Indie for Android — top best games in the Indie genre

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

Game released: Android → 15 August 2011

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 83/100

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Ascent

Action, Role-playing game, Adventure, Indie, Top-down view, Isometric, Cyberpunk

Game released: Android → 29 July 2021

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 73/100

The Ascent is a dynamic action role-playing game with an isometric camera view in a cyberpunk setting. The game takes place in a future world in which the main...

Super Meat Boy

Action, Platformer, Sandbox, Indie

Game released: Android → 30 May 2022

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Super Meat Boy is a hardcore 2D side-scrolling platformer. You have to help the meat cube save his beloved, who was kidnapped by the evil scientist Dr. Fitus. The...

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...

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...

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Metroidvania, Role-playing game

Game released: Android → 4 December 2020

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. The game will tell the story of an 18-year-old girl...

Bloons TD Battles 2

Online, Strategy, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Free game, Top-down view, Tactics, In real time, Indie

Game released: Android → 1 December 2021

Steam: 83/100

Bloons TD Battles 2 is a continuation of the shareware arcade puzzle game with strategy elements in the tower defense genre. In the game, you will engage in a...

Bad North

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

Game released: Android → 15 October 2019

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Bad North is a minimalist real-time strategy game with tower defense elements and an isometric camera view. You have to defend your island against the impending...

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...

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