Indie

Strategy, In real time, Side view, Tanks, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Tactics, Indie

April 29, 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 89/100

Warpips is an exciting tactical strategy game in the tower defense genre and with a side view. In the game you have to create an indestructible army by combining...

CUCKOLD SIMULATOR: Life as a Beta Male Cuck

Arcade, Action, Simulation, Third-person view, Visual novel, Indie, Casual game, Comedy

May 1, 2021

Players: 4.3/10

Steam: 93/100

CUCKOLD SIMULATOR: Life as a Beta Male Cuck is an unusual cuckold simulator with a third-person view. In this game you take on the role of a man whose wife is...

Roboquest

Shooter, Combat robots, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Action

August 20, 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 95/100

A cooperative shooter with roguelike elements in a sci-fi setting. The main action takes place in the world of the future, which is filled with robots. The main...

Aces in the Dust

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Indie, Free game

July 15, 2021

Steam: 81/100

Aces in the Dust is a free arcade flight simulator with a third-person view and on-rails shooter elements. In the game you will control combat aircraft equipped...

Little Witch in the Woods

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Fantasy, Casual game, Simulation, Puzzle

May 17, 2022

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 90/100

The game tells the story of Ellie, a young witch apprentice who goes to the old Witch House to learn the secrets of magic and discover an amazing world. Everyday...

Stacklands

Strategy, Business / Management, Card game, Indie, Tactics, Roguelike, Casual game, Fantasy, Survival

April 8, 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

Stacklands is a minimalist card roguelike with elements of tactical strategy in a fantasy setting. In the game you will become the head of your own village and with...

Harmony: The Fall of Reverie

Adventure, Visual novel, Interactive movie, Indie

June 8, 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 74/100

A story-driven adventure from the creators of the Life is Strange series. Polly comes to her hometown because of her missing mother. Unfortunately, the homeland has...

Blasphemous 2 - Mea Culpa

Action, Adventure, DLC, Platformer, Side view, Gothic, Indie

October 31, 2024

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 51/100

The continuation of the story of the Penitent, who goes on a completely new adventure, where he will be able to try out new abilities and fight additional bosses...

IfSunSets

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Online, Third-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Construction, Crafting

November 5, 2024

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 81/100

An ancient civilization once ruled the island of Luminora. They learned to extract the life force from living beings, but this led to a curse that plunged the...

The World of Kungfu: Dragon and Eagle

Adventure, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Indie, Tactics, Turn-based, Old school, Exploration

October 24, 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 67/100

The player explores the lands of ancient China and masters different martial arts. There are many techniques that are used in step -by -step battles. You can find...

Goat Simulator 3 – Baadlands: Furry Road

Action, DLC, Third-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Sandbox, Exploration, Simulation

November 19, 2025

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 60/100

In the expansion, players can explore a post-apocalyptic version of San Angora Island, ride a bike, fight against hostile factions, complete quests, and more. The...

SCP: Secret Laboratory

Shooter, Online, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Survival horror, Horror

December 29, 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Asymmetric multiplayer horror in the SCP Foundation universe, where each round turns into an unpredictable experiment. Participants are divided into sides: some try...

Quarantine Zombies: Contamination

Shooter, Simulation, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Survival, Zombies, Action

January 20, 2026

Steam: 47/100

The action takes place at a checkpoint in post-apocalyptic Chicago. The player must hold the defense for thirty days until the army arrives. The gameplay combines...

Stronghold Crusader 2

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, City Building

September 22, 2014

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 65/100

A medieval real-time strategy and city-building game that continues the Stronghold Crusader series. It retains the earlier games’ focus on skirmishes and...

Grime

Role-playing game, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Indie, Metroidvania, Platformer, Exploration

August 2, 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Grime is an action-adventure platformer with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. Grime takes place in a crazy world with a surreal...

Sir, You Are Being Hunted

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Survival

August 19, 2013

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Sir, You Are Being Hunted is an indie shooter with stealth elements and a first-person view in a fantasy setting. You find yourself in a dimension similar to...

Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

Adventure, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Walking Simulator, Indie

August 11, 2015

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Everybody's Gone to the Rapture — A first-person adventure game from the creators of Dear Esther and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs. The events of the game take...

The Stanley Parable

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Comedy, Walking Simulator

October 17, 2013

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 88/100

The Stanley Parable is an indie project with a first-person view. The player plays the role of office plankton Stanley, who has spent his whole life pressing keys...

Block Story

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

December 19, 2012

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 85/100

Block Story is an action role-playing game with elements of adventure and fantasy with a first-person view. A world of vast landscapes awaits you, where you are in...

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime

Arcade, Action, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Space

September 9, 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This co-op space shooter follows a crew exploring a colorful galaxy aboard a shared neon battleship and fighting the forces of Anti-Love. Players rescue space...

Blade Symphony

Action, Fighting, Slasher, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Free game, Tactics

May 7, 2014

Steam: 67/100

Blade Symphony is a dynamic slasher game with a third-person view, where you have to compete in fencing. You can fight in tactical sword fights with other players...

Sundered

Arcade, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania, Indie

July 28, 2017

Players: 5.4/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Sundered is a side-scrolling arcade platformer from the creators of Jotun. You will play as a character named Yeshe, a wanderer in a ruined world with ever-changing...

Mineko's Night Market

Adventure, Side view, Simulation, Indie, Crafting, Exploration, Fantasy

September 26, 2023

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 66/100

The main character is an inquisitive girl named Mineko, who has just moved to a new home on a hapless Japanese island at the foot of Mount Fugu. Superstitious...

Derail Valley

Simulation, Action, First-person view, Trains, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)

January 25, 2019

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 96/100

Derail Valley is a realistic train driver simulator with first-person view and support for virtual reality helmets. You will be able to control the rolling stock...

Midnight Ghost Hunt

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

March 31, 2022

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 81/100

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...

Taxi Simulator

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Simulation, Business / Management, Educational game (Education), First-person view, Third-person view, Indie, Casual game

2027

Anticipation Rating: 7.8/10

Steam: 44/100

Taxi Simulator is a taxi driver management simulator with a first-person view. You might think that driving a taxi is a boring and monotonous job. But you are still...

Gordian Quest

Role-playing game, Indie, Card game, Adventure, Turn-based, Strategy

March 27, 2020

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Gordian Quest is an adventure card role-playing game with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. An ominous curse hangs over the world — darkness reigns all...

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed

Action, Roguelike, Side view, Adventure, Slasher, Platformer, Role-playing game, Indie

February 11, 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed is a hardcore side-scrolling action slasher expansion inspired by the Dark Souls series. Two new locations await you, in which there will...

Dead Static Drive

Action, Horror, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Adventure

November 5, 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 38/100

Atmospheric horror action game, which the developers jokingly call Grand Theft Cthulhu. In Dead Static Drive, players travel across the United States and survive in...

Mist Survival

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Simulation, First-person view, Indie, Survival, Zombies, Open world

August 15, 2018

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 75/100

Mist Survival is an action-adventure survival game with a first-person view and stealth elements. The game takes place in a world where a deadly virus has infected...

Roguebook

Role-playing game, Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game, Roguelike, Indie

June 17, 2021

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Roguebook is a roguelike with procedurally generated locations and card-based turn-based combat. The plot of the game tells the story of a legendary book written...

Lust from Beyond: Scarlet

Adventure, Horror, Adult game, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Action

October 15, 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 82/100

Lust from Beyond: Scarlet is the second prologue to the erotic horror lust from Beyond, which can be loaded absolutely free. The prologue will introduce you to the...

Century: Age of Ashes

Indie, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Online, Third-person view, Free game

December 2, 2021

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Century: Age of Ashes is an indie action game with a third-person view in the fantasy style. This is a dogfighting game where you have to fly dragons. Players will...

NORCO

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Point & Click, Gothic

March 24, 2022

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 89/100

NORCO is a sci-fi adventure with a gothic and noir twist. The game takes place in the sinking suburbs and green industrial swamps of the petrochemical regions of...

PICO PARK

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Casual game

June 8, 2019

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 92/100

PICO PARK is a fun multiplayer puzzle platformer with action elements and a side view. In the game you need to collect all the keys in the level and get to the...

Euro Truck Simulator 2 - West Balkans

Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, DLC, Indie, Open world

October 19, 2023

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Euro Truck Simulator 2 — West Balkans — an expansion for the truck driving simulator with first-person and third-person views. As part of the expansion, you will be...

Multitales Online

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

August 25, 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 69/100

An unusual fairy tale about Little Red Riding Hood, in which the heroine defends her village from evil werewolves. In cooperative mode, other characters also come...

Panelka

Simulation, Sandbox, Indie, Casual game, Construction

February 13, 2025

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 86/100

A meditative game about decorating a Soviet apartment. Players find themselves in a classic old-fashioned high-rise building and are busy furnishing their own home...

The Headliners

Cooperative (co-op), Action, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Survival horror, Online

January 30, 2025

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 87/100

New York is covered by chaos-the streets were filled with terrible creatures, and only a team of fearless journalists is ready to go to the very bake for the sake...

WILL: Follow The Light

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Exploration, Walking Simulator

May 7, 2026

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 62/100

The protagonist sets sail on a yacht to find his missing son and unravel family secrets. He is a lighthouse keeper who abandons his home island after receiving...

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