Indie for PC — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 4

Side view, Arcade, Roguelike, Action, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 17 March 2022

Players: 8.9/10

Tap Ninja is an adventure arcade clicker with role-playing elements and a side view in a medieval setting. In the game you have to try on the role of a warlike...

Beyond Contact

Roguelike, Futurism (Future), Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Science fiction, Survival

Early Access: PC → 21 September 2021; Game released: PC → 4 April 2023

Players: 7/10

Players find themselves on a deadly planet with a terrible climate, inhabited by bloodthirsty monsters and plants. For successful survival, you need to build your...

Wasteland 2

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game released: PC → 18 September 2014

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Wasteland 2 is the long-awaited sequel to the post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat that inspired the Fallout series. Just like in the original...

Cat Quest 2

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Open world

Game released: PC → 24 September 2019

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Cat Quest 2 is a continuation of the fun role-playing action game with an isometric camera view. The game will take you to a fantasy universe in which there are two...

SUPERHOT

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: PC → 25 February 2016

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 83/100

SUPERHOT is a first-person shooter-puzzle game from the Polish studio SUPERHOT Team. The main feature of the game mechanics is the passage of time — only...

Firewatch

Adventure, First-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 9 February 2016

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Firewatch is an indie adventure with a first-person view, developed by former developers of The Walking Dead and BioShock 2. The action takes place in the forests...

Backpack Hero

Indie, Turn-based, Fantasy, Dungeons, Tactics, Card game, Side view, Roguelike

Early Access: PC → 15 August 2022; Game released: PC → 14 November 2023

Players: 10/10

Pixel roguelike about anthropomorphic animals and inventory management. The player sets out to conquer dungeons, collecting rare items, distributing them in a...

CloverPit

Horror, First-person view, Casino, Indie, Roguelike, Comedy, Procedural generation

Game released: PC → 26 September 2025

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 77/100

A dark roguelike where excitement and fear intertwine in a deadly game. The main character ends up in a rusty cell with a slot machine and an ATM, and each round...

Brawlhalla

Arcade, Action, Fighting, MMO, Platformer, Indie, Free game

Game released: PC → 17 October 2017

Players: 7.8/10

Brawlhalla is a free-to-play side-scrolling multiplayer fighting platformer that supports up to 8 players. The game features a wide variety of heroes with unique...

Slain: Back from Hell

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Action, Indie, Slasher

Game released: PC → 24 March 2016

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Slain: Back from Hell is an action-adventure platformer in a gothic setting. The story follows the doomed hero Bathoryn as he travels through a Gothic world and...

Shieldwall

Action, Arcade, Indie, Strategy, Simulation, Third-person view, Historical

Early Access: PC → 23 March 2020; Game released: PC → 18 April 2023

Players: 7.9/10

Players take on the role of commander of the army of the Roman Empire. Features in the game include fun and dynamic battles, as well as a campaign based on the real...

Roboquest

Shooter, Combat robots, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: PC → 20 August 2020; Game released: PC → 7 November 2023

Players: 8/10

A cooperative shooter with roguelike elements in a sci-fi setting. The main action takes place in the world of the future, which is filled with robots. The main...

Katana Zero

Action, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 18 April 2019

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Katana Zero is a hardcore side-view action game in cyberpunk style. Expect dynamic battles using futuristic technologies, fast movements of the main character and...

Crab Champions

Action, Shooter, Online, Third-person view, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: PC → 1 April 2023; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 5.5/10

A multiplayer shooter where players take on the role of a crab as he travels through exotic islands, fighting hordes of enemies and collecting loot. The game has 3...

Forever Skies

Role-playing game, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Survival, Exploration, Sandbox, Open world, Crafting, Indie

Early Access: PC → 22 June 2023; Game released: PC → 14 April 2025

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 66/100

The game takes place on Earth destroyed by an environmental disaster. To survive and understand what happened, the hero collects resources, fights dangers, searches...

Rogue Legacy

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PC → 27 June 2013

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 84/100

TerraTech

Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: PC → 10 August 2018

Players: 7.9/10

TerraTech is an exciting sandbox where you can manage a fleet of unique cars and fight enemies for valuable resources. Particular emphasis is placed on...

The Tenants

Simulation, Indie, Business / Management, Isometric, Third-person view, Arcade

Early Access: PC → 25 March 2021; Game released: PC → 20 October 2022

The Tenants is a fun simulation game with management strategy elements and an isometric camera view. In the game, you will try on the role of a venerable landlord...

Five Nights at Freddy's

Horror, First-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 8 August 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Five Nights at Freddy's is a first-person horror game in the point and click genre. From your small office, you must keep a close eye on the security cameras. You...

Cloudpunk

Arcade, Adventure, Third-person view, Cyberpunk, Indie

Game released: PC → 23 April 2020

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Cloudpunk is an adventure arcade game with a third-person view in the style of cyberpunk. The game takes place over the course of one night. The protagonist is a...

ABZU

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

Game released: PC → 2 August 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 80/100

ABZU is a fantastic adventure arcade game with a third-person view. As a scuba diver, you will go to conquer the depths of the seabed. There you can meet a variety...

Goat Simulator

Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 1 April 2014

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 58/100

Goat Simulator is an unusual goat simulator with a third-person view. You have to control such extraordinary characters in the world of computer games as a goat...

Haydee 2

Action, Shooter, Indie, Platformer, Puzzle, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 24 November 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Haydee 2 is the sequel to the sexy action puzzle game with a third-person view. Once again you will play as a sexy heroine who is locked in a strange complex...

Shadows of Doubt

First-person view, Indie, Detective, Adventure, Sandbox, Stealth, Action, Open world, Cyberpunk

Early Access: PC → 24 April 2023; Game released: PC → 26 September 2024

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 68/100

The game takes place in an alternative 1980s, where it is not the police who solve crimes, but private corporations and mercenaries. Players take on the role of a...

Len's Island

Adventure, Action, Isometric, Indie, Simulation

Early Access: PC → 26 November 2021; Game released: PC → 19 June 2025

Players: 6.2/10

A top-down action adventure game combining survival, construction and exploration. A new resident arrives on a picturesque island with a minimal set of tools and a...

Before We Leave

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: PC → 13 May 2021

Players: 5/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Before We Leave is a top-down real-time management strategy game. After a long period of imprisonment in the bowels of the earth, your people emerge to the surface...

Lost Soul Aside

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Indie, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 29 August 2025

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 59/100

Role action in fantasy setting, inspired by Final Fantasy XV and Ninja Gaiden. The events of the game will tell about the former Templar of Kaiser, which made the...

Moving Out

Simulation, Arcade, Action, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Isometric

Game released: PC → 28 April 2020

Players: 4.9/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Moving Out is a fun cooperative arcade game with an isometric camera view, where you have to learn how to move furniture correctly. Together with your friends, you...

Back to the Dawn

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 18 July 2025; Early Access: PC → 3 November 2023

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 81/100

An atmospheric adventure that takes you into the harsh reality of a maximum-security prison colony inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. Every day is a survival...

Psychonauts 2

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

Game released: PC → 25 August 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Psychonauts 2 is a fantastic sequel to the third-person action platformer that takes players back to the world of psychonauts. The dream of the protagonist of the...

Super Meat Boy

Action, Platformer, Sandbox, Indie

Game released: PC → 30 November 2010

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Super Meat Boy is a hardcore 2D side-scrolling platformer. You have to help the meat cube save his beloved, who was kidnapped by the evil scientist Dr. Fitus. The...

Choo-Choo Charles

Adventure, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Indie

Game released: PC → 9 December 2022

Players: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 56/100

Choo-Choo Charles is a psychological horror shooter with a first-person view in an open world, in which you have to run away from a monster engine that resembles a...

Gang Beasts

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PC → 12 December 2017

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Gang Beasts is a multiplayer game with gelatinous characters, comical fights and absurd...

Tormented Souls

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Action, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 27 August 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Tormented Souls is a third-person psychological horror game inspired by classic horror films Resident Evil, Silent Hill and Alone in the Dark. The main character is...

60 Seconds!

Simulation, Strategy, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 25 May 2015

Players: 7.8/10

60 Seconds! — an arcade survival simulator in times of post-apocalypse. Ted has only 60 seconds to take everything he needs and hide in the bunker before the...

Insurmountable

Adventure, Indie, Strategy, Roguelike, Top-down view, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: PC → 29 April 2021

Metacritic: 74/100

Adventure tactical roguelike with turn-based combat. The main character alone challenges mountain landscapes and tries to withstand the endless hardships of...

Magicraft

Roguelike, Procedural generation, Top-down view, Adventure, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Crafting

Game released: PC → 2 November 2023

Players: 9.9/10

A dynamic action roguelike where the player becomes a hero trying to save the world. As players explore a magical fantasy world, they find a legendary staff and...

LOVE

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Arcade, Old school

Game released: PC → 7 February 2014

A minimalist game with a retro aesthetic and an emphasis on challenge without being unfair. The game features an innovative revival system, 16 levels and an...

Moonlighter

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 29 May 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Moonlighter is an action RPG with a procedurally generated world and a Japanese-style isometric camera view. Players will find dark and gloomy dungeons populated by...

INDUSTRIA

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Steampunk, Indie

Game released: PC → 30 September 2021

Players: 5.1/10

Metacritic: 66/100

INDUSTRIA is an atmospheric first-person shooter in a steampunk setting. The game will immerse you in the parallel reality of East Berlin shortly before the end of...

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