Indie for PC — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 124

Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Detective, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 29 June 2026

Steam: 90/100

A hardcore text-based detective puzzle game where the investigation is built on careful analysis of numerous clues. After the director of the film...

MR DONALD

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

Game in development: PC → 2026

A satirical shooter where the president saves the world together with his partner. In the storyline, Donald Trump and Elon Musk first save the gaming...

Topidia: The Last Badge

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

Game released: PC → 7 July 2026

Steam: 93/100

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...

Helix: Descent N Ascent

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 23 July 2026

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 75/100

An atmospheric adventure puzzle game set in a mysterious world of a forgotten civilization. Awakening in a formless reality, the main character...

Avoidvania

Top-down view, Indie, Free game, Runner, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Parkour

Game released: PC → 1 August 2026; Early Access: PC → 25 September 2021

Steam: 95/100

An adventure game where a small cat finds itself in a huge castle, drawn by a mysterious scent coming from its tower. Inside, a tangled maze of...

the static speaks my name

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Free game, Exploration, Indie

Game released: PC → 10 August 2015

Steam: 81/100

A short psychological adventure from the first person. The game tells the story of a man's last night, obsessed with a painting of two palm trees. He...

BoxLoop 2

Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Casual game, Comedy

Game released: PC → 19 January 2023

Steam: 100/100

Continuation of the puzzle adventure about sinister boxes and a time loop. The player will once again help the hero Aus escape from the trap by...

Rogue Racer

Action, Racing, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Arcade

Game released: PC → 18 September 2026

Steam: 81/100

A narrative racing adventure game set in a vast and whimsical world. The story centers around two estranged brothers who embark on a transcontinental...

Dungeon Warfare

Strategy, Top-down view, Indie, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Fantasy, Old school

Game released: PC → 4 November 2015

Steam: 95/100

A strategy game in the tower defense genre, where the role of the dungeon defender is assigned not to towers, but to numerous deadly traps. Spikes...

Griptape Backbone

Indie, Skateboards, Open world

Game released: PC → 5 May 2017

Steam: 92/100

Griptape Backbone is a first-person skateboarding game with a vaporwave aesthetic, set in a purgatory between life and death. The skater gathers...

Don't Chat With Strangers

Indie, Horror, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 6 January 2017

Steam: 46/100

This horror puzzle game with permadeath elements takes place mostly in a single room. In the middle of the night, a strange girl contacts the...

Lumberjack: The Last Psalm

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Free game

Early Access: PC → 1 October 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027

Steam: 66/100

The game’s story follows Officer Marvin, who travels to a remote rural area to investigate a mysterious disappearance. His investigation leads him to...

Heavy Wake

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Card game, Indie, Free game, Tactics, Fantasy, Old school, Demons, Strategy

Game released: PC → 7 July 2026

Steam: 90/100

A dark fantasy role-playing card game with pixel art. The tribe of the main character, Fedor, is dying out. Following an old legend, he sets off for...

Stealth Bastard

Arcade, Stealth, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PC → 5 November 2011

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This arcade stealth platformer sends an unarmed, unarmoured hero into a deadly facility, where the goal is to reach the exit without being caught by...

InMomentum

Arcade, Logic, Racing, Indie, Parkour

Game released: PC → 31 October 2011

Players: 1/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 59/100

A minimalist sci-fi racing platformer in which navigating courses calls for thinking in both horizontal and vertical directions. Players explore...

Rocket Riot

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 19 October 2016

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Rocket Riot is an 8-bit side-view shooter in which players battle enemies across destructible arenas. It features more than 200 single-player...

Papo & Yo

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

Game released: PC → 18 April 2013

Players: 9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Papo & Yo is an unusual platformer, which is based on the author of his childhood fear of an alcoholic father. You play for the little boy KVICO, who...

Akaneiro: Demon Hunters

Role-playing game, Online, Hack and slash, Isometric, Free game, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 25 November 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 35/100

Metacritic: 53/100

An action RPG set in a dark fantasy interpretation of Edo-era Japan, where Japanese folklore meets elements of Little Red Riding Hood. Players hunt...

Adventures of Shuggy

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

Game released: PC → 13 June 2012

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A puzzle platformer about Shuggy, who inherits a castle inhabited by goblins, ghouls, zombies, and robots. To make his new home liveable, he explores...

Clash Force

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Arcade, Indie

Game released: PC → 25 October 2017

Steam: 78/100

This retro run-and-gun platformer follows the Clash Force team as they try to stop the evil Crackman and his minions. Players choose Voom, Scorpido...

BlackHole

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

Game released: PC → 27 February 2015

Steam: 86/100

BlackHole is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer with a variety of puzzles in a sci-fi setting. When Ender's spaceship is sucked into a black...

Bus Driver

Simulation, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 October 2008

Players: 5.3/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 61/100

A bus-driving simulator about transporting passengers along routes through a large city while keeping to a timetable and obeying traffic rules...

Chicken Invaders 2: The Next Wave

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 22 December 2002

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 97/100

This arcade shooter follows a renewed invasion by intergalactic chickens, who plan to take over the planets of the solar system and leave them...

Choice of Zombies

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Text quest, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 14 July 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 50/100

Choice of Zombies is an adventure horror game with a first-person view in the style of a post-apocalypse. You have to fight for survival in a world...

Trouble Witches: Episode 1 - Daughters of Amalgam

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PC → 17 August 2007

Steam: 94/100

Trouble Witches: Episode 1 - Daughters of Amalgam is an arcade shooter set in the fantasy world of Karunbunkurs, where young witches are entrusted...

Action Supercross

Arcade, Platformer, Sports game, Sandbox, Motorcycle racing, Indie, Casual game, Simulation

Game released: PC → 25 May 2020

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 98/100

Action SuperCross is a physics-based motorcycle simulator built around levels that test speed and control. A precursor to Elasto Mania, it introduced...

Castle Breakers

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

Game released: PC → Q2 2014

Castle Breakers is a third-person role-playing game with a mixture of action, fantasy and indie games from the masters at Black Black Beast. The game...

Heart's Medicine: Season One

Simulation, Business / Management, Third-person view, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 13 May 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 79/100

A time-management game about medical student Allison Heart as she begins her career at Little Creek Hospital in a small American town. In Heart’s...

Ion Assault

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 17 November 2010

Players: 1/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Ion Assault is an arcade space shooter built around controlling ion particles and using them against obstacles and enemies. Each level has a limited...

Light of Altair

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Simulation

Game released: PC → 16 October 2009

Players: 10/10

Steam: 81/100

A science-fiction strategy game about establishing colonies and expanding into space in a future shaped by Earth’s history. Its single-player...

Cubic Castles

Action, Adventure, MMO, Indie, Free game, Construction, Online

Game released: PC → 13 August 2014

Steam: 72/100

This online game combines MMO elements with voxel-world building and 3D platform action. Players share a persistent world, claim a plot, and create...

Puzzle Dimension

Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 21 June 2010

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This 3D puzzle game has players navigate structures where gravity depends on the rolling ball’s position. Each level requires collecting all the...

Fist Puncher

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Indie

Game released: PC → 21 June 2013

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 73/100

A retro-styled side-scrolling beat ’em up with role-playing elements follows a group of vigilantes fighting their way through the streets of a...

Sideway: New York

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

Game released: PC → 15 November 2011

Steam: 56/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This platforming action game with puzzles unfolds on the streets of New York, depicted as a graffiti world. Its protagonist, Nox, is a young artist...

Sol Survivor

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

Game released: PC → 15 March 2010

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This futuristic tower defense strategy game centers on protecting a colony from waves of enemies. The player builds different types of turrets and...

Red Rogue

Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Hack and slash, Indie

Game released: PC → December 2012

Red Rogue is an action RPG, slasher, hack and slash, and indie game from the masters at Aaron Steed. The game is published by Aaron...

Zen Bound 2

Strategy, Puzzle, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 16 November 2010

Steam: 90/100

A puzzle game about painting wooden sculptures by wrapping them in rope. Each level presents a spatial challenge that players solve by inspecting the...

Stardrive

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Indie, Space

Game released: PC → 26 April 2013

Steam: 43/100

Metacritic: 61/100

This real-time 4X space strategy begins with a single planet and a small fleet, then challenges the player to expand an empire across the galaxy...

Divekick

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Indie

Game released: PC → 20 August 2013

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Divekick is a two-button fighting game with no directional-pad movement. Players choose when to jump and dive into an attack, aiming to land the...

Tom vs The Armies of Hell

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 27 July 2016

Steam: 71/100

This isometric action-adventure shooter follows Tom, a software engineer whose office plunges into Hell after an experiment goes wrong. Transformed...

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