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Traveler Lost - a game in the Indie genre

Free game, Adventure, Puzzle, Platformer, Exploration, Indie

Game released: PC → 11 May 2025

Steam: 75/100

A young traveler encounters a frightened but majestic creature and sets out on a journey to help him return home. Together with your new companion, you will explore...

Riot Control Simulator: Rookie Day

Free game, Action, Simulation, First-person view, Indie, Shooter, Tactics, Casual game

Game released: PC → 21 May 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 62/100

Free prologue for Riot Control Simulator, in which you need to suppress riots of protesters as a special police officer. You will have to fight with crowds of...

Down the Rabbit Hole Flattened

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Casual game, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 19 June 2025

Steam: 90/100

A dark adventure set in Wonderland before Alice ever got there. The main character explores immersive dioramas and searches for her lost pet Patches. There are...

Dread Flats

Adventure, Horror, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, First-person view, Stealth, Walking Simulator, Indie

Game released: PC → 11 July 2025

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 83/100

The story follows a man who goes to a cursed high-rise to investigate disappearances, but encounters paranormal phenomena and an evil granny who wants to eat him...

Gurei

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Indie

Game released: PC → 23 July 2026

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 77/100

The game follows Rei, a human spirit who must defeat mystical nature entities, Kami, to obtain their power. The game features a dynamic difficulty system: the...

Cybarian: The Time Travelling Warrior

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Science fiction, Action, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 9 November 2018

Steam: 58/100

A brave warrior takes up a legendary sword and embarks on a journey through time, exploring a futuristic cyberpunk world. The game features four levels with diverse...

A Wild Last Boss Appeared! Black-Winged Survivor

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

Game released: PC → 6 October 2025

Steam: 91/100

An isekai in a dark fantasy setting, based on the anime "A Wild Last Boss Appeared!" The action takes place in the city of Mimir, where a gigantic tower rises in...

Dog In A Box

First-person view, Puzzle, Virtual Reality (VR), Comedy, Casual game, Indie, Free game

Game released: PC → 31 January 2019

Steam: 85/100

A virtual reality game where you make dogs. As a toy maker, you'll work on unexpected orders in three strange and unique locations. There are various elements that...

Vampire: The Masquerade - Reckoning of New York

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Role-playing game, Text quest

Game released: PC → 10 September 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 65/100

The game takes you to New York City in 2024, where the fragile balance between the Camarilla and the Anarchs is ready to collapse at any moment. Amidst marble...

Bendy: The Cage

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

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

An atmospheric third-person horror game set in parallel with Bendy and the Dark Revival. The player takes control of Henry, trapped in the Guardians' prison known...

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...

Afterblast

Arcade, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Steampunk, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Action

Early Access: PC → 26 November 2025; Game in development: PC → 2027

Steam: 76/100

A dynamic game with co-op, where you need to explore random dungeons. You must collect gear and improve skills to deal with the most dangerous opponents. The hero...

Deadzone Blackout

Shooter, Online, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Action, Strategy

Early Access: PC → 28 October 2024; Game in development: PC → 2026

Steam: 73/100

A free competitive first-person shooter focused on fast, intense battles and high player reaction. The game emphasizes dynamic gameplay, where mobility, accurate...

Grave Seasons

Adventure, Horror, Indie, Detective, Farm Simulator, Role-playing game

Game in development: PC → 9 March 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

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...

The Letter - Horror Visual Novel

Adventure, Horror, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC → 24 July 2017

Steam: 86/100

An atmospheric visual novel in the horror and drama genre, inspired by classic Asian horror films. The story unfolds in the gloomy mansion of Ermengard, which has...

Backrooms Lost Runners

Action, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Survival horror, Horror

Early Access: PC → 17 June 2026; Game in development: PC → 2028

Steam: 74/100

Cooperative horror, where the endless corridors of Backrooms turn into a survival challenge, and teamwork becomes the main chance to escape. Together with other...

Keep Keepers

Strategy, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Crafting

Game released: PC → 28 October 2024

Steam: 87/100

A strategy game in the "tower defense" genre with elements of automation and roguelike, where the development of the fortress and preparation for battles go hand in...

NIGHTBELL

Horror, First-person view, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Walking Simulator, Hidden Objects, Simulation

Game released: PC → 10 January 2026

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 75/100

Atmospheric first-person horror set on Christmas Eve. The main character is a boy who stays home with his mother. After hearing a bedtime story about a witch with a...

Going my way?

Horror, Simulation, First-person view, Trains, Indie, Detective

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A dark narrative game where you become the conductor of a train traveling through a world consumed by madness. Among the ordinary passengers, there are the...

IMSCARED

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Exploration, Old school, Indie

Game released: PC → 3 February 2016

Steam: 94/100

A first-person horror game that gradually goes beyond a typical game. At first, everything seems familiar: pixelated corridors, locked doors, and the mysterious...

Through Abandoned: The Underground City

Adventure, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: PC → 22 July 2015

Steam: 80/100

This point-and-click adventure follows the search for a twin brother who vanished in the mysterious world of Abandoned. As the first part of a story about parallel...

BallisticNG

Futurism (Future), Racing, Indie

Game released: PC → 14 December 2018

Steam: 94/100

This futuristic anti-gravity combat racer is set in the 2159 Anti-Gravity League. Racers speed through courses in ships and collect weapons to hinder their...

Zombie Estate 2

Action, Indie, Zombies

Game released: PC → 13 January 2017

Steam: 96/100

This co-op shooter challenges players to survive waves of zombies for as long as possible. Zombie Estate 2 supports online and local co-op, and its unlimited wave...

One Night Stand

Indie, Visual novel, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 7 November 2016

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 71/100

This interactive visual novel with point-and-click elements follows a person who wakes after a night of partying and drinking beside a stranger. The protagonist...

Griptape Backbone

Indie, Skateboards, Open world

Game released: PC → 5 May 2017

Steam: 92/100

Griptape Backbone is a first-person skateboarding game with a vaporwave aesthetic, set in a purgatory between life and death. The skater gathers aesthetic elements...

Cartoon Strike

Free game, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 14 October 2020

Steam: 64/100

Cartoon Strike is a multiplayer action game about exploring different realities. Players take the role of employees in Gametoria inc.’s War and Fun department...

Sevgilim Olur musun ?

Free game, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 15 April 2006

Steam: 72/100

This adventure game follows a dating contest in a house monitored by cameras around the clock. The player tries to form a relationship with the contestants by...

A Wise Use of Time

Role-playing game, Indie, Text quest

Game released: PC → 4 September 2015

Steam: 79/100

A text-based science-fiction adventure about a person who can freeze time. The power makes it possible to rob a casino, rescue a celebrity, or escape death, but...

Rivalry

Strategy, Casual game, Indie

Early Access: PC → 22 January 2016

Steam: 91/100

A turn-based duel for two players, with rag-doll fighters wielding swords and controlling the movements of their limbs and weapons. Players take turns using the...

Slap Village: Reality Slap

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 21 July 2016

Steam: 80/100

This point-and-click adventure follows Lurditas through an anachronistic version of the Wild West, where the customs of the past meet modern technology and everyday...

DashBored

Role-playing game, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 13 June 2016

Steam: 91/100

DashBored is a role-playing game about Nicolas, a shut-in who is transported to a pocket dimension for people who have lost the will to live. The realm is ruled by...

Optika

Casual game, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 26 August 2016

Steam: 81/100

This light-physics puzzle game challenges players to direct photons to receivers using optical devices. Alongside Professor Opticus and his assistant Sofia, players...

Crypt of the Serpent King

Indie, Role-playing game, Action

Game released: PC → 27 December 2016

Steam: 81/100

This medieval first-person dungeon crawler combines hack-and-slash combat with roguelike elements. In Crypt of the Serpent King, the player explores large, randomly...

The Hero of Kendrickstone

Role-playing game, Indie, Text quest

Game released: PC → 13 March 2015

Steam: 79/100

This text-based fantasy role-playing game follows a fledgling adventurer tasked with rescuing Kendrickstone from an evil wizard and his troop of black-clad...

Project Explore

Survival, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 11 August 2017

Steam: 62/100

Project Explore is a 2D sandbox survival game where players explore the game world and can create their own content. Its inventory system uses metadata to give...

5089: The Action RPG

Role-playing game, Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 3 February 2016

Steam: 82/100

5089: The Action RPG is an action role-playing game with sandbox elements, set amid a war between experimental robots on the procedurally generated planet Xax. Set...

Witch and Hero(魔女と勇者)

Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 21 April 2016

Steam: 82/100

This 8-bit-style action game follows a hero battling the monsters of Medusa to save a witch who has been turned to stone. By collecting the blood of defeated...

Super Switch

Indie

Game released: PC → 25 August 2016

Steam: 81/100

Super Switch is a platformer about moving between two dimensions to avoid traps and reach platforms. Each dimension has its own set of platforms and...

On the front line

Indie, Simulation, Tanks

Game released: PC → 20 October 2016

Steam: 59/100

A tank simulator set during World War II, in battles fought on the Red Army’s side. Across two large locations, the player takes on combat missions in sequence and...

Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter

Virtual Reality (VR), Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 4 April 2017

Steam: 85/100

This virtual reality arcade first-person shooter follows Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter. Sam battles enemies across South America, ancient Mesopotamia, and...

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Best Games in the Indie genre for PC