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One-Way Ticket / 单程票 - a game in the Indie genre

Game released: PC → 25 October 2018

Steam: 56/100

This visual novel is loosely based on actual events and follows a group of men and women isolated at sea aboard a long-distance fishing vessel. As...

Nex Machina

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

Game released: PC → 20 June 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Nex Machina is a classic arcade twin-stick shooter in a futuristic setting. More than 100 tasks await you at different difficulty levels and five...

Escape Game

Casual game, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 6 November 2018

Steam: 83/100

A casual puzzle game about escaping from a house filled with dozens of hidden puzzles. To get out, the player searches the surroundings for concealed...

Avorion

Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Sandbox, Exploration, Construction

Game released: PC → 9 March 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 89/100

This cooperative space sandbox follows an expedition across a galaxy divided by a cataclysm. A ring of torn hyperspace fabric blocks access to its...

Fight of Gods

Arcade, Fighting, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 28 March 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 84/100

Fight of the Gods is a side-scrolling arcade fighting game. The game combines not one, but several mythologies of the world, including, of course...

Long Reach

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 14 March 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Long Reach is a psychological thriller executed in the style of pixel art. The game takes place in a world where everyone craves power, be it money...

Past Cure

Action, Shooter, Stealth, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: PC → 2 February 2018

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 24/100

Metacritic: 40/100

Past Cure is a futuristic action game with a third-person view and stealth elements. The action takes place between two worlds — reality and an...

Thief of Thieves: Season One

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Isometric, Comics, Indie

Game released: PC → 16 July 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 47/100

Thief of Thieves: Season One is an adventure stealth action game, which is a game adaptation of Robert Kirkman's Thief of Thieves comic book. The...

When Ski Lifts Go Wrong

Arcade, Sports game, Snowboard, Side view, Simulation, Indie, Construction

Game released: PC → 23 January 2019

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 72/100

When Ski Lifts Go Wrong is a physics sandbox that turns the classic bridge-building genre upside down. You will face hours of new challenges where...

Demise of Nations

Strategy, Historical, Turn-based, Free game, Indie

Game released: PC → 8 August 2017

Steam: 81/100

Demise of Nations is a free-to-play global strategy game with turn-based battles. The game takes place during the dawn of the Roman Empire and...

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case

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

Game released: PC → 13 March 2018

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 68/100

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case is a continuation of the Japanese-style adventure visual novel Silver Case. The events of the game take place five...

The Station

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Space, Science fiction, Puzzle, Horror, Exploration, Indie

Game released: PC → 19 February 2018

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 66/100

The game takes place on board a spaceship. The plot tells about the distant future, when a group of researchers decided to find out what is beyond...

This Is the Police 2

Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Indie, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 31 July 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 62/100

This Is the Police 2 is a continuation of the adventure strategy with elements of a management game and an isometric camera view. The game takes...

Room 40

Free game, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 30 July 2019

Steam: 75/100

A puzzle game about deciphering secret messages, covering encryption methods from ancient Greece to World War II. After college graduate Amy finds a...

The Room Syndrome

Free game, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 2 November 2019

Steam: 94/100

A psychological horror game about a man gradually succumbing to a mysterious syndrome in a locked room. The player explores the room by moving...

The Paperman

Free game, Indie

Game released: PC → 20 December 2019

Steam: 68/100

A psychological horror game focused on exploration, set in the United States in 1978. On Halloween night, ten-year-old Sam sets out to record...

The Forgotten City

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

Game released: PC → 28 July 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

The Forgotten City — a first-person adventure action game from the creators of the eponymous mod for The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. The game's events...

Seek Girl Ⅱ

Casual game, Indie, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 1 October 2019

Steam: 80/100

This casual observation game features anime-style characters and lets players unlock illustrations of girls. Seek Girl Ⅱ includes 12 characters, each...

AshenForest

Indie, Action, Adventure

Game released: PC → 24 January 2020

Steam: 95/100

AshenForest is a roguelite action RPG set in a plague-stricken forest, where the player fights its monsters in an effort to stop the infection. The...

Guard Duty

Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 2 May 2019

Steam: 90/100

Guard Duty is a fun pixel adventure about love, loss and the end of the world. The events of the game take place in two time periods: in medieval...

GLOWCOMA: chapter 1

Action, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 23 November 2019

Steam: 83/100

A science-fiction first-person shooter with survival-horror elements, GLOWCOMA: chapter 1 follows a struggle to survive in a dangerous world...

Hitchhiker - A Mystery Game

Adventure, First-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 April 2021

Players: 3.7/10

Steam: 66/100

Hitchhiker — A Mystery Game is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view, where you try on the role of a hitchhiker. A strange journey...

Jump King

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

Game released: PC → 3 May 2019

Players: 9/10

Steam: 90/100

Jump King is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer where you, as a brave knight, have to climb to the top of the tower and save the princess...

Bad Lady

Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 10 March 2020

Steam: 80/100

This casual memory puzzle game features anime artwork of bold, confident women and fragments of their memories. Behind the characters’ strong...

Eldest Souls

Action, Indie, Top-down view, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Slasher, Isometric

Game released: PC → 29 July 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Eldest Souls is a dynamic top-down action game where you have to fight ruthless and treacherous gods. The game takes place in a gloomy world in which...

SURVIVAL

Shooter, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Action, Indie, Simulation, Third-person view, Adventure, Survival, Open world

Game released: PC → 3 December 2019

Players: 5.6/10

Steam: 66/100

SURVIVAL is an exciting first-person shooter with survival elements in a post-apocalyptic setting. You are a person who has lost everything...

Twin Peaks VR

Virtual Reality (VR), Indie, Adventure, Arcade, Puzzle, First-person view, Horror, Casual game

Game released: PC → 13 December 2019

Steam: 73/100

Twin Peaks VR is an adventure horror game with a first-person view for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Valve Index, based on the TV...

Deskmate Girl

Simulation, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 29 June 2020

Steam: 62/100

A casual visual novel about romance and campus life. The player shares everyday moments with a girlfriend and gets to know her through conversations...

The Survivalists

Action, Roguelike, Isometric, Adventure, Indie, Crafting, Survival

Game released: PC → 9 October 2020

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 72/100

The Survivalists is a sandbox adventure game with roguelike elements and an isometric camera view set in the Escapists universe. In the game you will...

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

Steam: 91/100

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...

Jet Lancer

Arcade, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Side view, Futurism (Future), Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 12 May 2020

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Jet Lancer is a hair-raising arcade shooter with a side view in a sci-fi setting. You will play the role of a desperate mercenary in the distant...

Will Glow the Wisp

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Indie, Side view, Platformer

Game released: PC → 15 September 2017

Players: 1.4/10

Steam: 86/100

Will Glow the Wisp is a fast-paced, top-down arcade action game where you guide a wisp through a series of obstacles. A small wisp has been captured...

Defense Zone 3

Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Strategy, Action, In real time, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: PC → 14 December 2016

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 79/100

Defense Zone 3 Ultra HD is an indie tower defense strategy game with a top-down view in real time. This is a sequel to the famous Defense Zone...

Four Kings One War

Chess game, Strategy, Tactics, Indie, Board / Group Game, Simulation

Game released: PC → 30 May 2019

Players: 10/10

Steam: 54/100

Four Kings One War — An exciting board strategy game based on chess mechanics. The game has both single player mode and multiplayer. And...

Idol Manager

Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Music game, Strategy

Game released: PC → 27 July 2021

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 90/100

Idol Manager is a cute management simulator with visual novel elements in anime style. You will take on the role of manager in a small (but growing...

Streamer Life Simulator

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

Game released: PC → 21 August 2020

Players: 6/10

Steam: 76/100

A realistic streamer simulator in which players try to become one of the most popular people in the world, starting from scratch. As you progress...

WWII: Rising

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

Game released: PC → 15 October 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 45/100

WWII: Rising — a free-to-play multiplayer shooter about World War II with a first-person view and a cartoon style. The game has several modes...

Chicken Police

Adventure, Indie, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: PC → 5 November 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Chicken Police is a noir adventure of two feathered cops, Sonny Featherland and Marty MacChicken, in a black-and-white detective novel full of satire...

Grey Skies: A War of the Worlds Story

Action, Indie, Adventure, Science fiction, Third-person view, Stealth, Survival

Game released: PC → 5 November 2020

Steam: 36/100

Grey Skies: A War of the Worlds Story is a fantastic adventure with an emphasis on the stealth, which is based on the great work of the writer...

When The Past Was Around

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

Game released: PC → 22 September 2020

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 78/100

When The Past Was Around is a point & click adventure puzzle game with a sad story about a girl who has lost the meaning of life. She couldn't find...

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