Indie for iOS — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 3

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Platformer

Game released: iOS → 22 August 2019

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 83/100

GRIS is an atmospheric adventure puzzle game with a side view. The game will tell the sad story of the main character named Gris. The girl is locked in her own...

Night Slashers: Remake

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

Game released: iOS → 27 May 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 61/100

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...

Home - A Unique Horror Adventure

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view

Game released: iOS → 20 June 2013

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Home is a unique side-scrolling horror adventure in a pixelated style. The main character wakes up in a mysterious dark place and does not know how exactly he got...

Pilgrims

Adventure, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Replayability, Point & Click, Card game

Game released: iOS → 7 October 2019

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Bright Memory: Infinite

Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), First-person view, Indie

Game released: iOS → 17 January 2025

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 65/100

The game follows the adventures of a girl named Shelia, who is an agent of the Supernatural Research Organization (SRO). One day, the organization manages to find...

Sandbox

Arcade, God Simulator, Puzzle, Logic, Sandbox, Simulation, Indie

Game released: iOS → 15 May 2012

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Sandbox is an arcade god simulator with puzzle elements. Imagine creating your own 8-bit pixel world, playing with humans, ninjas, robots or zombies, composing your...

Door Kickers: Action Squad

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

Game released: iOS → 8 April 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

Totally Reliable Delivery Service

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Indie, Sandbox, Casual game

Game released: iOS → 1 April 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 76/100

Totally Reliable Delivery Service — a fun third-person action game about a "reliable" delivery service that is actually not reliable at all. The main idea is to go...

Silt

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Horror

Game released: iOS → 20 January 2026

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 78/100

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...

Crying Suns

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

Game released: iOS → 25 June 2020

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 84/100

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...

The Room

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Steampunk, Point & Click

Game released: iOS → 19 September 2012

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 82/100

The Room is an indie puzzle game with a first-person view and horror elements. A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a...

Patch Quest

Adventure, Roguelike, Shooter, Top-down view, Construction, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Action

Game released: iOS → 21 May 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

The main character sets out to uncover the secrets of Patchlantis, and to do this he will have to explore a patchwork labyrinth, tame many monsters and upgrade...

Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Chess game, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: iOS → 18 December 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

A strategy game with roguelike elements that reimagines chess. The player takes control of a black king with a shotgun, who must defeat an army of white pieces and...

The Past Within

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

Game released: iOS → 2 November 2022

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

Bridge Constructor Studio

Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Simulation, Construction, Strategy

Game released: iOS → 17 July 2025

Steam: 90/100

A game from the Bridge Constructor series that supports both regular and virtual reality glasses modes. The gamer builds structures from various elements that must...

Whispered World

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: iOS → 25 November 2015

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This point-and-click fantasy adventure follows Sadwick, who dreams of a mysterious blue sphere and a world collapsing around him. The oracle Shana foretells the end...

Goat Simulator

Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Indie, Comedy, Open world

Game released: iOS → 17 September 2014

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Goat Simulator is an unusual goat simulator with a third-person view. You have to control such extraordinary characters in the world of computer games as a goat...

Hero Siege

Action, Slasher, Hack and slash, Indie, Role-playing game, Online

Game released: iOS → 15 January 2014

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 60/100

This pixel-art action RPG with hack-and-slash combat and roguelike elements takes place in Tarethiel, a world besieged by the forces of Hell. The hero battles...

Ludus

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

Game released: iOS → 21 February 2020

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 71/100

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...

Granny

Adventure, Stealth, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Survival horror, Horror, Online

Game released: iOS → 24 November 2017

Steam: 94/100

A survival horror game in which the main character finds himself trapped in the home of a creepy old woman. Waking up in a dark room with a headache, he finds a...

Out There

Science fiction, Adventure, Indie, Strategy, In real time, Side view, Top-down view, Roguelike, Space

Game released: iOS → 27 February 2014

Players: 8/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Out There is a fantasy adventure indie roguelike with elements of real-time strategy and a side view. In this game, you play as an astronaut who woke up from...

Talos Principle

Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Science fiction

Game released: iOS → 11 October 2017

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Talos Principle is a first-person adventure puzzle game in a sci-fi setting from the creators of Serious Sam. In an unknown place, deserted and seemingly divorced...

Gnosia

Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Indie, Visual novel, Science fiction

Game released: iOS → 16 March 2026

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Gnosia is an indie adventure role-playing game. The crew of a drifting spaceship, faced with a mysterious and deadly threat known as Gnosia, and with no idea who...

Otherworld Legends

Cooperative (co-op), Action, Indie, Roguelike, Role-playing game, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: iOS → 18 August 2020

Players: 9/10

Steam: 67/100

Otherworld Legends is a dynamic cooperative action game with roguelike elements in a fantasy setting. Great warriors from different eras and corners of the universe...

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure

Indie, Adventure, Arcade, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: iOS → 11 December 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure is a game about the adventures of a little girl who really loves nature. Alba, that’s our heroine’s name, goes to visit her grandparents...

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...

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...

Tesla vs Lovecraft

Action, Shooter, Horror, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: iOS → 25 October 2018

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Tesla vs Lovecraft is a fast-paced top-down shooter that combines the dark horror of Lovecraft and the sci-fi inventions of Tesla. The events of the game will tell...

Gorogoa

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: iOS → 14 December 2017

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Gorogoa is a quirky puzzle adventure with beautiful, hand-drawn worlds. To complete the game, you need to move windows with worlds around the screen, placing them...

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...

Oxenfree

Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Indie

Game released: iOS → 16 March 2017

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Oxenfree is a mystical adventure with a side view about teenagers who decide to spend a weekend on a mysterious island. The main character, along with her friends...

Rusty Lake Paradise

Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: iOS → 11 January 2018

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 93/100

Rusty Lake Paradise is a point-and-click puzzle game with beautiful visuals and a dark atmosphere. The game takes place on a small island in the 18th century. After...

Vampire's Fall: Origins

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie, Fantasy, Old school, Open world

Game released: iOS → 8 September 2018

Steam: 78/100

A role-playing game with an open world and tactical battles. The events unfold in the lands of Vamp'Ir, where peace and tranquility reigned for many years, until...

Five Nights at Freddy's 3

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

Game released: iOS → 12 March 2015

Players: 8/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Five Nights at Freddy's 3 is an action-horror game in the point and click genre with a first-person view. Thirty years after Freddy Fazbear's Pizza closed its...

Five Nights at Freddy's 4

Action, Horror, Indie, First-person view, Survival horror

Game released: iOS → 8 August 2015

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Five Nights at Freddy's 4 is an action-horror game with a first-person view in the point and click genre. This time the horror followed you home. In this final...

Cookie Clicker

Arcade, Action, Indie, Clicker, Casual game, Horror

Game released: iOS → 24 September 2013

Players: 8/10

Steam: 96/100

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...

Time Recoil

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Adventure

Game released: iOS → 18 October 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Time Recoil is a top-down sci-fi shooter from the creators of the cult classic Crimsonland. In the game, every successful kill involves slowing down time, just like...

An alt girl for skoof

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...

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...

Four Last Things

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: iOS → 25 January 2018

Steam: 95/100

Four Last Things is a classic point-and-click adventure inspired by Renaissance art. The game will tell you the story of sin and the Four Last Things — Death...

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