Indie 2025 for Android — top best games in the Indie genre

Slender Threads - a game in the Indie genre

Adventure, Horror, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Comedy, Point & Click

Game released: Android → 20 November 2025

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Atmospheric quest, where reality is intertwined with nightmares. Harvey, a wandering salesman, is in a small town of Villa Ventat. Its days are filled with...

CloverPit

Horror, First-person view, Casino, Indie, Roguelike, Comedy, Procedural generation, Strategy

Game released: Android → 17 December 2025

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A dark roguelike where excitement and fear intertwine in a deadly game. The main character ends up in a rusty cell with a slot machine and an ATM, and each round...

Subnautica

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Virtual Reality (VR), Survival, Open world, Horror

Game released: Android → 8 July 2025

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A single-player adventure in a vast open world, with a first-person view, survival elements, and sandbox features. Playing the game will evoke feelings associated...

Halls of Torment

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Indie, Roguelike, Fantasy, Old school

Game released: Android → 1 September 2025

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 88/100

The main action takes place in a dark fantasy world with monsters, demons and magic. The brave hero sets out to explore various underground spaces to find new...

Thronefall

Isometric, Strategy, Construction, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), In real time, Indie, City Building

Game released: Android → 23 June 2025

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 95/100

A game with minimalistic graphics, in which the gamer builds the defense of a settlement during the day and defends against enemy attacks at night. It is important...

Bright Memory: Infinite

Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), First-person view, Indie

Game released: Android → 17 January 2025

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 65/100

The game follows the adventures of a girl named Shelia, who is an agent of the Supernatural Research Organization (SRO). One day, the organization manages to find...

Enter the Gungeon

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Beat them all, Roguelike, Dungeons, Indie

Game released: Android → 14 August 2025

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Enter the Gungeon is a top-down arcade shooter from the developers at Dodge Roll. The roguelike takes place in the ever-changing fortress of Gungeon, which is a...

Patch Quest

Adventure, Roguelike, Shooter, Top-down view, Construction, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Action

Game released: Android → 21 May 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

The main character sets out to uncover the secrets of Patchlantis, and to do this he will have to explore a patchwork labyrinth, tame many monsters and upgrade...

Liar's Bar

Simulation, First-person view, Card game, Casino, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Comedy, Online

Game released: Android → 30 January 2025

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 88/100

A cooperative simulator of a card sharper, where the only way to win is to cheat and deceive. If one of the players gets caught, he starts playing Russian Roulette...

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator

Simulation, Action, Fighting, Business / Management, Indie, Medieval era, Sandbox, Comedy, Strategy

Game released: Android → 16 January 2025

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 98/100

A fun tactical simulator in which historical battles turn into a chaotic and funny sandbox. Stupid, but charming units fighting under the control of funny physics...

Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Chess game, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Android → 18 December 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

A strategy game with roguelike elements that reimagines chess. The player takes control of a black king with a shotgun, who must defeat an army of white pieces and...

Maneater

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Open world, Slasher

Game released: Android → 15 December 2025

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Adventure action set in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The story centers around a shark that has survived a brutal encounter with a hunter and is driven by a...

Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged

Adventure, Detective, Indie, Point & Click, Historical

Game released: Android → 25 June 2025

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 84/100

A remaster of the original 1996 adventure Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars. The game received improved graphics and support for 4K resolution. The main...

Chants of Sennaar

Isometric, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Android → 26 August 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Once upon a time, the peoples of the tower stopped understanding each other. But everyone has heard about the legend about the traveler who will unite disparate...

Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Casual game, Comedy, Detective

Game released: Android → 27 November 2025

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A bright adventure about a duck detective, set in a campsite where ghosts may have appeared. You need to examine evidence, question suspects, and analyze the data...

Iron Lung

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Walking Simulator

Game released: Android → 19 December 2025

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 92/100

The game takes place in a dystopian future where all inhabited planets have disappeared and the remnants of humanity begin to live on space stations. One day people...

Keep on Mining!

Business / Management, Indie, Casual game, Clicker, Arcade

Game released: Android → 26 August 2025

Steam: 91/100

A colorful clicker about resource mining, where stones automatically turn into a source of new pickaxes. Any stone in the mining zone provides materials that can be...

Mutazione

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Walking Simulator, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Android → 13 June 2025

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 78/100

An atmospheric side-scrolling adventure in a fantastic setting. Over 100 years ago, a meteorite fell on a tropical resort. Almost all the inhabitants died, and the...

Night Slashers: Remake

Side view, Beat them all, Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Remake, Zombies, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Action

Game released: Android → 27 May 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 61/100

Remake of the beat 'em up Night Slashers, the original version of which was released in 1994 on arcade machines. The events of the game unfold in a nightmare...

Gordian Quest

Role-playing game, Indie, Card game, Adventure, Turn-based, Strategy

Game released: Android → 1 April 2025

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Gordian Quest is an adventure card role-playing game with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. An ominous curse hangs over the world — darkness reigns all...

Vampire Survivors: Emerald Diorama

Indie, Fantasy, Top-down view, Action, Roguelike, Gothic, Casual game, Arcade

Game released: Android → 10 April 2025

Steam: 96/100

An add-on in which more than 12 unique characters from SaGa: Emerald Beyond entered the world of Vampire Survivors. There are also new weapons, attack methods, and...

ISLANDERS: New Shores

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Indie, Procedural generation, Casual game, City Building

Game released: Android → 20 November 2025

Steam: 96/100

The player creates a dream city on a small island. Locations feature different biomes, each with its unique abilities. There are 44 types of buildings and various...

The World of Kungfu: Dragon and Eagle

Adventure, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Indie, Tactics, Turn-based, Old school, Exploration

Game released: Android → 4 March 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 67/100

The player explores the lands of ancient China and masters different martial arts. There are many techniques that are used in step -by -step battles. You can find...

Space Crew: Legendary Edition

Action, Science fiction, Space, Business / Management, Indie, Roguelike, Comedy, Adventure

Game released: Android → 17 June 2025

Steam: 77/100

The player, as a captain, controls a spaceship. It is necessary to recruit crew members, explore the galaxy and confront aliens. The legendary edition of Space...

Flame Keeper

Action, Indie, Roguelike, Slasher

Game released: Android → 22 April 2025

Steam: 68/100

A bright action roguelike about the warlike ember Ignis, who is trying to free the world of Orbis from the forces of darkness. The main character is trained in...

Exit the Gungeon

Arcade, Shooter, Fantasy / Medieval, Beat them all, Roguelike, Side view, Indie, Action

Game released: Android → 14 August 2025

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Exit the Gungeon is a side-view arcade shooter with roguelike elements, which is a spin-off of the game Enter the Gungeon. In the game, you will once again take...

Crashlands 2

Role-playing game, Adventure, Action, Isometric, Indie, Open world, Survival, Exploration, Crafting, Sandbox, Construction, Slasher

Game released: Android → 10 April 2025

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 93/100

A continuation of Crashlands, in which the main character ends up on another planet due to a mysterious explosion. The game features curious creatures, friendly...

Goat Simulator 3 - Multiverse of Nonsense

Action, DLC, Third-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Simulation, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: Android → 23 June 2025

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 78/100

New large-scale adventure in Goat Simulator 3, filled with exciting quests, dubious characters, and conveniently color-coded instability stones. Players, in the...

TOEM

Arcade, Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Exploration

Game released: Android → 22 October 2025

Players: 9/10

Steam: 99/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A black-and-white adventure about travel, memories, and seeing the world through a camera lens. Everything is built around observation and the moment—each frame...

Greak: Memories of Azur

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

Game released: Android → 22 July 2025

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Greak: Memories of Azur is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. You will take on the role of three siblings: Grek, Adara and Rydel, who will guide them...

Dandy Ace

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

Game released: Android → 27 August 2025

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Dandy Ace is a dynamic action role-playing roguelike with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. In the game you will transform into an incredible magician...

Bridge Constructor Studio

Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Simulation, Construction, Strategy

Game released: Android → 17 July 2025

Steam: 90/100

A game from the Bridge Constructor series that supports both regular and virtual reality glasses modes. The gamer builds structures from various elements that must...

Dad's Monster House 2: MEDAL

Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Exploration

Game released: Android → 17 October 2025

Steam: 78/100

A dark game in which the main character finds himself trapped in a creepy abandoned house. You will have to look for codes, collect puzzles and solve other puzzles...

Reviver

Puzzle, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Android → 21 January 2025

Steam: 91/100

A narrative game about two main characters, revealing the interweaving of their lives for a long time. Gamer affects their fate through interactions and elections...

Sunset Hills

Exploration, Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Role-playing game, Visual novel

Game released: Android → 1 May 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 61/100

The game takes place in a world inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. After the army, the main character named Niko became a writer and went on a train journey. In...

Bear Haven 3 - Horror Train

Indie, Horror, First-person view

Game released: Android → 9 January 2025

Players: 7.4/10

The game takes place in a mysterious train walking through the wild. With the onset of darkness, various dangers appear, for example, angry bears that destroy...

Jump King

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

Game released: Android → 23 May 2025

Players: 9/10

Steam: 90/100

Jump King is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer where you, as a brave knight, have to climb to the top of the tower and save the princess. As you move...

My Child New Beginnings

Arcade, Third-person view, Point & Click, Simulation, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Android → 20 November 2025

The game raises themes of parenting, making ethical decisions, and self-reflection. The main character and their child have experienced some traumatic events and...

Turnip Boy Robs a Bank

Adventure, Slasher, Roguelike, Top-down view, Comedy, Indie, Action

Game released: Android → 14 January 2025

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A pixel game about Repchik from Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion, who plans to rob a bank. You'll have to confront guards and other enemies, get crazy new weapons...

Parabellum: Siege of Legends

Adventure, Indie, Side view, Medieval era, Construction, Strategy, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Android → 2 September 2025

Steam: 40/100

A game set in a medieval universe where you need to build a city and defend it from enemies. You'll need to produce resources and manage your finances wisely to...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2025 for Android (Game released)