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

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...

Townscaper

Strategy, Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Simulation

Game released: iOS → 20 October 2021

Players: 7.9/10

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Past Within

Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Online, Puzzle, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: iOS → 2 November 2022

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 68/100

The Past Within — an engaging cooperative puzzle game from the creators of Rusty Lake Hotel. In the game, you and a friend will solve puzzles together, but one...

Keep on Mining!

Business / Management, Indie, Casual game, Clicker

Game released: iOS → 26 August 2025

A colorful clicker about resource mining, where stones automatically turn into a source of new pickaxes. Any stone in the mining zone provides materials that can be...

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...

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...

Hyper Light Drifter

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

Game released: iOS → 25 July 2019

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Hyper Light Drifter is a top-down action-adventure RPG. The main character of the game suffers from a strange disease and goes to amazing countries to find a...

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...

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...

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...

Hero Siege

Action, Slasher, Hack and slash, Indie

Game released: iOS → 15 January 2014

Players: 7.9/10

Go Ape Ship!

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...

Journey

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

Game released: iOS → 6 August 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 92/100

Journey is an atmospheric adventure with a third-person view. The main character is a nameless wanderer who must cross the desert and get to the mountain that is...

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...

Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence

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

Game released: iOS → 6 March 2026

A pixel adventure in the spirit of 90s quests about a young writer named William, who is searching for inspiration. He goes to an abbey where the monks have taken a...

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...

Teslagrad

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Steampunk

Game released: iOS → 8 November 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Teslagrad is an arcade quest with platformer elements and futurism style. In this game, you use the power of electromagnetism to solve puzzles and battle horrors as...

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...

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...

Infinite Tanks

Online, Action, Third-person view, Tanks, Indie

Game released: iOS → 29 September 2016

Players: 7.8/10

An exciting action game dedicated to tank battles. The game is similar to World of Tanks, but the battles are more dynamic, due to fast combat vehicles. Tanks can...

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...

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...

Her Story

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: iOS → 23 June 2015

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Her Story is a mystical indie adventure with a first-person view. In this game, you sit in front of a mothballed desktop computer that is registered in a police...

Night Slashers: Remake

Side view, Beat them all, Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Remake, Zombies, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: iOS → 27 May 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Remake of the beat 'em up Night Slashers, the original version of which was released in 1994 on arcade machines. The events of the game unfold in a nightmare...

Titan Chaser

Adventure, Walking Simulator, Open world, Exploration, Indie

Game released: iOS → 12 July 2024

Players: 10/10

The main character drives a car around the territory where various scientific stations are located, and drives away titans (huge monsters) using a powerful...

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...

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...

Backpack Battles

Strategy, Online, Indie, Fantasy

Game released: iOS → 4 February 2026

Players: 9.2/10

As players progress, they acquire rare items and assemble powerful builds from them. After this, the character can be sent to fight with the heroes of other...

To the Moon

Adventure, Top-down view, Puzzle, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: iOS → 10 May 2017

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 83/100

An indie adventure game created using the RPG Maker engine. The game tells the story of two young doctors, Eva and Neil, who give people another chance to live...

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...

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...

The World of Kungfu: Dragon and Eagle

Adventure, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Indie, Tactics, Turn-based, Old school, Exploration

Game released: iOS → 6 March 2025

Players: 10/10

The player explores the lands of ancient China and masters different martial arts. There are many techniques that are used in step -by -step battles. You can find...

This Is the Police 2

Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Indie

Game released: iOS → 12 September 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 62/100

This Is the Police 2 is a continuation of the adventure strategy with elements of a management game and an isometric camera view. The game takes place in the small...

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