Indie 2016 for PC — top best games in the Indie genre

Scrap Mechanic - a game in the Indie genre

Simulation, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Early Access: PC → 20 January 2016; Game released: PC → 24 July 2026

Players: 7.8/10

A simulator with elements of survival and sandbox, where construction and engineering creativity become the main tools for exploring the world. After a shipwreck...

Stardew Valley

Role-playing game, Simulation, Business / Management, Indie

Game released: PC → 26 February 2016

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Stardew Valley is a farmer simulator with role-playing elements, a sandbox in an open world with an isometric camera and a visual style reminiscent of 90s arcade...

My Summer Car

Arcade, Racing, Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Indie

Early Access: PC → 24 October 2016; Game released: PC → 8 January 2025

Players: 7.5/10

Hot Finnish cocktail of a third-person survival simulator and car arcade. The player is given complete freedom of action in a large open world of rural Finland, and...

Firewatch

Adventure, First-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 9 February 2016

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Firewatch is an indie adventure with a first-person view, developed by former developers of The Walking Dead and BioShock 2. The action takes place in the forests...

Samorost 3

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: PC → 24 March 2016

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Samorost 3 is a continuation of the fantastic adventure from the developers of Samorost 2, Machinarium and Botanicula. The main character is a gnome who seems to...

Feed and Grow: Fish

Arcade, Action, Simulation, Third-person view, Indie

Early Access: PC → 8 January 2016; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 7.4/10

Feed and Grow: Fish is a dynamic action game with a third-person view and elements of a survival simulator. In the game you have to go to conquer the endless water...

Starbound

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

Game released: PC → 22 July 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Starbound is an indie adventure role-playing arcade game with platformer and action elements. You are forced to flee your planet by hijacking a ship. Fleeing from...

ABZU

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: PC → 2 August 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 80/100

ABZU is a fantastic adventure arcade game with a third-person view. As a scuba diver, you will go to conquer the depths of the seabed. There you can meet a variety...

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...

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...

Golf With Your Friends

Arcade, Golf, Sports game, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Simulation

Early Access: PC → 30 January 2016; Game released: PC → 19 May 2020

Players: 5.7/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Golf With Your Friends is a fun sports arcade game dedicated to golf. Exciting matches await you, designed for cooperative play by up to 12 people. You will find 7...

ENIGMA:

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 November 2016

Players: 10/10

ENIGMA: is an adventure game with a mixture of anime/manga game, visual novel and indie game from the developers of Uzumeya studio. The main publisher of the game...

Hyper Light Drifter

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

Game released: PC → 31 March 2016

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Hyper Light Drifter is a top-down action-adventure RPG. The main character of the game suffers from a strange disease and goes to amazing countries to find a...

Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem

Role-playing game, Slasher, Hack and slash, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Early Access: PC → 24 March 2016; Game released: PC → 13 February 2020

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 60/100

Role-playing adventure action game with an isometric camera in the dark medieval fantasy setting, Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem invites you to take on the role of a...

Plague Inc: Evolved

Strategy, Futurism (Future), Indie, Business / Management, Simulation

Game released: PC → 18 February 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Plague Inc: Evolved is an updated version of an unusual simulator with elements of management strategy for modern platforms. The game will give you the opportunity...

Near Death

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

Game released: PC → 2 August 2016

Players: 7.9/10

Near Death is an indie action adventure game with a first-person view and horror elements. The events of the game will take you to the cold corridors of a research...

Asemblance

Adventure, First-person view, Walking Simulator, Indie

Game released: PC → 21 June 2016

Players: 6.1/10

Metacritic: 61/100

A psychological thriller from the first-person perspective, where the character finds themselves trapped inside an experimental machine capable of simulating...

Vintage Story

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 27 September 2016

A hardcore sandbox survival game inspired by the ideas of classic voxel games in the spirit of Minecraft, but reimagined through the lens of realism and...

Rusty Lake Hotel

Adventure, Indie, Puzzle, Side view, Horror

Game released: PC → 29 January 2016

Players: 10/10

Rusty Lake Hotel is a side-scrolling arcade adventure game with horror elements inspired by the cult TV series Twin Peaks by David Lynch. The plot centers on...

Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades

Shooter, Simulation, First-person view, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)

Early Access: PC → 5 April 2016; Game in development: PC → 2026

Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades is a fun weapon simulator with a first-person view for HTC Vive virtual reality devices. You have to go on an ordinary boring...

Planet Explorers

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Free game, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 8 November 2016

Players: 5.2/10

Planet Explorers is a free-to-play action role-playing game with a third-person view and survival elements in a sci-fi setting. The plot tells about the distant...

Ori and The Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 14 June 2016

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition is an expanded edition of the indie adventure platformer. The game tells the story of a little guardian spirit named...

Everspace

Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 25 May 2017; Early Access: PC → 14 September 2016

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Everspace is a space simulator created on the basis of the Unreal Engine 4. You can expect randomly generated levels, a non-linear plot, advanced upgrade and...

Pony Island

Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: PC → 4 January 2016

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Pony Island is a logic puzzle game from the developers of Daniel Mullins Games. The story is that the devil locks the player in an arcade, and in order to get out...

SUPERHOT

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: PC → 25 February 2016

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 83/100

SUPERHOT is a first-person shooter-puzzle game from the Polish studio SUPERHOT Team. The main feature of the game mechanics is the passage of time — only...

Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location

Horror, First-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 7 October 2016

Players: 7.9/10

Five Nights at Freddy's 5: Sister Location is a continuation of the popular series of horror stories with a first-person view. The next part delves even deeper into...

Subterrain

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: PC → 21 January 2016

Players: 9.7/10

Subterrain is an action-horror adventure with RPG elements and a top-down view. In the game you will play as one Doctor West, apparently the only survivor of an...

Five Nights at Freddy's World

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Free game, Side view

Game released: PC → 12 February 2016

Players: 7.1/10

Five Nights at Freddy's World is an animatronic RPG where gamers won't have to fear the little characters. The gameplay is done in a turn-based mode, familiar to...

Crashlands

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie

Game released: PC → 21 January 2016

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Crashlands is an action role-playing game in which the main character, after an unsuccessful intergalactic flight, crashes on an unknown planet. Having meager...

Sunless Sea: Zubmariner

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, DLC, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 11 October 2016

Players: 10/10

Sunless Sea: Zubmariner is an addition to the top-down role-playing adventure with horror elements Sunless Sea. If the original action took place on the surface of...

Ultimate Chicken Horse

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 4 March 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Ultimate Chicken Horse is a side-scrolling arcade platformer in the style of Super Meat Boy. You have to create levels with a huge number of traps and other...

Slain: Back from Hell

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Action, Indie, Slasher

Game released: PC → 24 March 2016

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Slain: Back from Hell is an action-adventure platformer in a gothic setting. The story follows the doomed hero Bathoryn as he travels through a Gothic world and...

Marooners

Arcade, Action, Online, Board / Group Game, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 September 2016; Early Access: PC → 24 March 2016

Marooners is an arcade, cooperative action game from independent developers from the M2H studio. The game is designed for a fun group of friends, where you will...

Defense Zone 3

Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Strategy, Action, In real time, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: PC → 14 December 2016

Players: 9.3/10

Defense Zone 3 Ultra HD is an indie tower defense strategy game with a top-down view in real time. This is a sequel to the famous Defense Zone strategy, only now...

Level 22

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Isometric, Indie

Game released: PC → 11 February 2016

Level 22 is a fun adventure stealth game with pixel graphics. You will play as an office subordinate who, after a long party, overslept on his way to work. And now...

Tower Unite

Arcade, Online, Simulation, Shooter, MMO, Golf, First-person view, Third-person view, Top-down view, Sports game, Indie

Early Access: PC → 9 April 2016; Game released: PC → 19 April 2025

A multiplayer sandbox with an emphasis on online interaction and a variety of mini-games. At the core is a living world that develops together with the community of...

Soul Axiom

Adventure, First-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 29 February 2016

Metacritic: 51/100

Soul Axiom is a first-person adventure with indie game elements from developers from Wales Interactive. The game is published by Wales Interactive. It seems that...

Ascent: The Space Game

Role-playing game, Online, Simulation, Action, Strategy, Adventure, MMO, Business / Management, Indie, Free game

Game released: PC → 11 April 2016

Ascent: The Space Game is a role-playing game with elements of online gaming, simulation, action, strategy, adventure, massively multiplayer, business simulation...

Poly Bridge

Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 12 July 2016

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 73/100

The game allows you to build bridges from different parts. Buildings must comply with the laws of physics, especially those parts that relate to the resistance of...

Clustertruck

Arcade, Action, Platformer, First-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 27 September 2016

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Clustertruck is an arcade action platformer with a first-person view, in which the player has to stay on top of speeding long-range trucks. Jumping from one car to...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2016 for PC