Indie 2015 for PC — top best games in the Indie genre

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Comedy

Game released: PC → 15 September 2015

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 92/100

An RPG with a unique combat system, where each battle can be completed without a single blow. Instead of the usual violence, there are conversations, mercy, and...

Broforce

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 15 October 2015; Early Access: PC → 6 April 2014

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Broforce is a brutal 2D platformer full of pure, unadulterated fun that requires the player to destroy everything that moves in order to defeat the Satanic...

Ancient Planet Tower Defense

Strategy, Isometric, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game

Game released: PC → 3 February 2015

Steam: 83/100

Classic tower defense, where the stronghold of an ancient civilization is under attack from hordes of alien invaders. Enemy armies advance wave after wave...

Broken Age

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Point & Click, Comedy

Game released: PC → 28 April 2015

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Broken Age is an exciting point-and-click side-scrolling adventure from the author of Full Throttle and Grim Fandango. The game will tell two parallel developing...

Wasteland 2

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

Game released: PC → 18 September 2014

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 81/100

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...

Human Resource Machine

Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 15 October 2015

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Human Resource Machine is an indie puzzle game from the developer World of Goo. We have to use office workers to solve the next puzzle and get promoted to the next...

Dungeon Warfare

Strategy, Top-down view, Indie, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Fantasy, Old school

Game released: PC → 4 November 2015

Steam: 95/100

A strategy game in the tower defense genre, where the role of the dungeon defender is assigned not to towers, but to numerous deadly traps. Spikes, rotating blades...

Ori and the Blind Forest

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Logic, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 11 March 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 88/100

An adventure platformer set in an atmospheric world, Ori and the Blind Forest combines Metroidvania elements with a stronger focus on platforming and light RPG...

Caves of Qud

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Procedural generation, Open world

Early Access: PC → 15 July 2015; Game released: PC → 5 December 2024

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 91/100

A turn-based RPG from the minds of Sproggiwood. The game world is generated anew each time, offering unique adventures with each visit. The environment can be...

Life is Feudal: Your Own

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

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

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 58/100

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...

Her Story

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Detective, Puzzle, Exploration

Game released: PC → 24 June 2015

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Her Story is a mystical indie adventure with a first-person view. In this game, you sit in front of a mothballed desktop computer that is registered in a police...

Liftoff

Simulation, First-person view, Indie, Flight Simulator, Racing

Early Access: PC → 9 November 2015; Game released: PC → 13 September 2018

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 95/100

Liftoff: FPV Drone Racing is a quadcopter racing simulator that you can not only control, but also create from scratch. Players will be able to design their own...

Crypt of the NecroDancer

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Music game, Tactics, Roguelike, Dungeons, Indie

Game released: PC → 23 April 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Crypt of the NecroDancer is a unique indie game where everything moves to the rhythm of the music of Danny Baranowski, the composer of Super Meat Boy and the...

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: PC → 10 March 2015

Players: 9/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is a continuation of the dynamic top-down action game. The main action takes place parallel to the events of the original Hotline...

Kerbal Space Program

Flight Simulator, Futurism (Future), Logic, Indie, Space, Simulation, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 24 June 2011

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Kerbal Space Program is a sci-fi simulator with well-developed physical laws. You have to manage the space program of a certain planet. Everything needed to build a...

Battle Brothers

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

Game released: PC → 24 March 2017; Early Access: PC → 27 April 2015

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A turn-based tactical role-playing game about leading a mercenary company through a harsh, low-fantasy medieval world in a procedurally generated open-world...

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth

Arcade, DLC, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Replayability

Game released: PC → 30 October 2015

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 85/100

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth is an addition to the top-down arcade action game Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. It adds over 100 hours of content, including the new...

Dex

Role-playing game, Adventure, Stealth, Indie, Steampunk, Cyberpunk, Action

Game released: PC → 7 May 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Dex is a 2D open-world cyberpunk RPG that focuses on exploration and non-linear...

Invisible, Inc.

Action, Strategy, Stealth, Turn-based, Indie, Steampunk, Cyberpunk, Isometric

Game released: PC → 12 May 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Invisible, Inc. — a tactical strategy with turn-based battles in a sci-fi setting. The game will tell about a secret organization of special agents who...

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

First-person view, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Logic, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 8 October 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is a co-op VR puzzle game about defusing a bomb. One of the participants has an explosive device with a timer on the screen, but...

Shelter 2

Simulation, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Survival

Game released: PC → 9 March 2015

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 58/100

This survival adventure simulation follows a lynx living in the harsh wilderness of the cold tundra. The player explores open landscapes, hunts for prey and cares...

Don't Starve: Shipwrecked

Action, DLC, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Survival, Indie

Game released: PC → 1 December 2015

Players: 7/10

Steam: 95/100

Don't Starve: Shipwrecked is an add-on for the isometric survival action game Don't Starve. It adds new characters and creatures, several locations and seasonal...

Nuclear Throne

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 5 December 2015

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Nuclear Throne is a dynamic arcade action game with roguelike elements and a top-down view. Having chosen one of 12 unique characters and armed with an arsenal of...

Cat Goes Fishing

Casual game, Indie, Side view, Hunting / Fishing, Exploration

Game released: PC → 19 January 2015

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 94/100

The main character is a cute cat who is trying to catch himself a fish with the help of a fishing rod. He also has a multifunctional radar in his arsenal to help...

Axiom Verge

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Metroidvania, Indie

Game released: PC → 14 May 2015

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Axiom Verge is a side-scrolling pixel action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You will play the role of a scientist who, due to an accident, finds himself in a...

12 is Better Than 6

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: PC → 20 November 2015

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 59/100

12 is Better Than 6 is a hardcore top-down action game from indie developers from the studio Ink Stains Games. The game will tell the story of a Mexican who lost...

Barony

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

Game released: PC → 23 June 2015

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 90/100

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...

Thea: The Awakening

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

Game released: PC → 20 November 2015

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A turn-based strategic survival game set in a dark fantasy world inspired by Slavic mythology. After the Darkness engulfs the world, a small group of survivors must...

Overture

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

Game released: PC → 26 January 2015

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 70/100

Overture is a top-down action-adventure RPG with procedurally generated levels, inspired by Diablo, Realm of The Mad God, Zelda and The Binding of Isaac. Explore...

Hatred

Action, Shooter, Horror, Isometric, Indie

Game released: PC → 1 June 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 43/100

An isometric twin-stick shooter about a character known as the Antagonist, who declares war on humanity and seeks to unleash Armageddon. The action takes place on...

SimplePlanes

Simulation, Racing, Flight Simulator, Indie, Sandbox, Construction, Exploration

Game released: PC → 17 December 2015

Players: 8/10

Steam: 93/100

SimplePlanes is a great combination of simulator and sandbox where you will design your own aircraft and then test them in the sky. Realistic physics and a wide...

Kitty Powers' Matchmaker

Simulation, Business / Management, Puzzle, Side view, Adult game, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 22 April 2015

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Kitty Powers' Matchmaker is a fun dating simulator. The player runs his own dating agency under the leadership of Kitty Powers. You'll have to match endless clients...

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime

Arcade, Action, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Space

Game released: PC → 9 September 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This co-op space shooter follows a crew exploring a colorful galaxy aboard a shared neon battleship and fighting the forces of Anti-Love. Players rescue space...

Jotun

Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie

Game released: PC → 29 September 2015

Players: 7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Jotun is a hand-drawn action adventure game set in the world of Norse mythology. In the game, you will try on the role of Toru, a Viking warrior who died an...

Rampage Knights

Arcade, Fighting, Beat them all, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 4 September 2015; Early Access: PC → 27 March 2015

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 91/100

This fantasy beat ’em up with roguelike elements follows a hero trapped by a spell in a magical forest. Every path leads to a ruined castle inhabited by goblins...

Block Story

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

Game released: PC → 10 December 2015

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 85/100

Block Story is an action role-playing game with elements of adventure and fantasy with a first-person view. A world of vast landscapes awaits you, where you are in...

Tennis in the Face

Casual game, Indie, Tennis

Game released: PC → 18 November 2015

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This arcade game follows Pete Pagassi as he tries to save a city from Explodz, an evil energy drink corporation. Clowns, riot police and other residents addicted to...

TIS-100

Simulation, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: PC → 20 July 2015

Steam: 97/100

TIS-100 is a limitless programming game from the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory. The game will offer you a number of exciting puzzles, to solve which you...

Dead In Bermuda

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Business / Management, Indie, Survival, Simulation

Game released: PC → 27 August 2015

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 70/100

Dead In Bermuda is a survival adventure game with role-playing elements. You need to lead a group of eight survivors of a plane crash. You will be able to give...

Zombie Exodus

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Text quest, Indie

Game released: PC → 23 October 2015

Steam: 84/100

Zombie Exodus is a role-playing adventure horror game with a first-person view. You'll create your own character and fight your way out of a zombie-infested city to...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2015 for PC