Indie for PC — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 62

Into The Unwell - a game in the Indie genre

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Procedural generation, Indie

Game in development: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Surreal action roguelike in the style of old cartoons with "rubber" characters and a disturbing atmosphere of a feverish dream. The game world is...

Go-Go Town!

Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, City Building, Construction

Early Access: PC → 18 June 2024; Game released: PC → 16 July 2026

Players: 1/10

Steam: 94/100

A city-building strategy about the life of the mayor of a small but promising town, where behind idyllic landscapes lies an endless stream of tasks...

Samurai: Ronin's Path

Action, Top-down view, Slasher, Adventure, Medieval era, Indie

Game released: PC → 21 July 2026

Steam: 54/100

Dynamic action set in feudal Japan. Players will face intense battles where every mistake can cost a life. The combat system is built around precise...

Christmas Massacre

Action, Horror, Stealth, Third-person view, Indie, Comedy, Old school

Game released: PC → 17 December 2021

Steam: 91/100

A bloody slasher in the style of 1980s horror films, with low-poly graphics reminiscent of games for the original PlayStation. At the center of the...

Rolling Sun

Indie, Platformer, Adventure

Game released: PC → 3 June 2015

Steam: 50/100

Rolling Sun is an adventure platformer about a defeated Sun God stranded on Earth amid ancient Incan and Mayan civilizations. The player guides the...

Armored Battle Crew [World War 1] - Tank Warfare and Crew Management Simulator

Tanks, Indie, Strategy

Early Access: PC → 6 June 2019

Steam: 32/100

This tank and crew management simulator is set during World War I, when armoured vehicles were developed to break the deadlock of trench warfare. The...

ZACH-LIKE

Indie

Game released: PC → 17 June 2019

Steam: 96/100

ZACH-LIKE combines a book of Zachtronics’ behind-the-scenes design documents with a collection of the studio’s early projects. The book can be read...

Eternal Battlefield

Free game, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 23 December 2019

Steam: 69/100

A multiplayer real-time strategy arena game in which teams fight enemy players and neutral creatures. Matches last around eight minutes, with unit...

Drops of Death

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Indie

Game released: PC → 7 August 2025

Steam: 92/100

This murder-mystery visual novel follows college student Adrien after a hooded killer attacks them at the school pool. With the case still open and...

Spelunky

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Indie

Game released: PC → 8 August 2013

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Spelunky is a fun adventure that takes you to explore dangerous but rich mines. You will control a rather big-nosed but cute gold digger who came to...

Grime

Role-playing game, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Indie, Metroidvania, Platformer, Exploration

Game released: PC → 2 August 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Grime is an action-adventure platformer with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. Grime takes place in a crazy world with a...

HOARD

Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 4 April 2011

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This top-down arcade strategy game casts the player as a dragon seeking to amass the largest possible hoard. The dragon burns villages and castles...

Penumbra: Requiem

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

Game released: PC → 27 August 2008

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 53/100

Metacritic: 67/100

An expansion for Penumbra: Black Plague, in which Philip faces puzzles and encounters characters from his past. The story follows the previous...

Automation

Simulation, Racing, Business / Management, Sandbox, Indie, Construction

Early Access: PC → 12 March 2015

Players: 7/10

Steam: 93/100

Automation is a sophisticated management simulator in which you become the head of a car company. You can start your own production from scratch and...

Paper Sorcerer

Role-playing game, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Dungeons, Old school

Game released: PC → 2 November 2013

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 73/100

A turn-based role-playing game set in a fantasy world, Paper Sorcerer follows a sorcerer trying to escape a magical book prison and regain his lost...

Epic Battle Fantasy 4

Role-playing game, Adventure, Online, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Logic, Japanese role-playing game, Indie

Game released: PC → 25 February 2014

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 97/100

A fantasy turn-based RPG inspired by classic 2D adventures, Epic Battle Fantasy 4 follows a party of heroes as they fight waves of enemies, explore a...

The Hong Kong Massacre

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: PC → 22 January 2019

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 65/100

The Hong Kong Massacre is a brutal shooter in the spirit of Asian action films. The game tells the story of a former police detective who intends to...

Last Tinker: City of Colors

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

Game released: PC → 12 May 2014

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This third-person action adventure takes place in Colortown, a world built around creativity, emotion, and collaboration. Koru, a boy from the city’s...

Exogenesis: Perils of Rebirth

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Post-apocalyptic, Visual novel, Point & Click, Indie

Early Access: PC → 20 April 2019

Steam: 66/100

Exogenesis: Perils of Rebirth is a visual adventure novel with anime elements in a post-apocalyptic setting. From the ashes of war, humanity...

Whispering Willows

Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror

Game released: PC → 9 July 2014

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Whispering Willows is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a mysterious mansion. The plot centers on Elena Elkhorn. She goes to the...

Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 21 August 2014

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 88/100

A Metroidvania-style action platformer set in a magical world inspired by Mexican folklore. Agave farmer Juan Aguacate finds a legendary luchador...

Lethal League

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Baseball, Sports game, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: PC → 27 August 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Lethal League is a side-scrolling arcade sports game that can be played cooperatively by up to four people. You will go to fight in various arenas...

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...

Crimzon Clover

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Indie

Game released: PC → 6 June 2014

Steam: 93/100

Crimzon Clover is a vertical arcade shooter in which a fighter pilot battles waves of enemies while dodging dense barrages of fire. Players can...

Dollar Dash

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 6 March 2013

Players: 4/10

Metacritic: 49/100

Dollar Dash is a whirlwind multiplayer arcade action game with an isometric camera view. The game takes place in the fictional world of robbers...

Soul Axiom

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 29 February 2016

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 51/100

This first-person science-fiction adventure unfolds in Elysia, a digital world where memories and dreams become reality. After a soul is uploaded...

Signs of Life

Role-playing game, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Sandbox, Survival

Game released: PC → 27 January 2014

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 76/100

This science-fiction survival sandbox platformer follows a survivor of a colony ship’s destruction. Escaping in a small pod, the protagonist is left...

Rising World

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Construction

Early Access: PC → 3 December 2014; Game in development: PC → 2027

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 86/100

Rising World is a voxel-based open-world sandbox with procedurally generated, destructible environments and survival elements. Starting with basic...

Choice of Robots

Role-playing game, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Text quest, Combat robots

Game released: PC → 19 December 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

Choice of Robots — fantasy role-playing game with adventure elements in the visual novel genre. This is an epic 300,000 word interactive sci-fi...

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

Role-playing game, Adventure, Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 25 July 2019

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom is a classic side-scrolling action platformer from the Wonder Boy series. Together with the young hero you will...

La Mulana Ex

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PC → 13 July 2012

La Mulana Ex is a side view arcade game with platformer, puzzle, fantasy and indie elements from Nigoro and Pygmy Studio. The game is published by...

Five Nights at Freddy's 2

Horror, First-person view, Indie, Survival horror, Combat robots

Game released: PC → 10 November 2014

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Five Nights at Freddy's 2 is a continuation of the popular series of horror stories with a first-person view. Welcome to the new and improved Freddy...

Train Valley

Business / Management, Top-down view, Trains, Indie, Replayability

Game released: PC → 16 September 2015

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 88/100

A railway management puzzle set across different historical eras, with the goal of connecting cities and keeping trains moving safely. The player...

Blaite

Indie, Action, Casual game

Game released: PC → 2 January 2017

Players: 5.1/10

Steam: 81/100

A difficult platformer built around repeating levels until they are completed. Players tackle the stages again and again, and can challenge friends...

Mushroom 11

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

Game released: PC → 15 October 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Mushroom 11 is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. Controlling an amorphous organism, you have to overcome flocks of strange mutated...

Near Death

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

Game released: PC → 2 August 2016

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 91/100

Near Death is an indie action adventure game with a first-person view and horror elements. The events of the game will take you to the cold corridors...

DreadOut: Keepers of The Dark

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

Game released: PC → 24 March 2016

Steam: 81/100

DreadOut: Keepers of The Dark is a third-person action-horror game from the developers at Digital Happiness. The game's plot revolves around a group...