Indie for PC — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 42

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...

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...

how do you Do It?

Free game, Indie

Game released: PC → 26 January 2014

Steam: 85/100

This indie game follows an 11-year-old girl left at home while her mother steps out on an errand. The girl takes her dolls and uses them to try to understand how...

Oik 2

Casual game, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 28 March 2017

Steam: 93/100

A casual physics puzzle in which the goal is to keep a blue block on a platform for three seconds to complete each level. Oik 2 features more than 60 levels...

Sudoku Universe / 数独宇宙

Casual game, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 18 December 2017

Steam: 89/100

Sudoku Universe is a logic puzzle built around Sudoku: the goal is to fill a 9×9 grid with digits from 1 to 9 without repeating them in any row, column, or 3×3...

Ironclad Tactics

Strategy, Indie, Card game

Game released: PC → 18 September 2013

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Ironclad Tactics is a card-based tactics game set in an alternate version of the American Civil War, where steam-powered military robots take part in the fighting...

Slain: Back from Hell

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

Game released: PC → 24 March 2016

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 71/100

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...

GRIP: Combat Racing

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

Game released: PC → 6 November 2018

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 87/100

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...

Jackbox Party Pack

Arcade, Board / Group Game, Casual game, Trivia, Indie

Game released: PC → 26 November 2014

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 90/100

Jackbox Party Pack is a fun, arcade game for a large group. Using your mobile devices and computer, you have to play simple, uncomplicated games with your friends...

Masquerade: The Baubles of Doom

Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 21 April 2016

Steam: 75/100

Masquerade: The Baubles of Doom is a colorful action game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game invites you to plunge into the fantastic world of...

Cat Quest

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 8 August 2017

Players: 9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Cat Quest is an unusual action RPG with an isometric camera view. The game invites you to get into the role of a cat who wanders around the world and fights...

Late Shift

Adventure, Interactive movie, Indie

Game released: PC → 18 April 2017

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Late Shift is an interactive adventure movie with many different solutions and endings. Your choices will have consequences from the beginning until the very end of...

Drunk-Fu: Wasted Masters

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Indie, Simulation, Sports game

Game released: PC → 17 August 2018

Steam: 55/100

A physics-based fighting game set in bars around the world, where intoxicated ragdoll characters brawl in a comedic style. Players take down opponents with a...

West of Loathing

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Indie, Side view, Comedy

Game released: PC → 10 August 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 86/100

West of Loathing is an unusual adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat. You have to go to the minimalistic world of the city of Boring Springs, where you...

Dolmen

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

Game released: PC → 20 May 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 55/100

Metacritic: 57/100

Dolmen is a sci-fi action-horror game with a third-person perspective and role-playing elements. The game takes place on the planet Revion Prime, where the hero...

Lazaretto

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

Game released: PC → 19 May 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 75/100

Lazaretto is a unique and exciting horror adventure with survival elements and a first-person perspective. The game tells the story of an urban explorer whose...

Project Genesis

Action, Online, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Space, Shooter

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

Players: 5.8/10

Steam: 80/100

Project Genesis is a multiplayer action game in a sci-fi setting in which you have to fight other players on spaceships. The usual classes await you, including...

ScourgeBringer

Action, Indie, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 21 October 2020

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 77/100

ScourgeBringer is a dynamic action-platformer with a side view and roguelike elements from the creators of NeuroVoider. The events of the game unfold in a...

Book of Travels

Role-playing game, MMO, Indie, Side view, Walking Simulator, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: PC → 11 October 2021; Game in development: PC → 2026

Steam: 72/100

Book of Travels is a unique side-scrolling multiplayer RPG. Inspired by classics of the genre, this serene adventure will transport you to a fairytale world. In the...

The Hive

Shooter, Indie, First-person view, Online, Role-playing game, Strategy

Game canceled: PC → 27 November 2019

Anticipation Rating: 7.5/10

Steam: 71/100

The Hive is a fast-paced multiplayer shooter with a first-person view. The game takes place in a world in which terrible things have begun to happen in certain...

She Will Punish Them

Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Indie, Adult game, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 29 April 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 80/100

The protagonist is a succubus, exiled and chained, yet yearning to reclaim her power and dominion. Having traversed legions of monsters and ancient demons, she...

Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders

Action, Role-playing game, Strategy, Business / Management, Indie, Third-person view, Medieval era, Exploration, Open world

Game released: PC → 29 February 2024

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 68/100

Players take on the role of Robin Hood, who robs the rich, gives money to the poor and builds his camp in Sherwood Forest. The game is a mixture of RPG and city...

HROT

Shooter, First-person view, Indie

Early Access: PC → 29 January 2021; Game released: PC → 16 May 2023

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 86/100

HROT is a dynamic old-school shooter with a first-person view, made in the style of games of the last century. The events in the game take place in Czechoslovakia...

Phobos - Subhuman

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Stealth

Game canceled: PC → 2022

Anticipation Rating: 6.3/10

An action-adventure game with survival elements set in a sci-fi setting. The game's events take place in 2026 and 2047. In the first time period, you play as...

Dead Cells: The Queen and the Sea

Arcade, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, DLC, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 6 January 2022

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Dead Cells: The Queen and the Sea is an expansion for the hardcore side-scrolling action-slasher inspired by the Dark Souls series. In the expansion, you will...

American Arcadia

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view, Third-person view, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 November 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 77/100

An unusual adventure puzzle game from the creators of Call of the Sea. In terms of plot, the game is similar to a darker version of the film "The Truman Show...

Lost in Play

Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Indie, Fantasy, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 10 August 2022

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Young brother and sister are lost in the vastness of their own imagination. Now Toto and Gel must stick together and solve puzzles to return home. Along the way...

Slaycation Paradise

Action, Shooter, Isometric, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Survival, Zombies

Game released: PC → 18 August 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 81/100

Slaycation Paradise is a post-apocalyptic isometric shooter with tower defense elements. The game tells the story of a family who was offered an unusual vacation...

Bad Way

Action, Adventure, Indie, Third-person view, Exploration, Shooter, Stealth, Open world

Game released: PC → 23 September 2022

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 72/100

Bad Way is a fast-paced action-adventure game played from a third-person perspective. History professor Michael Wayne lived a quiet life. Suddenly she hears from...

Apex Point

Racing, Simulation, Online, Indie, Open world

Early Access: PC → 5 March 2023; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 86/100

A realistic racing simulator with an open world and an advanced car tuning system. The game features: first-person mode in a car repair shop, a dynamic system for...

Kaiserpunk

Grand strategy, Strategy, Construction, Indie, Historical, City Building, Simulation

Game released: PC → 21 March 2025

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 62/100

A global strategy game set in an alternate world where World War I did not end. As the player progresses, he builds cities, develops production chains, sets up...

Subterranauts

Action, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Dungeons, Comedy, Exploration, Procedural generation, Online

Early Access: PC → 21 October 2024; Game released: PC → 19 October 2025

Players: 8/10

Steam: 76/100

Multiplayer game for 2-6 people with voice chat. Gamers explore various abandoned buildings in the wasteland in search of scrap metal. You can get money for the...

Jackal

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Old school, Procedural generation, Indie

Game released: PC → 5 February 2026

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

The game tells the story of a Las Vegas hitman who challenged the crime bosses. The player moves through procedurally generated levels, where the location of...

Big Hops

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Comedy, Casual game, Parkour

Game released: PC → 12 January 2026

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 75/100

A young frog named Hop was kidnapped from his home by a deceiving spirit. Now the main character wants to find his way home. Along the way, he meets different...

Second Sun

Role-playing game, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Open world, Indie

Game released: PC → 5 November 2025

Steam: 69/100

An open-world RPG shooter set in a universe torn apart by civil war between the Empire and the Order of the Second Sun. The player assumes the role of a Sunborn, a...

Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence

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

Game released: PC → 9 December 2025

Steam: 92/100

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...

Neverway

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Simulation, Top-down view, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Construction, Crafting

Game in development: PC → 2027

A dark hybrid game that combines elements of life simulation, horror, and role-playing action. The story centers around Fiona, who starts a new life on a farm after...

Dark Quest 4

Role-playing game, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie, Dungeons, Exploration, Fantasy, Board / Group Game

Game released: PC → 5 November 2025

Steam: 76/100

Step-by-step adventure in the spirit of classic tabletop games like Hero Quest, where a party of heroes descends into dark dungeons filled with traps, monsters...

Tangy TD

Strategy, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game, Action

Game released: PC → 9 March 2026

Steam: 89/100

A colorful strategy game in the Tower Defense genre with roguelike elements, where at the center is a witch controlling hero-towers of different classes. Each...

Undead: Rise of the Betrayed King

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Open world, Fantasy

Early Access: PC → 10 December 2025; Game in development: PC → 2027

Players: 10/10

Steam: 70/100

Third-person action role-playing game in an open world. The main character is the last golden dragon. To survive, he has taken on the form of a fierce barbarian. In...

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