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Car For Sale Simulator 2023

Simulation, Open world, First-person view, Indie, Racing, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 1 November 2024

Players: 7.1/10

The player develops his car business by buying and selling cars. You can buy an almost completely destroyed car in order to repair it and resell it more profitably...

From Space

Action, Shooter, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Top-down view, Indie, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 3 November 2022

From Space is a fast-paced arcade shooter for squads of up to four players. Liberate the Earth from alien invaders using cutting-edge weapons. A huge horde of...

Noble Fates

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Third-person view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Early Access: PC → 14 December 2021; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 5.5/10

Noble Fates is a management strategy with elements of a colony simulator with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. In a land far, far away, mortals vie...

Kingdom Rush

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

Game released: PC → 6 January 2014

Players: 8.1/10

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...

Gunsmith Simulator

Simulation, First-person view, Indie, Shooter, Educational game (Education), Business / Management

Early Access: PC → 19 July 2023; Game released: PC → 4 October 2024

Players: 8.2/10

A gunsmith simulator about assembling and disassembling different types of firearms. It can be repaired and sold to make a profit and grow your business. Over time...

MIO: Memories in Orbit

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Science fiction, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 20 January 2026

Players: 4.6/10

Metacritic: 82/100

An android named Mio awakens on a large spaceship that has fallen into disrepair. The main character explores overgrown locations filled with hostile machines to...

Hyper Light Drifter

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

Game released: PC → 31 March 2016

Players: 7.6/10

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...

Lawn Mowing Simulator

Simulation, Action, Indie, First-person view, Business / Management

Game released: PC → 10 August 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Lawn Mowing Simulator is an unusual simulator with a first-person view in which you have to professionally mow UK lawns. In the game you will create your own lawn...

No One Survived

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival

Early Access: PC → 14 January 2023; Game released: PC → 27 December 2025

Players: 6.8/10

The player, in single or co-op mode, survives in a post-apocalyptic world full of zombies and other dangers. The extracted resources and materials can be spent on...

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: 8.8/10

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...

Bleak Faith: Forsaken

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

Game released: PC → 10 March 2023

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 63/100

Hardcore role-playing action inspired by the Dark Souls series. A knight of the legion of hunters tries to survive in one of the last remaining outposts. An...

Starlocked

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Roguelike, Exploration, Old school, Space

Game released: PC → 28 May 2026

An adventure roguelike with voxel graphics, set in an alternate future where the Cold War never ended. The main character finds himself imprisoned in a space prison...

SUPERHOT

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: PC → 25 February 2016

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 83/100

SUPERHOT is a first-person shooter-puzzle game from the Polish studio SUPERHOT Team. The main feature of the game mechanics is the passage of time — only...

Ori and the Blind Forest

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Logic, Indie

Game released: PC → 11 March 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Ori and the Blind Forest is an arcade game with adventure, platformer and indie elements from the masters of Moon Studios. The game is published by Microsoft Game...

60 Parsecs!

Simulation, Strategy, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 18 September 2018

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Continuation of the game 60 seconds!, the events of which occur in open space. After the explosion of the station, the team of evacuated astronauts is one on one...

IXION

Strategy, Business / Management, Science fiction, Simulation, In real time, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Isometric

Game released: PC → 7 December 2022

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 72/100

A sci-fi strategy game with elements of survival and control, set on a space station. The gameplay combines construction, exploration and resource management in...

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...

Underchoice

Adventure, Simulation, Business / Management, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Survival, Casual game

Game released: PC → 1 June 2026

An atmospheric simulator with survival elements, where managing the shelter turns into a series of difficult moral choices. The world outside its walls is largely...

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

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...

Tunic

Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie

Game released: PC → 16 March 2022

Players: 7.8/10

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...

Guns, Gore & Cannoli

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Indie

Game released: PC → 30 April 2015

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Psychonauts 2

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: PC → 25 August 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Psychonauts 2 is a fantastic sequel to the third-person action platformer that takes players back to the world of psychonauts. The dream of the protagonist of the...

We Happy Few

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

Game released: PC → 10 August 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 64/100

We Happy Few is an adventure action-horror game with a first-person perspective and survival elements. During World War II, Nazi Germany captured Great Britain, and...

Pizza Tower

Platformer, Side view, Indie, Comedy

Game released: PC → 26 January 2023

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Peppino Spaghetti is a funny and clumsy Italian who goes on an important mission. He wants to destroy the evil Pizza Tower to save his restaurant. The hero explores...

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...

Slain: Back from Hell

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

Game released: PC → 24 March 2016

Players: 9.2/10

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...

Talos Principle

Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: PC → 11 December 2014

Players: 9.3/10

Talos Principle is a first-person adventure puzzle game in a sci-fi setting from the creators of Serious Sam. In an unknown place, deserted and seemingly divorced...

Fez

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 11 September 2013

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Fez is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer. The action takes place in a 3D world, allowing the player to explore and traverse colorful worlds by rotating...

Chorus

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

Game released: PC → 3 December 2021

Players: 8.4/10

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...

Streamer Life Simulator 2

Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Indie, Action

Early Access: PC → 23 January 2025; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 7.3/10

A realistic streamer simulator, in which players are trying to become one of the most popular people in the world of streaming, starting from scratch. As you pass...

Dreamscaper

Role-playing game, Roguelike, Isometric, Action, Indie, Slasher, Fantasy / Medieval

Early Access: PC → 13 August 2020; Game released: PC → 5 August 2021

Players: 6.4/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Dreamscaper is an action-adventure RPG with roguelike elements and an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. At night, delve into your subconscious as you face...

Jotun

Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie

Game released: PC → 29 September 2015

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Jotun is a hand-drawn action adventure game set in the world of Norse mythology. In the game, you will try on the role of Toru, a Viking warrior who died an...

Barony

Role-playing game, Roguelike, First-person view, Indie, Action, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 23 June 2015

Players: 7.4/10

Barony is a cooperative action-adventure game with a first-person view and roguelike elements in a fantasy setting. You have to explore dangerous dungeons full of...

Journey

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

Game released: PC → 11 June 2020

Players: 8.5/10

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...

Realm of Ink

Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Roguelike, Fantasy

Early Access: PC → 27 September 2024; Game in development: PC → 2026

Adventure action-roguelike in the spirit of Hades, but based on Chinese mythology for its lore. The game offers several characters to choose from, which need to...

Salt 2: Shores of Gold

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Survival, Procedural generation

Early Access: PC → 20 September 2022; Game released: PC → 12 November 2025

VGTimes: 5.8/10

Players: 8.6/10

The game transports you to an atmosphere of serene seas and endless adventures, where every wave hides a secret, and every island can become a home or a deadly...

Despot's Game

Indie, Strategy, In real time, Simulation, Post-apocalyptic, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Roguelike

Early Access: PC → 14 October 2021; Game released: PC → 29 September 2022

A futuristic post -apocalyptic strategy, where a group of survivors needs to get out of a gloomy labyrinth. The path is full of dangers, but the weapon and...

Back to the Dawn

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

Game released: PC → 18 July 2025; Early Access: PC → 3 November 2023

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 81/100

An atmospheric adventure that takes you into the harsh reality of a maximum-security prison colony inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. Every day is a survival...

Cyber Shadow

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 26 January 2021

Metacritic: 80/100

Cyber Shadow is a dynamic side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The world has been taken over by synthetic life forms. A desperate cry for help...

Ferocious

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Indie, Tactics

Game released: PC → 4 December 2025

Players: 5.2/10

A tactical survival shooter set on a mysterious tropical island in the Pacific Ocean. It was from there that a distress signal came from journalists, whom the main...

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