Indie for PC — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 31

Peace, Death! - a game in the Indie genre

Game released: PC → 24 March 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Peace, Death! — an unusual arcade simulator in which you have to try on the role of the Reaper in the service of Death in the Apocalypse company. You are...

Meadow

Online, Simulation, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, MMO, Open world

Game released: PC → 26 October 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 90/100

Meadow is a multiplayer adventure simulator where you take on the role of a wild animal. Choose one of the many animals and go. Use all five senses to find others...

The Nothing

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Indie, Horror

Game released: PC → 30 August 2017

Steam: 83/100

The Nothing is an action-adventure action RPG with a first-person view in a cyberpunk style. The game takes place in Los Angeles in 2108 and tells the story of...

It's Winter

Simulation, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 7 March 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 77/100

SHHD: WINTER is an adventure simulator of Russian melancholy with a first-person view. An atmospheric sandbox awaits you, the protagonist of which is an ordinary...

Shady Part of Me

Indie, Adventure, Puzzle, Platformer, Arcade

Game released: PC → 10 December 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Shady Part of Me is an adventure puzzle platformer where you have to solve the mystery of a poor girl. An exhilarating journey through the land of dreams awaits you...

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed

Action, Roguelike, Side view, Adventure, Slasher, Platformer, Role-playing game, Indie

Game released: PC → 11 February 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed is a hardcore side-scrolling action slasher expansion inspired by the Dark Souls series. Two new locations await you, in which there will...

Gold Rush: The Game

Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Open world, Indie

Game released: PC → 13 October 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 69/100

Gold Rush: The Game is a fascinating simulator with a first-person view, in which you will experience the hard life of a gold miner first-hand. In the game you will...

The Vale: Shadow of the Crown

Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Indie, Adventure, First-person view

Game released: PC → 19 August 2021

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 82/100

The Vale: Shadow of the Crown is an unusual audio action RPG that puts you in the worn leather boots of a blind adventurer. While the protagonist's older brother...

Due Process

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Cyberpunk, Indie, Tactics, Adventure, Futurism (Future)

Early Access: PC → 3 November 2020; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 83/100

A tactical PVP shooter with procedurally generated levels, in which players first think through and discuss a strategy, drawing routes and marking important...

Out of Space

Strategy, Online, Roguelike, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 24 April 2019

Steam: 80/100

Out of Space is an online indie strategy game about team survival on board a spaceship. You have to collect resources, fight off attacks from hostile aliens...

Royal Defense

Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Arcade, Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Top-down view, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 10 November 2014

Steam: 70/100

Royal Defense is a top-down arcade strategy game in a fantasy setting, made in the tower defense genre. In the game you have to defend yourself from the attacks of...

Angeldust

Role-playing game, Action, Online, MMO, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 22 December 2019

Steam: 64/100

Angeldust is a first-person MMORPG with indie action elements. Explore endless magical worlds and battle fearsome creatures with millions of friends. Ride your...

Self-Delusion

Horror, Mysticism / Supernatural, First-person view, Adventure, Indie, Survival, Action, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 17 August 2022

Steam: 91/100

Self-Delusion is an atmospheric action-horror adventure game with a first-person view in a Slavic setting. Instead of “terrible” monsters that are similar to each...

Ghost Song

Arcade, Side view, Metroidvania, Science fiction, Action, Platformer, Indie, Adventure, Horror, Combat robots, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 3 November 2022

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Ghost Song is an action-adventure platformer in the metroidvania genre with a side view in a dark post-apocalyptic setting. On the desert moon of Lorian, the...

Omega Crafter

Survival, Action, Third-person view, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Crafting, Sandbox, Exploration, Indie, City Building

Early Access: PC → 29 March 2024; Game released: PC → 15 May 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 78/100

The events take place in a virtual gaming world that is under development and has been attacked by a mysterious malware. The player goes on an exciting adventure to...

DON'T SCREAM

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

Game released: PC → 28 October 2024; Early Access: PC → 27 October 2023

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 68/100

A short horror game based on unusual game mechanics. The player explores the dark Pineview Forest for 18 minutes. During this, terrible screamers are expected...

Ytash: A Nocturnal Poem

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Fantasy, Demons, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game in development: PC → 10 November 2026

A hand-drawn metroidvania with the mechanics of “juggling” the enemy and a unique game feature: after a single blow to the source of fire, the sword bursts into...

CHERNOBYL

Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Survival, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game in development: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

An adventure shooter in the spirit of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series with an open world and a non-linear plot, the events of which unfold in the Exclusion Zone of the...

Dinoblade

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

Game released: PC → 23 July 2026

Steam: 91/100

A third-person action RPG set in a prehistoric world with dinosaurs. The player controls a young Spinosaurus, battling hostile creatures and alpha predators using a...

Бесконечное Лето 2

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game in development: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 6.7/10

Continuation of the cult visual novel “Endless Summer”. The game tells the story of Alexey, a guy from the 21st century, who falls asleep on bus number 410 and ends...

Fading Afternoon

Action, Adventure, Beat them all, Indie, Side view, Old school, Sandbox, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 14 September 2023

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 77/100

An atmospheric pixel adventure about Seiji Maruyama — an aging yakuza who has just been released from prison and finds himself at a crossroads. The story unfolds in...

Ultra Age

Action, Slasher, Indie

Game released: PC → 27 April 2022

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Ultra Age is a science-fiction action game set in 3174, where warrior Age travels to an apparently lifeless Earth to find a key to humanity’s survival. Accompanied...

Uplink

Role-playing game, Simulation, Cyberpunk, Indie, Strategy

Game released: PC → 23 August 2006

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 89/100

This cyberpunk hacking simulation follows an independent hacker who takes on dangerous contracts and breaks into secure systems. The protagonist steals corporate...

The Night of the Rabbit

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: PC → 28 May 2013

Players: 9/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 75/100

The Night of the Rabbit is an atmospheric point and click adventure in which you will travel to the amazing country of Mousewood. One fine day, the boy Jerry...

Mad Bullets

Arcade, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 10 June 2016

Steam: 92/100

This first-person arcade shooter is set in the Wild West, where players take on enemies at high speed and climb the leaderboards. The cast includes desperados...

Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow comes Today

Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: PC → 10 April 2015

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow comes Today is an atmospheric “point and click” adventure with a side view in a post-apocalyptic setting. A terrible epidemic turns...

Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition

Action, Indie, Platformer

Game released: PC → 25 June 2015

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Players fight crime in a mechanical world of shifting forms and dimensions. Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition centers on these transformations and changes...

Tiny Metal: Full Metal Rumble

Strategy, Indie, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 11 July 2019

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Tiny Metal: Full Metal Rumble follows a cast of characters across 39 campaign maps, linked by a story of mystery and tragedy. As the campaign progresses, players...

Skully

Indie, Adventure, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 4 August 2020

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 63/100

After a skull washes ashore on a secluded island, a deity brings it back to life with magical clay. Skully hops, skips and rolls through varied island habitats...

Five Nights at Freddy's 4

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

Game released: PC → 24 July 2015

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Five Nights at Freddy's 4 is an action-horror game with a first-person view in the point and click genre. This time the horror followed you home. In this final...

EITR

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Indie

Game canceled: PC → 2016

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

EITR is an action role-playing roguelike with fantasy elements and an isometric view. The Shield Maiden, like all mortal Norse, had to receive her destiny from the...

Clustertruck

Arcade, Action, Platformer, First-person view, Indie, Parkour

Game released: PC → 27 September 2016

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Clustertruck is an arcade action platformer with a first-person view, in which the player has to stay on top of speeding long-range trucks. Jumping from one car to...

Jay and Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Side view, Comics, Indie

Game released: PC → 20 April 2026

Steam: 62/100

Jay and Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch is a side-scrolling arcade beat-em-up starring popular characters Jay and Silent Bob. The developers took inspiration from...

Masquerade: The Baubles of Doom

Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 21 April 2016

Steam: 75/100

Masquerade: The Baubles of Doom is a colorful action game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game invites you to plunge into the fantastic world of...

Ultimate Chicken Horse

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Online, Casual game

Game released: PC → 4 March 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Ultimate Chicken Horse is a side-scrolling arcade platformer in the style of Super Meat Boy. You have to create levels with a huge number of traps and other...

Mad Father

Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Indie, Exploration

Game released: PC → 23 September 2016

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 98/100

Mad Father is a Japanese-style top-down horror adventure game. One night, Aya hears her father screaming. When she leaves the room, she sees two ugly creatures. She...

Death Squared

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Game released: PC → 14 March 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Death Squared is an arcade puzzle game from the developers of SMG Studio. The game has a cooperative mode in which you can solve various problems together with...

DISTRAINT

Adventure, Horror, Free game, Side view, Indie

Game released: PC → 21 October 2015

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 76/100

DISTRAINT is a psychological horror game with a side view for mobile platforms. You have to play as a young ambitious guy Price, who in an unholy way took the...

Ira

Action, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 4 October 2023

Steam: 75/100

Ira is a point and click adventure with action elements. The game takes place in an alternative universe where humanity conquered space half a century before our...

Avorion

Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Sandbox, Exploration, Construction

Game released: PC → 9 March 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 89/100

This cooperative space sandbox follows an expedition across a galaxy divided by a cataclysm. A ring of torn hyperspace fabric blocks access to its center, where the...

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