Analogue: A Hate Story
Analogue: A Hate Story
Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Indie
April 27, 2012
Steam: 94/100
This science-fiction visual novel centers on the mystery of the Mugunghwa, a generation ship launched in the 25th century to establish the first interstellar colony...
Cat Lady
Cat Lady
Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Indie
December 1, 2012
Players: 8.8/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 81/100
This psychological horror game follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year-old woman on the verge of suicide. With no family, friends or hope for a better future, she...
Super Crate Box
Super Crate Box
Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Free game, Indie
October 22, 2010
Steam: 87/100
Metacritic: 75/100
An arcade platform action game inspired by classic games, built around chasing a high score while fighting endless hordes of enemies. The player collects weapon...
Tower Wars
Tower Wars
Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Strategy, Indie
August 14, 2012
Steam: 71/100
A competitive tower defense strategy game, Tower Wars combines fortification building with real-time strategy and battles between players. Matches support teams of...
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 an arsenal of...
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 invisible world...
Towns
Towns
City Building, Indie, Sandbox
November 7, 2012
Steam: 25/100
A city-building game with RPG elements, Towns centers on managing a settlement above an active dungeon. Rather than venturing underground as a hero, the player...
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 into chaos. 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 contact with each...
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: 84/100
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 city inhabited by...
Miasmata
Miasmata
Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Survival, Exploration
November 28, 2012
Players: 5.5/10
Steam: 76/100
Metacritic: 76/100
Miasmata is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view and survival elements. Take on the role of Robert Hughes, a plague-stricken scientist who embarks on a...
Dead Pixels
Dead Pixels
Zombies, Action, Indie
December 7, 2012
Steam: 86/100
This zombie action game begins when toxic waste contaminates the water supply and causes the recently deceased to rise from their graves. To escape the city, the...
League of Evil
League of Evil
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie
February 3, 2011
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 85/100
Metacritic: 75/100
This futuristic action platformer follows a bionic super agent on a mission to stop the League of Evil, an alliance of evil scientists. The agent fights through...
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 endless runner...
Defense Zone 2
Defense Zone 2
Strategy, Tactics, Action, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
October 24, 2012
Players: 3.2/10
Steam: 85/100
Defense Zone 2 is a continuation of the top-down tactical strategy game in the tower defense genre. New interesting levels with even more beautiful graphics and...
Thomas Was Alone
Thomas Was Alone
Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Side view, Science fiction
June 30, 2012
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 81/100
Thomas Was Alone is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer with puzzle elements. In this game, you have to guide a group of rectangles through a series of...
Bad Hotel
Bad Hotel
Indie, Casual game, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
August 14, 2012
Steam: 33/100
Metacritic: 83/100
Bad Hotel combines tower defense with procedurally generated music. The player is a budding entrepreneur whose hotel lies in the territory of Tarnation Tadstock, a...
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 in an ancient...
Vessel
Vessel
Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie
March 1, 2012
Players: 6.3/10
Steam: 89/100
Metacritic: 81/100
Vessel is a fun puzzle platformer with action elements and a side view. The events of the game take place in the amazing world of mechanical machines that have...
Gunman Clive
Gunman Clive
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Side view, Indie
April 3, 2012
Players: 9.5/10
Steam: 89/100
Metacritic: 82/100
Gunman Clive is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with a beat 'em up style. The game takes place in 1800, where the player controls the main character...
Driftmoon
Driftmoon
Role-playing game, Adventure, Indie
October 2, 2012
Steam: 89/100
Metacritic: 73/100
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