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That Dragon, Cancer - a game in the Indie genre

Adventure, First-person view, Interactive movie, Indie, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 11 January 2016

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 78/100

That Dragon, Cancer is an interactive adventure with a first-person view. The game tells the sad story of parents who lost their son to cancer. It is based on real...

The Artful Escape

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Indie, Music game

Game released: PC → 9 September 2021

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The Artful Escape is a side-scrolling arcade adventure platformer. The game tells about what goes on in a musician’s head while writing music. In our case, in the...

Crown and Council

Strategy, Top-down view, Free game, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 22 April 2016

Steam: 69/100

Crown and Council is a shareware, simple strategy game with a top-down view and pixel graphics. The game was developed by one person — artist Henrik Peterson...

TASTEE: Lethal Tactics

Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics, Indie

Game released: PC → 10 May 2016

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 74/100

TASTEE: Lethal Tactics — tactical turn-based strategy game with an isometric camera view. You have to assemble a team of invincible mercenaries and go on a...

Warden

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

Game released: PC → 18 March 2016

Steam: 30/100

Warden is an adventure puzzle game with a first-person view and horror elements. You have to play as the owner of a gloomy estate, who, due to everyday problems...

Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker

Adventure, Interactive movie, Indie, Detective

Game released: PC → 19 May 2017

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 62/100

This FMV detective story with elements of psychological horror follows a psychiatrist investigating the murder of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker while treating...

Tartarus

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 21 November 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 51/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Tartarus is an adventure horror game with a first-person view. The game takes place in the year 2230 on the research and mining ship Tartarus, which is undergoing...

Just Shapes & Beats

Action, Music game, Side view, Online, Indie

Game released: PC → 31 May 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Just Shapes & Beats is a hardcore multiplayer rhythm game with fast-paced shootouts. Together with your friends you have to survive the attack of musical waves...

The Franz Kafka Videogame

Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click, Side view, Indie

Game released: PC → 6 April 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 64/100

The Franz Kafka Videogame is an adventure puzzle game based on the works of Franz Kafka. You play as a hero named K. He receives a lucrative offer and goes abroad...

River City Ransom: Underground

Fighting, Beat them all, Side view, Action, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 28 February 2017

Steam: 73/100

River City Ransom: Underground is a modern take on the old classic beat'em up games. It has over 500 different street battle moves, tons of weapons and fun...

Beholder: Blissful Sleep

Adventure, Stealth, In real time, Side view, Strategy, Indie

Game released: PC → 18 May 2017

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 92/100

Beholder: Blissful Sleep is an add-on for a side-scrolling adventure game where you have to follow people. The add-on will tell the backstory of the events...

Reaching for Petals

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 4 September 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 62/100

Reaching for Petals is an interactive adventure with a first -person view. Throughout your trip, you have to recall events from the past. Gradually exploring the...

Sword Legacy: Omen

Role-playing game, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Strategy, Indie

Game released: PC → 13 August 2018

Steam: 68/100

Sword Legacy: Omen is a classic RPG with turn-based combat and an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The plot is based on the myths of King Arthur, where...

Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Italia

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

Game released: PC → 5 December 2017

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 93/100

Euro Truck Simulator 2 — Italia — an expansion for the truck driving simulator with first-person and third-person views. Players already have the opportunity to...

Avernum 3: Ruined World

Role-playing game, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 31 January 2018

Steam: 87/100

Avernum 3: Ruined World — continuation of the classic isometric role-playing game with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. You have to explore a vast...

Projection: First Light

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 29 September 2020

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 78/100

Projection: First Light is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer. You will travel to an alternative shadow world of puppets and visit 19th century England...

Meadow

Online, Simulation, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, MMO, Open world

Game released: PC → 26 October 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 90/100

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...

World Apart

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

Early Access: PC → 19 January 2018

Steam: 46/100

World Apart is an action-adventure game with a first-person view and role-playing elements. You will go into a fantasy world full of various puzzles and unique...

Exiled Kingdoms

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PC → 23 February 2018

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 91/100

An isometric single-player action RPG set in a fantasy world where four kingdoms struggle to survive after a magical cataclysm destroyed the Andorian Empire. A...

ReFramed

Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 27 April 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 56/100

ReFramed is a dynamic first-person shooter with horror elements set in the sci-fi universe of Solarix. You have to try on the role of an elite space soldier and go...

Hyper Jam

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

Game released: PC → 12 February 2019

Steam: 93/100

Hyper Jam is a multiplayer arcade action game with slasher elements and a top-down view in a sci-fi setting. The game is designed for four players who will have to...

Gato Roboto

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

Game released: PC → 30 May 2019

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Gato Roboto is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a sci-fi setting. In the game you will play as a cat who has to save his captain and the...

Distant Kingdoms

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, City Building

Early Access: PC → 5 May 2021; Frozen: PC → 8 September 2021

Steam: 42/100

Distant Kingdoms is an exciting real-time strategy game with elements of a management simulator. You have to help the people, dwarves, elves and orcs of Talam build...

Greak: Memories of Azur

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 17 August 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Greak: Memories of Azur is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. You will take on the role of three siblings: Grek, Adara and Rydel, who will guide them...

Fractured Minds

Adventure, Indie, First-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 14 November 2019

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 81/100

Fractured Minds is an adventure puzzle game with a first-person view. The game takes you through the daily challenges of mental illness and explores the dark side...

Drunk Santa Simulator

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

Game canceled: PC → 2020

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The game turns a Christmas fairy tale into a chaotic and biting first-person adventure, where the main character is Santa with a chronic addiction to alcohol and...

Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York

Adventure, DLC, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC → 10 September 2020

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Vampire: The Masquerade — Shadows of New York — a standalone expansion for the adventure visual novel with role-playing elements Vampire: The Masquerade — Coteries...

Archer: The Witch's Wrath

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Stealth, Simulation, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 8.1/10

Archer: The Witch's Wrath is an action RPG in which the player uses arrows and a bow to take down orcs. Before the battle, it is advisable to conduct...

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...

Waking

Action, Third-person view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 18 June 2020

Steam: 41/100

Metacritic: 44/100

Waking — a dark action-adventure game that takes place inside the head of the main character, who is in a coma. He must confront his inner demons and travel...

Pizza Slice

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

Game released: PC → 13 March 2026

Steam: 57/100

Pizza Slice is a fun simulator with first-person view and management elements. You have to become the manager of a pizzeria. There are a couple of bucks in your...

Hotshot Racing

Arcade, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 10 September 2020

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Hotshot Racing is a fast-paced competitive racing game with a third-person perspective and a vibrant visual style. Eight speed-mad drivers compete for the title of...

The Last Train

Indie, Adventure, Role-playing game, Simulation, Side view, Post-apocalyptic, Trains, Tactics

Game released: PC → 11 October 2018

Players: 1/10

Steam: 97/100

The Last Train is an indie role-playing simulator with elements of a post-apocalyptic adventure. You play the role of one of the last surviving train drivers in...

Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp

Simulation, Adventure, Visual novel, Business / Management, Indie, Online, Comedy

Game released: PC → 23 October 2020

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp is a sequel to the online dating simulator, this time moving to a new location — a summer camp. The formula of the original...

Until You Fall

Roguelike, Action, Indie, Slasher, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, First-person view, Virtual Reality (VR), Arcade

Game released: PC → 27 October 2020; Early Access: PC → 27 August 2019

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Until You Fall is an indie roguelike set in a neon fantasy virtual reality world. In it you can become a magical rune knight, the last representative of the once...

Perfect Vermin

Adventure, Indie, Action, First-person view, Puzzle, Free game, Horror

Game released: PC → 7 November 2020

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 93/100

Perfect Vermin is an indie first-person action adventure with puzzle elements. Your task is simple: exterminate all the vermin. The sledgehammer provided to you is...

Osteoblasts

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

Game released: PC → 12 February 2021

Steam: 86/100

Osteoblasts is a dungeon crawling RPG adventure with one creepy skeleton resurrected by a mysterious cat who is a witch. Your main enemies will be evil dogs. They...

Know by heart

Adventure, Indie, Visual novel, Interactive movie, Third-person view, Casual game

Game released: PC → 10 February 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

The main character Misha is mired in monotonous work and indistinguishable everyday life, but one day his routine is invaded by old school love and the hope of...

Royal Defense

Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Arcade, Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Top-down view, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 10 November 2014

Steam: 70/100

Royal Defense is a top-down arcade strategy game in a fantasy setting, made in the tower defense genre. In the game you have to defend yourself from the attacks of...

The Tenants

Simulation, Indie, Business / Management, Isometric, Third-person view, Arcade, City Building, Construction

Early Access: PC → 25 March 2021; Game released: PC → 20 October 2022

Steam: 78/100

The Tenants is a fun simulation game with management strategy elements and an isometric camera view. In the game, you will try on the role of a venerable landlord...

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