Indie 2018 for iOS — top best games in the Indie genre

Stardew Valley - a game in the Indie genre

Role-playing game, Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, Farm Simulator, Online

Game released: iOS → 24 October 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Stardew Valley is a farming simulator with role-playing elements, a sandbox in an open world with an isometric camera and a visual style reminiscent of 90s arcade...

Reigns: Game of Thrones

Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Visual novel, Logic, Role-playing game, Indie

Game released: iOS → 18 October 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Reigns: Game of Thrones is a unique card board game in the Game of Thrones universe. As in the original game, the heads of the kingdoms will have to solve problems...

Delivery from the Pain: Survival

Adventure, Action, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Role-playing game, Roguelike, Horror, Survival, Zombies

Game released: iOS → 14 December 2018

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 79/100

Delivery from the Pain: Survival is an action-adventure role-playing game with survival elements and a top-down view in the setting of a zombie apocalypse. A...

Teslagrad

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

Game released: iOS → 8 November 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Teslagrad is an arcade quest with platformer elements and futurism style. In this game, you use the power of electromagnetism to solve puzzles and battle horrors as...

This Is the Police

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Indie

Game released: iOS → 13 December 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 67/100

This Is the Police is an adventure strategy game with management game elements and an isometric camera view. Scandals, intrigues, investigations are commonplace for...

Four Last Things

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: iOS → 25 January 2018

Steam: 95/100

Four Last Things is a classic point-and-click adventure inspired by Renaissance art. The game will tell you the story of sin and the Four Last Things — Death...

Rusty Lake Paradise

Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: iOS → 11 January 2018

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 93/100

Rusty Lake Paradise is a point-and-click puzzle game with beautiful visuals and a dark atmosphere. The game takes place on a small island in the 18th century. After...

7 Billion Humans

Arcade, Top-down view, Puzzle, Indie, Simulation

Game released: iOS → 6 December 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 93/100

7 Billion Humans is the sequel to the fun indie puzzle game Human Resource Machine. This time you have to automate a swarm of employees so that they become part of...

Florence

Arcade, Adventure, Interactive movie, Indie, Casual game

Game released: iOS → 13 February 2018

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Florence is a touching interactive adventure for mobile platforms. The game tells the story of 25-year-old Florence Joch, about her ups and downs and her first love...

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 years, until...

Tesla vs Lovecraft

Action, Shooter, Horror, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: iOS → 25 October 2018

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Tesla vs Lovecraft is a fast-paced top-down shooter that combines the dark horror of Lovecraft and the sci-fi inventions of Tesla. The events of the game will tell...

Poly Bridge

Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Construction, Simulation

Game released: iOS → 15 March 2018

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 73/100

The game allows you to build bridges from different parts. Buildings must comply with the laws of physics, especially those parts that relate to the resistance of...

Shred! 2 - ft Sam Pilgrim

Bicycles, Stunts, Third-person view, Racing, Indie, Action

Game released: iOS → 13 May 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 86/100

The player rides a mountain bike on off-road or special ramps and performs extreme stunts. There are 10 customizable bikes available, 40 levels and 200 unique...

Escape from Chernobyl

Action, Adventure, Tactics, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Casual game

Game released: iOS → 9 August 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 81/100

Escape from Chernobyl is an action-adventure game with a third-person view and tactical elements. You will plunge into the darkness and danger of the Chernobyl...

Candleman

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

Game released: iOS → 27 March 2018

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Candleman is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer where you control a candle character. The candle can only burn for 10 seconds, so you need to solve various...

Weapon Shop Fantasy

Role-playing game, Simulation, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: iOS → 8 February 2018

Players: 1/10

Steam: 78/100

Weapon Shop Fantasy is a unique top-down management simulator with RPG elements. In the game, you will be responsible for managing each element of your shop. Hire...

My Child Lebensborn

Arcade, Adventure, Interactive movie, Indie, Simulation

Game released: iOS → 18 May 2018

Players: 9/10

My Child Lebensborn is an interactive adventure for mobile platforms, where you will take the Lebensborn children into your upbringing. The game takes place in...

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 all is not...

Wormster Dash

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Adventure, Runner

Game released: iOS → 15 March 2018

Steam: 100/100

Wormster Dash — A side-scrolling adventure runner-platformer with doodle-style graphics that throws you into an unusual world with traps and challenges. Your...

Poly Island

Isometric, Arcade, Indie, Tactics, Puzzle, Casual game, Strategy

Game released: iOS → 10 December 2018

Steam: 81/100

Poly Island is an arcade tactical indie puzzle game with an isometric view. The game has 50 levels that gradually become more difficult and introduces the player to...

OVIVO

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Action, Casual game

Game released: iOS → 28 March 2018

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 71/100

OVIVO is a minimalist side-scrolling indie platformer. In the world of the game, Black and White live in harmony. Intertwining and replacing each other, they...

Vive le Roi 2

Platformer, Side view, Indie, Puzzle, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: iOS → 14 June 2018

Vive le Roi 2 is the continuation of an exciting puzzle-platformer with a side view, the events of which unfold in France during the Great Revolution. The...

Earth Atlantis

Arcade, Shooter, Indie, Steampunk, Action, Side view

Game released: iOS → 11 July 2018

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Earth Atlantis is a side-scrolling arcade shooter in a steampunk style for mobile platforms. You will go to the depths of the ocean, where there are strange...

Let Them Come

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: iOS → 8 January 2018

Steam: 84/100

Let Them Come is a 2D side-scrolling arcade shooter with a pixel art style, where you have to clear multiple levels from hordes of disgusting aliens and terrible...

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...

Warplanes: WW2 Dogfight

Action, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Free game, Indie

Game released: iOS → 16 October 2018

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 56/100

An air action dedicated to large-scale battles of World War II. The game offers five campaigns for the USA, Great Britain, the USSR, Japan, and Germany, where...

Antihero

Strategy, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics, Board / Group Game

Game released: iOS → 2 January 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Antihero is a turn-based strategy where we have to become the leader of a bandit group and engage in robbery activities. The game takes place in Victorian London...

Super Hydorah

Arcade, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Side view, Indie, Action

Game released: iOS → 17 May 2018

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This nonlinear horizontal shoot ’em up takes place around the star Omios, invaded by the Meroptians, biomechanical creatures waging a war of conquest. The player...

Donut County

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Casual game, Indie

Game released: iOS → 28 August 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Donut County is an unusual arcade puzzle game. The essence of the game is that you have to control a hole that grows when various objects fall into it. You need to...

Euclidean Skies

Strategy, Adventure, Puzzle, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics

Game released: iOS → 25 October 2018

Steam: 71/100

Euclidean Skies is a colorful turn-based puzzle game that is a continuation of Euclidean Lands. Once again you have to help the brave warrior in a campaign against...

Farabel

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Tactics, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: iOS → 31 October 2018

Steam: 71/100

Farabel is a top-down turn-based tactical strategy game. The game tells the story of the ruler of the city Farabel, who has to turn back time and save its...

Storm Boy: The Game

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: iOS → 20 November 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 48/100

Storm Boy: The Game is an atmospheric adventure based on the book of the same name by writer Colin Thiel. The events of the game will take you to the beach of South...

Radiant One

Indie, Adventure, Interactive movie, Arcade, Isometric, Casual game, Role-playing game

Game released: iOS → 6 August 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 74/100

Radiant One is a short interactive adventure with an isometric camera view. The game will tell the amazing story of Daniel, who, in an attempt to escape from...

Homo Machina

Indie, Puzzle, Side view, Adventure

Game released: iOS → 17 May 2018

Metacritic: 72/100

Homo Machina is an indie side-scrolling puzzle game. In this narrative game you will immerse yourself in an ingenious system of nerves, blood vessels and valves...

Up Left Out

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Casual game, Indie

Game released: iOS → 18 June 2018

Steam: 93/100

Up Left Out is a minimalistic puzzle game in which you need to connect lines by moving various pieces around the field. Everything you need — just relax and...

New Star Manager

Simulation, Football, Business / Management, Sports game, Free game, Indie

Game released: iOS → 10 July 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 87/100

New Star Manager is a free-to-play sports management simulator dedicated to football. You will be involved in buying and selling football players, concluding...

The Hex

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

Game released: iOS → 17 October 2018

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

The Hex is an indie adventure platformer with horror RPG elements. In this game you have to find a killer in a tavern. The peculiarity of the game is that there is...

Star Sky 3

Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view, Casual game

Game released: iOS → 6 December 2018

Steam: 88/100

Star Sky 3 is a continuation of the atmospheric adventure with a side view. You'll explore the final chapter of the trilogy, traveling through an otherworldly...

Space Wall

Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Free game

Game released: iOS → 4 July 2018

Space Wall is a shareware arcade puzzle game for mobile platforms. You will be able to develop your spatial thinking by guiding unique figures through gates with...

Lichtspeer

Arcade, Action, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: iOS → 1 March 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Lichtspeer is an arcade action game set in a futuristic world inspired by ancient Germanic myths. Summoned by the gods, a hero sets out on a perilous journey and...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2018 for iOS (Game released)