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Swag and Sorcery - a game in the Indie genre

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Simulation, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 9 May 2019

Steam: 47/100

Swag and Sorcery is an adventure management simulator with arcade clicker elements in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to build your own fairy-tale village...

TOEM

Arcade, Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Exploration

Game released: PC → 17 September 2021

Players: 9/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A black-and-white adventure about travel, memories, and seeing the world through a camera lens. Everything is built around observation and the moment—each frame...

Exit From

Action, Indie, Adventure, First-person view, Stealth, Roguelike, Horror

Game released: PC → 17 April 2021

Steam: 83/100

Exit From is an indie horror adventure with action elements and a first-person view. In this game you have to get out of the old Soviet house, which changes every...

Synth Riders

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

Game released: PC → 1 November 2019

Steam: 92/100

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...

Demeo

Virtual Reality (VR), Card game, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Indie, Turn-based, Cooperative (co-op), First-person view, Dungeons, Board / Group Game, Strategy

Game released: PC → 15 December 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Demeo is a card role-playing game with turn-based combat from a first-person view in a fantasy setting for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Valve...

HoloCure - Save the Fans!

Action, Top-down view, Indie, Anime / Manga, Roguelike, Fantasy, Free game, Casual game

Game released: PC → 17 August 2023

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 99/100

Dynamic action-roguelike where players fend off hordes of monsters in the spirit of Vampire Survivors. The main difference from Vampire Survivors is the anime...

The Last World

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Sandbox, Combat robots, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Science fiction, Construction, Crafting

Early Access: PC → 4 February 2023; Game in development: PC → 2027

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 67/100

The Last World is a strategy with sandbox elements in the post-apocalypse genre. The world that we all knew and loved so well has died. He was killed by bacteria...

Bloons TD 5

Online, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game, Comedy, Strategy

Game released: PC → 19 November 2014

Players: 7/10

Steam: 94/100

The player builds towers, selects upgrades for them and hires cool special agents to destroy all the balls flying over the map. A total of 21 buildings with...

Dark Table CCG

Online, Indie, Free game, Tactics, Mysticism / Supernatural, Fantasy, Collectible card game (CCG), Card game, Strategy

Early Access: PC → 18 November 2023; Game in development: PC → 2026

Steam: 64/100

A multiplayer card game in a dark Lovecraftian style. Up to 4 players fight in free-for-all mode, using temporary alliances and mutual interests to achieve success...

Colony Defense - Tower Defense

Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Indie, Science fiction, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Early Access: PC → 2 April 2024; Game released: PC → 22 April 2026

Steam: 100/100

A minimalistic game in which the gamer travels through the universe and protects human colonies from invaders. You need to liberate different parts of the map and...

DREDGE - The Iron Rig

DLC, Indie, Hunting / Fishing, Adventure, Exploration, Open world, Simulation, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 15 August 2024

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 81/100

The add-on tells a completely new story related to the Iron Harbor company. Players deliver cargo to an oil platform containing a secret laboratory. By assisting...

Umbra: The Last Summoner

Role-playing game, Turn-based, Fantasy, Adventure, Indie, Medieval era, Third-person view

Early Access: PC → 27 September 2024; Game released: PC → 15 January 2025

Players: 4/10

Steam: 72/100

A party-based RPG with turn-based combat and 2000s graphics. The story follows a warrior who, at the request of a king, goes on an adventure to close the rifts...

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...

Dead Reset

Adventure, Horror, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 11 September 2025

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 69/100

The main character, surgeon Cole Mason, was kidnapped and forced to perform an operation to remove a parasite from a patient in an underwater complex. At the same...

Aye Leon

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Old school, Adventure, Free game

Game released: PC → 7 January 2026

Steam: 90/100

A short pixel adventure lasting 20 minutes, where the main character flies with a jetpack through colorful floating worlds. You also need to search for secrets and...

Trees Hate You

Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Comedy, Walking Simulator

Game in development: PC → 16 November 2026

A hardcore platformer with an absurd sense of humor, where the main enemy becomes the trees. The forest here lives by its own rules: branches hinder movement, traps...

Stitchlings

Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Beat them all, Indie, Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Slasher

Game released: PC → 12 May 2026

Steam: 93/100

Bright cooperative action game built around a shared adventure and an unusual character development system. After defeating monsters, their parts can literally be...

Quarantine Zombies: Contamination

Shooter, Simulation, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Survival, Zombies, Action

Game released: PC → 20 January 2026

Steam: 47/100

The action takes place at a checkpoint in post-apocalyptic Chicago. The player must hold the defense for thirty days until the army arrives. The gameplay combines...

Paratopic

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Old school

Game released: PC → 6 September 2018

Steam: 78/100

Atmospheric first-person horror with a surreal story and intentionally low-polygon graphics. The plot connects the fates of three strangers, whose stories gradually...

Mechanism

Adventure, Indie, Combat robots

Game released: PC → 19 July 2018

Steam: 65/100

An adventure set in a steampunk world where a lone robot awakens to the aftermath of a mysterious disease. Black growths have spread across the land and killed many...

Murnatan

Free game, Action, Indie

Early Access: PC → 24 March 2018

Steam: 63/100

A team-based first-person shooter with real-time strategy elements, Murnatan pits humans against aliens in a fight for survival and the destruction of the opposing...

Anomaly: Warzone Earth

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

Game released: PC → 8 April 2011

Players: 5.6/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Anomaly: Warzone Earth — This is a strategy with an unconventional approach. The player controls units that move along a pre-marked route. The goal is to kill...

Binding of Isaac: Wrath of the Lamb

Action, Shooter, DLC, Third-person view, Top-down view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 29 May 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Zombie Exodus

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Text quest, Indie

Game released: PC → 23 October 2015

Steam: 85/100

Zombie Exodus is a role-playing adventure horror game with a first-person view. You'll create your own character and fight your way out of a zombie-infested city to...

Project Nimbus

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game released: PC → 26 September 2017

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 68/100

A futuristic mech action game about a war on a devastated Earth, where a young pilot controls a Battle Frame. The campaign pits the player against enemy units...

TerraTech

Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Construction, Sandbox, Open world

Game released: PC → 10 August 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 92/100

TerraTech is an exciting sandbox where you can manage a fleet of unique cars and fight enemies for valuable resources. Particular emphasis is placed on...

Gods Will Be Watching

Strategy, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Point & Click, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 24 July 2014

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 64/100

A science-fiction point-and-click thriller set amid an interstellar conflict, where decisions shape the fate of a crew and the people it is sworn to protect. The...

Gentlemen!

Action, Top-down view, Indie, Online

Game released: PC → 5 November 2013

Steam: 73/100

A local multiplayer action game set in the Victorian era, where two to four players take part in fast-paced deathmatches. Winning duels calls for skill, knowledge...

KingFish

Action, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), City Building, Fantasy, Medieval era, Simulation

Game in development: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A cooperative roguelike for two players, where both players do completely different things and are fully dependent on each other. One controls the King — running...

Hatred

Action, Shooter, Horror, Isometric, Indie

Game released: PC → 1 June 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 43/100

An isometric twin-stick shooter about a character known as the Antagonist, who declares war on humanity and seeks to unleash Armageddon. The action takes place on...

Doodle God

Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game, Free game, Simulation

Game released: PC → 24 September 2015

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Doodle God is a casual, logical game for all ages. You will have four elements in your hands: air, water, earth and fire. By combining them, the player will receive...

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

First-person view, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Logic, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 8 October 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is a co-op VR puzzle game about defusing a bomb. One of the participants has an explosive device with a timer on the screen, but...

SHENZHEN SOLITAIRE

Indie, Casual game, Card game

Game released: PC → 15 December 2016

Steam: 97/100

SHENZHEN SOLITAIRE is a card game featuring a solitaire variant inspired by Mahjong and FreeCell. The player arranges cards to solve each deal; the rules are easy...

Turmoil

In real time, Business / Management, Indie, Side view, Strategy, Online

Game released: PC → 2 June 2016

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 92/100

A side-view real-time management strategy game set in North America at the end of the 19th century. The beginning of the oil rush, a small town and the struggle for...

Emily Wants To Play

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

Game released: PC → 10 December 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Emily Wants To Play is a first-person indie horror game where you have to survive a haunted house. You play as a pizza delivery guy who needs to deliver his last...

Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey

Fantasy / Medieval, Logic, Side view, Casual game, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 21 November 2014

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey is a word puzzle game with a side view and a fantasy setting. The main task of the players is to collect English words from letters...

Heavy Metal Machines

Arcade, Online, Action, Racing, Top-down view, Free game, MOBA, Indie

Game released: PC → 19 September 2018

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 70/100

Heavy Metal Machines is a free-to-play action racing game with MOBA elements and a top-down view. In Heavy Metal Machines, players are divided into two teams of...

Octogeddon

Arcade, Action, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 8 February 2018

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Octogeddon is a 2D arcade action game from the author of the original hit Plants vs. Zombies. A certain mighty octopus became angry with the entire human world and...

The Occupation

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Detective, Stealth

Game released: PC → 5 March 2019

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 67/100

The Occupation is an adventure game with a first-person perspective. The plot of the game will take you to Great Britain in the 1980s. The country suffered from...

West of Loathing

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Indie, Side view, Comedy

Game released: PC → 10 August 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 86/100

West of Loathing is an unusual adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat. You have to go to the minimalistic world of the city of Boring Springs, where you...

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