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

Koloboke: Sickness Simulator - a game in the Indie genre

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: PC → 1 May 2026

Players: 8.5/10

A hardcore action game that combines the rolls of Dark Souls with a first-person camera. Players can get to know the mechanics, visit a fairytale forest, and meet...

Anomaly 2

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Indie, Action, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Science fiction, Isometric, Online, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 15 May 2013

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Anomaly 2 is a fantastic arcade action game with elements of tower defense and real-time strategy. Years after the 2018 invasion of Earth, the planet is overrun by...

Ascent: The Space Game

Role-playing game, Online, Simulation, Action, Strategy, Adventure, MMO, Business / Management, Indie, Free game

Game released: PC → 11 April 2016

Ascent: The Space Game is a role-playing game with elements of online gaming, simulation, action, strategy, adventure, massively multiplayer, business simulation...

SUPERHOT

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: PC → 25 February 2016

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 83/100

SUPERHOT is a first-person shooter-puzzle game from the Polish studio SUPERHOT Team. The main feature of the game mechanics is the passage of time — only...

Dex

Role-playing game, Adventure, Stealth, Indie, Steampunk

Game released: PC → 7 May 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Dex is a 2D open-world cyberpunk RPG that focuses on exploration and non-linear...

Project: Gorgon

Role-playing game, Action, Online, MMO, Third-person view, Indie, Fantasy

Early Access: PC → 13 March 2018; Game released: PC → 29 January 2026

A fantasy MMORPG focused on exploration and freedom of choice, where the world does not guide you by the hand but gradually reveals itself through curiosity and...

Celeste

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 25 January 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Celeste is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer from the creator of TowerFall. More than 250 levels await you, and the locations include abandoned cities...

Sky: Children of the Light

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

Game released: PC → 10 April 2024

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Multiplayer adventure from the creators of Journey and Flower. Players take control of the Children of Light, who bring light from the heavens to where it is...

Last Oasis

Role-playing game, MMO, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Early Access: PC → 27 March 2020; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 7.5/10

Last Oasis is a multiplayer role-playing game with a third-person perspective and survival elements. The events of the game take place on Earth, which, after a...

Magin: The Rat Project Stories

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Turn-based, Card game, Indie, Side view, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 29 April 2026

A narrative adventure in a dark fantasy world, combining exploration, choices, and card battles with deck building. The action takes place in a grim universe at the...

SpellMaster: The Saga

Action, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Third-person view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 16 February 2022

Players: 7.6/10

SpellMaster: The Saga is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. You will set off to conquer a vast world full of magic, secrets and...

Warstride Challenges

Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Arcade

Early Access: PC → 19 April 2022; Game released: PC → 7 September 2023

Players: 10/10

A dynamic old-school shooter where players destroy demons as quickly as possible. The game features short but challenging levels, as well as brutal time-based...

Internet Cafe Simulator

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

Game released: PC → 26 October 2019

Players: 6.1/10

Internet Cafe Simulator is a strategic indie simulator with management elements and a first-person view. You can create a complex workplace and manage it in the...

Regiments

Strategy, Tactics, Isometric, In real time, Historical, Indie

Game released: PC → 16 August 2022

Players: 9.2/10

Regiments is a tactical real-time strategy about the Third World War. The events take place in 1989. One day, the Cold War between NATO and the countries belonging...

Neon Blood

Cyberpunk, Role-playing game, Side view, Adventure, Science fiction, Indie, Detective, Exploration

Game released: PC → 26 November 2024

An adventure role-playing game set in the cyberpunk future of 2053. The main character is former police detective Axel McCoin, who must uncover a terrible...

171

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Open world

Game in development: PC → 2026; Early Access: PC → 17 November 2022

Players: 7.9/10

171 is a criminal action game with a third-person view, we live in an open world, pedestrians, cars, police and various...

Welcome to Kowloon

Horror, Adventure, Walking Simulator, Indie, First-person view

Game released: PC → 2 August 2023

Players: 8.7/10

The game takes place in the densely populated Hong Kong settlement of Kowloon (often called the “walled city”). The main character is an ordinary student who one...

Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged

Adventure, Detective, Indie

Game released: PC → 19 September 2024

Metacritic: 84/100

A remaster of the original 1996 adventure Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars. The game received improved graphics and support for 4K resolution. The main...

Revenge Of The Colon

Simulation, First-person view, Old school, Indie, Horror

Game released: PC → 22 December 2023

Players: 9.3/10

An unusual simulator in which the player tries on the role of a gastroenterologist. The game takes place in the depths of the claustrophobic guts of patients. The...

Dead Season

Zombies, Tactics, Turn-based, Comics, Role-playing game, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: PC → 8 October 2024

Players: 10/10

The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies. The four characters are forced to work together to survive. You need to explore atmospheric...

Dust Raiders

Action, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Adventure, Strategy, Tactics, In real time, Exploration, Top-down view

Game released: PC → 17 July 2025

Players: 5.5/10

A post-apocalyptic strategy game where you need to survive in the wastelands. Players, driving a car, can explore the post-apocalyptic world, fight gangs of raiders...

Wicked Seed

Role-playing game, Action, Turn-based, Indie, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 23 January 2026

Players: 6.5/10

Survival horror in the spirit of Resident Evil and Parasite Eve, where you need to uncover the mystery of the sudden appearance of monsters. As you progress...

Iron Blight

Shooter, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Old school, Zombies, Survival horror

Game in development: PC → 24 August 2026

Anticipation Rating: 5/10

Atmospheric survival horror set in a cold city of the Eastern Bloc, engulfed in fear and despair. Trapped among the ruins and surrounded by monsters, the main...

Topidia: The Last Badge

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Side view

Game released: PC → 7 July 2026

An adventure platformer where a group of children set out to explore an abandoned mine to extract a rare mineral called Topidia and earn missing badges. Instead...

The Stanley Parable

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 17 October 2013

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 88/100

The Stanley Parable is an indie project with a first-person view. The player plays the role of office plankton Stanley, who has spent his whole life pressing keys...

Ori and the Blind Forest

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Logic, Indie

Game released: PC → 11 March 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Ori and the Blind Forest is an arcade game with adventure, platformer and indie elements from the masters of Moon Studios. The game is published by Microsoft Game...

Talos Principle

Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: PC → 11 December 2014

Players: 9.3/10

Talos Principle is a first-person adventure puzzle game in a sci-fi setting from the creators of Serious Sam. In an unknown place, deserted and seemingly divorced...

Project Winter

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

Game released: PC → 13 May 2019

Players: 7.1/10

Project Winter is an isometric competitive action game with survival elements for up to 8 people. In the game, you will take on the roles of survivors who will have...

Gylt

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Action, Exploration, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PC → 6 July 2023

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 70/100

The main character is a little girl, Sally, who one day, fleeing from a group of bullies, finds herself in a distorted version of her city, where her fears and...

112 Operator

Simulation, Top-down view, Strategy, Tactics, Indie, Business / Management, Educational game (Education), Roguelike

Game released: PC → 23 April 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 73/100

A continuation of the original 911 Operator idea, but on a larger scale - now the whole world is under control. As an emergency services dispatcher, you will have...

Hydroneer

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

Game released: PC → 8 May 2020

Players: 7.6/10

Hydroneer is an exciting mining simulator with a first-person view, where you have to get gold and other necessary resources from the soil. As you progress, you...

Mist Survival

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Simulation, First-person view, Indie

Early Access: PC → 15 August 2018; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 7.2/10

Mist Survival is an action-adventure survival game with a first-person view and stealth elements. The game takes place in a world where a deadly virus has infected...

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk

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

Game released: PC → 18 August 2023

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 77/100

A dynamic platformer, the spiritual successor to Jet Set Radio. The main character of the game is a graffiti artist with a cyber head named Red. Together with his...

Shakes on a Plane

Arcade, Business / Management, Board / Group Game, Top-down view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 8 December 2020

Shakes on a Plane is a top-down co-op arcade game where you and your friends must serve food and drinks to passengers until your plane reaches its final...

From the darkness

Adventure, Indie, First-person view, Horror

Game released: PC → 30 March 2021

Players: 7.7/10

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...

Fuck You Witch

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

Game released: PC → 29 March 2024

Players: 9.5/10

A horror adventure in which players travel across the Kazakh steppes and yell at a witch. One of the key features is the mechanics of fighting the witch. To do...

The Strange City

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie

Game released: PC → 25 November 2024

Players: 7/10

Atmospheric platformer in the spirit of the Little Nightmares series. The game takes place in an otherworldly world in which a certain Agent G is trying to find his...

BLACKFROST: The Long Dark 2

Simulation, First-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Crafting

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 9.7/10

A continuation of The Long Dark, in which you can survive either alone or in co-op. The action takes place in the northern industrial town of Harmont and its vast...

The World of Kungfu: Dragon and Eagle

Adventure, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Indie, Tactics, Turn-based, Old school, Exploration

Game released: PC → 24 October 2024

Players: 10/10

The player explores the lands of ancient China and masters different martial arts. There are many techniques that are used in step -by -step battles. You can find...

Xenolocus

Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR), Science fiction

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A science fiction game for virtual reality glasses, in which you need to fight monsters. There is a large arsenal of weapons and skill upgrades. Among the opponents...

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