Indie

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Casual game

December 22, 2002

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 97/100

This arcade shooter follows a renewed invasion by intergalactic chickens, who plan to take over the planets of the solar system and leave them inhabited exclusively...

Sandbox of God

Strategy, Third-person view, Turn-based, Simulation, Indie, Casual game

October 24, 2004

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

Sandbox of God is a third-person strategy game from Vertigo Games. The main publisher of the game is Vertigo...

Crashtastic

Action, Racing, Third-person view, Stunts, Indie

Q1 2014

Players: 10/10

Crashtastic is a third-person action game with a mixture of racing, stunts and indie games from developers at Mark Smith Games. The game is published by Mark Smith...

Inside a Star-filled Sky

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

February 18, 2011

Steam: 69/100

A recursive tactical shooter with procedurally generated levels nested inside one another without end. The player moves through these spaces and can enter objects...

Light of Altair

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Simulation

June 4, 2009

Players: 10/10

Steam: 81/100

A science-fiction strategy game about establishing colonies and expanding into space in a future shaped by Earth’s history. Its single-player campaign spans the...

Lost Cities

Strategy, Top-down view, Board / Group Game, Card game, Casual game, Indie

April 23, 2008

Steam: 38/100

Metacritic: 66/100

This card strategy game follows expeditions to lost cities around the world. Players collect cards and send expeditions to different regions, aiming to score more...

Blue Eden

Adventure, Isometric, Indie

February 20, 2014

Blue Eden is an isometric adventure with indie game elements from the masters at Skoobie Games. The game is published by Skoobie Games. There has still been no...

Ninja Senki

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

December 21, 2010

Steam: 79/100

This action platformer follows the ninja Hayate, who becomes consumed by revenge after Princess Kinuhime is killed. Abandoning the art of stealth, he battles...

Killstorm

Action, Shooter, Helicopters, Indie

April 25, 2014

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Killstorm is an action game with a mixture of shooter, helicopter simulator and indie game from developers from the Nice Touch Games studio. The main publisher of...

RoboBlitz

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie

November 7, 2006

Players: 10/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This physics-based action game with puzzles follows Blitz, a robot tasked with activating an aging Space Cannon to protect his world from space...

Rooms: The Main Building

Strategy, Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Indie

August 11, 2008

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 58/100

This puzzle adventure takes place in a mysterious world of rooms, where an unexpected invitation leads the protagonist; finding a way home means reaching the exit...

Battle High: Team-Up

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Indie

August 3, 2008

Battle High: Team-Up is an arcade with a mixture of action, fighting, anime or manga games and indie games from the developers of PointFive Projects. The game is...

Sam & Max: Season Two

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Comics, Indie

October 14, 2009

Steam: 100/100

Sam & Max: Season Two is a third-person adventure with a hint of puzzle from the masters at Telltale, Inc.. The game is published by Telltale, Inc.. In some...

Legend of Doodle

Arcade, Beat them all, Platformer, Indie

Q2 2014

Legend of Doodle is an arcade game with elements of a "beat 'em all" game, a platformer and an indie game from developers from the Layabouts studio. The main...

Super Laser Racer

Racing, Top-down view, Indie, Action

February 18, 2010

Steam: 82/100

Super Laser Racer is a combat racing game set in outer space amid abstract geometric environments. Racers use bombs, cannons, lasers, mines, missiles, and plasma...

Super Puzzle Platformer

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

June 11, 2011

Steam: 91/100

This arcade platformer combines falling-block puzzle elements with old-school action: rather than matching colored blocks, the player shoots them and tries to...

Tesla: The Weather Man

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie

March 11, 2011

Steam: 100/100

This physics-based action-puzzle platformer is set in an absurd alternate history where the triumph of alternating current drives Thomas Edison into a violent rage...

Wildlife Park: Wild Creatures

Simulation, Strategy, DLC, In real time, Business / Management, Third-person view, Isometric, Indie

April 1, 2015

Steam: 67/100

This expansion for Wildlife Park adds new animals, including prehistoric species, and missions to the zoo-management game. Players develop the park, breed animals...

Reset

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Action, Shooter

February 25, 2022

Anticipation Rating: 5/10

Reset is an adventure puzzle game with a first-person view. Expect incredible puzzles, a wonderful, gripping story, an unparalleled immersive atmosphere, and some...

Serious Sam Double D XXL

Arcade, Beat them all, Platformer, Action, Indie

August 30, 2011

Steam: 83/100

Serious Sam Double D XXL is a 2D action platformer in which Sam battles the army of Mental. The fight spans 18 levels across three worlds, from the pyramids of...

Doki-Doki Universe

Arcade, Platformer, Logic, Indie, Puzzle, Adventure

December 10, 2013

Metacritic: 66/100

This arcade game with platforming and puzzle elements follows QT3, a robot who must prove his humanity to avoid being sent to the scrapheap. Accompanied by Alien...

Legends of Dawn

Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Indie

October 30, 2012

Steam: 26/100

Legends of Dawn is a role-playing game set in the world of Narr, where a darkness spreading from the ancient battlefield of Ashglades twists creatures into...

Secrets of Raetikon

Action, Adventure, Indie, Metroidvania

January 7, 2014

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 58/100

This 2D action-adventure with an open world takes place in the Alps, where a bird explores the wilderness and traces of an ancient culture. The player flies through...

Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator

Simulation, Action, Futurism (Future), Indie

December 11, 2012

Steam: 89/100

This cooperative spaceship bridge simulator turns several networked computers into crew stations and a shared main screen. Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator is...

Maia

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Indie, Simulation, Science fiction

December 3, 2013

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 39/100

Maia is a real-time management strategy game with an isometric camera view set in a science fiction environment. You will need to build a colony on a rather...

Blast Em!

Arcade, Action, Indie

January 23, 2014

Steam: 45/100

This arcade action game follows a fight to protect Earth and humanity from alien robots bent on destruction. The player pilots a ship, blasts enemies and collects...

Super Motherload

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Adventure, Casual game

November 15, 2013

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Set on Mars during an alternate Cold War, this adventure combines action and puzzles as players work for the interplanetary mining corporation Solarus and explore...

Tiny Barbarian DX

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Adventure

December 3, 2013

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This arcade action-platformer, inspired by fantasy pulp fiction, follows a pixelated barbarian captured by crazed cultists, tied to a tree, and left as food for...

Baseless

Arcade, Action, Indie, Shooter, Space

December 4, 2025

Steam: 93/100

Baseless is an arcade action shooter built around travelling between planets with 360-degree gravity. Shooting also serves as movement: blasts propel the hero...

Huerons

Puzzle, Logic, Indie

September 18, 2014

Huerons is a puzzle game with indie game elements from the developers of the Infinite Eurekas studio. The game is published by Bulkypix. There has still been no...

Last Knight

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

December 20, 2012

Last Knight is a third-person arcade game with elements of action, platforming, fantasy and indie games from the developers of Crescent Moon Games and Toco Games...

Moon Breakers

Simulation, Action, Futurism (Future), Indie, Free game

May 17, 2012

Moon Breakers is a simulator with elements of action, indie game and shareware from the masters from the Imba Entertainment studio. The game is published by Uber...

Avernum: Escape from the Pit

Role-playing game, Isometric, Tactics, Indie

December 12, 2011

Steam: 91/100

This fantasy role-playing game is set in Avernum, an underground nation where the Empire sends its outcasts. Banished to the volcanic depths by the cruel Emperor...

Nutjitsu

Action, Stealth, Top-down view, Indie

May 8, 2014

Squirrel challenges the samurai who have stolen her clan's sacred acorns. Make your way through hand-painted landscapes, evade capture by guards, and snatch victory...

Fading Hearts

Role-playing game, Simulation, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Japanese role-playing game, Casual game

November 11, 2009

Steam: 61/100

This role-playing story with simulation and visual novel elements follows Ryou, an ordinary high school student in the land of Sorayama. The player decides how he...

Seadelphica

Simulation, Action, Racing, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie

2014

Seadelphica is a third-person simulator with elements of action, racing, adventure and indie game from the studio MONOKLAR. The main publisher of the game is...

Affordable Space Adventures

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie

fall 2014

Metacritic: 81/100

This science-fiction game combines spaceship piloting, stealth, and puzzles as a crew explores an alien planet while trying to avoid detection. The ship can be...

Unmechanical

Arcade, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie

August 8, 2012

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This puzzle adventure follows a journey to freedom through a fantastical world of flesh, rock, and steel. The player explores the surroundings and solves more than...

Grave

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

March 30, 2015

Players: 5.5/10

Grave is an action-horror adventure game with a first-person view. The surreal world of the game will give you a huge space to explore with mystical, strange...

Quell Reflect

Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

August 19, 2011

Steam: 93/100

Quell Reflect is a logic puzzle game built around a series of levels that test problem-solving while maintaining a relaxed pace. A follow-up to Quell, it continues...

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