Indie for PC — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 23

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Beat them all, Action, Indie, Comedy

Game released: PC → 14 May 2015

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Not A Hero is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer. Professional hitman Steve, who has become the campaign manager for mayoral candidate Bunny Lord, must...

TerraTech

Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Construction, Sandbox, Open world

Game released: PC → 10 August 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 92/100

TerraTech is an exciting sandbox where you can manage a fleet of unique cars and fight enemies for valuable resources. Particular emphasis is placed on...

Isonzo

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Historical, Simulation, Indie, MMO

Game released: PC → 13 September 2022

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Isonzo is a multiplayer first-person shooter from the creators of Tannenberg and Verdun. The game takes place in the Alps during World War I. You will head to...

Salt

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Indie, Open world, Survival

Game released: PC → 6 February 2018

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 75/100

Salt is an open-world role-playing game with action and survival elements, centered on sailing, island exploration, and looting. Starting on an island with...

Downwell

Arcade, Platformer, Roguelike, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 October 2015

Players: 9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Downwell is an arcade platformer with procedurally generated locations. You have to play as a mysterious little man, descending lower and lower, destroying enemies...

Thea: The Awakening

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

Game released: PC → 20 November 2015

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A turn-based strategic survival game set in a dark fantasy world inspired by Slavic mythology. After the Darkness engulfs the world, a small group of survivors must...

Reigns

Board / Group Game, Card game, Logic, Medieval era, Indie

Game released: PC → 11 August 2016

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Reigns is a card board game where you will become the ruler of a small kingdom and take part in important elections that will determine your reign and the fate of...

Death Squared

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Game released: PC → 14 March 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Death Squared is an arcade puzzle game from the developers of SMG Studio. The game has a cooperative mode in which you can solve various problems together with...

Party Hard 2

Arcade, Simulation, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, Top-down view, Indie, Tactics, Action

Game released: PC → 25 October 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 66/100

Party Hard 2 is a top-down tactical stealth arcade game. The game will delight you with a new engine with new three-dimensional locations. As in the first part, you...

Dead In Bermuda

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Business / Management, Indie, Survival, Simulation

Game released: PC → 27 August 2015

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 70/100

Dead In Bermuda is a survival adventure game with role-playing elements. You need to lead a group of eight survivors of a plane crash. You will be able to give...

Spacejacked

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Indie, Tactics, Side view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PC → 26 February 2016

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 100/100

Spacejacked is an exciting arcade game with strategy elements in the tower defense genre with a side view. In the role of space engineer Dave Paprovsky, you have to...

Headliner: NoviNews

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Point & Click, Simulation, Replayability

Game released: PC → 23 October 2018

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Headliner: NoviNews — Headliner: NoviNews is an exciting adventure with elements of a visual novel, where you will become the head of national media channels...

Derail Valley

Simulation, Action, First-person view, Trains, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)

Early Access: PC → 25 January 2019

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 96/100

Derail Valley is a realistic train driver simulator with first-person view and support for virtual reality helmets. You will be able to control the rolling stock...

Cris Tales

Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Indie, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PC → 20 July 2021

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Cris Tales is an adventure role -playing play with step -by -step battles in the Japanese style. The main feature of the game was the unique mechanics of “Time...

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...

Doomsday Hunters

Action, Roguelike, Indie, Adventure, Isometric, Arcade, Dungeons, Post-apocalyptic

Early Access: PC → 23 May 2020; Game released: PC → 20 July 2023

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Action-roguelike in the spirit of The Binding of Isaac and Nuclear Throne, where the player saves the world from the evil Dracula. The focus is on endless...

WINGSPAN

Strategy, Board / Group Game, Turn-based, Card game, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Construction

Game released: PC → 17 September 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 78/100

WINGSPAN is a fun collectible card game with turn-based combat for 1-5 players. You will act as ornithologists, collectors, connoisseurs and observers who want to...

Warpips

Strategy, In real time, Side view, Tanks, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Tactics, Indie

Early Access: PC → 29 April 2021; Game released: PC → 21 April 2022

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 89/100

Warpips is an exciting tactical strategy game in the tower defense genre and with a side view. In the game you have to create an indestructible army by combining...

Bloodshore

Indie, Adventure, Action, Interactive movie, Point & Click, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 3 November 2021

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 68/100

Bloodshore is an interactive adventure movie in the point and click genre with action and indie elements. This game is about a televised battle between famous...

while True: learn()

Educational game (Education), Simulation, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 18 January 2019

Steam: 88/100

An indie puzzle game with elements of a simulator and adventure, where all the mechanics are tied to machine learning. The main character is a programmer who...

Noble Fates

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Third-person view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, City Building, Sandbox

Early Access: PC → 14 December 2021; Game in development: PC → 12 November 2026

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 83/100

Noble Fates is a management strategy with elements of a colony simulator with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. In a land far, far away, mortals vie...

Arctic Awakening

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 18 September 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 61/100

The game takes place in the harsh Arctic of 2062. The main character is an airplane pilot who suffered a disaster and was left alone with his drone. He is trying to...

Builder Simulator

Business / Management, First-person view, Simulation, Action, Indie, Educational game (Education), Construction, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 9 June 2022

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 71/100

Builder Simulator is an exciting builder simulator with a first-person view, where you can build a house from scratch with your own hands. To do this, you will have...

Under The Waves

Adventure, Indie, Exploration, Science fiction, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 28 August 2023

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Set in the 1970s in the depths of the North Sea, professional diver Stan struggles to overcome the loss that has turned his life upside down and embrace a new...

Bad Way

Action, Adventure, Indie, Third-person view, Exploration, Shooter, Stealth, Open world

Game released: PC → 23 September 2022

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 73/100

Bad Way is a fast-paced action-adventure game played from a third-person perspective. History professor Michael Wayne lived a quiet life. Suddenly she hears from...

Crab Champions

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

Early Access: PC → 1 April 2023; Game in development: PC → 2027

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 98/100

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...

Vertigo 2

Virtual Reality (VR), Indie, Science fiction, Shooter, First-person view, Comedy

Game released: PC → 30 March 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Deep underground, within Quantum Reactor VII, the protagonist awakens to complete his journey home. He encounters bizarre alien flora and fauna seeping in from...

Streamer Life Simulator 2

Action, Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Indie, Open world

Early Access: PC → 23 January 2025; Game released: PC → 5 February 2026

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 75/100

A realistic streamer simulator, in which players are trying to become one of the most popular people in the world of streaming, starting from scratch. As you pass...

The Roottrees are Dead

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

Game released: PC → 15 January 2025

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 86/100

A detective adventure in the spirit of Return of the Obra Dinn, but set in the 90s. The main character is a young investigative journalist trying to establish the...

Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kitten

Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Fantasy, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Slasher, Procedural generation

Game released: PC → 19 February 2024; Early Access: PC → 4 December 2020

Steam: 79/100

Hardcore indie platformer with roguelike elements and dungeons. The player takes on the role of a brave hero who, at the command of the eccentric Lady Tallowmere...

Aviassembly

Flight Simulator, Sandbox, Indie, Exploration, Open world, Construction, Crafting

Early Access: PC → 11 April 2025; Game in development: PC → 12 November 2026

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Aircraft builder and open-world flight simulator. The game is based on creating your own equipment, taking into account fuel tank capacity, weight, speed, cargo...

[Chilla's Art] Night Delivery

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

Game released: PC → 4 June 2021

Steam: 79/100

A Japanese psychological horror game from the first-person perspective, where the ordinary job of a night courier gradually turns into a disturbing adventure. The...

Echoes of Mora

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

Game released: PC → 21 September 2026

Steam: 100/100

An atmospheric narrative adventure about a flooded village and a girl named Mora, who sets out to find her missing brother. After his disappearance near the cursed...

Frozen Synapse

Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Sandbox, Indie, Tactics, Online

Game released: PC → 26 May 2011

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Frozen Synapse is a fantastic top-down turn-based tactical strategy game. This game allows you to give detailed and precise orders to your team: classic gameplay...

Midnight

Arcade, Indie, Mini-game / browser-based

Game released: PC → 25 July 2013

Steam: 74/100

Midnight is a unique interactive arcade game that allows you to control a colorful laser show on your monitor screen with your fingertips. The game is designed for...

SpeedRunners

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Racing, Indie

Game released: PC → 19 April 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

SpeedRunners is a co-op arcade action platformer that puts running at the center of the game, challenging players to compete in speed races online. Your task is to...

Dig or Die

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Strategy, In real time, Platformer, Indie, Survival, Sandbox, Crafting

Game released: PC → 10 July 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 91/100

This science-fiction survival game with strategy and sandbox elements follows a CRAFT & Co representative whose spacecraft crashes on a hostile planet. To...

Nightmare Creatures Revival

Action, Horror, Fighting, Third-person view, Indie

Frozen: PC → 2018

Anticipation Rating: 8/10

Nightmare Creatures Revival is a revival of the classic third-person action horror game that first came out on PlayStation, Dreamcast and N64 in 1997. The plot of...

Kingdoms Rise

Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PC → 18 November 2013

Steam: 41/100

A multiplayer fantasy game centered on sword duels, where combat skill determines the outcome. Players customize a warrior by choosing weapons, armor, spells, and...

Life is Feudal: Your Own

Role-playing game, Online, Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Indie, Medieval era, Open world, Survival

Game released: PC → 17 November 2015; Early Access: PC → 19 September 2014

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Life is Feudal: Your Own is a medieval life simulator from the Moscow studio Bitbox S.L.. You have to live a medieval life on a 9 km² map along with other 63...

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