Indie
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Statuses
Best Games in the Indie genre for PC
Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Fantasy, Procedural generation, Collectible card game (CCG), Card game, Cooperative (co-op)
Early Access: PC → 5 March 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027
Players:
4.9/10
Steam:
91/100
The sequel returns in a new form — the Spire awakens after a millennium of oblivion, hiding even more dangers, secrets, and challenges in its depths. Its halls are...
Adventure, Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Visual novel, Indie, Side view, Casual game
Game in development: PC → 2026
Anticipation Rating:
10/10
An unusual simulator that immerses in the atmosphere of Russia in the early 2000s and makes it possible to try himself as a seller in a stall. In the game, it is...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Roguelike, Dungeons, Cooperative (co-op), Replayability
Game released: PC → 4 November 2014
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
87/100
Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a top-down indie RPG. You will play as the boy Isaac, hiding in the basement from his mother, whom God ordered to sacrifice him. To...
Adventure, First-person view, Free game, Indie, Detective, Survival horror, Open world, Role-playing game, Simulation
Game released: PC → 17 March 2025
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
88/100
The beginning of the story of a young scientist from Pathologic 3. The main character sets off from a laboratory in the capital to a small town where a mysterious...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Open world, Sandbox, Survival
Game released: PC → 6 December 2018; Early Access: PC → 21 November 2011
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
75/100
Kenshi is a post-apocalyptic role-playing game with elements of management strategy and survival. You have to explore a large open world where you can trade, steal...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Third-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Roguelike
Not officially announced: PC → 2028
Anticipation Rating:
7/10
Minecraft 2 is the continuation of the legendary sandbox adventure with a third-person view and abundant opportunities for creating objects and buildings. The main...
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Fantasy, Medieval era, Metroidvania
Early Access: PC → 19 August 2020; Game released: PC → 28 April 2022
Players:
8/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
89/100
One day, a brave knight gets to a mysterious place where some kind of devilry happened many years ago. Skeletons, ghosts and other evil spirits roam everywhere, and...
Strategy, Simulation, Sandbox, Indie, Science fiction, City Building, Construction, Exploration, Fantasy
Game released: PC → 16 October 2026
Steam:
68/100
A city-building simulator set in the vast reaches of space. After enduring many hardships, a people find a new home on the back of Keva, a sentient space whale...
Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Zombies
Early Access: PC → 14 January 2023; Game released: PC → 27 December 2025
Players:
6.8/10
Steam:
64/100
The player, in single or co-op mode, survives in a post-apocalyptic world full of zombies and other dangers. The extracted resources and materials can be spent on...
Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting, Post-apocalyptic
Early Access: PC → 16 October 2019; Game released: PC → 28 July 2021
Players:
7.1/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
78/100
A first-person shooter with exploration elements and horror. While exploring locations, the player collects resources to build a base and craft useful items, while...
Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Isometric, Indie, Science fiction, Space, Construction, Open world
Early Access: PC → 21 January 2021; Game in development: PC → 2026
Players:
9/10
Steam:
96/100
Dyson Sphere Program is a sci-fi space simulator in which you build your galactic empire by exploring uncharted areas of extraterrestrial space. In the distant...
Adventure, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting, Construction
Game released: PC → 11 May 2026
Steam:
73/100
Metacritic:
67/100
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...
