Best Games in the Indie genre of 2021 for PC
Role-playing game, Strategy, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons
Early Access: PC → 20 March 2020; Game released: PC → 29 April 2021
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
76/100
Metacritic:
76/100
Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager is a dark role-playing roguelike with turn-based combat and a side view in a fantasy setting. You have to build a...
Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie, City Building, Casual game, Construction
Game released: PC → 13 May 2021
Players:
5/10
Steam:
78/100
Metacritic:
72/100
Before We Leave is a top-down real-time management strategy game. After a long period of imprisonment in the bowels of the earth, your people emerge to the surface...
Role-playing game, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Indie, Metroidvania, Platformer, Exploration
Game released: PC → 2 August 2021
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Grime is an action-adventure platformer with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. Grime takes place in a crazy world with a surreal...
Action, Stealth, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Mysticism / Supernatural, Survival horror, Horror, Online
Game released: PC → 7 December 2021
Steam:
77/100
Cooperative game where 1 to 4 players must cleanse a building from corruption — it's important to act as a team and assist your comrades. To do this, you will need...
Strategy, Simulation, Warships / Submarines, Isometric, Indie, Tactics, Construction, Grand strategy
Early Access: PC → 10 December 2021; Game released: PC → 25 January 2023
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
62/100
A tactical simulator dedicated to naval battles. The game offers the unique opportunity to design and build countless variations of realistic-looking warships...
Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Isometric, Trains, Indie, Sandbox, Construction, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 15 April 2021; Game in development: PC → 2026
Players:
6.9/10
Steam:
78/100
Voxel Tycoon is a management simulator with an isometric camera view, set in an endless world of voxels. As you progress, you will have to mine resources...
Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Construction, Open world
Early Access: PC → 9 December 2021; Game in development: PC → 2026
Players:
3.5/10
Steam:
63/100
A colorful sandbox set in a world where the ocean has its own will and obeys only those who dare to control its elements. The sea here is not just a landscape, but...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Indie, Construction, Open world, Procedural generation
Game released: PC → 7 August 2021
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
25/100
Cube Island — an exciting sandbox with an open world, crafting, and building, similar to Minecraft. In the game, you will embark on a tropical island made of...
Online, Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, MMO, First-person view, Indie, Sandbox, Open world
Game released: PC → 25 January 2022; Early Access: PC → 23 November 2021
Players:
6.8/10
Steam:
59/100
Mortal Online 2 is a continuation of the multiplayer action role-playing game with a first-person view in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to explore a huge...
Action, Adventure, First-person view, Historical, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 3 December 2021; Game released: PC → 17 February 2023
Steam:
51/100
The game takes place on the western coast of the Aegean Sea during the majestic Roman Empire. The main character is an adventurer named Hector Rem, who lives in the...