Indie

Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Stealth

April 24, 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This tactical stealth game follows a crew of thieves as they case buildings and carry out heists while avoiding security. The cast includes a lock-picking...

Nimble Quest

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Indie, Casual game

March 28, 2013

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This arcade action game with role-playing elements centers on a party of heroes that moves constantly through stages while fighting enemy hordes. The player steers...

Paranormal

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

September 12, 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 57/100

This first-person horror game follows artist Mattel Clarke as he films paranormal activity in his haunted house. The camera serves as both the player’s viewpoint...

Defense Technica

Action, Strategy, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Indie

June 5, 2013

Steam: 42/100

Metacritic: 63/100

A futuristic tower defense strategy game about protecting a core from biomechanical attackers. The defense includes eight classes of towers with different weapons...

Spacebase DF-9

Arcade, Simulation, Futurism (Future), Indie, Space, Science fiction

October 27, 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 16/100

This space simulation focuses on building a home for humans and aliens in Earth's distant future. The player expands the base by mining asteroids, growing it from a...

Grabbles

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view

2016

Grubbles — side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer. The game uses simple gameplay mechanics where you interact with your environment by pulling yourself and...

Lost Orbit

Arcade, Action, Futurism (Future), Indie, Space

May 12, 2015

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This space arcade action game follows Harrison, a maintenance worker and astronaut stranded in deep space after his ship is destroyed, as he tries to make his way...

League of Evil

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie

February 3, 2011

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This futuristic action platformer follows a bionic super agent on a mission to stop the League of Evil, an alliance of evil scientists. The agent fights through...

Firefly Runner

Arcade, Indie

June 4, 2014

Firefly Runner is an arcade with indie game from Red Kite Games. The main publisher of the game is Red Kite Games. Firefly Runner may be in development for PC, but...

Woah Dave!

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

October 30, 2014

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 71/100

This arcade platformer follows Dave Lonuts as he tries to survive an alien invasion and collect as many coins as possible. He fights back by throwing alien eggs...

Shadow Blade

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

January 16, 2014

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Shadow Blade — the game consists of small levels and rewards the player based on three factors: the total time to complete the level from start to finish, the...

Dusty Revenge: Co-Op Edition

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Fighting, Beat them all, Platformer, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

February 17, 2014

Steam: 49/100

This 2D action platformer with beat ’em up combat follows Dusty, a warrior battling outlawed criminals, dangerous creatures and the villain who commands them. His...

Lords & Knights

Online, Strategy, MMO, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Free game

August 11, 2011

Players: 9.4/10

Lords & Knights is an online game with a mixture of strategy, massive multiplayer, fantasy, indie and free-to-play from the masters at Xyrality. The main...

Interstellar Marines

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Indie

July 2, 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 50/100

This tactical sci-fi first-person shooter is set in the early 22nd century, when the discovery of an inexhaustible energy source has enabled humanity to explore the...

Talisman: Digital Edition

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game, Indie, Online

February 25, 2014

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 78/100

Talisman: Digital Edition is a board card game in a fantasy setting. You are about to go on an exciting adventure where you need to outrun your opponents and get...

Voyage to Farland

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Adventure

June 27, 2013

Steam: 91/100

A turn-based roguelike about a wanderer searching for a missing sister in the forested Iya Gorge. The region is filled with dangerous creatures and mysteries, and...

Bombing Bastards

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Isometric, Logic, Indie

July 3, 2014

Steam: 57/100

Bombing Bastards is an isometric arcade, action, beat 'em up and indie game from the developers of Sanuk Games. The game is published by Sanuk Games. In some...

The Fall

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Science fiction, Indie

May 30, 2014

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 73/100

The Fall is an adventure shooter with a view of the side of the science fiction setting, which will tell about artificial intelligence trying to save its master...

Defunct

Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Racing

January 29, 2016

Steam: 80/100

This adventure racing game follows a broken robot that accidentally falls from a cargo ship onto a post-human Earth inhabited by robots and must find its way back...

Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure

Adventure, Side view, Indie, Visual novel, Point & Click, Comedy, Hidden Objects

May 31, 2016

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Demetrios — The BIG Cynical Adventure is a fun visual novel with puzzles and a side view. The main character is a slob living in Paris named Björn Thonen. One...

Tiny TrackZ

Puzzle, Trains, Indie

August 14, 2015

Tiny TrackZ is a puzzle with a mixture of railway simulator and indie game from developers from the Strange Flavor Ltd. studio. The game is published by Strange...

Blind Legend

Adventure, Indie, Free game, Action

September 30, 2015

Steam: 74/100

Blind Legend is an adventure game in which you play as a blind knight. In the complete absence of visuals, you will need to navigate by binaural...

Four Sided Fantasy

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie

August 30, 2016

Steam: 79/100

Four Sided Fantasy is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer. The main character is an ordinary office worker who decided to break away from his daily routine...

Ultimate Chicken Horse

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Online, Casual game

March 4, 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Ultimate Chicken Horse is a side-scrolling arcade platformer in the style of Super Meat Boy. You have to create levels with a huge number of traps and other...

Highway Blossoms

Simulation, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

June 17, 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

A Japanese-style visual novel with dating sim elements. The game’s story takes place in the southwestern United States, where a young woman named Amber sets out to...

Giant Machines 2017

Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie

September 29, 2016

Players: 5.8/10

Steam: 68/100

Giant Machines 2017 — giant vehicle driving simulator. You will be able to take control of seven industrial, the largest in the world, machines that have...

Minotaur

Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Cyberpunk, Indie, Point & Click

September 6, 2019

Steam: 69/100

Minotaur is a hybrid of a visual novel and a puzzle game in the style of cyberpunk. In the game you need to control a squad of characters, helping them survive...

Pineview Drive: Rising Storm

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

November 1, 2016

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Pineview Drive: Rising Storm is a continuation of the first-person horror adventure Pineview Drive. The story tells about a young girl Lisa, who goes to an old...

Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker

Adventure, Interactive movie, Indie, Detective

May 19, 2017

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 62/100

This FMV detective story with elements of psychological horror follows a psychiatrist investigating the murder of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker while treating...

Mages of Mystralia

Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Indie

May 18, 2017

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Mages of Mystralia — A colorful action adventure with a side view in a fantasy setting. The events of the game take place in a world where magic is strictly...

WORLD END ECONOMiCA episode.02

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Indie

July 21, 2015

Steam: 96/100

WORLD END ECONOMiCA episode.02 is a visual novel about Haru, who survived an incident but lost his dream. Four years later, a determined young woman offers him a...

Knee Deep

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Third-person view

July 6, 2015

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 60/100

Knee Deep is a detective adventure with a first-person view. The action takes place in a swampy area near the town of Cypress Knee, Florida. You will take part in...

Immortal Redneck

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Roguelike, Procedural generation

April 25, 2017

Players: 7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Immortal Redneck is a fast-paced first-person shooter with roguelike elements. You will find unique arenas that are generated randomly, a wide arsenal of weapons...

Bomb Defense

Arcade, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

July 5, 2017

Steam: 50/100

Bomb Defense is an arcade puzzle game with strategy elements in the tower defense genre and a top-down view. You will have a limited supply of gold at your disposal...

The Nightmare from Beyond

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

July 30, 2017

Steam: 75/100

The Nightmare from Beyond is a third-person space horror game inspired by the works of Lovecraft. The player controls a girl named Sanja of the D'nyg race, who...

Grab the Bottle

Arcade, Puzzle, Comics, Indie, Side view, Casual game

May 22, 2017

Players: 4/10

Steam: 82/100

Grab the Bottle is a fun side-scrolling arcade puzzle game. Controlling the longest arm in the world, you need to reach certain objects in the level. You will find...

Milanoir

Action, Shooter, Indie, Adventure

May 31, 2018

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 50/100

Milanoir is an action game with a dash of platforming in a retro pixel style. Plunge into the criminal life of the city of Milan. All the accompanying adventures...

Thief of Thieves: Season One

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Isometric, Comics, Indie

July 16, 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 47/100

Thief of Thieves: Season One is an adventure stealth action game, which is a game adaptation of Robert Kirkman's Thief of Thieves comic book. The game will tell the...

UFO 50

Arcade, Role-playing game, Shooter, Platformer, Collection, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Action

September 18, 2024

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 91/100

A unique collection of 50 retro games. Each game in the collection is made in the style of classic 8-bit games, but with modern mechanics and deep gameplay. Players...

Underflow

Strategy, God Simulator, In real time, Futurism (Future), Action, Indie, Simulation

2019

Underflow is a real-time strategy game that will allow you to control the evolution of underwater life on an alien planet. You have to control microbots responsible...

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