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The Battle of Polytopia - a game in the Indie genre

Strategy, Simulation, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: PC → 4 August 2020

Players: 8.6/10

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...

Beyond Contact

Roguelike, Futurism (Future), Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Science fiction, Survival

Early Access: PC → 21 September 2021; Game released: PC → 4 April 2023

Players: 7/10

Players find themselves on a deadly planet with a terrible climate, inhabited by bloodthirsty monsters and plants. For successful survival, you need to build your...

Blackwind

Action, Futurism (Future), Isometric, Combat robots, Slasher, Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 20 January 2022

Players: 10/10

Blackwind is a dynamic action-slasher about combat robots with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place on the mining colony...

Infernax

Arcade, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 14 February 2022

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Infernax is a side-scrolling action-adventure RPG in a fantasy setting. The main character is a brave knight who returned to his homeland to defeat monsters caused...

Have a Nice Death

Arcade, Side view, Action, Platformer, Roguelike, Slasher, Indie, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 22 March 2023; Early Access: PC → 8 March 2022

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

The main character is the mortally bored director Death, whose subordinates have completely lost their shores and turned the balance of the coming and going of...

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 22 April 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion is an adventure RPG puzzle game with horror elements and an isometric view. You are a nice baby turnip who was declared an enemy of...

Phonopolis

Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: PC → 20 May 2026

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 84/100

An atmospheric dystopian quest from the creators of Samorost, Machinarium , and Creaks, combining a surreal world, a philosophical plot, and an unusual visual...

Ratatan

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

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

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...

Cat Goes Fishing

Casual game, Indie, Side view, Hunting / Fishing

Game released: PC → 19 January 2015

Players: 7.9/10

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...

Army of Ruin

Top-down view, Action, Shooter, Roguelike, Fantasy, Indie

Game released: PC → 8 June 2023; Early Access: PC → 27 October 2022

Players: 9.3/10

A dynamic action game in which players lead legendary heroes on a campaign against the hordes of evil. As you progress, you can collect a deadly arsenal, capable of...

Gift

Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Action, Exploration

Game released: PC → 8 May 2024

Players: 8.5/10

A colorful action platformer in which the main character tries to escape from a giant ship before it sinks into the sea. The tilt of the ship and the water level in...

After Inc: Revival

Strategy, Simulation, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Early Access: PC → 17 June 2025; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 6.1/10

Continuation of the biological simulator Plague Inc, only this time players will not infect the planet, but save humanity after the zombie apocalypse. As you...

Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Dungeons, Fantasy

Early Access: PC → 19 November 2025; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 9.9/10

The main character controls a modest shop in a poor village. It is necessary to explore the surrounding locations and fight monsters in the dungeons to find...

CyberTaxi: Lunatic Nights

Shooter, Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Cyberpunk, Indie

Early Access: PC → 2 September 2025; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 5.5/10

The game takes place in a gloomy noir city-tier. The main character drives a taxi and tries to find his unfairly accused sister. It is necessary to perform a...

Nordhold

Roguelike, Strategy, Business / Management, Top-down view, Casual game, Procedural generation, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PC → 25 March 2025

The player controls the medieval Scandinavian village and protects it from the waves of opponents. 8 species of defense towers help to cope with all types of...

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...

Drop Duchy

Roguelike, Strategy, Indie, Card game, Medieval era, Tactics, Puzzle, City Building

Game released: PC → 5 May 2025

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 83/100

A colorful roguelike that combines the genres of puzzle, city planning and card games. During the course of the game, players build their own duchy, fight enemies...

Outer Wilds - Echoes of the Eye

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, DLC, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 28 September 2021

Metacritic: 82/100

A massive addition to the exploration adventure Outer Wilds, which adds a new, hidden secret to the already familiar solar system. The story centers on a strange...

The Twilight Project

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Exploration, Zombies, Survival horror

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

An atmospheric survival horror inspired by the Resident Evil and Silent Hill franchises. Players find themselves in the role of a tourist lost in an abandoned...

Mohrta

Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Fantasy, Old school

Game released: PC → 14 October 2025

A unique first-person shooter with an old-school PS1-style graphics. The main action takes place in strange and bizarre dimensions. The player must battle...

Windswept

Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 11 November 2025

A pixel adventure with co-op on one screen, where characters try to return home after a storm. In single-player mode, you can switch between heroes to use their...

Echo Generation 2

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Turn-based, Card game, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Indie

Game released: PC → 27 May 2026

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 71/100

A step-by-step card role-playing game where a family trip gradually turns into a story about hidden experiments and distorted realities. The role of Jack, the...

False Echo

Adventure, Simulation, Logic, Indie, Point & Click

Game in development: PC → 2026

A cryptographic thriller in the spirit of Papers, Please, where the player must decide what to consider truth and what to consider lies. The action of the game...

Don't Starve

Adventure, Horror, Simulation, Isometric, Indie, Survival

Game released: PC → 23 April 2013

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Don't Starve is an adventure game about survival in a randomly generated world. In it you have to collect resources, stock up on food, grow berries and vegetables...

Dungeon of the Endless

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy, Medieval era, Indie

Game released: PC → 11 June 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

A hardcore roguelike in which a group of prisoners suddenly become explorers of a hostile world. After a prison ship crashes on the mysterious planet Auriga, the...

Bulb Boy

Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 29 October 2015

Metacritic: 75/100

Bulb Boy is an indie horror adventure with point and click elements. The main character of Bulb Boy is a boy with a glowing head. You have to overcome your fear and...

Last Horizon

Arcade, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: PC → 18 November 2015

Players: 8.9/10

Last Horizon is an adventure arcade game in the world of space science fiction. The player will have to go in search of a new home for a dying civilization, where...

Jalopy

Racing, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 28 March 2018

Players: 7.5/10

Jalopy is a third-person adventure racing game set in a procedurally generated world. You have to go on a long journey in an old Laika 601 car, which always breaks...

My Little Story: Reborn

Action, Horror, First-person view, Indie

Frozen: PC → 2018

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

My Little Story: Reborn is an atmospheric first-person horror action game, permeated with the spirit of the occult and mysticism. You have to plunge into a cruel...

Heroes of Hammerwatch

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

Game released: PC → 1 March 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Heroes of Hammerwatch is an indie role-playing game with action elements in a medieval setting. Explore procedurally generated levels, destroying enemies and...

Vagante

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

Game released: PC → 22 February 2018

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Vagante is a side-scrolling action RPG platformer that features permadeath and procedurally generated levels. A dangerous adventure awaits you in a dark fantasy...

Steampunk Tower 2

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Indie, Steampunk, Side view

Game released: PC → 19 April 2018

Players: 6.3/10

Steampunk Tower 2 is a unique side-view action strategy game set in an alternative steampunk universe. There is a protracted world war with an unprecedented enemy...

Peace Island

Adventure, Simulation, Third-person view, Indie

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

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...

Still There

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 20 November 2019

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Still There is a sci-fi adventure in which you become the keepers of the Bento space lighthouse, located in the poorly explored sector D42-W81. You will perform...

Trash Sailors

Action, Arcade, Indie, Simulation, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: PC → 16 December 2021

A cooperative action game in which players take on the roles of survivalists. The heroes managed to survive the garbage tsunami and ended up on a raft in the middle...

Going Under

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 24 September 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Going Under is an arcade action-adventure game with an isometric camera view. You have to try on the role of an intern in a gloomy city called Neo-Cascadia. You are...

War Selection

Strategy, Online, MMO, In real time, Indie, Free game

Early Access: PC → 8 October 2019; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 8.2/10

War Selection is a free-to-play real-time strategy game with battle royale elements. The game allows up to 62 players to battle on a random map. Everyone starts...

Arboria

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

Early Access: PC → 7 May 2020; Game released: PC → 9 September 2021

Players: 7.4/10

Arboria is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in a dark underground world in which a certain Chosen One...

Eldest Souls

Action, Indie, Top-down view, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Adventure

Game released: PC → 29 July 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Eldest Souls is a dynamic top-down action game where you have to fight ruthless and treacherous gods. The game takes place in a gloomy world in which powerful gods...

Automation Empire

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

Game released: PC → 20 November 2019

Players: 7.7/10

Automation Empire is an unusual city-planning simulator where you have to build and manage a huge network of factories, mining mines and farms. The existence of...

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