Indie

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...

Kusan: City of Wolves

Shooter, Top-down view, Cyberpunk, Indie, Comics, Action, Arcade

July 30, 2026

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Cyberpunk shooter in the spirit of Hotline Miami, set in a city of cats and dogs. The main character is a cat veteran who tries to protect a girl from the dogs of...

Realm of Ink

Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Roguelike, Fantasy, Slasher, Role-playing game

September 27, 2024

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Adventure action-roguelike in the spirit of Hades, but based on Chinese mythology for its lore. The game offers several characters to choose from, which need to...

A Case of Distrust

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Detective, Point & Click

February 8, 2018

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 77/100

An interactive detective story set in San Francisco in 1924. The main character is detective Phyllis Cadence Malone. She investigates various criminal cases...

Rusty's Retirement

Farm Simulator, Business / Management, Top-down view, Strategy, Indie, Simulation

April 26, 2024

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A colorful game about developing a farm on your own desktop. The player tries to help Rusty water and harvest crops, develop new crops, expand his farm, and even...

Qanga

Open world, Indie, Action, Third-person view, Exploration, Science fiction, Space, Survival, Procedural generation, Sandbox, Crafting, Simulation, Shooter, Futurism (Future)

September 2, 2024

Players: 7/10

Steam: 70/100

An open-world space sandbox in which gamers explore the entire solar system. The game has both single player mode and multiplayer mode, allowing you to play online...

Dead Season

Zombies, Tactics, Turn-based, Comics, Role-playing game, Top-down view, Indie, Old school

October 8, 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 69/100

The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies. The four characters are forced to work together to survive. You need to explore atmospheric...

Bad 2 Bad: Apocalypse

Post-apocalyptic, Role-playing game, Top-down view, Science fiction, Crafting, Construction, Indie

February 23, 2023

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 77/100

The player explores a gloomy post-apocalyptic world with various activities: battles, fishing, resource collection and crafting. On combat missions, the gamer...

Food Truck Simulator

Casual game, Indie, Simulation, Business / Management, Third-person view, First-person view

September 15, 2022

Steam: 68/100

The main character wants to restore his father's old food truck. You will have to travel a lot around the city and serve hungry customers. You can come up with your...

Everhood 2

Music game, Role-playing game, Adventure, Comedy, Indie

March 4, 2025

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 79/100

An unusual mixture of rhythm games, RPG and surrealist fantasy travel. The main action unfolds in the mysterious world full of mysterious creatures, philosophical...

Adorable Adventures

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Exploration, Open world, Casual game

April 30, 2026

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A colorful adventure game about a pig named Boris, who got lost after a forest fire and is now looking for his family. In order to survive and find his loved ones...

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...

Dog In A Box

First-person view, Puzzle, Virtual Reality (VR), Comedy, Casual game, Indie, Free game

January 31, 2019

Steam: 85/100

A virtual reality game where you make dogs. As a toy maker, you'll work on unexpected orders in three strange and unique locations. There are various elements that...

Bait & Tackle

Hunting / Fishing, Platformer, Indie, Free game, Side view, Comedy, Action

October 3, 2025

Steam: 94/100

The player takes on the role of a legendary fisherman, catching exotic fish and battling sea monsters. The protagonist, a retired fisherman, must rebuild his...

The Eternal Life of Goldman

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Exploration, Fantasy, Metroidvania

2026

Anticipation Rating: 8.6/10

A hand-drawn adventure platformer with elements of exploration and battles, set on a mysterious Archipelago. Players will uncover the mysteries of the islands, seek...

Pneuma

Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Fantasy, Slasher

January 7, 2026

Steam: 87/100

Zoe, the student of Death, embarks on a journey to reclaim the fragments of her soul that were stolen from her. To do this, the girl must defeat the seven deadly...

Promise Mascot Agency

Adventure, Simulation, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Open world, Role-playing game, Indie

April 10, 2025

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 79/100

The game takes place in a cursed Japanese city. The main character collects mascot creatures to help them, but they can also perform various tasks on their own. You...

We Gotta Go

Action, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy, Exploration, Indie, Horror

April 14, 2026

Steam: 59/100

A bright cooperative game where heroes try to reach the only bathroom in a haunted house within a limited time. You need to search for useful items, fend off...

Solar Expanse - Space Exploration Manager

Strategy, Simulation, Sandbox, Indie, Space

April 9, 2026

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 87/100

A space strategy game where managing a company focused on exploring and colonizing the Solar System is the core of the gameplay. Development revolves around...

Grave Seasons

Adventure, Horror, Indie, Detective, Farm Simulator, Role-playing game

March 9, 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A narrative farming simulator where a peaceful life gradually turns into a troubling story. After escaping from prison, the hero finds refuge in the quiet town of...

Stitchlings

Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Beat them all, Indie, Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Slasher

May 12, 2026

Steam: 93/100

Bright cooperative action game built around a shared adventure and an unusual character development system. After defeating monsters, their parts can literally be...

War Fantasy

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

2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A psychological horror first-person shooter that explores the connection between military video games and real conflicts. The player finds themselves inside an...

Candy Clicker

Free game, Casual game, Clicker, Indie, Simulation

April 13, 2026

Steam: 56/100

A free clicker game dedicated to developing your own candy factory and accumulating larger volumes of resources. Players need to improve click strength, unlock new...

Upward

Platformer, Indie, Free game, Side view, Casual game, Procedural generation, Parkour

June 22, 2026

Steam: 100/100

A free platformer with procedural level generation, where the main goal is to survive as long as possible. Each new run offers a unique combination of locations...

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...

Warstone TD

Strategy, In real time, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game

May 23, 2018

Steam: 86/100

A fantasy strategy game in the "tower defense" genre, combining the classic formula of defending against waves of enemies with a large-scale kingdom development...

GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Fantasy, Construction

January 10, 2020

Steam: 87/100

Continuation of the GemCraft series, combining real-time strategy, magic, and a deep development system. After a long imprisonment in the ice, the hero returns to...

Going my way?

Horror, Simulation, First-person view, Trains, Indie, Detective

2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A dark narrative game where you become the conductor of a train traveling through a world consumed by madness. Among the ordinary passengers, there are the...

Topidia: The Last Badge

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Side view

July 7, 2026

Steam: 93/100

An adventure platformer where a group of children set out to explore an abandoned mine to extract a rare mineral called Topidia and earn missing badges. Instead...

The Backrooms 1998

Survival horror, Old school, First-person view, Adventure, Action, Walking Simulator, Indie, Survival

May 25, 2022

Steam: 80/100

A psychological horror game from the first person, styled as a found videotape. The story tells about a teenager who accidentally finds himself in the endless maze...

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...

Super Night Riders

Arcade, Racing, Indie

February 22, 2016

Steam: 89/100

This arcade racing game, inspired by retro classics, follows Alice, a motorcyclist known as the Red Rider. In Super Night Riders, race position is unimportant: the...

The Shape Of Heart

Indie, Puzzle

October 25, 2016

Steam: 81/100

This narrative puzzle game follows an exhausted worker who returns home in 2016 and reflects on where his passions went. The story unfolds through memories of...

Luna

Indie, Casual game, Virtual Reality (VR)

October 17, 2017

Steam: 83/100

This interactive fairytale follows a Bird whose summer sleep is interrupted by the call of a mysterious Owl. After swallowing the last piece of the waning Moon, the...

Alvora Tactics

Indie, Strategy, Role-playing game

June 1, 2017

Steam: 91/100

A tactical role-playing game set in a fantasy world where a customizable band of warriors explores and conquers the Great Serpent Alvora. The journey takes the...

Lighthouse of Madness

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Walking Simulator, Indie

October 21, 2026

Steam: 93/100

A game inspired by the works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, where the exploration of a mysterious island intertwines with puzzles and psychological horror. The...

Sine Mora

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Indie, Arcade

March 21, 2012

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Sine Mora is a horizontally scrolling shoot ’em up in which time is central to combat. It combines classic shooter mechanics with a Story Mode that unfolds its tale...

Matter

Arcade, Action, Indie

Q4 2012

Steam: 88/100

Matter is an arcade game with action elements and indie games from the masters from the Blind Wink Games studio. The main publisher of the game is Microsoft...

Fort Zombie

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Horror, In real time, Third-person view, Indie

October 30, 2009

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 66/100

A role-playing strategy game about surviving a zombie apocalypse in the small American town of Piety, Indiana. The protagonist chooses a building to serve as a...

Hell-Copter

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Helicopters, Indie

June 1, 2005

Steam: 66/100

This third-person arcade shooter puts players in control of an experimental military drone defending the planet from an attack and taking on enemy air support...

Best Games in the Indie genre