Indie for PC — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 2

Role-playing game, Action, Online, Slasher, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy

Game released: PC → 26 September 2024; Early Access: PC → 6 April 2023

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 78/100

A game from the creators of Curse of the Dead Gods featuring characters from folk tales. Each hero has their own abilities: Beowulf relies on fierce attacks and...

Stoneshard

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

Early Access: PC → 6 February 2020; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 7.9/10

Stoneshard is a tactical RPG with roguelike elements and an open world from the creators of 12 is Better Than 6. You will embark on a grand journey across the...

Undertale

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

Game released: PC → 15 September 2015

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 92/100

An RPG with a unique combat system, where each battle can be completed without a single blow. Instead of the usual violence, there are conversations, mercy, and...

MOUSE: P.I. For Hire

Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Old school

Game released: PC → 16 April 2026

VGTimes: 8.2/10

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 80/100

A dynamic shooter made in the spirit of classic Disney cartoons of the 30s. The plot follows a private detective who tries to stop corrupt politicians from seizing...

Leaf Blower Revolution

Top-down view, Indie, Arcade

Game released: PC → 4 December 2020

Players: 6.9/10

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...

Frostpunk

Strategy, Business / Management, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Survival

Game released: PC → 24 April 2018

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Frostpunk is a management strategy game from the creators of This War of Mine. The game tells the story of people surviving in a snowy world and using steam...

Noita

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

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

Players: 8.7/10

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...

Car For Sale Simulator 2023

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

Game released: PC → 1 November 2024

Players: 7.1/10

The player develops his car business by buying and selling cars. You can buy an almost completely destroyed car in order to repair it and resell it more profitably...

Graveyard Keeper

Simulation, Action, Business / Management, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 August 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Graveyard Keeper is a simulator of a true medieval cemetery manager. In the game world, heroes await death in coffins and entire tombs of your cemetery. Each new...

Crab Champions

Action, Shooter, Online, Third-person view, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: PC → 1 April 2023; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 5.5/10

A multiplayer shooter where players take on the role of a crab as he travels through exotic islands, fighting hordes of enemies and collecting loot. The game has 3...

Star Valor

Action, Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Top-down view, Shooter, Indie

Early Access: PC → 14 July 2018; Game released: PC → 3 August 2022

Players: 8.5/10

Star Valor is a dynamic top-down RPG shooter in a sci-fi setting. In the game you have to control your own spaceship. An exciting journey awaits you through a vast...

Scrap Mechanic

Simulation, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: PC → 20 January 2016

Players: 7.8/10

Scrap Mechanic is a simulator in which players have to build various mechanisms, extract resources and fight futuristic robots. The events of the game will tell...

Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts

Strategy, Simulation, Tactics, Warships / Submarines, Indie, Isometric

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

Players: 7.9/10

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

This War of Mine

Action, Strategy, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 14 November 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 82/100

This War of Mine is an atmospheric adventure with survival elements and a side view. The game allows you to plunge into the life of ordinary civilians trying to...

Spirit of the Island

Simulation, Adventure, Business / Management, Isometric, Role-playing game, Indie

Early Access: PC → 16 March 2022; Game released: PC → 17 August 2022

Colorful farm simulator. In the homeland of the protagonist, there is an ancient tradition: in order to go through the ritual of growing up, everyone must make a...

Rogue: Genesia

Action, Indie, Top-down view, Role-playing game, Roguelike, Fantasy, Arcade, Casual game, Survival

Early Access: PC → 19 September 2022; Game released: PC → 7 March 2025

Players: 9.1/10

An arcade action roguelike where the world is completely drowning in hordes of enemies. Hundreds and thousands of monsters, bosses, chaos - all this in a fantasy...

House Party

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Adult game, Indie

Early Access: PC → 30 June 2017; Game released: PC → 16 July 2022

Players: 6.4/10

House Party is a dating simulator for adults with a first-person view and action elements. A party in an empty house, liters of alcohol and “ringing vulgarity...

Hydroneer

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

Game released: PC → 8 May 2020

Players: 7.5/10

Hydroneer is an exciting mining simulator with a first-person view, where you have to get gold and other necessary resources from the soil. As you progress, you...

Outlast

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

Game released: PC → 4 September 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Outlast is an adventure horror game with a first-person view. The events of the game take place in the Mount Massive Asylum, which for a long time served as a home...

Slime Rancher 2

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

Early Access: PC → 22 September 2022; Game released: PC → 23 September 2025

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 76/100

New adventures of adventurer Beatrix LeBeau. The heroine travels to Rainbow Island, a mysterious land filled with ancient technology, unknown natural resources and...

AI Limit

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 27 March 2025

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 71/100

The main action takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which human civilization was destroyed as a result of the mysterious collapse of an artificial ecosystem...

Foundation

Strategy, Business / Management, Indie, Medieval era, City Building, Procedural generation

Early Access: PC → 1 February 2019; Game released: PC → 31 January 2025

Players: 8/10

A city-building simulator in a medieval setting, where all the emphasis is on creating a harmonious dream city. The modular construction system allows you to erect...

Sun Haven

Indie, Farm Simulator, Online, Adventure, Crafting, Exploration, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 11 March 2023; Early Access: PC → 26 June 2021

Players: 8.9/10

A fantasy farm simulator with dragons, magic, an interesting story and a final boss. The game offers a huge world full of opportunities for development and...

Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, City Building, Indie, Historical

Early Access: PC → 15 March 2019; Game released: PC → 20 June 2024

Players: 8.6/10

A city planning simulator, the main feature of which is the surroundings in the style of the Soviet Union. The main task is to create your own republic, where you...

Plague Inc: Evolved

Strategy, Futurism (Future), Indie, Business / Management, Simulation

Game released: PC → 18 February 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Plague Inc: Evolved is an updated version of an unusual simulator with elements of management strategy for modern platforms. The game will give you the opportunity...

SpaceBourne 2

Role-playing game, Action, Simulation, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie

Early Access: PC → 17 February 2023; Game released: PC → 18 November 2025

Players: 7.3/10

A continuation of the space game, which takes place in a fantastic open world filled with many solar systems and planets. The game offers tens of thousands of...

Forts

Arcade, Action, Strategy, In real time, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 19 April 2017

Players: 8.6/10

Hades 2

Action, Hack and slash, Isometric, Indie, Roguelike, Dungeons, Fantasy, Replayability

Early Access: PC → 6 May 2024; Game released: PC → 25 September 2025

VGTimes: 9.2/10

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 94/100

A continuation of the roguelike Hades, taking players into even deeper and darker layers of ancient Greek mythology. This time the story revolves around Melinoe...

Ostriv

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

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

Players: 7.5/10

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...

Maneater

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 22 May 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Adventure action set in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The story centers around a shark that has survived a brutal encounter with a hunter and is driven by a...

Forever Skies

Role-playing game, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Survival, Exploration, Sandbox, Open world, Crafting, Indie

Early Access: PC → 22 June 2023; Game released: PC → 14 April 2025

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 66/100

The game takes place on Earth destroyed by an environmental disaster. To survive and understand what happened, the hero collects resources, fights dangers, searches...

Tiny Rogues

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Fantasy, Old school

Early Access: PC → 23 September 2022; Game in development: PC → 2026

Tiny Rogues is a hardcore action roguelike with RPG elements and a top-down view in a fantasy setting. As you progress, you will have to create your own unique...

The Last Caretaker

First-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Science fiction, Comedy, Open world, Crafting

Early Access: PC → 7 November 2025; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 7.9/10

The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic, languid world. The protagonist is a robot exploring a vast ocean world to save the future of humanity. To do this, they...

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PC → 18 June 2019

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. The game will tell the story of an 18-year-old girl...

Lumencraft

Tactics, Roguelike, Top-down view, Shooter, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Early Access: PC → 13 April 2022; Game released: PC → 28 February 2023

Players: 6.4/10

The events of the game take place back in 2221. More than two centuries ago, the surface of the planet became uninhabitable. The remnants of humanity are struggling...

Rogue Legacy 2

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Fantasy, Medieval era

Early Access: PC → 19 August 2020; Game released: PC → 28 April 2022

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 89/100

One day, a brave knight gets to a mysterious place where some kind of devilry happened many years ago. Skeletons, ghosts and other evil spirits roam everywhere, and...

Trepang2

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

Game released: PC → 21 June 2023

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 79/100

A horror shooter with a view that is a spiritual successor to the F.E.A.R. series. The game has the ability to become invisible, slow down time and sneak up on...

Halls of Torment

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Indie, Roguelike, Fantasy, Old school

Early Access: PC → 24 May 2023; Game released: PC → 24 September 2024

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 88/100

The main action takes place in a dark fantasy world with monsters, demons and magic. The brave hero sets out to explore various underground spaces to find new...

Salt 2: Shores of Gold

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Survival, Procedural generation

Early Access: PC → 20 September 2022; Game released: PC → 12 November 2025

VGTimes: 5.8/10

Players: 8.6/10

The game transports you to an atmosphere of serene seas and endless adventures, where every wave hides a secret, and every island can become a home or a deadly...

Backpack Hero

Indie, Turn-based, Fantasy, Dungeons, Tactics, Card game, Side view, Roguelike

Early Access: PC → 15 August 2022; Game released: PC → 14 November 2023

Players: 10/10

Pixel roguelike about anthropomorphic animals and inventory management. The player sets out to conquer dungeons, collecting rare items, distributing them in a...

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