Indie for PC — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 26

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...

Underchoice

Adventure, Simulation, Business / Management, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Survival, Casual game

Game released: PC → 1 June 2026

Steam: 71/100

An atmospheric simulator with survival elements, where managing the shelter turns into a series of difficult moral choices. The world outside its walls is largely...

Candy Clicker

Free game, Casual game, Clicker, Indie, Simulation

Game released: PC → 13 April 2026

Steam: 56/100

A free clicker game dedicated to developing your own candy factory and accumulating larger volumes of resources. Players need to improve click strength, unlock new...

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...

The Backrooms Game FREE Edition

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

Game released: PC → 25 July 2019

Steam: 81/100

Atmospheric survival horror dedicated to exploring the endless maze of yellow rooms, illuminated by flickering fluorescent lights. Procedural generation creates an...

Arise Dark Lord

Action, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Fantasy, Demons

Game in development: PC → 2026

A hybrid of action and real-time strategy, where you will take on the role of the Dark Lord and lead an army of evil in a war against humanity. The player has...

Anomaly President

Action, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Tactics, Roguelike, Side view, Crafting

Early Access: PC → 3 August 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027

Steam: 91/100

An action game with elements of strategy and base management, where the fight for the presidential seat is combined with a secret war against a criminal regime...

TUM TUM TUM: Dance Party

Music game, Indie, Free game, Casual game, Comedy, Arcade

Game released: PC → 3 December 2025

Steam: 100/100

A cartoon rhythm game in the style of internet memes and Italian brainrot. The player needs to press the indicated keys at the right time, collect streaks of...

Home Safety Hotline

Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Point & Click, Mysticism / Supernatural, Text quest, Horror

Game released: PC → 16 January 2024

Steam: 91/100

The support service operator in 1996 answers calls from people who have discovered suspicious traces, noises, and pests in their homes. Each case needs to be...

Trainwatch

Adventure, Simulation, Business / Management, Trains, Indie, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration

Game in development: PC → 10 March 2027

A narrative adventure with elements of time management, life simulation, and horror from the creator of The Cat Lady, Downfall , and Lorelai. The main character...

Tyr

Shooter, Online, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Tanks, Free game, Tactics, Science fiction, Action, Indie

Early Access: PC → 2 September 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027

Players: 9/10

Steam: 86/100

Free tank action game, where the outcome of the battle depends on smart positioning, strategic decisions, and skillful use of the unique abilities of combat...

Thank You Bus Driver

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

Game released: PC → 14 October 2026

Steam: 93/100

Players take on the role of a city bus driver who tries to survive the day with minimal violations and maximum gratitude from passengers. At first glance, the...

Super XYX

Action, Indie, Arcade

Game released: PC → 11 August 2020

Steam: 87/100

Super XYX is an arcade scrolling shooter set in 3999, where humanity faces the ancient Black Serpent, a threat awakened after a long slumber. Six heroes take on the...

The Mexican Dream

Indie, Casual game, Strategy

Game released: PC → 30 August 2017

Steam: 62/100

The Mexican Dream is a humorous tower-defense strategy game about a mechanized wall on the border between Mexico and America. The player defends it against...

Eets

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 24 May 2006

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This puzzle platformer combines character movement with physics-based challenges. The player helps Eets overcome obstacles by using objects and interactions in the...

Path

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Walking Simulator, Indie

Game released: PC → 11 December 2009

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This horror adventure set in the modern day draws on older versions of the Little Red Riding Hood tale. Six sisters are sent one at a time through the forest to...

Bridge Constructor

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Simulation, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 16 October 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Bridge Constructor is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game. Using the proposed materials, you have to build the strongest bridge that can withstand various types of...

Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension

Strategy, God Simulator, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 8 July 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

A turn-based fantasy strategy game about divine beings who rule nations and compete for dominion over the world. In Dominions 4, the player chooses a pretender to...

Automation

Simulation, Racing, Business / Management, Sandbox, Indie, Construction

Early Access: PC → 12 March 2015

Players: 7/10

Steam: 71/100

Automation is a sophisticated management simulator in which you become the head of a car company. You can start your own production from scratch and become a...

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...

El Somni Quas

Role-playing game, MMO, Indie

Game canceled: PC → 2021

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

An indie sandbox game from the Czech studio ESQ Team, set in ancient...

Five Nights at Freddy's 2

Horror, First-person view, Indie, Survival horror, Combat robots

Game released: PC → 10 November 2014

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Five Nights at Freddy's 2 is a continuation of the popular series of horror stories with a first-person view. Welcome to the new and improved Freddy Fazbear's...

Gloria Victis: Medieval MMORPG

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

Game released: PC → 7 February 2023; Early Access: PC → 10 June 2016

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 66/100

A realistic MMO action game in which players explore a breathtaking, atmospheric world inspired by the Witcher and Gothic series. In the game you can choose any...

Structure

Arcade, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Side view, Action, Adventure, Indie

Frozen: PC → 2019

Anticipation Rating: 6.7/10

Structure is a futuristic side-scrolling arcade shooter. The events of the game take place on the distant planet XS-1271, where, in the role of an intelligent...

Sundered

Arcade, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania, Indie

Game released: PC → 28 July 2017

Players: 5.4/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Sundered is a side-scrolling arcade platformer from the creators of Jotun. You will play as a character named Yeshe, a wanderer in a ruined world with ever-changing...

Nidhogg 2

Arcade, Fighting, Indie, Side view, Action

Game released: PC → 15 August 2017

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Nidhogg 2 is a sequel to the arcade side-scrolling indie fighting game. The sequel received completely new graphics and animation, characters stylistically similar...

Avorion

Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Sandbox, Exploration, Construction

Game released: PC → 9 March 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 89/100

This cooperative space sandbox follows an expedition across a galaxy divided by a cataclysm. A ring of torn hyperspace fabric blocks access to its center, where the...

Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest

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

Game released: PC → 15 May 2019

Players: 10/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest — a tactical role-playing game with turn-based battles and an isometric camera view from the creators of Legend of...

Grimoire: Heralds of the Winged Exemplar

Role-playing game, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Dungeons, Indie

Game released: PC → 4 August 2017

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 67/100

Grimoire: Heralds of the Winged Exemplar is a classic first-person turn-based RPG inspired by games from the 90s. Fourteen races, fifteen specializations and the...

Westerado: Double Barreled

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Open world

Game released: PC → 16 April 2015

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Westerado: Double Barreled is a side-scrolling arcade-western adventure with RPG elements. You have to try on the role of a brave cowboy who sets out to take...

Monster Sanctuary

Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Metroidvania, Exploration

Early Access: PC → 28 August 2019; Game released: PC → 8 December 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Monster Sanctuary is a side-scrolling pixel Metroidvania in a fantasy setting, in which you become monster trainers and can fight in 3v3 tactical battles...

LEGO Builder's Journey

Arcade, Puzzle, Isometric, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 22 June 2021

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 78/100

LEGO Builder's Journey is a lyrical puzzle game set in an amazing world. You will go on a journey with a father and his child, where they will have to assemble...

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...

Need a packet?

Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Simulation, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 20 August 2018

Steam: 51/100

Need a packet? — a game about a supermarket cashier who has gone crazy. Beep — Beep — Beep — that's all you'll hear after one routine day of Need...

Creeper World 4

Strategy, Indie, In real time, Science fiction, Action, Isometric, Simulation, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Construction, Space

Game released: PC → 3 December 2020

Players: 6/10

Steam: 94/100

Creeper World 4 is an indie real-time strategy game in which you need to protect a small island of land from a liquid entity that has swallowed up more than one...

Wigmund

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

Early Access: PC → 25 February 2021; Game released: PC → 28 March 2022

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 80/100

Wigmund is an open-world role-playing adventure in a fantasy style, where your skill matters more than your ability to click on enemies. The mouse is an extension...

Open Roads

Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel, Indie, Exploration

Game released: PC → 28 March 2024

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 63/100

The game tells the fascinating story of young Tess Devine and her mother, who embark on an amazing journey in search of treasure. One day they find a mysterious box...

We Are OFK

Adventure, Indie, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 18 August 2022

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 75/100

We Are OFK is an adventure visual novel with a deep plot. Itsumi Saito has just moved to Downtown and broken up with her longtime girlfriend. Trying to realize...

SCP: Escape Together

Adventure, Action, Horror, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, First-person view, Online, Free game

Early Access: PC → 7 January 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 63/100

SCP: Escape Together is an action-horror adventure with a first-person view and co-op based on the 2012 horror film SCP: Containment Breach. You'll team up or...

White Shadows

Adventure, Indie, Platformer, Horror, Stealth, Action, Side view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 7 December 2021

Players: 5.3/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 73/100

White Shadows is an indie action adventure with platforming elements and a side view. Much time has passed since the Great War. Humanity is half human, half animal...

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