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

The Red Stare - a game in the Indie genre

Game released: PC → 31 July 2017

Steam: 87/100

The Red Stare is a spy game set in 1950s New York, where a special agent watches the neighbours to identify a communist spy. The suspects live nearby, and their...

Mr. Dubstep

Casual game, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 13 September 2017

Steam: 69/100

This casual platformer features levels across five themes, where players avoid obstacles using several mechanics. The character can jump, change the direction of...

Gunpoint

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Indie, Tactics, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 3 June 2013

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Gunpoint is a stealth puzzle game about a freelance spy who takes jobs infiltrating secure buildings to steal sensitive data. Across 20 missions, a story of murder...

Karateka (2012)

Arcade, Fighting, Indie, Action, Tactics, Side view, Strategy

Game released: PC → 3 December 2012

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 60/100

Karateka (2012) is an indie tactical fighting game with action and arcade elements. The game takes place in a feudal universe. Your mission is to save your beloved...

Stick it to the Man

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Indie

Game released: PC → 13 December 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Stick it to the Man is a side-scrolling adventure arcade platformer. The game's plot tells the story of a safety helmet tester named Rey. One day the hero wakes up...

StarMade

Action, Shooter, MMO, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Free game, Space, Sandbox, Open world

Early Access: PC → 27 November 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 66/100

StarMade is a voxel-based space sandbox about exploring a procedurally generated universe and building ships, stations, and bases. Players can travel among...

Shelter 2

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

Game released: PC → 9 March 2015

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 58/100

This survival adventure simulation follows a lynx living in the harsh wilderness of the cold tundra. The player explores open landscapes, hunts for prey and cares...

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...

Hotline Miami 3

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Top-down view, Indie

Not officially announced: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 9.5/10

Hotline Miami 3 is a continuation of a dynamic action game with a top-down view, where the main character killed Russian mafiosi left and right, received strange...

In Verbis Virtus

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Fantasy, Exploration

Early Access: PC → 22 May 2014; Game released: PC → 3 April 2015

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 78/100

This first-person fantasy adventure follows a wizard searching for an ancient power inside a lost temple. As the hero explores its forgotten chambers, they discover...

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...

Thimbleweed Park

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Side view, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: PC → 30 March 2017

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Thimbleweed Park is a classic “point-and-click” quest from the creators of Maniac Mansion. The game takes place in a small town where a mysterious murder occurred...

Forts

Arcade, Action, Strategy, In real time, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view, Online, Construction

Game released: PC → 19 April 2017

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 93/100

A real-time strategy game with physics-based destruction, Forts centers on building fortresses and fighting to bring down the opposition’s structures. Players...

Don't Starve: Shipwrecked

Action, DLC, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Survival, Indie

Game released: PC → 1 December 2015

Players: 7/10

Steam: 95/100

Don't Starve: Shipwrecked is an add-on for the isometric survival action game Don't Starve. It adds new characters and creatures, several locations and seasonal...

Iron Marines

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Indie, Tactics, Science fiction, Action

Game released: PC → 15 May 2019

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 77/100

Iron Marines is a tower defense strategy game in a futuristic setting from the creators of Kingdom Rush. In this game you will act as the commander of a huge army...

The Legend of Bum-bo

Role-playing game, Puzzle, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Match-3 (Three in a row), Strategy, Adventure

Game released: PC → 12 November 2019

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 73/100

The Legend of Bum-bo — a turn-based role-playing game with arcade puzzles and randomly generated levels from the creators of Binding of Isaac. A monster named...

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...

Lonely Mountains: Downhill

Arcade, Isometric, Bicycles, Sports game, Indie

Game released: PC → 23 October 2019

Players: 7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Lonely Mountains: Downhill is a dynamic mountain bike simulator with a sophisticated physics engine. Armed with a two-wheeled iron friend, you will conquer the...

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...

Sayonara Wild Hearts

Arcade, Music game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Motorcycle racing, Indie, Action, Casual game

Game released: PC → 12 December 2019

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

A musical rhythm action that transforms into a vibrant journey through the heroine's inner world. After a broken heart, reality begins to crack, and a mysterious...

Tools Up!

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

Game released: PC → 3 December 2019

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 78/100

Tools Up! is a fun arcade simulator with a top-down view, where you and your friends will have to do a large-scale renovation of your house. The residents 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...

Help Will Come Tomorrow

Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Business / Management, Survival

Game released: PC → 21 April 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Help Will Come Tomorrow is an adventure management simulator with survival elements. In the uninhabited Siberian desert after the October Revolution, a group of...

Cold War Minister

Action, Strategy, Adventure, Simulation, Business / Management, Indie

Game canceled: PC → 2022

Anticipation Rating: 2.5/10

Cold War Minister is a fun political simulator in which you become the leader of the USSR and do everything possible to make your state the most powerful in the...

Blackbeard's Cove

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

Game released: PC → 27 April 2018

Players: 4.9/10

Steam: 50/100

Blackbeard's Cove is an open-world action-adventure game in the spirit of the Grand Theft Auto series, in which gamers will have to find Blackbeard's lost pirate...

House on the Hill

Indie, Adventure, Action, Horror, Mysticism / Supernatural, First-person view, Puzzle, Role-playing game, Open world

Early Access: PC → 29 July 2020; Game released: PC → 10 November 2020

Players: 8.5/10

House on the Hill is a first-person action-horror game with puzzle elements. You play as a young thief. Your partner has convinced you to take on one last job and...

Lamentum

Adult game, Adventure, Action, Side view, Indie, Puzzle, Survival horror, Exploration, Horror

Game released: PC → 27 August 2021

Players: 8/10

Steam: 87/100

Lamentum is a dark side-scrolling action adventure game set in New England in the mid-19th century. The game tells the story of a young aristocrat named Victor. He...

Moses: From Egypt to the Promised Land

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, God Simulator, Business / Management, First-person view, Indie

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 7.6/10

Moses: From Egypt to the Promised Land is an action-adventure game with a first-person view and management elements. We play the role of Moses, the holy prophet...

Mad Tower Tycoon

Simulation, Indie, Strategy, Business / Management, Side view

Game released: PC → 14 January 2020

Steam: 77/100

Mad Tower Tycoon is a side-view strategy game where you can build your own skyscraper with over 100 floors. Rent out offices, apartments and shops to make your...

Rain on Your Parade

Action, Isometric, Comedy, Indie, Casual game, Puzzle, Stealth

Game released: PC → 15 April 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 78/100

A fun arcade game with an isometric camera view. A mischievous cloud wants to ruin the lives of absolutely everyone on the planet. She travels the world inventing...

Rusty Lake Hotel

Adventure, Indie, Puzzle, Side view, Horror, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 29 January 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Rusty Lake Hotel is a side-scrolling arcade adventure game with horror elements inspired by the cult TV series Twin Peaks by David Lynch. The plot centers on...

Len's Island

Adventure, Action, Isometric, Indie, Simulation, Survival, Construction, Dungeons

Early Access: PC → 26 November 2021; Game released: PC → 19 June 2025

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 82/100

A top-down action adventure game combining survival, construction and exploration. A new resident arrives on a picturesque island with a minimal set of tools and a...

Uncrashed: FPV Drone Simulator

Simulation, First-person view, Indie, Flight Simulator, Sports game, Racing

Game released: PC → 1 September 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Uncrashed: FPV Drone Simulator is a racing simulator with a first-person view. In this game you can take part in quadcopter racing. You will find many large and...

Age of Darkness: Final Stand

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Isometric, Indie, Tactics, Fantasy, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Early Access: PC → 7 October 2021; Game released: PC → 15 January 2025

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 74/100

A real-time strategy game set in a dark fantasy setting, where darkness becomes the main enemy of humanity. No one knows for sure what it is - the embodiment of...

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...

Lovecraft's Untold Stories 2

Role-playing game, Action, Roguelike, Adventure, Indie, Crafting, Comics, Horror, Top-down view

Game released: PC → 13 September 2022

Steam: 37/100

Metacritic: 56/100

Lovecraft's Untold Stories 2 is an action-adventure action RPG with roguelike elements and a top-down view. In the spring of 1926, the surrealist artist...

Voiceless

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

Game in development: PC → November 2026

Anticipation Rating: 3.3/10

Co-op horror game for up to 4 people, where players are not allowed to scream. The main goal is to survive by making as little sounds as possible, because even the...

Tears of Metal

Action, Third-person view, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Slasher, Medieval era

Game in development: PC → 2027; Early Access: PC → 22 July 2026

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

A fast-paced co-op game about a Scottish battalion fighting hordes of enemies to take back their island. You need to combine various abilities and improve your...

Lumi & The Lost Tablets

Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 7 January 2026

Steam: 88/100

A colorful adventure set at the bottom of the ocean. You need to find the lost stone tablets and fight infected enemies to restore peace. There are various...

Eastern Era

Strategy, Simulation, Sandbox, Indie, City Building, Open world, Medieval era, Construction, Business / Management

Game released: PC → 28 March 2026

Players: 9/10

Steam: 72/100

A construction and management simulator in the style of a saga, where the story begins with the escape of a small group of students from a fading sect. In a harsh...

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