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 2017

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Minecraft

Action, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Crafting

August 15, 2011

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 83/100

An engaging sandbox game focused on freedom of action and exploration of a virtually endless open world. Created through procedural generation, it is filled with...

Stardew Valley

Role-playing game, Simulation, Business / Management, Indie

February 26, 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Stardew Valley is a farmer simulator with role-playing elements, a sandbox in an open world with an isometric camera and a visual style reminiscent of 90s arcade...

Human Resource Machine

Puzzle, Logic, Indie

October 15, 2015

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Human Resource Machine is an indie puzzle game from the developer World of Goo. We have to use office workers to solve the next puzzle and get promoted to the next...

House Party

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Adult game, Indie

June 30, 2017

Players: 6.6/10

House Party is a dating simulator for adults with a first-person view and action elements. A party in an empty house, liters of alcohol and “ringing vulgarity...

Ravenfield

Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Tactics

May 18, 2017

Players: 8/10

Ravenfield is a tactical shooter with a first-person view for single player play. Together with the blue men you have to destroy those annoying red men using...

Hollow Knight

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

February 24, 2017

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 89/100

An atmospheric action-platformer about a journey through the dying underground kingdom of Hallownest, inhabited by mysterious insects and strange creatures. A dark...

Undertale

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie

September 15, 2015

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 92/100

An RPG with a unique combat system, where each battle can be completed without a single blow. Instead of the usual violence, there are conversations, mercy, and...

Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Roguelike, Dungeons, Cooperative (co-op)

November 4, 2014

Players: 8.6/10

Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a top-down indie RPG. You will play as the boy Isaac, hiding in the basement from his mother, whom God ordered to sacrifice him. To...

Outlast 2

Action, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, Indie

April 24, 2017

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Outlast 2 is a continuation of the popular horror adventure with stealth elements from the developers from the Red Barrels studio. The events of the game are...

Broken Age

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view

January 28, 2014

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Broken Age is an exciting point-and-click side-scrolling adventure from the author of Full Throttle and Grim Fandango. The game will tell two parallel developing...

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

Action, Adventure, Slasher, Third-person view, Indie, Fantasy, Medieval era

August 7, 2017

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 83/100

The game takes you on a dark and ruthless journey into the depths of the mind, where the lines between reality and madness blur. The story follows a warrior named...

Teslagrad

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Steampunk

December 13, 2013

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Teslagrad is an arcade quest with platformer elements and futurism style. In this game, you use the power of electromagnetism to solve puzzles and battle horrors as...

Knock-knock

Arcade, Horror, Logic, Indie, Side view

October 4, 2013

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 57/100

Knock-knock is an adventure puzzle game with horror elements and a side view. In the depths of a dense forest there is a wooden house. A man lives in this house...

Saurian

Adventure, Simulation, Third-person view, Indie, Survival, Open world

August 3, 2017

A survival simulator for dinosaurs, set in Hell Creek 66 million years ago. Players control several species of prehistoric animals and go through the journey from...

Everspace

Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Roguelike

September 14, 2016

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Everspace is a space simulator created on the basis of the Unreal Engine 4. You can expect randomly generated levels, a non-linear plot, advanced upgrade and...

Forts

Arcade, Action, Strategy, In real time, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view

April 19, 2017

Players: 8.6/10

Gang Beasts

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Platformer, Indie

December 12, 2017

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Gang Beasts is a multiplayer game with gelatinous characters, comical fights and absurd...

Dreamfall Chapters

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

July 27, 2014

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Dreamfall Chapters is an episodic adventure set in the universe of The Longest Journey. The game will continue the story of Zoë Castillo and will be the conclusion...

Papers, Please

Arcade, Adventure, Simulation, Indie

August 8, 2013

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Papers, Please is an unusual simulator of an immigration officer. You will have to sit in a small booth and check the documents of visiting residents, identify...

Door Kickers: Action Squad

Arcade, Action, Indie, Tactics, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

November 17, 2017

Players: 8.1/10

Door Kickers: Action Squad is a side-view pixel arcade action game from the creators of the Door Kickers series. In the game you have to become a SWAT operative and...

Brawlhalla

Arcade, Action, Fighting, MMO, Platformer, Indie, Free game

October 17, 2017

Players: 8/10

Brawlhalla is a free-to-play side-scrolling multiplayer fighting platformer that supports up to 8 players. The game features a wide variety of heroes with unique...

Night in the Woods

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view

February 21, 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Night in the Woods is an arcade side-scrolling indie platformer. The game tells the story of a twenty-year-old cat who was expelled from college for truancy. After...

To the Moon

Adventure, Top-down view, Puzzle, Visual novel, Indie

November 1, 2011

Players: 9.4/10

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...

Bulb Boy

Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view

October 29, 2015

Metacritic: 75/100

Bulb Boy is an indie horror adventure with point and click elements. The main character of Bulb Boy is a boy with a glowing head. You have to overcome your fear and...

Infinite Tanks

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

September 29, 2016

Players: 7.8/10

An exciting action game dedicated to tank battles. The game is similar to World of Tanks, but the battles are more dynamic, due to fast combat vehicles. Tanks can...

NEO Scavenger

Role-playing game, Strategy, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

December 6, 2013

Players: 8/10

NEO Scavenger is a turn-based strategy with role-playing elements and turn-based combat. In the game, you will need to survive in post-apocalyptic Michigan, travel...

Battle Brothers

Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics

April 27, 2015

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Indie

June 2, 2017

Players: 7.4/10

Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator is a unique sandbox in which you can organize the largest battles and pre-set them. The game provides you with many types of units...

SUPERHOT

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)

February 25, 2016

Players: 8.3/10

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...

Golf With Your Friends

Arcade, Golf, Sports game, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Simulation

January 30, 2016

Players: 5.7/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Golf With Your Friends is a fun sports arcade game dedicated to golf. Exciting matches await you, designed for cooperative play by up to 12 people. You will find 7...

Detention

Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural

January 12, 2017

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Detention is an indie puzzle game with horror elements and a side view. At Greenwood High School, located in a remote mountainous area, two students are trapped...

Game Dev Tycoon

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie

April 28, 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Game Dev Tycoon is a game developer simulator in which you play the role of a project manager. You will be able to come up with names for games, choose or create an...

Serial Cleaner

Action, Stealth, Simulation, Top-down view, Indie

July 11, 2017

Players: 6.1/10

Metacritic: 66/100

An interesting simulator with stealth elements and a view of the top, inspired by the atmosphere of Fargo and Crime Fix. The work is simple, but dangerous: to hide...

Flame in the Flood

Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

February 24, 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Flame in the Flood is a survival adventure game in which the player will wander through procedurally generated levels, exploring the slums of the United States...

Pit People

Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics

January 13, 2017

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Pit People is a turn-based adventure game with RPG elements in which you explore an apocalyptic wonderland. A giant bear from space falls onto the planet. The real...

Subterrain

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Futurism (Future), Indie

January 21, 2016

Players: 9.7/10

Subterrain is an action-horror adventure with RPG elements and a top-down view. In the game you will play as one Doctor West, apparently the only survivor of an...

Zomborg

Online, Educational game (Education), Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Tactics, Science fiction, Zombies

November 10, 2017

The game takes place in the year 2000. The UN created quarantine zones around the world to conceal the spread of an unknown virus. Scientists searched for the cause...

Black the Fall

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

July 11, 2017

Players: 5/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Black the Fall is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer whose main goal is to tell the story of a hero escaping the communist system. Solve puzzles to avoid...

Neverending Nightmares

Action, Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view

September 26, 2014

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Neverending Nightmares is a side-scrolling adventure horror game. You have to get used to the role of Thomas — a man who has fallen into a long string of...

Let Them Come

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

October 2, 2017

Let Them Come is a 2D side-scrolling arcade shooter with a pixel art style, where you have to clear multiple levels from hordes of disgusting aliens and terrible...

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