Indie for iOS — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 6

Slender: The Arrival - a game in the Indie genre

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Walking Simulator, Exploration, Mysticism / Supernatural, Survival horror

Game released: iOS → 13 October 2021

Players: 8/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Continuation of the atmospheric horror with a first-person view Slender. The story tells of Slenderman, a paranormal figure who haunts inquiring minds around the...

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...

Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator

Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: iOS → 25 June 2019

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator is a visual novel with a first-person view and elements of a dating simulator. You and your daughter have just moved to the new...

Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story

Adventure, Puzzle, Interactive movie, Text quest, Indie, Casual game, Detective

Game released: iOS → 20 September 2017

Steam: 91/100

Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story is an unusual adventure for mobile platforms. The game is based on the gameplay where all the events take place on someone's phone...

Sparkle 2

Arcade, Logic, Match-3 (Three in a row), Casual game, Indie

Game released: iOS → 6 June 2013

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Sparkle 2 is the continuation of the exciting arcade puzzle game in the “three in a row” genre. Long ago, five enchanted keys were created. They are scattered all...

Levelhead

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Combat robots, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Game released: iOS → 30 April 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Levelhead is a fun side-scrolling arcade platformer set in a sci-fi setting. In the game you have to control the GR-18 delivery robot through various levels with...

Chicken Police

Adventure, Indie, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: iOS → 30 June 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Chicken Police is a noir adventure of two feathered cops, Sonny Featherland and Marty MacChicken, in a black-and-white detective novel full of satire and cynical...

After Inc: Revival

Strategy, Simulation, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, City Building, Zombies

Game released: iOS → 27 November 2024

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 78/100

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...

Crushed In Time

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

Game released: iOS → 2026

Steam: 90/100

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...

Karateka (2012)

Arcade, Fighting, Indie, Action, Tactics, Side view, Strategy

Game released: iOS → 6 December 2012

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 60/100

Karateka (2012) is an indie tactical fighting game with action and arcade elements. The game takes place in a feudal universe. Your mission is to save your beloved...

Dead Effect

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

Game released: iOS → 12 September 2013

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Dead Effect is a fantastic indie shooter with a third-person view. You have to fight for your life and hunt hordes of...

Monster Strike

Strategy, Indie, Free game, Tactics, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Role-playing game, Online

Game released: iOS → 23 October 2014

Monster Strike — shareware tactical strategy with role-playing elements and a top-down view in the Japanese style for mobile platforms. You have to fight...

60 Seconds!

Simulation, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Exploration, Point & Click

Game released: iOS → 22 September 2016

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 81/100

60 Seconds! — an arcade survival simulator in times of post-apocalypse. Ted has only 60 seconds to take everything he needs and hide in the bunker before the...

Corpse Party: Blood Drive

Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: iOS → 31 January 2017

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 60/100

Corpse Party: Blood Drive is a Japanese-style visual novel with a touch of horror that continues the story of Corpse Party and is a direct continuation of Book of...

Don't Starve: Shipwrecked

Action, DLC, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Survival, Indie

Game released: iOS → 26 December 2016

Players: 7/10

Steam: 95/100

Don't Starve: Shipwrecked is an add-on for the isometric survival action game Don't Starve. It adds new characters and creatures, several locations and seasonal...

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...

while True: learn()

Educational game (Education), Simulation, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure

Game released: iOS → 22 August 2019

Steam: 88/100

An indie puzzle game with elements of a simulator and adventure, where all the mechanics are tied to machine learning. The main character is a programmer who...

Spirit of the Island

Simulation, Adventure, Business / Management, Isometric, Role-playing game, Indie, Strategy, Farm Simulator

Game released: iOS → 16 July 2024

Steam: 69/100

Colorful farm simulator. In the homeland of the protagonist, there is an ancient tradition: in order to go through the ritual of growing up, everyone must make a...

Skyhill

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Survival, Indie

Game released: iOS → 7 September 2016

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Skyhill is a quest with survival elements. The main character ends up in a hotel called SKYHILL, where he rents the safest room on the hundredth floor. And then...

Neon Chrome

Shooter, Top-down view, Cyberpunk, Indie, Roguelike, Action

Game released: iOS → 16 November 2016

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Neon Chrome is a top-down cyberpunk roguelike shooter where you have to conquer the Neon Chrome Corporation by hacking your brain. Sleeping bodies have different...

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...

Cat Quest

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

Game released: iOS → 9 August 2017

Players: 9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Cat Quest is an unusual action RPG with an isometric camera view. The game invites you to get into the role of a cat who wanders around the world and fights...

Darkest Dungeon: The Color of Madness

Role-playing game, Action, DLC, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Roguelike, Strategy, Indie

Game released: iOS → 11 October 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 66/100

Darkest Dungeon: The Color of Madness is an expansion for a unique side-scrolling party-based RPG with turn-based combat. The add-on has added a new type of task...

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...

Dead Cells: The Queen and the Sea

Arcade, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, DLC, Action, Indie

Game released: iOS → 6 April 2022

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Dead Cells: The Queen and the Sea is an expansion for the hardcore side-scrolling action-slasher inspired by the Dark Souls series. In the expansion, you will...

Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence

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

Game released: iOS → 6 March 2026

Steam: 91/100

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...

Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kitten

Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Fantasy, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Slasher, Procedural generation

Game released: iOS → 14 October 2022

Steam: 79/100

Hardcore indie platformer with roguelike elements and dungeons. The player takes on the role of a brave hero who, at the command of the eccentric Lady Tallowmere...

Frozen Synapse

Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Sandbox, Indie, Tactics, Online

Game released: iOS → 13 May 2013

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Frozen Synapse is a fantastic top-down turn-based tactical strategy game. This game allows you to give detailed and precise orders to your team: classic gameplay...

Nihilumbra

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

Game released: iOS → 28 June 2012

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Nihilumbra is a platform puzzle game developed by BeautiFun Games that will take you into a world of unusual adventures and abstract inclination. You will play as a...

Her Story

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Detective, Puzzle, Exploration

Game released: iOS → 23 June 2015

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 87/100

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...

Mutazione

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Walking Simulator, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: iOS → 19 September 2019

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 78/100

An atmospheric side-scrolling adventure in a fantastic setting. Over 100 years ago, a meteorite fell on a tropical resort. Almost all the inhabitants died, and the...

Dungeon Warfare

Strategy, Top-down view, Indie, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Fantasy, Old school

Game released: iOS → 24 August 2016

Steam: 95/100

A strategy game in the tower defense genre, where the role of the dungeon defender is assigned not to towers, but to numerous deadly traps. Spikes, rotating blades...

Master Reboot

Action, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Indie

Game released: iOS → Q4 2014

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Master Reboot is an action-horror game with a first-person view in the style of science fiction. Imagine a world where death is no longer final, where precious...

RUINS

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

Frozen: iOS → 22 July 2017

Anticipation Rating: 5.7/10

RUINS — arcade role-playing action game in a fantasy setting. The main character is an emperor who woke up in the ruins of his own state, eager to get to the...

My Memory of Us

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: iOS → 5 November 2020

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 71/100

My Memory of US is an adventure arcade platform with a side view. The game will tell the story of two friends - a girl and a boy who found themselves in different...

Exit the Gungeon

Arcade, Shooter, Fantasy / Medieval, Beat them all, Roguelike, Side view, Indie, Action

Game released: iOS → 19 September 2019

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Exit the Gungeon is a side-view arcade shooter with roguelike elements, which is a spin-off of the game Enter the Gungeon. In the game, you will once again take...

LEGO Builder's Journey

Arcade, Puzzle, Isometric, Indie, Casual game

Game released: iOS → 19 December 2019

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 78/100

LEGO Builder's Journey is a lyrical puzzle game set in an amazing world. You will go on a journey with a father and his child, where they will have to assemble...

Say No! More

Indie, Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Simulation, Comedy, Casual game

Game released: iOS → 10 April 2021

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Say No! More is an unusual explosive action game with a third-person view. In the game you will find yourself in a world where the word “No!” is forbidden. Your...

Unheard

Indie, Adventure, Puzzle, Horror, Top-down view, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: iOS → 25 February 2022

Steam: 91/100

Unheard is an indie horror adventure with puzzle elements and a top-down view. You have to put on headphones and go back in time. Use the voices you hear to return...

Lost in Play

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

Game released: iOS → 12 July 2023

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 97/100

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...

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