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NetHack: Legacy - a game in the Indie genre

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

Game released: PC → 10 August 2018

Steam: 80/100

NetHack: Legacy is a remastered version of NetHack, a fantasy roguelike in which the hero explores procedurally generated dungeons in search of the Amulet of...

Mimpi Dreams

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Side view

Game released: PC → 22 March 2016

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 94/100

Mimpi Dreams is a free-to-play adventure platformer with puzzle elements. The game will tell the story of the dog Mimpi, who marks literally everything, marks his...

The Great Geometric Multiverse Tour

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

Game released: PC → 28 August 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

The Great Geometric Multiverse Tour is a free-to-play arcade indie shooter with a first-person view. You have to travel through the worlds of the multiverse...

The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets

Virtual Reality (VR), Adventure, Indie, Arcade, Puzzle, First-person view, Casual game

Game released: PC → 14 November 2019

Steam: 92/100

The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets is an adventure arcade puzzle game with a first-person view for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Valve Index and...

Paper Beast - Folded Edition

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

Game released: PC → 20 October 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Paper Beast — Folded Edition — a special edition of the atmospheric first-person adventure Paper Beast, which does not require a virtual reality headset. The game...

Cosmic Pioneer

Indie, Arcade, Simulation, Side view, Casual game

Game released: PC → 7 June 2017

Steam: 62/100

Cosmic Pioneer is a game about space travel, made as an homage to Moonlander, a 1973 project. As you progress, you will take control of a spaceship and make various...

Synthrally

Action, Indie, Arcade, Top-down view, Sports game, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Game released: PC → 30 July 2018

Steam: 80/100

Synthrally is a top-down competitive arcade game in a futuristic setting, reminiscent of air hockey. The game is designed for two to four people. The main task is...

Kick Ass Commandos

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

Game released: PC → 18 November 2016

Steam: 91/100

Kick Ass Commandos is a furious top-down retro shooter. The main character's task is very simple: destroy everything in his path, simultaneously rescuing captured...

Turbo Tempest

Arcade, Shooter, Racing, Third-person view, Indie, Free game, Action

Game released: PC → 9 July 2021

Steam: 69/100

Turbo Tempest is a free-to-play multiplayer action game in which you have to fight each other on combat boats. You can choose your unique boat from 6 available. You...

Perseverance: Part 1

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

Game released: PC → 23 July 2018

Steam: 84/100

Perseverance: Part 1 — an adventure visual novel with horror elements, telling the story of a certain Jack, who is trying to save his family. The events of the game...

Calturin

Shooter, Fantasy / Medieval, Top-down view, Role-playing game, Action, Indie, Old school

Game released: PC → 24 August 2021

Steam: 90/100

Calturin is a top-down arcade action RPG in a fantasy setting. In the role of a fearless wizard, you have to oppose the army of a powerful necromancer who is...

Paper Ghost Stories: 7PM

Adventure, Side view, Action, Puzzle, Horror, Logic, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC → 2 September 2020

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 91/100

Paper Ghost Stories: 7PM is an adventure game with an unusual visual style and a dark plot about three teenagers faced with horrifying events. In the game you have...

Crossroads: Lucky Edition

Free game, Adventure, Roguelike, Role-playing game, Board / Group Game, Logic, Indie

Game released: PC → 20 March 2019

Steam: 81/100

Crossroads: Lucky Edition is a shareware adventure role-playing roguelike, stylized as a card game. In the game you have to create your own hero and go on a journey...

Tower Princess: Knight's Trial

Free game, Adventure, Indie, Action, Role-playing game, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Third-person view, Casual game

Game released: PC → 23 June 2022

Steam: 80/100

Tower Princess: Knight's Trial is a free version of the action-adventure RPG platformer Tower Princess with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. As a...

Hero Emblems 2

Role-playing game, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Logic, Match-3 (Three in a row), Japanese role-playing game, Indie

Game released: PC → 6 August 2024

Steam: 59/100

The role -playing game about the new team of mercenaries who decided to continue the work of their legendary predecessors from Hero Emblems. Once night hunters...

Goddess of Math

Puzzle, Arcade, Side view, Indie, Casual game, Action

Game released: PC → 25 March 2019

Steam: 90/100

The player controls a character and solves mathematical puzzles. To move, only three keys are used, thanks to which the hero can run, jump, climb and teleport. The...

LandTraveller

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Free game, Exploration, Fantasy, Crafting

Game released: PC → 9 June 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

A hybrid of classic RPG and modern indie sandbox, combining a randomized environment and a hand-built...

The Thing at the Window

Action, Horror, First-person view, Indie

Early Access: PC → 24 October 2022

Steam: 46/100

The main character lives with her father in the rural American Midwest. He left the girl at home alone for the weekend. In the evening, the radio announced that a...

Gold Magic 800

Free game, Indie, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: PC → 25 September 2018

Steam: 70/100

A free puzzle game where the main task is to drag a box across the field to reach certain points and thereby open doors to new...

VIPERTRACE

Free game, Shooter, First-person view, Cyberpunk, Indie, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Action

Game released: PC → 2 August 2023

Steam: 66/100

A free first-person survival shooter where you, alone or with friends, need to clear a Japanese city from hordes of ugly bipedal creatures. Killing monsters gives...

Space Pressure 3D: Prelude

Arcade, Shooter, Side view, Space, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 12 September 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

A dynamic game in which the gamer controls the spaceship of two brave Amazons. On their way stand hordes of enemies from different factions. There is a large...

Doodle Mafia

Puzzle, Indie, Casual game, Adventure, Simulation

Game released: PC → 20 April 2017

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 74/100

A casual puzzle in the Doodle game series. In the game you can lead a gangster clan or help the police clear the city of crime. There are more than 500 elements...

Plants Huddled Together

Indie, Casual game, Puzzle, Free game

Game released: PC → 30 August 2024

Steam: 94/100

The player collects flower illustrations from many irregularly shaped fragments. The pieces also need to be rotated to fit into the puzzle. There is a difficulty...

The Maze Contract

Shooter, Top-down view, Old school, Arcade, Casual game, Indie, Space, Action

Game released: PC → 3 December 2023

Steam: 100/100

Retro-game with vector graphics, inspired by arcade shooters of the 1980s, in which you need to control the ship and fight with opponents. There are 26 levels for...

Booklet's Big Story

Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 3 May 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

The main character of the game is the empty book Booklet. The character explores a large library to write his own story. In each location you can get a new ability...

Unchained (2020)

Shooter, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 11 April 2020

Steam: 90/100

The game takes place in a world where society has fallen under the control of the Vitron company. They have created a product that interacts with people's minds and...

VentureVerse: Legend of Ulora

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Action

Game released: PC → 10 March 2023

Steam: 90/100

Cooperative adventure where heroes embark on a journey to find the champion of the kingdom. There are 19 levels with unique mechanics and various puzzles. As you...

Marie's Room

Free game, Indie, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 13 April 2018

Steam: 93/100

This short story-driven exploration game follows the unconventional friendship between two classmates. Kelsey returns to Marie’s room, which they shared twenty...

東方憑依華～ Antinomy of Common Flowers.

Fighting, Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 5 January 2018

Steam: 91/100

This fighting game set in the Touhou Project series centers on “Perfect Possession,” a mysterious phenomenon in which one person takes control of another’s body...

Sugar Cube : The Bittersweet Factory

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 7 November 2012

Steam: 76/100

This 2D platformer follows a sugar cube escaping from factories to avoid becoming a cookie. The player works through levels using clues hidden on background tiles...

Bounty: Special Edition

Strategy, Puzzle, Action, Role-playing game, Indie

Game released: PC → 8 August 2006

Steam: 100/100

Bounty: Special Edition is a strategy game with puzzle elements from the studio Total Eclipse Games. The main publisher of the game is Total Eclipse...

Adventures of Fatman: Toxic Revenge

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Comics, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 10 May 2003

Steam: 77/100

Adventures of Fatman: Toxic Revenge is a third-person adventure with puzzle elements from developers from SOCKO studio! Entertainment. The game is published by...

Blueberry Garden

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

Game released: PC → 10 June 2009

Players: 10/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Blueberry Garden is an experimental adventure about a creature exploring a mysterious world and trying to discover what is happening there. The setting is an...

Chicken Invaders: Revenge of the Yolk

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 8 June 2015

Steam: 66/100

Chicken Invaders: Revenge of the Yolk is a top-down arcade game with action and shooter elements from developers from InterAction studios. The main publisher of the...

Clockwork Man

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Indie, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC → 18 March 2009

Steam: 57/100

This hidden-object adventure is set in an alternate Victorian era where steam-powered technology has become part of almost every aspect of life. Engineer Miranda...

Cloudphobia

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Combat robots, Indie

Game released: PC → 7 December 2016

Steam: 80/100

This arcade-style, horizontally scrolling shoot ’em up puts players in control of combat robots defending a mothership from incoming missile attacks. The game...

Din's Curse: Demon War

Role-playing game, DLC, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 22 February 2011

Steam: 100/100

An action RPG expansion for Din's Curse, set in a fantasy world at war between humans, demons, and the undead. After the necromancer Ciglio dies, the undead...

Gratuitous Space Battles: The Tribe

Simulation, Strategy, DLC, Business / Management, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: PC → 2 December 2009

Steam: 100/100

Gratuitous Space Battles: The Tribe is an add-on for the sci-fi strategy game Gratuitous Space Battles. The universal war continues endlessly and only one force can...

LaserCat

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Adventure, Casual game

Game released: PC → 8 December 2016

Steam: 90/100

This platform adventure follows a search for the hero’s girlfriend, who has been kidnapped by Wizzord, a magical space frog. The player explores a nonlinear castle...

Adventures of Bertram Fiddle: Episode 1: A Dreadly Business

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click, Casual game

Game released: PC → 2 April 2015

Steam: 85/100

Adventures of Bertram Fiddle: Episode 1: A Dreadly Business is an adventure with indie game elements from the developers of Rumpus Animation. The game is published...

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