Indie for PC — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 5

Death and Taxes - a game in the Indie genre

Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Puzzle, Visual novel, Side view

Game released: PC → 20 February 2020

Players: 10/10

Death and Taxes — an exciting adventure game in the spirit of Papers, Please, Reigns , and Beholder. In the game, you will take on the role of the Grim...

Banebush

Horror, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC → 25 December 2024

Players: 9.7/10

A gloomy adventure made in black and red colors and inspired by fairy tales. The game has several endings, the receipt of which depends on the decisions made by the...

MAZEBOUND: Hunt, Gather, Run!

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Crafting, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 13 May 2026

A dark survival horror where the endless sea is left behind, and ahead lies a giant maze filled with hunger, darkness, and hidden threats. There are no safe places...

Helix: Descent N Ascent

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 23 July 2026

An atmospheric adventure puzzle game set in a mysterious world of a forgotten civilization. Awakening in a formless reality, the main character encounters their...

Night in the Woods

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 21 February 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Night in the Woods is an arcade side-scrolling indie platformer. The game tells the story of a twenty-year-old cat who was expelled from college for truancy. After...

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...

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...

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PC → 18 June 2019

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. The game will tell the story of an 18-year-old girl...

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...

Maneater

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 22 May 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Adventure action set in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The story centers around a shark that has survived a brutal encounter with a hunter and is driven by a...

112 Operator

Simulation, Top-down view, Strategy, Tactics, Indie, Business / Management, Educational game (Education), Roguelike

Game released: PC → 23 April 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 73/100

A continuation of the original 911 Operator idea, but on a larger scale - now the whole world is under control. As an emergency services dispatcher, you will have...

Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown

Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, Tactics, Roguelike, Science fiction, Survival, Space

Game released: PC → 18 February 2026

Players: 6.7/10

Metacritic: 74/100

The player explores space and pilots a legendary starship. They must survive and find a way home. They must plan a route, manage resources, and make difficult...

Divinity: Original Sin

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

Game released: PC → 30 June 2014

Players: 8.4/10

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...

Five Nights at Freddy's

Horror, First-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 8 August 2014

Players: 8.3/10

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...

Spine - This is Gun Fu

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

Game in development: PC → 2026

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...

Grime 2

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

Game released: PC → 31 March 2026

Players: 7.8/10

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...

Papers, Please

Arcade, Adventure, Simulation, Indie

Game released: PC → 8 August 2013

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Papers, Please is an unusual simulator of an immigration officer. You will have to sit in a small booth and check the documents of visiting residents, identify...

Rising World

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Indie

Early Access: PC → 3 December 2014; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 8/10

Foundation

Strategy, Business / Management, Indie, Medieval era, City Building, Procedural generation

Early Access: PC → 1 February 2019; Game released: PC → 31 January 2025

Players: 8/10

A city-building simulator in a medieval setting, where all the emphasis is on creating a harmonious dream city. The modular construction system allows you to erect...

Townscaper

Strategy, Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Simulation

Game released: PC → 26 August 2021

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 63/100

Townscaper is a vibrant casual strategy game in which the player builds a city on an island. The player selects colors and creates blocks of houses on a grid, and...

The Last Faith

Arcade, Side view, Action, Platformer, Indie, Horror, Slasher, Fantasy, Medieval era

Game released: PC → 15 November 2023

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 73/100

A dark metroidvania in the spirit of Bloodborne. The events unfold in a gothic city populated by various monsters. Players take on the role of Eric, who suffers...

Samorost 3

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: PC → 24 March 2016

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Samorost 3 is a continuation of the fantastic adventure from the developers of Samorost 2, Machinarium and Botanicula. The main character is a gnome who seems to...

Black Book

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

Game released: PC → 10 August 2021

Players: 9.5/10

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...

Unrecord

Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Tactics

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 9.5/10

A tactical shooter with a body camera view and real-life graphics. The game tells the story of a policeman who investigates several criminal cases and confronts...

Neverway

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

Game in development: PC → октябрь 2026

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...

Crimepunk Detective

Role-playing game, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Adult game, Cyberpunk, Indie

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 6.7/10

Detective adventure action in a cyberpunk setting. Players find themselves in the shoes of a private detective who survives in a gloomy metropolis of the future. In...

Conquest Dark

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

Early Access: PC → 30 April 2025

Players: 7.5/10

The black planet almost destroyed humanity, awakening ancient forces. 237 years later, survivors continue to fight armies of the undead. You need to upgrade your...

The Lure

Action, Adventure, Horror, Indie, Free game, Casual game, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 16 July 2026

A free short psychological indie horror game from a third-person perspective with walking simulator elements. The player takes on the role of a detective named...

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...

DEATH BURGER

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Comedy, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 5 August 2025

An absurd horror about an evil burger that once almost became dinner, and now it hunts everyone. The main goal is survival in liminal spaces filled with strangeness...

Caves of Qud

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike

Early Access: PC → 15 July 2015; Game released: PC → 5 December 2024

Metacritic: 91/100

A turn-based RPG from the minds of Sproggiwood. The game world is generated anew each time, offering unique adventures with each visit. The environment can be...

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...

Stormworks: Build and Rescue

Arcade, Indie, Third-person view, First-person view, Action, Shooter, Educational game (Education), Combat robots, Flight Simulator, Warships / Submarines

Game released: PC → 17 September 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Stormworks: Build and Rescue is a fun sandbox simulator where you take control of your own search and rescue team by modeling and creating vehicles. As you...

Age of Darkness: Final Stand

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Isometric, Indie, Tactics, Fantasy

Early Access: PC → 7 October 2021; Game released: PC → 15 January 2025

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 74/100

A real-time strategy game set in a dark fantasy setting, where darkness becomes the main enemy of humanity. No one knows for sure what it is - the embodiment of...

The Past Within

Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Online, Puzzle, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PC → 2 November 2022

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 68/100

The Past Within — an engaging cooperative puzzle game from the creators of Rusty Lake Hotel. In the game, you and a friend will solve puzzles together, but one...

Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2099

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Simulation, Comedy, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 25 May 2023

Continuation of the unusual simulator Do Not Feed the Monkeys. The events of the game unfold in the year 2099, when alien knowledge triggered a rapid...

CyberpunkXXX

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Adult game, Cyberpunk, Indie

Early Access: PC → 29 November 2024; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 8/10

The main action takes place in a disastrous future (in 2065) after large-scale climate changes that occurred as a result of a brutal war. The main character is an...

Night Shift Hospital

Action, Simulation, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A fun cooperative simulator of night shift doctors' work. Players need to quickly accept patients, conduct examinations, make diagnoses, and assign people to...

DISORDER

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Roguelike, Dungeons, Futurism (Future), Indie, Procedural generation

Game released: PC → 22 January 2025

Players: 9.1/10

A dynamic action-slasher in the spirit of Stellar Blade about a girl who has lost her memory in a tight suit. She tries to uncover the truth about her past and...

Journey

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

Game released: PC → 11 June 2020

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 92/100

Journey is an atmospheric adventure with a third-person view. The main character is a nameless wanderer who must cross the desert and get to the mountain that is...

Indie

Best Games in the Indie genre for PC