Indie for PC — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 9

Arcade, God Simulator, Puzzle, Logic, Sandbox, Simulation, Indie

Game released: PC → 23 November 2022

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Sandbox is an arcade god simulator with puzzle elements. Imagine creating your own 8-bit pixel world, playing with humans, ninjas, robots or zombies, composing your...

Maneater

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Open world, Slasher

Game released: PC → 22 May 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Adventure action set in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The story centers around a shark that has survived a brutal encounter with a hunter and is driven by a...

Reigns: Game of Thrones

Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Visual novel, Logic, Role-playing game, Indie

Game released: PC → 18 October 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Reigns: Game of Thrones is a unique card board game in the Game of Thrones universe. As in the original game, the heads of the kingdoms will have to solve problems...

The White Door

Adventure, Puzzle, Interactive movie, Indie

Game released: PC → 9 January 2020

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 89/100

Detective game from the creators of Cube Escape and Rusty Lake Paradise, which tells the story of Robert Hill, undergoing treatment in a clinic and suffering...

The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante

Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Visual novel, Text quest, Medieval era

Game released: PC → 4 March 2021

Players: 9/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 82/100

The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante is a narrative role-playing game set in the pages of the protagonist's diary. You will find a story about a ruthless world...

Unrecord

Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Tactics

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 9.5/10

A tactical shooter with a body camera view and real-life graphics. The game tells the story of a policeman who investigates several criminal cases and confronts...

Death Howl

Strategy, Adventure, Turn-based, Card game, Indie, Tactics, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 9 December 2025

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Players venture into a dark world of spirits alongside the huntress Ro, who seeks to bring her son back from the dead. The game offers over 25 hours of adventure in...

Grind Survivors

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Roguelike, Demons, Indie, Crafting

Game released: PC → 16 March 2026

Steam: 69/100

A dynamic action roguelike where a demon hunter battles endless waves of hellspawn on a ruined Earth. Each run turns into a struggle for survival and a chance to...

Kerbal Space Program

Flight Simulator, Futurism (Future), Logic, Indie, Space, Simulation, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 24 June 2011

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Kerbal Space Program is a sci-fi simulator with well-developed physical laws. You have to manage the space program of a certain planet. Everything needed to build a...

Heave Ho

Arcade, Online, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle, Indie, Platformer

Game released: PC → 29 August 2019

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Heave Ho is a side-scrolling co-op arcade puzzle platformer. In the game you can gather a friendly team of up to 4 people to go on a dangerous journey, where the...

Age of Darkness: Final Stand

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Isometric, Indie, Tactics, Fantasy, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Early Access: PC → 7 October 2021; Game released: PC → 15 January 2025

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 74/100

A real-time strategy game set in a dark fantasy setting, where darkness becomes the main enemy of humanity. No one knows for sure what it is - the embodiment of...

TOMAK: Save the Earth Regeneration

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Remake, Casual game, Simulation

Game released: PC → 2 April 2026

Players: 1/10

Remake of the South Korean dating simulator Tomak: Save the Earth, Again from 2001, known for its absurd plot. The game tells the story of a goddess who descends...

Don't Starve: Reign of Giants

Simulation, Action, DLC, Isometric, Roguelike, Survival, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 30 April 2014

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 96/100

Don't Starve: Reign of Giants is an add-on for an action-adventure game with survival elements. The game world has become even larger and more diverse. The creators...

Talos Principle

Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 11 December 2014

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Talos Principle is a first-person adventure puzzle game in a sci-fi setting from the creators of Serious Sam. In an unknown place, deserted and seemingly divorced...

RUINER

Shooter, Isometric, Cyberpunk, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 26 September 2017

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 76/100

RUINER is an isometric action game in a cyberpunk setting. The game takes place in 2091 in a cyber metropolis called Rengkok. You will play as a cyber psychopath...

Dorfromantik

Strategy, Arcade, Indie, Isometric, Turn-based, Puzzle, City Building, Casual game

Early Access: PC → 25 March 2021; Game released: PC → 28 April 2022

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Dorfromantik is a colorful city-building strategy with turn-based battles and an isometric camera view. You start the game with a stack of procedurally generated...

IXION

Strategy, Business / Management, Science fiction, Simulation, In real time, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Isometric, Space, City Building

Game released: PC → 7 December 2022

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A sci-fi strategy game with elements of survival and control, set on a space station. The gameplay combines construction, exploration and resource management in...

Rock, Paper, Severed

Strategy, Horror, Online, First-person view, Indie, Casual game

Game in development: PC → 2026

A brutal multiplayer version of the classic game "Rock, Paper, Scissors," where every loss has physical consequences. From two to four players sit at one table, and...

Ratalorica

Free game, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Clicker, Indie, Casual game, Text quest

Game released: PC → 19 May 2026

Steam: 90/100

An unusual companion game that can be placed right on top of the desktop and run simultaneously with other programs or games. The main character GRATS automatically...

To the Moon

Adventure, Top-down view, Puzzle, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC → 6 July 2012

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 83/100

An indie adventure game created using the RPG Maker engine. The game tells the story of two young doctors, Eva and Neil, who give people another chance to live...

Twelve Minutes

Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Point & Click, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 19 August 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Twelve Minutes is an interactive top-down thriller that follows the relationship of a married couple whose lives are dramatically changed by a police officer who...

Farmer's Life

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

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

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 87/100

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...

Conquest Dark

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

Early Access: PC → 30 April 2025

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 90/100

The black planet almost destroyed humanity, awakening ancient forces. 237 years later, survivors continue to fight armies of the undead. You need to upgrade your...

Giantess Playground

Action, Indie, Open world, Sandbox, Simulation

Early Access: PC → 23 July 2025; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 25/100

The player controls a colossal giantess and wreaks havoc on the city. Several characters can reduce skyscrapers to rubble and then stage a photo shoot. You can also...

Thimbleweed Park

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Side view, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: PC → 30 March 2017

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Thimbleweed Park is a classic “point-and-click” quest from the creators of Maniac Mansion. The game takes place in a small town where a mysterious murder occurred...

Celeste

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Adventure

Game released: PC → 25 January 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 97/100

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...

Noita

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons

Game released: PC → 15 October 2020; Early Access: PC → 24 September 2019

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Noita is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer in a fantasy setting. You will find procedural generation of levels, the irreversible death of the hero, as well...

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...

The Room

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Steampunk, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 28 July 2014

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 97/100

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...

Open Roads

Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel, Indie, Exploration

Game released: PC → 28 March 2024

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 63/100

The game tells the fascinating story of young Tess Devine and her mother, who embark on an amazing journey in search of treasure. One day they find a mysterious box...

Blood West

Action, Shooter, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Indie, Open world, Role-playing game

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

Players: 8/10

Steam: 89/100

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...

Jotunn - Day of Judgement

Action, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Exploration, Fantasy, Casual game, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 28 October 2022

Steam: 86/100

Jotunn — Day of Judgment is a free first-person horror game with exploration elements, in which the goal is to escape from the mysterious Scandinavian forest...

Down in Bermuda

Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game, Hidden Objects, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 14 January 2021

Steam: 89/100

The main character is a pilot named Milton, who gets caught in a storm and finds himself trapped in the famous Bermuda Triangle. He explores the islands and solves...

Pathologic 3: Quarantine

Adventure, First-person view, Free game, Indie, Detective, Survival horror, Open world, Role-playing game, Simulation

Game released: PC → 17 March 2025

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 88/100

The beginning of the story of a young scientist from Pathologic 3. The main character sets off from a laboratory in the capital to a small town where a mysterious...

Gone Home

Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel, Indie, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: PC → 15 August 2013

Players: 5.6/10

Steam: 77/100

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...

ABZU

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Exploration, Casual game

Game released: PC → 2 August 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 80/100

ABZU is a fantastic adventure arcade game with a third-person view. As a scuba diver, you will go to conquer the depths of the seabed. There you can meet a variety...

Risk of Rain

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

Game released: PC → 8 November 2013

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

This Is the Police

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Indie

Game released: PC → 2 August 2016

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 67/100

This Is the Police is an adventure strategy game with management game elements and an isometric camera view. Scandals, intrigues, investigations are commonplace for...

Fairy Tail: Dungeons

Adventure, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Fantasy, Collectible card game (CCG), Replayability, Card game

Game released: PC → 26 August 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Card roguelike based on the anime series “Fairy Tail”. The plot of the game tells how Natsu and Happy discovered a mysterious door under the guild and went down...

Lake

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Simulation, Indie, Walking Simulator, Open world

Game released: PC → 1 September 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 86/100

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...

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