Indie 2014 for Android — top best games in the Indie genre

Geometry Dash - a game in the Indie genre

Arcade, Platformer, Music game, Sandbox, Indie, Side view

Game released: Android → 25 May 2014

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 93/100

Geometry Dash is a fast-paced arcade platformer where you have to jump and dodge over various obstacles. The game has many levels that will bring many challenges...

Banner Saga

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

Game released: Android → 19 November 2014

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Banner Saga is a tactical role-playing strategy with turn-based combat and a top-down view. The game combines amazing visual style and Nordic atmosphere. Banner...

Five Nights at Freddy's

Horror, First-person view, Combat robots, Indie, Survival horror

Game released: Android → 27 August 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Five Nights at Freddy's is a first-person horror game in the point and click genre. From your small office, you must keep a close eye on the security cameras. You...

Horizon

Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Grand strategy, Space

Game released: Android → 6 February 2014

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 58/100

A turn-based space strategy game about galactic exploration and conquest, in which humanity expands its empire and encounters alien civilizations. The player...

Godus

Strategy, God Simulator, Indie, Isometric, In real time, Simulation

Game released: Android → 25 November 2014

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 60/100

Godus is a real-time strategy god simulator with an isometric view. In this game, you can sculpt every inch of the beautiful world you look down upon, where your...

Kitty Powers' Matchmaker

Simulation, Business / Management, Puzzle, Side view, Adult game, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Android → 19 September 2014

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Kitty Powers' Matchmaker is a fun dating simulator. The player runs his own dating agency under the leadership of Kitty Powers. You'll have to match endless clients...

Knock-knock

Arcade, Horror, Logic, Indie, Side view, Puzzle

Game released: Android → 29 May 2014

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 88/100

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...

Out There

Science fiction, Adventure, Indie, Strategy, In real time, Side view, Top-down view, Roguelike, Space

Game released: Android → 24 February 2014

Players: 8/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Out There is a fantasy adventure indie roguelike with elements of real-time strategy and a side view. In this game, you play as an astronaut who woke up from...

Hero Siege

Action, Slasher, Hack and slash, Indie, Role-playing game, Online

Game released: Android → 15 January 2014

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 60/100

This pixel-art action RPG with hack-and-slash combat and roguelike elements takes place in Tarethiel, a world besieged by the forces of Hell. The hero battles...

Goat Simulator

Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Indie, Comedy, Open world

Game released: Android → 17 September 2014

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Goat Simulator is an unusual goat simulator with a third-person view. You have to control such extraordinary characters in the world of computer games as a goat...

Mad Bullets

Arcade, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Action

Game released: Android → 13 November 2014

Steam: 92/100

This first-person arcade shooter is set in the Wild West, where players take on enemies at high speed and climb the leaderboards. The cast includes desperados...

Shattered Pixel Dungeon

Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Dungeons, Fantasy, Procedural generation

Game released: Android → 5 August 2014

Steam: 92/100

A classic turn-based roguelike where each run offers a new challenge. Randomly generated dungeons, enemies, items, and events make every expedition different from...

Sky Force Anniversary

Arcade, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Beat them all, Action, Indie

Game released: Android → 4 June 2014

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Sky Force Anniversary is an arcade scrolling shooter set in futuristic aerial battles against waves of enemies and powerful bosses. Missions challenge the player to...

VVVVVV

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Exploration

Game released: Android → 12 June 2014

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...

Monster Strike

Strategy, Indie, Free game, Tactics, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Role-playing game, Online

Game released: Android → 21 October 2014

Monster Strike — shareware tactical strategy with role-playing elements and a top-down view in the Japanese style for mobile platforms. You have to fight...

Five Nights at Freddy's 2

Horror, First-person view, Indie, Survival horror, Combat robots

Game released: Android → 13 November 2014

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Five Nights at Freddy's 2 is a continuation of the popular series of horror stories with a first-person view. Welcome to the new and improved Freddy Fazbear's...

Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey

Fantasy / Medieval, Logic, Side view, Casual game, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Android → 4 February 2014

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey is a word puzzle game with a side view and a fantasy setting. The main task of the players is to collect English words from letters...

Decay: The Mare

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Android → 3 January 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 76/100

Decay: The Mare is an action-horror adventure with a first-person view from the creators of the Decay series. The events of the game unfold around Sam, a drug...

Cosmophony

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Music game, Indie

Game released: Android → 25 September 2014

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 73/100

A musical shooter with arcade elements follows the heart of a fallen goddess in a dying universe as it seeks to fulfill its destiny. The player progresses through a...

Leo's Fortune

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Adventure

Game released: Android → 23 April 2014

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Leo's Fortune is an arcade indie platformer. Complete 24 levels of this colorful game. Solve puzzles and avoid dangerous...

Prime World: Defenders

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Steampunk, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Android → 5 June 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Prime World: Defenders is a fantasy strategy game in the "tower defense" genre with elements of a collectible card game set in the Prime World universe. In a world...

Surgeon Simulator

Arcade, Simulation, Action, First-person view, Logic, Indie, Comedy

Game released: Android → 14 August 2014

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Surgeon Simulator is a logic action game with simulator elements and a first-person view. You take on the role of Nigel Burke, a would-be surgeon with a penchant...

80 days

Adventure, Indie, Steampunk, Strategy

Game released: Android → 16 December 2014

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 85/100

80 days is an interactive text adventure from indie developers Inkle Studios. Traveling around the world takes place in map mode, on which cities of most countries...

OTTTD

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Indie

Game released: Android → 22 May 2014

Steam: 79/100

OTTTD is an isometric strategy game with elements of a tactical game from developers from SMG Studio. The main publisher of the game is SMG Studio. In some circles...

Sparkle Unleashed

Action, Shooter, Puzzle, Logic, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Android → 16 April 2014

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This arcade marble-shooter puzzle game takes place in a secluded world overtaken by darkness. The player travels through fallen lands, lights magical braziers and...

Ancient Planet Tower Defense

Strategy, Isometric, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game

Game released: Android → 8 May 2014

Steam: 84/100

Classic tower defense, where the stronghold of an ancient civilization is under attack from hordes of alien invaders. Enemy armies advance wave after wave...

Talisman: Digital Edition

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game, Indie, Online

Game released: Android → 5 August 2014

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 78/100

Talisman: Digital Edition is a board card game in a fantasy setting. You are about to go on an exciting adventure where you need to outrun your opponents and get...

Shadow Blade

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Android → 25 April 2014

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Shadow Blade — the game consists of small levels and rewards the player based on three factors: the total time to complete the level from start to finish, the...

Choice of Robots

Role-playing game, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Text quest, Combat robots

Game released: Android → 19 December 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

Choice of Robots — fantasy role-playing game with adventure elements in the visual novel genre. This is an epic 300,000 word interactive sci-fi novel by Kevin...

Master Reboot

Action, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Indie

Game released: Android → Q4 2014

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Master Reboot is an action-horror game with a first-person view in the style of science fiction. Imagine a world where death is no longer final, where precious...

Siralim

Role-playing game, Action, Indie, Free game, Roguelike, Procedural generation, Dungeons

Game released: Android → 17 June 2014

Steam: 83/100

Siralim is an indie action role-playing game in the bagel genre. In this game you have to fight your way through randomly generated dungeons and complete randomized...

Race Team Manager

Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: Android → 23 July 2014

Race Team Manager is a first-person racing game with an indie twist from developers Big Bit. The game is published by Big Bit. The PC version of Race Team Manager...

Thomas Was Alone

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Side view, Science fiction

Game released: Android → 25 July 2014

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...

Pako: Car Chase Simulator

Arcade, Racing, Isometric, Indie, Action

Game released: Android → 22 October 2014

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 80/100

An arcade racing game about surviving a police chase for as long as possible without wrecking the car. The vehicle accelerates constantly, while the player can...

Railcart RACE

Arcade, Racing, Top-down view, Indie, Free game

Game released: Android → 30 December 2014

Railcart RACE is a top-down arcade with a mix of racing, indie and free-to-play from the masters at exoSyphen Studios LLC. The game is published by exoSyphen...

Firefly Runner

Arcade, Indie

Game released: Android → 4 June 2014

Firefly Runner is an arcade with indie game from Red Kite Games. The main publisher of the game is Red Kite Games. Firefly Runner may be in development for PC, but...

Skulls of the Shogun

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

Game released: Android → 6 August 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This turn-based strategy game with an arcade pace follows samurai warriors in the afterlife, where General Akamoto assembles an army for battle. His forces include...

Steam Bandits: Outpost

Role-playing game, Adventure, Online, Indie, Steampunk

Game released: Android → Q1 2014

Players: 1/10

Steam Bandits: Outpost is an indie steampunk adventure RPG. You'll explore the skies of a steampunk world, discovering islands, taming beasts, and battling anything...

Meltdown (2014)

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Indie

Game released: Android → 25 June 2014

Steam: 87/100

This tactical arcade shooter is set in a sci-fi world and follows Zed as he tries to escape a remote space station after a system malfunction. Enemies have distinct...

Traps n' Gemstones

Arcade, Platformer, Adventure, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Android → 23 July 2014

Steam: 79/100

This Metroidvania-style platform adventure follows an archaeologist exploring an ancient pyramid in Egypt. Precious relics have begun disappearing from the...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2014 for Android (Game released)