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MADNESS: Project Nexus - a game in the Indie genre

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Slasher, Indie, Isometric

Game released: PC → 30 September 2021

Players: 8.1/10

MADNESS: Project Nexus is a whirlwind action slasher with an isometric camera view and horror elements. There are two modes available to you in the game: story...

Ghost Song

Arcade, Side view, Metroidvania, Science fiction, Action, Platformer, Indie, Adventure, Horror, Combat robots, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 3 November 2022

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Ghost Song is an action-adventure platformer in the metroidvania genre with a side view in a dark post-apocalyptic setting. On the desert moon of Lorian, the...

Gordian Quest

Role-playing game, Indie, Card game, Adventure, Turn-based

Early Access: PC → 27 March 2020; Game released: PC → 23 June 2022

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Gordian Quest is an adventure card role-playing game with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. An ominous curse hangs over the world — darkness reigns all...

Cyber Shadow

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

Game released: PC → 26 January 2021

Metacritic: 80/100

Cyber Shadow is a dynamic side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The world has been taken over by synthetic life forms. A desperate cry for help...

Fort Triumph

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

Early Access: PC → 26 April 2018; Game released: PC → 16 April 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Fort Triumph is an exciting tactical strategy with role-playing elements and turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. You will become the leader of fearless heroes...

Distrust

Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Isometric, Indie

Game released: PC → 23 August 2017

Players: 9.2/10

Distrust is a real-time strategy and survival adventure game inspired by the movie The Thing. You will have to guide two heroes through a procedurally generated...

Salt 2: Shores of Gold

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Survival, Procedural generation

Early Access: PC → 20 September 2022; Game released: PC → 12 November 2025

VGTimes: 5.8/10

Players: 8.6/10

The game transports you to an atmosphere of serene seas and endless adventures, where every wave hides a secret, and every island can become a home or a deadly...

Helltaker

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Indie, Free game

Game released: PC → 11 May 2020

Players: 9/10

Helltaker is a free-to-play adventure puzzle game. The game tells the story of a hero who suddenly opens a portal to hell, in which, oddly enough, a whole harem of...

Twelve Minutes

Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 19 August 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Twelve Minutes is an interactive top-down thriller that follows the relationship of a married couple whose lives are dramatically changed by a police officer who...

Wasteland 2

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game released: PC → 18 September 2014

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Wasteland 2 is the long-awaited sequel to the post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat that inspired the Fallout series. Just like in the original...

Shieldwall

Action, Arcade, Indie, Strategy, Simulation, Third-person view, Historical

Early Access: PC → 23 March 2020; Game released: PC → 18 April 2023

Players: 7.9/10

Players take on the role of commander of the army of the Roman Empire. Features in the game include fun and dynamic battles, as well as a campaign based on the real...

Warriors of the Nile 2

Strategy, Indie, Card game, Turn-based, Roguelike, Tactics

Game released: PC → 24 August 2022

Warriors of the Nile 2 is a continuation of the vibrant strategy with turn-based battles and roguelike elements. This time you will lead warriors blessed by the...

Hoa

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

Game released: PC → 24 August 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Hoa is an indie platformer with a side view and elements of the puzzle. You are waiting for breathtaking drawings, hand -drawn, excellent music and a pacifying...

Ghostlore

Action, Adventure, Indie, Top-down view, Slasher, Cooperative (co-op), Roguelike, Fantasy / Medieval

Early Access: PC → 14 April 2022; Game released: PC → 18 May 2023

Ghostlore is a top-down action-adventure RPG in a fantasy setting. The bloodthirsty Penanggal is a terrifying creature from Malay folklore. He consists of nothing...

Psychonauts 2

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: PC → 25 August 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Psychonauts 2 is a fantastic sequel to the third-person action platformer that takes players back to the world of psychonauts. The dream of the protagonist of the...

PickCrafter

Free game, Arcade, Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 14 December 2017

Players: 8.1/10

PickCrafter is a shareware arcade clicker with role-playing elements and crafting. In the game you have to look for jewelry, make pickaxes and find a lot of...

Bleak Faith: Forsaken

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Open world, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 10 March 2023

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 63/100

Hardcore role-playing action inspired by the Dark Souls series. A knight of the legion of hunters tries to survive in one of the last remaining outposts. An...

Party Hard 2

Arcade, Simulation, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, Top-down view, Indie, Tactics

Game released: PC → 25 October 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Party Hard 2 is a top-down tactical stealth arcade game. The game will delight you with a new engine with new three-dimensional locations. As in the first part, you...

Bendy and the Dark Revival

Action, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Indie, Survival, Casual game

Game released: PC → 15 November 2022

Players: 7.6/10

Bendy and the Dark Revival — the continuation of the first-person adventure survival horror Bendy and the Ink Machine. In the sequel, you will explore a creepy...

Monster Sanctuary

Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie

Early Access: PC → 28 August 2019; Game released: PC → 8 December 2020

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Monster Sanctuary is a side-scrolling pixel Metroidvania in a fantasy setting, in which you become monster trainers and can fight in 3v3 tactical battles...

Calico

Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 December 2020

Metacritic: 57/100

Calico is an indie simulator with a third-person view in the anime style. Your task is to rebuild the city cat cafe and fill it with cute creatures. You can create...

Dig or Die

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Strategy, In real time, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PC → 10 July 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Otherworld Legends

Cooperative (co-op), Action, Indie, Roguelike, Role-playing game, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 28 April 2022

Players: 9.3/10

Otherworld Legends is a dynamic cooperative action game with roguelike elements in a fantasy setting. Great warriors from different eras and corners of the universe...

TOEM

Arcade, Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 17 September 2021

Players: 9/10

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...

Century: Age of Ashes

Indie, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Online, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 2 December 2021

Players: 6.4/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Century: Age of Ashes is an indie action game with a third-person view in the fantasy style. This is a dogfighting game where you have to fly dragons. Players will...

HyperParasite

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie

Early Access: PC → 3 April 2019; Game released: PC → 3 April 2020

Metacritic: 73/100

HyperParasite is a top-down arcade shooter. The game takes place in an alternative 80s. On Earth, the third world war is coming to an end and humanity is gradually...

Sky: Children of the Light

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Online

Game released: PC → 10 April 2024

Players: 8.9/10

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...

Before We Leave

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: PC → 13 May 2021

Players: 5/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Before We Leave is a top-down real-time management strategy game. After a long period of imprisonment in the bowels of the earth, your people emerge to the surface...

Gori: Cuddly Carnage

Action, Slasher, Arcade, Third-person view, Indie, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 29 August 2024

Metacritic: 77/100

The plot centers on a cat named Gori, who is endowed with the ability to destroy everything in his path. The player controls this cute but deadly hero as he makes...

Cat Quest

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Indie

Game released: PC → 8 August 2017

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Cat Quest is an unusual action RPG with an isometric camera view. The game invites you to get into the role of a cat who wanders around the world and fights...

Disjunction

Role-playing game, Action, Stealth, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Indie

Game released: PC → 28 January 2021

Metacritic: 69/100

Disjunction is an isometric action role-playing game inspired by cyberpunk style and old school games. The game takes place in 2048 in New York. You can decide for...

Spiritfarer

Simulation, Business / Management, Side view, Adventure, Indie, Strategy, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 18 August 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Spiritfarer is a fun management simulator with a side view that tells the story of death. You take on the role of a ferryman for the dead and build your own ship to...

Streamer Life Simulator 2

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

Early Access: PC → 23 January 2025; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 7.3/10

A realistic streamer simulator, in which players are trying to become one of the most popular people in the world of streaming, starting from scratch. As you pass...

Radio Commander

Simulation, Action, First-person view, Indie, Tactics

Game released: PC → 10 October 2019

Players: 7.4/10

Radio Commander is an unusual simulator with a first-person view, where you have to use all the delights of radio communications to give various commands to brave...

Guns, Gore & Cannoli

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Indie

Game released: PC → 30 April 2015

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Builder Simulator

Business / Management, First-person view, Simulation, Action, Indie, Educational game (Education)

Game released: PC → 9 June 2022

Players: 6.3/10

Builder Simulator is an exciting builder simulator with a first-person view, where you can build a house from scratch with your own hands. To do this, you will have...

Slender Threads

Adventure, Horror, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Comedy

Game released: PC → 7 February 2025

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Atmospheric quest, where reality is intertwined with nightmares. Harvey, a wandering salesman, is in a small town of Villa Ventat. Its days are filled with...

Back to the Dawn

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 18 July 2025; Early Access: PC → 3 November 2023

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 81/100

An atmospheric adventure that takes you into the harsh reality of a maximum-security prison colony inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. Every day is a survival...

PERISH

Indie, Action, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Demons, Online, Adventure

Game released: PC → 2 February 2023

Players: 4.3/10

A cooperative game about killing demons in the underworld. Gamers fight their way through hordes of monsters based on ancient Greek mythology and then sell their...

Cardpocalypse

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Card game, Indie

Game released: PC → 12 October 2020

Players: 7.6/10

Cardpocalypse is a fun turn-based combat RPG card game set in the 1990s. The game tells the story of ten-year-old Jess, who moves to a new school where all the...

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