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

Warhammer 40,000: Regicide - a game in the Indie genre

Action, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Chess game, Tactics, Indie

Game released: iOS → 19 May 2016

Players: 5.1/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A turn-based tactical strategy game set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, combining traditional chess with a separate combat mode called Regicide...

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...

Reigns: Her Majesty

Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Visual novel, Logic, Indie, Casual game

Game released: iOS → 7 December 2017

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Reigns: Her Majesty is a continuation of the card board game, where you will become the ruler of a small kingdom and take part in deciding important...

Tick Tock: A Tale for Two

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: iOS → 7 March 2019

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Tick Tock: A Tale for Two is a unique puzzle adventure where you have to solve many puzzles and try to escape from a mysterious place. The main...

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...

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed

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

Game released: iOS → 30 March 2021

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed is a hardcore side-scrolling action slasher expansion inspired by the Dark Souls series. Two new locations await you, in...

Crash Drive 3

Arcade, Racing, Online, Third-person view, Indie, Open world

Game released: iOS → 8 July 2021

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Crash Drive 3 is an indie arcade racing game with a third-person view and online elements. You will experience incredible fun in this game. You will...

Colony Defense - Tower Defense

Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Indie, Science fiction, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: iOS → 27 May 2024

Steam: 100/100

A minimalistic game in which the gamer travels through the universe and protects human colonies from invaders. You need to liberate different parts...

Go Ape Ship!

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

Game released: iOS → 18 February 2026

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

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

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...

Nihilumbra

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

Game released: iOS → 28 June 2012

Players: 8.8/10

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...

I Am Bread

Simulation, Action, Adventure, Indie, Comedy

Game released: iOS → 3 September 2015

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 57/100

I Am Bread is an unusual adventure simulator with a third-person view from the creators of Surgeon Simulator. You have to control a piece of bread...

Yet Another Zombie Defense

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Zombies

Game released: iOS → 25 February 2013

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 86/100

Yet Another Zombie Defense is a top-down cooperative shooter in which the player — alone or in co-op mode with up to 4 players — must...

Turmoil

In real time, Business / Management, Indie, Side view, Strategy, Online

Game released: iOS → 2 June 2016

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 92/100

A side-view real-time management strategy game set in North America at the end of the 19th century. The beginning of the oil rush, a small town and...

Greedy Cave

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

Game released: iOS → 22 March 2016

Players: 8/10

Greedy Cave is an action RPG with randomly generated dungeons. The game takes place in the fantasy kingdom of Iblis, where the main source of income...

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...

Dread Nautical

Role-playing game, Indie, Turn-based, Top-down view, Roguelike, Horror

Game released: iOS → 19 September 2019

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Dread Nautical is a fun RPG with turn-based combat and a top-down view. Supernatural forces filled the ship with mysterious evil monsters. Therefore...

Immortality

Adventure, Indie, Horror, Visual novel, Hidden Objects, Puzzle

Game released: iOS → 15 November 2022

Players: 6/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Adventure interactive FMV thriller from the creator of indie hit Her Story. This time, the plot revolves around the missing actress Marissa Marcel...

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...

Unreal Life

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Logic, Indie, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: iOS → 28 January 2022

Steam: 95/100

Unreal Life is a side-view pixel adventure about a girl who has lost her memory and remembers nothing but one name — Miss Sakura. Hooked on...

Rusty Lake Hotel

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

Game released: iOS → 14 December 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

Wall of insanity

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Horror, Adventure

Game released: iOS → 19 August 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 83/100

Wall of insanity is an action-adventure game with horror elements and a third-person view. The plot of the game tells about a special forces soldier...

Thomas Was Alone

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Side view, Science fiction

Game released: iOS → 15 May 2014

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Thomas Was Alone is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer with puzzle elements. In this game, you have to guide a group of rectangles through a...

Gunslugs

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Shooter, Action

Game released: iOS → 17 January 2013

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Gunslugs is a side-scrolling tactical arcade action game where you take control of an elite squad of soldiers trying to destroy the Black Duck Army...

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...

Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location

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

Game released: iOS → 3 January 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 90/100

Five Nights at Freddy's 5: Sister Location is a continuation of the popular series of horror stories with a first-person view. The next part delves...

Infinite Tanks

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

Game released: iOS → 29 September 2016

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 63/100

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...

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...

Peace, Death!

Arcade, Simulation, Indie, Casual game

Game released: iOS → 23 October 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Peace, Death! — an unusual arcade simulator in which you have to try on the role of the Reaper in the service of Death in the Apocalypse...

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...

Rebel Cops

Strategy, Tactics, Stealth, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: iOS → 23 April 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Rebel Cops is a tactical strategy with step-by-step battles and isometric type of camera, which is the spin-off of the This Is the Police series. In...

A Monster's Expedition

Adventure, Indie, Arcade, Puzzle, Top-down view, Strategy, Open world

Game released: iOS → 18 August 2020

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 94/100

A Monster's Expedition is a cute top-down adventure puzzle game. The game is about quirky monsters who love to learn new things about people. As you...

WINGSPAN

Strategy, Board / Group Game, Turn-based, Card game, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Construction

Game released: iOS → 20 July 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 78/100

WINGSPAN is a fun collectible card game with turn-based combat for 1-5 players. You will act as ornithologists, collectors, connoisseurs and...

Clue/Cluedo: The Classic Mystery Game

Tactics, Indie, Board / Group Game, Mysticism / Supernatural, Online, Isometric, Top-down view, Strategy, Casual game, Detective

Game released: iOS → 26 December 2016

Steam: 87/100

Clue/Cluedo: The Classic Mystery Game is an indie tactical board game with mystical elements and an isometric view. You will join Scarlett, Mustard...

Dandara Trials of Fear

Side view, Action, Platformer, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: iOS → 6 February 2018

Steam: 85/100

Dandara Trials of Fear is a side-scrolling fantasy action-adventure platformer. The citizens, once free-spirited, are now oppressed and isolated. But...

Goose Goose Duck

Futurism (Future), Action, Arcade, Logic, Top-down view, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Free game, Indie

Game released: iOS → 11 October 2021

Players: 8/10

Steam: 89/100

Goose Goose Duck is a free arcade multiplayer online social deduction game that clearly resembles Among Us, but with ducks and geese. Some control...

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...

Slaps And Beans

Action, Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Old school

Game released: iOS → 30 October 2019

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Slaps And Beans is a retro-style game about Terence Hill and Bud Spencer, Italian actors who together made many action-packed comedies and spaghetti...

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...

Whispering Willows

Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror

Game released: iOS → 27 August 2015

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Whispering Willows is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a mysterious mansion. The plot centers on Elena Elkhorn. She goes to the...

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