Indie for iOS — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 12

Burly Men at Sea - a game in the Indie genre

Adventure, Indie, Side view, Casual game

Game released: iOS → 29 September 2016

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Burly Men at Sea is a minimalist side-scrolling adventure. The game tells a fairy tale about three big bearded fishermen who were tired of quietly and peacefully...

Iris Synthesis

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: iOS → 30 November 2014

Iris Synthesis is an arcade game with a mixture of action, puzzle and indie game from the Funcraft-games studio. The game is published by...

GunSlugs 2

Action, Indie, Platformer, Side view, Arcade, Science fiction

Game released: iOS → 15 January 2015

Steam: 56/100

A side-scrolling arcade platformer about the elite Gunslugs squad fighting the Black Duck Army, which has returned with alien technology and is taking its war to...

Dark Echo

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Horror, Mysticism / Supernatural, Adventure, Indie

Game released: iOS → 2 February 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

Dark Echo is an arcade logic puzzle with mystical horror elements. Stuck in the dark, you must use sound visualization to find your way through the threatening...

Stella's Journey

Arcade, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: iOS → 30 April 2015

Stella's Journey is an arcade game with puzzle elements and an indie game from developers from the studio Gravity Software Ltd.. The game is published by...

Wheels of Aurelia

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Visual novel

Game released: iOS → 19 October 2016

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 50/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Wheels of Aurelia is an adventure game with driving elements. The events take place on the road in Italy in the 70s. The main character is a very restless woman who...

Deer God

Arcade, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: iOS → 3 September 2015

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 49/100

A side-scrolling adventure platformer about a deer’s survival in a fantasy world shaped by karma and reincarnation. The player explores 3D pixel-art landscapes...

Nyan Cat: Lost In Space

Arcade, Indie, Side view, Platformer, Adventure, Casual game

Game released: iOS → 12 May 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

An arcade platformer about Nyan Cat flying through endless space. The player collects coins and food, jumps across cake platforms, and dodges enemies such as dogs...

Father and Son

Adventure, Historical, Indie, Side view

Game released: iOS → 25 April 2017

Players: 10/10

Father and Son is an impressive side-scrolling adventure for mobile platforms. The main characters are father and son. A young guy, Michael, receives a letter from...

Let Them Come

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: iOS → 8 January 2018

Steam: 84/100

Let Them Come is a 2D side-scrolling arcade shooter with a pixel art style, where you have to clear multiple levels from hordes of disgusting aliens and terrible...

Death Point

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: iOS → 24 August 2017

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 54/100

Death Point is a top-down stealth action-adventure game inspired by the Metal Gear Solid, Payday and Hitman series. You will find a large selection of weapons, as...

Defense Zone

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

Game released: iOS → 24 December 2011

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 80/100

Defense Zone is an exciting tactical strategy game in the "tower defense" genre with a top-down view. During the game, you need to protect your towers from huge...

Tesla Force

Action, Shooter, Indie, Top-down view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Role-playing game, Procedural generation

Game released: iOS → 19 August 2021

Players: 8/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Tesla Force is a dynamic shooter with role-playing elements and a top-down view. In the game you have to choose one of four geniuses initiated into secret...

Survival Z

Adventure, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Action, Casual game, Zombies, Indie, Shooter, Arcade

Game released: iOS → 19 February 2021

Players: 7/10

Steam: 83/100

Adventure action, whose events unfold in a world where zombies captured the planet after a global catastrophe. The main character, one of the few survivors, goes in...

Ten Dates

Adventure, Interactive movie, Indie, Casual game, Comedy, Simulation

Game released: iOS → 14 February 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Continuation of the interactive game Five Dates. The main heroine and her best friend go on speed dates to find their love. The gamer's choices in dialogues...

Not Our Home: Platinum Edition

Free game, Horror, First-person view, Exploration, Indie, Stealth, Survival horror

Game released: iOS → 9 April 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 71/100

A free horror game in which the hero tries to find seven keys to save his brother. Along the way, he will encounter various monsters. The game has multiple endings...

Jewel Run

Casual game, Action, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Comics, Free game, Arcade

Game released: iOS → 20 October 2023

Steam: 83/100

A multiplayer asymmetrical game in which a group of village teenagers unite against the owner of a garden. The children are trying to collect valuable items and...

Katyusha

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game in development: iOS → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 5/10

The game is based on the popular Soviet song from the Great Patriotic War, "Katyusha", which is about a girl texting her boyfriend while fighting at the front. She...

My Child New Beginnings

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

Game released: iOS → 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...

Warplanes: WW1 Sky Aces

Action, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Historical, Free game, Indie

Game released: iOS → 25 September 2019

Steam: 83/100

A fast-paced flight simulator dedicated to the birth of military aviation during the First World War. The game allows you to control more than 30 historical...

Detail

Adventure, Interactive movie, Indie, Point & Click,

Game released: iOS → 4 February 2015

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Detail is an episodic point and click adventure in a noir style, inspired by the HBO series The Wire. The game tells an intriguing story of police officer Reginald...

Ms. Splosion Man

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie

Game released: iOS → 28 March 2013

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Ms. Splosion Man is a dynamic puzzle platformer with a side view, where the main character is a female version of the "Explosive Man" from the game of the same...

Game Dev Tycoon

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: iOS → 28 November 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Game Dev Tycoon is a game developer simulator in which you play the role of a project manager. You will be able to come up with names for games, choose or create an...

Small World 2

Strategy, In real time, Indie, Isometric, Board / Group Game, Online, Casual game

Game released: iOS → 12 September 2013

Steam: 71/100

Small World 2 is a real-time strategy game with board game elements and an isometric view. You have to take control of gnomes, wizards, Amazons, giants, orcs or...

Race The Sun

Arcade, Third-person view, Indie, Procedural generation, Runner, Racing

Game released: iOS → 30 July 2015

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 78/100

An arcade runner about a solar-powered craft racing through a procedurally generated world toward sunset. The sun acts as a timer, and collecting boosts can briefly...

Quell Memento

Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: iOS → 23 May 2013

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Quell Memento is a logic puzzle game in the Quell series, built around solving puzzles in a relaxed atmosphere. As the third instalment, it expands on the series...

League of Evil

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: iOS → 3 February 2011

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This futuristic action platformer follows a bionic super agent on a mission to stop the League of Evil, an alliance of evil scientists. The agent fights through...

Epic Arena

Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Chess game, Tactics, Free game, Indie

Game released: iOS → summer 2014

Steam: 64/100

Epic Arena is a turn-based tactical strategy game built around duels between two players on a battle arena. Single-player missions introduce tactical approaches...

Leap of Fate

Action, Futurism (Future), Indie, Cyberpunk

Game released: iOS → 19 August 2016

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A cyberpunk roguelite about overcoming fears and pursuing one’s fate. In a New York City where magic is real, the player controls a technomage, develops...

Baseless

Arcade, Action, Indie, Shooter, Space

Game released: iOS → Q4 2014

Steam: 93/100

Baseless is an arcade action shooter built around travelling between planets with 360-degree gravity. Shooting also serves as movement: blasts propel the hero...

Inferno 2

Arcade, Shooter, Beat them all, Top-down view, Indie, Action, Adventure

Game released: iOS → 2 October 2014

Steam: 84/100

This top-down arcade shooter centers on battles across levels filled with enemies and secrets. In Inferno 2, the player pilots a ship, fights dozens of enemy types...

OVIVO

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Action, Casual game

Game released: iOS → 28 March 2018

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 71/100

OVIVO is a minimalist side-scrolling indie platformer. In the world of the game, Black and White live in harmony. Intertwining and replacing each other, they...

Shardlight

Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: iOS → 8 March 2017

Players: 4/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Shardlight is a "point-and-click" adventure set in a post-apocalyptic environment. The main character is a dying woman named Amy. The thing is, even though Amy is...

Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location

Horror, First-person view, Indie, Survival horror, Combat robots

Game released: iOS → 3 January 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 90/100

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...

Retsnom

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Action

Game released: iOS → 18 October 2016

Steam: 73/100

Retsnom is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer with pixel graphics. You play as a father who needs to save his daughter from a zombie virus. The only way to...

Little Orpheus

Action, Indie, Adventure, Puzzle, Platformer, Science fiction, Side view, Old school, Walking Simulator, Casual game

Game released: iOS → 12 June 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Little Orpheus is an adventure platformer with puzzle and action elements in the science fiction genre. 1962 NASA is trying to land a man on the moon. Meanwhile, in...

bit Dungeon 2

Arcade, Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Action

Game released: iOS → 15 December 2014

Steam: 82/100

bit Dungeon 2 is an arcade indie action game with a top-down view and role-playing elements in a fantasy setting. You have to go into dangerous dungeons that are...

HOOK

Puzzle, Logic, Casual game, Indie

Game released: iOS → 21 January 2015

Steam: 96/100

HOOK is a logic puzzle. In this game you will find 50 levels, in each of which you need to connect logic. The soothing sounds and music were created by the famous...

Samsara Room

Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Game released: iOS → 29 April 2020

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Samsara Room is a remake of the classic game of the same name with updated puzzles, graphics, and storyline. The immersive soundtrack was created by Victor...

Codemancer

Educational game (Education), Role-playing game, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: iOS → 12 August 2019

Steam: 69/100

Codemancer — a unique adventure that will primarily interest children aged 6-12 years old learning the basics of programming. The game will tell a touching...

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