Indie

April 3, 2017

Players: 8.6/10

Domina is a strategy simulator that will give you the opportunity to become the owner of your own Ludus - a gladiator school. You will have to glorify your own name...

Despot's Game

Indie, Strategy, In real time, Simulation, Post-apocalyptic, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Roguelike

October 14, 2021

A futuristic post -apocalyptic strategy, where a group of survivors needs to get out of a gloomy labyrinth. The path is full of dangers, but the weapon and...

One Hand Clapping

Adventure, Platformer, Music game, Indie, Side view

June 10, 2021

Players: 10/10

One Hand Clapping is a side-scrolling indie musical platformer that challenges you to sing into your microphone to solve puzzles and unlock the power of your voice...

Black Book

Adventure, Indie, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Strategy

August 10, 2021

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Black Book is a mixture of an adventure game and a card RPG in the setting of Russian fairy tales. The game tells the story of a young peasant woman, Vasilisa: the...

Gris

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view

December 13, 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 83/100

GRIS is an atmospheric adventure puzzle game with a side view. The game will tell the sad story of the main character named Gris. The girl is locked in her own...

KEPLERTH

Isometric, Adventure, Science fiction, Indie, Simulation, Action, Role-playing game, Online

May 23, 2022

Players: 8/10

KEPLERTH is an isometric fantasy action-adventure game. In this game you have to survive on a hostile alien planet where you can live alone, fight alongside friends...

Gift

Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Action, Exploration

May 8, 2024

Players: 8.5/10

A colorful action platformer in which the main character tries to escape from a giant ship before it sinks into the sea. The tilt of the ship and the water level in...

Thronefall

Isometric, Strategy, Construction, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), In real time, Indie

August 2, 2023

Players: 7.6/10

A game with minimalistic graphics, in which the gamer builds the defense of a settlement during the day and defends against enemy attacks at night. It is important...

Banner Saga

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

January 14, 2014

Players: 8.9/10

Banner Saga is a tactical role-playing strategy with turn-based combat and a top-down view. The game combines amazing visual style and Nordic atmosphere. Banner...

Slender: The Arrival

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

March 26, 2013

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 63/100

Continuation of the atmospheric horror with a first-person view Slender. The story tells of Slenderman, a paranormal figure who haunts inquiring minds around the...

Five Nights at Freddy's World

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Free game, Side view

February 12, 2016

Players: 7.1/10

Five Nights at Freddy's World is an animatronic RPG where gamers won't have to fear the little characters. The gameplay is done in a turn-based mode, familiar to...

The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante

Role-playing game, Indie, Simulation, Adventure

March 4, 2021

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 82/100

The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante is a narrative role-playing game set in the pages of the protagonist's diary. You will find a story about a ruthless world...

THERMOCLINE

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, Turn-based, Indie, Free game, Dungeons, Old school

2027

A grim psychological horror set on the frozen surface of a dead planet, where an icy storm is just one of many threats. As the sole survivor among abandoned...

Noble Fates

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Third-person view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

December 14, 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Noble Fates is a management strategy with elements of a colony simulator with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. In a land far, far away, mortals vie...

Little Orpheus

Action, Indie, Adventure, Puzzle, Platformer, Science fiction, Side view, Old school

June 12, 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Little Orpheus is an adventure platformer with puzzle and action elements in the science fiction genre. 1962 NASA is trying to land a man on the moon. Meanwhile, in...

White Shadows

Adventure, Indie, Platformer, Horror, Stealth, Action, Side view

December 7, 2021

Players: 5.3/10

Metacritic: 73/100

White Shadows is an indie action adventure with platforming elements and a side view. Much time has passed since the Great War. Humanity is half human, half animal...

There Is No Light

Action, Indie, Slasher, Post-apocalyptic, Fantasy

September 19, 2022

There is No Light is a hardcore action-adventure slasher film set in a dark fantasy setting. After a global catastrophe, humanity was forced to move underground. In...

Dark Deception

Action, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Arcade, Free game

September 27, 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Dark Deception is a shareware arcade horror runner with survival elements and a first-person view. Trapped in a dark world full of nightmarish labyrinths and...

HAAK

Action, Indie, Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Post-apocalyptic

September 16, 2020

Players: 8.4/10

HAAK is a side-scrolling action adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic setting. You will find yourself in a dark futuristic world of the future, where unique...

Lost in Play

Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Indie, Fantasy

August 10, 2022

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Young brother and sister are lost in the vastness of their own imagination. Now Toto and Gel must stick together and solve puzzles to return home. Along the way...

Fort Triumph

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

April 26, 2018

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Fort Triumph is an exciting tactical strategy with role-playing elements and turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. You will become the leader of fearless heroes...

Starsand Island

Anime / Manga, Sandbox, Indie, Casual game, Exploration, Construction, Crafting, Farm Simulator

February 11, 2026

Players: 9.5/10

A cozy tropical island life simulator with farming, decorating, and exploration elements. The player finds himself far from the bustle of the city and sets up his...

Ghost Song

Arcade, Side view, Metroidvania, Science fiction, Action, Platformer, Indie, Adventure, Horror, Combat robots, Post-apocalyptic

November 3, 2022

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Ghost Song is an action-adventure platformer in the metroidvania genre with a side view in a dark post-apocalyptic setting. On the desert moon of Lorian, the...

Pit People

Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics

January 13, 2017

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Pit People is a turn-based adventure game with RPG elements in which you explore an apocalyptic wonderland. A giant bear from space falls onto the planet. The real...

Turmoil

In real time, Business / Management, Indie, Side view

June 2, 2016

Players: 8.4/10

A side-view real-time management strategy game set in North America at the end of the 19th century. The beginning of the oil rush, a small town and the struggle for...

Moonrise Fall

Adventure, Top-down view, Puzzle, Indie, Exploration

May 31, 2019

An atmospheric puzzle game with a top-down view and pixel graphics, telling the story of a boy who got lost in a supernatural forest. The gameplay is based on...

Finding Paradise

Adventure, Top-down view, Indie

December 14, 2017

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Finding Paradise is an indie top-down adventure that is a direct sequel to To the Moon and A Bird Story. Players will once again meet two doctors who travel through...

Moonlighter

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Indie, Roguelike

May 29, 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Moonlighter is an action RPG with a procedurally generated world and a Japanese-style isometric camera view. Players will find dark and gloomy dungeons populated by...

Grime 2

Role-playing game, Action, Indie, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania

March 31, 2026

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Continuation of the metroidvania about a hero with a black hole instead of a head. The new part is dedicated to the Formless — a vile creature that can absorb...

Kynseed

Role-playing game, Simulation, Adventure, Indie

November 8, 2018

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Kynseed — a role-playing sandbox with elements of a farming simulator from the creators of the Fable 3 series. As in other games of this genre, you will take care...

The TakeOver

Action, Indie, Beat them all, Side view, Arcade, Fighting

November 10, 2019

Players: 10/10

The TakeOver is a classic arcade action game with fighting game elements and a side view. In the game you have to choose one of four available characters and fight...

A Difficult Game About Climbing

Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie

March 6, 2024

Players: 7.7/10

Hardcore precision platformer in the spirit of Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy. The player controls the climber's hands to ascend a massive, treacherous...

Ponpu

Indie, Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Cooperative (co-op)

November 29, 2020

Ponpu is a cartoonish top-down arcade game inspired by the cult classic Bomberman (1991), but this time the action takes place in a world of ducks. You need to...

Hollow 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Horror, Indie, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Science fiction

July 8, 2022

Hollow 2 is an adventure horror shooter with a first-person view, similar to a mix of Prey and Doom. In the game, you will find yourself aboard a mining...

ABZU

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

August 2, 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 80/100

ABZU is a fantastic adventure arcade game with a third-person view. As a scuba diver, you will go to conquer the depths of the seabed. There you can meet a variety...

171

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Open world

November 17, 2022

Players: 7.9/10

171 is a criminal action game with a third-person view, we live in an open world, pedestrians, cars, police and various...

Secret Neighbor

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Cooperative (co-op)

October 23, 2019

Players: 6.9/10

Secret Neighbor is a free-to-play cooperative action-horror game with a first-person view set in the Hello Neighbor universe. The events of the game take place...

Survivalist: Invisible Strain

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Stealth, Simulation, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

June 1, 2020

Players: 8.6/10

A grim survival simulator where every day becomes a struggle not only against hunger and cold, but also against other people. Ten years after the epidemic, the...

Ganryu 2

Action, Arcade, Slasher, Side view, Indie, Fantasy / Medieval

April 22, 2022

Ganryu 2 is a continuation of the old-school action-slasher with a side view in the setting of fantastic Japan of the 17th century. After defeating Kojiro, Musashi...

Lake

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Simulation, Indie

September 1, 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Lake is a story-driven postman simulator about a woman named Meredith Weiss. The heroine is forty years old, she returned home from the big city to help her father...

Best Games in the Indie genre