Indie

Old school, Simulation, Action, Indie, Demons, Mysticism / Supernatural, Survival horror, Strategy, Crafting, Business / Management

July 14, 2025

A cooking simulator with horror elements, where the kitchen turns into a place of terrible trials. The mechanics are tied to the ability to throw ingredients, turn...

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...

Catanks

Shooter, Third-person view, Tanks, Indie, Free game, Casual game, Action

September 25, 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 100/100

The player controls a tank, driven by a cat, and tries to defend their home from a rat invasion. Each location offers new mechanics and challenges, such as...

Master of Command

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Indie, Tactics

October 27, 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

The game takes place during the Seven Years' War. Over 150 units from five European countries allow you to create your own unique army. You need to plan battles...

Sublustrum Remake

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Steampunk, Exploration, Detective, Remake, Walking Simulator, Point & Click

Q1 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A remake of the psychological adventure game Sublustrum from 2008. The plot centers around a writer investigating the disappearance of his scientist brother and...

Ephemeral Art: Shapeweaver

Sandbox, Indie, Free game, Casual game

October 1, 2025

Steam: 100/100

A free creative 2D sandbox where you can create temporary artistic compositions from shapes by adjusting their form, color, size, and effects. The player controls...

Be Queen Bee

Action, Top-down view, Beat them all, Indie, Roguelike, Casual game, Strategy

February 5, 2026

Steam: 94/100

A pixel game where the gamer, as the queen bee, controls a swarm using pheromones. You will have to fight predators for flower fields to avoid hunger. Honey also...

Chapel 3-D: The Ascent

Role-playing game, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Fantasy, Old school, Action, Horror

February 20, 2026

Players: 10/10

Steam: 56/100

The main character embarks on a journey between different worlds, where they fight against opponents. You can run, jump, quickly move through levels, and also use...

Fischer's Fishing Journey

Hunting / Fishing, Comedy, Casual game, Indie, Point & Click

August 8, 2025

Steam: 91/100

A desktop game where a cat goes fishing. The gameplay is accompanied by relaxing sounds of wind and water. You can change baits, buy new gear, and observe the...

Allelon

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Indie, Free game, Exploration, Detective, Puzzle

May 5, 2026

Steam: 66/100

A free third-person stealth detective game set in the futuristic city of Andropolis, where human consciousness has migrated into robot bodies. The story intertwines...

WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition

Action, Simulation, Third-person view, Indie, Survival, Open world, Exploration

July 26, 2019

Steam: 97/100

A realistic wolf life simulator set in the northern part of Yellowstone National Park. The game allows you to experience the journey of a lone gray wolf who leaves...

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...

Ritter & Rotwein

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Comedy, Medieval era, Historical

July 20, 2026

Steam: 67/100

Medieval action with deliberately absurd physics, where the path to glory often turns into a series of ridiculous falls and comical situations. Controlling a puppet...

Enter the Chronosphere

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Science fiction, Space, Procedural generation, Strategy

May 25, 2026

VGTimes: 7.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Roguelike-shooter combining turn-based tactics with dynamic action. The story tells about the Starseer team, facing giant chronospheres that absorb entire fragments...

Holey Ship

Action, Simulation, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

August 26, 2026

Chaotic cooperative puzzle game with action elements for up to four players. A team of repair workers finds themselves on board constantly breaking down ships...

Greak 2: Alliance of the Storms

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Metroidvania

2027

Cooperative metroidvania with hand-drawn graphics. The adventure is designed for single-player, local co-op, or online co-op. After fleeing their homeland, Greak...

Coffee Craze

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

July 16, 2026

Steam: 66/100

A calm simulator of a small café where the player needs to serve customers, prepare coffee and pastries, and gradually develop their own establishment. The earned...

FRAMED Collection

Puzzle, Casual game, Indie

May 17, 2018

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This collection of FRAMED and FRAMED 2 consists of puzzles in which the panels of an animated comic are rearranged to shape a noir spy adventure. Each arrangement...

Momonga Pinball Adventures

Arcade, Action, Pinball, Casual game, Indie

January 17, 2013

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This pinball adventure follows Momo, a flying squirrel who sets out to rescue his tribe after their village is attacked by a band of owls. Led by General Kuton, the...

Awareness Rooms

Adventure, Indie, Puzzle

June 16, 2016

Steam: 81/100

This adventure puzzle game follows a girl who wakes up in an unfamiliar room and tries to find a way out. At first, she cannot make sense of the objects around her...

Griptape Backbone

Indie, Skateboards, Open world

May 5, 2017

Steam: 92/100

Griptape Backbone is a first-person skateboarding game with a vaporwave aesthetic, set in a purgatory between life and death. The skater gathers aesthetic elements...

SPACEPLAN

Casual game, Indie, Space

May 4, 2017

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 85/100

SPACEPLAN is a casual sci-fi clicker with a story partly based on a deliberate misunderstanding of Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time. The player operates a...

ALONE?

Action, Adventure, Indie

October 10, 2016

Steam: 88/100

A psychological horror game about a family mystery, ALONE? follows a protagonist who receives a plea for help from a missing sister, Michelle, and returns to the...

Putrefaction 2: Void Walker

Action, Shooter, Indie

May 29, 2017

Steam: 77/100

A fast-paced first-person shooter and sequel to Putrefaction, it follows a warrior transported to another galaxy after the destruction of an ancient evil. Now the...

Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter

Virtual Reality (VR), Action, Indie

April 4, 2017

Steam: 85/100

This virtual reality arcade first-person shooter follows Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter. Sam battles enemies across South America, ancient Mesopotamia, and...

I wanna be The Cat

Action, Indie, Adventure

December 15, 2017

Steam: 89/100

Inspired by I Wanna Be the Guy fangames, this challenging roguelite platformer pits players against famous video game characters turned into cats in a contest to...

InMomentum

Arcade, Logic, Racing, Indie, Parkour

October 31, 2011

Players: 1/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 59/100

A minimalist sci-fi racing platformer in which navigating courses calls for thinking in both horizontal and vertical directions. Players explore levels, choose...

Zombeer, Zombies and Beers

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Zombies

January 24, 2014

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 32/100

A first-person shooter set in a post-apocalyptic world where a pandemic turns people into zombies and beer slows the infection after a bite. The player must survive...

Aquaria

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Metroidvania, Indie, Exploration

December 7, 2007

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Aquaria is a metroidvania set in a vast underwater world filled with living creatures and ancient secrets. Naija, a solitary ocean dweller, searches for her family...

Waiting for Godot

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Free game, Side view

June 11, 2012

Players: 10/10

Waiting for Godot is a side view arcade game with a mixture of platformer, indie game and shareware game from the masters from the VectorBelly studio. The main...

Eufloria

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Casual game

November 4, 2008

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Eufloria is a meditative real-time strategy game with a top-down view. You'll explore a beautifully realized universe, created in a unique and compelling style...

SpaceChem

Strategy, Puzzle, Sandbox, Indie, Logic

January 1, 2011

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 84/100

SpaceChem is an unusual puzzle game with strategy elements and a top-down view. In the game you will try on the role of a SpaceChem reactor compartment engineer...

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...

Umihara Kawase

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie

December 23, 1994

Steam: 91/100

This puzzle platformer follows young adventurer Umihara Kawase as she travels through a world in search of ingredients. Armed with a fishing lure attached to an...

Windosill

Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Point & Click, Indie

May 26, 2009

Steam: 92/100

Windosill is a casual puzzle game made up of ten interactive, animated rooms filled with creatures and objects that obey the laws of physics. The player explores...

Zero-K

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Tanks, Combat robots, Free game, Indie

April 27, 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Zero-K is a free-to-play real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting, inspired by the famous Total Annihilation and Supreme...

Grave Digger

Action, Horror, Isometric, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Stealth, Survival horror

May 30, 2013

Steam: 73/100

This stealth action-adventure blends whimsical English comedy with grim, Dickensian horror. The player controls Fagus, a grave robber who sneaks through graveyards...

Detail

Adventure, Interactive movie, Indie, Point & Click,

October 28, 2014

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Detail is an episodic point and click adventure in a noir style, inspired by the HBO series The Wire. The game tells an intriguing story of police officer Reginald...

Ms. Splosion Man

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie

July 13, 2011

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Ms. Splosion Man is a dynamic puzzle platformer with a side view, where the main character is a female version of the "Explosive Man" from the game of the same...

Cat Lady

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Indie

December 1, 2012

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This psychological horror game follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year-old woman on the verge of suicide. With no family, friends or hope for a better future, she...

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