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Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 21 April 2010

Players: 3/10

Steam: 81/100

Bad Rats is a physics puzzle game about rats taking revenge on the cats they have captured. Each level calls for a solution built around the laws of physics...

Baron Wittard: Nemesis of Ragnarok

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 18 February 2011

Steam: 81/100

This first-person horror adventure follows an investigation into the abandoned Utopia, a city under one roof built by the eccentric architect Baron Wittard. Its...

Dynamite Jack

Action, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 10 May 2012

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This top-down action-adventure follows Jack, a space marine trying to escape the Anathema Mines. He can sneak past guards or use bombs to eliminate enemies, while a...

World Agent BRAC

Strategy, Isometric, Indie

Game released: PC → Q2 2014

World Agent BRAC is an isometric strategy game with indie game elements from developers from the MiCMALi studio. The game is published by...

8-Bit Night

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: PC → 29 September 2011

8-Bit Night is an arcade game with a mixture of action, platformer, puzzle and indie game from the masters from the RetroSouls studio. The game is published by...

Lume

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 10 May 2011

Steam: 48/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Lume is a puzzle adventure set among paper-and-cardboard sets filmed on video. After the power fails at her grandfather’s house, the protagonist works to restore it...

Chompy Chomp Chomp

Arcade, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 16 May 2014

Steam: 75/100

Chompy Chomp Chomp is an arcade game with a touch of action and indie game from the developers of the Utopian World of Sandwiches studio. The main publisher of the...

Serious Sam: The Random Encounter

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Top-down view, Turn-based, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 24 October 2011

Steam: 49/100

Metacritic: 64/100

A turn-based role-playing game set in the pixel-art world of Serious Sam, where Sam and a band of mercenaries battle hordes of Mental’s creatures. Fights span three...

School Bus Fun

Arcade, Action, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 3 July 2014

Steam: 60/100

School Bus Fun is an arcade game with action and indie elements from the developers of Fancy Bytes studio, Reactor. The main publisher of the game is United...

Antichamber

Adventure, Platformer, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: PC → 31 January 2013

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Antichamber is an adventure puzzle game with a first-person view. You will be able to discover a world similar to Escher's, where corridors wrap around each other...

Galak-Z

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

Game released: PC → 29 October 2015

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A top-down space action game, GALAK-Z combines two-dimensional dogfights with procedurally generated worlds and physics-driven combat. The player pilots an...

Secrets of Raetikon

Action, Adventure, Indie, Metroidvania

Early Access: PC → 7 January 2014; Game released: PC → 17 April 2014

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 58/100

This 2D action-adventure with an open world takes place in the Alps, where a bird explores the wilderness and traces of an ancient culture. The player flies through...

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 first hit: that...

Maia

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Indie, Simulation, Science fiction

Early Access: PC → 3 December 2013; Game released: PC → 23 November 2018

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 39/100

Maia is a real-time management strategy game with an isometric camera view set in a science fiction environment. You will need to build a colony on a rather...

Foul Play

Arcade, Action, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 18 September 2013

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This side-scrolling co-op action game unfolds entirely on a theatre stage, where daemon-hunter Baron Dashforth reenacts episodes from his life, from the deserts of...

Always Sometimes Monsters

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 21 May 2014

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Always Sometimes Monsters is an adventure RPG visual novel with horror elements and a top-down view. The events of the game will tell the story of the main...

Project Root

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: PC → 1 May 2014

Steam: 47/100

Metacritic: 42/100

Project Root is a classic shoot ’em up with open scenarios, set against the conflict between a group of rebels and Prometheus Corporation, which controls the energy...

Appointment with F.E.A.R.

Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC → 27 August 2014

Steam: 57/100

Appointment with F.E.A.R. is an adventure with puzzle and visual novel elements from the developers of Tin Man Games. The game is published by Tin Man Games...

Half-Life: Before

Action, Shooter, Indie, Free game

Game released: PC → 5 March 2009

Half-Life: Before is a fan modification for the sci-fi first-person shooter Half-Life. You will play the role of a scientific scientist from the Black Mesa complex...

Ancient Spirits: Columbus' Legacy

Logic, Indie, Free game, Casual game, Adventure, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC → 22 December 2010

Steam: 100/100

Ancient Spirits: Columbus' Legacy is an indie game with elements of a shareware game from the studio cerasus.media GmbH. The main publisher of the game is...

House of Caravan

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Horror

Game released: PC → 16 April 2015

Steam: 66/100

House of Caravan is a first-person adventure with indie game elements from the masters at Rosebud Games. The main publisher of the game is Rosebud Games. House of...

StarDrive 2

Action, Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Space

Game released: PC → 9 April 2015

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 55/100

Metacritic: 70/100

A turn-based space 4X strategy with real-time tactical space battles and turn-based ground combat. In StarDrive 2, the player rules a race and builds an empire in a...

Munin

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 10 June 2014

Players: 5/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This puzzle-platformer set in Norse mythology follows Munin, Odin’s messenger, on a journey through Yggdrasil to reclaim her power. The player moves mountains and...

Democracy 3

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: PC → 14 October 2013

Players: 9/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 70/100

A political simulation about governing an industrialized Western nation. The player takes the role of a president or prime minister and seeks solutions to crime...

Armillo

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Free game, Casual game

Game released: PC → 3 July 2020

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Armillo is a top-down action-adventure platformer inspired by the Sonic the Hedgehog series, Super Monkey Ball and Super Mario Galaxy. The game offers you to...

The Great Emoticon

Action, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Frozen: PC → 2016

Great Emoticon is a top-down action-adventure game set in a charming post-apocalyptic future. Everything around is controlled by three main emotional energies...

Devastated Dreams

Horror, Indie, Side view

Game canceled: PC → 17 August 2015

Anticipation Rating: 8.8/10

Devastated Dreams is a side view horror with a touch of indie game from developers from the studio Infinitap Games. The game is published by Infinitap...

Exogenesis: Perils of Rebirth

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Post-apocalyptic, Visual novel, Point & Click, Indie

Early Access: PC → 20 April 2019

Steam: 66/100

Exogenesis: Perils of Rebirth is a visual adventure novel with anime elements in a post-apocalyptic setting. From the ashes of war, humanity struggles to survive in...

Red Goddess: Inner World

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: PC → 1 September 2015

Steam: 38/100

Metacritic: 51/100

This nonlinear side-scrolling action platformer follows Divine, a young goddess who enters her own subconscious to recover her powers and uncover the mysteries of...

Blood of the Werewolf

Arcade, Action, Horror, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PC → 28 October 2013

Steam: 59/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This horror action-platformer follows Selena, a werewolf who sets out to avenge her husband’s murder and rescue her kidnapped child from the monsters responsible...

Spoiler Alert

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 30 June 2014

Steam: 77/100

Spoiler Alert is a hardcore side-scrolling indie platformer. You will find yourself in a completely completed game: the main villain is defeated, all the coins are...

Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Third-person view, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 22 March 2016

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet is a point and click adventure with a side view. The spirit of Captain Bloodbeard returns, mentioning that the main character did not...

Oh My Gore!

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Strategy, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PC → 20 October 2016

Steam: 87/100

A strategy game combining tower defense, real-time strategy, and reverse tower defense, Oh My Gore! follows the revived god of war Raelius as he leads the forces of...

Bonbon

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 25 October 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 73/100

Bonbon is a first-person horror adventure game. The game will tell the creepy story of a little boy. As your parents are increasingly away from home to earn money...

Amazing Princess Sarah

Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PC → 18 August 2014

Steam: 66/100

An arcade platformer about Princess Sarah, who sets out to rescue her father and king from the demoness Lilith. To reach Lilith’s castle, Sarah battles her minions...

Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PC → 20 September 2013

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A 2D action platformer based on the adventures of Angry Video Game Nerd from his online series, with influences from classic games such as Mega Man and Castlevania...

BOMB: Who let the dogfight?

Action, Flight Simulator, Indie, Third-person view, Simulation

Game released: PC → 1 August 2014

Steam: 63/100

BOMB: Who let the dogfight? — a multiplayer arcade flight simulator with a third-person view. The game takes place in a fascinating "dieselpunk" universe...

Mitoza

Adventure, Indie, Free game, , Exploration

Game released: PC → 5 March 2021

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 96/100

Mitoza is a free-to-play unusual game where you choose only one of two solutions to combine an item on the screen with a new one. This results in the most unusual...

EPOCH

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Indie, Combat robots

Game released: PC → 5 June 2014

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This post-apocalyptic arcade action game follows a guardian robot trying to fulfill its mission in a world devastated by war. Only robots remain among the ruins...

Frozen State

Role-playing game, Action, Horror, Indie, Survival

Game released: PC → 5 August 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 63/100

This role-playing game with action and horror elements is set in a retro-futuristic world plunged into a man-made ice age. The protagonist becomes stranded in the...

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