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

Game released: PC → 4 June 2021

Steam: 79/100

A Japanese psychological horror game from the first-person perspective, where the ordinary job of a night courier gradually turns into a disturbing adventure. The...

Saurian

Adventure, Simulation, Third-person view, Indie, Survival, Open world

Game released: PC → 3 August 2017

Steam: 61/100

A survival simulator for dinosaurs, set in Hell Creek 66 million years ago. Players control several species of prehistoric animals and go through the journey from...

Abattoir: Cow Escape

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Indie, Free game, Comedy, Arcade, Simulation

Game released: PC → 4 March 2026

Steam: 100/100

A dynamic action game set in a dystopian future, where the player takes control of a cow fighting against the meat industry. According to the story, scientists...

Hotline Miami 3

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Top-down view, Indie

Not officially announced: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 9.5/10

Hotline Miami 3 is a continuation of a dynamic action game with a top-down view, where the main character killed Russian mafiosi left and right, received strange...

Horizon Chase Turbo

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 May 2018

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Horizon Chase Turbo is an exciting third-person racing arcade game from the creators of the original Horizon Chase. The game features 73 tracks in 32 different...

Train Station Renovation

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Business / Management, First-person view, Trains, Indie, Casual game

Early Access: PC → 30 April 2020; Game released: PC → 1 October 2020

Players: 8/10

Steam: 84/100

Train Station Renovation is a first-person management simulator where you take on the role of the self-proclaimed guardian of historic train stations. You will go...

Serious Sam: Tormental

Arcade, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Roguelike, Action, Indie

Early Access: PC → 2 April 2019; Game released: PC → 8 April 2022

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 74/100

Serious Sam: Tormental is an arcade isometric shooter with bagel elements in the Serious Sam universe. In the role of Cool Sam, you will explore the mind of Mental...

Genesis Noir

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

Game released: PC → 26 March 2021

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Genesis Noir is a third-person noir adventure where you have to save humanity from destruction. The event itself will tell the secrets of the universal Big Bang and...

Broken Lines

Role-playing game, Isometric, Historical, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics, Strategy

Game released: PC → 25 February 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Broken Lines is a tactical turn-based strategy with RPG elements and an isometric camera view. Set during World War II, the game follows a group of eight soldiers...

Breakwaters: Crystal Tides

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Construction, Open world

Early Access: PC → 9 December 2021; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 3.5/10

Steam: 63/100

A colorful sandbox set in a world where the ocean has its own will and obeys only those who dare to control its elements. The sea here is not just a landscape, but...

Regiments

Strategy, Tactics, Isometric, In real time, Historical, Indie, Tanks

Game released: PC → 16 August 2022

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Regiments is a tactical real-time strategy about the Third World War. The events take place in 1989. One day, the Cold War between NATO and the countries belonging...

RUNGORE

Card game, Roguelike, Tactics, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Indie, Collectible card game (CCG)

Early Access: PC → 12 October 2023; Game released: PC → 16 May 2024

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 85/100

Tactical card roguelike inspired by Slay the Spire and Loop Hero. The game features intense battles, non-turn-based combat, 15 heroes with different...

Bad Way

Action, Adventure, Indie, Third-person view, Exploration, Shooter, Stealth, Open world

Game released: PC → 23 September 2022

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 72/100

Bad Way is a fast-paced action-adventure game played from a third-person perspective. History professor Michael Wayne lived a quiet life. Suddenly she hears from...

The Spirit of the Samurai

Action, Side view, Medieval era, Fantasy, Adventure, Metroidvania, Slasher, Indie

Game released: PC → 12 December 2024

Players: 5/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 59/100

The game takes place in feudal Japan and tells about the confrontation with an army of terrible Oni demons, undead and youkai. The game features three main...

GREENFIELD

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The mysterious protagonist explores an abandoned island to learn more about lost technology and uncover the secret of a past civilization. The game contains puzzles...

IfSunSets

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Online, Third-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Construction, Crafting

Early Access: PC → 5 November 2024; Game in development: PC → IV квартал 2026

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 81/100

An ancient civilization once ruled the island of Luminora. They learned to extract the life force from living beings, but this led to a curse that plunged the...

The Headliners

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

Game released: PC → 30 January 2025

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 87/100

New York is covered by chaos-the streets were filled with terrible creatures, and only a team of fearless journalists is ready to go to the very bake for the sake...

The Regreening

Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Casual game, Exploration, Farm Simulator, Simulation

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The project invites players to restore the balance between humans and nature by transforming desolate lands into vibrant, flourishing worlds. The main character...

Overture

Role-playing game, Arcade, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 26 January 2015

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 70/100

Overture is a top-down action-adventure RPG with procedurally generated levels, inspired by Diablo, Realm of The Mad God, Zelda and The Binding of Isaac. Explore...

Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

Role-playing game, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Strategy, Indie

Game released: PC → 30 April 2019; Early Access: PC → 16 August 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based RPG with an emphasis on storytelling and tactical combat. A serious, adult story will unfold before you, the action of...

Crying Suns

Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Tactics, Roguelike, Space

Game released: PC → 18 September 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Crying Suns is a tactical strategy game with turn-based combat and roguelike elements in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place in the distant future...

Shelter 3

Adventure, Simulation, Third-person view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 30 March 2021

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 51/100

Shelter 3 is the continuation of a mesmerizing adventure from a third-person perspective, in which you will learn about the difficulties of survival in the wild...

Kitty Powers' Matchmaker

Simulation, Business / Management, Puzzle, Side view, Adult game, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 22 April 2015

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Kitty Powers' Matchmaker is a fun dating simulator. The player runs his own dating agency under the leadership of Kitty Powers. You'll have to match endless clients...

Morbid: The Seven Acolytes

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

Game released: PC → 3 December 2020

Players: 4/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Morbid: The Seven Acolytes is a top-down RPG. The game world is filled with Lovecraftian horrors. Your character is the last survivor whose duty is to defeat the...

Barony

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

Game released: PC → 23 June 2015

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 90/100

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...

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure

Indie, Adventure, Arcade, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: PC → 11 December 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure is a game about the adventures of a little girl who really loves nature. Alba, that’s our heroine’s name, goes to visit her grandparents...

Melvor Idle

Casual game, Role-playing game, Indie, Adventure, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 19 November 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 92/100

Casual game in the style of RuneScape. The gamer creates a character and levels up their skills by completing quests, exploring the world, and battling monsters...

CyberpunkXXX

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Adult game, Cyberpunk, Indie, Sandbox

Early Access: PC → 29 November 2024; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 8/10

Steam: 33/100

The main action takes place in a disastrous future (in 2065) after large-scale climate changes that occurred as a result of a brutal war. The main character is an...

Stunt Paradise 2

Racing, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Stunts, Action, Sports game

Game in development: PC → 2026

Racing arcade with platformer elements, inspired by games like Trials and Gravity Defied. Players navigate obstacle courses, performing various stunts. Physics...

Iron Blight

Shooter, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Old school, Zombies, Survival horror, Horror

Game released: PC → 24 August 2026

Steam: 93/100

Atmospheric survival horror set in a cold city of the Eastern Bloc, engulfed in fear and despair. Trapped among the ruins and surrounded by monsters, the main...

60 Seconds! Reatomized

Simulation, Business / Management, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Point & Click, Survival, Comedy, Strategy, Exploration

Game released: PC → 25 July 2019

Steam: 95/100

An updated version of the black comedy 60 Seconds! with survival elements, where a few dozen seconds separate ordinary family life from a nuclear apocalypse...

Idle Slayer

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

Game released: PC → 21 December 2020

Steam: 78/100

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

Stronghold Crusader 2

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, City Building

Game released: PC → 22 September 2014

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 65/100

A medieval real-time strategy and city-building game that continues the Stronghold Crusader series. It retains the earlier games’ focus on skirmishes and...

Abuse

Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Horror, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 18 June 2025

Steam: 88/100

Abuse is an action game with a touch of shooter and sandbox from the developers from the Crack dot Com studio. The game is published by RedHat. Sometimes the game...

Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Horror

Game released: PC → 8 October 2012

Steam: 69/100

This first-person adventure horror game follows detective Howard Loreid, who is tormented by paranormal events and discovers that his dark past is tied to an...

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime

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

Game released: PC → 9 September 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This co-op space shooter follows a crew exploring a colorful galaxy aboard a shared neon battleship and fighting the forces of Anti-Love. Players rescue space...

Tower of Guns

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Roguelike, Replayability, Comics

Game released: PC → 4 March 2014

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A fast-paced first-person shooter with roguelike elements, Tower of Guns sends players through a tower whose levels, enemies, and power-ups change with each run...

Rising World

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Indie, Construction, Sandbox, Survival

Early Access: PC → 3 December 2014; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 86/100

Rising World is a voxel-based open-world sandbox with procedurally generated, destructible environments and survival elements. Starting with basic tools, players...

Totally Reliable Delivery Service

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Indie, Sandbox, Casual game

Game released: PC → 1 April 2021; Beta testing: PC → 24 June 2019

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 76/100

Totally Reliable Delivery Service — a fun third-person action game about a "reliable" delivery service that is actually not reliable at all. The main idea is to go...

Cyber Shadow

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Anime / Manga, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 26 January 2021

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Cyber Shadow is a dynamic side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The world has been taken over by synthetic life forms. A desperate cry for help...

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