Indie

Online, First-person view, Indie, Comedy, Exploration, Adventure, Post-apocalyptic

April 22, 2026

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 74/100

A game from the creators of the adventure Road 96, the action of which takes place on the planet Elind, where a great flood occurred. You can explore floating...

Shattered Pixel Dungeon

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

August 5, 2014

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...

Pinata Smash: Incremental Circus

Action, Indie, Casual game, Clicker, Casino, Business / Management

November 13, 2026

A fast-paced clicker about breaking pinatas, collecting candies, and managing your own arena. The main feature is that the pinatas are broken not by the player...

Tales of Fear - Episode Zero

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

September 1, 2026

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

A horror adventure from the first person, combining several standalone scary stories. Some of them are completely fictional, while others are based on real events...

Stone Rage

Indie, Survival, MMO

August 28, 2020

Steam: 40/100

Stone Rage is a multiplayer open-world survival game set in the Pleistocene, where players take the role of a Cro-Magnon or a Neanderthal. To make a home in a harsh...

Shank

Action, Platformer, Side view, Beat them all, Cooperative (co-op), Indie

August 24, 2010

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Set in a stylized criminal underworld, this side-scrolling beat ’em up follows Shank on a quest for revenge. Its story unfolds through fully animated scenes, while...

Kentucky Route Zero

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Point & Click

January 7, 2013

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 86/100

A mystical adventure with a side view and a unique graphic design. The main character Conway travels to Kentucky to deliver a package. Upon arrival, it is...

Cookie Clicker

Arcade, Action, Indie, Clicker, Casual game, Horror

September 24, 2013

Players: 8/10

Steam: 96/100

An arcade clicker game where everything revolves around baking endless amounts of cookies. Every click brings a tasty reward, and the more cookies you bake, the...

art of rally

Arcade, Simulation, Racing, Isometric, Sports game, Indie, Top-down view

September 23, 2020

Players: 8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Exciting rally arcade from the creators of Absolute Drift, where players can participate in the "Golden Era" rally. The game features a career mode with 72 tracks...

IXION

Strategy, Business / Management, Science fiction, Simulation, In real time, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Isometric, Space, City Building

December 7, 2022

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A sci-fi strategy game with elements of survival and control, set on a space station. The gameplay combines construction, exploration and resource management in...

Patch Quest

Adventure, Roguelike, Shooter, Top-down view, Construction, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Action

May 7, 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

The main character sets out to uncover the secrets of Patchlantis, and to do this he will have to explore a patchwork labyrinth, tame many monsters and upgrade...

Tape to Tape

Arcade, Online, Hockey, Sports game, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy, Old school

May 3, 2023

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 92/100

A unique sports roguelike in which players try to turn a group of misfits into real hockey superstars and win the big league. As a captain, you need to make...

Ground Zero

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Old school, Zombies, Survival horror

April 16, 2026

Players: 8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A devastating meteorite has wiped out South Korea. Two months later, as the dust and thunderstorms begin to fade and the air becomes breathable, an elite Korean...

COP BASTARD

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Old school

October 29, 2026

Anticipation Rating: 5/10

An old-school shooter with non-stop shooting, inspired by the action films of earlier eras. The game takes place in the early 90s in Japan. The main character is a...

Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library!

First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR), Casual game, Comedy, Hidden Objects

April 30, 2026

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 93/100

An unusual simulator of cleaning and sorting books, set in a huge magical library, where complete chaos reigns after the antics of a mischievous fairy. The main...

Vampire's Fall: Origins

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie, Fantasy, Old school, Open world

September 8, 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...

Lost in Vivo

Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Old school, Survival horror

November 5, 2018

Steam: 91/100

Old-school horror about the fear of confined spaces, survival, and the attempt to maintain sanity in conditions where every step brings you closer to the unknown...

60 Seconds! Reatomized

Simulation, Business / Management, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Point & Click, Survival, Comedy, Strategy, Exploration

July 25, 2019

Steam: 95/100

An updated version of the black comedy 60 Seconds! with survival elements, where a few dozen seconds separate ordinary family life from a nuclear apocalypse...

Scavland

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Survival, Open world

September 4, 2026

Steam: 83/100

The action takes place in Zalessye — a land ravaged by war and the mysterious Mist. The player takes on the role of a Scavenger, a person who survives on what...

Rusty Lake: Roots

Puzzle, Point & Click, Indie

October 20, 2016

Steam: 96/100

This point-and-click puzzle adventure follows the family of James Vanderboom, whose life changes after he plants a special seed in the garden of an inherited house...

Skatemasta Tcheco

Action, Casual game, Indie

January 31, 2020

Steam: 91/100

This action platformer with automatic scrolling follows Tcheco on a new journey aboard his skateboard. The hero fights using attacks and can tackle the levels in...

Tiny Echo

Adventure, Indie, Casual game

August 31, 2017

Steam: 89/100

An adventure game set in a hand-drawn world, where courier Emi delivers messages to spirits in a mysterious ethereal realm. The wordless narrative unfolds as she...

Super XYX

Action, Indie, Arcade

August 11, 2020

Steam: 87/100

Super XYX is an arcade scrolling shooter set in 3999, where humanity faces the ancient Black Serpent, a threat awakened after a long slumber. Six heroes take on the...

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

Action, Adventure, Horror, In real time, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Detective, Walking Simulator, Exploration

September 25, 2014

Players: 7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view and horror elements. You take control of a detective searching for a missing boy...

The Swapper

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Science fiction, Space

May 30, 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer in a sci-fi setting. In this game, a lone astronaut will explore a cave created by aliens. In order to get to its secrets...

Towerfall: Ascension

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Online, Indie

June 25, 2013

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Towerfall: Ascension is a fun side-scrolling multiplayer action platformer where you take on the role of archers who hate each other very much and fight on a...

Out There

Science fiction, Adventure, Indie, Strategy, In real time, Side view, Top-down view, Roguelike, Space

February 24, 2014

Players: 8/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Out There is a fantasy adventure indie roguelike with elements of real-time strategy and a side view. In this game, you play as an astronaut who woke up from...

Never Alone

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Beat them all, Platformer, Indie, Side view

November 18, 2014

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Never Alone is an arcade side-scrolling indie adventure platformer. You play as the girl Nunu and her arctic fox companion. You have to solve the mystery of an...

Not A Hero

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Beat them all, Action, Indie, Comedy

May 14, 2015

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Not A Hero is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer. Professional hitman Steve, who has become the campaign manager for mayoral candidate Bunny Lord, must...

Expendabros

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Adventure, DLC, Beat them all, Platformer, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Free game, Online

August 5, 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Expendabros is an action-adventure game with platformer elements. You'll fight through a barrage of bullets and non-stop action in ten fast-paced missions set among...

Doodle God

Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game, Free game, Simulation

June 11, 2010

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Doodle God is a casual, logical game for all ages. You will have four elements in your hands: air, water, earth and fire. By combining them, the player will receive...

Conarium

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie

June 6, 2017

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Conarium is a first-person psychological horror game based on the works of Lovecraft. You play as Frank Gilman, who finds himself in a room filled with strange...

Door Kickers: Action Squad

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

November 17, 2017

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

Train Station Renovation

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Business / Management, First-person view, Trains, Indie, Casual game

April 30, 2020

Players: 8/10

Steam: 84/100

Train Station Renovation is a first-person management simulator where you take on the role of the self-proclaimed guardian of historic train stations. You will go...

Gylt

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Action, Exploration, Mysticism / Supernatural

November 19, 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 70/100

The main character is a little girl, Sally, who one day, fleeing from a group of bullies, finds herself in a distorted version of her city, where her fears and...

Beyond Contact

Roguelike, Futurism (Future), Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Science fiction, Survival, Adventure

September 21, 2021

Players: 7/10

Steam: 71/100

Players find themselves on a deadly planet with a terrible climate, inhabited by bloodthirsty monsters and plants. For successful survival, you need to build your...

T.D.Z. 4 Chapter 1 - Arrival

Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Old school, Action

March 31, 2024

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 90/100

A story-driven shooter set in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Exclusion Zone. The main character is the stalker Yaroslav, who goes to Pripyat in search of his...

Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault

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

November 19, 2025

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 73/100

The main character controls a modest shop in a poor village. It is necessary to explore the surrounding locations and fight monsters in the dungeons to find...

The Darkest Files

Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Detective, Historical

March 25, 2025

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The game unfolds in 1956 in Germany. In the role of a young prosecutor, it is necessary to investigate the crimes of the times of Nazism and look for the...

Crime Simulator

Simulation, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Shooter, Indie, Stealth, Online

June 18, 2025

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 81/100

A co-op game in which the main character was pulled out of prison by some people. Now he must work off his debt by carrying out illegal assignments. You will have...

Best Games in the Indie genre