Indie 2020 for PC — top best games in the Indie genre

Interactive movie, First-person view, Adventure, Indie, Adult game, Visual novel, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 17 November 2020

Players: 7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Five Dates is a dating simulator with elements of an interactive adult adventure and a dash of romantic comedy. Unlike most similar projects, the game offers to...

Hades

Action, Isometric, Roguelike, Dungeons, Fantasy, Slasher, Indie

Game released: PC → 17 September 2020

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 93/100

Isometric action-roguelike from the creators of Bastion and Transistor. The main character is the god Zagreus (the son of the ancient Greek god Hades), who...

Futa Fix Dick Dine and Dash

Adult game, Indie, Simulation, Arcade, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 21 December 2020

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Futa Fix Dick Dine and Dash is an adult visual novel with Japanese-style dating sim elements. Emily has a problem. One day, a long, fleshy penis appeared between...

Streets of Rage 4

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Side view, Indie

Game released: PC → 30 April 2020

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Streets of Rage 4 is a continuation of the iconic side-view beatmap from the 90s. You will find bright graphics made in the style of comics, as well as characters...

Outer Wilds

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

Game released: PC → 18 June 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The main character is a recruit of the research organization Outer Wilds Ventures, who goes on exploration into space, but ends up in a time loop. To get out of it...

Cloudpunk

Arcade, Adventure, Third-person view, Cyberpunk, Indie, Open world, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 23 April 2020

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Cloudpunk is an adventure arcade game with a third-person view in the style of cyberpunk. The game takes place over the course of one night. The protagonist is a...

Helltaker

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Indie, Free game, Demons

Game released: PC → 11 May 2020

Players: 9/10

Steam: 97/100

Helltaker is a free-to-play adventure puzzle game. The game tells the story of a hero who suddenly opens a portal to hell, in which, oddly enough, a whole harem of...

Poker Club

Simulation, Sports game, Card game, Board / Group Game, Online, Indie

Game released: PC → 20 November 2020

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 58/100

Poker Club is an exciting poker simulator in which you can become a real gambling professional and take part in the world tour. In addition, you can join various...

Spiritfarer

Simulation, Business / Management, Side view, Adventure, Indie, Strategy, Cooperative (co-op), Construction

Game released: PC → 18 August 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Spiritfarer is a fun management simulator with a side view that tells the story of death. You take on the role of a ferryman for the dead and build your own ship to...

Townscaper

Strategy, Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Simulation, Construction, Sandbox, Casual game, City Building

Game released: PC → 26 August 2021

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Townscaper is a vibrant casual strategy game in which the player builds a city on an island. The player selects colors and creates blocks of houses on a grid, and...

The White Door

Adventure, Puzzle, Interactive movie, Indie

Game released: PC → 9 January 2020

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 89/100

Detective game from the creators of Cube Escape and Rusty Lake Paradise, which tells the story of Robert Hill, undergoing treatment in a clinic and suffering...

Maneater

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Open world, Slasher

Game released: PC → 22 May 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Adventure action set in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The story centers around a shark that has survived a brutal encounter with a hunter and is driven by a...

1971 Project Helios

Strategy, Tactics, Post-apocalyptic, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: PC → 9 June 2020

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 33/100

1971 Project Helios is a turn-based tactical strategy game. In the world of the game, firearms and vehicles are very rare. The battle for resources does not stop...

Totally Reliable Delivery Service

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Indie, Sandbox, Casual game

Game released: PC → 1 April 2021

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 76/100

Totally Reliable Delivery Service — a fun third-person action game about a "reliable" delivery service that is actually not reliable at all. The main idea is to go...

ScourgeBringer

Action, Indie, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 21 October 2020

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 77/100

ScourgeBringer is a dynamic action-platformer with a side view and roguelike elements from the creators of NeuroVoider. The events of the game unfold in a...

Project Wingman

Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Flight Simulator, Virtual Reality (VR), Action, Indie, Arcade

Game released: PC → 1 December 2020

Players: 9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Project Wingman is a realistic flight simulator with a first-person view for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Valve Index. In the game you will...

The Survivalists

Action, Roguelike, Isometric, Adventure, Indie, Crafting, Survival

Game released: PC → 9 October 2020

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 72/100

The Survivalists is a sandbox adventure game with roguelike elements and an isometric camera view set in the Escapists universe. In the game you will go to conquer...

Haydee 2

Action, Shooter, Indie, Platformer, Puzzle, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 24 November 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 87/100

Haydee 2 is the sequel to the sexy action puzzle game with a third-person view. Once again you will play as a sexy heroine who is locked in a strange complex...

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed

Action, Roguelike, Side view, Adventure, Slasher, Platformer, Role-playing game, Indie

Game released: PC → 11 February 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed is a hardcore side-scrolling action slasher expansion inspired by the Dark Souls series. Two new locations await you, in which there will...

Ludus

First-person view, Action, Role-playing game, Indie, Adventure, Historical, Open world, Simulation

Game released: PC → 20 February 2020

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 71/100

A simulator of the owner of a gladiator school, the events of which take place in Ancient Rome. The main task is to develop and expand our own school for arena...

Vampire's Fall: Origins

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie, Fantasy, Old school, Open world

Game released: PC → 31 January 2020

Steam: 78/100

A role-playing game with an open world and tactical battles. The events unfold in the lands of Vamp'Ir, where peace and tranquility reigned for many years, until...

Biped

Arcade, Action, Indie, Combat robots, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle, Adventure

Game released: PC → 26 March 2020

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Biped is a fun co-op platformer featuring challenging puzzles that require precise coordination. Two little bipedal robots, Aku and Sayla, go on an exciting...

Iratus: Lord of the Dead

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

Game released: PC → 23 April 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Iratus: Lord of the Dead — a party-based RPG with roguelike elements and a side view, inspired by the popular Darkest Dungeon and Dungeon Keeper. An enraged...

Noita

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 15 October 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Noita is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer in a fantasy setting. You will find procedural generation of levels, the irreversible death of the hero, as well...

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure

Indie, Adventure, Arcade, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: PC → 11 December 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure is a game about the adventures of a little girl who really loves nature. Alba, that’s our heroine’s name, goes to visit her grandparents...

Through the Darkest of Times

Simulation, Strategy, Adventure, Historical, Indie

Game released: PC → 30 January 2020

Players: 8/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Through the Darkest of Times is a historical strategy with elements of a management simulator. You will become the leader of a resistance group in Berlin during the...

Broken Lines

Role-playing game, Isometric, Historical, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics, Strategy

Game released: PC → 25 February 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Broken Lines is a tactical turn-based strategy with RPG elements and an isometric camera view. Set during World War II, the game follows a group of eight soldiers...

Hydroneer

Indie, Simulation, First-person view, Adventure, Action, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: PC → 8 May 2020

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 86/100

Hydroneer is an exciting mining simulator with a first-person view, where you have to get gold and other necessary resources from the soil. As you progress, you...

Train Station Renovation

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Business / Management, First-person view, Trains, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 1 October 2020

Players: 8/10

Steam: 84/100

Train Station Renovation is a first-person management simulator where you take on the role of the self-proclaimed guardian of historic train stations. You will go...

OMORI

Horror, Indie, Adventure, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 25 December 2020

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 88/100

OMORI is an indie horror adventure with fantasy RPG elements. You have to explore a strange world full of colorful friends and enemies. You'll travel through the...

Among Trees

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Exploration, Survival, Open world

Game released: PC → 10 November 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 65/100

Among Trees is an atmospheric adventure with survival elements and a first-person view. You will travel through a colorful forest, where a small house is located in...

art of rally

Arcade, Simulation, Racing, Isometric, Sports game, Indie, Top-down view

Game released: PC → 23 September 2020

Players: 8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Exciting rally arcade from the creators of Absolute Drift, where players can participate in the "Golden Era" rally. The game features a career mode with 72 tracks...

Visage

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Survival horror, Online

Game released: PC → 29 October 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Visage is a first-person horror adventure inspired by the work of Hideo Kojima — P.T. The main actions of the game take place in the 80s of the last century...

Dungeon of the Endless

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy, Medieval era, Indie, Roguelike, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PC → 11 June 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A hardcore roguelike in which a group of prisoners suddenly become explorers of a hostile world. After a prison ship crashes on the mysterious planet Auriga, the...

When The Past Was Around

Adventure, Side view, Indie, Hidden Objects, Puzzle, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 22 September 2020

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 78/100

When The Past Was Around is a point & click adventure puzzle game with a sad story about a girl who has lost the meaning of life. She couldn't find him until she...

Choice of Life: Middle Ages

Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Adventure, Indie, Role-playing game, Strategy

Game released: PC → 6 November 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Choice of Life: Middle Ages is a card adventure in a medieval setting. Here everything is determined by your choice: whether you become a robber, an artisan, or the...

Idle Slayer

Indie, Free game, Casual game, Fantasy, Old school, Medieval era, Clicker

Game released: PC → 21 December 2020

Steam: 78/100

A dynamic clicker combining active and passive progress. The core gameplay involves jumping, collecting coins, and fighting enemies, which gradually unlock new...

Windbound

Role-playing game, Adventure, Indie, Third-person view, Simulation, Action

Game released: PC → 28 August 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Windbound is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person perspective and survival elements. The events of the game take place on a desert island, where the warrior...

Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem

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

Game released: PC → 13 February 2020

Players: 8/10

Steam: 81/100

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...

Exit the Gungeon

Arcade, Shooter, Fantasy / Medieval, Beat them all, Roguelike, Side view, Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 17 March 2020

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Exit the Gungeon is a side-view arcade shooter with roguelike elements, which is a spin-off of the game Enter the Gungeon. In the game, you will once again take...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2020 for PC (Game released)