Indie

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Old school, Walking Simulator

April 16, 2025

Steam: 69/100

Atmospheric horror that focuses on psychological tension and everyday realism, where the source of fear is not supernatural beings, but the behavior and secrets of...

Chyma and the Toll of Time

Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Casual game, Strategy

April 24, 2026

Steam: 96/100

An adventure puzzle-platformer, centered around a little bell named Chima, who is trying to uncover the mystery of her people and save the world. The journey takes...

Don't Fret

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Puzzle, Exploration, Survival horror

2026

Atmospheric horror set in the gloomy music school Harmonic Heights, where sound becomes the main tool for survival. The main character, Fret, is a sentient guitar...

Tiny Night Inside

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Exploration, Point & Click

May 8, 2026

Steam: 50/100

A short adventure about a child's fear of the dark and the first night spent alone. The player controls a small child exploring a quiet bedroom, where familiar...

Mulligan Keep

Action, First-person view, Card game, Indie, Free game, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Dungeons, Casual game, Adventure

May 24, 2026

Steam: 50/100

A free cooperative card game in the dungeon crawler genre. The player takes control of one of four adventurers who infiltrate the castle of a mysterious wizard in...

Among Us Story: On Guard

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Point & Click, Casual game, Comedy, Space, Detective

February 17, 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A narrative adventure in the universe of Among Us, where life aboard a spaceship turns out to be much more dangerous than it seems at first glance. As part of the...

eXSert

Action, Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Beat them all, Indie, Free game, Exploration

June 19, 2026

Steam: 50/100

The plot tells the story of Vera — a hot-headed girl who infiltrates a giant flying ship to destroy an artificial intelligence known as the Cleaner, which has...

Moon River

Role-playing game, Adventure, Indie, Free game, Old school, Top-down view

June 19, 2026

Steam: 98/100

A short adventure with a classic top-down view, combining elements of RPG and puzzles. The main character, the mysterious Sailor, after long travels across the sea...

Penitence

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Mysticism / Supernatural, Demons

June 15, 2022

Steam: 68/100

Atmospheric horror with puzzle elements in the style of escape rooms. The player must return to their home to uncover the mystery of their daughter's death and...

REWIND

Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Detective, Role-playing game

June 29, 2026

Steam: 90/100

A hardcore text-based detective puzzle game where the investigation is built on careful analysis of numerous clues. After the director of the film crew is found...

NoRush!

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

March 4, 2025

Steam: 100/100

A hardcore platformer about climbing a 300-meter tower, where each subsequent level becomes more difficult than the previous one. There are no princesses...

Kujira no Hara

Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Fantasy

July 21, 2026

Steam: 95/100

An adventurous action game where a child gets swallowed by a giant whale and discovers an amazing world inside it, inhabited by dozens of unusual creatures. While...

Paint it Back

Puzzle, Casual game, Indie

October 17, 2013

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 84/100

This logic puzzle is set in a gallery where the artwork has disappeared. The player restores lost pixel-art paintings by solving a distinct puzzle for each image...

Griptape Backbone

Indie, Skateboards, Open world

May 5, 2017

Steam: 92/100

Griptape Backbone is a first-person skateboarding game with a vaporwave aesthetic, set in a purgatory between life and death. The skater gathers aesthetic elements...

Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass

Role-playing game, Indie, Horror

August 7, 2018

Steam: 94/100

This turn-based role-playing game unfolds in the dream world of eight-year-old Jimmy. When an alien entity threatens his family and the stability of the dream...

Never Split the Party

Roguelike, Indie, Replayability

September 14, 2018

Steam: 72/100

Never Split the Party is a cooperative roguelike about four adventurers venturing into a procedurally generated dungeon to confront the vampire known as the...

Rencounter

Indie, Role-playing game, Strategy

November 4, 2016

Steam: 71/100

Rencounter is a turn-based RPG roguelike about a squad trying to survive in a gloomy world of procedurally generated mazes. The player explores networks of...

Avadon 2: The Corruption

Role-playing game, Indie, Isometric

October 30, 2013

Steam: 81/100

This is an isometric fantasy role-playing game about serving the fortress of Avadon as a spy and warrior defending the homeland from civil war and destruction...

Hero Generations

Strategy, Indie, Roguelike

April 10, 2015

Steam: 47/100

Hero Generations is a roguelike strategy game with 4X elements about carrying a family legacy across generations. Each turn represents a year of the hero’s life...

Alter World

Indie, Puzzle

May 29, 2015

Steam: 76/100

Alter World is a 2D puzzle platformer set in a parallel reality governed by different rules. The protagonist searches for a friend, overcoming obstacles by...

Buried: An Interactive Story

Indie, Adventure, Text quest

January 21, 2016

Steam: 95/100

This text-based adventure follows logger Roger Hastings, who wakes to find his crew missing and has no memory of what happened. As he searches for them, he uncovers...

Dead End Road

Indie, Racing, Action

July 8, 2016

Steam: 86/100

This atmospheric driving game follows a protagonist racing through the night to escape a supernatural threat and reach the elderly woman who may be able to end the...

Project Starship

Indie

April 5, 2016

Steam: 80/100

Project Starship is an arcade bullet-hell shooter in which pilots Garret and Gwen set out to save their world from an ancient evil. The player chooses one of the...

Sakura Shrine Girls

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

August 26, 2016

Steam: 86/100

This visual novel follows Toru, a skeptical priest in training who is visited by two cat girls. One carries herself with dignity and grace, while the other lives...

Putrefaction 2: Void Walker

Action, Shooter, Indie

May 29, 2017

Steam: 77/100

A fast-paced first-person shooter and sequel to Putrefaction, it follows a warrior transported to another galaxy after the destruction of an ancient evil. Now the...

炎黄战纪之三国烽烟

Free game, Indie, Strategy

February 1, 2018

Steam: 65/100

A collectible card strategy game set during the Three Kingdoms period, presented in the style of Chinese ink painting. Players choose a ruler with active and...

VR SUPER SPORTS

Sports game, Action, Indie

March 13, 2017

Steam: 56/100

This VR sports game features eight disciplines played through full-body movement. The lineup includes bowling, baseball, soccer, basketball, Japanese kyudo archery...

Ascendant Hearts

Adventure, Casual game, Indie

January 19, 2018

Steam: 89/100

This adventure visual novel follows Hayato, who loses his memory and wakes in a world resembling the role-playing games he used to play. With help from the mage...

One Wish

Adventure, Indie, Horror

June 7, 2018

Steam: 57/100

An indie horror game about a man trapped between life and death after waking up in an empty hospital. The elevator is out of order, the only exit is locked, and...

Infinite Adventures

Dungeons, Role-playing game, Indie

October 30, 2018

Steam: 89/100

Infinite Adventures is a first-person, turn-based RPG in which a party explores an endless dungeon labyrinth while uncovering the hero’s past and the origins of the...

Russian Roads

Racing, Simulation, Indie

January 4, 2018

Steam: 68/100

This racing simulator features cars from the Russian automotive industry competing on rough roads, dirt tracks, and muddy routes. The goal is to finish first. In...

Stay Alive: Apocalypse

Indie, Role-playing game, Simulation

January 15, 2018

Steam: 45/100

This survival RPG with simulation elements takes place in post-apocalyptic cities overrun by zombies. Each new game randomly changes the neighbourhood layout...

Super Pilot

Racing, Indie, Futurism (Future)

September 17, 2018

Steam: 91/100

An arcade futuristic racer inspired by F-Zero, Super Pilot puts competitors in ships racing through tracks filled with loops and sharp turns. Races focus on speed...

Pro Gamer Manager 2

Simulation, Indie, Sports game

October 5, 2017

Steam: 11/100

A management simulator about building an esports organization and preparing a team of professional gamers for competition. The player looks after the team’s...

Mr. Records

Adventure, Platformer, Music game, Indie, Casual game, Comedy

Q1 2027

A colorful musical adventure about memories, emotions, and the unexpected twists of fate. The main character, George, runs a record shop with his loyal dog, Buzz...

Q.U.B.E.

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie

December 16, 2011

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Q.U.B.E. is an adventure puzzle game with a first-person view in which you need to manipulate various blocks in order to find a way out of the current situation...

Back to Earth

Arcade, Action, Flight Simulator, Platformer, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

June 10, 2004

This arcade action game with flight-simulation and platforming elements follows a hero abducted by aliens and taken on a journey through space. Along the way, he...

Adam's Venture: Episode 1 - The Search for the Lost Garden

Action, Educational game (Education), Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

October 2, 2009

Steam: 62/100

An adventure game combining puzzles with action-oriented gameplay, set in the 1920s. Young explorer Adam Venture deciphers relics in an old Templar church and...

Choice of Zombies

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Text quest, Indie, Role-playing game

April 13, 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 50/100

Choice of Zombies is an adventure horror game with a first-person view in the style of a post-apocalypse. You have to fight for survival in a world overrun by...

City Builder

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

May 12, 2010

Steam: 75/100

A city-building puzzle game in which pipes, roads and power lines are stacked to expand a city. As the player progresses, they move from one city to the next across...

Best Games in the Indie genre