Indie 2014 for iOS — top best games in the Indie genre

Ancient Planet Tower Defense - a game in the Indie genre

Strategy, Isometric, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game

Game released: iOS → 8 May 2014

Steam: 83/100

Classic tower defense, where the stronghold of an ancient civilization is under attack from hordes of alien invaders. Enemy armies advance wave after wave...

Banner Saga

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

Game released: iOS → 2 October 2014

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Banner Saga is a tactical role-playing strategy with turn-based combat and a top-down view. The game combines amazing visual style and Nordic atmosphere. Banner...

Broken Age

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Point & Click, Comedy

Game released: iOS → 12 June 2014

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Broken Age is an exciting point-and-click side-scrolling adventure from the author of Full Throttle and Grim Fandango. The game will tell two parallel developing...

Papers, Please

Arcade, Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: iOS → 12 December 2014

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Papers, Please is an unusual simulator of an immigration officer. You will have to sit in a small booth and check the documents of visiting residents, identify...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Godus

Strategy, God Simulator, Indie, Isometric, In real time, Simulation

Game released: iOS → 6 August 2014

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 60/100

Godus is a real-time strategy god simulator with an isometric view. In this game, you can sculpt every inch of the beautiful world you look down upon, where your...

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...

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...

Kitty Powers' Matchmaker

Simulation, Business / Management, Puzzle, Side view, Adult game, Casual game, Indie

Game released: iOS → 19 September 2014

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Kitty Powers' Matchmaker is a fun dating simulator. The player runs his own dating agency under the leadership of Kitty Powers. You'll have to match endless clients...

Five Nights at Freddy's 2

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

Game released: iOS → 19 November 2014

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Five Nights at Freddy's 2 is a continuation of the popular series of horror stories with a first-person view. Welcome to the new and improved Freddy Fazbear's...

Knock-knock

Arcade, Horror, Logic, Indie, Side view, Puzzle

Game released: iOS → 6 March 2014

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 57/100

Knock-knock is an adventure puzzle game with horror elements and a side view. In the depths of a dense forest there is a wooden house. A man lives in this house...

Surgeon Simulator

Arcade, Simulation, Action, First-person view, Logic, Indie, Comedy

Game released: iOS → 12 March 2014

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Surgeon Simulator is a logic action game with simulator elements and a first-person view. You take on the role of Nigel Burke, a would-be surgeon with a penchant...

Governor of Poker 3 - Multiplayer

Adventure, Card game, Indie, Free game

Game released: iOS → 12 December 2014

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 68/100

Governor of Poker 3 — Multiplayer is an adventure with elements of a card game, an indie game and a shareware game from the developers of Youdagames studio...

Choice of Robots

Role-playing game, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Text quest, Combat robots

Game released: iOS → 19 December 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

Choice of Robots — fantasy role-playing game with adventure elements in the visual novel genre. This is an epic 300,000 word interactive sci-fi novel by Kevin...

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...

VVVVVV

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Exploration

Game released: iOS → 12 June 2014

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 85/100

VVVVVV is an arcade indie platformer with a side view. You play as the fearless leader of a team of dimension explorers who have crashed and lost contact with each...

Leo's Fortune

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Adventure

Game released: iOS → 23 April 2014

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Leo's Fortune is an arcade indie platformer. Complete 24 levels of this colorful game. Solve puzzles and avoid dangerous...

Stickman Basketball

Isometric, Sports game, Indie, Basketball

Game released: iOS → 29 April 2014

Stickman Basketball — sports game about basketball with an isometric view. You are about to experience true basketball fun with fast-paced gameplay, amazing...

Mad Bullets

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

Game released: iOS → 16 July 2014

Steam: 92/100

This first-person arcade shooter is set in the Wild West, where players take on enemies at high speed and climb the leaderboards. The cast includes desperados...

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...

Crossy Road

Arcade, Isometric, Indie, Free game

Game released: iOS → 20 November 2014

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Crossy Road — in the original mobile version, the player must jump to move forward or swipe the screen in the appropriate direction to move the character...

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 series of...

Heroes of Steel

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Dungeons, Indie

Game released: iOS → 18 December 2014

Steam: 77/100

Heroes of Steel is a classic role-playing game with turn-based combat and a top-down view in a fantasy setting. You have to control a party of four brave heroes to...

80 days

Adventure, Indie, Steampunk, Strategy

Game released: iOS → 31 July 2014

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 85/100

80 days is an interactive text adventure from indie developers Inkle Studios. Traveling around the world takes place in map mode, on which cities of most countries...

bit Dungeon 2

Arcade, Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Action

Game released: iOS → 15 December 2014

Steam: 82/100

bit Dungeon 2 is an arcade indie action game with a top-down view and role-playing elements in a fantasy setting. You have to go into dangerous dungeons that are...

Talisman: Digital Edition

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game, Indie, Online

Game released: iOS → 1 May 2014

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 78/100

Talisman: Digital Edition is a board card game in a fantasy setting. You are about to go on an exciting adventure where you need to outrun your opponents and get...

Draw Slasher

Arcade, Action, Slasher, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: iOS → 29 January 2014

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 74/100

Draw Slasher is a side-scrolling arcade action slasher about a ninja named Hanzo. While Hanzo was learning the way of the ninja, pirate zombie monkeys kidnapped his...

Battle Group 2

Strategy, Warships / Submarines, In real time, Top-down view, Tactics, Action, Indie

Game released: iOS → 6 August 2014

Steam: 84/100

A real-time strategy game with a top-down view, Battle Group 2 follows a modern naval fleet's fight against the terrorist group Talon. The player commands a...

Spoiler Alert

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Casual game

Game released: iOS → 16 December 2014

Steam: 77/100

Spoiler Alert is a hardcore side-scrolling indie platformer. You will find yourself in a completely completed game: the main villain is defeated, all the coins are...

Earn to Die 2

Arcade, Side view, Post-apocalyptic, Action, Zombies, Indie

Game released: iOS → 20 November 2014

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 92/100

Earn to Die 2 is an arcade racing game with a side view in the style of a post-apocalypse. An evacuation ship is waiting on the other side of the country. The only...

simian.interface

Indie, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: iOS → 9 January 2014

Steam: 100/100

Metacritic: 66/100

A casual indie puzzle game centered on unusual experiments involving simian participants. Players are invited to take part in the trials, though their setup and...

Last Inua

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: iOS → 8 May 2014

Steam: 59/100

Metacritic: 66/100

This 2D platform adventure follows an Inuit family struggling to survive in the harsh Arctic and confront the demon Tonrar. Darkness spreads across the frozen...

Fist of Jesus

Action, Fighting, Beat them all, Indie

Game released: iOS → 4 December 2014

Metacritic: 63/100

This action fighting game in the beat ’em up genre follows Jesus and Judas as they battle a zombie infection. The player helps them fight using combos, divine...

Tengami

Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: iOS → 19 February 2014

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This adventure puzzle game unfolds inside a Japanese pop-up book depicting a world from ancient fairy tales. The player explores paper forests, abandoned shrines...

Flyhunter Origins

Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Casual game

Game released: iOS → 13 November 2014

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 58/100

An adventure platformer about Zak, an alien janitor who dreams of becoming a flyhunter. When a cargo of exotic insects from the spaceship The Frog is accidentally...

Chronology

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Game released: iOS → 10 September 2014

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Chronology is a mix of puzzle, adventure and platformer. You have to control both the past and the future to fix the present. The main characters are an elderly...

Shadow Blade

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: iOS → 16 January 2014

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Shadow Blade — the game consists of small levels and rewards the player based on three factors: the total time to complete the level from start to finish, the...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2014 for iOS