Indie for PC — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 3

Adventure, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting

Game released: PC → 11 May 2026

Metacritic: 66/100

A survival simulator in an open world, the main feature of which is the main character’s van, which must be improved by adding various mechanisms to it. The player...

Trepang2

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

Game released: PC → 21 June 2023

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 79/100

A horror shooter with a view that is a spiritual successor to the F.E.A.R. series. The game has the ability to become invisible, slow down time and sneak up on...

Brotato

Action, Indie, Top-down view, Roguelike, Shooter, Casual game, Procedural generation, Comedy

Early Access: PC → 27 September 2022; Game released: PC → 23 June 2023

Players: 8.9/10

Arena shooter about a combat potato in the spirit of Vampire Survivors. The game tells the story of Spud from the planet Potato, who crashes on an alien planet...

Flotsam

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Early Access: PC → 26 September 2019; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 8.2/10

Flotsam is an unusual city-building strategy with an isometric camera view and survival elements in a post-apocalyptic setting. In the game you have to manage a...

Escape the Backrooms

Action, Adventure, Horror, Online, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Exploration

Early Access: PC → 12 August 2022; Game released: PC → 23 October 2025

Players: 9/10

A cooperative first-person horror game based on the popular creepypasta about the "Backrooms." Players will explore over thirty levels of an endless maze of empty...

Kerbal Space Program

Flight Simulator, Futurism (Future), Logic, Indie

Game released: PC → 24 June 2011

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Kerbal Space Program is a sci-fi simulator with well-developed physical laws. You have to manage the space program of a certain planet. Everything needed to build a...

Papers, Please

Arcade, Adventure, Simulation, Indie

Game released: PC → 8 August 2013

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Papers, Please is an unusual simulator of an immigration officer. You will have to sit in a small booth and check the documents of visiting residents, identify...

Breathedge

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Survival, Comedy, Space

Early Access: PC → 13 September 2018; Game released: PC → 25 February 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Breathedge is a science fiction adventure action game with a first-person view and survival elements. The game tells the story of an ordinary guy and his pet who...

Battle Brothers

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

Game released: PC → 24 March 2017; Early Access: PC → 27 April 2015

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Forts

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

Game released: PC → 19 April 2017

Players: 8.6/10

Star Valor

Action, Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Top-down view, Shooter, Indie

Early Access: PC → 14 July 2018; Game released: PC → 3 August 2022

Players: 8.5/10

Star Valor is a dynamic top-down RPG shooter in a sci-fi setting. In the game you have to control your own spaceship. An exciting journey awaits you through a vast...

Celeste

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 25 January 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Celeste is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer from the creator of TowerFall. More than 250 levels await you, and the locations include abandoned cities...

GameGuru

Arcade, Shooter, Third-person view, First-person view, Educational game (Education), Role-playing game, Roguelike, Indie, Fantasy / Medieval, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Stealth

Game released: PC → 19 May 2015

Players: 3.2/10

GameGuru is an advanced editor that allows you to create your own video games. However, it is not at all necessary to know how to code. Along with this program, you...

Rogue: Genesia

Action, Indie, Top-down view, Role-playing game, Roguelike, Fantasy, Arcade, Casual game, Survival

Early Access: PC → 19 September 2022; Game released: PC → 7 March 2025

Players: 9.1/10

An arcade action roguelike where the world is completely drowning in hordes of enemies. Hundreds and thousands of monsters, bosses, chaos - all this in a fantasy...

We Happy Few

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

Game released: PC → 10 August 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 64/100

We Happy Few is an adventure action-horror game with a first-person perspective and survival elements. During World War II, Nazi Germany captured Great Britain, and...

FTL: Faster Than Light

Simulation, Action, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Strategy

Game released: PC → 14 September 2012

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 86/100

FTL: Faster Than Light is a unique management simulator with role-playing elements in a sci-fi setting. The cruiser Kestrel was lucky to find out secret information...

Deltarune

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Indie, Adventure

Early Access: PC → 31 October 2018; Game released: PC → 4 June 2025

Players: 8.7/10

An RPG from Toby Fox, the creator of Undertale. The story centers on Chris, an ordinary schoolboy who, together with a classmate, accidentally finds himself in a...

Ostriv

Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Historical, Indie

Game in development: PC → 2026; Early Access: PC → 19 March 2020

Players: 7.5/10

Ostriv is a real-time historical city-building strategy with management elements. In the game, you take on the role of the governor of an 18th century city...

Crime Simulator

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

Game released: PC → 18 June 2025

Players: 8.3/10

A co-op game in which the main character was pulled out of prison by some people. Now he must work off his debt by carrying out illegal assignments. You will have...

Wicked Seed

Role-playing game, Action, Turn-based, Indie, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 23 January 2026

Players: 6.1/10

Survival horror in the spirit of Resident Evil and Parasite Eve, where you need to uncover the mystery of the sudden appearance of monsters. As you progress...

Game Dev Tycoon

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: PC → 29 August 2013; Early Access: PC → 28 April 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Game Dev Tycoon is a game developer simulator in which you play the role of a project manager. You will be able to come up with names for games, choose or create an...

Crea

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 9 June 2016

Players: 6.7/10

Concubine

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy, Indie

Early Access: PC → 13 October 2025; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 5.5/10

A fantasy game about harem concubines who fight monsters at night. There are different enemy classes, a wide selection of equipment, and a variety of skills. You...

For the King

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

Game released: PC → 19 April 2018

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 78/100

For the King is an action-adventure RPG with an isometric camera view and random level generation. You have to travel through an endless fantasy world. You can play...

WorldBox - God Simulator

Strategy, God Simulator, In real time, Isometric, Indie

Early Access: PC → 2 December 2021; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 8.4/10

WorldBox — God Simulator is a real-time god simulator with indie strategy elements and an isometric view. You can create sheep, wolves, orcs, elves, gnomes...

Foundation

Strategy, Business / Management, Indie, Medieval era, City Building, Procedural generation

Early Access: PC → 1 February 2019; Game released: PC → 31 January 2025

Players: 8/10

A city-building simulator in a medieval setting, where all the emphasis is on creating a harmonious dream city. The modular construction system allows you to erect...

SpaceBourne 2

Role-playing game, Action, Simulation, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie

Early Access: PC → 17 February 2023; Game released: PC → 18 November 2025

Players: 7.3/10

A continuation of the space game, which takes place in a fantastic open world filled with many solar systems and planets. The game offers tens of thousands of...

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

Action, Adventure, Slasher, Third-person view, Indie, Fantasy, Medieval era

Game released: PC → 7 August 2017

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 83/100

The game takes you on a dark and ruthless journey into the depths of the mind, where the lines between reality and madness blur. The story follows a warrior named...

Star Citizen

Shooter, Adventure, Simulation, Online, MMO, First-person view, Indie

Game in development: PC → 2027; Beta testing: PC → 29 August 2013

Anticipation Rating: 4.6/10

Star Citizen is the most sophisticated space simulator with a first-person view, where elements of MMO, space opera, fantasy shooter and economic strategy are...

Spirit of the Island

Simulation, Adventure, Business / Management, Isometric, Role-playing game, Indie

Early Access: PC → 16 March 2022; Game released: PC → 17 August 2022

Colorful farm simulator. In the homeland of the protagonist, there is an ancient tradition: in order to go through the ritual of growing up, everyone must make a...

Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts

Strategy, Simulation, Tactics, Warships / Submarines, Indie, Isometric

Early Access: PC → 10 December 2021; Game released: PC → 25 January 2023

Players: 7.9/10

A tactical simulator dedicated to naval battles. The game offers the unique opportunity to design and build countless variations of realistic-looking warships...

Internet Cafe Simulator 2

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

Game released: PC → 7 January 2022

Players: 7.9/10

Internet Cafe Simulator 2 is a continuation of the strategic indie simulator with management elements and a first-person view. In the game you have to create your...

Divinity: Original Sin

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Hack and slash, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: PC → 30 June 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Divinity: Original Sin is an action-adventure RPG with turn-based combat and a fantasy setting. The game is a true sequel, the plot of which will begin immediately...

Breakwaters: Crystal Tides

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: PC → 9 December 2021; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 3.5/10

A colorful sandbox set in a world where the ocean has its own will and obeys only those who dare to control its elements. The sea here is not just a landscape, but...

112 Operator

Simulation, Top-down view, Strategy, Tactics, Indie, Business / Management, Educational game (Education), Roguelike

Game released: PC → 23 April 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 73/100

A continuation of the original 911 Operator idea, but on a larger scale - now the whole world is under control. As an emergency services dispatcher, you will have...

SIGNALIS

Action, Adventure, Horror, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 27 October 2022

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 81/100

SIGNALIS is a classic sci-fi horror, the style of which is very reminiscent of the movie "Alien". Finding herself alone on the snowy planet Elster, the main...

Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library!

First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR), Casual game, Comedy, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC → 30 April 2026

Players: 10/10

An unusual simulator of cleaning and sorting books, set in a huge magical library, where complete chaos reigns after the antics of a mischievous fairy. The main...

Gladiator Guild Manager

Strategy, Indie, Simulation, Turn-based, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Business / Management, Role-playing game

Early Access: PC → 14 October 2021; Game released: PC → 22 June 2024

Players: 8.2/10

A managerial simulator with elements of tactics in which the player needs to develop his own guild of fighters and lead them to glory. Recruiting warriors...

Warpips

Strategy, In real time, Side view, Tanks, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Tactics, Indie

Early Access: PC → 29 April 2021; Game released: PC → 21 April 2022

Players: 8.6/10

Warpips is an exciting tactical strategy game in the tower defense genre and with a side view. In the game you have to create an indestructible army by combining...

From Space

Action, Shooter, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Top-down view, Indie, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 3 November 2022

From Space is a fast-paced arcade shooter for squads of up to four players. Liberate the Earth from alien invaders using cutting-edge weapons. A huge horde of...

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