Indie 2017 for Android — top best games in the Indie genre

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Indie

Game released: Android → 12 September 2017

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Cat Quest is an unusual action RPG with an isometric camera view. The game invites you to get into the role of a cat who wanders around the world and fights...

Golf With Your Friends

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

Game released: Android → 1 January 2017

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...

60 Seconds!

Simulation, Strategy, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Android → 21 December 2017

Players: 7.8/10

60 Seconds! — an arcade survival simulator in times of post-apocalypse. Ted has only 60 seconds to take everything he needs and hide in the bunker before the...

Clustertruck

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

Game released: Android → 24 April 2017

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Clustertruck is an arcade action platformer with a first-person view, in which the player has to stay on top of speeding long-range trucks. Jumping from one car to...

To the Moon

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

Game released: Android → 10 May 2017

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...

Monument Valley 2

Isometric, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Android → 6 November 2017

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Continuation of the atmospheric puzzle, where architecture again becomes the stage for a quiet and beautiful journey. This time, the story follows a mother and...

Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location

Horror, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Android → 3 January 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Five Nights at Freddy's 5: Sister Location is a continuation of the popular series of horror stories with a first-person view. The next part delves even deeper into...

Defense Zone 3

Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Strategy, Action, In real time, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Android → 11 February 2017

Players: 9.3/10

Defense Zone 3 Ultra HD is an indie tower defense strategy game with a top-down view in real time. This is a sequel to the famous Defense Zone strategy, only now...

Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?!

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Android → 3 August 2017

Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?! — an arms dealer simulator with business and management elements. You have to become a weapons baron. Create new custom weapons and...

NEO Scavenger

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

Game released: Android → 26 July 2017

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...

Neverending Nightmares

Action, Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view

Game released: Android → 29 November 2017

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...

White Night

Action, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Indie

Game released: Android → 15 November 2017

Metacritic: 65/100

White Night is an adventure black-and-white horror game in the noir style. The action of the game takes place in the 1930s, where you will explore the sinister and...

Iron Marines

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

Game released: Android → 20 October 2017

Players: 6.1/10

Iron Marines is a tower defense strategy game in a futuristic setting from the creators of Kingdom Rush. In this game you will act as the commander of a huge army...

Goat Simulator Payday

Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: Android → 26 May 2017

Players: 6/10

Goat Simulator Payday is a continuation of the goat simulator, inspired by the popular shooter Payday for mobile platforms. The crazy goat's company was joined by...

Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: Android → 8 February 2017

Metacritic: 80/100

Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet is a point and click adventure with a side view. The spirit of Captain Bloodbeard returns, mentioning that the main character did not...

PATHOS

Puzzle, Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Logic

Game released: Android → 28 June 2017

PATHOS is an indie adventure arcade puzzle game. You have enough moves to get to the end. No more, no less. To deliver objects to the right place, you have to...

Chroma Squad

Role-playing game, Strategy, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Android → 17 May 2017

Metacritic: 75/100

Chroma Squad is an RPG with strategy, indie and tactical elements from the masters at Behold Studios. The game is published by Behold Studios. Overall, the project...

Oh...Sir! The Hollywood Roast

Simulation, Fighting, Logic, Indie, Side view

Game released: Android → 31 May 2017

Oh...Sir! The Hollywood Roast is a continuation of the logic simulator with fighting game elements. You have to engage in active debate with your opponent. With...

Derrick the Deathfin

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: Android → 17 December 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Derrick the Deathfin is a unique side-scrolling arcade adventure game with a world made entirely of paper. You will plunge into a bizarre underwater world, where...

Red's Kingdom

Arcade, Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Android → 19 January 2017

Red's Kingdom is an arcade puzzle game with an isometric camera view in which you have to help Red explore the lands on amazing adventures. Mad King Mac kidnapped...

Box Cat Bash

Arcade, Indie, Side view, Platformer

Game released: Android → 30 August 2017

Box Cat Bash — An exciting action-platformer with a side view of a box-cat with pixel...

Marvin The Cube

Arcade, Indie, Puzzle, Isometric, Logic

Game released: Android → 25 August 2017

Marvin The Cube is a cute arcade puzzle game with an isometric camera view for mobile platforms. In the game you will meet Marvin, a small cube who is looking for...

Clue/Cluedo: The Classic Mystery Game

Tactics, Indie, Board / Group Game, Mysticism / Supernatural, Online, Isometric, Top-down view

Game released: Android → 10 April 2017

Clue/Cluedo: The Classic Mystery Game is an indie tactical board game with mystical elements and an isometric view. You will join Scarlett, Mustard, Peacock, Green...

Lumino City

Arcade, Adventure, Logic, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Android → 12 April 2017

Metacritic: 73/100

A game created entirely by hand from paper, cardboard, miniature light bulbs and mechanisms. The main character explores the city of Lumino and solves puzzles to...

Mushroom 11

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Android → 9 March 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Mushroom 11 is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. Controlling an amorphous organism, you have to overcome flocks of strange mutated creatures and...

Slayaway Camp

Arcade, Strategy, Horror, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Android → 13 June 2017

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Slayaway Camp is an exciting strategy game with horror elements and a lot of puzzles. You have to get used to the role of a maniac killer, calling himself...

Passpartout: The Starving Artist

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Indie

Game released: Android → 1 December 2017

Passpartout: The Starving Artist is an arcade action game with simulator elements. You will find yourself in the role of an aspiring French artist who is struggling...

Hidden Folks

Hidden Objects, Casual game, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Isometric

Game released: Android → 14 December 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 81/100

The player tries to find all the hidden people or other objects in hand-drawn interactive pictures. There are 32 areas and more than 300 hidden objects available...

The Slimeking's Tower

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

Game released: Android → 17 July 2017

The Slimeking's Tower is a top-down action roguelike role-playing game in which you need to climb to the very top of the tower and defeat the evil king. You will...

Find The Balance

Puzzle, Free game, Arcade, Logic, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Android → 27 September 2017

A colorful puzzle game in which players build towers from a variety of objects while maintaining a delicate balance. Rocks, boxes, bananas, donuts and sandwiches...

Crafting Idle Clicker

Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Indie

Game released: Android → 17 November 2017

Players: 6.7/10

Crafting Idle Clicker is a real-time strategy simulator with management...

Deadly Traps

Action, Indie, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Android → 30 August 2017

Deadly Traps — A hardcore side-scrolling action platformer where you have to avoid traps to reach a portal. The game will delight you with exciting...

Eden: Renaissance

Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Android → 12 October 2017

Eden: Renaissance is an adventure puzzle game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting for mobile platforms. In the game, the main character befriends a...

Normal Lost Phone

Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Android → 25 January 2017

Metacritic: 76/100

A Normal Lost Phone is an indie puzzle game in which you have to investigate a smartphone lost on the street. You will study the owner's private life, his messages...

Age of Rivals

Online, Board / Group Game, Historical, Card game, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Android → 8 May 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Age of Rivals — a tabletop card strategy game with a historical twist. You will need to defeat your opponent using the cards available to you. Each turn must be...

Water Planet

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: Android → 25 April 2017

Players: 5.2/10

Water Planet is a first-person adventure game that supports HTC Vive, OSVR and Oculus Rift virtual reality devices. Events take place on a distant and mysterious...

Hex Commander: Fantasy Heroes

Strategy, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: Android → 15 October 2017

Players: 9.6/10

Hex Commander: Fantasy Heroes is a top-down turn-based indie strategy game in a fantasy setting. In this game you will take command of a small army and move across...

Sword Knights: Idle RPG

Role-playing game, Indie, Arcade, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Android → 31 July 2017

Sword Knights: Idle RPG is an arcade role-playing game for mobile platforms with cartoon graphics, heroes, monsters and leveling up. As you progress, you will...

Project MALLOW

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Side view

Game released: Android → 17 July 2017

Project MALLOW is a free-to-play hardcore side-scrolling platformer. You have to get used to the role of marshmallow, trying to escape from a sweet factory. During...

Green Game: TimeSwapper

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

Game released: Android → 28 July 2017

Green Game TimeSwapper is a side-scrolling arcade platformer adventure game. Your goal will be to guide the flying chicken from one box to another, but since its...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2017 for Android (Game released)