Indie 2021 for PC — top best games in the Indie genre

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Survival, Comedy, Space, Sandbox

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...

The Binding of Isaac: Repentance

Arcade, DLC, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Action, Adventure, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 31 March 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 82/100

The Binding of Isaac: Repentance — an expansion to the top-down arcade action game Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. The expansion includes the fan-made modification...

Karryn's Prison

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Adult game, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 December 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 95/100

Karryn's Prison is a top-down adventure RPG for adults with visual novel elements. In the game you will try on the role of the fiery Carrin, the new warden of the...

Loop Hero

Role-playing game, Roguelike, Top-down view, Fantasy, Tactics, Indie

Game released: PC → 4 March 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A Russian roguelike that tells the story of how the evil Lich created a time loop, erased the memory of all residents and plunged the world into chaos. The player...

Lust from Beyond

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Adult game, Indie

Game released: PC → 11 March 2021

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 68/100

Lust from Beyond is a continuation of the first-person adventure horror Lust for Darkness. The main character is Victor Holloway, an antique dealer who begins to...

Dysmantle

Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Survival, Crafting, Open world

Game released: PC → 16 November 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 90/100

Dysmantle is an open world RPG that combines the best ideas from Zelda, Stardew Valley, Subnautica, SteamWorld Dig and Dark Souls. The action takes place on a...

Chernobylite

Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 28 July 2021

Players: 7.1/10

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...

Skul: The Hero Slayer

Side view, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 21 January 2021

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Skul: The Hero Slayer is a side-scrolling pixel platformer. People have attacked the demon fortress and are trying to destroy their leader. Most of the inhabitants...

Townscaper

Strategy, Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Simulation, Construction, Sandbox, Casual game, City Building

Game released: PC → 26 August 2021

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Townscaper is a vibrant casual strategy game in which the player builds a city on an island. The player selects colors and creates blocks of houses on a grid, and...

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager

Role-playing game, Strategy, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons

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...

Fostering Apocalypse

Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Visual novel, Indie, Free game, Side view, Survival, Demons

Game released: PC → 15 July 2021

Steam: 92/100

A short narrative game with survival elements and two endings. The world has already perished once in a demonic apocalypse, and now someone is trying to bring about...

Black Book

Adventure, Indie, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Strategy, Card game, Dungeons

Game released: PC → 10 August 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Black Book is a mixture of an adventure game and a card RPG in the setting of Russian fairy tales. The game tells the story of a young peasant woman, Vasilisa: the...

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator

Simulation, Action, Fighting, Business / Management, Indie, Medieval era, Sandbox, Comedy, Strategy

Game released: PC → 1 April 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 98/100

A fun tactical simulator in which historical battles turn into a chaotic and funny sandbox. Stupid, but charming units fighting under the control of funny physics...

Car Constructor

Arcade, Simulation, Third-person view, Indie, Business / Management, Racing, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: PC → 8 May 2021

Players: 7/10

Steam: 59/100

Car Constructor is a fun car designer with management elements and a third-person view. In the game, you will have a large garage where you can build and paint your...

Road 96

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Interactive movie, Indie, Roguelike, Exploration

Game released: PC → 16 August 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Road 96 is a thrilling, interactive, first-person adventure that pays tribute to various road movies, as well as the work of cinema legends such as Quentin...

Let's Build a Zoo

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, City Building, Open world

Game released: PC → 5 November 2021

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 76/100

A colorful, large-scale management strategy game about building your own zoo. The owner has dozens of animal species at their disposal: rare creatures can be...

MADNESS: Project Nexus

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Slasher, Indie, Isometric

Game released: PC → 30 September 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 96/100

MADNESS: Project Nexus is a whirlwind action slasher with an isometric camera view and horror elements. There are two modes available to you in the game: story...

Gunfire Reborn

Shooter, First-person view, Roguelike, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Procedural generation, Online

Game released: PC → 18 November 2021

Players: 8/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Co-op shooter for up to four people. Players take on the role of heroes with unique abilities and go with friends to explore vast locations created at random. At...

Lake

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...

The Ascent

Action, Role-playing game, Adventure, Indie, Top-down view, Isometric, Cyberpunk, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 29 July 2021

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 73/100

The Ascent is a dynamic action role-playing game with an isometric camera view in a cyberpunk setting. The game takes place in a future world in which the main...

Down in Bermuda

Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game, Hidden Objects, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 14 January 2021

Steam: 89/100

The main character is a pilot named Milton, who gets caught in a storm and finds himself trapped in the famous Bermuda Triangle. He explores the islands and solves...

The Forgotten City

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Exploration, Indie

Game released: PC → 28 July 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 85/100

The Forgotten City — a first-person adventure action game from the creators of the eponymous mod for The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. The game's events revolve around...

From the darkness

Adventure, Indie, First-person view, Horror

Game released: PC → 30 March 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 88/100

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...

Bright Memory: Infinite

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

Game released: PC → 11 November 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 65/100

The game follows the adventures of a girl named Shelia, who is an agent of the Supernatural Research Organization (SRO). One day, the organization manages to find...

Chorus

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Science fiction, Flight Simulator, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 3 December 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Chorus is an adventure space shooter with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. The main character is a girl named Nara, who was previously a member of a dark...

Totally Reliable Delivery Service

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Indie, Sandbox, Casual game

Game released: PC → 1 April 2021

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 76/100

Totally Reliable Delivery Service — a fun third-person action game about a "reliable" delivery service that is actually not reliable at all. The main idea is to go...

INDUSTRIA

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

Game released: PC → 30 September 2021

Players: 4.8/10

Steam: 73/100

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...

The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante

Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Visual novel, Text quest, Medieval era

Game released: PC → 4 March 2021

Players: 9/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 82/100

The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante is a narrative role-playing game set in the pages of the protagonist's diary. You will find a story about a ruthless world...

Psychonauts 2

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Comedy, Adventure

Game released: PC → 25 August 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Psychonauts 2 is a fantastic sequel to the third-person action platformer that takes players back to the world of psychonauts. The dream of the protagonist of the...

Gas Station Simulator

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

Game released: PC → 15 September 2021

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 87/100

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...

Ship Graveyard Simulator

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...

Cyber Shadow

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Anime / Manga, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 26 January 2021

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Cyber Shadow is a dynamic side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The world has been taken over by synthetic life forms. A desperate cry for help...

Cookie Clicker

Arcade, Action, Indie, Clicker, Casual game, Horror

Game released: PC → 1 September 2021

Players: 8/10

Steam: 96/100

An arcade clicker game where everything revolves around baking endless amounts of cookies. Every click brings a tasty reward, and the more cookies you bake, the...

Alchemic Cutie

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Exploration, Business / Management, Open world

Game released: PC → 12 November 2021

Steam: 51/100

Alchemic Cutie is a cute top-down adventure RPG. The game takes place on the colorful island of Wimba, where you manage your own jelly farm. You will explore...

Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk

Horror, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Indie, Text quest

Game released: PC → 16 December 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 97/100

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...

Out of Sight (2021)

Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Casual game, Exploration, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC → 10 March 2021

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A laid-back, unobtrusive hidden object game where players can relax and explore colorful, picturesque locations with a lo-fi soundtrack. The game features...

The Big Con

Adventure, Comedy, Indie

Game released: PC → 31 August 2021

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 76/100

The game is about a curious and sarcastic high school student, Ali, who leaves music camp to go on a trip. But this is not just entertainment, the heroine also...

PICO PARK

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Casual game

Game released: PC → 7 May 2021

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 92/100

PICO PARK is a fun multiplayer puzzle platformer with action elements and a side view. In the game you need to collect all the keys in the level and get to the...

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...

Before We Leave

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...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2021 for PC (Game released)