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Enter the Gungeon - a game in the Indie genre

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Beat them all, Roguelike, Dungeons, Indie

Game released: iOS → 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...

Anomaly: Warzone Earth

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

Game released: iOS → 11 August 2011

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Anomaly: Warzone Earth — This is a strategy with an unconventional approach. The player controls units that move along a pre-marked route. The goal is to kill...

Hyper Light Drifter

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

Game released: iOS → 25 July 2019

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

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

Game released: iOS → 31 May 2024

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 83/100

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...

Black Book

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

Game released: iOS → 21 April 2023

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Black Book is a mixture of an adventure game and a card RPG in the setting of Russian fairy tales. The game tells the story of a young peasant woman, Vasilisa: the...

Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Bloodmoon

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

Game released: iOS → 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...

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

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

Game released: iOS → 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...

OTTTD

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Indie

Game released: iOS → 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...

Defense Zone 3

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

Game released: iOS → 19 January 2017

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 79/100

Defense Zone 3 Ultra HD is an indie tower defense strategy game with a top-down view in real time. This is a sequel to the famous Defense Zone strategy, only now...

Limbo

Action, Horror, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie

Game released: iOS → 3 July 2013

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 88/100

A dark adventure platformer built on the atmosphere of silence, loneliness, and constant danger. The story tells about a boy who sets out to find his missing...

Bad North

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

Game released: iOS → 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...

Bloons TD 5

Online, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game, Comedy, Strategy

Game released: iOS → 15 November 2012

Players: 7/10

Steam: 94/100

The player builds towers, selects upgrades for them and hires cool special agents to destroy all the balls flying over the map. A total of 21 buildings with...

Bloons TD Battles 2

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

Game released: iOS → 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...

FTL: Faster Than Light

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

Game released: iOS → 3 April 2014

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Thronefall

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

Game released: iOS → 20 May 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...

Moonlighter

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

Game released: iOS → 18 November 2020

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 80/100

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...

House Flipper

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

Game released: iOS → 22 October 2020

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

Minecraft: Pocket Edition

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Sandbox

Game released: iOS → 17 November 2011

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 53/100

Minecraft: Pocket Edition is a sandbox version of Minecraft, ported to mobile devices. Players explore spacious worlds and build various structures from cubes. To...

Cozy Grove

Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Isometric, Hidden Objects, Procedural generation, Business / Management

Game released: iOS → 22 March 2021

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Cozy Grove is an indie adventure simulator with an isometric view. Welcome to a life simulator about camping on an ever-changing haunted island. As a spiritual...

Katana Zero

Action, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Indie, Side view, Platformer

Game released: iOS → 21 May 2024

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Katana Zero is a hardcore side-view action game in cyberpunk style. Expect dynamic battles using futuristic technologies, fast movements of the main character and...

Sky: Children of the Light

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Online, Open world, Exploration

Game released: iOS → 18 July 2019

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 86/100

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...

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator

Simulation, Action, Fighting, Business / Management, Indie, Medieval era, Sandbox, Comedy, Strategy

Game released: iOS → 16 January 2025

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 98/100

A fun tactical simulator in which historical battles turn into a chaotic and funny sandbox. Stupid, but charming units fighting under the control of funny physics...

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

Steam: 78/100

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...

Journey

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

Game released: iOS → 6 August 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 74/100

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...

Iron Marines

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Indie, Tactics, Science fiction, Action

Game released: iOS → 13 September 2017

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 77/100

Iron Marines is a tower defense strategy game in a futuristic setting from the creators of Kingdom Rush. In this game you will act as the commander of a huge army...

TOEM

Arcade, Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Exploration

Game released: iOS → 22 October 2025

Players: 9/10

Steam: 99/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A black-and-white adventure about travel, memories, and seeing the world through a camera lens. Everything is built around observation and the moment—each frame...

Bastion

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game released: iOS → 30 August 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 100/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Bastion is an action-adventure RPG with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. You will go to a fairy-tale world, which, by the will of fate, is gradually...

Inside

Arcade, Platformer, Logic, Side view, Horror, Indie, Adventure

Game released: iOS → 11 December 2017

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Inside is an arcade side-scrolling indie platformer with survival elements from the creators of Limbo. The plot centers on a lonely boy who is hiding from...

Telling Lies

Interactive movie, Adventure, First-person view, Detective, Indie

Game released: iOS → 23 August 2019

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Telling Lies is an interactive adventure from the creators of the Her Story series. The game tells the story of four characters, one of whom is hiding a big lie...

Gunfire Reborn

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

Game released: iOS → 17 May 2022

Players: 8/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Crypt of the NecroDancer

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Music game, Tactics, Roguelike, Dungeons, Indie

Game released: iOS → 30 June 2016

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Crypt of the NecroDancer is a unique indie game where everything moves to the rhythm of the music of Danny Baranowski, the composer of Super Meat Boy and the...

Five Nights at Freddy's

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

Game released: iOS → 11 August 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

Skul: The Hero Slayer

Side view, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: iOS → 3 June 2024

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Skul: The Hero Slayer is a side-scrolling pixel platformer. People have attacked the demon fortress and are trying to destroy their leader. Most of the inhabitants...

Cursed Treasure 2

Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Top-down view

Game released: iOS → 25 September 2014

Steam: 81/100

A fantasy tower-defense strategy game about the forces of darkness protecting magical gems from heroes who seek to steal them. The player places towers belonging to...

Florence

Arcade, Adventure, Interactive movie, Indie, Casual game

Game released: iOS → 13 February 2018

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Florence is a touching interactive adventure for mobile platforms. The game tells the story of 25-year-old Florence Joch, about her ups and downs and her first love...

Happy Wheels

Arcade, Indie, Free game, Side view, Sandbox, Action

Game released: iOS → 19 August 2015

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Happy Wheels is a free-to-play side-scrolling arcade runner for mobile platforms. Your main task is to try to survive and get to the finish line before the “death...

Reigns

Board / Group Game, Card game, Logic, Medieval era, Indie

Game released: iOS → 11 August 2016

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Reigns is a card board game where you will become the ruler of a small kingdom and take part in important elections that will determine your reign and the fate of...

Samorost 3

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Point & Click, Puzzle, Fantasy

Game released: iOS → 1 September 2016

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

Banner Saga 2

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

Game released: iOS → 28 September 2016

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Banner Saga 2 is a turn-based role-playing game with tactical elements and an isometric view. You must lead your Viking clans through a hostile country on the verge...

Element TD

Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Futurism (Future), Strategy, Tactics, Isometric, Indie

Game released: iOS → 29 July 2016

Steam: 76/100

Element TD is a fantastic tower defense strategy game in an isometric view. In this game you have to defend your towers from enemy armies...

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