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

Adventure, Action, First-person view, Simulation, Indie

Game released: PC → 10 August 2021

The Island is an action-adventure game with survival elements and a first-person view. The game takes place on a large tropical island. As in other projects of this...

KINGDOM of the DEAD

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 10 February 2022

Metacritic: 69/100

KINGDOM of the DEAD is an adventure shooter with a first-person view and horror elements, which stands out for its unusual graphics: they are drawn in pen and ink...

Synth Riders

Arcade, Action, Music game, First-person view, Cyberpunk, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: PC → 1 November 2019

Metacritic: 89/100

Synth Riders is a musical arcade action game with a first-person view for virtual reality devices Valve Index, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Windows Mixed Reality and...

Clid The Snail

Action, Shooter, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 December 2021

Metacritic: 59/100

Clid The Snail is a fast-paced top-down shooter that features a gripping story, unforgettable characters, and clever combat. You will set off to conquer a gloomy...

Have a Nice Death

Arcade, Side view, Action, Platformer, Roguelike, Slasher, Indie, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 22 March 2023; Early Access: PC → 8 March 2022

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

The main character is the mortally bored director Death, whose subordinates have completely lost their shores and turned the balance of the coming and going of...

Realms of Magic

Indie, Adventure, Role-playing game, Action, Sandbox, Survival, Platformer, Crafting

Game released: PC → 20 July 2022; Early Access: PC → 6 December 2017

Players: 10/10

Realms of Magic is an adventure sandbox with role-playing elements and a side view. Expect a fusion of classic old-school game mechanics (crafting, talent trees...

Lovecraft's Untold Stories

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

Game released: PC → 31 January 2019

Players: 10/10

Lovecraft's Untold Stories is a top-down pixel action RPG with roguelike elements, inspired by the stories of Howard Lovecraft. As one of five heroes, players will...

Path of Giants

Casual game, Indie, Puzzle, Adventure, Fantasy, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC → 15 February 2020

Players: 9.9/10

The player controls three explorers who are trying to find lost treasures in ice caves and snowy cliffs. You can switch between characters to use their skills to...

Fuck You Witch

Walking Simulator, First-person view, Horror, Mysticism / Supernatural, Adventure, Exploration, Indie

Game released: PC → 29 March 2024

Players: 9.5/10

A horror adventure in which players travel across the Kazakh steppes and yell at a witch. One of the key features is the mechanics of fighting the witch. To do...

Kaiserpunk

Grand strategy, Strategy, Construction, Indie, Historical

Game released: PC → 21 March 2025

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 62/100

A global strategy game set in an alternate world where World War I did not end. As the player progresses, he builds cities, develops production chains, sets up...

Skillwood

Simulation, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Free game, Survival, Casual game, Exploration

Early Access: PC → 20 June 2024

Players: 10/10

A relaxing pixelated lumberjack game inspired by survival simulators. You need to chop wood, mine stones, discover new trees and locations. You will also have to...

Echo of Prypiat

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

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

An atmospheric adventure about the Chernobyl exclusion zone, which conveys all the horrors and fears of the people left on this forgotten land. The plot of the game...

Niraya of ■■

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

Game released: PC → 28 November 2025

Japanese horror from the creators of Silent Hill: The Short Message, based on Buddhist beliefs. According to the plot, a little girl finds herself in an...

From Hell

Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Indie, Zombies

Early Access: PC → 23 October 2024; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 9.4/10

The game takes place in the late 1960s. The main character explores an ancient mansion in search of the secret of his missing old friend, an archaeologist. The...

To the Rescue!

Simulation, Business / Management, Casual game, Top-down view, Indie, Construction

Game released: PC → 2 November 2021

Players: 7/10

A colorful simulator of a dog shelter, where the lives of dozens of homeless tailed dogs depend on care and organization. Together with the cute furry charges, the...

Cheaters Cheetah

Shooter, First-person view, Online, Comedy, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: PC → 10 March 2025

Players: 9.5/10

A crazy online player where all players have cheats, and defeat means a blow with a banhammer. According to the "plot", all the chiters of the world were caught...

Sirocco

Free game, MOBA, Online, Strategy, Tactics, Roguelike, In real time, Fantasy, Top-down view, Action, Indie

Early Access: PC → 2 May 2025; Game in development: PC → 2026

A free action game with naval battles in a 5v5 format, where the player controls his own ship. It is based on the Battleships modification for Warcraft 3, released...

Riot Control Simulator: Rookie Day

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

Game released: PC → 21 May 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Free prologue for Riot Control Simulator, in which you need to suppress riots of protesters as a special police officer. You will have to fight with crowds of...

Monster Train 2

Roguelike, Tactics, Collectible card game (CCG), Fantasy, Online, Indie, Procedural generation

Game released: PC → 21 May 2025

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Sequel to Monster Train, in which the player confronts the titans who have seized power over the heavens. Angels and demons have united to fight a formidable enemy...

a pig game: A Pee Wee Premiere

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

Game released: PC → 4 July 2025

The main character is a cute and silent ceramic pig who collects toothpicks in a cozy kitchen. As you progress, you need to turn over, jump and fly around different...

Car Service Simulator

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

Early Access: PC → 29 August 2025; Game in development: PC → 2026

A car service worker simulator where you need to repair, paint and tune cars. Players manage their own car repair shop. As you progress, you will need to replace...

Dad's Monster House 2: MEDAL

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

Game released: PC → 19 September 2025

A dark game in which the main character finds himself trapped in a creepy abandoned house. You will have to look for codes, collect puzzles and solve other puzzles...

Vampire: The Masquerade - Reckoning of New York

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC → 10 September 2024

Players: 5.5/10

The game takes you to New York City in 2024, where the fragile balance between the Camarilla and the Anarchs is ready to collapse at any moment. Amidst marble...

ISLANDERS: New Shores

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Indie, Procedural generation

Game released: PC → 10 July 2025

The player creates a dream city on a small island. Locations feature different biomes, each with its unique abilities. There are 44 types of buildings and various...

Smart Factory Tycoon

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Sandbox, Indie

Game released: PC → 27 March 2022

The player manages a factory and gives commands to robots. You will need to plan different stages of production and study new technologies. To earn more money, you...

Flesh & Wire

Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie

Game in development: PC → 2027

The game from the creators of the Postal series on the Unreal Engine 5. Flesh & Wire tells the story of Angel — an ordinary girl whose life turned into a nightmare...

Cyberscape

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Cyberpunk, Indie, Science fiction

Early Access: PC → 23 March 2026; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 9/10

A pixel game inspired by 90s shooters, set on a space station. The main character must explore dark corridors and fight monsters to stop a ruthless syndicate. There...

Cooking Simulator 2: Better Together

Simulation, First-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 31 March 2026

A cooperative game where you need to cook a variety of dishes in a small cozy restaurant. You must use various equipment and distribute tasks among team members...

Shot One Fighters

Action, Fighting, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Old school

Game in development: PC → 2026

An unusual hybrid of 2.5D fighting and roguelike. The game is based on an idea that tries to combine the depth of classic fighters with the replayability of...

It Reaches

Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 18 May 2026

Atmospheric survival horror, where an ordinary police operation turns into a nightmare for Officer Jason Thompson. The action takes place in an abandoned hospital...

In Stars And Time

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 20 November 2023

Metacritic: 85/100

An unusual role-playing game about a time loop, where the final battle with the King unexpectedly becomes the beginning of an endless repetition of the same day...

THERMOCLINE

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, Turn-based, Indie, Free game, Dungeons, Old school

Game in development: PC → 2026

A grim psychological horror set on the frozen surface of a dead planet, where an icy storm is just one of many threats. As the sole survivor among abandoned...

Mother Zina

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game in development: PC → 2026

A psychological horror-thriller from the first-person perspective, set in the post-Soviet space. The main character is a foreign journalist who has come to Russia...

Blood West: Scavengers

Action, Shooter, Horror, DLC, First-person view, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 3 June 2026

An additional mode within Blood West, turning the grim Wild West into an endless challenge. Here, familiar hunting grounds become an arena of continuous survival...

Taur

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Tactics, Science fiction, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Construction

Game released: PC → 19 February 2020

Metacritic: 70/100

A science fiction action-strategy game that combines elements of "tower defense," shooter, and real-time strategy in an unusual format. At the center of the...

Going my way?

Horror, Simulation, First-person view, Trains, Indie, Detective

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A dark narrative game where you become the conductor of a train traveling through a world consumed by madness. Among the ordinary passengers, there are the...

Billy the Hero

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Indie, Comedy, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game in development: PC → 2026

Step-by-step RPG in a dark fantasy world, where the main character wakes up on a mysterious island of Hell, finding himself in the body of a huge bear and...

Samorost

Adventure, Free game, Side view, Indie

Game released: PC → 20 May 2021

Players: 9.6/10

Samorost is an unusual side-scrolling indie adventure game that follows the exciting journey of a dwarf in...

Kentucky Route Zero

Arcade, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 22 February 2013

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 86/100

A mystical adventure with a side view and a unique graphic design. The main character Conway travels to Kentucky to deliver a package. Upon arrival, it is...

Stalker Apocalypse

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game canceled: PC → 2015

Anticipation Rating: 8.2/10

Stalker Apocalypse is a first-person role-playing game with a mixture of action, shooter, adventure, fantasy and indie games from West Games. The game is published...

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