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Tiny Barbarian DX - a game in the Indie genre

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 3 December 2013

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This arcade action-platformer, inspired by fantasy pulp fiction, follows a pixelated barbarian captured by crazed cultists, tied to a tree, and left...

Ballpoint Universe Infinite

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 17 December 2013

Steam: 87/100

Ballpoint Universe Infinite is an arcade shoot-’em-up adventure set in worlds drawn entirely with a ballpoint pen, where doodles provide the setting...

Norse Noir: Loki's Exile

Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game canceled: PC → 2019

Norse Noir: Loki's Exile is a classic point-and-click adventure based on Norse mythology and set in the United States of America. Expect an...

Quadrant (2014)

Action, First-person view, Indie, Horror, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 26 May 2015

Steam: 66/100

Set in 1979, this first-person science-fiction horror game takes place at a secret research facility after a small hazardous-materials cleanup team...

Sentinel 3: Homeworld

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

Game released: PC → 3 February 2014

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 87/100

This sci-fi tower defense strategy game takes the battle to the aliens’ homeworld. Across a 20-level campaign, the player deploys turrets, orbital...

M.A.V.

Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Third-person view, Indie

Early Access: PC → 2 May 2014

Players: 7.9/10

M.A.V. is a third-person action game with shooter, beat 'em up and indie elements from the developers of BombDog Studios. The main publisher of the...

Battle for Blood

Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game, Free game, Strategy

Game released: PC → 8 July 2015

Steam: 74/100

A casual strategy puzzle game in which the player assembles an army to battle monsters. Matching tiles summons soldiers to the battlefield, and the...

Dream Chaser

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Fighting, Indie

Game canceled: PC → 2015

Dream Chaser is an arcade game with a mixture of role-playing, action, fighting and indie games from developers from Crayder Studios. The game is...

Battle Squadron (2015)

Action, Beat them all, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: PC → 30 June 2015

Battle Squadron (2015) is a top-down action game with a mix of beat 'em up and indie games from the developers of Cope-com and GoldenCode.eu. The...

Quell Memento

Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 14 May 2015

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Quell Memento is a logic puzzle game in the Quell series, built around solving puzzles in a relaxed atmosphere. As the third instalment, it expands...

NEStalgia

Role-playing game, MMO, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 April 2014

Steam: 62/100

NEStalgia is a multiplayer RPG inspired by classic console role-playing games, set in an 8-bit world. Players explore, complete quests and fight...

Black the Fall

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 11 July 2017

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Black the Fall is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer whose main goal is to tell the story of a hero escaping the communist system. Solve...

U.F.H.O. 2

Arcade, Strategy, Board / Group Game, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 2 June 2015

Steam: 87/100

This strategy board game with arcade elements pits aliens against one another in a maze of hexagonal spaces. Players plan their turns, anticipate...

99 Levels To Hell

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Shooter

Game released: PC → 19 February 2014

Steam: 58/100

This fantasy platform shooter sends the hero into dungeons filled with monsters, traps, and a path leading to the devil. Each run generates a new set...

Golden Turd

Online, Action, First-person view, Indie

Game canceled: PC → 2016

Golden Turd is a competitive action game with a first-person view, where you, as a fly, have to fight with other players for control of the dinner...

Sweet Lily Dreams

Role-playing game, Action, Horror, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 16 May 2014

Steam: 85/100

This turn-based RPG with action and horror elements follows Lily on a journey through the Realm of Dreams, where a nightmare is taking hold...

Explosive Dinosaurs

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 6 December 2018

Steam: 100/100

A multiplayer arcade game about dinosaurs and explosions, built around more than 40 minigames that test players’ skill. Up to four people can...

Escape Goat

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 9 October 2013

Steam: 95/100

Escape Goat is a puzzle platformer about a goat imprisoned for witchcraft in the Prison of Agnus. To escape, the hero navigates traps and obstacles...

Woah Dave!

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PC → 30 October 2014

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 71/100

This arcade platformer follows Dave Lonuts as he tries to survive an alien invasion and collect as many coins as possible. He fights back by throwing...

Gunducky Industries

Arcade, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Flight Simulator, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 29 August 2017

Steam: 55/100

Gunducky Industries is an arcade shooter with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. In the game you have to take control of a futuristic fighter...

Adventures of Bertram Fiddle: Episode 1: A Dreadly Business

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click, Casual game

Game released: PC → 2 April 2015

Steam: 85/100

Set in Victorian London, this comedy adventure follows Bertram Fiddle, a self-proclaimed leading explorer who sets out to track down a serial killer...

Hand of Fate

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Logic, Indie, Roguelike, Card game

Game released: PC → 17 February 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Hand of Fate is an indie role-playing adventure game with elements of action and strategy, with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. You have to...

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...

Cladun X2

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PC → 14 August 2012

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Cladun X2 is a top-down action RPG in which characters explore randomly generated dungeons in the world of Arcanus Cella. It combines hack-and-slash...

Kromaia

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Arcade

Game released: PC → 23 October 2014

Players: 7/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 68/100

An arcade shooter set in three-dimensional space, Kromaia has players pilot a spacecraft and battle hordes of enemies. Unlike shooters with fixed...

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Platformer, Music game, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 16 October 2013

Players: 9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 70/100

A minimalist puzzle platformer in which obstacles are tied to the rhythm of electronic music. The player controls a geometric shape in an abstract...

City Sleeps

Arcade, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 16 October 2014

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 61/100

A music-driven twin-stick shooter, A City Sleeps follows Poe, the youngest member of an ancient clan of dream exorcists who enter sleeping minds to...

Aces Wild: Manic Brawling Action!

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PC → 8 August 2013

Steam: 76/100

This aerial beat ’em up with fighting-game elements follows Ace Wilder as he enters a tournament where his brother Rex and the other contestants have...

Alien Hallway

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, MOBA

Game released: PC → 19 August 2011

Players: 3/10

Steam: 72/100

Alien Hallway is a sci-fi arcade action game with real-time strategy elements and a side view. The game takes place in the distant future, in which...

Zombie City Defense 2

Strategy, In real time, Action, Tactics, Isometric, Simulation, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PC → 20 August 2016

Steam: 64/100

Zombie City Defense 2 is a tactical post -apocalyptic game in the genre of tower protection. In the near future, the world was devastated by a virus...

Bardbarian

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PC → 1 April 2014

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Combining action, role-playing, strategy, and tower defense, Bardbarian follows Brad, a barbarian tired of fighting who takes up a lute fashioned...

Blockstorm

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Online

Game released: PC → 21 May 2015

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 76/100

Blockstorm is a fun arcade sandbox with a first-person view. You will go to the amazing world of destructible blocks, where you can create any...

Totem

Adventure, Indie, First-person view, Puzzle, Horror

Game released: PC → 9 September 2019

Totem is an unusual adventure horror game with a first-person view, in which, according to the plot, the Earth has been invaded by strange giant...

Dead Bits

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 7 June 2014

Players: 2/10

Steam: 50/100

Dead Bits is a dynamic first-person shooter made in a cubic style. You have been kidnapped by evil aliens and now you have to fight for your freedom...

Depths of Fear: Knossos

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

Game released: PC → 24 April 2014

Steam: 67/100

Depths of Fear: Knossos is an action-adventure game with a first-person view and horror elements. You are destined for the role of one of the...

Gigantic Army

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Indie, Runner

Game released: PC → 6 March 2014

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Gigantic Army is a classic side-scrolling arcade shooter in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in the 21st century, where Earth is at war with...

Hero of Many

Arcade, Action, Indie, Adventure, Casual game

Game released: PC → 15 September 2014

Steam: 86/100

This atmospheric action adventure unfolds in underwater caverns, where a tiny hero leads a swarm of water beings and fights for freedom. Told without...

Humanity Asset

Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PC → 20 February 2014

Steam: 41/100

This 3D platformer in the style of Metroid draws on classic retro shoot ’em ups. Aliens have invaded Earth to take its resources and save their own...

iBomber Attack

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

Game released: PC → 1 November 2012

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This top-down arcade action game sends the player across Europe in a tank to complete combat missions and destroy enemy installations. Targets...

Undefeated

Role-playing game, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 3 April 2015

Steam: 88/100

Undefeated is an indie RPG in an anime style with an isometric view. You play as Marcus, Bastien and Fela, three army conscripts who are unhappy with...

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