Indie

Action, Adventure, Slasher, Third-person view, Indie, Fantasy, Medieval era

August 7, 2017

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 83/100

The game takes you on a dark and ruthless journey into the depths of the mind, where the lines between reality and madness blur. The story follows a warrior named...

Celeste

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

January 25, 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Celeste is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer from the creator of TowerFall. More than 250 levels await you, and the locations include abandoned cities...

Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator

Simulation, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Exploration, Fantasy, Medieval era

September 21, 2021

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 74/100

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Wicked Seed

Role-playing game, Action, Turn-based, Indie, Survival horror

January 23, 2026

Players: 6.8/10

Survival horror in the spirit of Resident Evil and Parasite Eve, where you need to uncover the mystery of the sudden appearance of monsters. As you progress...

Ravenswatch

Role-playing game, Action, Online, Slasher, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy

April 6, 2023

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 78/100

A game from the creators of Curse of the Dead Gods featuring characters from folk tales. Each hero has their own abilities: Beowulf relies on fierce attacks and...

Slay the Spire 2

Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Fantasy, Procedural generation, Collectible card game (CCG)

March 5, 2026

Players: 4.4/10

The sequel returns in a new form — the Spire awakens after a millennium of oblivion, hiding even more dangers, secrets, and challenges in its depths. Its halls are...

Outer Wilds

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

May 28, 2019

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 84/100

The main character is a recruit of the research organization Outer Wilds Ventures, who goes on exploration into space, but ends up in a time loop. To get out of it...

Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok

Action, Roguelike, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie, Fantasy

December 15, 2022

Players: 6.9/10

After Ragnarok, Yggdrasil, the World Tree, lost almost all of its energy needed to support the Nine Realms. Only a few heroes survived the End of the World...

Kingdoms Reborn

Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

November 3, 2020

Players: 8/10

Kingdoms Reborn is a city builder with an open, procedurally generated world in which you can cooperate or compete with other players. Here you can follow an...

The Binding of Isaac: Repentance

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

March 31, 2021

Players: 8.9/10

The Binding of Isaac: Repentance — an expansion to the top-down arcade action game Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. The expansion includes the fan-made modification...

Grime

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

August 2, 2021

Players: 8.1/10

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...

Door Kickers 2: Task Force North

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

November 4, 2020

Players: 7.4/10

A top-down tactical real-time strategy game about special forces conducting operations against terrorists in the Middle East. The game offers full squad deployment...

Magicraft

Roguelike, Procedural generation, Top-down view, Adventure, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Crafting

November 2, 2023

Players: 9.9/10

A dynamic action roguelike where the player becomes a hero trying to save the world. As players explore a magical fantasy world, they find a legendary staff and...

The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante

Role-playing game, Indie, Simulation, Adventure

March 4, 2021

Players: 9/10

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...

Forts

Arcade, Action, Strategy, In real time, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view

April 19, 2017

Players: 8.6/10

Leaf Blower Revolution

Top-down view, Indie, Arcade

December 4, 2020

Players: 6.9/10

Leaf Blower Revolution is a top-down indie arcade game. It's an idle game where you blow leaves with nuclear leaf blowers, unlock upgrades, earn achievements, and...

Guns, Gore & Cannoli

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Indie

April 30, 2015

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 72/100

The Tenants

Simulation, Indie, Business / Management, Isometric, Third-person view, Arcade

March 25, 2021

The Tenants is a fun simulation game with management strategy elements and an isometric camera view. In the game, you will try on the role of a venerable landlord...

Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown

Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, Tactics, Roguelike, Science fiction, Survival, Space

February 18, 2026

Players: 6.7/10

Metacritic: 76/100

The player explores space and pilots a legendary starship. They must survive and find a way home. They must plan a route, manage resources, and make difficult...

Warpips

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

April 29, 2021

Players: 8.6/10

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...

Deltarune

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

October 31, 2018

Players: 8.7/10

An RPG from Toby Fox, the creator of Undertale. The story centers on Chris, an ordinary schoolboy who, together with a classmate, accidentally finds himself in a...

Ruined King: A League of Legends Story

Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Isometric

November 16, 2021

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Ruined King: A League of Legends Story is a role-playing adventure set in the League of Legends universe with a turn-based combat system from the creators of...

Car For Sale Simulator 2023

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

May 18, 2023

Players: 7.1/10

The player develops his car business by buying and selling cars. You can buy an almost completely destroyed car in order to repair it and resell it more profitably...

House Flipper

Simulation, First-person view, Arcade, Indie, Business / Management

May 17, 2018

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 62/100

House Flipper is a fun management simulator with a first-person view, where you become a one-man repair crew. In the game you will buy abandoned houses that are in...

INDIKA

Indie, Third-person view, Adventure, Horror, Action

May 2, 2024

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 81/100

A young nun, full of doubts and seditious thoughts, is expelled from the monastery, accused of possession. She goes into town, watching as a terrible furry creature...

Plague Inc: Evolved

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

September 18, 2015

Players: 8.6/10

Plague Inc: Evolved is an updated version of an unusual simulator with elements of management strategy for modern platforms. The game will give you the opportunity...

Forever Skies

Role-playing game, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Survival, Exploration, Sandbox, Open world, Crafting, Indie

June 22, 2023

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 66/100

The game takes place on Earth destroyed by an environmental disaster. To survive and understand what happened, the hero collects resources, fights dangers, searches...

Papers, Please

Arcade, Simulation, Adventure, Indie

August 8, 2013

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Papers, Please is an unusual simulator of an immigration officer. You will have to sit in a small booth and check the documents of visiting residents, identify...

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights

Action, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Post-apocalyptic, Role-playing game

January 21, 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a dark fantasy setting. The setting is the fallen kingdom of Outland...

Ostriv

Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Historical, Indie

March 19, 2020

Players: 7.5/10

Ostriv is a real-time historical city-building strategy with management elements. In the game, you take on the role of the governor of an 18th century city...

IfSunSets

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

November 5, 2024

Players: 8.1/10

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...

Thronefall

Isometric, Strategy, Construction, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), In real time, Indie

August 2, 2023

Players: 7.6/10

A game with minimalistic graphics, in which the gamer builds the defense of a settlement during the day and defends against enemy attacks at night. It is important...

Broforce

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Isometric, Indie

April 6, 2014

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Broforce is a brutal 2D platformer full of pure, unadulterated fun that requires the player to destroy everything that moves in order to defeat the Satanic...

Breathedge

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Survival, Comedy, Space

September 13, 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Breathedge is a science fiction adventure action game with a first-person view and survival elements. The game tells the story of an ordinary guy and his pet who...

CloverPit

Horror, First-person view, Casino, Indie, Roguelike, Comedy, Procedural generation

September 26, 2025

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 77/100

A dark roguelike where excitement and fear intertwine in a deadly game. The main character ends up in a rusty cell with a slot machine and an ATM, and each round...

We Happy Few

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

August 10, 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 64/100

We Happy Few is an adventure action-horror game with a first-person perspective and survival elements. During World War II, Nazi Germany captured Great Britain, and...

Halls of Torment

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Indie, Roguelike, Fantasy, Old school

May 24, 2023

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 88/100

The main action takes place in a dark fantasy world with monsters, demons and magic. The brave hero sets out to explore various underground spaces to find new...

A Difficult Game About Climbing

Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie

March 6, 2024

Players: 7.7/10

Hardcore precision platformer in the spirit of Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy. The player controls the climber's hands to ascend a massive, treacherous...

Crab Champions

Action, Shooter, Online, Third-person view, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op)

April 1, 2023

Players: 5.5/10

A multiplayer shooter where players take on the role of a crab as he travels through exotic islands, fighting hordes of enemies and collecting loot. The game has 3...

Ori and the Blind Forest

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Logic, Indie

March 11, 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Ori and the Blind Forest is an arcade game with adventure, platformer and indie elements from the masters of Moon Studios. The game is published by Microsoft Game...

Best Games in the Indie genre