Indie for PC — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 17

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 15 October 2020; Early Access: PC → 24 September 2019

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Noita is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer in a fantasy setting. You will find procedural generation of levels, the irreversible death of the hero, as well...

Castle Flipper

Arcade, Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Construction, Casual game

Game released: PC → 26 May 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 64/100

Castle Flipper is an exciting sandbox with a first-person view in a medieval setting. The game will give you a unique chance to become a royal master. You'll be...

Down To Hell

Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Indie, Side view, Horror

Game released: PC → 30 August 2019

Steam: 55/100

Down To Hell is a dynamic action-slasher with role-playing elements and a side view. You have to take on the role of a knight filled with hatred and rage. As you...

Moving Out

Simulation, Arcade, Action, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Isometric, Casual game

Game released: PC → 28 April 2020

Players: 4.9/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Moving Out is a fun cooperative arcade game with an isometric camera view, where you have to learn how to move furniture correctly. Together with your friends, you...

Ostriv

Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Historical, Indie, City Building

Game in development: PC → 2026; Early Access: PC → 19 March 2020

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 92/100

Ostriv is a real-time historical city-building strategy with management elements. In the game, you take on the role of the governor of an 18th century city...

Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts

Strategy, Simulation, Warships / Submarines, Isometric, Indie, Tactics, Construction, Grand strategy

Early Access: PC → 10 December 2021; Game released: PC → 25 January 2023

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 62/100

A tactical simulator dedicated to naval battles. The game offers the unique opportunity to design and build countless variations of realistic-looking warships...

The Jackbox Party Pack 7

Arcade, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Indie, Logic, Comedy, Trivia

Game released: PC → 15 October 2020

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 76/100

The Jackbox Party Pack 7 is a new part of a collection of fun arcade games for a large company. The game has a lot of different mini-games that will not let you get...

Leaf Blower Revolution

Top-down view, Indie, Arcade, Casual game, Free game

Game released: PC → 4 December 2020

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 94/100

Leaf Blower Revolution is a top-down indie arcade game. It's an idle game where you blow leaves with nuclear leaf blowers, unlock upgrades, earn achievements, and...

Figment 2: Creed Valley

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Action, Isometric, Comedy, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration

Game released: PC → 9 March 2023

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Dusty and Piper from Figment venture into a strange surreal world to face their most formidable opponent. There, the heroes overcome mysterious challenges and...

Warstride Challenges

Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Arcade, Parkour, Racing, Demons

Early Access: PC → 19 April 2022; Game released: PC → 7 September 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

A dynamic old-school shooter where players destroy demons as quickly as possible. The game features short but challenging levels, as well as brutal time-based...

Distortions

Adventure, Indie, Action, Role-playing game, Music game, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 2 March 2018

Steam: 57/100

Distortions is a beautiful, surreal, third-person adventure in which music plays a major role. The main character of the game travels through an unknown, endless...

Supraland Six Inches Under

Action, Puzzle, Indie, Platformer, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: PC → 14 January 2022

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 95/100

Supraland Six Inches Under is a continuation of the exciting first-person action-platformer with Metroidvania elements. This time you will dive six inches below the...

Euro Truck Simulator 2 - West Balkans

Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, DLC, Indie, Open world

Game released: PC → 19 October 2023

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Euro Truck Simulator 2 — West Balkans — an expansion for the truck driving simulator with first-person and third-person views. As part of the expansion, you will be...

Prognostic

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Puzzle, Exploration, Adult game

Game released: PC → 19 May 2022

Steam: 94/100

Prognostic is an atmospheric adventure horror game with a first-person view. The main character is an orphan who returns to the house of a deceased seer. He must...

Vampire Survivors: Emerald Diorama

Indie, Fantasy, Top-down view, Action, Roguelike, Gothic, Casual game, Arcade

Game released: PC → 10 April 2025

Steam: 96/100

An add-on in which more than 12 unique characters from SaGa: Emerald Beyond entered the world of Vampire Survivors. There are also new weapons, attack methods, and...

Cheap Car Repair

Action, Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Indie, Old school, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 28 May 2026

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 85/100

A car mechanic simulator set in Poland in the 1990s. A small workshop among typical multi-story buildings becomes a place for difficult decisions, where every...

Soul Chained

Action, Online, Slasher, Third-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Platformer, Comedy

Game released: PC → 7 September 2026

Steam: 70/100

Cooperative soulslike, where the difficulty is built not only on battles and platforming. The main feature is that players are connected by a mystical chain, so...

Kingdom Rush

Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Tactics

Game released: PC → 6 January 2014

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Kingdom Rush is a real-time strategy game with fantasy elements and a top-down view. In this game you have to fight enemies with the help of your towers and protect...

Among the Sleep

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

Game released: PC → 29 May 2014

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Among the Sleep is an adventure puzzle game with a first-person view and horror elements. The main character is a very young child. He is hiding from a mysterious...

Block Story

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

Game released: PC → 10 December 2015

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Block Story is an action role-playing game with elements of adventure and fantasy with a first-person view. A world of vast landscapes awaits you, where you are in...

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...

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...

Party Hard

Action, Strategy, Stealth, Tactics, Indie

Game released: PC → 25 August 2015

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 60/100

A tactical stealth game about someone trying to stop noisy parties hosted by neighbours across the United States. Rather than call the police, the protagonist uses...

60 Seconds!

Simulation, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Exploration, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 25 May 2015

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 81/100

60 Seconds! — an arcade survival simulator in times of post-apocalypse. Ted has only 60 seconds to take everything he needs and hide in the bunker before the...

Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Steampunk, Exploration

Game released: PC → 31 January 2019

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Adventure role-playing game, which is a direct sequel to Sunless Sea. The setting is not murky water-filled spaces like in Sunless Sea, but the sunlit sky. The...

Distrust

Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Isometric, Indie, Survival

Game released: PC → 23 August 2017

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 73/100

Distrust is a real-time strategy and survival adventure game inspired by the movie The Thing. You will have to guide two heroes through a procedurally generated...

Reigns: Her Majesty

Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Visual novel, Logic, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 6 December 2017

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Reigns: Her Majesty is a continuation of the card board game, where you will become the ruler of a small kingdom and take part in deciding important elections on...

Ice Lakes

Simulation, Hunting / Fishing, Sports game, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: PC → 19 April 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Ice Lakes is an ice fishing sports simulator with first and third person views, supporting HTC Vive and Oculus Rift virtual reality devices. You will have the...

Reign of Guilds

Role-playing game, Online, MMO, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie, Free game, Open world, Old school, Medieval era

Early Access: PC → 4 April 2024; Game released: PC → 28 March 2026

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 60/100

A multiplayer role-playing game set during the Dark Middle Ages. Players unite in guilds to gain power and untold riches. Some guilds fight in bloody battles for...

Taxi Simulator

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Simulation, Business / Management, Educational game (Education), First-person view, Third-person view, Indie, Casual game

Game in development: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 7.8/10

Steam: 44/100

Taxi Simulator is a taxi driver management simulator with a first-person view. You might think that driving a taxi is a boring and monotonous job. But you are still...

Eternal Return

Free game, Anime / Manga, Online, Action, Indie, Tactics, Strategy, Isometric, Battle Royale, MOBA

Early Access: PC → 14 October 2020; Game released: PC → 20 July 2023

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 80/100

Free multiplayer battle royale action game. The game takes place on the deserted island of Lumia. A mysterious organization known as AGLAIA conducts experiments on...

CUCKOLD SIMULATOR: Life as a Beta Male Cuck

Arcade, Action, Simulation, Third-person view, Visual novel, Indie, Casual game, Comedy

Early Access: PC → 1 May 2021; Game released: PC → 16 November 2025

Players: 4.3/10

Steam: 93/100

CUCKOLD SIMULATOR: Life as a Beta Male Cuck is an unusual cuckold simulator with a third-person view. In this game you take on the role of a man whose wife is...

Age of Darkness: Final Stand

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

Early Access: PC → 7 October 2021; Game released: PC → 15 January 2025

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 74/100

A real-time strategy game set in a dark fantasy setting, where darkness becomes the main enemy of humanity. No one knows for sure what it is - the embodiment of...

Ash of Gods: The Way

Turn-based, Tactics, Adventure, Card game, Indie, Fantasy / Medieval, Isometric

Game released: PC → 27 April 2023

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Ash of Gods: The Way is a card-based turn-based strategy game with an isometric camera view set in the fantasy universe of Ash of Gods: Redemption. You will have...

This War of Mine: Final Cut

Action, Historical, Business / Management, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Simulation, Survival

Game released: PC → 14 November 2019

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This War of Mine: Final Cut — an enhanced and complete edition of the atmospheric adventure with survival elements and a side view. The package includes an expanded...

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...

Crow Country

Survival horror, Action, Indie, Old school, Exploration, Horror

Game released: PC → 9 May 2024

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Old school survival horror, inspired by the first Resident Evil (gameplay) and Final Fantasy (visual style). The action takes place in the early 90s. In the story...

Nightmare: The Lunatic

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

Game released: PC → 31 March 2024

Steam: 87/100

A hardcore platformer in which the player tries to escape a nightmare. The main task is to get out of the eternal nightmare. As you progress, you can switch between...

Guns of Fury

Action, Side view, Platformer, Adventure, Old school, Indie, Metroidvania, Shooter

Game released: PC → 13 February 2025

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 88/100

Dynamic retro action in the spirit of the Metal Slug series. The main action takes place in a dystopian future in which the world is in an energy crisis. One day, a...

Menace from the Deep

Roguelike, Card game, Indie, Adventure, Side view

Game released: PC → 11 November 2024

Steam: 89/100

Roguelike with card game elements, inspired by the works of Lovecraft. The action takes place in the 1920s in the USA, where players will explore a mysterious...

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