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

Interactive movie, First-person view, Adventure, Indie, Adult game, Visual novel, Point & Click

Game released: iOS → 14 February 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 83/100

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...

Secret Neighbor

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

Game released: iOS → 29 April 2021

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 85/100

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...

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

Steam: 83/100

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...

Cozy Grove

Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Isometric, Hidden Objects, Procedural generation, Business / Management

Game released: iOS → 22 March 2021

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 90/100

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...

Night in the Woods

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: iOS → 10 September 2021

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

Cooking Simulator

Simulation, Arcade, First-person view, Indie, Business / Management, Sandbox, Virtual Reality (VR), Casual game

Game released: iOS → 11 February 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 85/100

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...

Cube Escape Collection

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Horror

Game released: iOS → 11 March 2021

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 97/100

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...

Townscaper

Strategy, Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Simulation, Construction, Sandbox, Casual game

Game released: iOS → 20 October 2021

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Chicken Police

Adventure, Indie, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: iOS → 30 June 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

Shattered Pixel Dungeon

Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Dungeons, Fantasy, Procedural generation

Game released: iOS → 17 August 2021

Steam: 92/100

A classic turn-based roguelike where each run offers a new challenge. Randomly generated dungeons, enemies, items, and events make every expedition different from...

My Friend Pedro

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Shooter

Game released: iOS → 5 August 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 95/100

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, Survival horror

Game released: iOS → 13 October 2021

Players: 8/10

Steam: 86/100

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...

Goose Goose Duck

Futurism (Future), Action, Arcade, Logic, Top-down view, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Free game, Indie

Game released: iOS → 11 October 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Goose Goose Duck is a free arcade multiplayer online social deduction game that clearly resembles Among Us, but with ducks and geese. Some control a spaceship...

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed

Action, Roguelike, Side view, Adventure, Slasher, Platformer, Role-playing game, Indie

Game released: iOS → 30 March 2021

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed is a hardcore side-scrolling action slasher expansion inspired by the Dark Souls series. Two new locations await you, in which there will...

Tiny Room Stories Town Mystery

Puzzle, Detective, Hidden Objects, Exploration, Indie, Point & Click, Logic

Game released: iOS → 7 April 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 86/100

The main character of the game is a private detective who went to a small town at the request of his father. All the residents of the city have disappeared, and...

Animal Revolt Battle Simulator

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

Game released: iOS → 29 August 2021

Players: 5.1/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Pinstripe

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

Game released: iOS → 15 October 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

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...

Wall of insanity

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Horror, Adventure

Game released: iOS → 19 August 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 83/100

Wall of insanity is an action-adventure game with horror elements and a third-person view. The plot of the game tells about a special forces soldier who was drawn...

Hitchhiker - A Mystery Game

Adventure, First-person view, Indie

Game released: iOS → 26 March 2021

Players: 3.7/10

Steam: 66/100

Hitchhiker — A Mystery Game is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view, where you try on the role of a hitchhiker. A strange journey awaits you, in...

WINGSPAN

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

Game released: iOS → 20 July 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia

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

Game released: iOS → 8 September 2021

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 85/100

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...

The Ramp

Action, Isometric, Skateboards, Indie, Sports game, Sandbox

Game released: iOS → 10 November 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins

Indie, Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Horror, Science fiction, Casual game

Game released: iOS → 19 March 2021

Steam: 91/100

Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins is an indie horror adventure in the style of a visual novel with fantasy elements. Building on the horrifying legacy of the Weeping...

Samorost

Adventure, Free game, Side view, Indie, Point & Click, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: iOS → 20 May 2021

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 96/100

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

Survival Z

Adventure, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Action, Casual game, Zombies, Indie, Shooter, Arcade

Game released: iOS → 19 February 2021

Players: 7/10

Steam: 83/100

Adventure action, whose events unfold in a world where zombies captured the planet after a global catastrophe. The main character, one of the few survivors, goes in...

Sparklite

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

Game released: iOS → 9 November 2021

Steam: 77/100

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...

Battlecruisers

Strategy, Warships / Submarines, In real time, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Tactics, Side view, Combat robots

Game released: iOS → 4 February 2021

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 83/100

Battlecruisers is a tactical real-time strategy with a side view about warships. It's a hand-drawn 2D side-scroller set in the 22nd century, when the Earth is...

Moncage

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

Game released: iOS → 16 November 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

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...

Crash Drive 3

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

Game released: iOS → 8 July 2021

Steam: 93/100

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

Steam: 84/100

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...

Treasure Temples

Isometric, Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: iOS → 31 March 2021

Steam: 75/100

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...

Woodle Tree Adventures Deluxe

Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Arcade, Indie

Game released: iOS → 13 May 2021

Steam: 70/100

Woodle Tree Adventures Deluxe is a side-scrolling arcade adventure platformer. You'll find all the classic elements from 90's games plus some cool new ideas. You...

My Friend Pedro: Ripe for Revenge

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

Game released: iOS → 5 August 2021

Players: 6.5/10

My Friend Pedro: Ripe for Revenge — a conditionally free adventure action-platformer with a side view for mobile platforms in the My Friend Pedro series. A banana...

Tesla Force

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

Game released: iOS → 19 August 2021

Players: 8/10

Steam: 77/100

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...

Fury of Dracula: Digital Edition

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Card game, Board / Group Game, Mysticism / Supernatural, Indie, Horror

Game released: iOS → 17 February 2021

Steam: 72/100

Fury of Dracula: Digital Edition is an adaptation of the board game of the same name from developers who have similar experience with Talisman: Digital Edition...

The Longest Road on Earth

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Point & Click

Game released: iOS → 20 May 2021

Steam: 77/100

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...

Metal Revolution

Action, Fighting, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Indie, Side view, Online

Game released: iOS → 30 May 2021

Players: 10/10

Metal Revolution is a fast-paced side-scrolling action fighting game set in a sci-fi setting. In the game you will go into a world where you will witness the...

Last Bastion

Action, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Isometric, Fantasy, Medieval era, Indie, Shooter

Game released: iOS → 13 November 2021

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 90/100

The last stronghold of peace is under threat. The demon Jacob has invaded with an army of darkness, and an ominous cloud of dust rises above the horizon. While...

NUTS

First-person view, Adventure, Action, Simulation, Indie, Detective, Walking Simulator

Game released: iOS → 22 January 2021

Steam: 57/100

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...

Duck Souls

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: iOS → 1 July 2021

Steam: 97/100

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...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2021 for iOS (Game released)