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

Action, Simulation, First-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Open world

Early Access: PC → 29 October 2020; Game released: PC → 21 April 2022

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 81/100

A heist simulator in which you can completely destroy the world around you using tools and weapons. Missions begin with exploration: the player can explore the area...

Starsand Island

Anime / Manga, Sandbox, Indie, Casual game, Exploration, Construction, Crafting, Farm Simulator

Early Access: PC → 11 February 2026; Game released: PC → 18 August 2026

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 68/100

A cozy tropical island life simulator with farming, decorating, and exploration elements. The player finds himself far from the bustle of the city and sets up his...

Stray Dog: nobody cares

Action, Adventure, Slasher, Indie, Fantasy, Medieval era, Gothic

Game in development: PC → 2027

An unusual soulslike game where players control an ordinary hunting dog with a sword in its mouth. The main character is a nameless dog, raised from a puppy by a...

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...

Escape Simulator 2

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Game released: PC → 27 October 2025

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 80/100

A sequel to the co-op puzzle game Escape Simulator. One to eight players explore three large levels, each consisting of four rooms: Dracula's gloomy fortress, an...

Karryn's Prison

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Adult game, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 December 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Karryn's Prison is a top-down adventure RPG for adults with visual novel elements. In the game you will try on the role of the fiery Carrin, the new warden of the...

Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit

Adventure, Side view, Indie, Horror, Exploration, Old school

Game released: PC → 8 August 2024

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 87/100

The official spin-off to the Five Nights at Freddy's universe, made in 2D pixel style. Oswald is bored with his city and his life. But everything changes when he...

One-Eyed Likho

Adventure, Horror, Interactive movie, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration

Game released: PC → 28 July 2025

Players: 7/10

An adventure puzzle-horror game based on the Russian folk tale of the same name. The main character is a blacksmith who has never seen any grief, who sets off to...

Agefield High: Rock the School

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Comedy, Open world

Game released: PC → 12 August 2026

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 30/100

An exciting open-world sandbox game set in the small town of Agefield in the early 2000s. The main character is a high school student named Sam, who lives the last...

My Summer Car

Arcade, Racing, Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Indie

Early Access: PC → 24 October 2016; Game released: PC → 8 January 2025

Players: 7.5/10

Hot Finnish cocktail of a third-person survival simulator and car arcade. The player is given complete freedom of action in a large open world of rural Finland, and...

Five Dates

Interactive movie, First-person view, Adventure, Indie, Adult game

Game released: PC → 17 November 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Five Dates is a dating simulator with elements of an interactive adult adventure and a dash of romantic comedy. Unlike most similar projects, the game offers to...

Slay the Spire 2

Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Fantasy, Procedural generation, Collectible card game (CCG)

Early Access: PC → 5 March 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027

Players: 4.3/10

The sequel returns in a new form — the Spire awakens after a millennium of oblivion, hiding even more dangers, secrets, and challenges in its depths. Its halls are...

South of Midnight

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy, Indie

Game released: PC → 8 April 2025

VGTimes: 8.5/10

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 78/100

The events of the game unfold in the south of America, where fantastic creatures from local myths live. A disaster hung over the city of Prospero, but with it the...

The Binding of Isaac: Repentance

Arcade, DLC, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 31 March 2021

Players: 8.8/10

The Binding of Isaac: Repentance — an expansion to the top-down arcade action game Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. The expansion includes the fan-made modification...

Sifu

Action, Third-person view, Indie, Beat them all, Roguelike, Adventure

Game released: PC → 8 February 2022

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Hurricane hand-to-hand combat with a multitude of enemies from the creators of Absolver. A young kung fu student embarks on a path of revenge. Chasing shadows...

Goat Simulator 3

Action, Simulation, Third-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 15 February 2024

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Continuation of the crazy goat simulator. As in previous parts, the game has a lot of humor and crazy fun. The player finds himself in an open world filled with...

My Winter Car

Arcade, Racing, Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Indie

Early Access: PC → 29 December 2025; Game in development: PC → 2028

Players: 7.8/10

The main character collects and maintains an old car. You need to buy and sell various parts while trying to manage your finances. Many unique elements allow you to...

The White Door

Adventure, Puzzle, Interactive movie, Indie

Game released: PC → 9 January 2020

Players: 9.2/10

Detective game from the creators of Cube Escape and Rusty Lake Paradise, which tells the story of Robert Hill, undergoing treatment in a clinic and suffering...

Cat Quest 2

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Open world

Game released: PC → 24 September 2019

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Cat Quest 2 is a continuation of the fun role-playing action game with an isometric camera view. The game will take you to a fantasy universe in which there are two...

House Party

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

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

Players: 6.6/10

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...

Below, Rusted Gods

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

Game released: PC → 29 July 2026

An atmospheric sci-fi thriller where you take on the role of an operator observing an expedition into a mysterious underground abyss. By monitoring the squad's...

Human Resource Machine

Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 October 2015

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Human Resource Machine is an indie puzzle game from the developer World of Goo. We have to use office workers to solve the next puzzle and get promoted to the next...

Lust from Beyond

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

Game released: PC → 11 March 2021

Players: 7.4/10

Lust from Beyond is a continuation of the first-person adventure horror Lust for Darkness. The main character is Victor Holloway, an antique dealer who begins to...

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

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

Game released: PC → 27 April 2022

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 90/100

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an improved version of the office adventure with a first-person view. You will play the role of office plankton Stanley, who...

Subnautica

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Virtual Reality (VR), Survival, Open world

Game released: PC → 23 January 2018; Early Access: PC → 14 December 2014

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 83/100

A single-player adventure in a vast open world, with a first-person view, survival elements, and sandbox features. Playing the game will evoke feelings associated...

Quarantine Zombies: Contamination

Shooter, Simulation, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Survival, Zombies

Game released: PC → 20 January 2026

The action takes place at a checkpoint in post-apocalyptic Chicago. The player must hold the defense for thirty days until the army arrives. The gameplay combines...

Enter the Chronosphere

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Science fiction, Space, Procedural generation

Early Access: PC → 25 May 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027

VGTimes: 7.4/10

Roguelike-shooter combining turn-based tactics with dynamic action. The story tells about the Starseer team, facing giant chronospheres that absorb entire fragments...

Pinata Smash: Incremental Circus

Action, Indie, Casual game, Clicker

Game in development: PC → 2026

A fast-paced clicker about breaking pinatas, collecting candies, and managing your own arena. The main feature is that the pinatas are broken not by the player...

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: 8/10

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...

Core Keeper

Adventure, Online, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Dungeons, Exploration, Crafting, Farm Simulator

Early Access: PC → 8 March 2022; Game released: PC → 27 August 2024

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 86/100

An arcade sandbox that you can play with friends in co-op for up to eight people. The main character is an explorer who wakes up in an ancient dungeon filled with...

Low-Budget Repairs

Action, Simulation, First-person view, Indie, Comedy, Construction

Game released: PC → 13 August 2026

Players: 9/10

The simulator of a bad repairman, where the main thing is not quality, but savings. The lower costs, the better. Instead of expensive tools - cheap analogues...

RV There Yet?

Action, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Comedy, Exploration

Game released: PC → 21 October 2025

Players: 7.8/10

A cooperative game about travelers returning home from vacation in an old RV. The heroes must solve problems along the way, such as using winches to overcome...

Hollow Knight

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 24 February 2017

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 89/100

An atmospheric action-platformer about a journey through the dying underground kingdom of Hallownest, inhabited by mysterious insects and strange creatures. A dark...

Dysmantle

Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Survival, Crafting

Game released: PC → 16 November 2021; Early Access: PC → 6 November 2020

Players: 8.9/10

Dysmantle is an open world RPG that combines the best ideas from Zelda, Stardew Valley, Subnautica, SteamWorld Dig and Dark Souls. The action takes place on a...

Children of Silentown

Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 11 January 2023

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Lucy grew up in a village where people periodically disappeared. Now she is an adult and seeks to investigate the mystery of the disappearance of residents and the...

Experiment 82626

Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game in development: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Cooperative horror set in the Poppy Playtime universe with stealth elements. One of the key features of the project is the positional voice chat, which means that...

People Playground

Indie, Simulation, Side view, Arcade, Horror

Game released: PC → 23 July 2019

Players: 7.8/10

People Playground is a fun side-scrolling indie sandbox game. In the game you will find yourself in a real ragdoll world, where all characters and objects are...

Dyson Sphere Program

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Isometric, Indie, Science fiction

Early Access: PC → 21 January 2021; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 9/10

Dyson Sphere Program is a sci-fi space simulator in which you build your galactic empire by exploring uncharted areas of extraterrestrial space. In the distant...

CUCKOLD SIMULATOR: Life as a Beta Male Cuck

Arcade, Action, Simulation, Third-person view, Visual novel, Indie

Early Access: PC → 1 May 2021; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 5.5/10

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...

Moonlighter

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 29 May 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Moonlighter is an action RPG with a procedurally generated world and a Japanese-style isometric camera view. Players will find dark and gloomy dungeons populated by...

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