Indie 2016 for Android — top best games in the Indie genre

Human Resource Machine - a game in the Indie genre

Game released: Android → 30 November 2016

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

Dungeon Warfare

Strategy, Top-down view, Indie, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Fantasy, Old school

Game released: Android → 24 August 2016

Steam: 95/100

A strategy game in the tower defense genre, where the role of the dungeon defender is assigned not to towers, but to numerous deadly traps. Spikes, rotating blades...

Reigns

Board / Group Game, Card game, Logic, Medieval era, Indie

Game released: Android → 11 August 2016

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Reigns is a card board game where you will become the ruler of a small kingdom and take part in important elections that will determine your reign and the fate of...

Samorost 3

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Point & Click, Puzzle, Fantasy

Game released: Android → 1 December 2016

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Samorost 3 is a continuation of the fantastic adventure from the developers of Samorost 2, Machinarium and Botanicula. The main character is a gnome who seems to...

Element TD

Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Futurism (Future), Strategy, Tactics, Isometric, Indie

Game released: Android → 14 October 2016

Steam: 76/100

Element TD is a fantastic tower defense strategy game in an isometric view. In this game you have to defend your towers from enemy armies...

Banner Saga 2

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

Game released: Android → 29 September 2016

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Banner Saga 2 is a turn-based role-playing game with tactical elements and an isometric view. You must lead your Viking clans through a hostile country on the verge...

This War of Mine: The Little Ones

Strategy, Adventure, DLC, Business / Management, Roguelike, Simulation, Indie

Game released: Android → 13 October 2016

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 80/100

This War of Mine: The Little Ones is an expansion to the side-scrolling management strategy adventure This War of Mine. The addition tells the story of young...

Data Defense

Indie, Arcade, Strategy, Tactics, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Android → 8 December 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Data Defense is a minimalist top-down arcade strategy game with tower defense elements in a cyberpunk setting. In the game you have to protect the server from the...

Shadows of Kurgansk

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Simulation, Survival, Indie

Game released: Android → 8 April 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 66/100

Shadows of Kurgansk is an action shooter with a first-person view and horror elements in a post-apocalyptic world. You have to survive in a Zone where zombies live...

Crashlands

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Open world, Survival

Game released: Android → 21 January 2016

Players: 7/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Crashlands is an action role-playing game in which the main character, after an unsuccessful intergalactic flight, crashes on an unknown planet. Having meager...

Don't Starve: Pocket Edition

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

Game released: Android → 15 September 2016

Players: 8.4/10

Don't Starve: Pocket Edition is an isometric fantasy action RPG with adventure elements and an isometric view. Now you can experience an uncompromising survival...

Dead In Bermuda

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Business / Management, Indie, Survival, Simulation

Game released: Android → 30 June 2016

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 70/100

Dead In Bermuda is a survival adventure game with role-playing elements. You need to lead a group of eight survivors of a plane crash. You will be able to give...

Corpse Party: Blood Drive

Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Android → 14 December 2016

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 60/100

Corpse Party: Blood Drive is a Japanese-style visual novel with a touch of horror that continues the story of Corpse Party and is a direct continuation of Book of...

Idling to Rule the Gods

Free game, Text quest, Casual game, Clicker, Fantasy, Role-playing game, Mysticism / Supernatural, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Android → 28 May 2016

Steam: 84/100

The game takes place in the year 9001, where people have destroyed all the inhabited planets in the universe. On the last planet, they managed to create a device...

Crusaders of the Lost Idols

Arcade, Strategy, Mini-game / browser-based, Free game, Side view, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Android → 25 May 2016

Steam: 81/100

Crusaders of the Lost Idols is a shareware arcade clicker with a side view in a fantasy setting. You have to go on an exciting adventure through colorful locations...

Party Hard

Action, Strategy, Stealth, Tactics, Indie

Game released: Android → 9 November 2016

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 60/100

A tactical stealth game about someone trying to stop noisy parties hosted by neighbours across the United States. Rather than call the police, the protagonist uses...

1943 Deadly Desert

Strategy, Isometric, Historical, Turn-based, Tactics, Indie

Game released: Android → 6 December 2016

Steam: 65/100

Step-by-step tactical strategy about battles for desert territories during World War II. In 1943, the forces of the Allies and the Hitler coalition clash in a...

Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow comes Today

Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: Android → 19 January 2016

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow comes Today is an atmospheric “point and click” adventure with a side view in a post-apocalyptic setting. A terrible epidemic turns...

Ultimate Chicken Horse

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Online, Casual game

Game released: Android → 11 May 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Ultimate Chicken Horse is a side-scrolling arcade platformer in the style of Super Meat Boy. You have to create levels with a huge number of traps and other...

DISTRAINT

Adventure, Horror, Free game, Side view, Indie

Game released: Android → 30 November 2016

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 76/100

DISTRAINT is a psychological horror game with a side view for mobile platforms. You have to play as a young ambitious guy Price, who in an unholy way took the...

Toby: The Secret Mine

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Android → 14 April 2016

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 56/100

Toby: The Secret Mine is a side-scrolling arcade platformer with puzzle elements. The main character Toby is trying to find out where his friends disappeared. He...

Neon Chrome

Shooter, Top-down view, Cyberpunk, Indie, Roguelike, Action

Game released: Android → 16 November 2016

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Neon Chrome is a top-down cyberpunk roguelike shooter where you have to conquer the Neon Chrome Corporation by hacking your brain. Sleeping bodies have different...

Greedy Cave

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Android → 26 May 2016

Players: 8/10

Greedy Cave is an action RPG with randomly generated dungeons. The game takes place in the fantasy kingdom of Iblis, where the main source of income for citizens...

Galaxy Reavers

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Space, Indie

Game released: Android → 21 July 2016

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 67/100

Space strategy in real time. Control of a fleet of seven types of ships with unique characteristics takes place against the backdrop of large-scale battles across...

Skyhill

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Survival, Indie

Game released: Android → 7 November 2016

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Skyhill is a quest with survival elements. The main character ends up in a hotel called SKYHILL, where he rents the safest room on the hundredth floor. And then...

Fun Hospital

Strategy, Business / Management, Indie, Free game, Casual game, Comedy, Simulation

Game released: Android → 15 October 2016

Steam: 63/100

A colorful and fun simulator of managing a medical center. The player will gradually create their dream hospital: opening new offices, purchasing equipment...

Downwell

Arcade, Platformer, Roguelike, Action, Indie

Game released: Android → 20 January 2016

Players: 9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Downwell is an arcade platformer with procedurally generated locations. You have to play as a mysterious little man, descending lower and lower, destroying enemies...

Stikbold!

Arcade, Online, Adventure, Action, Sports game, Indie

Game released: Android → 13 April 2016

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Stikbold! — a fun arcade game with the possibility of group play. It is based on the rules of the classic game "Dodgeball" and will provide a large number of...

Not A Hero

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Beat them all, Action, Indie, Comedy

Game released: Android → 26 May 2016

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Not A Hero is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer. Professional hitman Steve, who has become the campaign manager for mayoral candidate Bunny Lord, must...

Guild of Dungeoneering

Role-playing game, Action, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Android → 20 July 2016

Players: 3.2/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A turn-based roguelike dungeon crawler in which the player does not directly control the hero, but builds the dungeon around them. Cards drawn from the Guild’s...

Dog Sled Saga

Simulation, Racing, Business / Management, Side view, Indie, Sports game

Game released: Android → 21 September 2016

Steam: 94/100

Dog Sled Saga is a pixelated sled racing game with management simulator elements and a side view. You have to harness horse-drawn dogs to a sleigh and participate...

Infinite Tanks

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

Game released: Android → 29 September 2016

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 63/100

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...

Kelvin and the Infamous Machine

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game, Comedy, Old school, Point & Click

Game released: Android → 7 October 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 79/100

An eminent physicist goes crazy when the scientific community ridicules his life's work — a shower-shaped time machine. Seeking to leave his mark on history...

OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood

Arcade, Platformer, Sports game, Skateboards, Indie

Game released: Android → 16 February 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 84/100

This arcade skateboarding platformer moves the action from the streets to cinematic sets in Olliwood. Players ride levels filled with ramps and hills, choose routes...

World Of Cubes

Online, Action, MMO, First-person view, Free game, Casual game, Arcade, Indie

Game released: Android → 24 June 2016

Steam: 100/100

World Of Cubes is a free-to-play multiplayer arcade action game with a first-person view. You can create your own amazing cubic world, using various materials to...

Westport Independent

Strategy, Business / Management, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Android → 21 January 2016

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Westport Independent — management strategy with logic puzzles. You will become the editor-in-chief of a newspaper, who edits news texts every day before...

Lost in Harmony

Arcade, Music game, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Android → 4 February 2016

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Lost in Harmony is an arcade rhythm game for mobile platforms. In it, two young people (a guy and a girl) travel through completely different and quite interesting...

Bombing Bastards

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Isometric, Logic, Indie

Game released: Android → 11 February 2016

Steam: 57/100

Bombing Bastards is an isometric arcade, action, beat 'em up and indie game from the developers of Sanuk Games. The game is published by Sanuk Games. In some...

Star Sky 2

Arcade, Adventure, Side view, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Android → 11 February 2016

Steam: 74/100

A meditative adventure set among moonlit landscapes, where a walk through the surrounding world reveals the different paths life can take. Star Sky 2 continues the...

Auralux: Constellations

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Indie, Casual game

Game released: Android → 26 August 2016

Steam: 78/100

Casual real-time strategy. The player sets out to conquer outer space, where the opponents are various alien factions. Victory and total control over the entire...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2016 for Android (Game released)