Indie

Simulation, Strategy, DLC, Business / Management, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie

December 2, 2009

Steam: 100/100

Gratuitous Space Battles: The Tribe is an add-on for the sci-fi strategy game Gratuitous Space Battles. The universal war continues endlessly and only one force can...

Murasaki Baby

Arcade, Platformer, Indie

September 16, 2014

Metacritic: 69/100

This arcade platformer follows a little girl who wakes up in a strange world populated by children’s fantasies and fears. Lost and homesick, she holds on to a...

Jisei: The First Case

Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel, Indie

June 8, 2010

Steam: 89/100

This supernatural mystery visual novel follows a homeless, nameless teenager with an unusual psychic ability who is accused of murdering a woman he has never met...

Kite

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

March 7, 2018

Steam: 93/100

Kite is a dynamic top-down retro shooter in a sci-fi setting. After the revolution, humanity's efforts to combine robotics and organics have fully paid off. The...

Moment of Silence

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click

October 1, 2004

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This third-person point-and-click adventure is set in New York City in 2044. Advertising executive Peter Wright is working on the Government’s “Freedom of Speech...

Rhem

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie

April 10, 2003

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 58/100

This first-person adventure puzzle game follows a protagonist who arrives by rail car in the mysterious land of Rhem. To find a safe way home, the protagonist must...

Bit Digger

Adventure, Isometric, Indie

March 7, 2012

Bit Digger is an isometric adventure with indie game elements from the developers of Ali Rawashdeh Studio. The game is published by Ali Rawashdeh. But Bit Digger...

Tobe's Vertical Adventure

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Indie, Adventure

January 5, 2010

Steam: 68/100

This retro platformer follows Tobe, who is sent by Nana on a treasure hunt through crumbling caves. Along the way, the characters rescue fluffy animals and explore...

Faceless

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

Q1 2014

This first-person cooperative horror game follows four friends who enter the cursed city of Wakeland to search for Daniel North. There they encounter the...

Just Survive (2011)

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Futurism (Future), Indie

September 9, 2011

Just Survive (2011) is an arcade, action, beat 'em up and indie game from the developers of Pulsar Coders. The game is published by Pulsar Coders. Just Survive...

Dungeon Hearts

Role-playing game, In real time, Puzzle, Logic, Casual game, Indie, Strategy

March 28, 2013

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This puzzle RPG combines tile-matching with real-time combat. Runes move along a stream, and the player aligns them to attack enemies, defend against their moves...

Color Sense

Arcade, Action, Indie

September 9, 2012

Color Sense is an arcade action and indie game from the developers of Bitreaction Game Studios. The game is published by Bitreaction Game Studios. Color Sense may...

Redshirt

Adventure, God Simulator, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Simulation, Role-playing game

November 13, 2013

Steam: 42/100

Metacritic: 62/100

This comedy sci-fi social simulation takes place aboard the Megalodon-9 space station, where a new arrival begins a career as a Transporter Accident Cleanup...

Afterfall Insanity Extended Edition

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

November 2, 2012

Players: 4.9/10

Afterfall Insanity Extended Edition is a third-person action game with elements of shooter, horror and indie game from Intoxicate Studios. The game is published by...

Tom vs The Armies of Hell

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie, Adventure

July 27, 2016

Steam: 71/100

This isometric action-adventure shooter follows Tom, a software engineer whose office plunges into Hell after an experiment goes wrong. Transformed into a reluctant...

Dream

First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Adventure, Exploration

July 31, 2015

Steam: 85/100

Dream is a first-person puzzle game with indie game elements from developers from the HyperSloth studio. The game is published by...

Pavilion

Arcade, Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

September 23, 2016

Steam: 66/100

Pavilion is an adventure puzzle game with an isometric camera view and fourth-person controls. The main character of the game is not controlled by the player, but...

Wooden Sen'SeY

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

December 5, 2013

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Wooden Sen'SeY is an action platformer set in a humorous “Japan Steam Rock” universe. It follows Goro, a village chief seeking revenge across a series of levels...

Avadon: The Black Fortress

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

May 2, 2011

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This isometric fantasy role-playing game follows a servant of Avadon, a secretive organization of spies and assassins that protects the alliance of five nations...

Dethroned!

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, MMO, Indie

February 28, 2014

Dethroned! is an action, strategy, MMO and indie RPG from the masters at Treehouse Ltd. The game is published by Treehouse...

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...

Frozen Hearth

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, MMO, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

December 20, 2013

Frozen Hearth is an isometric RPG with action, strategy, MMO, fantasy and indie elements from the masters at Epiphany Games. The main publisher of the game is...

Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign

Strategy, Historical, Turn-based, Indie

October 17, 2013

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 84/100

This turn-based operational wargame covers the 1942–43 Stalingrad Campaign on the Eastern Front of World War II. The campaign can be played from either the Axis or...

Generic Jack

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Q2 2014

Generic Jack is an arcade game with action, platformer and indie elements from the Lazy Games studio. The game is published by Lazy Games. The PC version of Generic...

Spandex Force: Champion Rising

Role-playing game, Adventure, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game, Match-3 (Three in a row)

June 24, 2015

Players: 4.3/10

Steam: 77/100

This role-playing puzzle game combines match-three battles on a hexagonal grid with a story about an ordinary citizen trying to become a superhero...

Subdog Underwater Adventure

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie

March 28, 2014

Subdog Underwater Adventure is an arcade game with a mixture of adventure, platformer and indie game from developers from the studio Dark pixel & Osky Studios...

0RBITALIS

Simulation, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

May 28, 2015

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This satellite-launching simulator with a retro puzzle style focuses on plotting orbits and dealing with gravity. To put a craft on the intended trajectory, the...

Red Goddess: Inner World

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie

June 30, 2015

Steam: 38/100

Metacritic: 51/100

This nonlinear side-scrolling action platformer follows Divine, a young goddess who enters her own subconscious to recover her powers and uncover the mysteries of...

Heathen - The sons of the law

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

December 19, 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 79/100

Heathen — The sons of the law is an adventure shooter with a third-person view and role-playing elements. Two Englishmen find themselves on an island...

Abalone (2013)

Arcade, Puzzle, Sports game, Indie, Strategy, Board / Group Game, Casual game

March 21, 2014

Steam: 61/100

A tabletop strategy game on a hexagonal board, Abalone challenges players to push all of their opponent’s marbles off the edge. On each turn, a player can move one...

Mystery Match

Arcade, Historical, Indie

November 13, 2014

Mystery Match is an arcade game with elements of a historical game and an indie game from developers from the studio Outplay Entertainment. The game is published by...

Habitat: A Thousand Generations in Orbit

Action, Strategy, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Space, Indie

January 26, 2016

Steam: 32/100

This physics-based space strategy game with action elements follows an effort to save humanity after Earth becomes uninhabitable. The player leads a team of...

Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Third-person view, Point & Click

March 22, 2016

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet is a point and click adventure with a side view. The spirit of Captain Bloodbeard returns, mentioning that the main character did not...

My Ex-Boyfriend the Space Tyrant

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click

July 21, 2014

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 78/100

This science-fiction point-and-click adventure follows retired space captain Tycho Minogue, who is called back into service to stop an interplanetary tyrant from...

Clones

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Adventure, Puzzle

November 18, 2010

Steam: 76/100

Clones is a puzzle game with platforming and real-time strategy elements, in which players direct a squad of clones across the Clones Planet. The single-player...

Smash Doors

Arcade, Beat them all, Indie

November 19, 2014

Smash Doors is a beat 'em up arcade and indie game from iNCEPTIONAL. The game is published by iNCEPTIONAL. Smash Doors may be in development for PC, but that...

Demolition Inc.

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Racing, Strategy, Indie, Casual game

September 19, 2011

Steam: 79/100

This arcade action game with strategy elements puts players in control of demolition worker Mike’s UFO as he causes destruction across the cities of Earth. Tools...

Dyad

Arcade, Action, Racing, Music game, Indie

July 17, 2012

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Dyad is a musical arcade game that combines racing through a reactive audiovisual tube with combat against enemies. The player moves through levels by hooking...

Fairy Bloom Freesia

Action, Fighting, Slasher, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Indie

October 16, 2012

Steam: 89/100

This action platformer with hack-and-slash elements follows the fairy Freesia as she defends Lita Forest from monsters and humans seeking its spirit stones, the...

Final Slam 2

Fighting, Indie, Action, Casual game

June 12, 2014

Steam: 53/100

Final Slam 2 is a 2D fighting game built around creating fighters and entering championships. The editor lets players customize a character’s appearance, attire...

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