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

Stardew Valley - a game in the Indie genre

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

Game released: PC → 26 February 2016

Players: 8.8/10

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Vintage Story

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

Game released: PC → 27 September 2016

Players: 10/10

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...

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...

Atlantic Fleet

Simulation, Strategy, Warships / Submarines, Indie, In real time, Isometric

Game released: PC → 25 February 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Atlantic Fleet is a real-time strategy game with warships and an isometric view. Atlantic Fleet puts you in command of the Allies, or Kriegsmarine (German Navy), in...

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...

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...

The Final Station

Action, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 30 August 2016

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Action platformer in a post-apocalyptic setting. The player will have the opportunity to become a train driver in a desert world, carrying his passengers from...

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...

The Mims Beginning

Arcade, Strategy, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: PC → 18 May 2016

The Mims Beginning is a vibrant god simulator where you control your own race of alien creatures. The plot takes place in an unknown space and time. In this galaxy...

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...

The Deed: Dynasty

Adventure, Top-down view, Visual novel, Indie, Detective

Game released: PC → 10 May 2016

A standalone story expansion for the game The Deed, developing its main concept. The player will still have to commit a murder, carefully plan their actions, plant...

Seasons after Fall

Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 2 September 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Seasons after Fall is a side-view arcade adventure in a fantasy setting. The main character is a wild fox who fell under the control of the spirit of the forest. He...

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...

Fortified

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 3 February 2016

Players: 1/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Fortified is a cooperative third-person shooter and tactical strategy game in the tower defense genre. The game takes place in the 1950s, where everything is done...

Flame in the Flood

Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 24 February 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Flame in the Flood is a survival adventure game in which the player will wander through procedurally generated levels, exploring the slums of the United States...

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...

Ice Lakes

Simulation, Hunting / Fishing, Sports game, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: PC → 19 April 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Ice Lakes is an ice fishing sports simulator with first and third person views, supporting HTC Vive and Oculus Rift virtual reality devices. You will have the...

Auralux: Constellations

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 1 June 2016

Casual real-time strategy. The player sets out to conquer outer space, where the opponents are various alien factions. Victory and total control over the entire...

Glass Masquerade

Arcade, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 18 November 2016

Glass Masquerade is a relaxing arcade puzzle game where you have to combine different shaped pieces of glass to create a beautiful stained glass design. The game is...

Devil Daggers

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

Game released: PC → 18 February 2016

Metacritic: 83/100

Devil Daggers is an arcade shooter in the spirit of the 90s with a first-person view. Battles take place in vast arenas where endless hordes of monsters are...

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...

Force of Nature

Simulation, Action, Top-down view, Adventure, Role-playing game, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Business / Management

Game released: PC → 13 December 2016

Players: 7.5/10

Force of Nature is an action-adventure sandbox with elements of a survival simulator and a top-down view. You have to explore more than 10 locations, each of which...

Stellar Interface

Shooter, Indie, Futurism (Future), Roguelike, Top-down view

Game released: PC → 21 November 2016

A hardcore shooter made in the style of NES games. In a randomly generated universe and random perks, no journey will be the same. The game has over 100 perks and...

Angels of Death

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, Anime / Manga, Indie

Game released: PC → 20 December 2016

Players: 9.5/10

Angels of Death is a role-playing adventure with Japanese-style horror elements. The events of the game unfold around Ray and Zack, who, by a terrible accident...

Attractio

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

Game released: PC → 19 January 2016

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 58/100

Attractio is a puzzle game with action elements and a first-person view. The game will tell the story of three characters who participate in a futuristic reality...

Scrap Garden

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

Game released: PC → 6 May 2016

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 58/100

Scrap Garden is an arcade platformer with a third-person view. The game tells about the adventures of the little robot Kenny, who wakes up in a world where there is...

House of 1000 Doors: Serpent Flame

Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Puzzle, Logic

Game released: PC → 16 June 2016

Players: 10/10

House of 1000 Doors: Serpent Flame is an arcade adventure hidden object game. As a young girl, Kate, you will explore a gloomy mansion and try to save the world...

Drawful 2

Arcade, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Indie

Game released: PC → 21 June 2016

Players: 7.5/10

Drawful 2 is an exciting board arcade game for a large company. Together with your friends, using controllers and phones, you will have to create absurd drawings...

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...

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...

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...

Octave

Adventure, Horror, Indie, Point & Click, Side view

Game released: PC → 19 October 2016

Octave is an atmospheric adventure horror game about occultism with a side view. You will take on the role of a person who has been brought to a cemetery to be...

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...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2016 for PC (Game released)