Best Games in the Indie genre of 2021 for PC
Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Crafting, Online
Early Access: PC → 2 February 2021; Game released: PC → 9 September 2026
VGTimes:
7.8/10
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
89/100
A fantasy sandbox with survival elements. You can play alone or with others, exploring the world and gathering resources, finding and raiding tombs, building bases...
Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Survival, Comedy, Space, Sandbox
Early Access: PC → 13 September 2018; Game released: PC → 25 February 2021
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
72/100
Metacritic:
70/100
Breathedge is a science fiction adventure action game with a first-person view and survival elements. The game tells the story of an ordinary guy and his pet who...
Simulation, Indie, Exploration, Sandbox, Construction, First-person view, Educational game (Education), Crafting, Adventure
Game released: PC → 11 November 2021
Players:
6.6/10
Steam:
61/100
Ship Graveyard Simulator is an indie simulator about construction and crafting with a first-person view and adventure elements. You will visit the largest ship...
Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting, Post-apocalyptic
Early Access: PC → 16 October 2019; Game released: PC → 28 July 2021
Players:
7/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
78/100
A first-person shooter with exploration elements and horror. While exploring locations, the player collects resources to build a base and craft useful items, while...
Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Isometric, Indie, Science fiction, Space, Construction, Open world
Early Access: PC → 21 January 2021; Game in development: PC → 2026
Players:
9/10
Steam:
96/100
Dyson Sphere Program is a sci-fi space simulator in which you build your galactic empire by exploring uncharted areas of extraterrestrial space. In the distant...
Online, Strategy, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Free game, Top-down view, Tactics, In real time, Indie
Game released: PC → 30 November 2021
Steam:
83/100
Bloons TD Battles 2 is a continuation of the shareware arcade puzzle game with strategy elements in the tower defense genre. In the game, you will engage in a...
Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Isometric, Hidden Objects, Procedural generation, Business / Management
Game released: PC → 8 April 2021
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
71/100
Cozy Grove is an indie adventure simulator with an isometric view. Welcome to a life simulator about camping on an ever-changing haunted island. As a spiritual...
Role-playing game, Indie, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Board / Group Game, Fantasy, Procedural generation
Early Access: PC → 13 November 2019; Game released: PC → 15 June 2021
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
86/100
Tactical role-playing game with turn-based battles. The player leads a group of heroes who have left their farming duties to protect their home. Each character has...
Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Isometric, Indie, Tactics, Fantasy, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
Early Access: PC → 7 October 2021; Game released: PC → 15 January 2025
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
75/100
Metacritic:
74/100
A real-time strategy game set in a dark fantasy setting, where darkness becomes the main enemy of humanity. No one knows for sure what it is - the embodiment of...
Action, Third-person view, Business / Management, Indie, Sandbox, Comedy, Farm Simulator, Open world, Simulation, First-person view
Early Access: PC → 5 August 2021; Game released: PC → 20 October 2023
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
87/100
A harsh farmer simulator that shows the very “dark” side of life on a garden plot. The main character is an alcoholic who sleeps in a dilapidated house hugging a...
Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Simulation, Indie, Walking Simulator, Open world
Game released: PC → 1 September 2021
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
71/100
Lake is a story-driven postman simulator about a woman named Meredith Weiss. The heroine is forty years old, she returned home from the big city to help her father...
