Indie for PC — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 14

Strategy, Business / Management, Top-down view, Logic, Indie

Early Access: PC → 28 May 2021; Game released: PC → 18 May 2023

Players: 6.9/10

A minimalist strategy game for managing an air network. The main objective is to develop air routes between real cities with populations corresponding to real data...

Luto

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 21 July 2025

Players: 10/10

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...

Under The Waves

Adventure, Indie, Exploration, Science fiction, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 28 August 2023

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Set in the 1970s in the depths of the North Sea, professional diver Stan struggles to overcome the loss that has turned his life upside down and embrace a new...

Sker Ritual

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Zombies, Indie, Online, Survival horror

Early Access: PC → 6 October 2022; Game released: PC → 18 April 2024

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 55/100

Cooperative shooter inspired by the British horror Maid of Sker. Players will face hordes of familiar and new elite monsters with supernatural abilities...

Ten Dates

Adventure, Interactive movie, Indie, Casual game, Comedy

Game released: PC → 14 February 2023

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Continuation of the interactive game Five Dates. The main heroine and her best friend go on speed dates to find their love. The gamer's choices in dialogues...

Mortal Sin

Action, First-person view, Indie, Roguelike, Dungeons, Fantasy, Procedural generation

Early Access: PC → 15 March 2023; Game released: PC → 29 August 2025

Players: 8.5/10

The main character tries to survive by fighting his way through the corpses of enemies in a world of endless nightmare. In battle with opponents, you can use...

Scriptorium: Master of Manuscripts

Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, Casual game, Medieval era

Game in development: PC → 2026

The main character works in a special workshop that creates medieval manuscripts. You need to take orders and make different images using more than a thousand...

Yarimono

Adventure, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PC → 30 August 2024

Players: 7.7/10

The main character explores locations and collects special creatures — Yarimons — who can fight for him. In total, the game has more than 150 unique...

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...

My Little Puppy

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Exploration

Game released: PC → 7 November 2025

A touching adventure game about Corgi named Bon-Gu, who, after death, found peace in a dog paradise. However, the once familiar smell of the beloved owner calls him...

The Darkest Files

Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Detective

Game released: PC → 25 March 2025

Metacritic: 80/100

The game unfolds in 1956 in Germany. In the role of a young prosecutor, it is necessary to investigate the crimes of the times of Nazism and look for the...

DMZ: Nuclear Survival

Action, Online, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Crafting

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Multiplayer survival game with a post-apocalyptic open world. Events unfold on the supercontinent Pangea, formed by tectonic changes after a nuclear war, where a...

Out and About

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Casual game, Exploration, Open world, Crafting

Early Access: PC → 11 August 2025; Game in development: PC → 2026

An adventure game where the player restores a house and helps the town of Portobello after a hurricane. You can study more than 100 real plants and mushrooms...

Beholgar 2

Action, Slasher, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Exploration, Fantasy, Demons, Metroidvania, Gothic

Game released: PC → 1 December 2025

Players: 5.4/10

Old-school metroidvania, inspired by projects from the 90s for Sega Mega Drive and Super Nintendo Entertainment System. During the gameplay, players will explore a...

Grave Seasons

Adventure, Horror, Indie, Detective, Farm Simulator

Game in development: PC → 2026

A narrative farming simulator where a peaceful life gradually turns into a troubling story. After escaping from prison, the hero finds refuge in the quiet town of...

The Roottrees are Dead

Adventure, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: PC → 15 January 2025

Metacritic: 86/100

A detective adventure in the spirit of Return of the Obra Dinn, but set in the 90s. The main character is a young investigative journalist trying to establish the...

Fogpiercer

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Card game, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Roguelike, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 17 July 2026

Players: 6/10

A sci-fi card roguelike where the survival of humanity depends on the correctly assembled train composition, tactical decisions, and the ability to use every...

Idle Slayer

Indie, Free game, Casual game, Fantasy, Old school, Medieval era, Clicker

Game released: PC → 21 December 2020

A dynamic clicker combining active and passive progress. The core gameplay involves jumping, collecting coins, and fighting enemies, which gradually unlock new...

Traveler Stories: Journeys of Real People

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

Game released: PC → 24 August 2026

A visual novel with elements of a life simulator, based on the stories of real travelers. Arriving in Tokyo, the hero gets a job as a bartender and gradually meets...

BoxLoop 2

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

Game released: PC → 19 January 2023

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 solving puzzles and...

Night in the Woods

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 21 February 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Night in the Woods is an arcade side-scrolling indie platformer. The game tells the story of a twenty-year-old cat who was expelled from college for truancy. After...

Shelter 2

Simulation, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 9 March 2015

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 58/100

Shelter 2 is a third-person simulator with adventure and indie game elements from developers from the Might and Delight studio. The game is published by Might and...

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...

Super Meat Boy Forever

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Action, Runner

Game released: PC → 10 January 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Continuation of the hardcore arcade runner Super Meat Boy. The game has a full story, six new chapters and twice as many bosses. Meat Boy and Band-Aid Girl try to...

Drunken Robot Pornography

Shooter, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Indie

Game released: PC → 19 February 2014

Mindustry

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 26 September 2019

Players: 9.4/10

Mindustry is a fun real-time strategy game with elements of the tower defense genre and a top-down view. In the game, you have to create complex conveyor chains to...

Barony

Role-playing game, Roguelike, First-person view, Indie, Action, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 23 June 2015

Players: 7.4/10

Barony is a cooperative action-adventure game with a first-person view and roguelike elements in a fantasy setting. You have to explore dangerous dungeons full of...

Amazing Cultivation Simulator

Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Mysticism / Supernatural, Role-playing game, Strategy, Indie, Simulation

Game released: PC → 25 November 2020; Early Access: PC → 11 January 2019

Players: 9.9/10

Amazing Cultivation Simulator is a sect management simulator based on Chinese mythology and inspired by well-known projects such as Dwarf Fortress and...

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights

Action, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Post-apocalyptic, Role-playing game

Early Access: PC → 21 January 2021; Game released: PC → 22 June 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a dark fantasy setting. The setting is the fallen kingdom of Outland...

Cozy Grove

Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Isometric

Game released: PC → 8 April 2021

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Cozy Grove is an indie adventure simulator with an isometric view. Welcome to a life simulator about camping on an ever-changing haunted island. As a spiritual...

Elderand

Adventure, Action, Side view, Role-playing game, Indie, Platformer

Game released: PC → 16 February 2023

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 70/100

A game with Metroidvania elements and hardcore combat, inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft. The main character travels through a dark world, swings and...

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...

Archvale

Arcade, Top-down view, Action, Adventure, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 2 December 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Archvale is a fun top-down arcade shooter with roguelike elements in a fantasy setting. Once upon a time, the fairy lands were ruled by an evil king who destroyed...

Lost in Play

Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Indie, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 10 August 2022

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Young brother and sister are lost in the vastness of their own imagination. Now Toto and Gel must stick together and solve puzzles to return home. Along the way...

Vertigo 2

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

Game released: PC → 30 March 2023

Players: 10/10

Deep underground, within Quantum Reactor VII, the protagonist awakens to complete his journey home. He encounters bizarre alien flora and fauna seeping in from...

Long Gone Days

Japanese role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Role-playing game, Indie, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 10 October 2023; Early Access: PC → 28 March 2018

Players: 9.7/10

The main character is a young sniper named Rourke. He was raised underground as a soldier his entire adult life. One day, Rourke receives his first assignment, in...

Tales of Kenzera: ZAU

Adventure, Metroidvania, Indie, Fantasy, Side view

Game released: PC → 23 April 2024

Metacritic: 75/100

The main character is Zau, a young warrior seeking adventure in the fantasy world of Kenzer. He has unusual abilities that allow him to change the shape of his...

63 Days

Strategy, Tactics, Isometric, Indie, In real time, Historical, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 26 September 2024

Players: 7.3/10

A tactical game in the spirit of Commandos, based on the real events of World War II. The player controls a group of Polish resistance fighters seeking to liberate...

The Rewinder

Indie, Adventure, Detective, Side view, Puzzle, Horror, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PC → 10 September 2021

An adventure based on Chinese mythology. The main character's name is Yun, he is the last known "Rewinder" who can communicate with spirits and examine other...

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