Indie

Role-playing game, Strategy, Sandbox, Indie, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy, Medieval era, Construction

April 15, 2026

Steam: 59/100

A role-playing sandbox set in a dark fantasy medieval world. The game emphasizes freedom of action and the simulation of a living world. Players determine their own...

Stray Dog: nobody cares

Action, Adventure, Slasher, Indie, Fantasy, Medieval era, Gothic, Stealth

2027

An unusual soulslike game where players control an ordinary hunting dog with a sword in its mouth. The main character is a nameless dog, raised from a puppy by a...

Tomato Jones 2

Action, Casual game, Indie

May 12, 2017

Steam: 81/100

This physics-based puzzle adventure follows a red tomato in a silly hat trying to become a cool tomb raider. The character rolls and jumps through levels...

The Adventurer - Episode 1: Beginning of the End

Adventure, Casual game, Indie

July 31, 2017

Steam: 67/100

This humorous adventure begins in the Kingdom of Bisera, where all the young women mysteriously disappear overnight. The hero sets out to find and rescue them. As...

Pepper's Puzzles

Casual game, Indie, Puzzle

August 8, 2017

Steam: 95/100

Pepper's Puzzles is a collection of logic puzzles in the nonogram format, also known as Picross or Griddlers. Players fill in cells according to numerical clues to...

In the Raven Shadow

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click

July 12, 2017

Steam: 89/100

This point-and-click adventure follows Severin, a young monk who escapes through a window after being accused of sin and finds himself in a forest. Guided by...

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania, Indie

December 20, 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This side-scrolling fantasy platformer builds its heroine’s actions around belly dancing and hair-whipping. Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is an HD adventure starring...

Monstrum

Action, Horror, First-person view, Survival horror, Indie

May 20, 2015

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 89/100

Monstrum is an action-horror adventure game with a first-person view. All levels in the game are procedurally generated, so with each playthrough you will encounter...

2Dark

Arcade, Action, Horror, Top-down view, Indie, Stealth

March 10, 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 62/100

2Dark is an arcade action-horror game with survival elements and a top-down view. The main character discovers his beloved dead, and his two children are kidnapped...

Downwell

Arcade, Platformer, Roguelike, Action, Indie

October 15, 2015

Players: 9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Downwell is an arcade platformer with procedurally generated locations. You have to play as a mysterious little man, descending lower and lower, destroying enemies...

Five Nights at Freddy's 4

Action, Horror, Indie, First-person view, Survival horror

July 24, 2015

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Five Nights at Freddy's 4 is an action-horror game with a first-person view in the point and click genre. This time the horror followed you home. In this final...

The Final Station

Action, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Side view, Survival

August 30, 2016

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Action platformer in a post-apocalyptic setting. The player will have the opportunity to become a train driver in a desert world, carrying his passengers from...

RUINS

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

July 22, 2017

Anticipation Rating: 5.7/10

RUINS — arcade role-playing action game in a fantasy setting. The main character is an emperor who woke up in the ruins of his own state, eager to get to the...

Stories Untold

Adventure, Horror, Visual novel, Indie, Text quest

February 27, 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Stories Untold is a text adventure with horror elements in the style of 80s films. The game is based on the series of the same name, which was never aired. You are...

Please Knock on My Door

Indie

September 7, 2017

Steam: 93/100

This story-driven game follows a person living with depression and social anxiety. The protagonist must get through work and try to reconnect with friends while...

Chroma Blast

Free game, Indie, Casual game

July 7, 2017

Steam: 82/100

Chroma Blast is an arcade twin-stick shooter in which a ship battles waves of enemies. Players control the ship and gradually upgrade its arsenal of 31 weapons. The...

The Red Strings Club

Adventure, Cyberpunk, Side view, Indie

January 22, 2018

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The Red Strings Club — a "point and click" adventure with a side view in a cyberpunk style. The game's plot centers around a bartender and his hacker friend, who...

Mark of the Ninja Remastered

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Side view, Indie

October 9, 2018

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 96/100

Mark of the Ninja Remastered is a special version of the side-scrolling arcade action platformer with stealth elements for Nintendo Switch. The events of the game...

Down To Hell

Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Indie, Side view, Horror

August 30, 2019

Steam: 55/100

Down To Hell is a dynamic action-slasher with role-playing elements and a side view. You have to take on the role of a knight filled with hatred and rage. As you...

Yuppie Psycho

Indie, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, Top-down view, Puzzle, Exploration

April 25, 2019

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Yuppie Psycho is an adventure horror game with stealth elements and a top-down view. The game takes place in a dystopian world from the 90s, where in the role of...

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk

Adventure, Action, Third-person view, Indie, Platformer, Cyberpunk, Parkour

August 18, 2023

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A dynamic platformer, the spiritual successor to Jet Set Radio. The main character of the game is a graffiti artist with a cyber head named Red. Together with his...

Incredibox

Music game, Sandbox, Educational game (Education), Casual game, Indie

March 27, 2016

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 97/100

Incredibox is a music educational editor. This is an app that allows you to create your own music with the help of a fun team of beatboxers. You get to choose your...

The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante

Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Visual novel, Text quest, Medieval era

March 4, 2021

Players: 9/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 82/100

The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante is a narrative role-playing game set in the pages of the protagonist's diary. You will find a story about a ruthless world...

Cozy Grove

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

March 22, 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...

Astral Ascent

Action, Roguelike, Side view, Slasher, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Fantasy, Replayability

April 12, 2022

Players: 7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Four heroes with unique personalities try to escape from the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 godlike and treacherous Zodiacs. The game has dozens of unique...

Russian Train Trip

Simulation, Indie, First-person view, Trains, Business / Management, Adventure

December 28, 2021

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 43/100

Russian Train Trip is an adventure simulator of riding a passenger train in Russia with a first-person view. In the game you have to buy tickets, food, take the...

Supraland Six Inches Under

Action, Puzzle, Indie, Platformer, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Metroidvania, Exploration

January 14, 2022

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 95/100

Supraland Six Inches Under is a continuation of the exciting first-person action-platformer with Metroidvania elements. This time you will dive six inches below the...

171

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Open world

November 17, 2022

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 72/100

171 is a criminal action game with a third-person view, we live in an open world, pedestrians, cars, police and various...

Necesse

Action, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Fantasy, Crafting, Procedural generation, Online

December 12, 2019

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 94/100

A colorful action sandbox that combines exploration, crafting, settlement building, and cooperative play. The procedurally generated world is filled with various...

Long Gone Days

Japanese role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Role-playing game, Indie, Turn-based

March 28, 2018

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 87/100

The main character is a young sniper named Rourke. He was raised underground as a soldier his entire adult life. One day, Rourke receives his first assignment, in...

This Bed We Made

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Walking Simulator, Detective

November 1, 2023

Players: 9/10

Steam: 90/100

An adventure detective story in which the main character is a hotel maid. The main action takes place in the 1950s. The heroine spies on hotel guests to reveal...

Crown of Greed

Strategy, Simulation, Isometric, City Building, Fantasy, Construction, Indie

March 31, 2026

Steam: 59/100

The gamer controls the mystical kingdom of Rodovia, inspired by Slavic mythology. The game has an unusual indirect control system, in which you cannot give direct...

Zomborg

Online, Educational game (Education), Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Tactics, Science fiction, Zombies, Action

November 10, 2017

Steam: 57/100

The game takes place in the year 2000. The UN created quarantine zones around the world to conceal the spread of an unknown virus. Scientists searched for the cause...

POPGOES Arcade

Role-playing game, Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Indie, Fantasy, Exploration

July 1, 2022

Steam: 96/100

An official spin-off of the Five Nights at Freddy's series, created as part of the Fazbear Fanverse Initiative. This is a collection of two role-playing adventures...

Billy the Hero

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Indie, Comedy, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Post-apocalyptic

Q4 2026

Step-by-step RPG in a dark fantasy world, where the main character wakes up on a mysterious island of Hell, finding himself in the body of a huge bear and...

I'm on Observation Duty

Horror, Puzzle, Indie, Hidden Objects

December 14, 2018

Steam: 95/100

Atmospheric horror built around the search for anomalies on surveillance cameras. Several screens show empty rooms where small changes gradually appear: paintings...

Lavender Dream

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Free game, Science fiction, Text quest, Puzzle

December 24, 2024

Steam: 30/100

A text-based visual novel with a nonlinear story set in 2245, when corporations rule the world. The story features more than six characters controlled by artificial...

Intralism

Music game, Indie

November 4, 2016

Steam: 87/100

Intralism is a rhythm game where players follow arcs on screen and press the corresponding buttons in time with the music. A wrong input ends the attempt, so...

Space Impossible

Adventure, Indie, Action

March 1, 2016

Steam: 94/100

This space adventure with action and trading elements takes place in a procedurally generated sandbox universe. Players pilot a starship, explore systems, fight...

XOXO Droplets

Visual novel, Simulation, Indie

August 31, 2017

Steam: 75/100

This visual novel and dating sim follows a high school student who transfers to the boarding school of her dreams. Her parents will let her stay through graduation...

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