Indie for PC — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 11

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 9 May 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Strafe is a bloody retro shooter with a first-person view. The game is a tribute to classic shooters and a subtle play on nostalgia at the same time. You will find...

Secrets of Grindea

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Online, Indie, Fantasy, Old school

Game released: PC → 29 February 2024

Players: 10/10

An old-school role-playing action game, the events of which unfold in a fairy-tale world that exists according to different laws. Here people are able to comprehend...

The Messenger

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 30 August 2018

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 84/100

The Messenger is a side-scrolling pixel action platformer. When an army of demons lays siege to his home village, a young ninja breaks through a cursed world to...

Help Will Come Tomorrow

Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Business / Management

Game released: PC → 21 April 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Help Will Come Tomorrow is an adventure management simulator with survival elements. In the uninhabited Siberian desert after the October Revolution, a group of...

Pacify

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

Game released: PC → 22 February 2019

Players: 8.3/10

Pacify is a cooperative survival horror game with a first-person perspective. You will be a newly minted employee of an organization that investigates cases of...

Neon Chrome

Shooter, Top-down view, Cyberpunk, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 28 April 2016

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Neon Chrome is a top-down cyberpunk roguelike shooter where you have to conquer the Neon Chrome Corporation by hacking your brain. Sleeping bodies have different...

Eldest Souls

Action, Indie, Top-down view, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Adventure

Game released: PC → 29 July 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Eldest Souls is a dynamic top-down action game where you have to fight ruthless and treacherous gods. The game takes place in a gloomy world in which powerful gods...

Slender Threads

Adventure, Horror, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Comedy

Game released: PC → 7 February 2025

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Atmospheric quest, where reality is intertwined with nightmares. Harvey, a wandering salesman, is in a small town of Villa Ventat. Its days are filled with...

Startup Panic

Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, Isometric

Game released: PC → 20 January 2022

Players: 8.5/10

Startup Panic is a business simulator of building and developing your startup from a small company in a garage to a large international corporation. In it you will...

Helltaker

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Indie, Free game

Game released: PC → 11 May 2020

Players: 9/10

Helltaker is a free-to-play adventure puzzle game. The game tells the story of a hero who suddenly opens a portal to hell, in which, oddly enough, a whole harem of...

Chasm

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

Game released: PC → 30 July 2018

Players: 5.9/10

Chasm is a side-scrolling adventure RPG action platformer in a fantasy setting. You have to try on the role of a young recruit performing his first mission...

Knock-knock

Arcade, Horror, Logic, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 4 October 2013

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 57/100

Knock-knock is an adventure puzzle game with horror elements and a side view. In the depths of a dense forest there is a wooden house. A man lives in this house...

ЛИХО ОДНОГЛАЗОЕ

Adventure, Horror, Interactive movie, Exploration, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PC → 28 July 2025

Players: 7/10

An adventure puzzle-horror game based on the Russian folk tale of the same name. The main character is a blacksmith who has never seen any grief, who sets off to...

Ghost Song

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

Game released: PC → 3 November 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...

Ori and The Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 14 June 2016

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition is an expanded edition of the indie adventure platformer. The game tells the story of a little guardian spirit named...

Glass Masquerade

Arcade, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 18 November 2016

Glass Masquerade is a relaxing arcade puzzle game where you have to combine different shaped pieces of glass to create a beautiful stained glass design. The game is...

Tangle Tower

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 22 October 2019

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Tangle Tower is a detective point and click adventure where you have to solve the exciting murder mystery of Freya Fellow. You'll explore a strange and mysterious...

Slayaway Camp

Arcade, Strategy, Horror, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 25 October 2016

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Slayaway Camp is an exciting strategy game with horror elements and a lot of puzzles. You have to get used to the role of a maniac killer, calling himself...

Runeroots TD

Strategy, Indie, Roguelike, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Construction, Procedural generation

Game released: PC → 25 July 2024

A roguelike in the "tower defense" genre, where the magic of runes becomes the foundation for creating unique defensive strategies. Each tower has its own rune...

Teslagrad

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

Game released: PC → 13 December 2013

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...

Spellcaster University

Fantasy / Medieval, Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, Card game, In real time

Game released: PC → 16 June 2021

Players: 8/10

Spellcaster University is a real-time strategy game with simulation and management elements. In this game you take on the role of the director of a magical...

#DRIVE Rally

Racing, Sports game, Indie, Old school

Early Access: PC → 25 September 2024; Game released: PC → 16 April 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 63/100

A stylish racing game dedicated to the motorsport era of the 90s. Players can get behind the wheel of legendary rally cars including Das Holzwagen, The Doggo and...

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth

Arcade, DLC, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 30 October 2015

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 85/100

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth is an addition to the top-down arcade action game Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. It adds over 100 hours of content, including the new...

Vagante

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: PC → 22 February 2018

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Vagante is a side-scrolling action RPG platformer that features permadeath and procedurally generated levels. A dangerous adventure awaits you in a dark fantasy...

Katamari Damacy REROLL

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 6 December 2018

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Katamari Damacy REROLL is a re-release of the amazing third-person arcade game Katamari Damacy. You will experience a unique gameplay mechanic: the main character...

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

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

Game released: PC → 27 April 2022

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 90/100

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an improved version of the office adventure with a first-person view. You will play the role of office plankton Stanley, who...

Buggos

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

Game released: PC → 17 March 2022

Buggos is a top-down, auto-battler real-time strategy game set in a sci-fi setting where you create an invincible army of bugs. In the game, you control a young...

Otherworld Legends

Cooperative (co-op), Action, Indie, Roguelike, Role-playing game, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 28 April 2022

Players: 9.3/10

Otherworld Legends is a dynamic cooperative action game with roguelike elements in a fantasy setting. Great warriors from different eras and corners of the universe...

Cast n Chill

Simulation, Hunting / Fishing, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Clicker

Game released: PC → 16 June 2025

Players: 8.5/10

A relaxing fishing game in the background where you can explore calm lakes, rivers and oceans at your own pace. The game requires you to catch fish, sell them for a...

Menace from the Deep

Roguelike, Card game, Indie, Adventure, Side view

Game released: PC → 11 November 2024

Roguelike with card game elements, inspired by the works of Lovecraft. The action takes place in the 1920s in the USA, where players will explore a mysterious...

Paradigm

Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 5 April 2017

Metacritic: 85/100

Paradigm is a surreal point and click adventure in which you take on the role of a handsome mutant named Paradigm. The game takes place in the post-apocalyptic city...

Space Ark

Arcade, Action, Pinball, Indie

Game released: PC → 16 March 2012

Space Ark is an arcade with a mixture of action, pinball simulator and indie game from the developers of Strawdog Studios Ltd.. The game is published by Bounce...

Islanders

Arcade, Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: PC → 4 April 2019

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Islanders is a minimalistic turn-based strategy game with an isometric camera view. Do you want to build beautiful cities without spending long hours on resource...

Night in the Woods

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 21 February 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Night in the Woods is an arcade side-scrolling indie platformer. The game tells the story of a twenty-year-old cat who was expelled from college for truancy. After...

Talisman: Digital Edition

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game, Indie

Game released: PC → 25 February 2014

Players: 9.4/10

Talisman: Digital Edition is a board card game in a fantasy setting. You are about to go on an exciting adventure where you need to outrun your opponents and get...

Monster Train 2

Roguelike, Tactics, Collectible card game (CCG), Fantasy, Online, Indie, Procedural generation

Game released: PC → 21 May 2025

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Sequel to Monster Train, in which the player confronts the titans who have seized power over the heavens. Angels and demons have united to fight a formidable enemy...

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure

Indie, Adventure, Arcade

Game released: PC → 11 December 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure is a game about the adventures of a little girl who really loves nature. Alba, that’s our heroine’s name, goes to visit her grandparents...

Gravelord

Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Fantasy, Old school

Early Access: PC → 22 January 2025; Game released: PC → 21 May 2026

A dynamic old-school shooter inspired by classic Doom and Quake. The main character is the undertaker Quido, who wants to avenge his father. As he progresses, he...

Star Renegades

Role-playing game, Simulation, Strategy, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics

Game released: PC → 8 September 2020

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Star Renegades is a tactical turn-based strategy game with role-playing elements and a side-view in a sci-fi setting from the creators of Halcyon 6: Starbase...

Urbek City Builder

Strategy, Indie, City Building, Business / Management, Sandbox, Simulation, Procedural generation

Game released: PC → 13 July 2022

Players: 8.3/10

Urbek City Builder is a city-building simulator with an isometric camera view and procedural generation. In Urbeck you can build a city of your own design. Manage...

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