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Kingdom Rush - a game in the Indie genre

Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Tactics

Game released: PC → 6 January 2014

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Kingdom Rush is a real-time strategy game with fantasy elements and a top-down view. In this game you have to fight enemies with the help of your towers and protect...

Blasphemous

Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Fantasy, Indie

Game released: PC → 10 September 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A hardcore action platformer made in the spirit of the Castlevania series, but in a bloodier and more brutal form. The player explores the dark world of corrupt...

Spine - This is Gun Fu

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Beat them all, Indie, Parkour, Slasher

Game in development: PC → лето 2027

Anticipation Rating: 8.7/10

Cyberpunk gun-fu action with parkour. The main action takes place in the near future, in which the Tensor corporation, with the help of artificial intelligence, has...

Mordhau

Slasher, First-person view, Medieval era, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Historical

Game released: PC → 29 April 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Multiplayer action game Mordhau, featuring a first-person perspective in a late medieval setting, was developed by the indie studio Triternion, two years after...

Dyson Sphere Program

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Isometric, Indie, Science fiction, Space, Construction, Open world

Early Access: PC → 21 January 2021; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 9/10

Steam: 96/100

Dyson Sphere Program is a sci-fi space simulator in which you build your galactic empire by exploring uncharted areas of extraterrestrial space. In the distant...

My Little Puppy

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Exploration

Game released: PC → 7 November 2025

Steam: 97/100

A touching adventure game about Corgi named Bon-Gu, who, after death, found peace in a dog paradise. However, the once familiar smell of the beloved owner calls him...

Uncanny Tales: The Watcher

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Old school, Walking Simulator, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 5 August 2026

VGTimes: 6.2/10

Steam: 81/100

The main character Ilya becomes the new keeper of the reserve and heads to the remote taiga in hopes of a quiet job and solitude. However, the picturesque...

Darkest Dungeon 2

Role-playing game, Turn-based, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Medieval era, Dungeons, Gothic, Indie

Early Access: PC → 26 October 2021; Game released: PC → 8 May 2023

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A continuation of a unique party RPG, where the heroes’ skills are tied not to abstract indicators of strength, dexterity, intelligence, but to a very real mental...

PUKEY GODDESS SHOT TRICK

Horror, Anime / Manga, Card game, Casino, Indie, Casual game, Demons

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A mix of "Russian roulette" and a drinking simulator, where the player must survive a round with a demoness possessed by the main character. The plot unfolds in the...

Stories Untold

Adventure, Horror, Visual novel, Indie, Text quest

Game released: PC → 27 February 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Stories Untold is a text adventure with horror elements in the style of 80s films. The game is based on the series of the same name, which was never aired. You are...

This War of Mine

Action, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Survival, Simulation

Game released: PC → 14 November 2014

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This War of Mine is an atmospheric adventure with survival elements and a side view. The game allows you to plunge into the life of ordinary civilians trying to...

Forever Ago

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Casual game, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game in development: PC → 8 October 2026

After a tragic twist of fate, Alfred heads north in search of redemption. This road adventure becomes a journey through picturesque places, encounters with unusual...

Spiritfarer

Simulation, Business / Management, Side view, Adventure, Indie, Strategy, Cooperative (co-op), Construction

Game released: PC → 18 August 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Spiritfarer is a fun management simulator with a side view that tells the story of death. You take on the role of a ferryman for the dead and build your own ship to...

Grime 2

Role-playing game, Action, Indie, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: PC → 31 March 2026

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Continuation of the metroidvania about a hero with a black hole instead of a head. The new part is dedicated to the Formless — a vile creature that can absorb...

Dungeon Warfare 2

Strategy, Top-down view, Indie, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Fantasy, Old school

Game released: PC → 6 July 2018

Steam: 89/100

Continuation of the tower defense strategy genre about the dungeon master, who must defend his domain from greedy adventurers and heroes who have decided to fight...

Divinity: Original Sin

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Hack and slash, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 30 June 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Divinity: Original Sin is an action-adventure RPG with turn-based combat and a fantasy setting. The game is a true sequel, the plot of which will begin immediately...

Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel

Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Survival, Indie, Survival horror, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 28 June 2022

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Fobia — St. Dinfna Hotel is an adventure shooter with elements of psychological horror and a first-person view. The main character is a young journalist...

Brotato

Action, Indie, Top-down view, Roguelike, Shooter, Casual game, Procedural generation, Comedy, Online, Survival

Early Access: PC → 27 September 2022; Game released: PC → 23 June 2023

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Arena shooter about a combat potato in the spirit of Vampire Survivors. The game tells the story of Spud from the planet Potato, who crashes on an alien planet...

Enter the Gungeon

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Beat them all, Roguelike, Dungeons, Indie

Game released: PC → 5 April 2016

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Enter the Gungeon is a top-down arcade shooter from the developers at Dodge Roll. The roguelike takes place in the ever-changing fortress of Gungeon, which is a...

Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: PC → 26 September 2019

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones is an isometric horror RPG with turn-based combat that will take you to eerie worlds based on the stories of writer Howard Phillips...

VEIN

Action, Shooter, Simulation, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Zombies

Early Access: PC → 24 October 2025; Game in development: PC → 2029

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Multiplayer sandbox with survival elements and an open world. In the near future, an apocalypse has occurred: zombies roam the Earth, most people have died, and...

Car Dealer Simulator

Simulation, Indie, Casual game, First-person view, Open world, Business / Management

Game released: PC → 29 May 2025

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 87/100

It all starts with working under the absent-minded but charismatic owner Little Sam, who is clearly not good at organization. You have to figure out the intricacies...

Dungeon Warfare 3

Strategy, Top-down view, Indie, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Fantasy, Old school, Simulation

Game released: PC → 29 August 2025

Steam: 78/100

A tower defense strategy game about creating deadly dungeons, where every piece of territory turns into part of an impregnable fortress. The new installment expands...

Pathologic

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, In real time, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game released: PC → 18 August 2006

Players: 9.9/10

Mor. Utopia is a role-playing action game with a first-person view. The game offers a choice of three protagonists: the Bachelor, the Haruspex, and the Impostor...

Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Historical, Indie, City Building

Early Access: PC → 15 March 2019; Game released: PC → 20 June 2024

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 89/100

A city planning simulator, the main feature of which is the surroundings in the style of the Soviet Union. The main task is to create your own republic, where you...

Russian Train Trip 2

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

Early Access: PC → 7 March 2023; Game released: PC → 15 April 2023

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 38/100

A new travel simulator across Russia, in which the player travels to Vladivostok, covering vast distances on a passenger train in a compartment car. On this...

Anomaly: Warzone Earth

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PC → 8 April 2011

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Anomaly: Warzone Earth — This is a strategy with an unconventional approach. The player controls units that move along a pre-marked route. The goal is to kill...

Hyper Light Drifter

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: PC → 31 March 2016

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Hyper Light Drifter is a top-down action-adventure RPG. The main character of the game suffers from a strange disease and goes to amazing countries to find a...

Ori and the Blind Forest

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Logic, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 11 March 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 88/100

An adventure platformer set in an atmospheric world, Ori and the Blind Forest combines Metroidvania elements with a stronger focus on platforming and light RPG...

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...

Chorus

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Science fiction, Flight Simulator, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 3 December 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Chorus is an adventure space shooter with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. The main character is a girl named Nara, who was previously a member of a dark...

Альтушка для скуфа

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Casual game, Comedy

Game released: PC → 21 April 2024

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 83/100

The game, based on a popular meme, tells the story of the acquaintance of a pot-bellied and balding man with altushki from State Services. In the game you can start...

Echoes of Mora

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

Game released: PC → 21 September 2026

Steam: 100/100

An atmospheric narrative adventure about a flooded village and a girl named Mora, who sets out to find her missing brother. After his disappearance near the cursed...

Tunic

Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Exploration, Puzzle, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 16 March 2022

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Tunic is an action-adventure game with an isometric camera view. The main character is a cute red fox who must go through a lot of tests, defeat a large number of...

HARD BULLET

Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR), Comedy

Early Access: PC → 23 October 2020; Game in development: PC → 2026

Steam: 84/100

Hurricane VR action, fully focused on spectacular shootouts and hand-to-hand combat using advanced physics. A variety of firearms and melee weapons are available in...

Mindustry

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Construction

Game released: PC → 26 September 2019

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Mindustry is a fun real-time strategy game with elements of the tower defense genre and a top-down view. In the game, you have to create complex conveyor chains to...

Out of Sight

Free game, Casual game, Exploration, Puzzle, Indie, , Hidden Objects

Game released: PC → 10 March 2021

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A laid-back, unobtrusive hidden object game where players can relax and explore colorful, picturesque locations with a lo-fi soundtrack. The game features...

Scrap Mechanic

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

Early Access: PC → 20 January 2016; Game released: PC → 24 July 2026

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 90/100

A simulator with elements of survival and sandbox, where construction and engineering creativity become the main tools for exploring the world. After a shipwreck...

Black Book

Adventure, Indie, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Strategy, Card game, Dungeons

Game released: PC → 10 August 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Black Book is a mixture of an adventure game and a card RPG in the setting of Russian fairy tales. The game tells the story of a young peasant woman, Vasilisa: the...

Killer Bean

Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie, Open world, Procedural generation

Early Access: PC → 8 June 2026; Game in development: PC → 2028

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 75/100

A dynamic action game about a vengeful bean who goes against a powerful organization after betrayal and the revelation of its true nature. The path to retribution...

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