Indie 2009 for PC — top best games in the Indie genre

Whispered World - a game in the Indie genre

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: PC → 8 October 2010

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This point-and-click fantasy adventure follows Sadwick, who dreams of a mysterious blue sphere and a world collapsing around him. The oracle Shana foretells the end...

Braid

Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 February 2011

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 92/100

Braid is a 2D puzzle-platformer with painterly visuals. Setting out from a house in the city, the protagonist travels through a series of worlds to rescue an...

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...

Zeno Clash

Action, Shooter, Fighting, First-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 21 April 2009

Players: 5/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A first-person fighting game set in a punk-fantasy world, Zeno Clash follows Ghat, who is banished by his brothers and sets out across a forbidden desert on a...

Zombie Driver

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

Game released: PC → 17 February 2010

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 84/100

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...

World of Goo

Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 4 February 2009

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 91/100

World of Goo is a construction puzzle game where you move living Goo balls and use them to build buildings, bridges, and airships to solve various problems as you...

Nation Red

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

Game released: PC → 3 September 2009

Players: 4.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Nation Red is a top-down arena shooter about fighting hordes of zombies and their bosses. After a long lull, the undead return to the Arizona desert, and some are...

Zombie Shooter 2

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Zombies, Indie

Game released: PC → 4 December 2009

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 80/100

Zombie Shooter 2 is a furious shooter with role-playing elements and an isometric camera view in the setting of a zombie apocalypse. In the game you can choose the...

Fort Zombie

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Horror, In real time, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 30 October 2009

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 66/100

A role-playing strategy game about surviving a zombie apocalypse in the small American town of Piety, Indiana. The protagonist chooses a building to serve as a...

Osmos

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Indie, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 18 August 2009

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 84/100

This physics-based arcade game blends strategy and puzzles in an abstract world of particles. The goal is to grow by absorbing other motes while avoiding larger...

Hammerfight

Action, Fighting, Side view, Arcade, Indie

Game released: PC → 19 September 2009

Players: 10/10

Steam: 74/100

Hammerfight is a 2D game about fighting between flying machines equipped with various types of cutting, piercing and crushing weapons. The unique combat system is...

Project Aftermath

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 23 September 2009

Steam: 52/100

Project Aftermath is a fun real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting. Equip your squads according to your playstyle, explore...

Path

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Walking Simulator, Indie

Game released: PC → 11 December 2009

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This horror adventure set in the modern day draws on older versions of the Little Red Riding Hood tale. Six sisters are sent one at a time through the forest to...

Hotel Mogul

Arcade, Free game, Indie, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: PC → 26 June 2009

Steam: 71/100

Hotel Mogul is a free-to-play arcade game from the developers of Alawar Entertainment, Inc.. The main publisher of the game is Alawar Entertainment...

Foreign Legion: Buckets of Blood

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 5 August 2009

Players: 10/10

Steam: 65/100

This cartoon-style third-person shooter follows the last surviving Legionnaire as he takes on an entire rebel army. Its short campaign features a range of...

Eufloria

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 4 November 2008

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Eufloria is a meditative real-time strategy game with a top-down view. You'll explore a beautifully realized universe, created in a unique and compelling style...

Pahelika: Secret Legends

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 23 January 2015

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 50/100

This first-person adventure puzzle game follows Sudesh, an explorer who discovers an ancient chest in his home containing a device that opens portals. He uses it to...

Cogs

Strategy, Puzzle, Indie, Logic

Game released: PC → 14 April 2009

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Cogs is a logic puzzle game about assembling machines by sliding tiles with different components. It features 50 levels across three modes, with new puzzles...

Fatale

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Adult game, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 4 November 2009

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 57/100

Fatale is a frantic first-person puzzle adventure from the creators of The Path. The game is based on the legend of Salome, who demanded the head of John the...

Half-Life: Before

Action, Shooter, Indie, Free game

Game released: PC → 5 March 2009

Half-Life: Before is a fan modification for the sci-fi first-person shooter Half-Life. You will play the role of a scientific scientist from the Black Mesa complex...

And Yet It Moves

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 2 April 2009

Players: 5/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This puzzle-platformer takes place in a world made of torn paper, where the character runs, jumps and rotates the surroundings in 90-degree increments to get past...

Light of Altair

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Simulation

Game released: PC → 16 October 2009

Players: 10/10

Steam: 81/100

A science-fiction strategy game about establishing colonies and expanding into space in a future shaped by Earth’s history. Its single-player campaign spans the...

Dark Blood

Role-playing game, Action, MMO, Slasher, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 24 May 2019

Steam: 8/100

This fantasy action RPG follows Athanas, a knight seeking power to avenge his wife, who was killed during the demon legion’s invasion. With help from the dark...

Closure

Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 1 January 2009

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Closure is a puzzle game built around manipulating light: in its dark world, only visible objects exist, and lighting shifts objects in and out of reality. The...

Penguins Arena

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 29 May 2009

Steam: 91/100

This multiplayer first-person shooter follows penguin tribes fighting for survival amid melting ice and pollution. The ancient penguin goddess Sedna declares that...

Windosill

Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: PC → 26 May 2009

Steam: 92/100

Windosill is a casual puzzle game made up of ten interactive, animated rooms filled with creatures and objects that obey the laws of physics. The player explores...

Bad Rats

Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 21 April 2010

Players: 3/10

Steam: 81/100

Bad Rats is a physics puzzle game about rats taking revenge on the cats they have captured. Each level calls for a solution built around the laws of physics...

Mystery Masterpiece: The Moonstone

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Strategy, Indie

Game released: PC → 26 July 2009

Steam: 72/100

Mystery Masterpiece: The Moonstone is a first-person adventure with a hint of puzzle from the developers at Freeze Tag, Inc.. The game is published by Freeze Tag...

Fortix

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 14 July 2010

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Fortix is an arcade game with strategy elements, set in a fantasy land where the knight Fortix seeks to reclaim the kingdom of Fortiana from dragons. The player...

Crayon Physics Deluxe

Arcade, Logic, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 7 January 2009

Players: 6/10

Steam: 89/100

This 2D physics puzzle sandbox turns drawings into real objects governed by physics. Players solve puzzles by coming up with ways to use the objects they draw to...

Maw

Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Platformer

Game released: PC → 10 March 2009

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This action-adventure with puzzles follows Frank and Maw, an alien creature, as they work together to escape. Maw can eat other creatures and absorb their traits...

15 Days

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 25 July 2010

Steam: 33/100

This adventure game with puzzles follows a group of three activists who steal famous artworks from museums, sell them to private collectors, and donate the proceeds...

Seven Kingdoms 2: The Fryhtan Wars

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Simulation, Indie

Game released: PC → 3 March 2009

Steam: 83/100

A real-time strategy game about the rivalry between human kingdoms and seven species of Fryhtans, fantastical creatures. The player develops cities, builds...

AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!!: A Reckless Disregard for Gravity

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

Game released: PC → 3 September 2009

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This first-person action game centers on performing stunts while base jumping through a futuristic floating city. The player leaps from skyscrapers and threads...

Doom Rails

Action, Shooter, Racing, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 4 November 2009

Steam: 19/100

This 3D action game combines racing with combat on hazardous roller-coaster tracks. Players choose one of nine characters and drive combat carts in multiplayer...

Clockwork Man

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Indie, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC → 18 March 2009

Steam: 57/100

This hidden-object adventure is set in an alternate Victorian era where steam-powered technology has become part of almost every aspect of life. Engineer Miranda...

Sacraboar

Strategy, In real time, Indie, Tactics, Action

Game released: PC → 6 November 2009

Steam: 27/100

Sacraboar is a real-time strategy game in which the objective is to capture the opposing side’s boar trophy. Matches move quickly, without lengthy construction...

Metal Drift

Action, Shooter, Racing, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Sports game, Tanks, Indie

Game released: PC → 22 October 2009

Steam: 71/100

Set in the distant future, this vehicular sport combat game centers on multiplayer team battles between tanks in arena matches. Players pilot agile, high-powered...

Saira

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Sandbox, Indie, Free game

Game released: PC → 12 December 2009

Steam: 80/100

This nonlinear puzzle platformer follows Saira, a photographer who digitally captures dangerous places and animals across the universe. For reasons unknown, she...

Legend of Crystal Valley

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 12 March 2009

Steam: 84/100

This point-and-click adventure with puzzles blends the real world with fantasy and science fiction. After receiving a mysterious letter from her long-estranged...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2009 for PC