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

DREDGE - The Iron Rig - a game in the Indie genre

DLC, Indie, Hunting / Fishing, Adventure, Exploration, Open world, Simulation

Game released: PC → 15 August 2024

Players: 9.6/10

The add-on tells a completely new story related to the Iron Harbor company. Players deliver cargo to an oil platform containing a secret laboratory. By assisting...

Beyond Astra

Strategy, In real time, Indie, Space, Grand strategy, Science fiction

Game in development: PC → 2026

A global real-time strategy that combines elements of city building on a planetary scale and tactical RTS battles. The development of the empire is linked to six...

Dex

Role-playing game, Adventure, Stealth, Indie, Steampunk

Game released: PC → 7 May 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Dex is a 2D open-world cyberpunk RPG that focuses on exploration and non-linear...

Cookie Clicker

Arcade, Action, Indie, Clicker

Game released: PC → 1 September 2021

Players: 7.9/10

An arcade clicker game where everything revolves around baking endless amounts of cookies. Every click brings a tasty reward, and the more cookies you bake, the...

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...

Road 96

Adventure, Interactive movie, First-person view, Indie, Action, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 16 August 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Road 96 is a thrilling, interactive, first-person adventure that pays tribute to various road movies, as well as the work of cinema legends such as Quentin...

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...

Blood West

Action, Shooter, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Indie

Early Access: PC → 10 February 2022; Game released: PC → 5 December 2023

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 80/100

A mystical Western that tells the story of a traveling revolver who rises from the dead to lift a curse and free his soul. During his journey through the Wild West...

IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator

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

Game in development: PC → 6 August 2026

Tactical simulator for controlling a giant artillery machine in an alternative Spain of the late 1920s. Against the backdrop of a growing uprising of republicans...

Legend of Grimrock

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 11 April 2012

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Legend of Grimrock is an action role-playing game with a first-person view in a fantasy setting. A group of prisoners are sentenced to death by exile to the...

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...

Risk of Rain

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 8 November 2013

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Risk of Rain is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person view and roguelike elements in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game will take you to a distant...

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth

Arcade, DLC, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 30 October 2015

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 85/100

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth is an addition to the top-down arcade action game Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. It adds over 100 hours of content, including the new...

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator

Simulation, Action, Fighting, Business / Management, Indie, Medieval era, Sandbox, Comedy

Early Access: PC → 1 April 2019; Game released: PC → 1 April 2021

Players: 7.7/10

A fun tactical simulator in which historical battles turn into a chaotic and funny sandbox. Stupid, but charming units fighting under the control of funny physics...

The Last Train

Indie, Adventure, Role-playing game, Simulation, Side view, Post-apocalyptic, Trains, Tactics

Game released: PC → 11 October 2018

Players: 1/10

The Last Train is an indie role-playing simulator with elements of a post-apocalyptic adventure. You play the role of one of the last surviving train drivers in...

The Room

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Steampunk

Game released: PC → 28 July 2014

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 82/100

The Room is an indie puzzle game with a first-person view and horror elements. A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a...

Oneiro Man

Arcade, Casual game, Comics, Adventure, Comedy, Indie

Game released: PC → 1 November 2024

A game about an office worker who cannot sleep until he completes all his reports. If you do not have time to complete all the tasks, the hero may be fired. You...

Gamblers Table

Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie, Casual game, Clicker

Game released: PC → 11 January 2026

A minimalist clicker with pixel graphics and cute helpers. The gameplay revolves around tossing coins. If the coin falls as a dollar — you earn money, if it falls...

VVVVVV

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 11 January 2010

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 85/100

VVVVVV is an arcade indie platformer with a side view. You play as the fearless leader of a team of dimension explorers who have crashed and lost contact with each...

Mercenary Kings

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PC → 22 July 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Mercenary Kings is a side-scrolling run-and-gun platformer similar to games like SNK's Metal Slug series. Players can jump, crouch, roll, shoot in four directions...

Stoneshard

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

Early Access: PC → 6 February 2020; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 7.9/10

Stoneshard is a tactical RPG with roguelike elements and an open world from the creators of 12 is Better Than 6. You will embark on a grand journey across the...

Gris

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 13 December 2018

Players: 8.9/10

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...

Cube Escape Collection

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 14 October 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Cube Escape Collection is an adventure puzzle game in the point and click genre. In this classic anthology of adventure games, you follow the path of Dale...

Zomborg

Online, Educational game (Education), Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Tactics, Science fiction, Zombies

Game released: PC → 10 November 2017

The game takes place in the year 2000. The UN created quarantine zones around the world to conceal the spread of an unknown virus. Scientists searched for the cause...

Iron Blight

Shooter, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Old school, Zombies, Survival horror

Game in development: PC → 24 August 2026

Anticipation Rating: 5/10

Atmospheric survival horror set in a cold city of the Eastern Bloc, engulfed in fear and despair. Trapped among the ruins and surrounded by monsters, the main...

Don't Starve: Hamlet

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, DLC, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PC → 8 November 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Don't Starve: Hamlet is an add-on for the isometric survival action game Don't Starve. It begins when Wilson opens a portal in the place where the Pigmen come from...

Pacify

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

Game released: PC → 22 February 2019

Players: 8.3/10

Pacify is a cooperative survival horror game with a first-person perspective. You will be a newly minted employee of an organization that investigates cases of...

Deathly Stillness

Free game, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game released: PC → 4 September 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Deathly Stillness is a free-to-play post-apocalyptic shooter with a third-person view. The main opponents in the game are zombies. The main task is to clear all...

Synth Riders

Arcade, Action, Music game, First-person view, Cyberpunk, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: PC → 1 November 2019

Metacritic: 89/100

Synth Riders is a musical arcade action game with a first-person view for virtual reality devices Valve Index, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Windows Mixed Reality and...

We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip

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

Game released: PC → 14 September 2023

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 82/100

A free first-person co-op puzzle game for two players. Players take control of sailors who, after receiving a call for help, sail to an abandoned amusement park...

Panelka

Simulation, Sandbox, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 13 February 2025

Players: 7.7/10

A meditative game about decorating a Soviet apartment. Players find themselves in a classic old-fashioned high-rise building and are busy furnishing their own home...

60 Seconds! Reatomized

Simulation, Business / Management, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Point & Click, Survival, Comedy

Game released: PC → 25 July 2019

An updated version of the black comedy 60 Seconds! with survival elements, where a few dozen seconds separate ordinary family life from a nuclear apocalypse...

Outcore: Desktop Adventure

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Comedy, Exploration

Game released: PC → 26 September 2022

An unusual adventure that takes place right on the computer desktop. The main character must help a mysterious girl named Lumi restore her lost memories by...

Rehaunted

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Detective, Survival horror, Walking Simulator

Game in development: PC → III квартал 2026

A psychological detective horror where the investigation of a mysterious murder gradually turns into a journey through a maze of lies, contradictions, and hidden...

Celeste

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 25 January 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Celeste is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer from the creator of TowerFall. More than 250 levels await you, and the locations include abandoned cities...

Bus World

Simulation, First-person view, Racing, Third-person view, Adventure, Indie, Sandbox, Open world

Early Access: PC → 29 September 2022; Game released: PC → 14 September 2023

Players: 7.1/10

A realistic driving simulator in which the player carries out passenger bus transportation in a variety of scenarios: from working as a bus driver to evacuation in...

Zombotron

Arcade, Side view, Futurism (Future), Shooter, Indie, Adventure, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 22 April 2019

Players: 8.2/10

Zombotron is a driving role-playing shooter with a side view in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place in the future on an unknown mysterious planet...

Midnight Fight Express

Action, Top-down view, Beat them all, Fighting, Isometric, Indie

Game released: PC → 23 August 2022

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Midnight Fight Express is a dynamic action game with an isometric camera view in the spirit of Hotline Miami and "John Wick." In the game, you will have to...

Russian Train Trip

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

Game released: PC → 28 December 2021

Players: 6.9/10

Russian Train Trip is an adventure simulator of riding a passenger train in Russia with a first-person view. In the game you have to buy tickets, food, take the...

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...

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