Indie

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

November 17, 2025

Steam: 77/100

Cooperative horror puzzle game where one to three people find themselves trapped in a cursed shopping mall. The space here lives by its own rules: corridors change...

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...

Umfend

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Indie

October 31, 2018

Steam: 90/100

An atmospheric psychological horror dedicated to themes of love, time, and loss. After a mysterious incident in 1996, when a shattered glass sphere opened a path to...

Trainwatch

Adventure, Simulation, Business / Management, Trains, Indie, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration

March 10, 2027

A narrative adventure with elements of time management, life simulation, and horror from the creator of The Cat Lady, Downfall , and Lorelai. The main character...

Rocket Propelled Ghost

Arcade, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Mysticism / Supernatural

September 4, 2026

Steam: 100/100

A dynamic arcade shooter about collecting ghosts, built around short runs and the constant desire to improve one's own score. Together with the rocket-propelled...

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...

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...

X-17

Action, Indie, First-person view

March 1, 2016

Steam: 52/100

This science-fiction action shooter, played from first- and third-person perspectives, follows an alien invasion of Earth and other planets. After his previous...

You Deserve

Indie, Adventure, Horror

August 19, 2016

Steam: 68/100

This adventure horror game follows Amy Cooper, a high school student who finds herself in an unfamiliar world and tries to escape alive. After a group of students...

Tee Time Golf

Golf, Sports game, Indie

August 31, 2018

Steam: 79/100

This golf sports game can be played in virtual reality or on a standard screen. Online matches support up to eight players, and the available courses include eight...

The Flaws of Gravity

Free game, Indie, Adventure

May 6, 2017

Steam: 61/100

This first-person puzzle game takes place in a labyrinth where gravity can be redirected. The protagonist can walk on walls and move objects; everything falls...

Beyond Eden

Visual novel, Indie, Adventure

October 6, 2017

Steam: 91/100

Set in the late Victorian era, this BL visual novel follows a story of revenge and complicated relationships between men. Young businessman Alex Wake returns to the...

Alicia Quatermain: Secrets Of The Lost Treasures

Casual game, Strategy, Indie

September 1, 2017

Steam: 88/100

This casual adventure strategy game follows Alicia Quatermain, the granddaughter of the famous traveler Allan Quatermain. She sets out to find her father, who...

Legend of Grimrock

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

April 11, 2012

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 92/100

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...

Edge (2010)

Action, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

January 4, 2009

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A retro-styled platformer with puzzle elements in which the player controls a cube and rolls through levels. Along the way, the cube collects prisms and searches...

Zombie Exodus

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Text quest, Indie

December 4, 2011

Steam: 84/100

Zombie Exodus is a role-playing adventure horror game with a first-person view. You'll create your own character and fight your way out of a zombie-infested city to...

Reus

Strategy, God Simulator, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Indie

May 16, 2013

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Reus is a side-scrolling real-time management strategy game set in a fantasy setting. You have to take control of the universe as mighty titans, possessing all...

Cosmic Star Heroine

Role-playing game, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Indie

April 11, 2017

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Cosmic Star Heroine is a Japanese-style adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat, where the main character, a secret agent, has to save the galaxy. In the...

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth

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

October 30, 2015

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 85/100

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth is an addition to the top-down arcade action game Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. It adds over 100 hours of content, including the new...

Ori and The Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Metroidvania

March 11, 2016

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition is an expanded edition of the indie adventure platformer. The game tells the story of a little guardian spirit named...

Alone With You

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Visual novel

August 23, 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Alone With You is a sci-fi adventure game in a pixel style. Players will play as the last surviving person on the planet. The main character needs to get out of a...

Emily Wants To Play

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

December 10, 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Emily Wants To Play is a first-person indie horror game where you have to survive a haunted house. You play as a pizza delivery guy who needs to deliver his last...

SteamWorld Dig 2

Arcade, Platformer, Steampunk, Side view, Adventure, Metroidvania, Indie

September 21, 2017

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 87/100

SteamWorld Dig 2 is a continuation of the side-view arcade platformer in steampunk style. The main character of the game this time will not be Rusty, but a certain...

Pikuniku

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Casual game

January 24, 2019

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Pikuniku is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle adventure game. You have to go to a mysterious game world where you need to uncover a conspiracy and restore the...

Donut County

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Casual game, Indie

August 28, 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Donut County is an unusual arcade puzzle game. The essence of the game is that you have to control a hole that grows when various objects fall into it. You need to...

Alchemic Cutie

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Exploration, Business / Management, Open world

September 28, 2021

Steam: 51/100

Alchemic Cutie is a cute top-down adventure RPG. The game takes place on the colorful island of Wimba, where you manage your own jelly farm. You will explore...

Sayonara Wild Hearts

Arcade, Music game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Motorcycle racing, Indie, Action, Casual game

September 19, 2019

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

A musical rhythm action that transforms into a vibrant journey through the heroine's inner world. After a broken heart, reality begins to crack, and a mysterious...

Backbone

Adventure, Stealth, Indie, Side view, Detective, Visual novel

June 8, 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 65/100

Backbone is a noir detective role-playing game in the spirit of Wolf Among Us, where all the characters are anthropomorphic animals. The game tells the story of...

Blazing Beaks

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

May 10, 2019

Players: 10/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Blazing Beaks is a dynamic action game with bagel elements and a top-down view. In the game you have to go to an amazing and colorful world where warlike birds...

Cyber Protocol

Arcade, Top-down view, Puzzle, Logic, Cyberpunk, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Action

September 26, 2019

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Cyber Protocol is a top-down cooperative arcade puzzle game in cyberpunk style. In the game you have to help the android G0X6, who was killed under mysterious...

Roki

Adventure, Indie, Side view, Puzzle, Casual game

July 23, 2020

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Roki is an atmospheric side-scrolling adventure steeped in the spirit of Scandinavian folklore. The game will tell the story of a young girl, Tova, who goes on a...

Doomsday Hunters

Action, Roguelike, Indie, Adventure, Isometric, Arcade, Dungeons, Post-apocalyptic

May 23, 2020

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Action-roguelike in the spirit of The Binding of Isaac and Nuclear Throne, where the player saves the world from the evil Dracula. The focus is on endless...

Gunsmith Simulator

Simulation, First-person view, Indie, Shooter, Educational game (Education), Business / Management, Puzzle

July 19, 2023

Players: 8/10

Steam: 85/100

A gunsmith simulator about assembling and disassembling different types of firearms. It can be repaired and sold to make a profit and grow your business. Over time...

Samsara Room

Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

April 29, 2020

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Samsara Room is a remake of the classic game of the same name with updated puzzles, graphics, and storyline. The immersive soundtrack was created by Victor...

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...

Anomaly Hunter

Arcade, Action, First-person view, Isometric, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Steam: 66/100

Anomaly Hunter is a point and click style arcade puzzle game with an isometric view. In the age of time travel machines, it's obvious that someone will make a...

Hoa

Platformer, Adventure, Puzzle, Action, Indie, Side view, Exploration

August 24, 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Hoa is an indie platformer with a side view and elements of the puzzle. You are waiting for breathtaking drawings, hand -drawn, excellent music and a pacifying...

Selaco

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Old school

May 31, 2024

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 93/100

A fast-paced shooter inspired by the classic games F.E.A.R., Quake and Doom. The style is based on F.E.A.R. — one of the most iconic action films of the...

Escape from Chernobyl

Action, Adventure, Tactics, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Casual game

August 9, 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 81/100

Escape from Chernobyl is an action-adventure game with a third-person view and tactical elements. You will plunge into the darkness and danger of the Chernobyl...

Quiplash

Arcade, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Logic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Online, Comedy

June 30, 2015

Steam: 93/100

Quiplash is a fun quiz for a group of 3 to 8 people, in which participants must give the funniest answer to a given question. The player who scores the most points...

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