Indie for PC — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 12

Role-playing game, Isometric, Cyberpunk, Indie, Exploration

Game released: PC → 16 September 2021

Players: 5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 71/100

The plot tells about a detective who investigates crimes in virtual worlds. The decisions you make in the game will play an important role, and the world and the...

El Paso, Elsewhere

Action, Third-person view, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Adventure, Zombies, Shooter, Horror

Game released: PC → 26 September 2023

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Dynamic action game based on the mechanics of the original Max Payne 3, with graphics reminiscent of any PS2 game. A mysterious gunslinger finds himself in a...

Data Defense

Indie, Arcade, Strategy, Tactics, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PC → 22 June 2019

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Data Defense is a minimalist top-down arcade strategy game with tower defense elements in a cyberpunk setting. In the game you have to protect the server from the...

Russian Train Trip

Simulation, Indie, First-person view, Trains, Business / Management, Adventure

Game released: PC → 28 December 2021

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 43/100

Russian Train Trip is an adventure simulator of riding a passenger train in Russia with a first-person view. In the game you have to buy tickets, food, take the...

Rooted

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Simulation, Online, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Crafting

Game in development: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 9.6/10

The game takes place in the year 2100, in which humanity has almost died out due to a bacterial disaster. The main character is one of the survivors who constantly...

One-armed robber

First-person view, Action, Online, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy, Stealth, Indie, Free game

Game released: PC → 15 December 2023

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 90/100

A co-op heist game. The difficulty is that each character has one hand, so to solve problems you will have to act as a team. There are various weapons and useful...

Outer Wilds - Echoes of the Eye

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, DLC, Futurism (Future), Horror

Game released: PC → 28 September 2021

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 82/100

A massive addition to the exploration adventure Outer Wilds, which adds a new, hidden secret to the already familiar solar system. The story centers on a strange...

Teslagrad

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

Game released: PC → 13 December 2013

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 83/100

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 Life and Suffering of Prince Jerian

Role-playing game, Adventure, Indie, Text quest, Medieval era, Replayability, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 20 July 2026

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 74/100

A new narrative role-playing game from the creators of The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante. The game is not a direct sequel, but a standalone story in the same...

Gloria Victis: Medieval MMORPG

Role-playing game, Online, Action, Third-person view, MMO, Medieval era, Open world, Indie

Game released: PC → 7 February 2023; Early Access: PC → 10 June 2016

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 66/100

A realistic MMO action game in which players explore a breathtaking, atmospheric world inspired by the Witcher and Gothic series. In the game you can choose any...

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

First-person view, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Logic, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 8 October 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is a co-op VR puzzle game about defusing a bomb. One of the participants has an explosive device with a timer on the screen, but...

From the darkness

Adventure, Indie, First-person view, Horror

Game released: PC → 30 March 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 88/100

From the darkness is an atmospheric first-person horror game that focuses on creating fear in the player. Moreover, the events take place in an abandoned Soviet...

HighFleet

Strategy, In real time, Side view, Futurism (Future), Action, Indie, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 27 July 2021

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 74/100

HighFleet is a dynamic action game with elements of management strategy and a side...

Patch Quest

Adventure, Roguelike, Shooter, Top-down view, Construction, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Action

Game released: PC → 2 March 2023; Early Access: PC → 7 May 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

The main character sets out to uncover the secrets of Patchlantis, and to do this he will have to explore a patchwork labyrinth, tame many monsters and upgrade...

Dust Front RTS

Strategy, Construction, Procedural generation, Grand strategy, Indie

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Old school game with a non-linear story campaign. The action takes place on a planet that has experienced many wars and upheavals. The player builds bases and...

Better Than Dead

Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Tactics, Action

Early Access: PC → 12 May 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027

Players: 10/10

Steam: 73/100

Tactical shooter with a view from a body camera in the spirit of Unrecord and Bodycam. The game takes place in Hong Kong. The silent main character sets out on...

Nordhold

Roguelike, Strategy, Business / Management, Top-down view, Casual game, Procedural generation, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PC → 25 March 2025

Steam: 85/100

The player controls the medieval Scandinavian village and protects it from the waves of opponents. 8 species of defense towers help to cope with all types of...

Spelunky

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Indie

Game released: PC → 8 August 2013

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Spelunky is a fun adventure that takes you to explore dangerous but rich mines. You will control a rather big-nosed but cute gold digger who came to the mines for...

Shelter 2

Simulation, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Survival

Game released: PC → 9 March 2015

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 58/100

This survival adventure simulation follows a lynx living in the harsh wilderness of the cold tundra. The player explores open landscapes, hunts for prey and cares...

Expendabros

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Adventure, DLC, Beat them all, Platformer, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Free game, Online

Game released: PC → 5 August 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Expendabros is an action-adventure game with platformer elements. You'll fight through a barrage of bullets and non-stop action in ten fast-paced missions set among...

Battle Brothers

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

Game released: PC → 24 March 2017; Early Access: PC → 27 April 2015

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A turn-based tactical role-playing game about leading a mercenary company through a harsh, low-fantasy medieval world in a procedurally generated open-world...

12 is Better Than 6

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: PC → 20 November 2015

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 59/100

12 is Better Than 6 is a hardcore top-down action game from indie developers from the studio Ink Stains Games. The game will tell the story of a Mexican who lost...

Sunless Sea: Zubmariner

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, DLC, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 11 October 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Sunless Sea: Zubmariner is an addition to the top-down role-playing adventure with horror elements Sunless Sea. If the original action took place on the surface of...

Moving Out

Simulation, Arcade, Action, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Isometric, Casual game

Game released: PC → 28 April 2020

Players: 4.9/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Moving Out is a fun cooperative arcade game with an isometric camera view, where you have to learn how to move furniture correctly. Together with your friends, you...

Pilgrims

Adventure, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Replayability, Point & Click, Card game

Game released: PC → 7 October 2019

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 95/100

Pilgrims — an atmospheric side-view adventure from the creators of Machinarium and Samorost 3. The game will delight you with the absence of a rigid script...

DISORDER

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Roguelike, Dungeons, Futurism (Future), Indie, Procedural generation, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 22 January 2025

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 74/100

A dynamic action-slasher in the spirit of Stellar Blade about a girl who has lost her memory in a tight suit. She tries to uncover the truth about her past and...

IKUMA - The Frozen Compass

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration

Game in development: PC → I квартал 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

An atmospheric adventure of survival and coming of age, set on an uncharted Arctic island in 1864. Young cabin boy Sam and faithful husky Ellie are trying to...

DEATH BURGER

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Comedy, Survival horror, Horror

Game released: PC → 5 August 2025

Steam: 98/100

An absurd horror about an evil burger that once almost became dinner, and now it hunts everyone. The main goal is survival in liminal spaces filled with strangeness...

Railborn

Adventure, Simulation, Sandbox, Trains, Indie, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Construction, Crafting

Game in development: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 9.8/10

An open-world survival simulator where players customize their own train and travel through different locations. Gamers start with nothing and gradually build a...

Pyromaniac

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Exploration, Survival horror, Indie

Game released: PC → 30 January 2026

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

Atmospheric survival horror, where an abandoned city becomes the setting for the mysterious journey of young Nicholas. Finding himself among the cold empty streets...

KinitoPET

Horror, Visual novel, Indie, Casual game, Old school

Game released: PC → 9 January 2024

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 93/100

Psychological horror styled after virtual assistants from the early 2000s. The player meets a friendly digital pet named Kinito, who can communicate, learn user...

The Backrooms Game FREE Edition

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Procedural generation

Game released: PC → 25 July 2019

Steam: 81/100

Atmospheric survival horror dedicated to exploring the endless maze of yellow rooms, illuminated by flickering fluorescent lights. Procedural generation creates an...

BlackColled Madala Force 2

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

Game released: PC → 11 June 2026

A free multiplayer shooter with a fictional scenario of World War III. The game features several maps and dozens of operators that can be unlocked as you progress...

Legend of Grimrock 2

Role-playing game, Hack and slash, In real time, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Dungeons

Game released: PC → 15 October 2014

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 85/100

This dungeon-crawling role-playing game follows four prisoners shipwrecked on the secluded Isle of Nex, where they must find a way to survive and escape. The...

Dig or Die

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Strategy, In real time, Platformer, Indie, Survival, Sandbox, Crafting

Game released: PC → 10 July 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 91/100

This science-fiction survival game with strategy and sandbox elements follows a CRAFT & Co representative whose spacecraft crashes on a hostile planet. To...

Don't Starve: Shipwrecked

Action, DLC, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Survival, Indie

Game released: PC → 1 December 2015

Players: 7/10

Steam: 95/100

Don't Starve: Shipwrecked is an add-on for the isometric survival action game Don't Starve. It adds new characters and creatures, several locations and seasonal...

Cookie Clicker

Arcade, Action, Indie, Clicker, Casual game, Horror

Game released: PC → 1 September 2021

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 96/100

An arcade clicker game where everything revolves around baking endless amounts of cookies. Every click brings a tasty reward, and the more cookies you bake, the...

Mashinky

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Trains, Indie

Early Access: PC → 6 October 2018

Players: 8/10

Steam: 83/100

Mashinky is a management simulator dedicated to trains. By scaling stunning landscapes, using traditional isometric building mode, and mastering unique board...

Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania

DLC, Action, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Roguelike, Platformer, Gothic

Game released: PC → 6 March 2023

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 88/100

An expansion for the hardcore side-scrolling action roguelike Dead Cells, which brings original content inspired by Castlevania to the game. The main character...

Backrooms Cleanup Crew

Action, Online, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Simulation

Early Access: PC → 16 April 2025; Game in development: PC → 2026

Steam: 91/100

The cleaning simulator, where in the role of a modest F-Corp employee it is necessary to eliminate the consequences of failures of other companies in the BackRooms...

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