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Skullgirls: 2nd Encore - a game in the Indie genre

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Indie, Online

Game released: PC → 22 August 2013

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Skullgirls: 2nd Encore is an expanded version of a dynamic arcade fighting game with a side view in an anime style. The game features many interesting female...

Jotun

Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie

Game released: PC → 29 September 2015

Players: 7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Jotun is a hand-drawn action adventure game set in the world of Norse mythology. In the game, you will try on the role of Toru, a Viking warrior who died an...

Heavy Metal Machines

Arcade, Online, Action, Racing, Top-down view, Free game, MOBA, Indie

Game released: PC → 19 September 2018

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 70/100

Heavy Metal Machines is a free-to-play action racing game with MOBA elements and a top-down view. In Heavy Metal Machines, players are divided into two teams of...

Gorogoa

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 14 December 2017

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Gorogoa is a quirky puzzle adventure with beautiful, hand-drawn worlds. To complete the game, you need to move windows with worlds around the screen, placing them...

Somerville

Action, Adventure, Walking Simulator, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 15 November 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Adventure action game from the creator of Limbo, which tells the story of an alien invasion on Earth. The action takes place on Earth, which has been almost...

Shovel Knight: King of Cards

Arcade, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 10 December 2019

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Shovel Knight: King of Cards is the final standalone campaign for the side-scrolling arcade action platformer Shovel Knight. You have to get used to the role of the...

Circuit Superstars

Arcade, Racing, Top-down view, Indie, Online

Early Access: PC → 5 March 2021; Game released: PC → 31 October 2023

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 82/100

A racing arcade game in which a simple but realistic physical model is implemented, a bunch of historical cars of the past, and the essence of the gameplay is to...

Last Stop

Adventure, Third-person view, First-person view, Interactive movie, Indie, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 22 July 2021

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Last Stop is an interactive third-person adventure from the creators of Virginia. The game takes place in modern-day London, where you will assume the roles of...

Hidden Through Time

Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Logic, Top-down view, Hidden Objects, Casual game

Game released: PC → 12 March 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 92/100

Hidden Through Time is a charming top-down arcade hidden object puzzle game. During the game you will have to look for various objects scattered throughout world...

Choice of Life: Middle Ages

Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Adventure, Indie, Role-playing game, Strategy

Game released: PC → 6 November 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Choice of Life: Middle Ages is a card adventure in a medieval setting. Here everything is determined by your choice: whether you become a robber, an artisan, or the...

There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension

Adventure, Indie, Arcade, Isometric, Simulation, Puzzle, Role-playing game, Action, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 6 August 2020

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 88/100

There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension is an indie action-adventure game in the point and click genre with an isometric view and puzzle elements. This is a fun adventure...

Force of Nature

Simulation, Action, Top-down view, Adventure, Role-playing game, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Business / Management, Survival, Crafting, Open world

Game released: PC → 13 December 2016

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 67/100

Force of Nature is an action-adventure sandbox with elements of a survival simulator and a top-down view. You have to explore more than 10 locations, each of which...

Greyhill Incident

Horror, Survival, Science fiction, First-person view, Stealth, Adventure, Indie, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 9 June 2023

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 44/100

Metacritic: 38/100

The game tells a classic alien invasion story set in the remote village of Grayhill in the early 90s. Ryan Baker, armed with a baseball bat and several bullets in...

The Cursed Forest

Adventure, Exploration, First-person view, Horror, Mysticism / Supernatural, Indie, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 26 February 2019

Players: 9/10

Steam: 89/100

The Cursed Forest is an atmospheric action-horror adventure game with a first-person view, where you have to wander through a mysterious forest, encounter its...

A Memoir Blue

Adventure, Interactive movie, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 24 March 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 71/100

The story is about Miriam, who dives into her inner world and relives memories from her childhood. She wants to understand herself and comprehend the true feeling...

Pairs & Perils

Collectible card game (CCG), Roguelike, Tactics, Turn-based, Casual game, Fantasy, Indie, Dungeons, Card game

Game released: PC → 20 January 2025

Steam: 76/100

The player explores dungeons where he fights opponents. In battles, you need to memorize and combine creature and weapon cards for attacks. During breaks, you can...

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...

Dead Reset

Adventure, Horror, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 11 September 2025

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 69/100

The main character, surgeon Cole Mason, was kidnapped and forced to perform an operation to remove a parasite from a patient in an underwater complex. At the same...

Crime Simulator

Simulation, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Shooter, Indie, Stealth, Online

Game released: PC → 18 June 2025

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 81/100

A co-op game in which the main character was pulled out of prison by some people. Now he must work off his debt by carrying out illegal assignments. You will have...

Trees Hate You

Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Comedy, Walking Simulator

Game in development: PC → 16 November 2026

A hardcore platformer with an absurd sense of humor, where the main enemy becomes the trees. The forest here lives by its own rules: branches hinder movement, traps...

The Letter - Horror Visual Novel

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

Game released: PC → 24 July 2017

Steam: 86/100

An atmospheric visual novel in the horror and drama genre, inspired by classic Asian horror films. The story unfolds in the gloomy mansion of Ermengard, which has...

War Fantasy

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

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A psychological horror first-person shooter that explores the connection between military video games and real conflicts. The player finds themselves inside an...

Candy Clicker

Free game, Casual game, Clicker, Indie, Simulation

Game released: PC → 13 April 2026

Steam: 59/100

A free clicker game dedicated to developing your own candy factory and accumulating larger volumes of resources. Players need to improve click strength, unlock new...

Sniper Road

Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie, Free game, Action, Casual game

Game released: PC → 24 November 2021

Steam: 87/100

Free sniper action game dedicated to finding and eliminating hidden enemies. The player must advance through a gloomy city, spotting enemy snipers between...

The Cat and the Coup

Free game, Indie, Historical

Game released: PC → 15 June 2011

Steam: 93/100

This documentary game follows the cat of Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh, Iran’s first democratically elected prime minister, during the events surrounding the...

Signal Veil

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Indie, Survival horror

Game in development: PC → 2027

Classic survival horror focused on psychological terror, with the aesthetic of 90s anime. The main character is Aki Mizuno, a schoolgirl whose mother vanished...

Shank 2

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

Game released: PC → 7 February 2012

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This 2D side-scrolling action platformer follows Shank, a former mob hitman drawn back into a fight when people close to him are threatened. He uses an arsenal of...

Braid

Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 February 2011

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 92/100

Braid is a 2D puzzle-platformer with painterly visuals. Setting out from a house in the city, the protagonist travels through a series of worlds to rescue an...

Eador: Masters of the Broken World

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

Game released: PC → 19 April 2013

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Eador. Lords of the Worlds is the latest chapter in the Eador series, known for its combination of grand strategy, role-playing elements and turn-based tactics...

Block Story

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

Game released: PC → 10 December 2015

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 85/100

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...

Rampage Knights

Arcade, Fighting, Beat them all, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 4 September 2015; Early Access: PC → 27 March 2015

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 91/100

This fantasy beat ’em up with roguelike elements follows a hero trapped by a spell in a magical forest. Every path leads to a ruined castle inhabited by goblins...

Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Heroes

Pinball, Zombies, Indie

Game released: PC → 2 March 2022

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 74/100

An arcade game that combines classic pinball with tower defense, pitting powerful pinballs against waves of zombies. Before each run, the player chooses a hero and...

Space Run Galaxy

Strategy, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PC → 17 June 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Space Run Galaxy is a direct continuation of the sci-fi tower defense strategy title Space Run. The events of the game take place 20 years after the original, a...

Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest

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

Game released: PC → 15 May 2019

Players: 10/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest — a tactical role-playing game with turn-based battles and an isometric camera view from the creators of Legend of...

Subsurface Circular

Arcade, Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Detective, Text quest

Game released: PC → 17 August 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Subsurface Circular is an unusual adventure with elements of a visual novel and a text game from the creator of Thomas Was Alone. You take on the role of a robot...

Dolmen

Role-playing game, Action, Horror, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 20 May 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 55/100

Metacritic: 57/100

Dolmen is a sci-fi action-horror game with a third-person perspective and role-playing elements. The game takes place on the planet Revion Prime, where the hero...

Bloodroots

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

Game released: PC → 12 March 2021

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Bloodroots is a fast-paced action adventure with an isometric camera view. You have to try on the role of Mr. Wolf, who was left for dead by his former fellow...

Monster Sanctuary

Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Metroidvania, Exploration

Early Access: PC → 28 August 2019; Game released: PC → 8 December 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Monster Sanctuary is a side-scrolling pixel Metroidvania in a fantasy setting, in which you become monster trainers and can fight in 3v3 tactical battles...

Eronoctosis: Put Yourself Together

Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Horror, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Adult game, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 11 October 2021

Steam: 90/100

Eronoctosis: Put Yourself Together is a pixelated co-op horror game for two adults in which you have to escape from the realm of nightmares. To do this, one player...

Thea 2: The Shattering

Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Role-playing game, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Indie

Game released: PC → 13 May 2019

Steam: 79/100

Thea 2: The Shattering is a continuation of a unique turn-based strategy with elements of 4X strategy, survival, RPG and card game in the world of Slavic mythology...

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