Indie for PC — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 75

IO (2007)

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

Game released: PC → 5 December 2014

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 68/100

A physics-based platformer about guiding a ball through puzzle-filled levels using momentum and changes in size. Growing or shrinking the ball affects its speed and...

Baseless

Arcade, Action, Indie, Shooter, Space

Game released: PC → 4 December 2025

Steam: 93/100

Baseless is an arcade action shooter built around travelling between planets with 360-degree gravity. Shooting also serves as movement: blasts propel the hero...

Snuggle Truck

Arcade, Action, Racing, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 3 February 2012

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Snuggle Truck is an arcade driving game about delivering a load of quirky animals to the zoo without letting them fall out or get hurt. The player steers a truck...

Sol Survivor

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

Game released: PC → 15 March 2010

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This futuristic tower defense strategy game centers on protecting a colony from waves of enemies. The player builds different types of turrets and calls in orbital...

SpaceChem

Strategy, Puzzle, Sandbox, Indie, Logic

Game released: PC → 2 March 2011

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 84/100

SpaceChem is an unusual puzzle game with strategy elements and a top-down view. In the game you will try on the role of a SpaceChem reactor compartment engineer...

Spirits of Metropolis

Strategy, Puzzle, Sandbox, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 22 December 2008

Steam: 66/100

Spirits of Metropolis is a strategy with puzzle and sandbox elements from developers from the studio Vertigo Games. The main publisher of the game is Vertigo...

Steel Empire

Shooter, Beat them all, Steampunk, Side view, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 13 September 2018

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Steel Empire is an old-school side-scrolling shooter in steampunk style. You have to repel the attack of the powerful Motorhead empire, which has enslaved almost...

Zero-K

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Tanks, Combat robots, Free game, Indie

Game released: PC → 27 April 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Zero-K is a free-to-play real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting, inspired by the famous Total Annihilation and Supreme...

Little Inferno

Arcade, Logic, Casual game, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 19 November 2012

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Little Inferno is an unusual puzzle game from the creators of World of Goo. It smelled like something was cooking... And here's your new Little Inferno entertaining...

Dark Matter

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

Game released: PC → 17 October 2013

Steam: 38/100

Dark Matter is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in the distant future, where you have to explore an abandoned...

At the Gates

Strategy, God Simulator, Isometric, Historical, Turn-based, Tactics, Indie

Game released: PC → 23 January 2019

Steam: 39/100

Metacritic: 63/100

At the Gates is an engaging turn-based strategy game with an isometric camera view from the creator of Sid Meier's Civilization 5. You will take on the role of a...

Cat Lady

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Indie

Game released: PC → 1 December 2012

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This psychological horror game follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year-old woman on the verge of suicide. With no family, friends or hope for a better future, she...

Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Ravenge

Action, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: PC → 9 December 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 63/100

This top-down real-time strategy game centers on a war between two zombie masterminds. The player chooses between Orville Tycoon, an apprentice turned rogue, and...

Earthlock: Festival of Magic

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure, Strategy

Game released: PC → 27 September 2016

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 61/100

An adventure RPG set in a fantasy world, blending an Eastern role-playing genre with a Nordic take. Players grow potatoes, mushrooms and plants, then use their...

Nelo

Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Cyberpunk

Early Access: PC → 20 November 2017

Steam: 69/100

Nelo is an arcade action game with a top-down and third-person view in a futuristic setting. The main character is a mutant who can move on any surface, jump...

Rive

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Beat them all, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 13 September 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 77/100

RIVE is a futuristic shooter-platformer about space scavenger Roughshot, who becomes trapped aboard a mysterious starship and has to form an unexpected alliance...

EarthNight

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 3 December 2019

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 75/100

EarthNight is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer with roguelike elements. The game will tell about the dragon apocalypse, which forced people to leave...

Ascendant

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Beat them all, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PC → 13 May 2014

Steam: 76/100

Ascendant is an arcade role-playing action platformer with roguelike elements and a side view. You become a demigod who invades the dimension and must defeat hordes...

Trine: Enchanted Edition

Action, Adventure, Collection, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Platformer

Game released: PC → 24 July 2014

Steam: 94/100

This fantasy adventure platformer tells the origin story of Amadeus the Wizard, Pontius the Knight, and Zoya the Thief, whose fates are bound by the magical...

Super Meat Boy Forever

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Action, Runner

Game released: PC → 10 January 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Continuation of the hardcore arcade runner Super Meat Boy. The game has a full story, six new chapters and twice as many bosses. Meat Boy and Band-Aid Girl try to...

10,000,000

Role-playing game, Puzzle, Indie, Match-3 (Three in a row), Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: PC → 15 January 2013

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 78/100

10,000,000 — Action role-playing roguelike in a fantasy style with puzzle elements and a side view. In this game you have to run non-stop, overcome obstacles...

City Sleeps

Arcade, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 16 October 2014

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 61/100

A music-driven twin-stick shooter, A City Sleeps follows Poe, the youngest member of an ancient clan of dream exorcists who enter sleeping minds to fight demons...

Alien Shooter 2: Conscription

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, DLC, Isometric, Indie

Game released: PC → 20 January 2011

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 80/100

An isometric action game with RPG elements, this expansion for Alien Shooter 2 follows a war against alien invaders. Monsters are destroying cities and claiming new...

Zombie City Defense 2

Strategy, In real time, Action, Tactics, Isometric, Simulation, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PC → 20 August 2016

Steam: 64/100

Zombie City Defense 2 is a tactical post -apocalyptic game in the genre of tower protection. In the near future, the world was devastated by a virus, turning...

Crea

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Indie, Sandbox, Crafting

Game released: PC → 9 June 2016

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 73/100

Crea is a sandbox role-playing game set in procedurally generated worlds, where the hero explores new lands, fights monsters, and uncovers the world’s history...

Sentinels of the Multiverse

Strategy, Board / Group Game, Card game, Comics, Cooperative (co-op), Indie

Game released: PC → 22 December 2014

Steam: 92/100

Sentinels of the Multiverse is a superhero card strategy with turn-based combat, made in a comic book style. The action takes place in classic comic book locations...

Crowntakers

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

Game released: PC → 28 November 2014

Steam: 75/100

Crowntakers is a turn-based strategy game with RPG elements set in a fantasy world. In a big fairy-tale world, a tragedy occurs — a good king is captured by...

NEON STRUCT

Indie, Stealth, Cyberpunk

Game released: PC → 20 May 2015

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 62/100

This story follows former spy Jillian Cleary, framed for treason and hunted by her former agency. She must stay hidden, survive off the grid, and find a way to...

The Flower Collectors

Indie, Adventure, Detective

Game released: PC → 21 April 2020

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Set in Barcelona in 1977, this detective game follows a former police officer in a wheelchair who witnesses a murder and joins forces with a young, ambitious...

Zoo Rampage

Arcade, Action, Horror, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 9 July 2014

Steam: 62/100

This arcade action game with horror elements casts players as animals breaking free from captivity and rampaging through a zoo. Players choose from several angry...

Crash and Burn Racing

Racing, Indie, Free game

Game released: PC → 9 December 2014

Steam: 65/100

An arcade racing game with weapons and power-ups, focused on causing havoc on the roads and taking rivals out of the race. Players drive sports cars, ambulances...

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 have to defeat...

Joe Dever's Lone Wolf: Blood on the Snow

Role-playing game, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC → 27 November 2014

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Joe Dever's Lone Wolf: Blood on the Snow is a fantasy RPG adventure in the style of a visual novel. Make meaningful choices and forge your own path in this epic...

Zup! 6

Puzzle, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 19 September 2017

Steam: 92/100

A casual physics puzzle in which the goal is to keep a blue ball on a platform for three seconds using explosions. The game features more than 60 levels, along with...

Town of Light

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

Game released: PC → 26 February 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Town of Light is a first-person psychological thriller. The events of the game will take you to Italy in the 30s of the last century, to a psychiatric hospital...

PhysDrive

Racing, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 10 November 2015

Steam: 50/100

PhysDrive is a physics-based racing game set across a large map filled with obstacles. Players navigate loops, avoid falling blocks, break through destructible...

Credible Tale of Yokai, Robots & the Lunar Tourist

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Indie

Game canceled: PC → 26 October 2015

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Credible Tale of Yokai, Robots & the Lunar Tourist is an adventure strategy game with RPG elements in the Japanese style. The game has a specific visual design, as...

Cross Set

Casual game, Indie, Puzzle, Free game

Game released: PC → 17 November 2015

Steam: 77/100

Cross Set is a number puzzle played on a square grid of up to 9×9 cells. The goal is to fill every row and column with the numbers from 1 to the grid’s size while...

Rally Copters

Arcade, Racing, Helicopters, Side view, Indie, Sports game

Game released: PC → 10 August 2016

Steam: 100/100

Rally Copters is a helicopter arcade game with a side view. You have to take control of four unique helicopters and fly through about 27 levels, passing a number of...

Wake Up

Indie, Adventure, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: PC → 9 August 2016

Steam: 82/100

This VR adventure takes place in a surreal dream, where an elusive butterfly is the player’s only guide. To make the journey and wake up, the player solves riddles...

Indie

Best Games in the Indie genre for PC