Indie for PC — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 20

Severed Steel - a game in the Indie genre

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Parkour

Game released: PC → 17 September 2021

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 56/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Severed Steel is a dynamic first-person shooter in which the main character is a one-armed girl who destroys entire squads of soldiers using different types of...

Gold Rush: The Game

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

Game released: PC → 13 October 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 69/100

Gold Rush: The Game is a fascinating simulator with a first-person view, in which you will experience the hard life of a gold miner first-hand. In the game you will...

Anomaly Hunter

Arcade, Action, First-person view, Isometric, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game in development: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Steam: 66/100

Anomaly Hunter is a point and click style arcade puzzle game with an isometric view. In the age of time travel machines, it's obvious that someone will make a...

HighFleet

Strategy, In real time, Side view, Futurism (Future), Action, Indie, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 27 July 2021

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 74/100

HighFleet is a dynamic action game with elements of management strategy and a side...

Synth Riders

Arcade, Action, Music game, First-person view, Cyberpunk, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: PC → 1 November 2019

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Synth Riders is a musical arcade action game with a first-person view for virtual reality devices Valve Index, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Windows Mixed Reality and...

Six Sides of the World

Logic, Puzzle, Science fiction, Arcade, Casual game, Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 20 January 2016

Steam: 84/100

Six Sides of the World is an atmospheric arcade puzzle game in a sci-fi setting, where you will explore various cubic planets that are filled with various traps. As...

Unheard

Indie, Adventure, Puzzle, Horror, Top-down view, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: PC → 29 March 2019

Steam: 91/100

Unheard is an indie horror adventure with puzzle elements and a top-down view. You have to put on headphones and go back in time. Use the voices you hear to return...

Phonopolis

Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 20 May 2026

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 92/100

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...

Little Witch in the Woods

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Fantasy, Casual game, Simulation, Puzzle

Early Access: PC → 17 May 2022; Game released: PC → 15 September 2025

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 90/100

The game tells the story of Ellie, a young witch apprentice who goes to the old Witch House to learn the secrets of magic and discover an amazing world. Everyday...

Electrician Simulator

Simulation, Educational game (Education), Indie, First-person view, Casual game, Puzzle, Crafting, Logic

Game released: PC → 21 September 2022

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 74/100

Electrician Simulator is an educational indie simulator with a first-person view and crafting elements. In this game you have to carry out minor repairs, ranging...

Bloons TD 5

Online, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game, Comedy, Strategy

Game released: PC → 19 November 2014

Players: 7/10

Steam: 94/100

The player builds towers, selects upgrades for them and hires cool special agents to destroy all the balls flying over the map. A total of 21 buildings with...

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...

63 Days

Strategy, Tactics, Isometric, Indie, In real time, Historical, Cooperative (co-op), Top-down view

Game released: PC → 26 September 2024

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 72/100

A tactical game in the spirit of Commandos, based on the real events of World War II. The player controls a group of Polish resistance fighters seeking to liberate...

Torque Drift 2

Racing, Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Sports game

Early Access: PC → 28 November 2024; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 62/100

The game takes place in a fictional modern Japanese city. Gamers drive fast cars in several competitive modes. There is a large selection of cars and detailed...

Moroi

Adventure, Slasher, Top-down view, Indie, Fantasy, Action

Game released: PC → 30 April 2025

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 65/100

The main character finds himself a prisoner in a living nightmare. He doesn’t remember anything about himself and doesn’t know how he got here. You must explore a...

Goat Simulator 3 – Baadlands: Furry Road

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

Game released: PC → 19 November 2025

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 60/100

In the expansion, players can explore a post-apocalyptic version of San Angora Island, ride a bike, fight against hostile factions, complete quests, and more. The...

BarbarQ 2

Action, Top-down view, Indie, Free game, Casual game, Fantasy, MOBA, Adventure

Game in development: PC → 2026

A vibrant multiplayer game where you need to create your clan and recruit heroes to explore lands in search of treasures. There are several modes with different...

Escape from Yandere

Action, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Indie, Survival horror, Horror

Game released: PC → 7 February 2026

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 73/100

A psychological horror about a sleepover that turns into a trap. Childhood friend Yuki invites you over, but it soon becomes clear that leaving the house is not so...

Coffee Talk Tokyo

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Fantasy, Casual game

Game released: PC → 21 May 2026

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 81/100

The game transports the familiar formula of a cozy visual novel Coffee Talk to the nighttime Tokyo, where the worlds of humans and yokai intersect behind the doors...

Valorborn

Role-playing game, Strategy, Sandbox, Indie, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy, Medieval era, Construction

Early Access: PC → 15 April 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027

Steam: 59/100

A role-playing sandbox set in a dark fantasy medieval world. The game emphasizes freedom of action and the simulation of a living world. Players determine their own...

In Stars And Time

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 20 November 2023

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 85/100

An unusual role-playing game about a time loop, where the final battle with the King unexpectedly becomes the beginning of an endless repetition of the same day...

Echoes of the Flame

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Indie, Fantasy, Old school, Japanese role-playing game

Game in development: PC → November 2026

The game's plot is based on the changing perspectives of two squads heading to the sacred peak of Coral. At the western edge is the Flame Keeper Haku. Accompanying...

THERMOCLINE

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, Turn-based, Indie, Free game, Dungeons, Old school

Game in development: PC → 2026

A grim psychological horror set on the frozen surface of a dead planet, where an icy storm is just one of many threats. As the sole survivor among abandoned...

HARD BULLET

Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR), Comedy

Early Access: PC → 23 October 2020; Game in development: PC → 2026

Steam: 84/100

Hurricane VR action, fully focused on spectacular shootouts and hand-to-hand combat using advanced physics. A variety of firearms and melee weapons are available in...

Twin Trials

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Action

Game released: PC → 31 July 2025

Steam: 100/100

A first-person arcade shooter where the player simultaneously uses up to two types of weapons and utilizes their physical properties to move through levels. One of...

Grime

Role-playing game, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Indie, Metroidvania, Platformer, Exploration

Game released: PC → 2 August 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Grime is an action-adventure platformer with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. Grime takes place in a crazy world with a surreal...

Memento Mori 2

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 13 May 2014

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 66/100

This adventure crime thriller continues the story after the events of Memento Mori: Lara and Max, having defeated the Angel of Death, find themselves drawn together...

VVVVVV

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Exploration

Game released: PC → 11 January 2010

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 85/100

VVVVVV is an arcade indie platformer with a side view. You play as the fearless leader of a team of dimension explorers who have crashed and lost contact with each...

Lords of Xulima

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

Game released: PC → 14 November 2014; Early Access: PC → 8 August 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Lords of Xulima is a turn-based role-playing game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. You live in a world where gods and people walk in pairs. But...

Super Toy Cars

Arcade, Action, Racing, Third-person view, Top-down view, Indie, Online

Game released: PC → 6 June 2014

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 56/100

Super Toy Cars is a fun racing arcade game with a third-person view, where miniature cars fight on tracks located on ordinary objects — tables, chairs, sofas...

Starlight Inception

Simulation, Action, Warships / Submarines, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: PC → 8 August 2013

Steam: 25/100

Set a hundred years in the future, this space combat simulator follows a young pilot in the United Star Force as World War IV breaks out against the Non-Aligned...

Thimbleweed Park

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Side view, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: PC → 30 March 2017

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Thimbleweed Park is a classic “point-and-click” quest from the creators of Maniac Mansion. The game takes place in a small town where a mysterious murder occurred...

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...

Corpse Party: Blood Drive

Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC → 10 October 2019

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 60/100

Corpse Party: Blood Drive is a Japanese-style visual novel with a touch of horror that continues the story of Corpse Party and is a direct continuation of Book of...

Who's Your Daddy

Action, First-person view, Indie, Online, Comedy

Early Access: PC → 23 December 2015

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 82/100

Who's Your Daddy is an indie action game with a first-person view, where you, in the role of a father, need to stop the kid's suicidal attempts. You can play as...

Liberator TD

Shooter, Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 18 September 2024

Steam: 50/100

Liberator TD is a top-down sci-fi shooter with tower defense strategy elements. The events will tell about the main character who finds himself on a planet unknown...

Past Cure

Action, Shooter, Stealth, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: PC → 2 February 2018

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 24/100

Metacritic: 40/100

Past Cure is a futuristic action game with a third-person view and stealth elements. The action takes place between two worlds — reality and an abstract...

Forager

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Indie, Open world, Adventure, Survival, Crafting

Game released: PC → 18 April 2019

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Forager is a fun top-down arcade clicker game with RPG elements, inspired by Stardew Valley, Terraria and Zelda. You will explore everything around, create objects...

Rebel Cops

Strategy, Tactics, Stealth, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: PC → 17 September 2019

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Rebel Cops is a tactical strategy with step-by-step battles and isometric type of camera, which is the spin-off of the This Is the Police series. In the game, you...

Zoria: Age of Shattering

Adventure, Role-playing game, Indie, Turn-based, Tactics, Fantasy, Medieval era, Exploration, Strategy

Game released: PC → 7 March 2024

Players: 8/10

Steam: 77/100

The game takes place in the world of Zoriya, filled with magic, ancient history, political conspiracies and countless secrets. The outpost is the main base of...

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