Indie 2021 for PC — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 4

Tainted Grail: Conquest - a game in the Indie genre

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

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

Players: 8/10

Steam: 89/100

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...

Cris Tales

Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Indie, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PC → 20 July 2021

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Cris Tales is an adventure role -playing play with step -by -step battles in the Japanese style. The main feature of the game was the unique mechanics of “Time...

Unbound: Worlds Apart

Adventure, Action, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Logic, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 28 July 2021

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Unbound: Worlds Apart is an atmospheric puzzle platformer with a side view in a fantasy setting. The main character, named Soli, can create magical portals...

Lamentum

Adult game, Adventure, Action, Side view, Indie, Puzzle, Survival horror, Exploration, Horror

Game released: PC → 27 August 2021

Players: 8/10

Steam: 87/100

Lamentum is a dark side-scrolling action adventure game set in New England in the mid-19th century. The game tells the story of a young aristocrat named Victor. He...

Fire Tonight

Casual game, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: PC → 12 August 2021

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Fire Tonight is a narrative puzzle game about two people trying to find each other in a city engulfed in flames. The story follows their effort to reunite against...

LEGO Builder's Journey

Arcade, Puzzle, Isometric, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 22 June 2021

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 78/100

LEGO Builder's Journey is a lyrical puzzle game set in an amazing world. You will go on a journey with a father and his child, where they will have to assemble...

Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness

Role-playing game, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Early Access: PC → 26 August 2021; Game released: PC → 17 March 2022

Players: 5.2/10

Steam: 74/100

Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness is a classic party RPG with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The world of Ismerald was struck by the curse of the...

Craftsman

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Indie, Crafting, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 26 June 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 34/100

Craftsman is an adventure sandbox with a first-person view and extensive possibilities for creating items and buildings. In the game, you will find yourself in a...

Tails Noir

Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 8 June 2021

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This post-noir detective adventure with role-playing elements takes place in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals. The player takes the role of Howard Lotor...

HROT

Shooter, First-person view, Indie

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

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 96/100

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...

Creepy Tale 2

Action, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Point & Click, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 16 July 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 86/100

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...

Embr

Arcade, Online, First-person view, Action, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Simulation, Casual game

Game released: PC → 23 September 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Embr is a first-person co-op action game where you become the best firefighter you can hire. Alone or together with your comrades, you will go to conquer burning...

SOLAS 128

Logic, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 25 January 2021

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 82/100

SOLAS 128 is a rhythmic puzzle game about restoring an ancient machine to life. The player redirects and reconfigures pulses of light as they travel through...

Rogue Spirit

Action, Roguelike, Stealth, Third-person view, Adventure, Indie

Early Access: PC → 1 September 2021; Game released: PC → 7 March 2023

Steam: 76/100

Rogue Spirit is an action-adventure roguelike with stealth elements and a third-person view. You will go to explore the fabulous kingdom of Midra, where reality and...

Clid The Snail

Action, Shooter, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 December 2021

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Clid The Snail is a fast-paced top-down shooter that features a gripping story, unforgettable characters, and clever combat. You will set off to conquer a gloomy...

Super Meat Boy Forever

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

Game released: PC → 10 January 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 58/100

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...

Monstrum 2

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

Early Access: PC → 28 January 2021; Game released: PC → 6 September 2022

Steam: 51/100

The game takes place in a crumbling 1970s era sea fortress where survivors must escape the results of a horrific experiment. The procedurally generated horror maze...

Deathly Stillness

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

Game released: PC → 4 September 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Indie, Detective

Early Access: PC → 18 October 2021; Game in development: PC → 2026

Steam: 94/100

Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game is an unusual turn-based role-playing game that will take you back to the ancient times of Caledonia. Events will tell about...

Tavern Master

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

Game released: PC → 16 November 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

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...

White Shadows

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

Game released: PC → 7 December 2021

Players: 5.3/10

Steam: 81/100

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...

Exit From

Action, Indie, Adventure, First-person view, Stealth, Roguelike, Horror

Game released: PC → 17 April 2021

Steam: 83/100

Exit From is an indie horror adventure with action elements and a first-person view. In this game you have to get out of the old Soviet house, which changes every...

Streets Of Rage 4 - Mr. X Nightmare

Arcade, Side view, DLC, Fighting, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 July 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Streets Of Rage 4 — Mr. X Nightmare — an expansion for the old-school side-scrolling beat 'em up Streets of Rage 4. After the events of the original game, our...

Book of Travels

Role-playing game, MMO, Indie, Side view, Walking Simulator, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: PC → 11 October 2021; Game in development: PC → 2026

Steam: 72/100

Book of Travels is a unique side-scrolling multiplayer RPG. Inspired by classics of the genre, this serene adventure will transport you to a fairytale world. In the...

Mercenary Skirmish

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Online, MOBA

Early Access: PC → 26 March 2021; Game in development: PC → 2026

Steam: 75/100

Mercenary Skirmish is a free-to-play action role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. There are four character classes available in the game...

Sovietpunk: Chapter one

Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Exploration, Old school, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 2 April 2021

Steam: 70/100

A cyberpunk adventure in an alternative future of the Soviet Union, which has survived a global nuclear catastrophe. The surviving humanity has built underground...

Before Your Eyes

Adventure, Indie, First-person view, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 8 April 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 78/100

An emotional adventure about the soul's journey to the afterlife using a new innovative form of gaming interaction — the gamer's real blinks, which are read...

Warpips

Strategy, In real time, Side view, Tanks, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Tactics, Indie

Early Access: PC → 29 April 2021; Game released: PC → 21 April 2022

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 89/100

Warpips is an exciting tactical strategy game in the tower defense genre and with a side view. In the game you have to create an indestructible army by combining...

Code Zero

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...

TasteMaker

Simulation, Isometric, Business / Management, Arcade, Indie, Sandbox, Construction

Early Access: PC → 18 February 2021; Game released: PC → 21 April 2023

Steam: 83/100

Restaurant's reception center with an isometric view of the camera in the spirit of The Sims series. Players are at the head of a new small restaurant and try to...

Weaving Tides

Adventure, Puzzle, Platformer, Action, Top-down view, Indie, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration

Game released: PC → 27 May 2021

Steam: 83/100

Weaving Tides is an atmospheric puzzle platformer with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. In the game you will go to conquer the wonderful world of...

Spellcaster University

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

Game released: PC → 16 June 2021

Players: 8/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Spellcaster University is a real-time strategy game with simulation and management elements. In this game you take on the role of the director of a magical...

Anarchy: Wolf's law: Prologue

Free game, Shooter, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Adventure, Role-playing game, Action, Zombies

Game released: PC → 26 August 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Anarchy: Wolf's law: Prologue is a shareware prologue for an adventure shooter with a first-person view. The game is a single-player open-world RPG shooter, but it...

Sands of Aura

Role-playing game, Isometric, Action, Indie, Adventure, Fantasy, Dungeons, Exploration

Game released: PC → 27 October 2023; Early Access: PC → 21 October 2021

Steam: 77/100

Action role-playing game in an open world buried under sand dunes after a cataclysm occurred there. Most of the local inhabitants have lost their minds and are...

To the Rescue!

Simulation, Business / Management, Casual game, Top-down view, Indie, Construction

Game released: PC → 2 November 2021

Players: 7/10

Steam: 66/100

A colorful simulator of a dog shelter, where the lives of dozens of homeless tailed dogs depend on care and organization. Together with the cute furry charges, the...

Don't Forget Me

Indie, Detective, Adventure

Game released: PC → 20 April 2021

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 62/100

A jazz-punk adventure puzzle game about exploring patients’ memories and uncovering a conspiracy that threatens humanity. The player uses personal observations to...

Titan Chaser

Adventure, Walking Simulator, Open world, Exploration, Indie

Game canceled: PC → 24 February 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 82/100

The main character drives a car around the territory where various scientific stations are located, and drives away titans (huge monsters) using a powerful...

Hoa

Platformer, Adventure, Puzzle, Action, Indie, Side view, Exploration

Game released: PC → 24 August 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Hoa is an indie platformer with a side view and elements of the puzzle. You are waiting for breathtaking drawings, hand -drawn, excellent music and a pacifying...

UNSIGHTED

Action, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Role-playing game, Indie, Isometric, Top-down view, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 30 September 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 84/100

UNSIGHTED — top-down action adventure role-playing game in a sci-fi setting. Events take place in a fantasy world of the future — Arcadia. The game will...

Cyber Manhunt

Simulation, Indie, Role-playing game, Puzzle, Cyberpunk, Horror

Game released: PC → 3 February 2021

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 80/100

Cyber Manhunt is an adventure simulator with role-playing elements in a cyberpunk setting, in which you can try yourself as a hacker. You have to monitor the...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2021 for PC