Indie for PC — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 25

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 20 September 2018

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 83/100

CrossCode is a top-down action RPG in a fantasy style. This game combines SNES-style 16-bit graphics with smooth physics, a fast-paced combat system, and engaging...

Mainlining

Simulation, Adventure, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 26 January 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 73/100

After MI7 is hacked, the player investigates a cyber-criminal network with the goal of bringing its members to justice. Mainlining is a hacking adventure played...

Monument Valley 2

Isometric, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game, Strategy

Game released: PC → 12 July 2022

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Continuation of the atmospheric puzzle, where architecture again becomes the stage for a quiet and beautiful journey. This time, the story follows a mother and...

SimAirport

Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie, City Building, Casual game

Game released: PC → 29 February 2020

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 81/100

SimAirport is a real-time business strategy with a top-down view. You have to manage your own airport. Expand, invest in the purchase of new aircraft and new...

Garden Paws

Role-playing game, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Exploration, Sandbox, Construction

Game released: PC → 18 December 2018

Steam: 90/100

Garden Paws is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person view, in which you play as seemingly cute little animals. A colorful open world awaits you with...

Unbound: Worlds Apart

Adventure, Action, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Logic, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 28 July 2021

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Unbound: Worlds Apart is an atmospheric puzzle platformer with a side view in a fantasy setting. The main character, named Soli, can create magical portals...

Roki

Adventure, Indie, Side view, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: PC → 23 July 2020

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Roki is an atmospheric side-scrolling adventure steeped in the spirit of Scandinavian folklore. The game will tell the story of a young girl, Tova, who goes on a...

Immortality

Adventure, Indie, Horror, Visual novel, Hidden Objects, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 30 August 2022

Players: 6/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Adventure interactive FMV thriller from the creator of indie hit Her Story. This time, the plot revolves around the missing actress Marissa Marcel, whose fate the...

The Last Haven

Strategy, Tactics, Indie, Simulation, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Business / Management

Game released: PC → 17 February 2023

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 60/100

The Last Haven is a management strategy with an isometric camera view in a post-apocalptic setting. The events in the game take place after a nuclear war. You have...

Escape from Chernobyl

Action, Adventure, Tactics, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 5 July 2019

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 81/100

Escape from Chernobyl is an action-adventure game with a third-person view and tactical elements. You will plunge into the darkness and danger of the Chernobyl...

Toilet Management Simulator

Simulation, First-person view, Action, Adult game, Indie, Business / Management, Construction

Game released: PC → 27 July 2020

Players: 5.8/10

Steam: 74/100

Toilet Management Simulator is an unusual simulator for adults with a first-person view that will teach you all the intricacies of managing and maintaining public...

Craftsman

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

Game released: PC → 26 June 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 34/100

Craftsman is an adventure sandbox with a first-person view and extensive possibilities for creating items and buildings. In the game, you will find yourself in a...

Awaken - Astral Blade

Role-playing game, Action, Side view, Adventure, Fantasy, Exploration, Metroidvania, Slasher, Indie, Platformer

Game released: PC → 22 October 2024

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 82/100

The main character is a certain Loretta, who is called upon to defeat demons and save the world. Among the features of the game are a wide selection of weapon...

Hardland

Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Indie, Exploration, Open world, Procedural generation, Action

Game released: PC → 18 September 2019

Steam: 68/100

Hardland is an indie action-adventure game with elements of exploration in an open world with procedural generation. In the year of Our Elder King 1018, an...

1953 - KGB Unleashed

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Historical, Indie, Casual game, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 20 September 2013

Players: 8/10

Steam: 63/100

1953 — KGB Unleashed — adventure horror with a first-person view. You will explore a Soviet bunker during the Cold War, uncover its secrets and try to...

In Sink: A Co-op Escape Adventure

Online, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle, First-person view, Logic, Indie

Game released: PC → 12 November 2024

Steam: 86/100

Two friends are shipwrecked on a mysterious island, where they find rifts to other worlds. Co-op players solve various puzzles and complete quests to escape the...

Tiny Glade

Casual game, Construction, Sandbox, Indie, Medieval era

Game released: PC → 23 September 2024

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 74/100

A meditative game in which the gamer builds castles. There are no battles or farming of resources, but only a creative process. Buildings are created from various...

Pony Island 2: Panda Circus

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, First-person view

Game in development: PC → 27 April 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Sequel to Pony Island from 2016. The game tells the story of a young nomad who was about to conquer the world. Until an untimely death condemned him to the...

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...

Fast Food Simulator

Simulation, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Business / Management, Action, First-person view, Online

Game released: PC → 10 December 2024

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 85/100

A fast food restaurant simulator that you can play alone or team up with friends in co-op for up to 6 people. Players take control of every detail of the...

Low-Budget Repairs

Action, Simulation, First-person view, Indie, Comedy, Construction, Casual game, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 13 August 2026

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 55/100

The simulator of a bad repairman, where the main thing is not quality, but savings. The lower costs, the better. Instead of expensive tools - cheap analogues...

Sublustrum Remake

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Steampunk, Exploration, Remake, Walking Simulator, Puzzle, Detective

Game in development: PC → fall 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A remake of the psychological adventure game Sublustrum from 2008. The plot centers around a writer investigating the disappearance of his scientist brother and...

Vampire's Fall: Origins

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie, Fantasy, Old school, Open world

Game released: PC → 31 January 2020

Steam: 78/100

A role-playing game with an open world and tactical battles. The events unfold in the lands of Vamp'Ir, where peace and tranquility reigned for many years, until...

Bills Must Be Paid

Action, Business / Management, Indie, Casual game, Comedy, Clicker, Strategy, Casino

Game released: PC → 29 July 2026

Players: 8/10

Steam: 96/100

A short active clicker where every hit on piggy banks helps to get out of debt. By breaking piggy banks, you will earn money, keep an eye on your stamina, and pay...

Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Procedural generation, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 28 July 2015

Steam: 92/100

A free horror game with an unusual combination of cute style and brutal nightmares. The journey takes you through a thousand rooms of a mysterious mansion, which...

Rocket Propelled Ghost

Arcade, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PC → 4 September 2026

Steam: 100/100

A dynamic arcade shooter about collecting ghosts, built around short runs and the constant desire to improve one's own score. Together with the rocket-propelled...

Echoes+

Free game, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 16 January 2015

Steam: 92/100

A retro-style arcade space shooter in which the player fights waves of neon enemies and aims for a high score. Echoes mode has ten levels, each introducing an enemy...

Battle Ranch: Pigs vs Plants

Strategy, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 2 February 2015

Steam: 49/100

This strategy game combines tower defense and time management as the player protects a ranch from boars that threaten its livestock and the rancher's family. Mutant...

Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan

Indie, Role-playing game, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 5 October 2021

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan is a 2.5D adventure platformer with puzzles and RPG elements. The hero sets out to restore color to a monochrome world and...

Surgeon Simulator

Arcade, Simulation, Action, First-person view, Logic, Indie, Comedy

Game released: PC → 19 April 2013

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Surgeon Simulator is a logic action game with simulator elements and a first-person view. You take on the role of Nigel Burke, a would-be surgeon with a penchant...

Shelter

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Survival, Exploration

Game released: PC → 28 August 2013

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Shelter is a captivating third-person adventure where you learn about the challenges of surviving in the wild as a badger. Together with your cubs, you set off on a...

Super Panda Adventures

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 14 July 2014

Steam: 93/100

Super Panda Adventures is a metroidvania action platformer. In it, the main character is a brave panda knight, capable of using sword, magic and shuriken in battle...

Choice of Robots

Role-playing game, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Text quest, Combat robots

Game released: PC → 19 December 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

Choice of Robots — fantasy role-playing game with adventure elements in the visual novel genre. This is an epic 300,000 word interactive sci-fi novel by Kevin...

Corpse Party: Blood Drive

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

Game released: PC → 10 October 2019

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 74/100

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...

Beat Cop

Adventure, Indie, Side view, Simulation

Game released: PC → 30 March 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Beat Cop is a side-scrolling adventure detective game with pixel graphics. The game takes place in New York in the 80s. Former detective Jack Kelly was framed for...

Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court

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

Game released: PC → 19 June 2017

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court is an add-on for a unique party-based side-scrolling RPG with turn-based combat. The add-on introduces a new campaign, the action...

The Negative

Role-playing game, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike

Frozen: PC → 1 December 2017

Anticipation Rating: 5.2/10

The Negative is a dark role-playing game with turn-based combat in a medieval setting. As a plague doctor, you'll wander through dark, procedurally generated...

Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator

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

Game released: PC → 2 June 2017

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 76/100

Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator is a unique sandbox in which you can organize the largest battles and pre-set them. The game provides you with many types of units...

Trover Saves the Universe

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: PC → 4 June 2019

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Trover Saves the Universe is a fun arcade action game with a third-person view created in collaboration with Justin Roiland, one of the two creators of the Rick and...

Midnight Ghost Hunt

Online, Action, First-person view, Indie, Horror, Mysticism / Supernatural

Early Access: PC → 31 March 2022; Game released: PC → 21 March 2024

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 81/100

A fast-paced online action game in which players take on the roles of ghosts or ghost hunters. The ghosts hide in inconspicuous furniture and rush at the attacking...

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