Best Games in the Indie genre of 2021 for PC
Roguelike, Futurism (Future), Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Science fiction, Survival, Adventure
Early Access: PC → 21 September 2021; Game released: PC → 4 April 2023
Players:
7/10
Steam:
71/100
Players find themselves on a deadly planet with a terrible climate, inhabited by bloodthirsty monsters and plants. For successful survival, you need to build your...
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...
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:
7.9/10
Steam:
86/100
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...
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...
Futurism (Future), Action, Arcade, Logic, Top-down view, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Free game, Indie
Early Access: PC → 29 April 2021; Game released: PC → 3 October 2021
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
90/100
Goose Goose Duck is a free arcade multiplayer online social deduction game that clearly resembles Among Us, but with ducks and geese. Some control a spaceship...
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...
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...
Arcade, Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Construction, Casual game
Game released: PC → 26 May 2021
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
64/100
Castle Flipper is an exciting sandbox with a first-person view in a medieval setting. The game will give you a unique chance to become a royal master. You'll be...
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, 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...
Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Isometric, Sandbox, Trains, Indie, Construction, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 15 April 2021; Game in development: PC → 2027
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...
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...
Shooter, Online, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Indie, Free game, Tactics, Action, Adventure, Slasher
Game released: PC → 15 August 2021
Steam:
61/100
Code Zero is a free-to-play multiplayer first-person shooter with online competitions in a "5 vs 5" format, similar to the early versions of Counter-Strike 1.6...
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...
