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Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged

Game released: PC → 19 September 2024

Metacritic: 84/100

A remaster of the original 1996 adventure Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars. The game received improved graphics and support for 4K resolution. The main...

Steel Ark

Role-playing game, Action, Business / Management, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Construction, Crafting

Game in development: PC → октябрь 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where a technological disaster has occurred. The player, either alone or in cooperative mode, explores the ruins of...

The Eternal Life of Goldman

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Exploration, Fantasy, Metroidvania

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 8.3/10

A hand-drawn adventure platformer with elements of exploration and battles, set on a mysterious Archipelago. Players will uncover the mysteries of the islands, seek...

PANLINE

Action, Adventure, Platformer, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Stunts, Indie, Open world, Parkour

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Colorful parkour action in the spirit of the Mirror's Edge series. Players take on the role of a girl named Hope Corners, who has joined a network of independent...

Blood West: Scavengers

Action, Shooter, Horror, DLC, First-person view, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 3 June 2026

An additional mode within Blood West, turning the grim Wild West into an endless challenge. Here, familiar hunting grounds become an arena of continuous survival...

Vampirium: 1997

Adventure, Horror, Sandbox, Indie, Point & Click, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Fantasy

Game in development: PC → 2026

The events unfold in an alternative 1997, where Dracula has become the king of England and built his own vampire empire. Players will take on the role of one of his...

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

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

Game released: PC → 25 September 2014

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 80/100

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view and horror elements. You take control of a detective searching for a missing boy...

Teslagrad

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Steampunk

Game released: PC → 13 December 2013

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Teslagrad is an arcade quest with platformer elements and futurism style. In this game, you use the power of electromagnetism to solve puzzles and battle horrors as...

Talos Principle

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

Game released: PC → 11 December 2014

Players: 9.3/10

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...

Life is Feudal: Your Own

Role-playing game, Online, Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 17 November 2015; Early Access: PC → 19 September 2014

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 63/100

Life is Feudal: Your Own is a medieval life simulator from the Moscow studio Bitbox S.L.. You have to live a medieval life on a 9 km² map along with other 63...

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...

Neon Chrome

Shooter, Top-down view, Cyberpunk, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 28 April 2016

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Neon Chrome is a top-down cyberpunk roguelike shooter where you have to conquer the Neon Chrome Corporation by hacking your brain. Sleeping bodies have different...

Forts

Arcade, Action, Strategy, In real time, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 19 April 2017

Players: 8.6/10

Tick Tock: A Tale for Two

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 7 March 2019

Players: 9.5/10

Tick Tock: A Tale for Two is a unique puzzle adventure where you have to solve many puzzles and try to escape from a mysterious place. The main feature of the...

Tools Up!

Arcade, Online, Simulation, Action, Top-down view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 3 December 2019

Players: 5.9/10

Tools Up! is a fun arcade simulator with a top-down view, where you and your friends will have to do a large-scale renovation of your house. The residents of the...

Choice of Life: Middle Ages

Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Adventure, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 6 November 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Choice of Life: Middle Ages is a card adventure in a medieval setting. Here everything is determined by your choice: whether you become a robber, an artisan, or the...

Ancient Cities

Strategy, Historical, Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, In real time

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

Players: 6.7/10

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

My Island

Simulation, Action, First-person view, Role-playing game, Indie, Adult game

Game released: PC → 30 January 2019

Players: 6.1/10

My Island is a survival simulator for adults with role-playing elements and a first-person view. The game takes place on a colorful island, surrounded by an endless...

Astral Ascent

Action, Roguelike, Side view, Slasher, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Fantasy

Early Access: PC → 12 April 2022; Game released: PC → 14 November 2023

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Four heroes with unique personalities try to escape from the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 godlike and treacherous Zodiacs. The game has dozens of unique...

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...

Ale & Tale Tavern

Cooperative (co-op), First-person view, Simulation, Action, Business / Management, Indie, Casual game, Medieval era

Game released: PC → 5 September 2024

Players: 8.1/10

A co-op game where you manage your own fantasy tavern. You will have to do everything: from fishing and hunting to replenish supplies, to preparing a variety of...

Crime Simulator

Simulation, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Shooter, Indie, Stealth

Game released: PC → 18 June 2025

Players: 8.3/10

A co-op game in which the main character was pulled out of prison by some people. Now he must work off his debt by carrying out illegal assignments. You will have...

The Last Caretaker

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

Early Access: PC → 7 November 2025; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 7.8/10

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...

OTXO

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

Game released: PC → 20 April 2023

Metacritic: 77/100

A dynamic top-down shooter with roguelike elements, where the search for a missing beloved leads the main character to a mysterious mansion that hides many secrets...

Gloria Victis: Medieval MMORPG

Role-playing game, Online, Action, Third-person view, MMO, Medieval era, Open world, Indie

Game released: PC → 7 February 2023; Early Access: PC → 10 June 2016

Players: 7.3/10

A realistic MMO action game in which players explore a breathtaking, atmospheric world inspired by the Witcher and Gothic series. In the game you can choose any...

Windbound

Role-playing game, Adventure, Indie, Third-person view, Simulation, Action

Game released: PC → 28 August 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 63/100

Windbound is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person perspective and survival elements. The events of the game take place on a desert island, where the warrior...

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...

Barony

Role-playing game, Roguelike, First-person view, Indie, Action, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 23 June 2015

Players: 7.4/10

Barony is a cooperative action-adventure game with a first-person view and roguelike elements in a fantasy setting. You have to explore dangerous dungeons full of...

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...

Survivalist: Invisible Strain

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Stealth, Simulation, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: PC → 1 June 2020; Game released: PC → 25 April 2025

Players: 8.6/10

A grim survival simulator where every day becomes a struggle not only against hunger and cold, but also against other people. Ten years after the epidemic, the...

Otherworld Legends

Cooperative (co-op), Action, Indie, Roguelike, Role-playing game, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 28 April 2022

Players: 9/10

Otherworld Legends is a dynamic cooperative action game with roguelike elements in a fantasy setting. Great warriors from different eras and corners of the universe...

Bad Way

Action, Adventure, Indie, Third-person view, Exploration, Shooter, Stealth, Open world

Game released: PC → 23 September 2022

Players: 7.7/10

Bad Way is a fast-paced action-adventure game played from a third-person perspective. History professor Michael Wayne lived a quiet life. Suddenly she hears from...

One-armed robber

First-person view, Action, Online, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy, Stealth, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 December 2023

Players: 8.2/10

A co-op heist game. The difficulty is that each character has one hand, so to solve problems you will have to act as a team. There are various weapons and useful...

WILL: Follow The Light

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

Game released: PC → 7 May 2026

Metacritic: 62/100

The protagonist sets sail on a yacht to find his missing son and unravel family secrets. He is a lighthouse keeper who abandons his home island after receiving...

Storebound

Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: PC → 17 November 2025; Game in development: PC → 2026

Cooperative horror puzzle game where one to three people find themselves trapped in a cursed shopping mall. The space here lives by its own rules: corridors change...

Aeonic

Adventure, Historical, Visual novel, Indie, Text quest

Game released: PC → 5 November 2024

A text-based quest where the player goes through key epochs of human history, from its inception to modern times and possible future scenarios. During the journey...

Sister Ray

Role-playing game, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Survival, Detective

Game released: PC → 1 June 2026

Players: 9.9/10

A dark two-dimensional RPG with survival elements, telling the story of an artist named Ray, who is trying to cope with addiction while taking care of her younger...

Creepy Support

Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Text quest, Comedy, Old school

Game released: PC → 14 July 2026

A nonlinear quest that offers the chance to become a support staff member for people facing paranormal phenomena. Players need to give advice and hope that it will...

Deadlight Tavern

Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Virtual Reality (VR), Zombies

Game released: PC → 18 July 2022

Free VR action game with waves of zombies, where players must fend off advancing enemies using firearms and melee weapons. The project offers several maps...

Zombie Driver

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Racing, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game released: PC → 17 February 2010

Players: 6.7/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Zombie Driver is a whirlwind racing action game with a top-down view in the dangerous world of the zombie apocalypse. You have to travel around a city inhabited by...

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