Indie

Action, Shooter, Isometric, Cyberpunk, Futurism (Future), Indie

June 28, 2023

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 64/100

The game's protagonist, Janus, is a private detective with a troubled past who is trying to solve a case involving a stolen data storage device. On his path to the...

The Pest

Side view, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie

May 19, 2022

Steam: 75/100

The main character is a tiny pest virus that is heading towards the core of the system. The player solves complex puzzles and tries to avoid dangerous computer...

Idol Showdown

Indie, Fighting, Side view, Online, Arcade, Anime / Manga, Old school, Free game, Action

May 5, 2023

Steam: 94/100

A free fighting game where the fighters are Vitubers from the virtual agency Hololive. There are 8 YouTubers available in the game, including Ayame Nakiri, Korone...

Not Our Home: Platinum Edition

Free game, Horror, First-person view, Exploration, Indie, Stealth, Survival horror

April 9, 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 71/100

A free horror game in which the hero tries to find seven keys to save his brother. Along the way, he will encounter various monsters. The game has multiple endings...

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - The Lord of Nothing

DLC, Role-playing game, Isometric, Adventure, Fantasy, Indie, Strategy

November 21, 2023

Steam: 72/100

The expansion takes place in the icy lands, where players will try to uncover the secrets of the mysterious wizard's tower, help the Kellid tribe in the flowering...

Three Minutes to Eight

Indie, Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Science fiction, Detective, Point & Click

October 23, 2023

Steam: 63/100

A pixel game set in the near future. The main character should die at exactly 19:57, but the gamer still tries to save him. We need to find ways to cheat death and...

Abathor

Platformer, Fantasy, Side view, Old school, Adventure, Arcade, Cooperative (co-op), Slasher, Action, Indie

July 25, 2024

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 88/100

A pixel game with support for 4-player co-op mode, in which a group of brave heroes must save Atlantis. The people angered the gods, who sent monsters in revenge...

Forgotten but Unbroken

Tactics, Isometric, Turn-based, Historical, Indie, Strategy, Top-down view

November 18, 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 76/100

A game about the battles of World War II, inspired by real stories and events. It also tells the personal story of the main character, Commander Martin. There are...

Sixteen Undead

Arcade, Racing, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Old school, Procedural generation, Action

January 10, 2025

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 87/100

An undead teenager, brought back to life by a mad scientist's experiment, hits the road in a car. On the way you will have to run away from the cops trying to grab...

Cralon

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

April 17, 2026

Steam: 66/100

The main character chased after a demon to protect the villagers and fell into an old mine. Inside, there was a huge labyrinth with corridors, halls, and secrets...

Siberian Way

Visual novel, Adventure, Historical, Indie, Detective, Horror

March 4, 2025

Steam: 73/100

Detective visual short story with a gloomy history. The events of the game unfold at the end of the 19th century, and the plot tells about the detective Ilya...

Final Sentence

Online, Educational game (Education), Indie, Battle Royale, Horror, Simulation

April 9, 2026

Steam: 85/100

An unusual royal battle, in which it decides not accuracy, but the speed and accuracy of printing. One hundred players compete simultaneously, gaining text on the...

Riot Control Simulator: Rookie Day

Free game, Action, Simulation, First-person view, Indie, Shooter, Tactics, Casual game

May 21, 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 62/100

Free prologue for Riot Control Simulator, in which you need to suppress riots of protesters as a special police officer. You will have to fight with crowds of...

Mage Arena

Action, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Medieval era

July 24, 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

A cooperative PvP battle about magicians, where spells work only after they are cast into the microphone. Battles quickly turn into a chaotic chorus of voices...

GROUND BRANCH

Shooter, Simulation, First-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Online

August 14, 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 83/100

The player controls a special operations squad and carries out complex missions in different parts of the planet, where you need to fight criminals. There is a...

BrokenLore: Ascend

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Indie

January 7, 2027

A dark game about two Japanese streamers who climb to the top of the tallest skyscraper. The higher they climb, the more they immerse themselves in a nightmare and...

Hidden Cats vs Zombies 2

Puzzle, Hidden Objects, Casual game, Indie, Zombies

December 1, 2025

Steam: 96/100

The player must find all the hidden items in a post-apocalyptic military base. There are zombies that need to be shot with a sniper rifle, cats hiding from dangers...

HORDEKILL

Shooter, Third-person view, Indie, Free game, Science fiction, Horror

April 14, 2026

Steam: 62/100

The game's plot tells the story of a runaway slave who has risen against the invaders that enslaved his home planet. The protagonist's kin were doomed to become...

Into The Unwell

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Procedural generation, Indie

2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Surreal action roguelike in the style of old cartoons with "rubber" characters and a disturbing atmosphere of a feverish dream. The game world is filled with...

Mother Zina

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

2026

A psychological horror-thriller from the first-person perspective, set in the post-Soviet space. The main character is a foreign journalist who has come to Russia...

Outcore: Desktop Adventure

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Comedy, Exploration

September 26, 2022

Steam: 96/100

An unusual adventure that takes place right on the computer desktop. The main character must help a mysterious girl named Lumi restore her lost memories by...

BALL BOY Simulator

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Comedy, Old school, Survival horror, Walking Simulator, Simulation, Hidden Objects

August 30, 2026

Steam: 87/100

An atmospheric first-person adventure set in a Japanese high school. After each practice, the baseball team counts all the used balls, but one day, several of them...

Soundboxing

Indie, Virtual Reality (VR), Music game

September 29, 2016

Steam: 87/100

This VR music game turns music videos into kickboxing challenges, with players punching to the beat to score points. In Soundboxing, players can search for...

Grey Hack

Simulation, MMO, Indie

December 15, 2017

Steam: 90/100

Grey Hack is a multiplayer hacking simulator set across a vast network of procedurally generated computers. Players investigate systems with different...

Never Split the Party

Roguelike, Indie, Replayability

September 14, 2018

Steam: 72/100

Never Split the Party is a cooperative roguelike about four adventurers venturing into a procedurally generated dungeon to confront the vampire known as the...

DashBored

Role-playing game, Indie, Adventure

June 13, 2016

Steam: 91/100

DashBored is a role-playing game about Nicolas, a shut-in who is transported to a pocket dimension for people who have lost the will to live. The realm is ruled by...

Panoptic

Virtual Reality (VR), Indie, Stealth

October 8, 2020

Steam: 96/100

This asymmetrical local multiplayer stealth game for two pairs a giant Overseer with a tiny Being trying to stay out of sight. The Being must destroy the Overseer’s...

Psy High

Indie, Role-playing game, Text quest

December 12, 2014

Steam: 79/100

This text-based role-playing mystery follows high-school students who develop psychic powers and investigate supernatural secrets in their small town. The...

Project Explore

Survival, Adventure, Indie

August 11, 2017

Steam: 62/100

Project Explore is a 2D sandbox survival game where players explore the game world and can create their own content. Its inventory system uses metadata to give...

Cranks and Goggles

Racing, Indie, Sports game

December 21, 2016

Steam: 78/100

This top-down racing game is set in 1920s Europe, where the player takes the role of one of the first motorsport stars and drives historical racing cars. Its...

Sakura Shrine Girls

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

August 26, 2016

Steam: 86/100

This visual novel follows Toru, a skeptical priest in training who is visited by two cat girls. One carries herself with dignity and grace, while the other lives...

Satellite

Indie, Casual game, Visual novel

February 2, 2018

Steam: 80/100

This visual novel follows a young man trying to become a hero in a post-apocalyptic desert amid the flames of war. Others see him as weak and immature, but he hopes...

Remnants of Naezith

Indie, Action, Platformer

February 5, 2018

Steam: 95/100

This fast-paced grappling-hook platformer follows Kayra, a human who shares his body with the soul of Naezith, an ancient thunder dragon. Granted the dragon’s...

Airmen

Action, Indie, Strategy

July 25, 2017

Steam: 76/100

A first-person action game with strategy elements, centered on building airships, landships, and watercraft for expeditions across an archipelago. Ships are...

Samorost

Adventure, Free game, Side view, Indie, Point & Click, Casual game, Puzzle

May 20, 2021

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 96/100

Samorost is an unusual side-scrolling indie adventure game that follows the exciting journey of a dwarf in...

Ship

Action, Stealth, First-person view, Online, Indie

July 11, 2006

Players: 8/10

Steam: 100/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This online first-person action game with stealth and murder-mystery elements is set aboard a series of 1920s Art Deco cruise ships. Each player is assigned a...

Toxic Bunny

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Adventure, Indie

November 19, 1996

Steam: 60/100

This comedic retro platformer follows an almost ordinary rabbit who flies into a rage after someone interrupts his coffee break. He sets out to find the culprit...

Zeno Clash

Action, Shooter, Fighting, First-person view, Indie

April 21, 2009

Players: 5/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A first-person fighting game set in a punk-fantasy world, Zeno Clash follows Ghat, who is banished by his brothers and sets out across a forbidden desert on a...

Super Hexagon

Arcade, Music game, Indie

August 31, 2012

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Super Hexagon is an indie music arcade game. This is one of the most difficult games you will ever play. A pulsating soundtrack underscores the danger as swirling...

Waking Mars

Arcade, Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Science fiction, Indie

March 1, 2012

Players: 1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Waking Mars is a side-scrolling arcade adventure platformer. In 2097, life was discovered on Mars. During the mission to make first contact, you find yourself...

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