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

Simulation, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: PC → 10 December 2019

Players: 8.1/10

Boneworks is an experimental first-person simulator for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality virtual reality devices. The game features a sophisticated...

Gift

Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Action, Exploration

Game released: PC → 8 May 2024

Players: 8.5/10

A colorful action platformer in which the main character tries to escape from a giant ship before it sinks into the sea. The tilt of the ship and the water level in...

Feed and Grow: Fish

Arcade, Action, Simulation, Third-person view, Indie

Early Access: PC → 8 January 2016; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 7.4/10

Feed and Grow: Fish is a dynamic action game with a third-person view and elements of a survival simulator. In the game you have to go to conquer the endless water...

Wasteland 2

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game released: PC → 18 September 2014

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Wasteland 2 is the long-awaited sequel to the post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat that inspired the Fallout series. Just like in the original...

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...

Kynseed

Role-playing game, Simulation, Adventure, Indie

Early Access: PC → 8 November 2018; Game released: PC → 6 December 2022

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Kynseed — a role-playing sandbox with elements of a farming simulator from the creators of the Fable 3 series. As in other games of this genre, you will take care...

Dark Deception

Action, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Arcade, Free game

Game released: PC → 27 September 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Dark Deception is a shareware arcade horror runner with survival elements and a first-person view. Trapped in a dark world full of nightmarish labyrinths and...

Rivals of Aether

Arcade, Fighting, Beat them all, Indie

Game released: PC → 28 March 2017

Players: 7.7/10

They Always Run

Side view, Platformer, Action, Adventure, Science fiction, Indie

Game released: PC → 20 October 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 73/100

They Always Run is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The main character in the game is a character named Aiden. He is a mutant...

Bloodhound

Shooter, First-person view, Old school, Demons, Indie

Game released: PC → 18 July 2023

Players: 6/10

The main character is a member of the Order of the Gate Keepers, who must monitor the portals to hell and prevent demons from entering our world. He wages a...

Narcosis

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: PC → 28 March 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Narcosis is a first-person horror adventure game that supports HTC Vive, OSVR and Oculus Rift virtual reality devices. The game takes place deep under the Pacific...

Blue Estate

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 8 April 2015

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 49/100

Creeper World 4

Strategy, Indie, In real time, Science fiction, Action, Isometric, Simulation

Game released: PC → 3 December 2020

Players: 6/10

Creeper World 4 is an indie real-time strategy game in which you need to protect a small island of land from a liquid entity that has swallowed up more than one...

Keep Keepers

Strategy, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Crafting

Game released: PC → 28 October 2024

A strategy game in the "tower defense" genre with elements of automation and roguelike, where the development of the fortress and preparation for battles go hand in...

Five Dates

Interactive movie, First-person view, Adventure, Indie, Adult game

Game released: PC → 17 November 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Five Dates is a dating simulator with elements of an interactive adult adventure and a dash of romantic comedy. Unlike most similar projects, the game offers to...

Fez

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 11 September 2013

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Fez is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer. The action takes place in a 3D world, allowing the player to explore and traverse colorful worlds by rotating...

There Is No Light

Action, Indie, Slasher, Post-apocalyptic, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 19 September 2022

There is No Light is a hardcore action-adventure slasher film set in a dark fantasy setting. After a global catastrophe, humanity was forced to move underground. In...

Hardcore Mecha

Action, Indie, Side view, Combat robots, Shooter, Anime / Manga, Futurism (Future), Platformer

Game released: PC → 26 June 2019

Metacritic: 77/100

Hardcore Mecha is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. In the game you will have access to various combat mechs, a large arsenal...

Death's Gambit

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

Game released: PC → 13 August 2018

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Death's Gambit is an arcade side-scrolling action platformer with RPG elements. You have to act as an agent of death, whose goal is to rid the world of “immortals...

OMORI

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

Game released: PC → 25 December 2020

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 88/100

OMORI is an indie horror adventure with fantasy RPG elements. You have to explore a strange world full of colorful friends and enemies. You'll travel through the...

Contrast

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

Game released: PC → 22 November 2013

Players: 6.7/10

Contrast is a third-person arcade game with action, adventure, platformer, puzzle and indie elements from the developers of Compulsion Games. The publisher of the...

Dorfromantik

Strategy, Arcade, Indie, Isometric, Turn-based

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

Players: 9.1/10

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...

MADNESS: Project Nexus

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Slasher, Indie, Isometric

Game released: PC → 30 September 2021

Players: 8.1/10

MADNESS: Project Nexus is a whirlwind action slasher with an isometric camera view and horror elements. There are two modes available to you in the game: story...

Broken Lines

Role-playing game, Isometric, Historical, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics

Game released: PC → 25 February 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Broken Lines is a tactical turn-based strategy with RPG elements and an isometric camera view. Set during World War II, the game follows a group of eight soldiers...

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...

Under The Waves

Adventure, Indie, Exploration, Science fiction, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 28 August 2023

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Set in the 1970s in the depths of the North Sea, professional diver Stan struggles to overcome the loss that has turned his life upside down and embrace a new...

Night Shift Hospital

Action, Simulation, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy

Game in development: PC → 2026

A fun cooperative simulator of night shift doctors' work. Players need to quickly accept patients, conduct examinations, make diagnoses, and assign people to...

Coromon

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Indie, Exploration, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 31 March 2022

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 74/100

The main character travels through a colorful world and tames various creatures in order to get them into his squad of coromons. In total, there are about a hundred...

Expedition Zero

Horror, First-person view, Adventure, Indie, Action, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 24 March 2022

Metacritic: 59/100

Expedition Zero is an atmospheric action-horror game with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting, set in the Siberian wilderness. A falling meteorite turned the...

Party Animals

Online, Action, Indie, Fighting, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 20 September 2023

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 77/100

A fun multiplayer game where you can have fights between cute plush toys. They have their own physical model, which will not be easy to deal with. Players can...

Gleamlight

Arcade, Side view, Adventure, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PC → 20 August 2020

Players: 5.3/10

Metacritic: 42/100

Gleamlight is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer set in a dark fantasy setting. You will set off to conquer the amazing stained glass world to unravel the...

The Infected

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

Game released: PC → 7 August 2020; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 7.3/10

The Infected is an action-adventure sandbox with a first-person view and survival elements. The world is on the brink of destruction — a malicious virus has...

Super Meat Boy Forever

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

Game released: PC → 10 January 2022

Players: 5.5/10

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...

Pharaonic

Role-playing game, Action, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 29 April 2016

Pharaonic is a side-scrolling action RPG that will take players to Ancient Egypt. You have to explore the cursed kingdom to solve the riddle of the Red Pharaoh. The...

Praey for the Gods

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Early Access: PC → 31 January 2019; Game released: PC → 14 December 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Praey for the Gods is an action-adventure game with a third-person view. The main character will have to survive on a snowy island full of dangers and huge titans...

Haiku, the Robot

Arcade, Side view, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Indie, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 28 April 2022

Players: 10/10

Sephonie

Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Exploration, Parkour

Game released: PC → 13 April 2022

The game takes place in the near future, where three biologists embark on a joint expedition. They were supposed to use special devices to study the inhabitants of...

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...

Don't Be Afraid

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

Game released: PC → 17 December 2020

Players: 7.6/10

Don't Be Afraid is the adventure of an 11-year-old boy who wakes up in the house of a psychopath. He does not remember the moment of the abduction, but a face in a...

Fly Corp

Strategy, Business / Management, Top-down view, Logic, Indie

Early Access: PC → 28 May 2021; Game released: PC → 18 May 2023

Players: 6.9/10

A minimalist strategy game for managing an air network. The main objective is to develop air routes between real cities with populations corresponding to real data...

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