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Statuses
Best Games in the Indie genre for PC
Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Crafting, Online
Early Access: PC → 2 February 2021; Game released: PC → 9 September 2026
VGTimes:
7.8/10
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
89/100
A fantasy sandbox with survival elements. You can play alone or with others, exploring the world and gathering resources, finding and raiding tombs, building bases...
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Crafting
Game released: PC → 18 November 2011
Players:
7.6/10
Metacritic:
83/100
An exciting sandbox focused on freedom of action and exploring a practically endless open world. Created through procedural generation, it is filled with...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Fantasy, Open world, Survival, Online
Early Access: PC → 19 January 2024; Game released: PC → 10 July 2026
VGTimes:
8.0/10
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
79/100
An arcade action-survival game from a third-person perspective in a vast open world with the key mechanic of taming unusual creatures called Pal. They resemble...
Action, Shooter, Simulation, Hunting / Fishing, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Online
Game released: PC → 20 August 2026
Players:
7.4/10
Steam:
95/100
Cooperative game for 1–4 players, where regular fishing turns into an absurd adventure on deserted islands. After a boat accident, a group of friends finds...
Simulation, Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world
Game released: PC → 30 April 2018
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
81/100
The Forest is an adventure action-horror game with survival elements set in an open world and presented from a first-person perspective. The main character is the...
Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Survival, Comedy, Space, Sandbox
Early Access: PC → 13 September 2018; Game released: PC → 25 February 2021
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
72/100
Metacritic:
70/100
Breathedge is a science fiction adventure action game with a first-person view and survival elements. The game tells the story of an ordinary guy and his pet who...
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk, Side view, Indie
Game released: PC → 14 April 2026
VGTimes:
7.0/10
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
77/100
The game transports you to a dark cyberpunk metropolis, where neon reflects in puddles and human organs have become currency. The world is controlled by the...
Action, Simulation, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie, Fantasy, Medieval era, Crafting, Role-playing game
Game released: PC → 15 August 2018
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
60/100
Metacritic:
68/100
Graveyard Keeper is a simulator of a true manager of a medieval cemetery. In the game world, heroes await death in coffins and entire tombs of your cemetery. Each...
Adventure, Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Crafting, Indie, Construction
Game released: PC → 6 August 2026
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
81/100
A cozy simulator of retro electronics repair set in Tokyo in the mid-2000s. To the calm Lo-Fi compositions, you will work in a small workshop where city residents...
Action, Adventure, Horror, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Survival horror, Science fiction, Puzzle
Game released: PC → 27 October 2022
Players:
9.5/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
81/100
SIGNALIS is a classic sci-fi horror, the style of which is very reminiscent of the movie "Alien". Finding herself alone on the snowy planet Elster, the main...
Simulation, Indie, Exploration, Sandbox, Construction, First-person view, Educational game (Education), Crafting, Adventure
Game released: PC → 11 November 2021
Players:
6.6/10
Steam:
61/100
Ship Graveyard Simulator is an indie simulator about construction and crafting with a first-person view and adventure elements. You will visit the largest ship...
