Indie for PC — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 39

Game released: PC → 9 August 2017

Steam: 74/100

This adventure game follows BlackEye, an inhabitant of Koyte who sets out into the planet’s dangerous depths. The upper world is home to intelligent beings, while...

Masked Forces: Zombie Survival

Action, Indie, Zombies

Game released: PC → 14 July 2017

Steam: 70/100

An action game about surviving a zombie apocalypse in an alternate future. Players fight waves of zombies whose strength increases with each wave, and try to stay...

Red Wake Carnage

Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 31 August 2017

Steam: 59/100

Red Wake Carnage is a chaotic first-person shooter about animals rebelling against humanity over people’s careless treatment of the planet. The player is the only...

Iron Bramble

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Cyberpunk, Indie, Old school, Metroidvania

Game in development: PC → 2027

Metroidvania from the creators of Rusted Moss, combining fast-paced platforming with precise shooting. The action takes place inside a vast cyber-gothic...

Growbot

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 21 October 2021

Steam: 88/100

A point-and-click adventure about a girl robot trying to save her home from a dark crystalline force. The story unfolds on a biopunk space station filled with...

The Unfinished Swan

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Exploration

Game released: PC → 10 September 2020

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 79/100

The Unfinished Swan is an interactive adventure with a first-person view. In the game you control a boy who chased a swan and ended up in a strange invisible world...

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Arcade, Logic, Indie, Casual game, Action

Game released: PC → 11 September 2012

Steam: 93/100

This arcade action game combines twin-stick shooting with match-three puzzles. Players control the Nano Probe, a microscopic device fighting an infection by...

Nihilumbra

Action, Horror, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 24 September 2013

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Nihilumbra is a platform puzzle game developed by BeautiFun Games that will take you into a world of unusual adventures and abstract inclination. You will play as a...

Odyssey: Winds of Athena

Strategy, Warships / Submarines, Top-down view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Simulation

Game released: PC → 2006

Steam: 63/100

A top-down strategy game based on Homer’s Odyssey, it follows the fleet of Odysseus as it makes its way home from the Trojan War. Players control the goddess...

Lucius

Adventure, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Horror, Indie

Game released: PC → 5 February 2012

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Lucius is an action-horror adventure game with a third-person view, in which you take on the role of an unusual boy who was born on June 6, 1966. As you might...

Super Hexagon

Arcade, Music game, Indie

Game released: PC → 27 November 2012

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Super Hexagon is an indie music arcade game. This is one of the most difficult games you will ever play. A pulsating soundtrack underscores the danger as swirling...

ArmA Tactics

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

Game released: PC → 1 October 2013

Players: 8/10

Steam: 33/100

ArmA Tactics — turn-based indie strategy with tactics and shooter elements. You take control of a four-man special forces squad. There are no set strategies...

Deadly 30

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Slasher, Platformer, Indie, Zombies

Game released: PC → 8 January 2014

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 80/100

Deadly 30 is a retro-style survival horror game set in a zombie-infested world, where the goal is to survive 30 days and nights while fighting off waves of the...

The Book of Unwritten Tales 2

Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 20 February 2015

Players: 9/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 75/100

The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 is a continuation of the fantasy point and click adventure with lots of puzzles and wonderful humor. In a world torn by war, gremlin...

Sparkle Unleashed

Action, Shooter, Puzzle, Logic, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 2 December 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This arcade marble-shooter puzzle game takes place in a secluded world overtaken by darkness. The player travels through fallen lands, lights magical braziers and...

Never Alone

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Beat them all, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 18 November 2014

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Never Alone is an arcade side-scrolling indie adventure platformer. You play as the girl Nunu and her arctic fox companion. You have to solve the mystery of an...

Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 21 August 2014

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 88/100

A Metroidvania-style action platformer set in a magical world inspired by Mexican folklore. Agave farmer Juan Aguacate finds a legendary luchador mask and sets out...

Knytt Underground

Indie, Platformer, Adventure

Game released: PC → 25 October 2013

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Knytt Underground is a platform game and a sequel to Knytt and Knytt Stories, centered on exploring its world. It continues the series’ focus on exploration and...

The King's Bird

Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PC → 23 August 2018

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 67/100

The King's Bird is a precision platformer built around momentum-based movement. It combines parkour with aerial movement, making both central to its...

64.0

Indie, Action, Arcade

Game released: PC → 16 March 2017

Steam: 90/100

A minimalist arcade game about shooting squares that match the color of the background. As the background changes, the targets can shift during play, and the main...

Steredenn

Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Arcade, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 1 October 2015

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Steredenn is a side-scrolling sci-fi shooter. You have to destroy enemies using a large arsenal of weapons, accompanied by beautiful heavy music. And of course...

Mother Russia Bleeds

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

Game released: PC → 5 September 2016

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Mother Russia Bleeds is a side-scrolling arcade action game. You advance through the level, destroying all enemies along the way using hand-to-hand combat and...

Toby: The Secret Mine

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 20 October 2015

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 56/100

Toby: The Secret Mine is a side-scrolling arcade platformer with puzzle elements. The main character Toby is trying to find out where his friends disappeared. He...

Jalopy

Racing, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Roguelike, Simulation, First-person view, Business / Management, Open world, Exploration

Game released: PC → 28 March 2018

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 75/100

Jalopy is a third-person adventure racing game set in a procedurally generated world. You have to go on a long journey in an old Laika 601 car, which always breaks...

Thumper

Arcade, Music game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Virtual Reality (VR), Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 10 October 2016

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Thumper is a music arcade game with a third-person view, supporting the PlayStation VR virtual reality device. In this rhythm game, you take on the role of a space...

Mooseman

Arcade, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 17 February 2017

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Mooseman is a side-scrolling arcade platformer set in a fantasy setting. Long ago, the world was created from the shell of a duck egg by a god named Yen. In the dim...

Plague Road

Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Roguelike, Adventure, Role-playing game, Indie

Game released: PC → 23 May 2017

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 16/100

Plague Road is a turn-based strategy role-playing game in a fantasy setting. You have to get used to the role of the Plague Doctor, who goes in search of survivors...

Long Reach

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 14 March 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Long Reach is a psychological thriller executed in the style of pixel art. The game takes place in a world where everyone craves power, be it money, divine blessing...

The First Tree

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 14 September 2017

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 75/100

The First Tree is an atmospheric adventure with a third-person view. The game intertwines two stories: a boy who is trying to find his father and a fox who goes in...

Academia: School Simulator

Simulation, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie, City Building

Game released: PC → 28 January 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 84/100

Academia: School Simulator is a top-down management simulator that lets you create, build and manage your dream high school. Watch your students as they bully other...

Vagante

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

Game released: PC → 22 February 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Vagante is a side-scrolling action RPG platformer that features permadeath and procedurally generated levels. A dangerous adventure awaits you in a dark fantasy...

Total Lockdown

Online, Shooter, Third-person view, Free game, Action, Indie, MMO

Game released: PC → 25 March 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 75/100

Total Lockdown is a free-to-play multiplayer action game with a third-person view in the battle royale genre. You have to take on the role of one of the hundred...

VALHALL: Harbinger

Action, Online, Slasher, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Survival, Open world, Construction

Early Access: PC → 22 October 2020; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 62/100

VALHALL: Harbinger is a multiplayer action-slasher with a first-person view and survival elements, in which you will fight with enemies for the right to get the...

Backbone

Adventure, Stealth, Indie, Side view, Detective, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 8 June 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 65/100

Backbone is a noir detective role-playing game in the spirit of Wolf Among Us, where all the characters are anthropomorphic animals. The game tells the story of...

Chains of Fury

Action, Indie, First-person view, Shooter, Comics, Old school, Comedy, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 16 September 2024

Steam: 31/100

Retro shooter with comic-style graphics. During the passage, the player controls the most evil bastard of all the heroes on the planet, who is trying to defeat...

Kine

Logic, Puzzle, Isometric, Indie, Strategy, Casual game

Game released: PC → 19 October 2020

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Kine is a musical arcade puzzle game with an isometric camera view. In the game you have to control the robots Yuler, Quote and Ru to help them create a musical...

Soyuz Constructors

Strategy, Adventure, Simulation, Puzzle, Science fiction, Indie, Space

Game in development: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 8.8/10

Soyuz Constructors is a simulator for the construction of spaceships of the R-7 family. The player becomes an engineer of the Soviet space program and manages the...

Survisland

Action, Simulation, Third-person view, Indie, Adventure, Online, Roguelike, Survival, Construction

Early Access: PC → 16 July 2018; Game released: PC → 15 April 2024

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 63/100

A multiplayer survival simulator focused on realism and attention to detail. The events unfold on randomly generated desert islands, each of which presents a unique...

Danger Scavenger

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Isometric, Cyberpunk, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Top-down view

Early Access: PC → 22 June 2020; Game released: PC → 25 March 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 70/100

Danger Scavenger is a dynamic arcade shooter with an isometric camera view in a cyberpunk setting. Deadly effective, highly skilled, invisible to indifferent...

Shining Hotel: Lost in Nowhere

Action, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PC → 5 June 2018

Steam: 33/100

Shining Hotel: Lost in Nowhere is a first-person horror game with mystical elements. This is a psychedelic scary story full of sadness and despair. You will have to...

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