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

Carly and the Reaperman - Escape from the Underworld

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR), Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 19 June 2018

Steam: 86/100

Carly and the Reapman — Escape from the Underworld is an action-adventure platformer with a third-person view for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Oculus...

Dieselpunk Wars

Simulation, Indie, Action, Racing, Arcade, Tanks, Flight Simulator, Warships / Submarines, Combat robots, Sandbox, Construction

Game released: PC → 13 May 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 55/100

Dieselpunk Wars is an exciting third-person action sandbox game focused on combat with sophisticated physics and advanced damage simulation. As you play, you'll be...

Gordon Streaman

Simulation, First-person view, Indie, Role-playing game, Casual game

Game released: PC → 27 September 2019

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Gordon Streaman is an indie simulator with a first-person view. Gordon Strayman is a newcomer to the world of streaming and blogging, he strives to realize his most...

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...

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

Steam: 87/100

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...

Nightmare of Decay

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

Game released: PC → 3 May 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Nightmare of Decay is an old-school horror shooter with a first-person view. The game takes place in a gloomy estate inhabited by zombies, psychopathic cultists and...

Neon Blood

Cyberpunk, Role-playing game, Side view, Adventure, Science fiction, Indie, Detective, Exploration

Game released: PC → 26 November 2024

Steam: 59/100

An adventure role-playing game set in the cyberpunk future of 2053. The main character is former police detective Axel McCoin, who must uncover a terrible...

Lost in Play

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

Game released: PC → 10 August 2022

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Young brother and sister are lost in the vastness of their own imagination. Now Toto and Gel must stick together and solve puzzles to return home. Along the way...

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

Steam: 78/100

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...

Mariachi Legends

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Beat them all, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Old school, Metroidvania, Indie

Game in development: PC → 27 April 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The main character is the chosen one of Death itself — detective Pablo Cruz. He was entrusted with the task of returning a powerful amulet that gives power...

Vertigo 2

Virtual Reality (VR), Indie, Science fiction, Shooter, First-person view, Comedy

Game released: PC → 30 March 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Deep underground, within Quantum Reactor VII, the protagonist awakens to complete his journey home. He encounters bizarre alien flora and fauna seeping in from...

The Light in the Darkness

Educational game (Education), Historical, Hidden Objects, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 26 January 2024

Steam: 80/100

The game takes place during the Nazi occupation of France during World War II. Gamers take on the role of a Polish Jewish family trying to survive in a hostile...

MULLET MADJACK

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Old school, Indie, Cyberpunk, Arcade

Game released: PC → 15 May 2024

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 87/100

The game takes place in a future world controlled by artificial intelligence, and the main character is a person who has merged with the network. The goal of the...

Streamer Life Simulator 2

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

Early Access: PC → 23 January 2025; Game released: PC → 5 February 2026

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 75/100

A realistic streamer simulator, in which players are trying to become one of the most popular people in the world of streaming, starting from scratch. As you pass...

Static Dread: The Lighthouse

Horror, Simulation, First-person view, Logic, Indie

Game released: PC → 6 August 2025

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 75/100

The old lighthouse again lights the light after a long silence - the port service hopes to maintain shipping in the world that has survived the cataclysm. The main...

Valorborn

Role-playing game, Strategy, Sandbox, Indie, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy, Medieval era, Construction

Early Access: PC → 15 April 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027

Steam: 60/100

A role-playing sandbox set in a dark fantasy medieval world. The game emphasizes freedom of action and the simulation of a living world. Players determine their own...

Undead: Rise of the Betrayed King

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

Early Access: PC → 10 December 2025; Game in development: PC → 2027

Players: 10/10

Steam: 70/100

Third-person action role-playing game in an open world. The main character is the last golden dragon. To survive, he has taken on the form of a fierce barbarian. In...

Deadlight Tavern

Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Virtual Reality (VR), Zombies, Action

Game released: PC → 18 July 2022

Steam: 100/100

Free VR action game with waves of zombies, where players must fend off advancing enemies using firearms and melee weapons. The project offers several maps...

I'm on Observation Duty

Horror, Puzzle, Indie, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC → 14 December 2018

Steam: 95/100

Atmospheric horror built around the search for anomalies on surveillance cameras. Several screens show empty rooms where small changes gradually appear: paintings...

BoxLoop 2

Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Casual game, Comedy

Game released: PC → 19 January 2023

Steam: 100/100

Continuation of the puzzle adventure about sinister boxes and a time loop. The player will once again help the hero Aus escape from the trap by solving puzzles and...

Twin Trials

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Action

Game released: PC → 31 July 2025

Steam: 100/100

A first-person arcade shooter where the player simultaneously uses up to two types of weapons and utilizes their physical properties to move through levels. One of...

GemCraft - Chasing Shadows

Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Strategy, Indie

Game released: PC → 30 April 2015

Steam: 95/100

GemCraft - Chasing Shadows is a tower defense strategy game in which magical gems are used to repel hordes of demonic creatures. The player faces successive waves...

Slender: The Arrival

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

Game released: PC → 28 October 2013; Early Access: PC → 26 March 2013

Players: 8/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Continuation of the atmospheric horror with a first-person view Slender. The story tells of Slenderman, a paranormal figure who haunts inquiring minds around the...

Midnight

Arcade, Indie, Mini-game / browser-based

Game released: PC → 25 July 2013

Steam: 75/100

Midnight is a unique interactive arcade game that allows you to control a colorful laser show on your monitor screen with your fingertips. The game is designed for...

Warhammer 40,000: Regicide

Action, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Chess game, Tactics, Indie

Game released: PC → 4 May 2015

Players: 5.1/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A turn-based tactical strategy game set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, combining traditional chess with a separate combat mode called Regicide. Players command...

Dreams of Another

Walking Simulator, Indie, Music game

Game released: PC → 10 October 2025

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 62/100

A third-person exploration-action game set in a world between dreams and reality, where destruction becomes a means of creation. Rather than destroying objects with...

Consortium: The Tower

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Early Access: PC → 22 September 2017

Steam: 45/100

Consortium: The Tower is an action game with a first-person view and role-playing game elements in a futuristic setting. The game is a continuation of CONSORTIUM...

Who's Your Daddy

Action, First-person view, Indie, Online, Comedy

Early Access: PC → 23 December 2015

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 82/100

Who's Your Daddy is an indie action game with a first-person view, where you, in the role of a father, need to stop the kid's suicidal attempts. You can play as...

GORN

Action, Fighting, First-person view, Virtual Reality (VR), Indie

Early Access: PC → 10 July 2017; Game released: PC → 18 July 2019

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 68/100

A VR gladiator simulator built around physics-driven combat. The player fights through an endless supply of opponents using swords, maces, bows, nunchucks, throwing...

Eastshade

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Open world, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 13 February 2019

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Eastshade is an indie adventure game with a first-person perspective. You will take on the role of an artist who goes on a journey through the amazing East Shade...

For the People

Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, Strategy, Adventure, Visual novel, Casual game

Game released: PC → 13 August 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 73/100

For the People is a political simulator with management elements and a first-person view. In the game you will try on the role of the head of a small industrial...

Anomaly Hunter

Arcade, Isometric, Puzzle, Logic, Action, First-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 2 July 2026

Steam: 66/100

Anomaly Hunter is a point and click style arcade puzzle game with an isometric view. In the age of time travel machines, it's obvious that someone will make a...

SCP: 5K

Action, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Mysticism / Supernatural, Strategy

Early Access: PC → 22 February 2022; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 80/100

A free-to-play tactical shooter with horror elements and a first-person view. The world organization for the study of occult sciences, after an accident at the...

HROT

Shooter, First-person view, Indie

Early Access: PC → 29 January 2021; Game released: PC → 16 May 2023

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 86/100

HROT is a dynamic old-school shooter with a first-person view, made in the style of games of the last century. The events in the game take place in Czechoslovakia...

Nudist Beach Survival Simulator 2

Arcade, Action, Simulation, First-person view, Indie, Adult game, Survival

Game released: PC → 1 September 2020

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 45/100

Nudist Beach Survival Simulator 2 is a continuation of the crazy action game for adults with survival elements and a first-person view. You arrive at the beach and...

The Fermi Paradox

Strategy, Adventure, God Simulator, Futurism (Future), Indie, Text quest, Science fiction

Early Access: PC → 1 July 2021; Game in development: PC → 2026

Steam: 77/100

The Fermi Paradox is an indie strategy adventure in the god simulator genre. You'll lead alien civilizations that may thrive or simply survive for centuries...

METAL DOGS

Arcade, Shooter, Isometric, Slasher, Roguelike, Indie, Futurism (Future), Casual game, Post-apocalyptic

Early Access: PC → 25 August 2021; Game released: PC → 24 March 2023

Steam: 81/100

The events of the game take place in the distant future, at a time when humanity disappeared from the face of the Earth. The player takes on the role of a fighting...

Golf It!

Arcade, Sports game, Online, Golf, Indie, Simulation, Virtual Reality (VR), Casual game

Early Access: PC → 17 February 2017; Game released: PC → 18 August 2023

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Golf It! is a fun multiplayer sports arcade game with support for virtual reality devices, dedicated to mini-golf. Exciting matches await you, designed for...

Otherworld Legends

Cooperative (co-op), Action, Indie, Roguelike, Role-playing game, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 28 April 2022

Players: 9/10

Steam: 66/100

Otherworld Legends is a dynamic cooperative action game with roguelike elements in a fantasy setting. Great warriors from different eras and corners of the universe...

Bus Driver Simulator

Simulation, First-person view, Racing, Indie

Game released: PC → 4 December 2019

Players: 6.2/10

Bus Driver Simulator is a driving simulator with a first-person view. There are many different scenarios available in the game with different conditions. In...

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