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Daedalus: No Escape - a game in the Indie genre

Arcade, Beat them all, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Action, Online

Game released: PC → 28 October 2014

Steam: 80/100

Daedalus: No Escape is a dynamic top-down arcade shooter in a sci-fi setting. You will act as a brave space marine and go to clear a large spaceship. A horde of...

Earn to Die 2

Arcade, Side view, Post-apocalyptic, Action, Zombies, Indie

Game released: PC → 5 May 2016

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Earn to Die 2 is an arcade racing game with a side view in the style of a post-apocalypse. An evacuation ship is waiting on the other side of the country. The only...

Choice of Robots

Role-playing game, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Text quest, Combat robots

Game released: PC → 19 December 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

Choice of Robots — fantasy role-playing game with adventure elements in the visual novel genre. This is an epic 300,000 word interactive sci-fi novel by Kevin...

Finding Teddy

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Metroidvania, Action

Game released: PC → 3 December 2013

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This point-and-click adventure puzzle follows a little girl whose teddy bear is stolen by a monster emerging from her cupboard. She follows it into a magical world...

Dead Man's Trail

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Adventure

Frozen: PC → 2018

Dead Man's Trail is a dynamic action game with survival elements and an isometric camera view in the setting of a zombie apocalypse. A deadly epidemic threatens to...

Yooka-Laylee

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 11 April 2017

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Yooka-Laylee is an arcade action platformer with a third-person view, created according to the canons of the classic Banjo-Kazooie. The main characters are the...

Goosebumps: The Game

Adventure, Horror, Indie

Game released: PC → 13 October 2015

Goosebumps: The Game is a casual adventure from the developers of WayForward Technologies. The game is based on the Goosebumps book series by R.L. Stine. The city...

EMPORIUM

Casual game, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 21 April 2017

Steam: 68/100

This short interactive vignette explores escapism, loss, and a fragmented sense of self in the aftermath of a personal tragedy. In Emporium, the player moves...

IS Defense

Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 19 April 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

IS Defense is a first-person shooter from the developers of the game Hatred. The events of the game take players to 2020, where the terrorist organization "Islamic...

Summer Fling

Simulation, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 16 June 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 70/100

Summer Fling is a Japanese-style adventure with elements of a dating simulator. You and two friends are about to go on a summer vacation before starting university...

City of the Shroud

Role-playing game, Online, Action, Strategy, MMO, Turn-based, Tactics, Indie

Game released: PC → 9 August 2018

Steam: 83/100

City of the Shroud is a multiplayer action role-playing game with elements of tactical strategy and turn-based combat. The game features a campaign in which you...

Butcher

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 5 October 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Butcher is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer set in a futuristic setting. The game is based on the best shooters from the 90s. You have to get used to the...

The Negative

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

Frozen: PC → 1 December 2017

Anticipation Rating: 5.2/10

The Negative is a dark role-playing game with turn-based combat in a medieval setting. As a plague doctor, you'll wander through dark, procedurally generated...

Reverie

Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 4 October 2017

Steam: 83/100

Reverie is a top-down pixel action adventure game. Players will take on the role of Tai, a young boy on summer holiday exploring the island of Toromi. He will come...

Thy Sword

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 14 November 2017

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Thy Sword is an indie action-adventure game with roguelike elements and a side view, in a fantasy setting. You are a hero destined to save the world from the...

Neo Cab

Adventure, Visual novel, Cyberpunk, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 3 October 2019

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Neo Cab is an unusual game with survival elements that will tell you about all the difficulties of life in the distant future. The plot follows a brave and...

Harold Halibut

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 16 April 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 70/100

The events of the game take place on a large spaceship, which, after two hundred years of its journey, has managed to turn into a real retro-utopia. But after a...

Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 4 October 2018

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics is a turn-based strategy game with an isometric camera view and role-playing elements, combining Lovecraftian horror and the Third Reich...

Deadhaus Sonata

Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Free game, Dungeons

Early Access: PC → 14 May 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027

Steam: 74/100

Third-person role-playing action game from the creator of Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. The main character is an undead being who fights the living. You are a...

We. The Revolution

Role-playing game, Simulation, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Historical

Game released: PC → 21 March 2019

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 75/100

We. The Revolution is a unique adventure strategy with role-playing elements, where you will try on the role of a judge of the Revolutionary Tribunal during the...

Eastshade

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Open world, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 13 February 2019

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Eastshade is an indie adventure game with a first-person perspective. You will take on the role of an artist who goes on a journey through the amazing East Shade...

7th Sector

Action, Adventure, Horror, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Combat robots, Cyberpunk, Indie, Side view, Racing, Walking Simulator, Arcade

Game released: PC → 5 March 2019

Steam: 72/100

7th Sector is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer with horror elements in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in a dark cyberpunk world where you will...

Cardpocalypse

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Card game, Indie, Collectible card game (CCG)

Game released: PC → 12 October 2020

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 88/100

Cardpocalypse is a fun turn-based combat RPG card game set in the 1990s. The game tells the story of ten-year-old Jess, who moves to a new school where all the...

Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness

Role-playing game, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Early Access: PC → 26 August 2021; Game released: PC → 17 March 2022

Players: 5.2/10

Steam: 74/100

Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness is a classic party RPG with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The world of Ismerald was struck by the curse of the...

Summer Catchers

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Runner, Side view, Racing

Game released: PC → 16 July 2019

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Summer Catchers is a cute racing arcade game with a side view, made in pixel style. The game tells the story of a young girl from the north who has never seen...

Space Robinson

Role-playing game, Shooter, Adventure, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Action, Replayability

Game released: PC → 8 October 2019

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 66/100

Space Robinson is a dynamic top-down action RPG in a sci-fi setting. The action takes place on a distant planet, on which the main character, who is also a space...

Vaporum: Lockdown

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Steampunk, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 September 2020

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 83/100

Vaporum: Lockdown — a hardcore role-playing action game with a first-person view in a steampunk style, which is a prequel to the original game Vaporum. The events...

Sparklite

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

Game released: PC → 14 November 2019

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Sparklite is an action-adventure RPG with roguelike elements and a top-down view. The game takes place in the unusual country of Geodia, where you can fight crowds...

Rust - Instruments

DLC, Online, Action, Adventure, First-person view, MMO, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 5 December 2019

Players: 4/10

Steam: 91/100

Rust — Instruments is an add-on for a multiplayer action adventure with a first-person view and elements of survival in a huge open world from the creators of...

Say No! More

Indie, Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Simulation, Comedy, Casual game

Game released: PC → 9 April 2021

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Say No! More is an unusual explosive action game with a third-person view. In the game you will find yourself in a world where the word “No!” is forbidden. Your...

I Am Dead

Indie, Adventure, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 8 October 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 78/100

I Am Dead is a heartwarming puzzle-adventure game about the afterlife from the creators of Hohokum and Wilmot's Warehouse, in which a deceased museum director...

Giraffe and Annika

Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Action, Indie, Platformer, Music game, Fantasy / Medieval, Arcade

Game released: PC → 17 February 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Giraffe and Annika is a third-person action-adventure platformer with Japanese-style rhythm game elements. You will learn the story of an anthropomorphic cat named...

Cygni: All Guns Blazing

Arcade, Futurism (Future), Top-down view, Indie, Shooter

Game released: PC → 5 August 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Players take part in dynamic boss battles in space and upgrade their ship as they progress. Battles take place in a variety of locations, including neon-lit...

For the People

Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, Strategy, Adventure, Visual novel, Casual game

Game released: PC → 13 August 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 73/100

For the People is a political simulator with management elements and a first-person view. In the game you will try on the role of the head of a small industrial...

Maquette

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

Game released: PC → 2 March 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Maquette is a recursive puzzle game with a first-person view. The main feature of the game world is that all buildings, plants and other objects are both tiny and...

Floor 13: Deep State

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: PC → 2 November 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 32/100

Floor 13: Deep State is a text adventure thriller inspired by the classic 90's game Floor 13. In a free society, citizens can make their own decisions, argue with...

Chronicon

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Dungeons

Game released: PC → 21 August 2020

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 94/100

Chronicon is a top-down action RPG in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in a fictional setting, in which, with the help of a magical device, the chosen ones...

Pecaminosa - A Pixel Noir Game

Action, Indie, Role-playing game, Shooter, Top-down view, In real time, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural, Detective

Game released: PC → 27 May 2021

Steam: 50/100

Pecaminosa — A Pixel Noir Game is a mystical indie action thriller with RPG elements in a noir-pixel style that will take you to the dark streets of the town...

DPS IDLE

Free game, Arcade, Side view, Card game, Indie, Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game

Early Access: PC → 3 September 2020; Game released: PC → 22 August 2021

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 62/100

DPS IDLE is a shareware arcade clicker with elements of a card game and a side view in a fantasy setting. As you progress, you will have to kill various monsters to...

Switch 'N' Shoot

Action, Shooter, Indie, Futurism (Future), Top-down view, Arcade, Casual game

Game released: PC → 18 October 2016

Steam: 96/100

Switch 'N' Shoot is a vertical shoot 'em up shooter about once again saving the Earth from an alien threat. You are the pilot of a future space fighter with only...

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