Indie for PlayStation 3 — top best games in the Indie genre

Action, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Crafting

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 14 May 2014

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 83/100

An exciting sandbox game focused on freedom of action and exploration of a virtually endless open world. Created through procedural generation, it is filled with...

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 10 March 2015

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is a continuation of the dynamic top-down action game. The main action takes place parallel to the events of the original Hotline...

Never Alone

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Beat them all, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 22 December 2015

Players: 6.8/10

Never Alone is an arcade side-scrolling indie adventure platformer. You play as the girl Nunu and her arctic fox companion. You have to solve the mystery of an...

Zombie Driver

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Racing, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 23 January 2013

Players: 6.7/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Zombie Driver is a whirlwind racing action game with a top-down view in the dangerous world of the zombie apocalypse. You have to travel around a city inhabited by...

Rogue Legacy

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 29 July 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Journey

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 13 March 2012

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 92/100

Journey is an atmospheric adventure with a third-person view. The main character is a nameless wanderer who must cross the desert and get to the mountain that is...

Fez

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 20 August 2014

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Fez is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer. The action takes place in a 3D world, allowing the player to explore and traverse colorful worlds by rotating...

Goat Simulator

Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 11 August 2015

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 58/100

Goat Simulator is an unusual goat simulator with a third-person view. You have to control such extraordinary characters in the world of computer games as a goat...

The Bridge

Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Adventure, Arcade

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 18 August 2015

The Bridge is a two-dimensional logic game that will allow you to look at physics and perspective from a different angle. You have to walk on the ceiling, explore...

Teslagrad

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Steampunk

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 30 January 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Teslagrad is an arcade quest with platformer elements and futurism style. In this game, you use the power of electromagnetism to solve puzzles and battle horrors as...

The Swapper

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 6 August 2014

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer in a sci-fi setting. In this game, a lone astronaut will explore a cave created by aliens. In order to get to its secrets...

Contrast

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 13 March 2014

Players: 6.7/10

Contrast is a third-person arcade game with action, adventure, platformer, puzzle and indie elements from the developers of Compulsion Games. The publisher of the...

Slender: The Arrival

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 23 September 2014

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...

Doodle Devil

Logic, Puzzle, Simulation, Arcade, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 14 January 2014

Players: 7/10

Doodle Devil — an arcade devil simulator that allows you to create your own universe with demons, monsters, and zombies. The game is a continuation of Doodle God...

Castlestorm

Arcade, Action, Strategy, In real time, Indie, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 6 November 2013

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Castlestorm is a fun side-view tower defense strategy game. Clouds are gathering in the sky... There is a war between knights and Vikings. The game features...

Luftrausers

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 18 March 2014

Metacritic: 81/100

Luftrausers is an arcade game with a mixture of action, platformer and indie game from developers from the Vlambeer studio. The game is published by Devolver...

Race The Sun

Arcade, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 9 December 2013

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Karateka (2012)

Arcade, Fighting, Indie, Action, Tactics, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 18 December 2012

Metacritic: 60/100

Karateka (2012) is an indie tactical fighting game with action and arcade elements. The game takes place in a feudal universe. Your mission is to save your beloved...

Steredenn

Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 1 October 2015

Metacritic: 79/100

Steredenn is a side-scrolling sci-fi shooter. You have to destroy enemies using a large arsenal of weapons, accompanied by beautiful heavy music. And of course...

The Book of Unwritten Tales 2

Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 18 September 2015

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 75/100

The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 is a continuation of the fantasy point and click adventure with lots of puzzles and wonderful humor. In a world torn by war, gremlin...

Unmechanical

Arcade, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 8 August 2012

Metacritic: 76/100

Doodle God

Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 16 July 2013

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Doodle God is a casual, logical game for all ages. You will have four elements in your hands: air, water, earth and fire. By combining them, the player will receive...

Abyss Odyssey

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Beat them all, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 15 July 2014

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Abyss Odyssey is an arcade-style RPG, action, adventure, beat 'em up, platformer, fantasy and indie game from the developers of ACE Team Software and ACE Team. The...

Rain

Adventure, Platformer, Isometric, Logic, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 2 October 2013

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Rain is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer. The game will tell the story of a boy who once saw the silhouette of a girl in the rain and decided to chase...

Divekick

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 17 September 2014

Metacritic: 65/100

Thomas Was Alone

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 24 April 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Thomas Was Alone is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer with puzzle elements. In this game, you have to guide a group of rectangles through a series of...

Swindle

Arcade, Adventure, Stealth, Platformer, Indie, Steampunk

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 28 July 2015

Swindle is an arcade, stealth, platformer, indie and steampunk game from the developers of Size Five Games. The main publisher of the game is Size Five...

Proteus

Arcade, First-person view, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 29 October 2013

Metacritic: 76/100

Proteus is a first-person arcade game with indie game elements from the developers of Ed Key and David Kanaga. The game is published by Twisted Tree.Proteus is...

Eufloria

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 4 October 2011

Players: 10/10

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...

Level 22

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Isometric, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 11 February 2016

Level 22 is a fun adventure stealth game with pixel graphics. You will play as an office subordinate who, after a long party, overslept on his way to work. And now...

Color Guardians

Arcade, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 14 April 2015

Players: 10/10

Color Guardians is an arcade game with indie game elements from developers from the Fair Play Labs studio. The game is published by Fair Play Labs and Niffler...

Sound Shapes

Arcade, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 27 September 2012

Metacritic: 84/100

Sound Shapes is an arcade game with platformer and indie elements from the Jonathan Mak studio. The game is published by Sony Computer Entertainment. For some...

A-men

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 26 March 2013

Players: 5.5/10

A-men is an arcade game with elements of action, adventure, platformer and indie game from developers from the Bloober Team studio. The game is published by Bloober...

BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 27 May 2015

Players: 10/10

BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition is a complete edition of the arcade platformer with puzzle elements. As a bizarre creature, you have to fly through colorful...

Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Stealth, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 8 April 2015

Metacritic: 79/100

Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones is an action, adventure, stealth, platformer and indie arcade game from the masters at Curve Studios and Carbon. The game is...

Quiplash

Arcade, Board / Group Game, Indie, Puzzle, Logic, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 30 June 2015

Quiplash is a fun quiz for a group of 3 to 8 people, in which participants must give the funniest answer to a given question. The player who scores the most points...

BlazeRush

Arcade, Action, Racing, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 4 November 2014

Players: 6/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Dollar Dash

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 6 March 2013

Players: 4/10

Metacritic: 49/100

Dollar Dash is a whirlwind multiplayer arcade action game with an isometric camera view. The game takes place in the fictional world of robbers, where you can try...

Mushroom Wars

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 15 October 2009

Mushroom Wars is an original real-time strategy game with a top-down view. You will take on the role of a brave commander and lead your numerous army against...

Action Henk

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 8 March 2016

Metacritic: 73/100

Action Henk is a fun arcade runner with a third-person view. As the fearless Hank, you have to conquer the crazy and wonderful world of toys. You will run, jump...

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Best Games in the Indie genre for PlayStation 3