Indie for PC — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 7

Gang Beasts

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PC → 12 December 2017

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Gang Beasts is a multiplayer game with gelatinous characters, comical fights and absurd...

HROT

Shooter, First-person view, Indie

Early Access: PC → 29 January 2021; Game released: PC → 16 May 2023

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 86/100

HROT is a dynamic old-school shooter with a first-person view, made in the style of games of the last century. The events in the game take place in Czechoslovakia...

Infernax

Arcade, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 14 February 2022

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Infernax is a side-scrolling action-adventure RPG in a fantasy setting. The main character is a brave knight who returned to his homeland to defeat monsters caused...

Shantae and the Seven Sirens

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 28 May 2020

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Shantae and the Seven Sirens is an anime-style side-scrolling adventure arcade platformer. The game is a continuation of the series of tropical adventures of the...

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...

Nine Sols

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 28 May 2024

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Adventure action-platformer from the creators of psychological horrors Detention and Devotion. The game tells the story of an awakened hero who must fight nine...

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...

Lobotomy Corporation

Business / Management, Simulation, Indie, Horror, Side view, Anime / Manga, Science fiction, In real time, Strategy, Tactics

Game released: PC → 10 April 2018

Players: 9.5/10

Lobotomy Corporation is a side-view business simulator in the indie horror genre with elements of fantasy and tactics. This game was inspired by monsters from games...

Escape Simulator 2

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Game released: PC → 27 October 2025

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 80/100

A sequel to the co-op puzzle game Escape Simulator. One to eight players explore three large levels, each consisting of four rooms: Dracula's gloomy fortress, an...

Five Nights at Freddy's 2

Horror, First-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 10 November 2014

Players: 7.6/10

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 Fazbear's...

Slay the Spire 2

Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Fantasy, Procedural generation, Collectible card game (CCG)

Early Access: PC → 5 March 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027

Players: 4.3/10

The sequel returns in a new form — the Spire awakens after a millennium of oblivion, hiding even more dangers, secrets, and challenges in its depths. Its halls are...

Jalopy

Racing, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 28 March 2018

Players: 7.5/10

Jalopy is a third-person adventure racing game set in a procedurally generated world. You have to go on a long journey in an old Laika 601 car, which always breaks...

Despot's Game

Indie, Strategy, In real time, Simulation, Post-apocalyptic, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Roguelike

Early Access: PC → 14 October 2021; Game released: PC → 29 September 2022

A futuristic post -apocalyptic strategy, where a group of survivors needs to get out of a gloomy labyrinth. The path is full of dangers, but the weapon and...

Do Not Feed the Monkeys

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 24 October 2018

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Do Not Feed the Monkeys is a unique first-person puzzle adventure game with pixel graphics. The game will give you the opportunity to invade the privacy of...

Dicey Dungeons

Arcade, Indie, Strategy, Roguelike, Card game, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 13 August 2019

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Dicey Dungeons — an exciting card-based turn-based game with RPG elements and a simplified roguelike from the creators of Super Hexagon and VVVVVV. In the...

Cat Quest 2

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Open world

Game released: PC → 24 September 2019

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Cat Quest 2 is a continuation of the fun role-playing action game with an isometric camera view. The game will take you to a fantasy universe in which there are two...

Cooking Simulator

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

Game released: PC → 6 June 2019

Players: 7.5/10

Cooking Simulator is a realistic simulator with management elements and a first-person view. In the game you have to become an unsurpassed chef. You will find...

Constance

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 24 November 2025

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 81/100

A colorful metroidvania about a girl artist. The plot is based on the girl’s inner experiences about creativity, balance between life and work, personal motivation...

Ironcast

Role-playing game, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Logic, Indie, Steampunk, Side view, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: PC → 26 March 2015

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Ironcast is an engaging role-playing strategy game with elements of a match-three puzzle set in a Victorian steampunk environment. To protect Great Britain, the...

The Final Station

Action, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 30 August 2016

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Action platformer in a post-apocalyptic setting. The player will have the opportunity to become a train driver in a desert world, carrying his passengers from...

SUPERHOT

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: PC → 25 February 2016

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 83/100

SUPERHOT is a first-person shooter-puzzle game from the Polish studio SUPERHOT Team. The main feature of the game mechanics is the passage of time — only...

Beyond Contact

Roguelike, Futurism (Future), Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Science fiction, Survival

Early Access: PC → 21 September 2021; Game released: PC → 4 April 2023

Players: 7/10

Players find themselves on a deadly planet with a terrible climate, inhabited by bloodthirsty monsters and plants. For successful survival, you need to build your...

VEIN

Action, Shooter, Simulation, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Zombies

Early Access: PC → 24 October 2025; Game in development: PC → 2029

Players: 9/10

Multiplayer sandbox with survival elements and an open world. In the near future, an apocalypse has occurred: zombies roam the Earth, most people have died, and...

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...

Potionomics

Business / Management, Side view, Fantasy, Simulation, Visual novel, Indie, Role-playing game, Crafting

Game released: PC → 17 October 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Potionomics is an exciting management simulator with visual novel elements in a fantasy setting. After the tragic death of her uncle, a poor witch named Sylvia...

Tormented Souls

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Action, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 27 August 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Tormented Souls is a third-person psychological horror game inspired by classic horror films Resident Evil, Silent Hill and Alone in the Dark. The main character is...

Lake

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Simulation, Indie

Game released: PC → 1 September 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Lake is a story-driven postman simulator about a woman named Meredith Weiss. The heroine is forty years old, she returned home from the big city to help her father...

Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game released: PC → 3 May 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation is a survival simulator with real-time strategy elements and a top-down view. The game will tell you how to survive after...

Domina

Simulation, Action, Strategy, Indie

Game released: PC → 3 April 2017

Players: 8.6/10

Domina is a strategy simulator that will give you the opportunity to become the owner of your own Ludus - a gladiator school. You will have to glorify your own name...

Parkitect

Business / Management, Simulation, Indie, Isometric, Strategy

Game released: PC → 29 November 2018

Metacritic: 83/100

Parkitect is a management strategy game with an isometric camera view where you build and manage theme parks. You will have at your disposal an extensive arsenal...

Voidling Bound

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Science fiction, Exploration

Game released: PC → 9 June 2026

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 78/100

A science fiction role-playing action game where battles are combined with the cultivation and development of mysterious creatures known as voidlings. The action...

60 Seconds!

Simulation, Strategy, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 25 May 2015

Players: 7.8/10

60 Seconds! — an arcade survival simulator in times of post-apocalypse. Ted has only 60 seconds to take everything he needs and hide in the bunker before the...

Sigil

Role-playing game, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Indie

Game released: PC → 26 June 2022

Sigil is a dark tactical RPG with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The plot tells about a certain undead heir who wanders around the land of the sea...

Outlast: Whistleblower

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

Game released: PC → 6 May 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Outlast: Whistleblower is an add-on for the first-person horror adventure game Outlast. The add-on will tell the story of software engineer Waylon Park, who worked...

Stormworks: Build and Rescue

Arcade, Indie, Third-person view, First-person view, Action, Shooter, Educational game (Education), Combat robots, Flight Simulator, Warships / Submarines

Game released: PC → 17 September 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Stormworks: Build and Rescue is a fun sandbox simulator where you take control of your own search and rescue team by modeling and creating vehicles. As you...

Door Kickers: Action Squad

Arcade, Action, Indie, Tactics, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: PC → 17 November 2017; Game released: PC → 10 September 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Door Kickers: Action Squad is a side-view pixel arcade action game from the creators of the Door Kickers series. In the game you have to become a SWAT operative and...

Warstride Challenges

Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Arcade

Early Access: PC → 19 April 2022; Game released: PC → 7 September 2023

Players: 10/10

A dynamic old-school shooter where players destroy demons as quickly as possible. The game features short but challenging levels, as well as brutal time-based...

Supraland Six Inches Under

Action, Puzzle, Indie, Platformer, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 14 January 2022

Players: 9.4/10

Supraland Six Inches Under is a continuation of the exciting first-person action-platformer with Metroidvania elements. This time you will dive six inches below the...

XEL

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 12 July 2022

Metacritic: 43/100

The main character Raid, by the will of fate, found herself in the strange world of the XEL ship. Her memory is like a blank slate that she is trying to fill...

My Friend Pedro

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 20 June 2019

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

My Friend Pedro is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer that will remind many of Max Payne. You will play as a heavily armed hero who kills hundreds of...

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