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The Last Night - a game in the Indie genre

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game in development: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The Last Night is a side-scrolling arcade cyberpunk platformer. A two-dimensional open world awaits you, which the main character will have to explore as his...

Endling - Extinction is Forever

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Adventure, Indie, Stealth, Survival

Game released: PC → 19 July 2022

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Endling — Extinction is Forever is a fun side-scrolling adventure in which you need to help the last adult fox on Earth. She needs to lead her three cubs to...

Tape to Tape

Arcade, Online, Hockey, Sports game, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy, Old school

Early Access: PC → 3 May 2023; Game released: PC → 23 October 2026

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 92/100

A unique sports roguelike in which players try to turn a group of misfits into real hockey superstars and win the big league. As a captain, you need to make...

Banebush

Horror, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC → 25 December 2024

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 94/100

A gloomy adventure made in black and red colors and inspired by fairy tales. The game has several endings, the receipt of which depends on the decisions made by the...

This War of Mine: The Little Ones

Strategy, Adventure, DLC, Business / Management, Roguelike, Simulation, Indie

Game released: PC → 1 June 2016

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 80/100

This War of Mine: The Little Ones is an expansion to the side-scrolling management strategy adventure This War of Mine. The addition tells the story of young...

The Forgotten City

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

Game released: PC → 28 July 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

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 revolve around...

Telling Lies

Interactive movie, Adventure, First-person view, Detective, Indie

Game released: PC → 23 August 2019

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Telling Lies is an interactive adventure from the creators of the Her Story series. The game tells the story of four characters, one of whom is hiding a big lie...

Roots of Pacha

Top-down view, Action, Role-playing game, Simulation, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Farm Simulator, Crafting

Game released: PC → 25 April 2023

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Sandbox with elements of a farmer simulator. The player is building a settlement in the Stone Age. You can grow plants to harvest crops, tame animals, and explore...

Nobody's Left

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game in development: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 9.8/10

The main action takes place in a post-war, post-apocalyptic city, in which people are forced to survive in the most difficult conditions. There is lawlessness and...

Iron Lung

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 9 March 2022

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 92/100

The game takes place in a dystopian future where all inhabited planets have disappeared and the remnants of humanity begin to live on space stations. One day people...

IKUMA - The Frozen Compass

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration

Game in development: PC → Q1 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

An atmospheric adventure of survival and coming of age, set on an uncharted Arctic island in 1864. Young cabin boy Sam and faithful husky Ellie are trying to...

Creepy Tale: Snow Child

Adventure, Horror, Stealth, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Casual game

Game released: PC → 14 May 2026

Steam: 90/100

The game continues to develop the ideas of the Creepy Tale series, focusing on expanding the world, improving the visual component, and offering more diverse...

Machine Party

Action, Horror, Logic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Casual game

Game released: PC → 30 July 2026

Steam: 87/100

Cooperative game for 2–4 players, inspired by the tense atmosphere of Buckshot Roulette. Participants must go through a series of brutal mini-games, where any...

Legend of Grimrock 2

Role-playing game, Hack and slash, In real time, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Dungeons

Game released: PC → 15 October 2014

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 85/100

This dungeon-crawling role-playing game follows four prisoners shipwrecked on the secluded Isle of Nex, where they must find a way to survive and escape. The...

Brawlhalla

Arcade, Action, Fighting, MMO, Platformer, Indie, Free game, Online

Game released: PC → 17 October 2017

Players: 8/10

Steam: 77/100

Brawlhalla is a free-to-play side-scrolling multiplayer fighting platformer that supports up to 8 players. The game features a wide variety of heroes with unique...

Dicey Dungeons

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

Game released: PC → 13 August 2019

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 89/100

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...

Becastled

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Indie, Medieval era, City Building

Early Access: PC → 8 February 2021; Game released: PC → 23 October 2025

Steam: 82/100

A strategy game about building and surviving in a harsh fantasy world. It all begins with the foundation of a castle, around which a city grows: walls, towers, and...

Chants of Sennaar

Isometric, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 5 September 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Once upon a time, the peoples of the tower stopped understanding each other. But everyone has heard about the legend about the traveler who will unite disparate...

Hanno: A Magical Tale

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Fantasy, Exploration, Puzzle

Game in development: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The story unfolds in the fictional world of Ashar, where an orphaned teenager named Vimal meets an unusual baby elephant named Hanno in the forest — lonely and...

Uncanny Tales: The Watcher

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Old school, Walking Simulator, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 5 August 2026

VGTimes: 6.2/10

Steam: 81/100

The main character Ilya becomes the new keeper of the reserve and heads to the remote taiga in hopes of a quiet job and solitude. However, the picturesque...

Space Menace

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Tactics, Space, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 11 November 2022

Steam: 58/100

A science fiction real-time strategy game with tactical space battles. Starting with a single ship, the player gradually transforms a small team into a full-fledged...

Box Knight

Action, Slasher, Beat them all, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Dungeons, Fantasy, Indie, Comedy

Game released: PC → 25 August 2026

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A colorful action roguelike with elements of humorous fantasy, set in a gloomy office. Due to the toxic work atmosphere, employees have turned into dangerous...

Asylum

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

Game released: PC → 13 March 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 83/100

The main character once ended up in a psychiatric hospital-a place full of pain and suffering. He dreamed of forgetting this horror, but the memories did not let...

Alien Shooter

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Role-playing game, Indie

Game released: PC → 13 October 2003

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Alien Shooter is a dynamic shooter with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting. Endless darkness and gloomy, long passages of a military complex that became...

Contrast

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: PC → 22 November 2013

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Contrast is a puzzle platformer that combines a three-dimensional fantasy world with a mysterious two-dimensional shadowscape. Its central mechanic is shifting...

Serial Cleaner

Action, Stealth, Simulation, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: PC → 14 July 2017

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 66/100

An interesting simulator with stealth elements and a view of the top, inspired by the atmosphere of Fargo and Crime Fix. The work is simple, but dangerous: to hide...

Project: Gorgon

Role-playing game, Action, Online, MMO, Third-person view, Indie, Fantasy

Early Access: PC → 13 March 2018; Game released: PC → 29 January 2026

Steam: 80/100

A fantasy MMORPG focused on exploration and freedom of choice, where the world does not guide you by the hand but gradually reveals itself through curiosity and...

Tunic

Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Exploration, Puzzle, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 16 March 2022

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Tunic is an action-adventure game with an isometric camera view. The main character is a cute red fox who must go through a lot of tests, defeat a large number of...

Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course

Arcade, Action, DLC, Beat them all, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Online

Game released: PC → 30 June 2022

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course — an expansion for the hardcore side-scrolling action-platformer, designed in the style of classic 1930s animation. The story...

Gris

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Platformer

Game released: PC → 13 December 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 83/100

GRIS is an atmospheric adventure puzzle game with a side view. The game will tell the sad story of the main character named Gris. The girl is locked in her own...

Ancient Cities

Strategy, Historical, Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, In real time, City Building, Survival

Early Access: PC → 17 December 2020; Game released: PC → 25 March 2023

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 64/100

Beginning in the Mesolithic era, players try to lead their people through generations, discovering and improving technology, managing resources and populations, and...

Dust Front RTS

Strategy, Construction, Procedural generation, Grand strategy, Indie

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Old school game with a non-linear story campaign. The action takes place on a planet that has experienced many wars and upheavals. The player builds bases and...

Night Slashers: Remake

Side view, Beat them all, Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Remake, Zombies, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Action

Game released: PC → 26 September 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 61/100

Remake of the beat 'em up Night Slashers, the original version of which was released in 1994 on arcade machines. The events of the game unfold in a nightmare...

Liar's Bar

Simulation, First-person view, Card game, Casino, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Comedy, Online

Early Access: PC → 2 October 2024; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 88/100

A cooperative simulator of a card sharper, where the only way to win is to cheat and deceive. If one of the players gets caught, he starts playing Russian Roulette...

Dead of Darkness

Action, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Indie, Zombies, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 23 January 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 86/100

The game takes place in 1985 in England. The main character is a private detective who is investigating the death of his own daughter. The character finds himself...

The Last Caretaker

First-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Science fiction, Comedy, Open world, Crafting, Survival

Early Access: PC → 7 November 2025; Game in development: PC → spring 2027

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 85/100

The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic, languid world. The protagonist is a robot exploring a vast ocean world to save the future of humanity. To do this, they...

Home - A Unique Horror Adventure

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 31 August 2012

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Home is a unique side-scrolling horror adventure in a pixelated style. The main character wakes up in a mysterious dark place and does not know how exactly he got...

Rising World

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Construction

Early Access: PC → 3 December 2014; Game in development: PC → 2027

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 86/100

Rising World is a voxel-based open-world sandbox with procedurally generated, destructible environments and survival elements. Starting with basic tools, players...

Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Historical, Indie, City Building

Early Access: PC → 15 March 2019; Game released: PC → 20 June 2024

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 89/100

A city planning simulator, the main feature of which is the surroundings in the style of the Soviet Union. The main task is to create your own republic, where you...

SteamDolls - Order of Chaos

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Adult game, Indie, Steampunk, Side view, Metroidvania

Early Access: PC → 11 February 2025; Game in development: PC → 2027

Steam: 90/100

SteamDolls — Order Of Chaos is a side-scrolling stealth action adventure game in the Metroidvania format, made in a steampunk style. The game takes place in a...

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