Indie for PC — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 6

FTL: Faster Than Light - a game in the Indie genre

Simulation, Action, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Strategy, Space

Game released: PC → 14 September 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 86/100

FTL: Faster Than Light is a unique management simulator with role-playing elements in a sci-fi setting. The cruiser Kestrel was lucky to find out secret information...

Nowhere

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Open world, Detective

Game in development: PC → 14 October 2026

Atmospheric first-person horror inspired by Norse mythology. The main character is a private detective who sets out into a snow-covered forest to search for a...

Tavern Keeper

Simulation, Business / Management, Isometric, Indie, Medieval era, Construction

Early Access: PC → 3 November 2025; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 94/100

A fantasy simulator in which the player finds themselves in charge of a small tavern on the edge of the world. It all begins with a simple den, where every chair...

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Comedy, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 27 April 2022

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 90/100

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an improved version of the office adventure with a first-person view. You will play the role of office plankton Stanley, who...

Thronefall

Isometric, Strategy, Construction, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), In real time, Indie, City Building

Early Access: PC → 2 August 2023; Game released: PC → 11 October 2024

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 95/100

A game with minimalistic graphics, in which the gamer builds the defense of a settlement during the day and defends against enemy attacks at night. It is important...

Moonlighter

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

Game released: PC → 29 May 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 80/100

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...

Caves of Qud

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Procedural generation, Open world

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

Steam: 95/100

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...

Banebush

Horror, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC → 25 December 2024

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

House Flipper

Simulation, First-person view, Arcade, Indie, Business / Management, Online, Construction

Game released: PC → 17 May 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 62/100

House Flipper is a fun management simulator with a first-person view, where you become a one-man repair crew. In the game you will buy abandoned houses that are in...

Choo-Choo Charles

Adventure, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Indie, Survival horror, Open world

Game released: PC → 9 December 2022

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 56/100

Choo-Choo Charles is a psychological horror shooter with a first-person view in an open world, in which you have to run away from a monster engine that resembles a...

Tears of Metal

Action, Third-person view, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Slasher, Medieval era

Game in development: PC → 2027; Early Access: PC → 22 July 2026

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

A fast-paced co-op game about a Scottish battalion fighting hordes of enemies to take back their island. You need to combine various abilities and improve your...

The Last Night

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game in development: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The Last Night is a side-scrolling arcade cyberpunk platformer. A two-dimensional open world awaits you, which the main character will have to explore as his...

Cozy Grove

Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Isometric, Hidden Objects, Procedural generation, Business / Management

Game released: PC → 8 April 2021

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Cozy Grove is an indie adventure simulator with an isometric view. Welcome to a life simulator about camping on an ever-changing haunted island. As a spiritual...

Soulstone Survivors

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

Early Access: PC → 7 November 2022; Game released: PC → 17 June 2025

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 91/100

An action RPG with roguelike elements, where the fantasy world is filled with hordes of monsters and giant bosses. The player becomes a Void Hunter, destroying...

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 26 June 2014

Players: 8/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is an old-school pixelated platformer about Shovel Knight, who must destroy his enemies to save his beloved and defeat the evil...

Isonzo

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Historical, Simulation, Indie, MMO

Game released: PC → 13 September 2022

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Isonzo is a multiplayer first-person shooter from the creators of Tannenberg and Verdun. The game takes place in the Alps during World War I. You will head to...

Katana Zero

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

Game released: PC → 18 April 2019

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Katana Zero is a hardcore side-view action game in cyberpunk style. Expect dynamic battles using futuristic technologies, fast movements of the main character and...

Sky: Children of the Light

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Online, Open world, Exploration

Game released: PC → 10 April 2024

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Multiplayer adventure from the creators of Journey and Flower. Players take control of the Children of Light, who bring light from the heavens to where it is...

Pizza Tower

Platformer, Side view, Indie, Comedy

Game released: PC → 26 January 2023

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 98/100

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...

Abyssus

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

Game released: PC → 12 August 2025

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 71/100

A cooperative shooter in which players take on the role of mercenaries and explore the underwater ruins of an ancient civilization filled with mutant guardians. The...

Banner Saga 3

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

Game released: PC → 24 July 2018

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Banner Saga 3 is the third and final installment in a series of tactical turn-based role-playing games in which your decisions, sometimes very difficult, have very...

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator

Simulation, Action, Fighting, Business / Management, Indie, Medieval era, Sandbox, Comedy, Strategy

Early Access: PC → 1 April 2019; Game released: PC → 1 April 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 98/100

A fun tactical simulator in which historical battles turn into a chaotic and funny sandbox. Stupid, but charming units fighting under the control of funny physics...

Real Shoot

Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: PC → 7 December 2024

Players: 6.3/10

A game with realistic graphics powered by Unreal Engine 5. The gamer, in the role of an operative of the Shadow Ops squad, performs various tasks and fights...

PowerWash Simulator 2

Action, Simulation, First-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Comedy, Online

Game released: PC → 23 October 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

The sequel continues the atmosphere of meditative cleaning, where, with the help of a mechanical washing, you can save the world of dirt and return Muckingma to its...

Anomaly 2

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Indie, Action, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Science fiction, Isometric, Online, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 15 May 2013

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Anomaly 2 is a fantastic arcade action game with elements of tower defense and real-time strategy. Years after the 2018 invasion of Earth, the planet is overrun by...

Trepang2

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

Game released: PC → 21 June 2023

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A horror shooter with a view that is a spiritual successor to the F.E.A.R. series. The game has the ability to become invisible, slow down time and sneak up on...

Coral Island

Simulation, Adventure, Business / Management, Indie, Hunting / Fishing, Top-down view, Isometric, Role-playing game, Farm Simulator

Early Access: PC → 11 October 2022; Game released: PC → 14 November 2023

Players: 9/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Coral Island is a classic top-down farm simulator with management and role-playing game elements. You will go to the colorful Coral Island, where you will have to...

Journey

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

Game released: PC → 11 June 2020

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 74/100

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...

Iron Marines

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Indie, Tactics, Science fiction, Action

Game released: PC → 15 May 2019

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 77/100

Iron Marines is a tower defense strategy game in a futuristic setting from the creators of Kingdom Rush. In this game you will act as the commander of a huge army...

We Were Here Together

Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration

Game released: PC → 10 October 2019

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 82/100

A story about two companions trapped within the icy walls of an ancient citadel, where every room oozes mystery and the joker's laughter echoes through the gloomy...

TOEM

Arcade, Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Exploration

Game released: PC → 17 September 2021

Players: 9/10

Steam: 99/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A black-and-white adventure about travel, memories, and seeing the world through a camera lens. Everything is built around observation and the moment—each frame...

Bastion

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game released: PC → 16 August 2011

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Bastion is an action-adventure RPG with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. You will go to a fairy-tale world, which, by the will of fate, is gradually...

Inside

Arcade, Platformer, Logic, Side view, Horror, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 7 July 2016

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Inside is an arcade side-scrolling indie platformer with survival elements from the creators of Limbo. The plot centers on a lonely boy who is hiding from...

Telling Lies

Interactive movie, Adventure, First-person view, Detective, Indie

Game released: PC → 23 August 2019

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Telling Lies is an interactive adventure from the creators of the Her Story series. The game tells the story of four characters, one of whom is hiding a big lie...

Gunfire Reborn

Shooter, First-person view, Roguelike, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Procedural generation, Online

Early Access: PC → 23 May 2020; Game released: PC → 18 November 2021

Players: 8/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Co-op shooter for up to four people. Players take on the role of heroes with unique abilities and go with friends to explore vast locations created at random. At...

Nobody's Left

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Shooter

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 9.8/10

The main action takes place in a post-war, post-apocalyptic city, in which people are forced to survive in the most difficult conditions. There is lawlessness and...

Steel Ark

Role-playing game, Action, Business / Management, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Construction, Crafting, Adventure

Game in development: PC → октябрь 2026

Anticipation Rating: 8.3/10

The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where a technological disaster has occurred. The player, either alone or in cooperative mode, explores the ruins of...

Life is Feudal: Your Own

Role-playing game, Online, Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Indie, Medieval era, Open world, Survival

Game released: PC → 17 November 2015; Early Access: PC → 19 September 2014

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Life is Feudal: Your Own is a medieval life simulator from the Moscow studio Bitbox S.L.. You have to live a medieval life on a 9 km² map along with other 63...

Outlast 2

Action, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, Indie, Survival horror, First-person view

Game released: PC → 24 April 2017

Players: 8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Outlast 2 is a continuation of the popular horror adventure with stealth elements from the developers from the Red Barrels studio. The events of the game are...

Liftoff

Simulation, First-person view, Indie, Flight Simulator, Racing

Early Access: PC → 9 November 2015; Game released: PC → 13 September 2018

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 95/100

Liftoff: FPV Drone Racing is a quadcopter racing simulator that you can not only control, but also create from scratch. Players will be able to design their own...

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