Indie for iOS — top best games in the Indie genre

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

Game released: iOS → 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...

WorldBox - God Simulator

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

Game released: iOS → 3 February 2019

Players: 8.4/10

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...

Stardew Valley

Role-playing game, Simulation, Business / Management, Indie

Game released: iOS → 24 October 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Stardew Valley is a farmer simulator with role-playing elements, a sandbox in an open world with an isometric camera and a visual style reminiscent of 90s arcade...

Mutazione

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view

Game released: iOS → 19 September 2019

Players: 8.6/10

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...

Vampire Survivors

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

Game released: iOS → 8 December 2022

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 87/100

A gothic action roguelike about vampires where players fight off hordes of monsters. All that is required of the player is to move around the arena and collect...

Graveyard Keeper

Action, Simulation, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie, Fantasy, Medieval era

Game released: iOS → 27 June 2019

Players: 8.2/10

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...

Slender Threads

Adventure, Horror, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Comedy

Game released: iOS → 20 November 2025

Players: 7.3/10

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

Game released: iOS → 17 December 2025

Players: 9.2/10

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...

Forgotten Hill Tales

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Horror

Game released: iOS → 21 February 2019

Players: 8.8/10

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...

Goat Simulator 3

Action, Simulation, Third-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: iOS → 5 December 2023

Players: 7.7/10

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...

Five Dates

Interactive movie, First-person view, Adventure, Indie, Adult game

Game released: iOS → 14 February 2021

Players: 7.7/10

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...

Cat Quest 2

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Open world

Game released: iOS → 19 September 2019

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Cat Quest 2 is a continuation of the fun role-playing action game with an isometric camera view. The game will take you to a fantasy universe in which there are two...

Subnautica

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

Game released: iOS → 8 July 2025

Players: 8.7/10

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...

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Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Casual game, Comedy

Game released: iOS → 31 May 2024

Players: 7.4/10

The game, based on a popular meme, tells the story of the acquaintance of a pot-bellied and balding man with altushki from State Services. In the game you can start...

Dysmantle

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

Game released: iOS → 19 May 2022

Players: 8.8/10

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...

The White Door

Adventure, Puzzle, Interactive movie, Indie

Game released: iOS → 26 November 2019

Players: 9.2/10

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...

Human Resource Machine

Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: iOS → 1 June 2016

Players: 9.1/10

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...

Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Roguelike, Dungeons, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: iOS → 10 January 2017

Players: 8.6/10

Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a top-down indie RPG. You will play as the boy Isaac, hiding in the basement from his mother, whom God ordered to sacrifice him. To...

House Flipper

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

Game released: iOS → 22 October 2020

Players: 7.6/10

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...

Halls of Torment

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

Game released: iOS → 1 September 2025

Players: 7.3/10

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...

Geometry Dash

Arcade, Platformer, Sandbox, Indie, Side view

Game released: iOS → 23 November 2013

Players: 7.4/10

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...

Broken Age

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: iOS → 12 June 2014

Players: 7.5/10

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...

Dark and Darker

Action, Fantasy, First-person view, Online, Indie, Dungeons, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Adventure

Game in development: iOS → 2026

Players: 7.6/10

Hardcore action about clearing an underground fortress in the spirit of Escape from Tarkov. Players must not only find riches but also stay alive — otherwise, all...

Thronefall

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

Game released: iOS → 20 May 2025

Players: 7.6/10

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...

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager

Role-playing game, Strategy, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: iOS → 23 May 2023

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager is a dark role-playing roguelike with turn-based combat and a side view in a fantasy setting. You have to build a...

DUNGEON SLASHER

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Indie, Free game, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: iOS → 23 December 2023

A free 2D action roguelike with a side view, inspired by the Roguevania subgenre. The gameplay focuses on clearing procedurally generated dungeon rooms, dodging...

Banner Saga

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

Game released: iOS → 2 October 2014

Players: 8.9/10

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...

Pilgrims

Adventure, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: iOS → 7 October 2019

Players: 9.1/10

Pilgrims — an atmospheric side-view adventure from the creators of Machinarium and Samorost 3. The game will delight you with the absence of a rigid script...

Brotato

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

Game released: iOS → 27 March 2023

Players: 8.9/10

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...

This War of Mine

Action, Strategy, Adventure, Indie

Game released: iOS → 15 July 2015

Players: 8.4/10

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...

Shattered Pixel Dungeon

Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Dungeons, Fantasy, Procedural generation

Game released: iOS → 17 August 2021

A classic turn-based roguelike where each run offers a new challenge. Randomly generated dungeons, enemies, items, and events make every expedition different from...

Night in the Woods

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: iOS → 10 September 2021

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Night in the Woods is an arcade side-scrolling indie platformer. The game tells the story of a twenty-year-old cat who was expelled from college for truancy. After...

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: iOS → 4 December 2020

Players: 8.8/10

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...

Moonlighter

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

Game released: iOS → 18 November 2020

Players: 7.6/10

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...

Maneater

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: iOS → 15 December 2025

Players: 8.1/10

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...

112 Operator

Simulation, Top-down view, Strategy, Tactics, Indie, Business / Management, Educational game (Education), Roguelike

Game released: iOS → 8 October 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 73/100

A continuation of the original 911 Operator idea, but on a larger scale - now the whole world is under control. As an emergency services dispatcher, you will have...

Five Nights at Freddy's

Horror, First-person view, Indie

Game released: iOS → 11 August 2014

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Five Nights at Freddy's is a first-person horror game in the point and click genre. From your small office, you must keep a close eye on the security cameras. You...

Papers, Please

Arcade, Adventure, Simulation, Indie

Game released: iOS → 12 December 2014

Players: 8.9/10

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...

Townscaper

Strategy, Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Simulation

Game released: iOS → 20 October 2021

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 63/100

Townscaper is a vibrant casual strategy game in which the player builds a city on an island. The player selects colors and creates blocks of houses on a grid, and...

Samorost 3

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: iOS → 1 September 2016

Players: 8.2/10

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 iOS