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Carcass Clad - a game in the Indie genre

Action, Simulation, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival horror, Tanks

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Cooperative "tank horror" from the creators of Mouthwashing. The gameplay is based on coordinated control of a single tank named Yksiö. A team of three players...

Ascend to ZERO

Action, Slasher, Cyberpunk, Indie, Roguelike, Science fiction, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 13 July 2026

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 82/100

A futuristic action roguelike with time control, where the ability to stop the clock becomes the main weapon in the fight for survival. Every second turns into a...

Keep Keepers

Strategy, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Crafting

Game released: PC → 28 October 2024

Steam: 87/100

A strategy game in the "tower defense" genre with elements of automation and roguelike, where the development of the fortress and preparation for battles go hand in...

Splatter - Zombiecalypse Now

Action, Zombies, Indie

Game released: PC → 4 June 2014

Steam: 86/100

An isometric shooter about fighting zombies and monsters in an apocalyptic city. In the story mode, the protagonist moves through levels, meets characters, takes on...

Robbery Bob: Man of Steal

Indie, Casual game, Action

Game released: PC → 21 October 2015

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 71/100

This comedy stealth game follows Bob, a burglar who wants to leave crime behind but is forced to complete a few final jobs first. In each stage, he sneaks past...

Tasty Blue

Casual game, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 11 February 2015

Steam: 88/100

This underwater side-scrolling arcade game follows sea creatures that grow by eating everything in their path. The story begins with a small goldfish escaping into...

Cubicle Quest

Role-playing game, Indie, Simulation

Game released: PC → 25 February 2015

Steam: 73/100

Set in the world of modern office life, this role-playing game turns dead-end jobs, routine obligations, and irritating coworkers into enemies in old-school RPG...

MechaNika

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 16 July 2015

Steam: 90/100

This point-and-click adventure with puzzles follows seven-year-old Nika Allen, who is fascinated by magnetic fields and electrical engineering. Feeling out of place...

Missing Translation

Free game, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 24 September 2015

Steam: 85/100

Missing Translation is a puzzle game about exploring a strange city in the middle of a desert, surrounded by unusual creatures. The player investigates the...

Cursed

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 17 June 2016

Steam: 91/100

This mystical point-and-click adventure follows a woman searching for her fiancé, Albert, after he leaves for a job and stops sending news. Ghosts, dragons, demons...

REDCON

Strategy, Indie, Simulation

Game released: PC → 22 April 2016

Steam: 85/100

A strategy game set in a dystopian steampunk future where the First World War never ended and humanity remains at war. As an Imperial Strike Commander, the player...

Black Rose

Horror, Free game, Indie

Game released: PC → 12 March 2016

Steam: 79/100

This first-person survival horror game follows Linda, who enters an abandoned funeral home rumored to be haunted, where many former employees met an unexplained...

Varenje

Adventure, Indie, Free game

Game released: PC → 3 July 2018

Steam: 86/100

An adventure quest follows a hero who, while spending the summer in the countryside, tries an unfamiliar berry by a stream and shrinks to the size of a bug. At this...

Ghost 1.0

Action, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 7 June 2016

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This action metroidvania follows a mysterious agent sent by two hackers to infiltrate the Nakamura Space Station and steal a major electronic secret. The station’s...

Horizon

Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Grand strategy, Space

Game released: PC → 6 February 2014

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 58/100

A turn-based space strategy game about galactic exploration and conquest, in which humanity expands its empire and encounters alien civilizations. The player...

80 days

Adventure, Indie, Steampunk, Strategy

Game released: PC → 29 September 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 85/100

80 days is an interactive text adventure from indie developers Inkle Studios. Traveling around the world takes place in map mode, on which cities of most countries...

Blade Symphony

Action, Fighting, Slasher, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Free game, Tactics

Game released: PC → 7 May 2014

Steam: 67/100

Blade Symphony is a dynamic slasher game with a third-person view, where you have to compete in fencing. You can fight in tactical sword fights with other players...

Drunken Robot Pornography

Shooter, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Indie, Arcade

Game released: PC → 19 February 2014

Steam: 83/100

Gentlemen!

Action, Top-down view, Indie, Online

Game released: PC → 5 November 2013

Steam: 73/100

A local multiplayer action game set in the Victorian era, where two to four players take part in fast-paced deathmatches. Winning duels calls for skill, knowledge...

Melodys Escape

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Music game, Indie, Runner, Side view

Game released: PC → 20 May 2016

Steam: 90/100

A side-scrolling rhythm runner where the obstacles and the heroine’s actions adapt to the beat and energy of music from the player’s own library. Melody runs along...

Max Gentlemen

Free game, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 21 August 2014

Steam: 87/100

Max Gentlemen is an arcade-style simulator of extreme manners centered on stacking hats into tall piles. Players collect hats and complete levels, with additional...

Master Spy

Platformer, Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 8 September 2015

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 68/100

A precision platformer built around stealth is accompanied by retro cutscenes about espionage, intrigue, and betrayal. The story unfolds through these scenes, while...

Bloo Kid 2

Action, Platformer, Indie

Early Access: PC → 6 March 2014; Game released: PC → 1 October 2015

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 64/100

A 2D retro-style platformer featuring pixel graphics and a full chiptune soundtrack. The game pairs a classic platforming format with pixel-art...

Spuds Unearthed

Action, Indie, Strategy

Game released: PC → 19 September 2019

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 43/100

An action-strategy game about building a Spud tribe and helping its planet prosper. The player travels to different planets, upgrades heroes and creates weapons for...

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...

Hamsterdam

Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 1 August 2019

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 54/100

An arcade brawler about a hamster-fu master defending the town of Hamsterdam. The player fights opponents to stop the gang’s leader, the chinchilla...

Bookbound Brigade

Action, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 30 January 2020

Steam: 56/100

Metacritic: 63/100

A metroidvania set in a world where the protagonists of books have lost their memories. In Bookbound Brigade, the player leads a group of real and fictional heroes...

Ageless

Adventure, Indie, Platformer

Game released: PC → 28 July 2020

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Ageless is a story-driven puzzle platformer in which the young Kiara explores a mysterious world, seeking to uncover its secrets and understand herself. As she...

VIDEOVERSE

Adventure, Indie, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 7 August 2023

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 90/100

VIDEOVERSE is a narrative adventure about Emmett, a teenage video game fan and aspiring artist living in a fictional era when the Kinmoku Shark gaming system and...

The Berlin Apartment

Indie, First-person view, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 17 November 2025

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 76/100

A handyman refurbishes an old apartment in Berlin and gradually uncovers its history. Relics found during the renovation bear witness to the lives and adventures of...

GunSlugs 2

Action, Indie, Platformer, Side view, Arcade, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 15 January 2015

Steam: 56/100

A side-scrolling arcade platformer about the elite Gunslugs squad fighting the Black Duck Army, which has returned with alien technology and is taking its war to...

Guild of Dungeoneering

Role-playing game, Action, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 14 July 2015

Players: 3.2/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A turn-based roguelike dungeon crawler in which the player does not directly control the hero, but builds the dungeon around them. Cards drawn from the Guild’s...

Pink Heaven

Free game, Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 4 November 2015

Steam: 89/100

A 2D action game starring the pink office worker from Kero Blaster, who must rescue a young shopkeeper from UFOs. The protagonist fights enemies and jumps to evade...

Cube Destroyer

Indie, Action, Top-down view

Game released: PC → 15 February 2016

Steam: 85/100

Cube Destroyer is an arcade top-down shooter about destroying factories that produce enemies. On each level, the player dodges bullets and fights opponents, aiming...

Perception

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 30 May 2017

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Perception is an adventure horror game with a first-person view. The main character is a blind girl named Cassie, who finds herself in an abandoned mansion and uses...

Raging Justice

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

Game released: PC → 8 May 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Raging Justice is an arcade-adventure beat 'em up with a wide scope. You will go to conquer a city that is immersed in chaos. Crime and corruption are more...

GRIP: Combat Racing

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

Game released: PC → 6 November 2018

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 68/100

GRIP is a futuristic arcade racing game with action elements and a third-person view. You have to become the driver of unusually shaped cars and move along various...

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...

Krai Mira

Role-playing game, Isometric, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 11 July 2016

Players: 6/10

Steam: 58/100

Krai Mira is a post-apocalyptic RPG with an isometric camera view and turn-based combat in the spirit of Fallout. The sun-scorched Earth is saturated with toxic...

Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Indie, Detective

Early Access: PC → 18 October 2021; Game in development: PC → 2026

Steam: 94/100

Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game is an unusual turn-based role-playing game that will take you back to the ancient times of Caledonia. Events will tell about...

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