Indie for Android — top best games in the Indie genre

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

Game released: Android → 15 August 2011

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 83/100

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

Graveyard Keeper

Action, Simulation, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie, Fantasy, Medieval era, Crafting, Role-playing game

Game released: Android → 27 June 2019

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Graveyard Keeper is a simulator of a true manager of a medieval cemetery. In the game world, heroes await death in coffins and entire tombs of your cemetery. Each...

AFK Arena

Arcade, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Indie, Free game, Side view

Game released: Android → 9 April 2019

Players: 7.6/10

AFK Arena is a free-to-play side-scrolling role-playing game in a fantasy setting for mobile platforms. The events of the game will take you to the expanses of the...

Stardew Valley

Role-playing game, Simulation, Online, Business / Management, Indie, Farm Simulator

Game released: Android → 14 March 2019

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Stardew Valley is a farming simulator with role-playing elements, an open-world sandbox with an isometric camera and the visual style of 90s arcade games. After...

WorldBox - God Simulator

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

Game released: Android → 6 September 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 96/100

WorldBox — God Simulator is a real-time god simulator with indie strategy elements and an isometric view. You can create sheep, wolves, orcs, elves, gnomes...

METEL HORROR ESCAPE

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

Game released: Android → 27 August 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 95/100

METEL HORROR ESCAPE is an action-horror adventure game with a first-person view and puzzle elements. You have to play the role of a victim of a maniac. It is...

Servant of the Lake

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

Game released: Android → 13 August 2026

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 79/100

An adventure quest from the Rusty Lake series. The events take place in the Vanderboom family house, where a new guest is soon expected to arrive. The gameplay...

Five Dates

Interactive movie, First-person view, Adventure, Indie, Adult game, Visual novel, Point & Click

Game released: Android → 14 February 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Five Dates is a dating simulator with elements of an interactive adult adventure and a dash of romantic comedy. Unlike most similar projects, the game offers to...

Forgotten Hill Tales

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Horror, Adventure, Point & Click

Game released: Android → 21 February 2019

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 90/100

Forgotten Hill Tales is an arcade puzzle horror game with a first-person view. The game will delight you with a series of exciting and atmospheric stories with many...

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...

Tiny Bunny

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

Game released: Android → 17 March 2026

VGTimes: 7.8/10

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 81/100

An adventurous visual novel with horror elements. Looking out of the window of an old house, the boy Anton sees a fading village, huge snowdrifts, and a frozen...

Slender Threads

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...

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...

Loop Hero

Role-playing game, Roguelike, Top-down view, Fantasy, Tactics, Indie

Game released: Android → 30 April 2024

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A Russian roguelike that tells the story of how the evil Lich created a time loop, erased the memory of all residents and plunged the world into chaos. The player...

Human Resource Machine

Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game

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...

Space Menace

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Tactics, Space, Science fiction

Game released: Android → 7 April 2023

Steam: 58/100

A science fiction real-time strategy game with tactical space battles. Starting with a single ship, the player gradually transforms a small team into a full-fledged...

Goat Simulator 3

Action, Simulation, Third-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Open world

Game released: Android → 5 December 2023

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Continuation of the crazy goat simulator. As in previous parts, the game has a lot of humor and crazy fun. The player finds himself in an open world filled with...

Dysmantle

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

Game released: Android → 19 May 2022

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 90/100

Dysmantle is an open world RPG that combines the best ideas from Zelda, Stardew Valley, Subnautica, SteamWorld Dig and Dark Souls. The action takes place on a...

Geometry Dash

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

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...

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...

Streets of Rage 4

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Side view, Indie

Game released: Android → 24 May 2022

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Streets of Rage 4 is a continuation of the iconic side-view beatmap from the 90s. You will find bright graphics made in the style of comics, as well as characters...

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Android → 22 October 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is a unique action-adventure game with many interesting puzzles. The story revolves around two brothers who must overcome obstacles and...

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...

Into the Breach

Strategy, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Roguelike, Indie

Game released: Android → 20 July 2022

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Into the Breach is a tactical strategy game with turn-based battles about fighting off an alien invasion from the creators of FTL: Faster Than Light. You will...

Broken Age

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Point & Click, Comedy

Game released: Android → 28 April 2015

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 82/100

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...

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...

Blasphemous

Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Fantasy, Indie

Game released: Android → 6 December 2024

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A hardcore action platformer made in the spirit of the Castlevania series, but in a bloodier and more brutal form. The player explores the dark world of corrupt...

This War of Mine

Action, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Survival, Simulation

Game released: Android → 15 July 2015

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This War of Mine is an atmospheric adventure with survival elements and a side view. The game allows you to plunge into the life of ordinary civilians trying to...

Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Bloodmoon

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

Game released: Android → 28 August 2026

Steam: 96/100

A dark expansion about a cult that sets out in search of the legendary paradise of Saint Baal-Tazar. According to legend, many years ago he saw a vision of a land...

Ancient Planet Tower Defense

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

Game released: Android → 8 May 2014

Steam: 83/100

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

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...

Brotato

Action, Indie, Top-down view, Roguelike, Shooter, Casual game, Procedural generation, Comedy, Online, Survival

Game released: Android → 17 January 2023

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Arena shooter about a combat potato in the spirit of Vampire Survivors. The game tells the story of Spud from the planet Potato, who crashes on an alien planet...

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...

Banebush

Horror, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Android → 6 January 2026

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 94/100

A gloomy adventure made in black and red colors and inspired by fairy tales. The game has several endings, the receipt of which depends on the decisions made by the...

House Flipper

Simulation, First-person view, Arcade, Indie, Business / Management, Online, Construction

Game released: Android → 7 July 2020

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 62/100

House Flipper is a fun management simulator with a first-person view, where you become a one-man repair crew. In the game you will buy abandoned houses that are in...

Papers, Please

Arcade, Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Android → 5 August 2022

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 97/100

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...

Limbo

Action, Horror, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie

Game released: Android → 12 February 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 88/100

A dark adventure platformer built on the atmosphere of silence, loneliness, and constant danger. The story tells about a boy who sets out to find his missing...

The White Door

Adventure, Puzzle, Interactive movie, Indie

Game released: Android → 17 October 2019

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 89/100

Detective game from the creators of Cube Escape and Rusty Lake Paradise, which tells the story of Robert Hill, undergoing treatment in a clinic and suffering...

Moonlighter

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Indie, Roguelike, Slasher, Dungeons

Game released: Android → 12 November 2020

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Moonlighter is an action RPG with a procedurally generated world and a Japanese-style isometric camera view. Players will find dark and gloomy dungeons populated by...

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...

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