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

Tennis in the Face - a game in the Indie genre

Game released: PC → 18 November 2015

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This arcade game follows Pete Pagassi as he tries to save a city from Explodz, an evil energy drink corporation. Clowns, riot police and other residents addicted to...

Figment

Adventure, Music game, Isometric, Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 22 September 2017

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Figment is an adventure game with a memorable visual style and music. Events take place in a world that is filled with secret thoughts, desires and memories...

Pikuniku

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 24 January 2019

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Pikuniku is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle adventure game. You have to go to a mysterious game world where you need to uncover a conspiracy and restore the...

Trüberbrook

Adventure, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: PC → 12 March 2019

Players: 5.6/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Trüberbrook is a mysterious point-and-click adventure game with a unique visual style, set in a German village in the late 1960s. You will play as a young American...

Layers of Fear 2

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

Game released: PC → 28 May 2019

Players: 8/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Layers of Fear 2 is a continuation of the first-person adventure horror game from the creators of Observer. A Hollywood star is invited to star in a new...

Phantom Brigade

Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Combat robots, Procedural generation, Science fiction, Indie, Simulation, Strategy

Game released: PC → 28 February 2023; Early Access: PC → 16 November 2020

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 71/100

A dynamic game with a completely destructible environment. The gamer controls several characters, each of whom has their own quests and story. The story follows a...

Cyber Protocol

Arcade, Top-down view, Puzzle, Logic, Cyberpunk, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Action

Game released: PC → 17 September 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Cyber Protocol is a top-down cooperative arcade puzzle game in cyberpunk style. In the game you have to help the android G0X6, who was killed under mysterious...

PHOGS!

Logic, Puzzle, Arcade, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Platformer, Adventure

Game released: PC → 3 December 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 78/100

PHOGS! is a fun cooperative puzzle platformer with a third-person view about a cute two-headed dog. In the game you have to play as two dogs connected by a long and...

Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 2

Simulation, Strategy, Isometric, In real time, Indie, Sandbox

Early Access: PC → 12 May 2022; Game released: PC → 21 July 2023

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 85/100

Continuation of a unique sandbox in which you can organize the largest battles and pre-configure them. The game features over a million units on one screen...

We are Legion: Rome

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Stealth, Slasher, First-person view, Historical, Indie

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 8.3/10

We are Legion: Rome is an action-adventure role-playing game with a first-person view in a historical setting. In the game you have to go through deadly battles in...

Black One Blood Brothers

Shooter, Simulation, First-person view, Indie, Tactics, Action

Early Access: PC → 11 January 2022; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

Black One Blood Brothers is a first-person military tactical shooter inspired by the Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon series. The game is designed for single...

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Exploration

Game released: PC → 22 April 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion is an adventure RPG puzzle game with horror elements and an isometric view. You are a nice baby turnip who was declared an enemy of...

#DRIVE Rally

Racing, Sports game, Indie, Old school, Arcade

Early Access: PC → 25 September 2024; Game released: PC → 16 April 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 57/100

A stylish racing game dedicated to the motorsport era of the 90s. Players can get behind the wheel of legendary rally cars including Das Holzwagen, The Doggo and...

Gacha Life 2

Anime / Manga, Indie, Arcade

Game released: PC → 10 October 2023

Players: 8.4/10

Gamers create their own anime-style characters and dress them up in fashionable outfits. Thanks to more settings, you can get unique heroes. There are thousands of...

Rusty's Retirement

Farm Simulator, Business / Management, Top-down view, Strategy, Indie, Simulation

Game released: PC → 26 April 2024

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A colorful game about developing a farm on your own desktop. The player tries to help Rusty water and harvest crops, develop new crops, expand his farm, and even...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown

Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Comics, Tactics, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 22 May 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 69/100

A tactical game where the iconic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles battle villains in turn-based battles. Splinter and Shredder are dead. The player tries to help the...

Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island

Adventure, Exploration, Open world, Casual game, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 5 December 2024

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Alex, an aspiring traveler, decides to escape the hustle and bustle of modern life, but her dreams of a carefree vacation are shattered by a shipwreck that leads to...

Escape from Yandere

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

Game released: PC → 7 February 2026

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 74/100

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...

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...

Maseylia: Echoes of the Past

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Metroidvania, Exploration, Parkour

Game released: PC → 19 June 2026

Players: 1/10

Steam: 79/100

An adventurous action metroidvania built around exploration, freedom of movement, and the discovery of forgotten secrets in a vast interconnected world. Each new...

Sol Cesto

Turn-based, Card game, Indie, Tactics, Roguelike, Dungeons, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 10 April 2026; Early Access: PC → 27 May 2025

Steam: 89/100

Tactical turn-based roguelike. The action takes place in a dark fantasy world where the Sun has disappeared. The player chooses one of several characters and...

Targeted –10 Days

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Exploration, Hidden Objects, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 14 August 2024

Steam: 100/100

The game offers you the chance to feel like a former mafia member who is about to testify against the Don. The hero becomes a target, so before each trip, he must...

Bloodwash

Action, Adventure, Horror, Indie, Old school, Walking Simulator, Survival horror, First-person view

Game released: PC → 16 September 2021

Steam: 92/100

A pregnant student named Sarah has her washing machine break down, so late in the evening she has to go to a 24-hour laundromat on the outskirts of the city. The...

Super Crate Box

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Free game, Indie

Game released: PC → 21 April 2011

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 75/100

An arcade platform action game inspired by classic games, built around chasing a high score while fighting endless hordes of enemies. The player collects weapon...

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...

Zombie Exodus

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Text quest, Indie

Game released: PC → 23 October 2015

Steam: 84/100

Zombie Exodus is a role-playing adventure horror game with a first-person view. You'll create your own character and fight your way out of a zombie-infested city to...

TIS-100

Simulation, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: PC → 20 July 2015

Steam: 97/100

TIS-100 is a limitless programming game from the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory. The game will offer you a number of exciting puzzles, to solve which you...

Pony Island

Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Demons

Game released: PC → 4 January 2016

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Pony Island is a logic puzzle game from the developers of Daniel Mullins Games. The story is that the devil locks the player in an arcade, and in order to get out...

My Friend Pedro

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

Game released: PC → 20 June 2019

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 80/100

My Friend Pedro is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer that will remind many of Max Payne. You will play as a heavily armed hero who kills hundreds of...

Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment

Arcade, DLC, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game, Side view, Action, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 5 April 2017

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment is a free add-on for owners of the side-scrolling arcade platformer Shovel Knight. You have to take the other side of the...

Tesla vs Lovecraft

Action, Shooter, Horror, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PC → 26 January 2018

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Tesla vs Lovecraft is a fast-paced top-down shooter that combines the dark horror of Lovecraft and the sci-fi inventions of Tesla. The events of the game will tell...

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...

Tin Hearts

Arcade, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR), Platformer, Steampunk, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: PC → 16 May 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Albert Butterworth is a brilliant Victorian inventor who creates amazing tin soldiers and various bizarre mechanisms. In one moment, all his creations come to life...

Gylt

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Action, Exploration, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PC → 6 July 2023

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 70/100

The main character is a little girl, Sally, who one day, fleeing from a group of bullies, finds herself in a distorted version of her city, where her fears and...

Iron Meat

Shooter, Side view, Arcade, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Science fiction

Game released: PC → 26 September 2024

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 96/100

Meat shooter inspired by the legendary Contra and seasoned with a dark plot and living machinery. Players fight bloodthirsty bosses that look like KAMAZ trucks...

When The Past Was Around

Adventure, Side view, Indie, Hidden Objects, Puzzle, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 22 September 2020

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 78/100

When The Past Was Around is a point & click adventure puzzle game with a sad story about a girl who has lost the meaning of life. She couldn't find him until she...

Leaf Blower Revolution

Top-down view, Indie, Arcade, Casual game, Free game

Game released: PC → 4 December 2020

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 94/100

Leaf Blower Revolution is a top-down indie arcade game. It's an idle game where you blow leaves with nuclear leaf blowers, unlock upgrades, earn achievements, and...

Selaco

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Old school

Early Access: PC → 31 May 2024; Game in development: PC → 2027

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 93/100

A fast-paced shooter inspired by the classic games F.E.A.R., Quake and Doom. The style is based on F.E.A.R. — one of the most iconic action films of the...

Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Heart of Russia

Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, DLC, Indie

Game canceled: PC → 30 May 2022

Anticipation Rating: 8.9/10

Euro Truck Simulator 2 — Heart of Russia — an add-on for a truck driver simulator with a first- and third-person view. In it you have to conquer the...

Zombotron

Arcade, Side view, Futurism (Future), Shooter, Indie, Adventure, Role-playing game, Action

Game released: PC → 22 April 2019

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 88/100

Zombotron is a driving role-playing shooter with a side view in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place in the future on an unknown mysterious planet...

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