Indie for PC — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 8

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 1 June 2022

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 71/100

The actions of the game take place in the depths of the sea, where various monsters live. With the help of soul transference, the main character can use the...

Farmer's Life

Action, Third-person view, Business / Management, Indie, Sandbox, Comedy, Farm Simulator, Open world

Early Access: PC → 5 August 2021; Game released: PC → 20 October 2023

Players: 7.8/10

A harsh farmer simulator that shows the very “dark” side of life on a garden plot. The main character is an alcoholic who sleeps in a dilapidated house hugging a...

Gladiator Guild Manager

Strategy, Indie, Simulation, Turn-based, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Business / Management, Role-playing game

Early Access: PC → 14 October 2021; Game released: PC → 22 June 2024

Players: 8.2/10

A managerial simulator with elements of tactics in which the player needs to develop his own guild of fighters and lead them to glory. Recruiting warriors...

Tavern Master

Strategy, Business / Management, Simulation, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Isometric, In real time

Game released: PC → 16 November 2021

Players: 10/10

Tavern Master is a fun real-time management strategy game with an isometric camera view. In the game you will try on the role of a tavern owner who starts his...

Anger Foot

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Comedy

Game released: PC → 11 July 2024

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

A lightning-fast hardbass shooter about gangsters, the main feature of which is an unusual combat system. You can use not only different guns as weapons, but also...

Regiments

Strategy, Tactics, Isometric, In real time, Historical, Indie

Game released: PC → 16 August 2022

Players: 9.2/10

Regiments is a tactical real-time strategy about the Third World War. The events take place in 1989. One day, the Cold War between NATO and the countries belonging...

Starsand Island

Anime / Manga, Sandbox, Indie, Casual game, Exploration, Construction, Crafting, Farm Simulator

Early Access: PC → 11 February 2026; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 9.5/10

A cozy tropical island life simulator with farming, decorating, and exploration elements. The player finds himself far from the bustle of the city and sets up his...

Bad North

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PC → 16 November 2018

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Bad North is a minimalist real-time strategy game with tower defense elements and an isometric camera view. You have to defend your island against the impending...

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...

FierceWind Decay

Free game, Adventure, Side view, Indie, Platformer

Game released: PC → 15 October 2020

Players: 7.4/10

FierceWind Decay is an unusual, dark side-scrolling platformer about fate and time distortions. The game offers easy controls, three endings, and your choice will...

Warstone TD

Strategy, In real time, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game

Game released: PC → 23 May 2018

A fantasy strategy game in the "tower defense" genre, combining the classic formula of defending against waves of enemies with a large-scale kingdom development...

60 Parsecs!

Simulation, Strategy, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 18 September 2018

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Continuation of the game 60 seconds!, the events of which occur in open space. After the explosion of the station, the team of evacuated astronauts is one on one...

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...

Iron Meat

Shooter, Side view, Arcade, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 26 September 2024

Players: 9.7/10

Meat shooter inspired by the legendary Contra and seasoned with a dark plot and living machinery. Players fight bloodthirsty bosses that look like KAMAZ trucks...

Jotun

Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie

Game released: PC → 29 September 2015

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Jotun is a hand-drawn action adventure game set in the world of Norse mythology. In the game, you will try on the role of Toru, a Viking warrior who died an...

Tunche

Arcade, Side view, Action, Adventure, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Role-playing game, Slasher

Game released: PC → 2 November 2021

Metacritic: 68/100

Tunche is a side-scrolling action-RPG slasher game with co-op for up to four people. The game is based on an ancient legend of Peruvian folklore and will delight...

Gone Home

Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 August 2013

Players: 5.6/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Gone Home is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view. The game tells the story of Caitlin Greenbriar, who returned home from a trip to Europe. She soon...

Demeo

Virtual Reality (VR), Card game, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Indie, Turn-based, Cooperative (co-op), First-person view

Game released: PC → 15 December 2022

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Demeo is a card role-playing game with turn-based combat from a first-person view in a fantasy setting for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Valve...

Banner Saga

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

Game released: PC → 14 January 2014

Players: 8.9/10

Banner Saga is a tactical role-playing strategy with turn-based combat and a top-down view. The game combines amazing visual style and Nordic atmosphere. Banner...

Godstrike

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 15 April 2021

Metacritic: 64/100

Godstrike is a dynamic top-down arcade shooter in a fantasy setting. Your task is to defeat the bosses one by one, within the allotted time. But time is not just...

We Were Here Forever

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

Game released: PC → 10 May 2022

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 76/100

We Were Here Forever is the latest installment in the co-op puzzle adventure from a first-person perspective in the We Were Here series. You and your friend are...

Nippon Marathon

Arcade, Sports game, Board / Group Game, Indie

Game released: PC → 17 December 2018

Metacritic: 54/100

Nippon Marathon is a fun team game for up to 4 people where you can compete in speed running. As you run, dangerous obstacles will await you, and various fruits...

Black Book

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

Game released: PC → 10 August 2021

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Black Book is a mixture of an adventure game and a card RPG in the setting of Russian fairy tales. The game tells the story of a young peasant woman, Vasilisa: the...

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...

Army of Ruin

Top-down view, Action, Shooter, Roguelike, Fantasy, Indie

Game released: PC → 8 June 2023; Early Access: PC → 27 October 2022

Players: 9.3/10

A dynamic action game in which players lead legendary heroes on a campaign against the hordes of evil. As you progress, you can collect a deadly arsenal, capable of...

DARQ

Action, Horror, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 4 December 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 76/100

DARQ is an indie horror game that puts you in a lucid nightmare. The game tells the story of Lloyd, a boy caught in a nightmare. By exploring the darkest corners of...

Slender: The Arrival

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Walking Simulator, Exploration, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PC → 28 October 2013; Early Access: PC → 26 March 2013

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 63/100

Continuation of the atmospheric horror with a first-person view Slender. The story tells of Slenderman, a paranormal figure who haunts inquiring minds around the...

Slain: Back from Hell

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Action, Indie, Slasher

Game released: PC → 24 March 2016

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Slain: Back from Hell is an action-adventure platformer in a gothic setting. The story follows the doomed hero Bathoryn as he travels through a Gothic world and...

Sker Ritual

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Zombies, Indie, Online, Survival horror

Early Access: PC → 6 October 2022; Game released: PC → 18 April 2024

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 55/100

Cooperative shooter inspired by the British horror Maid of Sker. Players will face hordes of familiar and new elite monsters with supernatural abilities...

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...

Tempest 4000

Arcade, Shooter, First-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 17 July 2018

Metacritic: 75/100

Tempest 4000 is a colorful arcade shooter with a first-person view, created based on the classic game of the same name. You will have the opportunity to control a...

Heroes of Hammerwatch

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 1 March 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Heroes of Hammerwatch is an indie role-playing game with action elements in a medieval setting. Explore procedurally generated levels, destroying enemies and...

YAPYAP

First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Dungeons, Comedy, Exploration, Fantasy, Procedural generation, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 3 February 2026

Cooperative survival horror where you can test your magical abilities with friends. In the story, the player and their allies are wizards summoned by a powerful...

RiverBond

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 9 June 2019

Metacritic: 64/100

RiverBond is a fun co-op action-slasher game with an isometric camera view. Together with your friends, you will go to conquer a crazy voxel world in which you will...

Poly Bridge

Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 12 July 2016

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 73/100

The game allows you to build bridges from different parts. Buildings must comply with the laws of physics, especially those parts that relate to the resistance of...

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...

Crashlands

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

Game released: PC → 21 January 2016

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Crashlands is an action role-playing game in which the main character, after an unsuccessful intergalactic flight, crashes on an unknown planet. Having meager...

Into the Pit

Roguelike, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 19 October 2021

Players: 2.2/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Into the Pit is an indie roguelike with first-person shooter elements. As members of a family of knowledge-hunting mystics, you and your cousin Luridia separately...

SteamWorld Dig

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 5 December 2013

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 80/100

SteamWorld Dig is a charming side-scrolling arcade action-platformer about a robotic miner named Rusty, who arrives in a small town with the goal of finding...

Blackwind

Action, Futurism (Future), Isometric, Combat robots, Slasher, Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 20 January 2022

Players: 10/10

Blackwind is a dynamic action-slasher about combat robots with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place on the mining colony...

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