Indie for PC — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 13

Strategy, Simulation, Sandbox, Indie, City Building, Open world, Medieval era, Construction, Business / Management

Game released: PC → 28 March 2026

Players: 9/10

Steam: 71/100

A construction and management simulator in the style of a saga, where the story begins with the escape of a small group of students from a fading sect. In a harsh...

Solar 2

Arcade, Space, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 17 June 2011

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This open-world arcade sandbox takes place in an infinite abstract universe where the player controls a celestial body. In Solar 2, players can complete varied...

Axiom Verge

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Metroidvania, Indie

Game released: PC → 14 May 2015

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Axiom Verge is a side-scrolling pixel action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You will play the role of a scientist who, due to an accident, finds himself in a...

TerraTech

Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Construction, Sandbox, Open world

Game released: PC → 10 August 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 92/100

TerraTech is an exciting sandbox where you can manage a fleet of unique cars and fight enemies for valuable resources. Particular emphasis is placed on...

Dex

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

Game released: PC → 7 May 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 67/100

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

Invisible, Inc.

Action, Strategy, Stealth, Turn-based, Indie, Steampunk, Cyberpunk, Isometric

Game released: PC → 12 May 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Invisible, Inc. — a tactical strategy with turn-based battles in a sci-fi setting. The game will tell about a secret organization of special agents who...

Door Kickers: Action Squad

Arcade, Action, Indie, Tactics, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Shooter, Simulation

Early Access: PC → 17 November 2017; Game released: PC → 10 September 2018

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 93/100

Door Kickers: Action Squad is a side-view pixel arcade action game from the creators of the Door Kickers series. In the game you have to become a SWAT operative and...

Peace Island

Adventure, Simulation, Third-person view, Indie, Role-playing game

Early Access: PC → 27 February 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027

Steam: 53/100

An atmospheric adventure where the story unfolds through the eyes of cats. Elizabeth awakens in an empty house: her owners have disappeared, the streets are...

Luto

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

Game released: PC → 21 July 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A psychological horror where personal tragedy takes the form of a labyrinth. The protagonist loses a loved one and finds himself locked in his own house - not as a...

Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk

Horror, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Indie, Text quest

Game released: PC → 16 December 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 97/100

Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk is a visual novel in the horror genre with point and click elements. A psychedelic narrative full of pyramidal word...

Goat Simulator 3 - Multiverse of Nonsense

Action, DLC, Third-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Simulation, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: PC → 19 June 2024

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 78/100

New large-scale adventure in Goat Simulator 3, filled with exciting quests, dubious characters, and conveniently color-coded instability stones. Players, in the...

T.D.Z. 4 Chapter 1 - Arrival

Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Old school, Action

Game released: PC → 2 September 2025

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 92/100

A story-driven shooter set in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Exclusion Zone. The main character is the stalker Yaroslav, who goes to Pripyat in search of his...

Vintage Story

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 27 September 2016

Players: 10/10

A hardcore sandbox survival game inspired by the ideas of classic voxel games in the spirit of Minecraft, but reimagined through the lens of realism and...

Pax Autocratica

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Roguelike, Science fiction, City Building, Construction, Crafting, Survival, Business / Management

Early Access: PC → 10 August 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 92/100

An unusual hybrid of a city-building colony simulator and a first-person shooter with dark satire on totalitarian regimes. In the game, you need to build a powerful...

Pinata Smash: Incremental Circus

Action, Indie, Casual game, Clicker, Casino, Business / Management

Game in development: PC → 13 November 2026

A fast-paced clicker about breaking pinatas, collecting candies, and managing your own arena. The main feature is that the pinatas are broken not by the player...

Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

Adventure, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Walking Simulator, Indie

Game released: PC → 14 April 2016

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Everybody's Gone to the Rapture — A first-person adventure game from the creators of Dear Esther and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs. The events of the game take...

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania, Indie

Game released: PC → 20 December 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This side-scrolling fantasy platformer builds its heroine’s actions around belly dancing and hair-whipping. Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is an HD adventure starring...

Through the Darkest of Times

Simulation, Strategy, Adventure, Historical, Indie

Game released: PC → 30 January 2020

Players: 8/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Through the Darkest of Times is a historical strategy with elements of a management simulator. You will become the leader of a resistance group in Berlin during the...

Cooking Simulator

Simulation, Arcade, First-person view, Indie, Business / Management, Sandbox, Virtual Reality (VR), Casual game

Game released: PC → 6 June 2019

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Cooking Simulator is a realistic simulator with management elements and a first-person view. In the game you have to become an unsurpassed chef. You will find...

Yes, Your Grace

Role-playing game, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Strategy, Historical, Side view, Indie

Game released: PC → 6 March 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Yes, Your Grace is a management strategy with role-playing game elements in a medieval setting. In the game you will take control of a large kingdom. Every game...

Biped

Arcade, Action, Indie, Combat robots, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle, Adventure

Game released: PC → 26 March 2020

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Biped is a fun co-op platformer featuring challenging puzzles that require precise coordination. Two little bipedal robots, Aku and Sayla, go on an exciting...

Loco Parentis

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

Game released: PC → 20 September 2019

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 50/100

Loco Parentis is a first-person psychological horror game where you have to solve puzzles and try to survive among monsters inside an endless entrance. The main...

Cube Escape Collection

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Horror

Game released: PC → 14 October 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 97/100

Cube Escape Collection is an adventure puzzle game in the point and click genre. In this classic anthology of adventure games, you follow the path of Dale...

The Battle of Polytopia

Strategy, Simulation, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie, Online

Game released: PC → 4 August 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 72/100

The Battle of Polytopia is a minimalist global strategy game with turn-based combat and an isometric camera view. In the game you will go to conquer the Square...

Neva

Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 October 2024

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 87/100

The main character is the girl Alba, who, after meeting with dark forces, found herself connected with a curious wolf cub. Together they embark on a dangerous...

Cat Goes Fishing

Casual game, Indie, Side view, Hunting / Fishing, Exploration

Game released: PC → 19 January 2015

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 94/100

The main character is a cute cat who is trying to catch himself a fish with the help of a fishing rod. He also has a multifunctional radar in his arsenal to help...

Concubine

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy, Indie, Slasher, Historical

Early Access: PC → 13 October 2025; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 81/100

A fantasy game about harem concubines who fight monsters at night. There are different enemy classes, a wide selection of equipment, and a variety of skills. You...

PANLINE

Action, Adventure, Platformer, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Stunts, Indie, Open world, Parkour

Game in development: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Colorful parkour action in the spirit of the Mirror's Edge series. Players take on the role of a girl named Hope Corners, who has joined a network of independent...

Before the Echo

Role-playing game, Indie, Music game

Game released: PC → 20 October 2011

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 70/100

A role-playing game with rhythm mechanics follows Ky as he climbs a mysterious Tower. Guided by a mysterious girl named Naia, he encounters dangerous monsters and...

MADNESS: Project Nexus

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Slasher, Indie, Isometric

Game released: PC → 30 September 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 96/100

MADNESS: Project Nexus is a whirlwind action slasher with an isometric camera view and horror elements. There are two modes available to you in the game: story...

Shadows of Kurgansk

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Simulation, Survival, Indie

Game released: PC → 9 October 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 66/100

Shadows of Kurgansk is an action shooter with a first-person view and horror elements in a post-apocalyptic world. You have to survive in a Zone where zombies live...

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

Steam: 80/100

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...

Mark of the Ninja Remastered

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Side view, Indie

Game released: PC → 9 October 2018

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 96/100

Mark of the Ninja Remastered is a special version of the side-scrolling arcade action platformer with stealth elements for Nintendo Switch. The events of the game...

Before We Leave

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie, City Building, Casual game, Construction

Game released: PC → 13 May 2021

Players: 5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Before We Leave is a top-down real-time management strategy game. After a long period of imprisonment in the bowels of the earth, your people emerge to the surface...

Unrailed!

Arcade, Online, Action, MMO, Business / Management, Trains, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Early Access: PC → 9 September 2019; Game released: PC → 23 September 2020

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Unrailed! is a crazy multiplayer action game in which you have to build a railway in an endless procedurally generated world. Together with your friends, you will...

Kingdoms Reborn

Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), City Building, Online, Business / Management

Early Access: PC → 3 November 2020; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 8/10

Steam: 89/100

Kingdoms Reborn is a city builder with an open, procedurally generated world in which you can cooperate or compete with other players. Here you can follow an...

Nova Lands

Construction, Business / Management, Action, Top-down view, Crafting, Sandbox, Open world, Exploration, Indie, Adventure, Survival

Game released: PC → 22 June 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 79/100

The hero finds himself on a colorful planet full of secrets, amazing creatures, people and interesting activities. His task is to build a new house using automation...

Venba

Indie, Puzzle, Simulation, Casual game, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 31 July 2023

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 81/100

The player controls an Indian mother who immigrated to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Gamers are engaged in preparing various dishes and restoring lost...

Ratatan

Strategy, Online, Music game, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Anime / Manga

Early Access: PC → 18 September 2025; Game in development: PC → 15 October 2026

Steam: 90/100

The spiritual successor to the Patapon series of games. Ratatans are animated musical heroes, each with unique abilities. So, one of them uses a megaphone to...

Coffee Talk Tokyo

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Fantasy, Casual game

Game released: PC → 21 May 2026

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 81/100

The game transports the familiar formula of a cozy visual novel Coffee Talk to the nighttime Tokyo, where the worlds of humans and yokai intersect behind the doors...

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