Indie 2021 for iOS — top best games in the Indie genre

Game released: iOS → 22 March 2021

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Cozy Grove is an indie adventure simulator with an isometric view. Welcome to a life simulator about camping on an ever-changing haunted island. As a spiritual...

Cooking Simulator

Simulation, Arcade, First-person view, Indie, Business / Management

Game released: iOS → 11 February 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Cooking Simulator is a realistic simulator with management elements and a first-person view. In the game you have to become an unsurpassed chef. You will find...

My Friend Pedro

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: iOS → 5 August 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

My Friend Pedro is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer that will remind many of Max Payne. You will play as a heavily armed hero who kills hundreds of...

Slender: The Arrival

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Walking Simulator, Exploration, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: iOS → 13 October 2021

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 63/100

Continuation of the atmospheric horror with a first-person view Slender. The story tells of Slenderman, a paranormal figure who haunts inquiring minds around the...

Night in the Woods

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: iOS → 10 September 2021

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Night in the Woods is an arcade side-scrolling indie platformer. The game tells the story of a twenty-year-old cat who was expelled from college for truancy. After...

Townscaper

Strategy, Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Simulation

Game released: iOS → 20 October 2021

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 63/100

Townscaper is a vibrant casual strategy game in which the player builds a city on an island. The player selects colors and creates blocks of houses on a grid, and...

Secret Neighbor

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: iOS → 29 April 2021

Players: 6.9/10

Secret Neighbor is a free-to-play cooperative action-horror game with a first-person view set in the Hello Neighbor universe. The events of the game take place...

Tesla Force

Action, Shooter, Indie, Top-down view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Role-playing game

Game released: iOS → 19 August 2021

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Tesla Force is a dynamic shooter with role-playing elements and a top-down view. In the game you have to choose one of four geniuses initiated into secret...

WINGSPAN

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

Game released: iOS → 20 July 2021

Players: 10/10

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 observers who want to...

Samorost

Adventure, Free game, Side view, Indie

Game released: iOS → 20 May 2021

Players: 9.5/10

Samorost is an unusual side-scrolling indie adventure game that follows the exciting journey of a dwarf in...

Chicken Police

Adventure, Indie, Visual novel

Game released: iOS → 30 June 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Chicken Police is a noir adventure of two feathered cops, Sonny Featherland and Marty MacChicken, in a black-and-white detective novel full of satire and cynical...

Dwarf Journey

Adventure, Action, Role-playing game, Side view, Indie, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike

Game released: iOS → 5 March 2021

Players: 8/10

Dwarf Journey is an adventure role-playing action platformer with roguelike elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. One look into the eyes of death forced...

Crash Drive 3

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

Game released: iOS → 8 July 2021

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 be able to...

One Hand Clapping

Adventure, Platformer, Music game, Indie, Side view

Game released: iOS → 14 December 2021

Players: 10/10

One Hand Clapping is a side-scrolling indie musical platformer that challenges you to sing into your microphone to solve puzzles and unlock the power of your voice...

Five Dates

Interactive movie, First-person view, Adventure, Indie, Adult game

Game released: iOS → 14 February 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Five Dates is a dating simulator with elements of an interactive adult adventure and a dash of romantic comedy. Unlike most similar projects, the game offers to...

Pinstripe

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

Game released: iOS → 15 October 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Pinstripe is an atmospheric side-scrolling exploration adventure from developer Coma and Skinny. The events of the game take place in Hell, where the main character...

Say No! More

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

Game released: iOS → 10 April 2021

Metacritic: 67/100

Say No! More is an unusual explosive action game with a third-person view. In the game you will find yourself in a world where the word “No!” is forbidden. Your...

Moncage

Indie, Arcade, Puzzle, Platformer, First-person view

Game released: iOS → 16 November 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Moncage is an abstract puzzle platformer with a first-person view where you explore a mysterious cube. Each face of the cube is a window into a unique world, and...

Black Border

Arcade, Adventure, Simulation, Indie

Game released: iOS → 6 April 2021

Players: 6/10

The events of the game unfold in a cramped border booth, where each new visitor turns into a small puzzle. Stories, glances, documents — everything requires...

Super Mombo Quest

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

Game released: iOS → 4 November 2021

Super Mombo Quest is an indie action-adventure game with platformer elements and a side view. You will travel through a giant, interconnected world made up of...

Sparklite

Role-playing game, Indie, Adventure, Action, Top-down view, Roguelike

Game released: iOS → 9 November 2021

Metacritic: 73/100

Sparklite is an action-adventure RPG with roguelike elements and a top-down view. The game takes place in the unusual country of Geodia, where you can fight crowds...

Cube Escape Collection

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: iOS → 11 March 2021

Players: 9.5/10

Cube Escape Collection is an adventure puzzle game in the point and click genre. In this classic anthology of adventure games, you follow the path of Dale...

Card Hog

Role-playing game, Strategy, Board / Group Game, Turn-based, Card game, Indie, Tactics, Roguelike

Game released: iOS → 22 March 2021

Players: 5.9/10

Card Hog is an indie tabletop role-playing card game in the tactical strategy style with roguelike elements. In this game you choose your map and travel through a...

CyberHive

Futurism (Future), Simulation, Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Adventure, Indie, Anime / Manga

Game released: iOS → 13 February 2021

CyberHive is a real-time role-playing strategy with elements of science fiction and anime. You are the commander of the Melistara (Star Bee), and you have a swarm...

The Longest Road on Earth

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: iOS → 20 May 2021

Metacritic: 71/100

The Longest Road on Earth is a side-view adventure arcade game in the point and click genre. This is a narrative game, deeply personal and meaningful. Simple...

Treasure Temples

Isometric, Adventure, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: iOS → 31 March 2021

An adventure puzzle in which two young researchers go deep into the Antarctic glaciers in search of ancient treasures. Each step in the game matters: the tile under...

The Chronos Principle

Puzzle, Indie, Arcade, Tactics, Logic

Game released: iOS → 14 May 2021

The Chronos Principle is an arcade puzzle game based on the concept of time manipulation. The game features 77 well-developed and interesting puzzles, a calm and...

Nauticrawl

Simulation, First-person view, Logic, Indie

Game released: iOS → 24 September 2021

Nauticrawl is an atmospheric simulator with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting. You have been kidnapped by unknown people and sent to an unknown planet. But...

NUTS

First-person view, Adventure, Action, Simulation, Indie

Game released: iOS → 22 January 2021

Metacritic: 67/100

NUTS is an indie action adventure game with simulation elements and a first-person view. Your mission briefing will give you a starting point, but it will be up to...

The Ramp

Action, Isometric, Skateboards, Indie

Game released: iOS → 10 November 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 72/100

The Ramp is an isometric indie action game about skateboards. This game delivers an unprecedented feeling of real skateboarding. You can get 15 minutes of flow that...

Animal Revolt Battle Simulator

Simulation, Action, Fighting, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, First-person view, Shooter

Game released: iOS → 29 August 2021

Players: 5.1/10

Animal Revolt Battle Simulator is a fun battle simulator that lets you create fun and epic battles between different creatures. The choice of units is quite wide...

Under: Depths of Fear

Adventure, First-person view, Horror, Indie

Game released: iOS → 29 April 2021

A dark horror film set in the memoirs of World War I veteran Alexander Dockter. The main character finds himself on a creepy ocean liner heading to the bottom of...

The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia

Tactics, Turn-based, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: iOS → 8 September 2021

Players: 6.1/10

The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia is a turn-based tactical fantasy strategy game with an isometric view. This game takes place on the imaginary continent of Igarlna...

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

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 engage in a...

Biphase

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Free game, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: iOS → 30 March 2021

Players: 10/10

Biphase is a free-to-play side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer. In the game you control a character with bipolar disorder, who must struggle with himself and...

Blind Drive

Racing, Horror, Adventure, Action, Indie

Game released: iOS → 10 March 2021

Players: 10/10

Blind Drive is an action-horror racing game with adventure elements. An arcade-style, sound-based black comedy action game. The entire game is experienced by your...

The Forbidden Arts

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

Game released: iOS → 7 January 2021

Metacritic: 50/100

The Forbidden Arts is an indie action-adventure game with platformer elements in a fantasy setting and a side view. Playing as a hero named Phoenix, you will have...

Duck Souls

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: iOS → 1 July 2021

Duck Souls is an indie action-adventure game with platforming elements and a side view. The game is set in a cute and deadly fantasy world where many dangers will...

The Wild Case

Adventure, Indie, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural, Point & Click

Game released: iOS → 7 August 2021

Players: 8.3/10

The Wild Case is an indie point and click adventure puzzle game with supernatural elements. In this game, players meet a variety of colorful characters, experience...

Rob Riches

Adventure, Puzzle, Isometric, Indie

Game released: iOS → 17 November 2021

Rob Riches is an indie adventure puzzle game with an isometric view. In this game you will visit ancient and mysterious temples, each of which is located in a...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2021 for iOS