Indie 2021 for PC — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 2

Deathly Stillness - a game in the Indie genre

Free game, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game released: PC → 4 September 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Deathly Stillness is a free-to-play post-apocalyptic shooter with a third-person view. The main opponents in the game are zombies. The main task is to clear all...

INDUSTRIA

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Steampunk, Indie

Game released: PC → 30 September 2021

Players: 4.8/10

Metacritic: 66/100

INDUSTRIA is an atmospheric first-person shooter in a steampunk setting. The game will immerse you in the parallel reality of East Berlin shortly before the end of...

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights

Action, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Post-apocalyptic, Role-playing game

Early Access: PC → 21 January 2021; Game released: PC → 22 June 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a dark fantasy setting. The setting is the fallen kingdom of Outland...

Tainted Grail: Conquest

Role-playing game, Indie, Turn-based, Fantasy / Medieval, Top-down view

Early Access: PC → 19 June 2020; Game released: PC → 27 May 2021

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Tainted Grail: Conquest is a dark role-playing game with turn-based combat and a top-down view in a fantasy setting. Avalon is dying. King Arthur is long gone, and...

Ship Graveyard Simulator

Simulation, Indie, Exploration, Sandbox, Construction, First-person view, Educational game (Education), Crafting, Adventure

Game released: PC → 11 November 2021

Players: 7/10

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...

Mortal Online 2

Online, Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, MMO, First-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 25 January 2022; Early Access: PC → 23 November 2021

Players: 6.8/10

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...

Len's Island

Adventure, Action, Isometric, Indie, Simulation

Early Access: PC → 26 November 2021; Game released: PC → 19 June 2025

Players: 6.2/10

A top-down action adventure game combining survival, construction and exploration. A new resident arrives on a picturesque island with a minimal set of tools and a...

From the darkness

Adventure, Indie, First-person view, Horror

Game released: PC → 30 March 2021

Players: 7.7/10

From the darkness is an atmospheric first-person horror game that focuses on creating fear in the player. Moreover, the events take place in an abandoned Soviet...

Cozy Grove

Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Isometric

Game released: PC → 8 April 2021

Players: 9.3/10

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...

Survival Z

Adventure, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Action, Casual game, Zombies, Indie

Game released: PC → 26 April 2021

Players: 7/10

Adventure action, whose events unfold in a world where zombies captured the planet after a global catastrophe. The main character, one of the few survivors, goes in...

Gas Station Simulator

Simulation, Indie, First-person view, Business / Management

Game released: PC → 15 September 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Gas Station Simulator is a gas station management simulator with a first-person view. You have to serve customers, refuel cars and develop your gas station. The...

Beyond Contact

Roguelike, Futurism (Future), Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Science fiction, Survival

Early Access: PC → 21 September 2021; Game released: PC → 4 April 2023

Players: 7/10

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...

White Shadows

Adventure, Indie, Platformer, Horror, Stealth, Action, Side view

Game released: PC → 7 December 2021

Players: 5.3/10

Metacritic: 73/100

White Shadows is an indie action adventure with platforming elements and a side view. Much time has passed since the Great War. Humanity is half human, half animal...

Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts

Strategy, Simulation, Tactics, Warships / Submarines, Indie, Isometric

Early Access: PC → 10 December 2021; Game released: PC → 25 January 2023

Players: 7.9/10

A tactical simulator dedicated to naval battles. The game offers the unique opportunity to design and build countless variations of realistic-looking warships...

Tavern Master

Strategy, Business / Management, Simulation, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Isometric, In real time

Game released: PC → 16 November 2021

Players: 10/10

Tavern Master is a fun real-time management strategy game with an isometric camera view. In the game you will try on the role of a tavern owner who starts his...

Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk

Horror, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Indie

Game released: PC → 16 December 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk is a visual novel in the horror genre with point and click elements. A psychedelic narrative full of pyramidal word...

Creepy Tale 2

Action, Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 16 July 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Creepy Tale 2 is a continuation of the action-adventure game with a side view and horror elements. These are dark times. A mysterious evil is terrorizing the...

The Room 4: Old Sins

Logic, Puzzle, First-person view, Adventure, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 11 February 2021

Players: 7.9/10

The Room 4: Old Sins is the continuation of the first-person puzzle adventure in the "The Room" series. The story of the game begins with the disappearance of an...

Among Trees

Adventure, First-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 10 November 2021

Players: 7.7/10

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...

Uncrashed: FPV Drone Simulator

Simulation, First-person view, Indie, Flight Simulator

Game released: PC → 1 September 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Uncrashed: FPV Drone Simulator is a racing simulator with a first-person view. In this game you can take part in quadcopter racing. You will find many large and...

The Rewinder

Indie, Adventure, Detective, Side view, Puzzle, Horror, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PC → 10 September 2021

An adventure based on Chinese mythology. The main character's name is Yun, he is the last known "Rewinder" who can communicate with spirits and examine other...

Bloodwash

Action, Adventure, Horror, Indie, Old school, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 16 September 2021

A pregnant student named Sarah has her washing machine break down, so late in the evening she has to go to a 24-hour laundromat on the outskirts of the city. The...

Super Meat Boy Forever

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Action, Runner

Game released: PC → 10 January 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Continuation of the hardcore arcade runner Super Meat Boy. The game has a full story, six new chapters and twice as many bosses. Meat Boy and Band-Aid Girl try to...

Becastled

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Indie, Medieval era

Early Access: PC → 8 February 2021; Game released: PC → 23 October 2025

A strategy game about building and surviving in a harsh fantasy world. It all begins with the foundation of a castle, around which a city grows: walls, towers, and...

Archvale

Arcade, Top-down view, Action, Adventure, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 2 December 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Archvale is a fun top-down arcade shooter with roguelike elements in a fantasy setting. Once upon a time, the fairy lands were ruled by an evil king who destroyed...

V.O.D.K.A. Open World Survival Shooter

Shooter, First-person view, Action, Indie, Simulation, Horror

Game released: PC → 13 March 2021

Players: 5.7/10

V.O.D.K.A. Open World Survival Shooter is a dynamic shooter with survival elements and a first-person view in a huge open world. The events in the game take place...

Chicory: A Colorful Tale

Adventure, Puzzle, Top-down view, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 10 June 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Chicory: A Colorful Tale is an adventure puzzle game with RPG elements and a top-down view. The game is about a dog who wields a magic brush. You'll use the power...

Nigate Tale

Role-playing game, Roguelike, Isometric, Action, Indie, Anime / Manga, Fantasy

Early Access: PC → 12 April 2021; Game released: PC → 25 September 2024

A dynamic action-rogal with an isometric look, where magic and dangers are hidden behind each angle. The main character, a guy named Roy, accidentally crashes into...

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 22 April 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion is an adventure RPG puzzle game with horror elements and an isometric view. You are a nice baby turnip who was declared an enemy of...

Fly Corp

Strategy, Business / Management, Top-down view, Logic, Indie

Early Access: PC → 28 May 2021; Game released: PC → 18 May 2023

Players: 6.9/10

A minimalist strategy game for managing an air network. The main objective is to develop air routes between real cities with populations corresponding to real data...

Twelve Minutes

Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 19 August 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Twelve Minutes is an interactive top-down thriller that follows the relationship of a married couple whose lives are dramatically changed by a police officer who...

Gamedec

Role-playing game, Isometric, Cyberpunk, Indie

Game released: PC → 16 September 2021

Players: 5/10

Metacritic: 71/100

The plot tells about a detective who investigates crimes in virtual worlds. The decisions you make in the game will play an important role, and the world and the...

RavenWeald

Free game, Indie, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Roguelike, Fantasy, Isometric, Procedural generation

Early Access: PC → 13 January 2021; Game released: PC → 8 September 2022

A free strategy game with turn-based combat and roguelike elements in a fantasy setting. The main action takes place in a magical forest filled with deadly...

HROT

Shooter, First-person view, Indie

Early Access: PC → 29 January 2021; Game released: PC → 16 May 2023

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 86/100

HROT is a dynamic old-school shooter with a first-person view, made in the style of games of the last century. The events in the game take place in Czechoslovakia...

Firework

Indie, Adventure, Side view, Horror, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 4 February 2021

Players: 10/10

Firework is a side-scrolling indie horror adventure with visual novel elements. An accidental fire at a funeral forces police to re-investigate a closed mass murder...

Dorfromantik

Strategy, Arcade, Indie, Isometric, Turn-based

Early Access: PC → 25 March 2021; Game released: PC → 28 April 2022

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Dorfromantik is a colorful city-building strategy with turn-based battles and an isometric camera view. You start the game with a stack of procedurally generated...

Drift21

Simulation, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie

Early Access: PC → 7 May 2020; Game released: PC → 10 June 2021

Players: 9.9/10

Drift21 is a racing simulator with management strategy elements from the creators of the Car Mechanic Simulator series. The game will take you into all the...

Boomerang X

Action, Indie, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC → 8 July 2021

Metacritic: 81/100

Boomerang X is a dynamic old-school shooter with a first-person view and a phantasmagoric atmosphere. You will set off to conquer a crazy and vibrant world filled...

Idol Manager

Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Music game

Game released: PC → 27 July 2021

Players: 9.8/10

Idol Manager is a cute management simulator with visual novel elements in anime style. You will take on the role of manager in a small (but growing) talent agency...

Trash Sailors

Action, Arcade, Indie, Simulation, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: PC → 16 December 2021

A cooperative action game in which players take on the roles of survivalists. The heroes managed to survive the garbage tsunami and ended up on a raft in the middle...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2021 for PC