Indie

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

April 12, 2023

Players: 4.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

A dark retro game in which the gamer controls a hunter named Vesper. She explores the lands of Medram, where she confronts dangerous opponents. You can use weapons...

Ratatan

Strategy, Online, Music game, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

September 18, 2025

The spiritual successor to the Patapon series of games. Ratatans are animated musical heroes, each with unique abilities. So, one of them uses a megaphone to...

Frostrain

Collectible card game (CCG), Roguelike, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Free game

January 11, 2024

Players: 6.9/10

The player, in the role of a train conductor, travels through a post-apocalyptic frozen world. The train passengers diligently complete the tasks, but if their...

Just Another Night Shift

First-person view, Online, Tactics, Stealth, Casual game, Indie

March 29, 2024

Players: 7.9/10

A casual multiplayer PvP game that pits two people against each other. The first controls the guard, and the second controls the thief. The thief's goal is to steal...

OFF

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie

August 15, 2025

Metacritic: 83/100

The player plays the role of a certain Puppeteer, who is helped by an entity named Butter. Together they will try to cleanse the eerie and hopeless world inhabited...

DREADMOOR

Action, Adventure, Horror, Simulation, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Exploration, Open world, Crafting

2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

An atmospheric Lovecraftian fishing adventure set in a post-nuclear apocalypse world. The player takes on the role of a sailor who goes on a fishing trawler to a...

Zomborg

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

November 10, 2017

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...

AI Limit - Eirene's Furnace of War

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, DLC, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Fantasy, Free game

March 27, 2026

Players: 10/10

The expansion continues the story after the finale of the main campaign: Blade Arris goes to the War Temple to face the trials set by Eirene, the bishop of war...

Prop Sumo

Action, Online, Third-person view, Beat them all, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

April 9, 2026

Mad fighting, where familiar objects turn into fighters and clash in chaotic battles. Stools, toasters, and other items collide in arenas, exchanging blows, ramming...

Koshmar: The Last Reverie

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Third-person view, Indie, Roguelike, Fantasy

2026

An adventure action game set in a dark fantasy world, combining elements of roguelike and role-playing games. The events of the game unfold in a gothic city that...

The Roottrees are Dead

Adventure, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Point & Click, Detective

January 15, 2025

Metacritic: 86/100

A detective adventure in the spirit of Return of the Obra Dinn, but set in the 90s. The main character is a young investigative journalist trying to establish the...

Legend of Grimrock

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Puzzle

April 11, 2012

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Legend of Grimrock is an action role-playing game with a first-person view in a fantasy setting. A group of prisoners are sentenced to death by exile to the...

Psychonauts 2

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

August 25, 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Psychonauts 2 is a fantastic sequel to the third-person action platformer that takes players back to the world of psychonauts. The dream of the protagonist of the...

Legend of Grimrock 2

Role-playing game, Hack and slash, In real time, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

October 15, 2014

Players: 9.5/10

Legend of Grimrock 2 is a first-person role-playing game with a mix of hack-and-slash, fantasy and indie games from developers Almost Human Ltd. The main publisher...

Nuclear Throne

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Top-down view, Indie

December 5, 2015

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Nuclear Throne is a dynamic arcade action game with roguelike elements and a top-down view. Having chosen one of 12 unique characters and armed with an arsenal of...

Never Alone

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

November 18, 2014

Players: 6.8/10

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...

140

Platformer, Music game, Puzzle, Indie

October 16, 2013

Players: 9/10

140 is a platformer with music, puzzle and indie elements from Carlsen Games. The game is published by Carlsen...

Influent

Simulation, Strategy, Educational game (Education), Logic, Indie

March 20, 2014

Players: 7/10

Influent is a language learning game that focuses on vocabulary and pronunciation. You will be able to immerse yourself in a fully interactive 3D environment where...

Yet Another Zombie Defense

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

February 3, 2010

Players: 6.8/10

Yet Another Zombie Defense is a top-down cooperative shooter in which the player — alone or in co-op mode with up to 4 players — must build...

Hob

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie

September 26, 2017

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Hob is a third-person adventure game from the creators of Torchlight. The protagonist of the adventure game wakes up on a mysterious planet. You have to find out...

Starship Corporation

Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Indie

May 3, 2018

Players: 5.1/10

Starship Corporation is a futuristic management strategy game where you will have the opportunity to build and design spaceships. Gather your own crew and go on...

Knights of Pen and Paper 2

Role-playing game, Adventure, Indie, Tactics

May 13, 2015

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Knights of Pen and Paper 2 is a continuation of the adventure role-playing game in a fantasy setting. As in the first part, you will become the head of a group of...

Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location

Horror, First-person view, Indie

October 7, 2016

Players: 7.8/10

Five Nights at Freddy's 5: Sister Location is a continuation of the popular series of horror stories with a first-person view. The next part delves even deeper into...

Lost Ember

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie

November 22, 2019

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Lost Ember is a third-person adventure game where you become a wild wolf. You will be able to travel through the ancient South American ruins of the Machu Quila...

Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+

Arcade, DLC, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike

January 3, 2017

Players: 8.8/10

Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ is an addition to the top-down arcade action game Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. The addition has expanded possibilities for creating...

Brichi Quest

Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Casual game, Dungeons, Procedural generation, Metroidvania

January 6, 2023

The protagonist finds a mysterious sword that takes him to an unknown land. The character must search every island and dungeon in search of a way to return home. On...

Heroes of Hammerwatch

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike

March 1, 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Heroes of Hammerwatch is an indie role-playing game with action elements in a medieval setting. Explore procedurally generated levels, destroying enemies and...

Deiland

Role-playing game, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

February 19, 2016

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 61/100

Deiland is an adventure role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting, created based on “The Little Prince” by the famous French writer Antoine de...

Steampunk Tower 2

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Indie, Steampunk, Side view

April 19, 2018

Players: 6.3/10

Steampunk Tower 2 is a unique side-view action strategy game set in an alternative steampunk universe. There is a protracted world war with an unprecedented enemy...

7th Sector

Action, Adventure, Horror, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Combat robots, Cyberpunk, Indie, Side view

March 5, 2019

7th Sector is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer with horror elements in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in a dark cyberpunk world where you will...

Midnight Ghost Hunt

Online, Action, First-person view, Indie, Horror, Mysticism / Supernatural

March 31, 2022

Players: 7.6/10

A fast-paced online action game in which players take on the roles of ghosts or ghost hunters. The ghosts hide in inconspicuous furniture and rush at the attacking...

Transient

Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk, Indie

October 28, 2020

Metacritic: 65/100

Transient is an exciting first-person adventure that combines cyberpunk elements with the dark world of Lovecraft. The game will tell a story about a distant...

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...

Circuit Superstars

Arcade, Racing, Top-down view, Indie

March 5, 2021

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 82/100

A racing arcade game in which a simple but realistic physical model is implemented, a bunch of historical cars of the past, and the essence of the gameplay is to...

Mini Motorways

Indie, Business / Management, Strategy, Logic, Top-down view

September 19, 2019

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Mini Metro is an engaging top-down indie management strategy game from the creators of Mini Metro. In the game, you will start developing the road network of a...

Gleamlight

Arcade, Side view, Adventure, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

August 20, 2020

Players: 5.3/10

Metacritic: 42/100

Gleamlight is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer set in a dark fantasy setting. You will set off to conquer the amazing stained glass world to unravel the...

Chicory: A Colorful Tale

Adventure, Puzzle, Top-down view, Indie, Role-playing game

June 10, 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Chicory: A Colorful Tale is an adventure puzzle game with RPG elements and a top-down view. The game is about a dog who wields a magic brush. You'll use the power...

Defense Zone 2

Strategy, Tactics, Action, In real time, Top-down view, Indie

October 24, 2012

Players: 3.2/10

Defense Zone 2 is a continuation of the top-down tactical strategy game in the tower defense genre. New interesting levels with even more beautiful graphics and...

Hydroneer

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

May 8, 2020

Players: 7.5/10

Hydroneer is an exciting mining simulator with a first-person view, where you have to get gold and other necessary resources from the soil. As you progress, you...

Blackthorn Arena

Business / Management, Simulation, Role-playing game, Indie, Third-person view, Action

May 19, 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Blackthorn Arena is a well-developed sandbox with elements of a management simulator and a third-person view. The events of the game take place in a fantasy world...

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