Indie 2016 for iOS — top best games in the Indie genre

Human Resource Machine - a game in the Indie genre

Game released: iOS → 1 June 2016

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Human Resource Machine is an indie puzzle game from the developer World of Goo. We have to use office workers to solve the next puzzle and get...

Tap Tap Fish - AbyssRium

Arcade, Simulation, Indie, Free game, Casual game, Clicker

Game released: iOS → 15 July 2016

Players: 8.4/10

A relaxing game about creating a cozy underwater world. At the heart of the story is a lonely coralite, tasked with gradually bringing a silent ocean...

Samorost 3

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Point & Click, Puzzle, Fantasy

Game released: iOS → 1 September 2016

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Samorost 3 is a continuation of the fantastic adventure from the developers of Samorost 2, Machinarium and Botanicula. The main character is a gnome...

Banner Saga 2

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

Game released: iOS → 28 September 2016

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Banner Saga 2 is a turn-based role-playing game with tactical elements and an isometric view. You must lead your Viking clans through a hostile...

Galaxy Reavers

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Space, Indie

Game released: iOS → 19 May 2016

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 67/100

Space strategy in real time. Control of a fleet of seven types of ships with unique characteristics takes place against the backdrop of large-scale...

This War of Mine: The Little Ones

Strategy, Adventure, DLC, Business / Management, Roguelike, Simulation, Indie

Game released: iOS → 13 October 2016

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 80/100

This War of Mine: The Little Ones is an expansion to the side-scrolling management strategy adventure This War of Mine. The addition tells the story...

Shadows of Kurgansk

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Simulation, Survival, Indie

Game released: iOS → 19 December 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 66/100

Shadows of Kurgansk is an action shooter with a first-person view and horror elements in a post-apocalyptic world. You have to survive in a Zone...

Crashlands

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Open world, Survival

Game released: iOS → 21 January 2016

Players: 7/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Crashlands is an action role-playing game in which the main character, after an unsuccessful intergalactic flight, crashes on an unknown planet...

Invisible, Inc.

Action, Strategy, Stealth, Turn-based, Indie, Steampunk, Cyberpunk, Isometric

Game released: iOS → 6 October 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Invisible, Inc. — a tactical strategy with turn-based battles in a sci-fi setting. The game will tell about a secret organization of special...

Warhammer 40,000: Regicide

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...

Rule with an Iron Fish

Arcade, Isometric, Casual game, Indie, Adventure

Game released: iOS → 7 June 2016

Steam: 96/100

A humorous pirate fishing game where everything revolves not only around the catch, but also around the crazy captain who decided to become a...

Crypt of the NecroDancer

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Music game, Tactics, Roguelike, Dungeons, Indie

Game released: iOS → 30 June 2016

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Crypt of the NecroDancer is a unique indie game where everything moves to the rhythm of the music of Danny Baranowski, the composer of Super Meat Boy...

Dead In Bermuda

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Business / Management, Indie, Survival, Simulation

Game released: iOS → 30 June 2016

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 70/100

Dead In Bermuda is a survival adventure game with role-playing elements. You need to lead a group of eight survivors of a plane crash. You will be...

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...

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...

Prison Run and Gun

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: iOS → 30 March 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Arcade action platformer with pixel graphics about a daring prison escape. The main character must overcome many obstacles, fight enemies, and solve...

Bombing Bastards

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Isometric, Logic, Indie

Game released: iOS → 11 February 2016

Steam: 57/100

This arcade game centers on Dr. Wallow, who clears the galaxy of troublesome creatures and seeks to become its ruler. In the single-player adventure...

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...

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...

Albert and Otto

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

Game released: iOS → 6 July 2016

Steam: 62/100

Albert and Otto is an adventure puzzle-platformer with horror elements and a side view. You have to try on the role of a little boy Albert and help...

Spiral Splatter

Arcade, Puzzle, Free game, Casual game, Indie

Game released: iOS → 26 February 2016

Steam: 81/100

Spiral Splatter is a shareware arcade puzzle game for mobile platforms. The main task of the players is to drag the point from the beginning to the...

Goat Simulator: Waste of Space

Arcade, Action, DLC, Third-person view, Science fiction, Simulation, Indie, Casual game

Game released: iOS → 26 May 2016

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 87/100

Goat Simulator: Waste of Space is an addition to the fantastic arcade sandbox with a third-person view, Goat Simulator. The addition will send our...

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...

The Forgotten Room

Adventure, Indie, Puzzle, First-person view, Horror

Game released: iOS → 27 October 2016

The Forgotten Room is an adventure puzzle game with horror elements and a first-person view for mobile platforms. In the game you will try on the...

Deiland

Role-playing game, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Farm Simulator, Sandbox, Visual novel

Game released: iOS → 19 February 2016

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Deiland is an adventure role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting, created based on “The Little Prince” by the famous French...

Along the Edge

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: iOS → 12 October 2016

Steam: 89/100

Along the Edge is an adventure interactive visual novel that will take you to the European outback, where your choices will affect the personality...

Bullet Force

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie

Game released: iOS → 20 December 2016

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 66/100

Bullet Force is an indie first-person shooter in the style of Counter-Strike. The game provides the player with ample opportunities to customize the...

Rocket Ski Racing

Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Sports game, Skiing, Racing, Indie

Game released: iOS → 11 January 2016

Steam: 61/100

Rocket Ski Racing is an unusual ski racing game with a third-person view. Futuristic little men with rocket packs attached to their backs take part...

Circa Infinity

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: iOS → 28 January 2016

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Circa Infinity is an arcade action game from indie developers from the Kenny Sun studio. The players' task is to move through an endless cycle of...

Zombo Buster Rising

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Free game, Side view, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: iOS → 10 August 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 92/100

A 2D action game with tower-defense elements, in which the player fights off zombies by shooting at them from a terrace. Two AI-controlled characters...

Incredibox

Music game, Sandbox, Educational game (Education), Casual game, Indie

Game released: iOS → 27 March 2016

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 97/100

Incredibox is a music educational editor. This is an app that allows you to create your own music with the help of a fun team of beatboxers. You get...

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...

Ace of Seafood

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Hunting / Fishing, Third-person view, Sports game, Indie, Comedy, Open world, Exploration

Game released: iOS → 12 February 2016

Steam: 91/100

Ace of Seafood is a spectacular, slightly absurd and slightly crazy action movie, developing in the dark and cold waters of an unknown ocean, where a...

Evo Explores

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Casual game, Indie

Game released: iOS → 7 April 2016

Steam: 91/100

Evo Explores is an arcade puzzle game with platforming elements. You have to go to a fantastic reality and help the space traveler Evo, who is trying...

Zenge

Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: iOS → 13 April 2016

Steam: 92/100

Zenge is an atmospheric puzzle game for mobile platforms. In this calm, soothing game, you will collect pictures, the pieces of which can be turned...

Goo Saga

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Indie, Action

Game released: iOS → 21 April 2016

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 84/100

Goo Saga is a side-scrolling arcade platformer for mobile platforms. You will play as a test tube creature whose skills are being tested. Clearly the...

Party Hard

Action, Strategy, Stealth, Tactics, Indie

Game released: iOS → 9 November 2016

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 60/100

A tactical stealth game about someone trying to stop noisy parties hosted by neighbours across the United States. Rather than call the police, the...

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...

Able Black

Arcade, Puzzle, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: iOS → 10 March 2016

Steam: 100/100

Able Black is an arcade puzzle game with visual novel elements for mobile platforms. You play as the android Abe, who must pass a civilian test to...

Toby: The Secret Mine

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

Game released: iOS → 14 April 2016

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 56/100

Toby: The Secret Mine is a side-scrolling arcade platformer with puzzle elements. The main character Toby is trying to find out where his friends...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2016 for iOS (Game released)