Indie for PC — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 30

Death Carnival - a game in the Indie genre

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Online, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game in development: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 4.4/10

A dynamic top-down shooter in which you will become a participant in a deadly reality show. For the sake of fame and fortune, the player fights against hordes of...

Six Sides of the World

Logic, Puzzle, Science fiction, Arcade, Casual game, Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 20 January 2016

Steam: 84/100

Six Sides of the World is an atmospheric arcade puzzle game in a sci-fi setting, where you will explore various cubic planets that are filled with various traps. As...

Esse Proxy

Arcade, Top-down view, Cyberpunk, Action, Indie, Shooter, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 11 July 2022

Steam: 69/100

Esse Proxy is a top-down cyberpunk twin-stick shooter. As you progress, you will have to fight bosses, discover new types of equipment, and also reveal the secret...

Technicity

Simulation, Indie, Construction, Open world, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Online, City Building

Game released: PC → 15 September 2022

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 74/100

Technicity is an exciting first-person sandbox with an open world and urban planning elements. In the game you will be able to build entire cities, lay roads...

Pompom the Great Space Rescue

Indie, Side view, Platformer, Comedy, Space, Old school

Game released: PC → 14 March 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 86/100

A hamster named Pompom goes into space to save the boy Hoshi and stop the gang of space cat pirates Captain Murmyous. The main feature of the game is that you need...

Copycat

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

Game released: PC → 19 September 2024

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 70/100

An adventure cat simulator where you can explore different locations, hunt birds and interact with the world around you. The plot tells the story of a cat named...

Titan Chaser

Adventure, Walking Simulator, Open world, Exploration, Indie

Game canceled: PC → 24 February 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 82/100

The main character drives a car around the territory where various scientific stations are located, and drives away titans (huge monsters) using a powerful...

Fairy Tail: Dungeons

Adventure, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Fantasy, Collectible card game (CCG), Replayability, Card game

Game released: PC → 26 August 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Card roguelike based on the anime series “Fairy Tail”. The plot of the game tells how Natsu and Happy discovered a mysterious door under the guild and went down...

Dead Season

Zombies, Tactics, Turn-based, Comics, Role-playing game, Top-down view, Indie, Old school

Game released: PC → 8 October 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 69/100

The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies. The four characters are forced to work together to survive. You need to explore atmospheric...

Everhood 2

Music game, Role-playing game, Adventure, Comedy, Indie

Game released: PC → 4 March 2025

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 79/100

An unusual mixture of rhythm games, RPG and surrealist fantasy travel. The main action unfolds in the mysterious world full of mysterious creatures, philosophical...

Drop Duchy

Roguelike, Strategy, Indie, Card game, Medieval era, Tactics, Puzzle, City Building, Board / Group Game

Game released: PC → 5 May 2025

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A colorful roguelike that combines the genres of puzzle, city planning and card games. During the course of the game, players build their own duchy, fight enemies...

Sirocco

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

Early Access: PC → 2 May 2025; Game in development: PC → 2027

Steam: 75/100

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...

Outer Wilds - Echoes of the Eye

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, DLC, Futurism (Future), Horror

Game released: PC → 28 September 2021

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 82/100

A massive addition to the exploration adventure Outer Wilds, which adds a new, hidden secret to the already familiar solar system. The story centers on a strange...

Black Border 2

Arcade, Simulation, Indie, Adventure, Casual game, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 27 November 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 63/100

The main character works in the border service, where he checks cars and documents in search of contraband. You can use scanners, weigh cars and send a dog to sniff...

Adorable Adventures

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Exploration, Open world, Casual game

Game released: PC → 30 April 2026

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A colorful adventure game about a pig named Boris, who got lost after a forest fire and is now looking for his family. In order to survive and find his loved ones...

Supreme Experiment

Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction, Mysticism / Supernatural, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Indie

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Atmospheric action focused on exploration and storyline, set on the abandoned surface of Earth a century after humanity left for megacity towers above toxic clouds...

Diluted

Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 2 January 2026

Steam: 93/100

An adventurous puzzle game about a boy named Archie. While exploring the tangled forests and distorted memories, the main character tries to uncover the truth about...

Farm to Table

Action, Business / Management, First-person view, Casual game, Open world, Construction, Crafting, Farm Simulator, Simulation, Indie

Early Access: PC → 9 May 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027

Steam: 90/100

A colorful simulator that combines farming and restaurant management. On a picturesque island, everything starts with a small plot and an idea, gradually...

The Letter - Horror Visual Novel

Adventure, Horror, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC → 24 July 2017

Steam: 86/100

An atmospheric visual novel in the horror and drama genre, inspired by classic Asian horror films. The story unfolds in the gloomy mansion of Ermengard, which has...

Goob Wants an Android Girlfriend

Adventure, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Free game, Science fiction, Casual game

Game released: PC → 9 April 2026

Steam: 100/100

A free puzzle game with elements of a visual novel, where the player takes on the role of a mechanical droid named Goob, who repairs androids in a futuristic neon...

Pax Autocratica

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Roguelike, Science fiction, City Building, Construction, Crafting, Survival, Business / Management

Early Access: PC → 10 August 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 91/100

An unusual hybrid of a city-building colony simulator and a first-person shooter with dark satire on totalitarian regimes. In the game, you need to build a powerful...

Experiment 82626

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

Game in development: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Cooperative horror set in the Poppy Playtime universe with stealth elements. One of the key features of the project is the positional voice chat, which means that...

Puzzle Mage

Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Fantasy, Isometric

Game in development: PC → 2027

A dark fantasy puzzle game with a top-down view. The story centers around Lyra — a young and talented mage's apprentice undergoing the ancient and dangerous...

Pepper's Puzzles

Casual game, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 8 August 2017

Steam: 95/100

Pepper's Puzzles is a collection of logic puzzles in the nonogram format, also known as Picross or Griddlers. Players fill in cells according to numerical clues to...

Castle of no Escape

Indie, Action, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 22 June 2017

Steam: 67/100

This action role-playing game follows a wanderer exploring a mysterious castle filled with monsters and treasure. The goal is to gather valuables that ward off...

Castlestorm

Arcade, Action, Strategy, In real time, Indie, Side view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PC → 29 July 2013

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Castlestorm is a fun side-view tower defense strategy game. Clouds are gathering in the sky... There is a war between knights and Vikings. The game features...

DEFCON

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Indie

Game released: PC → 4 December 2008

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 84/100

DEFCON is a real-time strategy game simulating global nuclear war during the Cold War. From an underground bunker, a general must destroy the enemy population while...

Conversion

Action, DLC, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie

Game canceled: PC → 2015

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Conversion is a global fan modification for Portal 2, designed to answer players' questions regarding the end of Portal 2 and the period between the two games...

SpeedRunners

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Racing, Indie

Game released: PC → 19 April 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 84/100

SpeedRunners is a co-op arcade action platformer that puts running at the center of the game, challenging players to compete in speed races online. Your task is to...

OreLight

Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Indie

Early Access: PC → 29 June 2015

OreLight is an isometric RPG with adventure and indie elements from the developers of Geek Beach Games. The game is published by Geek Beach...

Canabalt

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Action, Runner

Game released: PC → 30 April 2015

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Canabalt is a fantasy arcade platformer. You have to escape from the destruction of your city with just one button. The game that popularized the endless runner...

Child of Light 2

Role-playing game, Arcade, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Indie

Not officially announced: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 8.6/10

Child of Light 2 is a continuation of the atmospheric puzzle platformer with role-playing elements and turn-based...

BEEP

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 30 March 2011

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 81/100

A 2D science-fiction platformer about a small robot exploring the galaxy. BEEP travels across planets, overcoming hazards and fighting enemy robots with an...

Gunman Clive 2

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PC → 3 September 2015

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This colorful Western action platformer follows gunslinger Clive after he rescues Ms Johnson and finds the town under attack by bandits once again. To stop them, he...

Broken Sword - Parzival's Stone

Adventure, Indie, Detective, Point & Click, Puzzle

Game in development: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A new adventure between the extravagant journalist Nico Collard and the fearless American George Stobbart. The heroes try to uncover a conspiracy involving Nazis...

Guns, Gore & Cannoli

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 30 April 2015

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Guns, Gore & Cannoli is a 2D arcade action shooter inspired by 1970s exploitation and grindhouse films, classic gangster movies, and old-school arcade...

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...

Radiant Defense

Strategy, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PC → 11 July 2014

Steam: 82/100

Radiant Defense is a tactical tower defense game. The player finds himself in a vibrant universe, which has been invaded by numerous hordes of aliens. You have to...

Marooners

Arcade, Action, Online, Board / Group Game, Indie, Mini-game / browser-based, Casual game

Game released: PC → 15 September 2016; Early Access: PC → 24 March 2016

Steam: 61/100

Marooners is an arcade, cooperative action game from independent developers from the M2H studio. The game is designed for a fun group of friends, where you will...

Prison Run and Gun

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 16 March 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Arcade action platformer with pixel graphics about a daring prison escape. The main character must overcome many obstacles, fight enemies, and solve puzzles to win...

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