Indie 2013 for iOS — top best games in the Indie genre

Geometry Dash - a game in the Indie genre

Arcade, Platformer, Music game, Sandbox, Indie, Side view

Game released: iOS → 23 November 2013

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 93/100

Geometry Dash is a fast-paced arcade platformer where you have to jump and dodge over various obstacles. The game has many levels that will bring...

Limbo

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

Game released: iOS → 3 July 2013

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 91/100

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...

Home - A Unique Horror Adventure

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view

Game released: iOS → 20 June 2013

Steam: 69/100

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...

Sci-Fighters

Online, Action, Indie, Free game

Game released: iOS → 23 May 2013

Players: 10/10

Sci-Fighters is an online action, indie and free-to-play game from FlukeDude and Headup Games. The main publisher of the game is Headup Games. But...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Doom and Destiny

Role-playing game, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Comedy

Game released: iOS → 11 October 2013

Steam: 96/100

This turn-based role-playing game follows four everyday nerds who are drawn into a fantasy world and mistaken for heroes. The group must battle a...

Secret of the Magic Crystals

Arcade, Simulation, Sports game, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Point & Click, Business / Management, Crafting, Farm Simulator

Game released: iOS → 25 November 2013

Steam: 79/100

Magic Ranch. Legend of the Crystals is an indie arcade game in the point and click style. In this game you will become the owner of a ranch with...

Combat Monsters

Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Tactics, Strategy, Turn-based, Free game, Indie

Game released: iOS → 23 October 2013

Steam: 70/100

Combat Monsters — action role-playing game in fantasy style with an isometric view. You'll collect thousands of cards, create exciting decks...

Violett

Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: iOS → 16 December 2013

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 59/100

Metacritic: 61/100

This fantasy point-and-click adventure follows Violett, a rebellious teenager whose parents move her from the city to an old house in the...

Mushroom Wars

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Action

Game released: iOS → 24 January 2013

Steam: 77/100

Mushroom Wars is an original real-time strategy game with a top-down view. You will take on the role of a brave commander and lead your numerous army...

T.E.C. 3001

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Indie, Racing

Game released: iOS → 26 September 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

T.E.C. 3001 — futuristic arcade runner with a third-person view. You will try on the role of a robot who will have to run through more than 40...

Little Inferno

Arcade, Logic, Casual game, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: iOS → 31 January 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Little Inferno is an unusual puzzle game from the creators of World of Goo. It smelled like something was cooking... And here's your new Little...

ArmA Tactics

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

Game released: iOS → 5 September 2013

Players: 8/10

Steam: 33/100

ArmA Tactics — turn-based indie strategy with tactics and shooter elements. You take control of a four-man special forces squad. There are no...

Joe Dever's Lone Wolf: Blood on the Snow

Role-playing game, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: iOS → 14 November 2013

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Joe Dever's Lone Wolf: Blood on the Snow is a fantasy RPG adventure in the style of a visual novel. Make meaningful choices and forge your own path...

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...

Royal Defense

Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Arcade, Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Top-down view, Casual game, Indie

Game released: iOS → 9 February 2013

Steam: 70/100

Royal Defense is a top-down arcade strategy game in a fantasy setting, made in the tower defense genre. In the game you have to defend yourself from...

Ballpoint Universe Infinite

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Action

Game released: iOS → 19 November 2013

Steam: 87/100

Ballpoint Universe Infinite is an arcade shoot-’em-up adventure set in worlds drawn entirely with a ballpoint pen, where doodles provide the setting...

Reaper - Tale of a Pale Swordsman

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: iOS → 20 September 2013

Steam: 74/100

Reaper — Tale of a Pale Swordsman is an arcade action role-playing game with slasher and platformer elements. You have to come to a world full...

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MathCreatures: Math Puzzle Game

Arcade, Indie, Puzzle, Logic, Educational game (Education)

Game released: iOS → 31 December 2013

MathCreatures: Math Puzzle Game is a math arcade puzzle game with educational elements for mobile platforms. In the game, you have to swipe to select...

Speed Kills

Arcade, Action, Racing, Indie

Game released: iOS → 22 February 2013

Steam: 49/100

This isometric arcade racing game centers on death races across tracks on different planets, from the outskirts of the galaxy to sprawling...

Bibi's Stardust Chase

Arcade, Indie, Free game

Game released: iOS → 31 October 2013

Bibi's Stardust Chase is an arcade game with elements of an indie game and a shareware game from the masters from the Nurogames studio. The main...

Blek

Arcade, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: iOS → 3 December 2013

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Blek — first you need to draw a line in black. Once the line is drawn, it will continue to move across the screen. The player's goal is to make...

Sparkle 2

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

Game released: iOS → 6 June 2013

Steam: 91/100

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...

Joe Danger

Action, Third-person view, Sports game, Stunts, Racing, Indie

Game released: iOS → 10 January 2013

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Joe Danger is a racing action game with a third-person view in the stunt genre. You'll have to combine, speed up, and pull off ridiculous stunts as...

Savant: Ascent

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Music game

Game released: iOS → 4 December 2013

Steam: 93/100

This arcade action-platformer follows the Alchemist, a mechanical wizard cast from his tower by a mysterious orb that turns his surroundings into...

Chain Chronicle

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Indie, Free game, Tactics

Game released: iOS → 25 July 2013

Chain Chronicle is a free-to-play adventure role-playing game with strategy elements and turn-based combat for mobile platforms. The events of the...

NightSky

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: iOS → 14 March 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 75/100

NightSky is an atmospheric 2D action-puzzle game about guiding a sphere through picturesque worlds using realistic physics. Each world is divided...

Fist of Awesome

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Action

Game released: iOS → 14 October 2013

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This arcade action game follows lumberjack Tim Burr, who travels through time and fights bears that have taken over the world. After his family...

Nimble Quest

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: iOS → 28 March 2013

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This arcade action game with role-playing elements centers on a party of heroes that moves constantly through stages while fighting enemy hordes. The...

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...

Sine Mora

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Indie, Arcade

Game released: iOS → 13 July 2013

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Sine Mora is a horizontally scrolling shoot ’em up in which time is central to combat. It combines classic shooter mechanics with a Story Mode that...

Iesabel

Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: iOS → 8 July 2013

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 28/100

Iesabel is an indie action RPG with slasher elements. In times of darkness, only the strongest heroes can save the world. You'll stand up to evil...

Skulls of the Shogun

Arcade, Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: iOS → 26 November 2013

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This turn-based strategy game with an arcade pace follows samurai warriors in the afterlife, where General Akamoto assembles an army for battle. His...

Icycle: On Thin Ice

Arcade, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Indie, Adventure, Survival

Game released: iOS → 27 November 2013

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Icycle: On Thin Ice is an unusual side-scrolling arcade platformer for mobile platforms. The main character, a half-naked man, pursues his lost love...

Level 22

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Isometric, Indie, Strategy

Game released: iOS → 4 October 2013

Metacritic: 67/100

Level 22 is a fun adventure stealth game with pixel graphics. You will play as an office subordinate who, after a long party, overslept on his way to...

Mysterious Cities of Gold: Secret Paths

Adventure, Isometric, Casual game, Indie

Game released: iOS → 21 November 2013

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 60/100

An adventure game following Esteban, Zia and Tao as they travel across China in search of the local City of Gold. The trio explores settings ranging...

Freedom Fall

Arcade, Action, Indie, Adventure

Game released: iOS → 19 July 2013

Steam: 88/100

This side-scrolling platformer is set in a prison tower that rises above the clouds. The hero attempts to escape, navigating traps and mechanical...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2013 for iOS