Indie 2013 for PC — top best games in the Indie genre

Project Zomboid - a game in the Indie genre

Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Zombies

Early Access: PC → 8 November 2013; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 8.4/10

A zombie apocalypse is about to occur in the world of Project Zomboid. So far, humanity has not understood what happened, but the houses still have water and...

Star Citizen

Shooter, Adventure, Simulation, Online, MMO, First-person view, Indie

Game in development: PC → 2027; Beta testing: PC → 29 August 2013

Anticipation Rating: 4.6/10

Star Citizen is the most sophisticated space simulator with a first-person view, where elements of MMO, space opera, fantasy shooter and economic strategy are...

Montague's Mount

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

Game released: PC → 9 October 2013

Metacritic: 39/100

Montague's Mount is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view and horror elements. The events of the game will take you to a gloomy Irish island, where for...

Outlast

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

Game released: PC → 4 September 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Outlast is an adventure horror game with a first-person view. The events of the game take place in the Mount Massive Asylum, which for a long time served as a home...

Godus

Strategy, God Simulator, Indie, Isometric, In real time

Early Access: PC → 13 September 2013

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 60/100

Godus is a real-time strategy god simulator with an isometric view. In this game, you can sculpt every inch of the beautiful world you look down upon, where your...

Papers, Please

Arcade, Adventure, Simulation, Indie

Game released: PC → 8 August 2013

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Papers, Please is an unusual simulator of an immigration officer. You will have to sit in a small booth and check the documents of visiting residents, identify...

Risk of Rain

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

Game released: PC → 8 November 2013

Players: 7.8/10

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...

Knock-knock

Arcade, Horror, Logic, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 4 October 2013

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 57/100

Knock-knock is an adventure puzzle game with horror elements and a side view. In the depths of a dense forest there is a wooden house. A man lives in this house...

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...

Surgeon Simulator

Arcade, Simulation, Action, First-person view, Logic, Indie

Game released: PC → 19 April 2013

Players: 6.5/10

Surgeon Simulator is a logic action game with simulator elements and a first-person view. You take on the role of Nigel Burke, a would-be surgeon with a penchant...

Anomaly 2

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Indie, Action, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Science fiction, Isometric, Online, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 15 May 2013

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Anomaly 2 is a fantastic arcade action game with elements of tower defense and real-time strategy. Years after the 2018 invasion of Earth, the planet is overrun by...

Ravensword: Shadowlands

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PC → 6 December 2013

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Ravensword: Shadowlands is an action role-playing game with a first-person view in the fantasy style. After the fall of Ravengard, the world plunged into chaos. The...

Slender: The Arrival

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Walking Simulator, Exploration, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PC → 28 October 2013; Early Access: PC → 26 March 2013

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 63/100

Continuation of the atmospheric horror with a first-person view Slender. The story tells of Slenderman, a paranormal figure who haunts inquiring minds around the...

NEO Scavenger

Role-playing game, Strategy, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game released: PC → 6 December 2013

Players: 8/10

NEO Scavenger is a turn-based strategy with role-playing elements and turn-based combat. In the game, you will need to survive in post-apocalyptic Michigan, travel...

Mercenary Kings

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

Game released: PC → 22 July 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Mercenary Kings is a side-scrolling run-and-gun platformer similar to games like SNK's Metal Slug series. Players can jump, crouch, roll, shoot in four directions...

The Stanley Parable

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 17 October 2013

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 88/100

The Stanley Parable is an indie project with a first-person view. The player plays the role of office plankton Stanley, who has spent his whole life pressing keys...

Game Dev Tycoon

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: PC → 29 August 2013; Early Access: PC → 28 April 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Game Dev Tycoon is a game developer simulator in which you play the role of a project manager. You will be able to come up with names for games, choose or create an...

The Swapper

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 30 May 2013

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer in a sci-fi setting. In this game, a lone astronaut will explore a cave created by aliens. In order to get to its secrets...

Kentucky Route Zero

Arcade, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 22 February 2013

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 86/100

A mystical adventure with a side view and a unique graphic design. The main character Conway travels to Kentucky to deliver a package. Upon arrival, it is...

Don't Starve

Adventure, Horror, Simulation, Isometric, Indie, Survival

Game released: PC → 23 April 2013

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Don't Starve is an adventure game about survival in a randomly generated world. In it you have to collect resources, stock up on food, grow berries and vegetables...

Cry of Fear

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

Game released: PC → 24 April 2013

Players: 8.6/10

Rogue Legacy

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PC → 27 June 2013

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 84/100

SteamWorld Dig

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 5 December 2013

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 80/100

SteamWorld Dig is a charming side-scrolling arcade action-platformer about a robotic miner named Rusty, who arrives in a small town with the goal of finding...

The Bridge

Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Adventure, Arcade

Game released: PC → 22 February 2013

The Bridge is a two-dimensional logic game that will allow you to look at physics and perspective from a different angle. You have to walk on the ceiling, explore...

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...

Castlestorm

Arcade, Action, Strategy, In real time, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 29 July 2013

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Castlestorm is a fun side-view tower defense strategy game. Clouds are gathering in the sky... There is a war between knights and Vikings. The game features...

140

Platformer, Music game, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 16 October 2013

Players: 9/10

140 is a platformer with music, puzzle and indie elements from Carlsen Games. The game is published by Carlsen...

10,000,000

Role-playing game, Puzzle, Indie, Match-3 (Three in a row), Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: PC → 15 January 2013

Players: 5.5/10

10,000,000 — Action role-playing roguelike in a fantasy style with puzzle elements and a side view. In this game you have to run non-stop, overcome obstacles...

Divekick

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Indie

Game released: PC → 20 August 2013

Metacritic: 65/100

Dollar Dash

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 6 March 2013

Players: 4/10

Metacritic: 49/100

Dollar Dash is a whirlwind multiplayer arcade action game with an isometric camera view. The game takes place in the fictional world of robbers, where you can try...

Prime World: Defenders

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Steampunk

Game released: PC → 5 June 2013

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 58/100

Prime World: Defenders is a fantasy strategy game in the "tower defense" genre with elements of a collectible card game set in the Prime World universe. In a world...

RADical ROACH

Arcade, Action, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 15 May 2013

RADical ROACH is an exciting arcade shooter with a side view, where you have to try on the role of a desperate beetle. The events of the game take place in 1950...

Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension

Strategy, God Simulator, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics

Game released: PC → 8 July 2013

Players: 10/10

Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension is an isometric strategy game with elements of an indie game and tactics game from Illwinter Game Design. The game is published by...

Ittle Dew

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PC → 23 July 2013

Players: 5.5/10

Ittle Dew is an indie action-adventure game with fantasy RPG elements and an isometric view. Adventurer Itl Du and her companion Tipsy are shipwrecked and find...

Shelter

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 28 August 2013

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Shelter is a captivating third-person adventure where you learn about the challenges of surviving in the wild as a badger. Together with your cubs, you set off on a...

ArmA Tactics

Strategy, Isometric, Tactics, Indie, Turn-based, Shooter

Game released: PC → 1 October 2013

Players: 8/10

ArmA Tactics — turn-based indie strategy with tactics and shooter elements. You take control of a four-man special forces squad. There are no set strategies...

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...

Retro/Grade

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Music game, Indie

Game released: PC → 20 March 2013

Metacritic: 78/100

Retro/Grade is an action arcade, beat 'em up, music and indie game from 24 Caret Games. The game is published by 24 Caret...

Эадор. Владыки миров

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics

Game released: PC → 19 April 2013

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Eador. Lords of the Worlds is the latest chapter in the Eador series, known for its combination of grand strategy, role-playing elements and turn-based tactics...

Defense Zone 2

Strategy, Tactics, Action, In real time, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: PC → 17 August 2013

Players: 3.2/10

Defense Zone 2 is a continuation of the top-down tactical strategy game in the tower defense genre. New interesting levels with even more beautiful graphics and...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2013 for PC