Indie

September 24, 2021

Steam: 92/100

SUPER CHICKEN JUMPER is an arcade runner with shooting elements in which a spy chicken is tasked by the president with saving the world from evil forces of the...

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...

Volo Airsport

Indie, Sports game, Action

December 4, 2014

Steam: 66/100

This wingsuit flying sports action game lets players soar over mountain slopes, choosing between high-speed runs along cliffs and cruising at altitude. Its...

Unhack

Indie, Anime / Manga, Puzzle

February 20, 2014

Steam: 94/100

This puzzle game with combat unfolds in cyberspace, where the 5K Worm virus is spreading through the digital realm. The player takes the role of Smash Security’s...

Heroes Rise: HeroFall

Indie, Role-playing game, Text quest

July 11, 2014

Steam: 87/100

This text-based role-playing game concludes the Heroes Rise trilogy, following a hero fighting for the rights of people with superpowers in America. When President...

Khet 2.0

Board / Group Game, Indie, Strategy

October 1, 2014

Steam: 89/100

This strategy board game centers on an Egyptian-themed arena where mirrored pieces redirect laser beams. Players take turns moving a piece and firing the laser...

Space Impossible

Adventure, Indie, Action

March 1, 2016

Steam: 94/100

This space adventure with action and trading elements takes place in a procedurally generated sandbox universe. Players pilot a starship, explore systems, fight...

Rexodus: A VR Story Experience

Virtual Reality (VR), Free game, Indie

June 8, 2016

Steam: 72/100

This virtual reality narrative unfolds in a science-fiction universe where dinosaurs did not go extinct: they left Earth and set out across the galaxy. Rexodus: A...

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...

Light Fairytale Episode 1

Japanese role-playing game, Indie, Anime / Manga

May 13, 2019

Steam: 82/100

A turn-based Japanese-style RPG set in a dying underground world ruled by a dark empire. In the first episode, Haru and his childhood friend Kuroko take on the...

AngerForce: Reloaded

Shooter, Indie

September 15, 2017

Steam: 89/100

A vertically scrolling arcade shoot ’em up set in a 19th-century world where humanity faces a robot rebellion. The game uses stylized 2D artwork and detailed...

弹幕音乐绘～风雷幻奏曲～ / Barrage Musical ~A Fantasy of Tempest~

Indie, Action, Anime / Manga

October 7, 2017

Steam: 95/100

This rhythm shoot ’em up follows a heroine who ventures into a distant forest concealing strange magic, with a thunderstorm seemingly on the way. Battles unfold in...

Perfect Crime

Role-playing game, Indie, Strategy

August 30, 2019

Steam: 67/100

This detective game with strategy and role-playing elements centers on planning a murder and dealing with the ensuing investigation. The player chooses the method...

Stealth Bastard

Arcade, Stealth, Platformer, Indie

November 5, 2011

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This arcade stealth platformer sends an unarmed, unarmoured hero into a deadly facility, where the goal is to reach the exit without being caught by its security...

Carmageddon TDR 2000

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

September 1, 2000

Players: 10/10

Steam: 76/100

Carmageddon TDR 2000 is an explosive arcade action racer with a third-person view. In the game you can kill pedestrians in a variety of ways, as well as participate...

And Yet It Moves

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie

April 2, 2009

Players: 5/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This puzzle-platformer takes place in a world made of torn paper, where the character runs, jumps and rotates the surroundings in 90-degree increments to get past...

BlackHole

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view, Adventure, Indie

February 27, 2015

Steam: 86/100

BlackHole is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer with a variety of puzzles in a sci-fi setting. When Ender's spaceship is sucked into a black hole, the crew...

Sam & Max: Season One

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Comics, Indie

May 18, 2007

Players: 10/10

Steam: 97/100

Sam & Max: Season One is a third-person adventure with puzzle elements from the masters at Telltale, Inc.. The game's main publisher is The Adventure Company...

Feud

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

May 21, 2019

Steam: 89/100

A turn-based abstract strategy game played on a four-by-four grid, where players aim to isolate their opponent’s pieces or go straight for the king. Pieces are...

You Don't Know Jack Sports

Strategy, Trivia, Casual game, Indie

September 30, 1996

Steam: 78/100

A sports quiz in the YOU DON’T KNOW JACK series covers football, basketball, baseball, hockey, tennis, volleyball, golf, and lawn darts. Hosted by Guy Towers, the...

God of Thunder

Action, Top-down view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Indie

November 14, 2017

Steam: 97/100

God of Thunder is a top-down action game with puzzle and fantasy elements from the masters at Adept Software. The main publisher of the game is Software Creations...

Heroes Rise: The Prodigy

Role-playing game, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Text quest

July 13, 2012

Steam: 79/100

Heroes Rise: The Prodigy is a text adventure with role-playing elements in a fantasy setting. In the game you will find yourself in an amazing world where...

Iron Storm

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

October 23, 2002

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Iron Storm — a first-person shooter set in an alternate 60s. The First World War did not end, but grew into large-scale battles between the Russian-Mongol...

Sci-Fighters

Online, Action, Indie, Free game

April 12, 2013

Players: 10/10

Sci-Fighters is an online action, indie and free-to-play game from FlukeDude and Headup Games. The main publisher of the game is Headup Games. But Sci-Fighters has...

Serious Sam: The Random Encounter

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Top-down view, Turn-based, Action, Indie

October 24, 2011

Steam: 49/100

Metacritic: 64/100

A turn-based role-playing game set in the pixel-art world of Serious Sam, where Sam and a band of mercenaries battle hordes of Mental’s creatures. Fights span three...

Mutant Mudds Deluxe

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Action

December 6, 2012

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Mutant Mudds Deluxe is a retro-styled pixel action platformer in which Max searches for mysterious Water Sprites in hopes of washing away the Mutant Mudds. Armed...

A Hat in Time

Arcade, Adventure, Beat them all, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

October 5, 2017

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A 3D platformer about a small space traveler searching a nearby planet for the lost Time Pieces that fuel her spaceship. In A Hat in Time, the heroine explores...

Mysterious Cities of Gold: Secret Paths

Adventure, Isometric, Casual game, Indie

May 16, 2013

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 60/100

An adventure game following Esteban, Zia and Tao as they travel across China in search of the local City of Gold. The trio explores settings ranging from Asian...

Bedlam

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Shooter

October 13, 2015

Steam: 75/100

This first-person shooter follows scientist Heather Quinn, who becomes trapped in a video-game world after testing brain-scanning technology. She finds herself in...

Small World 2

Strategy, In real time, Indie, Isometric, Board / Group Game, Online, Casual game

September 12, 2013

Steam: 71/100

Small World 2 is a real-time strategy game with board game elements and an isometric view. You have to take control of gnomes, wizards, Amazons, giants, orcs or...

Nidhogg

Fighting, Platformer, Indie, Action

January 13, 2014

Players: 4/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A fighting game with platforming elements built around sword duels played as a tug-of-war. In Nidhogg, two players battle across an arena that stretches in both...

CastleMiner Z

Action, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Survival, Zombies, Online

November 9, 2011

Players: 5.1/10

Steam: 85/100

CastleMiner Z is a first-person action game with a touch of horror and indie games from developers from the DigitalDNA studio. The main publisher of the game is...

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...

Vampire Crystals

Arcade, Shooter, Beat them all, Indie

December 20, 2012

Vampire Crystals is an arcade shooter, beat 'em up and indie game from Shanblue Interactive. The main publisher of the game is Shanblue Interactive. There has been...

Livelock

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Science fiction, Combat robots

August 30, 2016

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Livelock is a co-op action game about mechs in which players will control iron monsters and fight together against entire armies. The plot of the game will take you...

Rex Rocket

Arcade, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Action, Adventure, Indie

June 25, 2014

Steam: 71/100

Set in Earth’s distant future, this 2D platformer follows a former war hero trying to stop a starship’s rogue artificial intelligence. The player chooses Captain...

Broken Circle

Role-playing game, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie

2004

Broken Circle is an isometric RPG with a dash of fantasy and indie gaming from 7 Raven Studios Co. Ltd.. The main publisher of the game is 7 Raven Studios Co. Ltd...

City Sleeps

Arcade, Action, Indie

October 16, 2014

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 61/100

A music-driven twin-stick shooter, A City Sleeps follows Poe, the youngest member of an ancient clan of dream exorcists who enter sleeping minds to fight demons...

Cake Ninja: XMAS

Arcade, Beat them all, Indie

December 20, 2012

Cake Ninja: XMAS is a beat-'em-up arcade and indie game from the masters at Cypronia studio. The main publisher of the game is Cypronia. But Cake Ninja: XMAS has...

Viking Squad

Fighting, Beat them all, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Adventure, Indie

October 4, 2016

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 84/100

A fantasy beat ’em up about a band of Vikings taking on Loki and trying to reopen the gates to Valhalla. Players battle enemies in three-player co-op, combining the...

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