Indie for iOS — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 2

Go Ape Ship! - a game in the Indie genre

Third-person view, Indie, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Comedy, Space, Collectible card game (CCG)

Game released: iOS → 18 February 2026

Players: 10/10

A multiplayer game where the team must complete tasks and respond to emergencies on a spaceship. You will need to adjust the engines, activate shields, prepare...

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...

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: iOS → 4 December 2020

Players: 8.7/10

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...

Cozy Caravan

Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Casual game, Exploration, Open world, Crafting, Farm Simulator

Game released: iOS → 8 January 2026

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Players set off on a journey in an old caravan, completing tasks for the residents of Harvestville and preparing for the annual Whistlebark fair. During the...

The Legend of Bum-bo

Role-playing game, Puzzle, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: iOS → 23 December 2019

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

The Legend of Bum-bo — a turn-based role-playing game with arcade puzzles and randomly generated levels from the creators of Binding of Isaac. A monster named...

Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged

Adventure, Detective, Indie

Game released: iOS → 25 June 2025

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...

Brawlhalla

Arcade, Action, Fighting, MMO, Platformer, Indie, Free game

Game released: iOS → 6 August 2020

Players: 8/10

Brawlhalla is a free-to-play side-scrolling multiplayer fighting platformer that supports up to 8 players. The game features a wide variety of heroes with unique...

Five Nights at Freddy's

Horror, First-person view, Indie

Game released: iOS → 11 August 2014

Players: 8.4/10

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...

Crashlands

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie

Game released: iOS → 21 January 2016

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Crashlands is an action role-playing game in which the main character, after an unsuccessful intergalactic flight, crashes on an unknown planet. Having meager...

Delivery from the Pain: Survival

Adventure, Action, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Role-playing game, Roguelike, Horror

Game released: iOS → 14 December 2018

Players: 6.5/10

Delivery from the Pain: Survival is an action-adventure role-playing game with survival elements and a top-down view in the setting of a zombie apocalypse. A...

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...

Crushed In Time

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

Game released: iOS → 2026

Metacritic: 76/100

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson return in an unusual adventure, where classic detective investigation meets absurd humor, meta-narrative, and time travel. This time...

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...

Cookie Clicker

Arcade, Action, Indie, Clicker

Game released: iOS → 24 September 2013

Players: 7.9/10

An arcade clicker game where everything revolves around baking endless amounts of cookies. Every click brings a tasty reward, and the more cookies you bake, the...

Door Kickers: Action Squad

Arcade, Action, Indie, Tactics, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: iOS → 8 April 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Door Kickers: Action Squad is a side-view pixel arcade action game from the creators of the Door Kickers series. In the game you have to become a SWAT operative and...

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...

Block Story

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: iOS → 19 December 2012

Players: 7.9/10

Block Story is an action role-playing game with elements of adventure and fantasy with a first-person view. A world of vast landscapes awaits you, where you are in...

Crying Suns

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

Game released: iOS → 25 June 2020

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Crying Suns is a tactical strategy game with turn-based combat and roguelike elements in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place in the distant future...

Cooking Simulator

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

Game released: iOS → 11 February 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Cooking Simulator is a realistic simulator with management elements and a first-person view. In the game you have to become an unsurpassed chef. You will find...

Rusty Lake Hotel

Adventure, Indie, Puzzle, Side view, Horror

Game released: iOS → 14 December 2015

Players: 10/10

Rusty Lake Hotel is a side-scrolling arcade adventure game with horror elements inspired by the cult TV series Twin Peaks by David Lynch. The plot centers on...

Godus

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

Game released: iOS → 6 August 2014

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 60/100

Godus is a real-time strategy god simulator with an isometric view. In this game, you can sculpt every inch of the beautiful world you look down upon, where your...

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...

Elderand

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

Game released: iOS → 26 September 2023

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 70/100

A game with Metroidvania elements and hardcore combat, inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft. The main character travels through a dark world, swings and...

Car For Sale Simulator 2023

Simulation, Open world, First-person view, Indie, Racing, Third-person view

Game released: iOS → 17 September 2024

Players: 7.1/10

The player develops his car business by buying and selling cars. You can buy an almost completely destroyed car in order to repair it and resell it more profitably...

After Inc: Revival

Strategy, Simulation, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game released: iOS → 27 November 2024

Players: 6.1/10

Continuation of the biological simulator Plague Inc, only this time players will not infect the planet, but save humanity after the zombie apocalypse. As you...

Knock-knock

Arcade, Horror, Logic, Indie, Side view

Game released: iOS → 6 March 2014

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 57/100

Knock-knock is an adventure puzzle game with horror elements and a side view. In the depths of a dense forest there is a wooden house. A man lives in this house...

Gunfire Reborn

Shooter, First-person view, Roguelike, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Procedural generation

Game released: iOS → 17 May 2022

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Co-op shooter for up to four people. Players take on the role of heroes with unique abilities and go with friends to explore vast locations created at random. At...

Lost in Play

Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Indie, Fantasy

Game released: iOS → 12 July 2023

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Young brother and sister are lost in the vastness of their own imagination. Now Toto and Gel must stick together and solve puzzles to return home. Along the way...

FTL: Faster Than Light

Simulation, Action, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Strategy

Game released: iOS → 3 April 2014

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 86/100

FTL: Faster Than Light is a unique management simulator with role-playing elements in a sci-fi setting. The cruiser Kestrel was lucky to find out secret information...

Silt

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: iOS → 20 January 2026

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 71/100

The actions of the game take place in the depths of the sea, where various monsters live. With the help of soul transference, the main character can use the...

Anomaly 2

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Indie, Action, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Science fiction, Isometric, Online, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: iOS → 31 October 2013

Players: 6.4/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Anomaly 2 is a fantastic arcade action game with elements of tower defense and real-time strategy. Years after the 2018 invasion of Earth, the planet is overrun by...

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...

Bulb Boy

Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view

Game released: iOS → 21 July 2016

Metacritic: 75/100

Bulb Boy is an indie horror adventure with point and click elements. The main character of Bulb Boy is a boy with a glowing head. You have to overcome your fear and...

Gordian Quest

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

Game released: iOS → 1 April 2025

Players: 9.6/10

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...

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...

VVVVVV

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: iOS → 12 June 2014

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 85/100

VVVVVV is an arcade indie platformer with a side view. You play as the fearless leader of a team of dimension explorers who have crashed and lost contact with each...

Hero Siege

Action, Slasher, Hack and slash, Indie

Game released: iOS → 15 January 2014

Players: 7.9/10

Sky: Children of the Light

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Online

Game released: iOS → 18 July 2019

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Multiplayer adventure from the creators of Journey and Flower. Players take control of the Children of Light, who bring light from the heavens to where it is...

Cube Escape Collection

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: iOS → 11 March 2021

Players: 9.5/10

Cube Escape Collection is an adventure puzzle game in the point and click genre. In this classic anthology of adventure games, you follow the path of Dale...

Ludus

First-person view, Action, Role-playing game, Indie, Adventure, Historical, Open world

Game released: iOS → 21 February 2020

Players: 6.8/10

A simulator of the owner of a gladiator school, the events of which take place in Ancient Rome. The main task is to develop and expand our own school for arena...

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