Indie

March 23, 2017

Steam: 51/100

Algotica Iterations is an adventure-puzzle game about programming, set in a world governed by its own formal rules and logic. Its story also breaks the fourth...

To The Light

Dungeons, Indie, Puzzle

July 3, 2017

Steam: 42/100

This pixel-art horror action game with survival elements follows a heroine who wakes in an unfamiliar room filled with danger. The story unfolds without dialogue or...

Qbik

Indie, Casual game, Adventure

November 17, 2017

Steam: 92/100

A pixel-art puzzle game about a small, one-eyed square exploring caves and uncovering the story of its origins. The story begins with a dot floating in a white...

4D Toys

Simulation, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)

June 2, 2017

Steam: 88/100

4D Toys is a simulation about exploring objects in four-dimensional space through a 4D-and-time physics system. The fourth dimension is spatial rather than...

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...

Sound Shapes

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Action

August 7, 2012

Metacritic: 84/100

A side-scrolling music platformer where sounds and visual elements are tied to the player’s actions. As players move through levels, they can create music using a...

Pid

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Adventure

October 31, 2012

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Pid is an arcade game with platformer elements from developers from the Might and Delight studio. The main publisher of the game is D3Publisher. Overall, the...

Xenonauts

Strategy, Indie, Grand strategy, Business / Management

August 3, 2012

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A turn-based strategy game about an international military organisation defending Cold War-era Earth from an alien invasion. Persistent soldiers fight in small...

Anna

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

July 11, 2012

Players: 2/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 55/100

Anna is a first-person horror adventure with puzzles, set in an abandoned sawmill in the Italian mountains. The protagonist explores its rooms and uncovers...

Adventures of Shuggy

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

June 15, 2011

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A puzzle platformer about Shuggy, who inherits a castle inhabited by goblins, ghouls, zombies, and robots. To make his new home liveable, he explores more than 100...

Clash Force

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Arcade, Indie

March 19, 2012

Steam: 78/100

This retro run-and-gun platformer follows the Clash Force team as they try to stop the evil Crackman and his minions. Players choose Voom, Scorpido, or Echid and...

DLC Quest

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

November 2, 2011

Players: 3.5/10

Steam: 86/100

This humorous platform action game satirizes downloadable-content practices and other quirks of the gaming industry. The hero collects coins to buy content packs...

Everyday Shooter

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Casual game, Music game

March 29, 2006

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 76/100

An abstract arcade shooter combines shooting with musical and geometric imagery. Each level has its own visual presentation, sound, and gameplay style, while shots...

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...

Overclocked: A History of Violence

Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click, Indie

October 12, 2007

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Overclocked. Justified Cruelty is an adventure psychological thriller in which you will try on the role of psychiatrist David McNamara. The main character treats...

Night of the Cephalopods

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Indie

November 2008

Night of the Cephalopods is a top-down arcade game with elements of action, adventure, horror and indie game from developers from the studios Miguel Sternberg...

Ascent of Kings

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

February 20, 2013

Ascent of Kings is an arcade action, platformer and indie game from Nostatic Software. The main publisher of the game is Nostatic Software. But Ascent of Kings has...

Razor2: Hidden Skies

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Casual game

July 19, 2010

Steam: 22/100

Razor2: Hidden Skies is a top-down arcade shooter inspired by classic games in the genre. Players battle through eight levels, fighting waves of enemies and taking...

Tom Sparks And The Quakes Of Ruin

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Platformer, Top-down view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

May 2, 2014

Tom Sparks And The Quakes Of Ruin is a top-down arcade game with a mix of action, shooter, adventure, platformer, puzzle and indie game from Tasty Poison Games. The...

SunAge

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction

November 30, 2007

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 44/100

SunAge is a science-fiction real-time strategy game about a conflict between three races: humans, the Raak-Zun, and the Sentinels. Each faction has its own units...

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...

Guncraft

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Board / Group Game, Indie, Construction

August 10, 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 50/100

Guncraft is a cubic indie shooter with a first-person view, in which the surrounding world is completely destructible. You have a wide arsenal of weapons, vehicles...

Sword of the Stars: The Pit

Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Dungeons, Procedural generation

February 21, 2013

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 69/100

A turn-based role-playing game set in the science-fiction universe of Sword of the Stars, where an expedition ventures into an ancient alien facility beneath the...

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...

Bolt Riley, A Reggae Adventure

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click, Music game, Detective, Mini-game / browser-based

April 20, 2016

Steam: 41/100

This 2D point-and-click adventure follows a young musician’s path to fame in Jamaica. Bolt Riley, a poor boy from Trenchtown, struggles to survive and faces a gang...

Yatagarasu Attack on Cataclysm

Arcade, Fighting, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Indie, Action

February 2014

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This traditional-style 2D fighting game is set in Japan in 1925, where, following a coup, the old government orders a secret organization to begin a program...

King Arthur's Gold

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Indie, Free game, Online, Construction

September 4, 2011

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 82/100

King Arthur's Gold is a free-to-play side-scrolling pixel action platformer in a fantasy setting. You will travel back to the glory days of King Arthur, where you...

World of Diving

Simulation, First-person view, Sports game, Indie, Adventure, Exploration

August 26, 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 49/100

World of Diving is a multiplayer diving simulator in which players explore the ocean and take on underwater missions, with optional VR support. Dives include...

Supreme League of Patriots

Adventure, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Point & Click

January 29, 2015

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 56/100

Supreme League of Patriots is a fun point and click adventure with lots of parodies of modern pop culture. The game will tell the story of Kyle Keever, who dreams...

Shaq-Fu: A Legend Reborn

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

June 5, 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 46/100

Shaq-Fu: A Legend Reborn is a side-scrolling arcade action game starring NBA legend Shaq-Fu. From childhood, young Shak finds himself in the temple of Shaolin...

Combo Queen

Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, Platformer, Indie

January 27, 2015

Combo Queen is an action RPG, hack and slash, platformer and indie game from the masters at Alex Ergas Studio. The game is published by Alex Ergas. But Combo Queen...

1001 Spikes

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

January 18, 2011

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This arcade platformer with puzzle elements follows Aban Hawkins as he searches the ruins of Ukampa in South America for his missing father, archaeologist Jim...

Booster Trooper

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Indie

April 23, 2010

Players: 7/10

Steam: 50/100

A multiplayer platform shooter in which fighters move across maps on foot or through the air, battling opponents with a varied arsenal. Weapons include assault...

Breath of Death 7

Arcade, Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Japanese role-playing game

April 22, 2010

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 83/100

Breath of Death 7 is a parody of the classic top-down RPG in a fantasy setting. Skeleton King Dam, ghost historian Sarah, vampire technician Lyta, and zombified...

Rectangle Battle

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Futurism (Future), Indie

February 29, 2012

Rectangle Battle is an action arcade, beat 'em up and indie game from the masters at 2D-Retroperspectives. The main publisher of the game is 2D-Retroperspectives...

Combat Core

Action, Fighting, MMO, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Indie

January 10, 2019

Steam: 77/100

This 3D arena fighter blends colorful science fiction with cyberpunk, bringing fighters from across the galaxy together to compete in the Combat Core League...

Cubemen 2

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Indie, Strategy, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

April 8, 2013

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Cubemen 2 is a 3D strategy game in which players use squads of small cubemen to defend and attack enemies. It features several modes, including CTF, Skirmish, and...

Dungeon Defenders Eternity

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Cooperative (co-op)

July 22, 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 48/100

A fantasy action RPG with tower-defense elements, Dungeon Defenders Eternity follows a team of heroes defending Etheria from the army of the Old Ones. Players...

Trine: Enchanted Edition

Action, Adventure, Collection, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Platformer

July 24, 2014

This fantasy adventure platformer tells the origin story of Amadeus the Wizard, Pontius the Knight, and Zoya the Thief, whose fates are bound by the magical...

Vox

Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Indie

September 8, 2012

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