Indie for PC — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 34

Bait & Tackle - a game in the Indie genre

Hunting / Fishing, Platformer, Indie, Free game, Side view, Comedy, Action

Game released: PC → 3 October 2025

Steam: 94/100

The player takes on the role of a legendary fisherman, catching exotic fish and battling sea monsters. The protagonist, a retired fisherman, must rebuild his...

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...

Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Detective, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 9 December 2025

Steam: 91/100

A pixel adventure in the spirit of 90s quests about a young writer named William, who is searching for inspiration. He goes to an abbey where the monks have taken a...

Tiny Life

Simulation, Isometric, Sandbox, Casual game, Old school, Indie

Early Access: PC → 3 May 2023; Game in development: PC → 2027

Steam: 88/100

Isometric life simulator with a pronounced retro aesthetic reminiscent of the early parts of The Sims. The action is centered around one large house, where the...

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...

BLOODY RAVE

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Open world

Game in development: PC → Q1 2027

Anticipation Rating: 5/10

The game tells the story of a journalist and treasure hunter who searches for lost relics that ordinary people consider urban legends. After spending years on...

Lumina Veil

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Free game, Zombies, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 22 June 2026

Steam: 97/100

The story tells about a popular streamer LunatiiCreeps, who gains early access to a mysterious game and sets out to explore its dark depths, unaware of how much...

Relic Guardian - Tower Defense

Strategy, Top-down view, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game, Comedy, Fantasy, Construction

Game released: PC → 22 October 2025

Steam: 94/100

Pixelated "tower defense," where magic, strategy, and a fantastic adventure come together in the story of the summoned hero Fran. Setting out on a journey through a...

Elemental War 2

Strategy, In real time, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Fantasy, Medieval era, Indie, Replayability

Game released: PC → 6 May 2022

Steam: 72/100

A strategy game in the "tower defense" genre, where classic tower defense combines with a system of collecting elements and creating new combinations. As a result...

Going my way?

Horror, Simulation, First-person view, Trains, Indie, Detective

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A dark narrative game where you become the conductor of a train traveling through a world consumed by madness. Among the ordinary passengers, there are the...

Moonrise

Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Exploration, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 1 July 2026

Steam: 85/100

An atmospheric platformer with puzzles, where the surrounding world becomes not just a decoration, but an essential part of the gameplay. After the sun disappears...

Deadlight Tavern

Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Virtual Reality (VR), Zombies, Action

Game released: PC → 18 July 2022

Steam: 100/100

Free VR action game with waves of zombies, where players must fend off advancing enemies using firearms and melee weapons. The project offers several maps...

Mayday

Free game, Shooter, Arcade, Indie, Science fiction, Old school, Action

Game released: PC → 16 February 2026

Steam: 100/100

A science fiction shooter with a wave-based structure, where the player controls the experimental combat ship Skylon and fights groups of enemies and bosses...

1943 Deadly Desert

Strategy, Isometric, Historical, Turn-based, Tactics, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 May 2018

Steam: 65/100

Step-by-step tactical strategy about battles for desert territories during World War II. In 1943, the forces of the Allies and the Hitler coalition clash in a...

Ved: Recure

Action, Adventure, Slasher, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Indie, Roguelike, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 22 September 2026

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 67/100

A dynamic action roguelike where the hero finds himself inside his thousandth purchased but never played game. After another workday, he falls asleep in front of...

Unpossible

Racing, Arcade, Indie

Game released: PC → 3 July 2015

Steam: 83/100

Unpossible is an arcade racing game about navigating obstacle courses that test reflexes, memory, and timing. The player learns patterns and tries to survive for as...

Super Night Riders

Arcade, Racing, Indie

Game released: PC → 22 February 2016

Steam: 89/100

This arcade racing game, inspired by retro classics, follows Alice, a motorcyclist known as the Red Rider. In Super Night Riders, race position is unimportant: the...

篱笆庄秘闻 / Mysteries of Fence

Casual game, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 14 July 2017

Steam: 90/100

This adventure game with elements of magical realism tells the story of teenagers sent by their families to internet addiction rehabilitation centers in China...

Dinosaur Hunt First Blood

Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 September 2017

Steam: 57/100

Dinosaur Hunt First Blood is a first-person shooter and a sequel to Dinosaur Hunt, set in a world where dinosaurs and mutants have joined forces to take over the...

In the Raven Shadow

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 12 July 2017

Steam: 89/100

This point-and-click adventure follows Severin, a young monk who escapes through a window after being accused of sin and finds himself in a forest. Guided by...

Fez

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 11 September 2013

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Fez is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer. The action takes place in a 3D world, allowing the player to explore and traverse colorful worlds by rotating...

Sine Mora

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

Game released: PC → 9 November 2012

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Sine Mora is a horizontally scrolling shoot ’em up in which time is central to combat. It combines classic shooter mechanics with a Story Mode that unfolds its tale...

Eador: Masters of the Broken World

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

Game released: PC → 19 April 2013

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Eador. Lords of the Worlds is the latest chapter in the Eador series, known for its combination of grand strategy, role-playing elements and turn-based tactics...

Shatter

Arcade, Action, Music game, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Arkanoid, Cooperative (co-op), Indie

Game released: PC → 24 June 2010

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Shatter is a top-down futuristic arkanoid game where you need to clear the playing field from colorful blocks using a ball and a moving...

T.E.C. 3001

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Indie, Racing

Game released: PC → 10 April 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

T.E.C. 3001 — futuristic arcade runner with a third-person view. You will try on the role of a robot who will have to run through more than 40 different...

Hive (2013)

Board / Group Game, Turn-based, Logic, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 November 2013

At the Gates

Strategy, God Simulator, Isometric, Historical, Turn-based, Tactics, Indie

Game released: PC → 23 January 2019

Steam: 39/100

Metacritic: 63/100

At the Gates is an engaging turn-based strategy game with an isometric camera view from the creator of Sid Meier's Civilization 5. You will take on the role of a...

The Last Crown: Blackenrock

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

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 9.8/10

The Last Crown: Blackenrock is an adventure horror game with a third-person view. The game will tell the story of Nigel Danvers, who cannot find peace after a...

Viktor

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 13 June 2014

Steam: 71/100

Viktor is a dynamic arcade shooter with a side view. Victor's story begins in Eos, a world divided into two realms: the Overworld and the Netherworld. The fragile...

SPACECOM

Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Tactics

Game released: PC → 17 September 2014

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 68/100

SPACECOM is a sci-fi strategy game with turn-based combat and a top-down view. You have to become the commander of a space fleet designed for battle. The game...

Delver

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

Game released: PC → 1 February 2018

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 87/100

Doorways: Prelude

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

Game released: PC → 20 September 2013

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 58/100

Doorways: Prelude is an action-horror adventure game with a first-person view. You will play the role of Thomas Foster, a special agent who must hunt down four...

Freedom Planet

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Indie

Game released: PC → 21 July 2014

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 83/100

This combat-focused platform adventure follows the dragon girl Lilac and her friends as they defend the world of Avalice from an alien attack. The heroes face...

Yet Another Zombie Defense

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Zombies

Game released: PC → 28 March 2014

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 86/100

Yet Another Zombie Defense is a top-down cooperative shooter in which the player — alone or in co-op mode with up to 4 players — must build...

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander

Role-playing game, Strategy, Business / Management, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Turn-based, Exploration, Space, Indie

Game released: PC → 9 August 2017; Early Access: PC → 20 April 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is a management strategy with role-playing elements in a sci-fi setting. You have to take command of an old powerful base that was...

Gunslugs

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Shooter, Action

Game released: PC → 2 June 2015

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Gunslugs is a side-scrolling tactical arcade action game where you take control of an elite squad of soldiers trying to destroy the Black Duck Army and stop their...

Sylvio

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 5 June 2015

Steam: 76/100

This first-person psychological horror game follows ghost recorder Juliette Waters as she trespasses into an abandoned family park. Closed since a landslide in...

Chroma Blast

Free game, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 7 July 2017

Steam: 82/100

Chroma Blast is an arcade twin-stick shooter in which a ship battles waves of enemies. Players control the ship and gradually upgrade its arsenal of 31 weapons. The...

Consortium: The Tower

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Early Access: PC → 22 September 2017

Steam: 45/100

Consortium: The Tower is an action game with a first-person view and role-playing game elements in a futuristic setting. The game is a continuation of CONSORTIUM...

Stikbold!

Arcade, Online, Adventure, Action, Sports game, Indie

Game released: PC → 1 April 2016

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Stikbold! — a fun arcade game with the possibility of group play. It is based on the rules of the classic game "Dodgeball" and will provide a large number of...

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