Indie

Another Space Opera - Episode 1: The Wake of The Giant

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Indie, Roguelike, Exploration, Fantasy, Old school, Demons

2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Old school action inspired by the iconic platformers of the late 80s and early 90s. The game takes place in a science fiction setting, namely in 2297 after a...

Prime of Flames

Indie, Strategy, Role-playing game, Roguelike, Tactics, Turn-based, Adventure, Card game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy

August 23, 2022

Steam: 84/100

Prime of Flames is a turn-based role-playing adventure with roguelike elements in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to lead brave warriors of different clans...

Rabbit Hole

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

December 12, 2017

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 90/100

Rabbit Hole is a third-person shooter in the horror genre with elements of stealth and action. Sean Turner came to the small provincial town of Rabbit Hole to visit...

Paranormal Tales

Adventure, Horror, Simulation, First-person view, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural

2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The game is a collection of scary stories with paranormal phenomena. They are presented in the form of levels in which the character films everything on camera...

Spin Rhythm XD

Music game, Casual game, Indie

March 14, 2023

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 87/100

A rhythm game with electronic music in the spirit of the Guitar Hero and Dance Dance Revolution series. The gamer spins the wheel to match the color of the segment...

Paleo Pines

Action, Third-person view, Farm Simulator, Exploration, Casual game, Adventure, Indie

September 26, 2023

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 69/100

The game takes place on a colorful island where kind dinosaurs and eccentric people live. Together with their faithful companion, the dinosaur Lucky, players...

Army of Ruin

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

October 27, 2022

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 88/100

A dynamic action game in which players lead legendary heroes on a campaign against the hordes of evil. As you progress, you can collect a deadly arsenal, capable of...

Lost Potato

Roguelike, Shooter, Top-down view, Action, Indie, Procedural generation

August 15, 2020

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 92/100

A game with minimalist graphics about a young potato. The main character must push the balls into enemies or themselves onto spikes, as well as deflect shots in...

Murky Divers

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

June 19, 2024

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 86/100

A cooperative diving horror game involving a team of up to 4 people. At the bottom of the ocean hide abandoned laboratories full of terrible secrets and dangers. A...

Jackal

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Old school, Procedural generation, Indie

February 5, 2026

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

The game tells the story of a Las Vegas hitman who challenged the crime bosses. The player moves through procedurally generated levels, where the location of...

Hellreaper

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Replayability, Metroidvania

2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A hardcore action roguelike in which Heaven unleashes the Reaper of Hell—a destructive force created at the sacrifice of one of the High Angels. His goal is to...

Aye Leon

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Old school, Adventure, Free game

January 7, 2026

Steam: 90/100

A short pixel adventure lasting 20 minutes, where the main character flies with a jetpack through colorful floating worlds. You also need to search for secrets and...

eXSert

Action, Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Beat them all, Indie, Free game, Exploration

June 19, 2026

Steam: 50/100

The plot tells the story of Vera — a hot-headed girl who infiltrates a giant flying ship to destroy an artificial intelligence known as the Cleaner, which has...

The Silver Crow

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Old school, Medieval era, Detective

July 30, 2026

Steam: 93/100

A classic quest with a detective plot set in 16th century Germany. The main character is the city executioner, Konrad, who is forced to investigate the mysterious...

Mayday

Free game, Shooter, Arcade, Indie, Science fiction, Old school, Action

February 16, 2026

Steam: 100/100

A science fiction shooter with a wave-based structure, where the player controls the experimental combat ship Skylon and fights groups of enemies and bosses...

TUM TUM TUM: Dance Party

Music game, Indie, Free game, Casual game, Comedy, Arcade

December 3, 2025

Steam: 100/100

A cartoon rhythm game in the style of internet memes and Italian brainrot. The player needs to press the indicated keys at the right time, collect streaks of...

[Chilla's Art] Night Delivery

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

June 4, 2021

Steam: 79/100

A Japanese psychological horror game from the first-person perspective, where the ordinary job of a night courier gradually turns into a disturbing adventure. The...

Twin Trials

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Action

July 31, 2025

Steam: 100/100

A first-person arcade shooter where the player simultaneously uses up to two types of weapons and utilizes their physical properties to move through levels. One of...

Ved: Recure

Action, Adventure, Slasher, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Indie, Roguelike, Role-playing game

September 22, 2026

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 67/100

A dynamic action roguelike where the hero finds himself inside his thousandth purchased but never played game. After another workday, he falls asleep in front of...

Intralism

Music game, Indie

November 4, 2016

Steam: 87/100

Intralism is a rhythm game where players follow arcs on screen and press the corresponding buttons in time with the music. A wrong input ends the attempt, so...

Cartoon Strike

Free game, Action, Indie

October 14, 2020

Steam: 64/100

Cartoon Strike is a multiplayer action game about exploring different realities. Players take the role of employees in Gametoria inc.’s War and Fun department...

Evolution VR

Indie, Casual game, Strategy

February 4, 2017

Steam: 76/100

In this VR arcade strategy game, the player guides a custom creature through an alien underwater world populated by predators and smaller prey. Motion controls are...

The Wisbey Mystery

Indie, Casual game, Hidden Objects

January 18, 2017

Steam: 61/100

This casual hidden-object game centers on a grim manor that the residents of a small town have avoided for years. Its ruined walls conceal the unsolved murder of...

4D Toys

Simulation, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)

June 2, 2017

Steam: 88/100

4D Toys is a simulation about exploring objects in four-dimensional space through a 4D-and-time physics system. The fourth dimension is spatial rather than...

Gatling Gears

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Top-down view, Combat robots, Indie, Adventure

May 11, 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 75/100

An isometric action shooter about Max Brawley, a retired combat-robot pilot who takes on an Empire ravaging the world in search of natural resources. Alongside his...

Auditorium

Strategy, Music game, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

February 4, 2009

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Auditorium is a puzzle game centered on a stream of moving particles of light and sound that must be guided into audio containers. The player manipulates different...

Binding of Isaac: Wrath of the Lamb

Action, Shooter, DLC, Third-person view, Top-down view, Indie, Adventure

May 29, 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 93/100

DEFCON

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Indie

September 29, 2006

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 84/100

DEFCON is a real-time strategy game simulating global nuclear war during the Cold War. From an underground bunker, a general must destroy the enemy population while...

Pokemon World

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

2015

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Pokemon World is a free-to-play fan-made MMO game. They offer a unique experience that...

Octodad: Dadliest Catch

Simulation, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Comedy

January 30, 2014

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This comedic adventure follows an octopus posing as a human father and trying to keep his true nature secret from his family. In Octodad: Dadliest Catch, the hero...

A Wizard's Lizard

Role-playing game, Hack and slash, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Mini-game / browser-based, Roguelike, Indie

June 16, 2014

Steam: 69/100

An isometric action RPG with roguelike elements, A Wizard's Lizard follows a wizard’s loyal pet lizard on a quest to rescue its master in Amberfall. After the...

SteamWorld Dig

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

August 8, 2013

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 80/100

SteamWorld Dig is a charming side-scrolling arcade action-platformer about a robotic miner named Rusty, who arrives in a small town with the goal of finding...

Yrminsul

Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Indie, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

April 10, 2014

Steam: 66/100

A strategy game set in a fantasy universe where battles take the form of tower defense, with the player leading the forces of evil against armies of good. The...

Crawl

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Online

April 11, 2017

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Crawl is a fast-paced action roguelike with side-scrolling RPG elements. The game features a variety of dungeons that are randomly generated. The game is designed...

Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow comes Today

Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Point & Click, Indie

April 10, 2015

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow comes Today is an atmospheric “point and click” adventure with a side view in a post-apocalyptic setting. A terrible epidemic turns...

Gunspell

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

November 7, 2014

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 51/100

This fantasy RPG adventure with puzzle elements follows a member of an Order tasked with protecting Earth from monsters. Guns and magic work together as the hero...

Transformice

Arcade, Action, MMO, Platformer, Indie, Free game, Online

May 1, 2010

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 85/100

Transformice is a multiplayer platformer in which mice navigate traps to reach cheese and carry it back. Rounds take place on maps filled with physics-based...

Orbital Wars

Arcade, Beat them all, Top-down view, Indie

August 16, 2014

Orbital Wars is a top-down arcade game with beat-'em-up and indie elements from developers Philipp Welle. The game is published by Philipp Welle. For some reason...

OVIVO

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Action, Casual game

May 12, 2017

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 71/100

OVIVO is a minimalist side-scrolling indie platformer. In the world of the game, Black and White live in harmony. Intertwining and replacing each other, they...

Goosebumps: The Game

Adventure, Horror, Indie

October 13, 2015

Goosebumps: The Game is a casual adventure from the developers of WayForward Technologies. The game is based on the Goosebumps book series by R.L. Stine. The city...

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