Indie

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie

April 3, 2019

Metacritic: 73/100

HyperParasite is a top-down arcade shooter. The game takes place in an alternative 80s. On Earth, the third world war is coming to an end and humanity is gradually...

Deathly Stillness

Free game, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

September 4, 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Deathly Stillness is a free-to-play post-apocalyptic shooter with a third-person view. The main opponents in the game are zombies. The main task is to clear all...

Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound

Indie, Platformer, Side view, Old school

July 31, 2025

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Pixel game from the Ninja Gaiden series. Ryu Hayabusa goes to America, where he must fulfill the will of his father. At this time, an army of demons penetrates the...

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

First-person view, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Logic, Indie, Roguelike

October 8, 2015

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is a co-op VR puzzle game about defusing a bomb. One of the participants has an explosive device with a timer on the screen, but...

Defense Zone 3

Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Strategy, Action, In real time, Top-down view, Indie

December 14, 2016

Players: 9.3/10

Defense Zone 3 Ultra HD is an indie tower defense strategy game with a top-down view in real time. This is a sequel to the famous Defense Zone strategy, only now...

Door Kickers: Action Squad

Arcade, Action, Indie, Tactics, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

November 17, 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Door Kickers: Action Squad is a side-view pixel arcade action game from the creators of the Door Kickers series. In the game you have to become a SWAT operative and...

We Were Here Forever

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

May 10, 2022

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 76/100

We Were Here Forever is the latest installment in the co-op puzzle adventure from a first-person perspective in the We Were Here series. You and your friend are...

Loopmancer

Action, Adventure, Cyberpunk, Side view, Role-playing game, Indie

July 13, 2022

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Loopmancer is a cyberpunk action adventure with role-playing elements and a side view. The main character is private detective Xiang Zixu, who is suddenly killed...

Between the Stars

Action, Roguelike, Third-person view, Science fiction, Simulation, Adventure, Indie, Role-playing game, Tactics, Space

May 28, 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Adventure role-playing action game in a sci-fi setting. The player takes on the role of captain of a spaceship and tries to cross the galaxy to save the...

Twelve Minutes

Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Point & Click

August 19, 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Twelve Minutes is an interactive top-down thriller that follows the relationship of a married couple whose lives are dramatically changed by a police officer who...

A Difficult Game About Climbing

Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie

March 6, 2024

Players: 7.7/10

Hardcore precision platformer in the spirit of Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy. The player controls the climber's hands to ascend a massive, treacherous...

My Friend Pedro

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

June 20, 2019

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...

Gamedec

Role-playing game, Isometric, Cyberpunk, Indie

September 16, 2021

Players: 5/10

Metacritic: 71/100

The plot tells about a detective who investigates crimes in virtual worlds. The decisions you make in the game will play an important role, and the world and the...

TURBOZOD

Role-playing game, Action, Indie, Free game, Side view, Casual game, Clicker

May 22, 2026

A dynamic sci-fi RPG with loot and fast-paced battles, where the main character is an ideal biological weapon that has escaped from a secret laboratory. Having lost...

Void Bastards

Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Tactics

May 28, 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Void Bastards is a hybrid FPS and strategy game about a prison full of dangerous criminals drifting through space. You have to try on the role of captain of a space...

Rive

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

September 13, 2016

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Beyond Astra

Strategy, In real time, Indie, Space, Grand strategy, Science fiction

2026

A global real-time strategy that combines elements of city building on a planetary scale and tactical RTS battles. The development of the empire is linked to six...

Subterrain

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Futurism (Future), Indie

January 21, 2016

Players: 9.7/10

Subterrain is an action-horror adventure with RPG elements and a top-down view. In the game you will play as one Doctor West, apparently the only survivor of an...

Idol Manager

Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Music game

July 27, 2021

Players: 9.8/10

Idol Manager is a cute management simulator with visual novel elements in anime style. You will take on the role of manager in a small (but growing) talent agency...

HROT

Shooter, First-person view, Indie

January 29, 2021

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 86/100

HROT is a dynamic old-school shooter with a first-person view, made in the style of games of the last century. The events in the game take place in Czechoslovakia...

My Island

Simulation, Action, First-person view, Role-playing game, Indie, Adult game

January 30, 2019

Players: 6.1/10

My Island is a survival simulator for adults with role-playing elements and a first-person view. The game takes place on a colorful island, surrounded by an endless...

Hellbringers

Indie, Shooter, First-person view, Online

May 21, 2023

The events of the game take place in 2150. Monsters from hell have captured the alternate universe of the Soviets and want to make their way to planet Earth. The...

VALHALL: Harbinger

Action, Online, Slasher, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

October 22, 2020

Players: 8.6/10

VALHALL: Harbinger is a multiplayer action-slasher with a first-person view and survival elements, in which you will fight with enemies for the right to get the...

The TakeOver

Action, Indie, Beat them all, Side view, Arcade, Fighting

November 10, 2019

Players: 10/10

The TakeOver is a classic arcade action game with fighting game elements and a side view. In the game you have to choose one of four available characters and fight...

Planet Explorers

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Free game, Cooperative (co-op)

November 8, 2016

Players: 5.2/10

Planet Explorers is a free-to-play action role-playing game with a third-person view and survival elements in a sci-fi setting. The plot tells about the distant...

WINGSPAN

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

September 17, 2020

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...

Help Will Come Tomorrow

Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Business / Management

April 21, 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Help Will Come Tomorrow is an adventure management simulator with survival elements. In the uninhabited Siberian desert after the October Revolution, a group of...

Cast n Chill

Simulation, Hunting / Fishing, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Clicker

June 16, 2025

Players: 8.5/10

A relaxing fishing game in the background where you can explore calm lakes, rivers and oceans at your own pace. The game requires you to catch fish, sell them for a...

Killer Bean

Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie

June 8, 2026

A dynamic action game about a vengeful bean who goes against a powerful organization after betrayal and the revelation of its true nature. The path to retribution...

Iron Marines

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

September 13, 2017

Players: 6.1/10

Iron Marines is a tower defense strategy game in a futuristic setting from the creators of Kingdom Rush. In this game you will act as the commander of a huge army...

Warstride Challenges

Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Arcade

April 19, 2022

Players: 10/10

A dynamic old-school shooter where players destroy demons as quickly as possible. The game features short but challenging levels, as well as brutal time-based...

Avorion

Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

March 9, 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Broken Lines

Role-playing game, Isometric, Historical, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics

February 25, 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Broken Lines is a tactical turn-based strategy with RPG elements and an isometric camera view. Set during World War II, the game follows a group of eight soldiers...

Beat Cop

Adventure, Indie, Side view

March 30, 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Beat Cop is a side-scrolling adventure detective game with pixel graphics. The game takes place in New York in the 80s. Former detective Jack Kelly was framed for...

Into the Pit

Roguelike, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Fantasy / Medieval

October 19, 2021

Metacritic: 67/100

Into the Pit is an indie roguelike with first-person shooter elements. As members of a family of knowledge-hunting mystics, you and your cousin Luridia separately...

Under The Waves

Adventure, Indie, Exploration, Science fiction, Third-person view

August 28, 2023

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Set in the 1970s in the depths of the North Sea, professional diver Stan struggles to overcome the loss that has turned his life upside down and embrace a new...

Stacklands

Strategy, Business / Management, Card game, Indie, Tactics, Roguelike, Casual game, Fantasy

April 8, 2022

Players: 10/10

Stacklands is a minimalist card roguelike with elements of tactical strategy in a fantasy setting. In the game you will become the head of your own village and with...

Chasm

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

July 30, 2018

Players: 5.9/10

Chasm is a side-scrolling adventure RPG action platformer in a fantasy setting. You have to try on the role of a young recruit performing his first mission...

Ironcast

Role-playing game, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Logic, Indie, Steampunk, Side view, Match-3 (Three in a row)

March 26, 2015

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Ironcast is an engaging role-playing strategy game with elements of a match-three puzzle set in a Victorian steampunk environment. To protect Great Britain, the...

Regiments

Strategy, Tactics, Isometric, In real time, Historical, Indie

August 16, 2022

Players: 9.2/10

Regiments is a tactical real-time strategy about the Third World War. The events take place in 1989. One day, the Cold War between NATO and the countries belonging...

Best Games in the Indie genre