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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2025 for PC
Adventure, Horror, Interactive movie, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Walking Simulator, Puzzle
Game released: PC → 28 July 2025
Players:
7/10
Steam:
93/100
An adventure puzzle-horror game based on the Russian folk tale of the same name. The main character is a blacksmith who has never seen any grief, who sets off to...
Action, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Comedy, Exploration, Online, Adventure
Game released: PC → 21 October 2025
Players:
8/10
Steam:
89/100
A cooperative game about travelers returning home from vacation in an old RV. The heroes must solve problems along the way, such as using winches to overcome...
Adventure, First-person view, Free game, Indie, Detective, Survival horror, Open world, Role-playing game, Simulation
Game released: PC → 17 March 2025
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
88/100
The beginning of the story of a young scientist from Pathologic 3. The main character sets off from a laboratory in the capital to a small town where a mysterious...
Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Zombies
Early Access: PC → 14 January 2023; Game released: PC → 27 December 2025
Players:
6.8/10
Steam:
64/100
The player, in single or co-op mode, survives in a post-apocalyptic world full of zombies and other dangers. The extracted resources and materials can be spent on...
Action, Shooter, Simulation, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Zombies
Early Access: PC → 24 October 2025; Game in development: PC → 2029
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
89/100
Multiplayer sandbox with survival elements and an open world. In the near future, an apocalypse has occurred: zombies roam the Earth, most people have died, and...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Stealth, Simulation, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)
Early Access: PC → 1 June 2020; Game released: PC → 25 April 2025
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
88/100
A grim survival simulator where every day becomes a struggle not only against hunger and cold, but also against other people. Ten years after the epidemic, the...
Strategy, Business / Management, Indie, Medieval era, City Building, Procedural generation, Simulation
Early Access: PC → 1 February 2019; Game released: PC → 31 January 2025
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
86/100
A city-building simulator in a medieval setting, where all the emphasis is on creating a harmonious dream city. The modular construction system allows you to erect...
Role-playing game, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Survival, Exploration, Sandbox, Open world, Crafting, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)
Early Access: PC → 22 June 2023; Game released: PC → 14 April 2025
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
78/100
Metacritic:
67/100
The game takes place on Earth destroyed by an environmental disaster. To survive and understand what happened, the hero collects resources, fights dangers, searches...