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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

Light of Altair is a third-person strategy game with business simulator elements from developers from SaintXi studio. The game is published by 1C-SoftClub and...

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

Seven Kingdoms 2: The Fryhtan Wars is an isometric strategy game with a touch of fantasy game from Enlight Software Ltd.. The game is published by Enlight Software...

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...

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...

Maw

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

Game released: PC → 10 March 2009

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Maw is a third-person action game with a hint of puzzle from the masters at Twisted Pixel Games, LLC. The game is published by Microsoft Game...

Penguins Arena

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

Game released: PC → 29 May 2009

Steam: 91/100

Penguins Arena is a first-person action game with shooter elements from the Frogames studio. The main publisher of the game is Frogames; the game was translated...

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...

Sacraboar

Strategy, In real time, Indie, Tactics, Action

Game released: PC → 6 November 2009

Steam: 27/100

Sacraboar is a strategy game with indie and tactical game elements from the developers at Makivision Games. The main publisher of the game is Makivision...

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...

Mevo & the Grooveriders

Action, Platformer, Music game, Third-person view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 20 March 2009

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Mevo & the Grooveriders is a third-person action game with a mixture of platforming and music from the developers of Red Rocket Games, Inc.. The main publisher...

Quantz

Strategy, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 3 September 2009

Steam: 67/100

Quantz is a strategy with puzzle elements from developers from Gamerizon Studio Inc. and Gamerizon. The game is published by Gamerizon Studio Inc. and...

Gratuitous Space Battles: The Tribe

Simulation, Strategy, DLC, Business / Management, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: PC → 2 December 2009

Steam: 100/100

Gratuitous Space Battles: The Tribe is an add-on for the sci-fi strategy game Gratuitous Space Battles. The universal war continues endlessly and only one force can...

Clockwork Man

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

Game released: PC → 18 March 2009

Steam: 57/100

Clockwork Man is a first-person adventure with a hint of puzzle from the masters at Total Eclipse Games. The game is published by Total Eclipse Games. In some...

Obulis

Arcade, Puzzle, Side view, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 19 March 2009

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 81/100

Obulis is a fun arcade puzzle game with a side view, where you have to guide colorful balls to the corresponding jugs. To do this, you will use a developed system...

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...

Time Gentlemen, Please! + Ben There, Dan That! Double Pack

Adventure, Third-person view, Collection, Puzzle, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: PC → 25 August 2009

Steam: 86/100

Time Gentlemen, Please! + Ben There, Dan That! Double Pack is a third-person adventure with puzzle elements from developers Zombie Cow Limited. The main publisher...

Hidden World of Art 2: Undercover Art Agent

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

Game released: PC → 4 September 2009

Steam: 61/100

Hidden World of Art 2: Undercover Art Agent is a first-person adventure with a hint of puzzle from developers from the Meridian studio'93. The main publisher...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2009 for PC (Game released)