Indie for PC — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 43

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Indie

Game released: PC → 1 April 2014

Metacritic: 83/100

Bardbarian is an RPG with a mixture of action, strategy and indie game from the developers of TreeFortress Games. The game is published by TreeFortress Games. It...

Escape Initiative

Free game, Arcade, Side view, Platformer, Indie, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 12 June 2020

Players: 7/10

Escape Initiative is a free-to-play arcade platformer with a side view in a sci-fi setting where you need to run, jump, shoot lasers and complete long levels. You...

holedown

Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle, Arcade, Indie, Online

Game released: PC → 9 April 2020

The player shoots balls and breaks blocks to make their way to the cores of the planets. It is important to have time to break all the blocks using a limited number...

Displacement

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

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Atmospheric action-horror with elements of immersive storytelling, where events unfold on an isolated polar station. The main character is a psychologist who...

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 4 March 2016

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight is a side-scrolling action platformer. You have to go explore the dark lands where the curse has fallen. Evil is penetrating...

My Island

Simulation, Action, First-person view, Role-playing game, Indie, Adult game

Game released: PC → 30 January 2019

Players: 6.1/10

My Island is a survival simulator for adults with role-playing elements and a first-person view. The game takes place on a colorful island, surrounded by an endless...

Pale Abyss

Free game, Indie, First-person view, Fantasy, Adventure, Medieval era, Dungeons, Old school

Game released: PC → 17 February 2025

Gloomy and atmospheric adventure with research. When the darkness took the sunlight, distorting it into a pale and wicked radiance, the only way is to go down into...

Relooted

Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Tactics, Side view, Exploration

Game released: PC → 10 February 2026

Metacritic: 70/100

The player controls Nomali and her team to retrieve African artifacts taken to Western museums. As you progress, you need to plan and prepare heists, solve puzzles...

Rover Mechanic Simulator

Simulation, Educational game (Education), Action, Futurism (Future), Indie, First-person view

Early Access: PC → 7 February 2020; Game released: PC → 12 November 2020

Players: 9.2/10

Rover Mechanic Simulator is an educational simulator with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting. In the game you have to try on the role of a mechanic working on...

Mother Hub

Adventure, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Role-playing game, Indie

Game released: PC → 23 April 2025

Players: 5.5/10

A dark sci-fi horror shooter in which the player needs to survive among mutated people in the distant future. The story centers on a girl desperately trying to find...

Dune Strider

Free game, Indie, Adventure, Strategy, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Isometric

Early Access: PC → 6 June 2022; Game released: PC → 21 June 2022

Dune Strider is a free role-playing strategy with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting, where you will play the role of a merchant selling various...

Patrick's Parabox

Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Arcade, Horror

Game released: PC → 29 March 2022

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Patrick's Parabox is a logic puzzle game with arcade and horror elements. This is a game that explores a unique recursive system with boxes within boxes within...

Stellar Warfare

Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Indie, Tactics

Early Access: PC → 4 August 2021; Game in development: PC → 2026

Stellar Warfare is a classic real-time strategy game with simulation elements in a sci-fi setting. In the game you have to build and develop your own space base, as...

SCP: Secret Files

Indie, Exploration, Simulation, Horror, Puzzle, First-person view, Role-playing game, Adventure

Game released: PC → 13 September 2022

Players: 10/10

SCP: Secret Files is a collection of paranormal cases from the SCP Foundation. You take a job as a research assistant and go through an induction program that will...

The Regreening

Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Casual game, Exploration, Farm Simulator

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The project invites players to restore the balance between humans and nature by transforming desolate lands into vibrant, flourishing worlds. The main character...

Grave Seasons

Adventure, Horror, Indie, Detective, Farm Simulator

Game in development: PC → 14 August 2026

A narrative farming simulator where a peaceful life gradually turns into a troubling story. After escaping from prison, the hero finds refuge in the quiet town of...

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion

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

Game released: PC → 22 April 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion is an adventure RPG puzzle game with horror elements and an isometric view. You are a nice baby turnip who was declared an enemy of...

Padre

Action, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 18 April 2019

Padre is a survival-horror adventure that combines deep, evocative storytelling, monster-slaying, and puzzle-solving in a dark, Lovecraftian setting. You are a...

I Hate Running Backwards

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Beat them all, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 22 May 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 65/100

I Hate Running Backwards — a dynamic arcade action game with a top-down view in the "Serious Sam" universe. You will engage in a bone-crushing battle against...

Wenjia

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 18 October 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Wenjia is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer set in a fantasy setting. In the game, two realities await you — the world of Matter and the world of...

Layers of Fear VR

Virtual Reality (VR), Horror, First-person view, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 10 December 2019

Layers of Fear VR is the Layers of Fear version for Valve Index, Windows Mixed Reality, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and PlayStation VR virtual reality devices. The...

Drink More Glurp

Indie, Action, Side view

Game released: PC → 6 August 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Drink More Glurp is an indie action game with a side view. After binge-watching Earth TV, the aliens are convinced that advertising is the most important part of...

OPUS: Echo of Starsong

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Anime / Manga, Exploration, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 1 September 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 75/100

OPUS: Echo of Starsong is a Japanese adventure visual novel in a science fiction...

Kingdom Draw

Card game, Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics, Indie, Fantasy / Medieval, Online, Top-down view

Game released: PC → 2 August 2022

Players: 7.7/10

Kingdom Draw is a top-down tactical turn-based strategy game in the fantasy genre for multiple players. You have to gather your armies, prepare your spells and dive...

Etherburn

Free game, Adventure, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Third-person view, Indie, Dungeons

Game released: PC → 29 March 2025

The main character is the legendary knight who resurrects in a mysterious dungeon. It is necessary to explore the gloomy corridors and fight for freedom in tense...

To Ash

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

Game released: PC → 29 March 2016

Players: 1/10

To Ash is an old-school RPG where, instead of getting stronger, the characters get weaker as you progress. To Ash was created by just one person. In the game...

Omen Exitio: Plague

Adventure, Horror, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC → 5 March 2018

Omen Exitio: Plague is an interactive text adventure with horror elements inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft. In the game you will try on the role of a...

Detention

Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PC → 12 January 2017

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Detention is an indie puzzle game with horror elements and a side view. At Greenwood High School, located in a remote mountainous area, two students are trapped...

DEAD ZONE

Action, Shooter, Tactics, First-person view, Indie, Online, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 13 July 2022

Players: 7/10

DEAD ZONE is a multiplayer survival shooter with an open world, crafting and construction. Your task is to survive within a closed area filled with many enemies...

Kibbi Keeper

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Adventure, In real time, First-person view, Indie, Free game

Game released: PC → 4 March 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Kibbi Keeper is a free first-person arcade adventure game with real-time strategy elements about virtual pets, in which you will explore a long-forgotten valley...

Sektori

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 18 November 2025

Metacritic: 91/100

A fast-paced shooter with a techno soundtrack, built around short and intense runs. The selection of upgrades allows you to create various builds for battles...

All You Can Eat

Adventure, Indie, Arcade, Comics, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 13 July 2017

All You Can Eat — an unusual adventure game in a comic style. You will try on the role of a real hero of our time, with a man so lazy that he decided to quit...

Tiny Space Academy

Science fiction, Simulation, Adventure, Indie, Educational game (Education), Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC → 26 March 2021

Tiny Space Academy is a side-scrolling fantasy adventure simulator with educational and platforming elements. This is a game where you can develop your own space...

Slash It

Arcade, Educational game (Education), Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: PC → 16 December 2016

Slash It is an educational arcade puzzle game that can teach you how to quickly type on the keyboard. Along with the music, keys appear on the screen that you need...

Dodgeball Academia

Arcade, Sports game, Side view, Third-person view, Role-playing game, Indie, Adventure, Business / Management

Game released: PC → 5 August 2021

Metacritic: 79/100

Dodgeball Academia is a sports role-playing adventure with elements of Japanese-style management strategy. You will go to conquer an interesting world where the...

Venba

Indie, Puzzle, Simulation

Game released: PC → 31 July 2023

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 81/100

The player controls an Indian mother who immigrated to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Gamers are engaged in preparing various dishes and restoring lost...

Caveman Caravan

Strategy, Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Roguelike, Old school

Game released: PC → 6 October 2025

Free roguelike strategy game where the player leads a caravan of primitive people to a new land. The gameplay revolves around combining tile cards and tools that...

Ian's Eyes

Adventure, Horror, Indie

Game released: PC → 1 September 2016

Players: 10/10

Ian's Eyes is an indie horror film about the adventures of a blind boy with a guide dog. The main character of the game is an 8-year-old boy who never goes anywhere...

Meadow

Online, Simulation, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 26 October 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Meadow is a multiplayer adventure simulator where you take on the role of a wild animal. Choose one of the many animals and go. Use all five senses to find others...

Hungry Flame

Arcade, Indie, Action, Side view

Game released: PC → 9 March 2017

Hungry Flame is an arcade side-scrolling indie action game. This is a dynamic and vibrant game. The main goal is to escape the flames that are chasing you. You are...

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