Indie for Xbox One — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 6

Yes, Your Grace - a game in the Indie genre

Role-playing game, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Strategy, Historical, Side view, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 26 June 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Yes, Your Grace is a management strategy with role-playing game elements in a medieval setting. In the game you will take control of a large kingdom...

Road 96

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

Game released: Xbox One → 14 April 2022

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...

LIT: Bend the Light

Casual game, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 22 April 2022

Steam: 92/100

LIT: Bend the Light is a casual physics-based puzzle game set in an era before electricity, when inventors relied on imagination. It invites players...

Ship Graveyard Simulator

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

Game released: Xbox One → 2 December 2022

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...

Night Slashers: Remake

Side view, Beat them all, Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Remake, Zombies, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Action

Game released: Xbox One → 26 September 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 61/100

Remake of the beat 'em up Night Slashers, the original version of which was released in 1994 on arcade machines. The events of the game unfold in a...

Teslagrad

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Steampunk

Game released: Xbox One → 9 March 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Teslagrad is an arcade quest with platformer elements and futurism style. In this game, you use the power of electromagnetism to solve puzzles and...

Before I Forget

Indie, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: Xbox One → 29 April 2021

Steam: 87/100

This first-person narrative exploration game follows Sunita, a woman living with early-onset dementia. Alone in her house, she tries to make sense of...

Chess Ultra

Simulation, Sports game, Board / Group Game, Turn-based, Chess game, Virtual Reality (VR), Strategy, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 23 June 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Chess Ultra is a sports simulator of the classic game of chess with support for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, OSVR, Oculus Rift and PlayStation...

Space Gladiators

Action, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 4 May 2023

Steam: 90/100

This hand-drawn 2D roguelite platformer follows captives forced to fight as gladiators on Tartarus, a planet prison. To move closer to freedom, the...

Night in the Woods

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: Xbox One → 13 December 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Night in the Woods is an arcade side-scrolling indie platformer. The game tells the story of a twenty-year-old cat who was expelled from college for...

Chorus

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

Game released: Xbox One → 7 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...

Nobody Saves the World

Role-playing game, Roguelike, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: Xbox One → 18 January 2022

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Nobody Saves the World is a top-down action-adventure roguelike set in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to try on the role of a faceless...

Tunic

Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Exploration, Puzzle, Metroidvania

Game released: Xbox One → 16 March 2022

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Tunic is an action-adventure game with an isometric camera view. The main character is a cute red fox who must go through a lot of tests, defeat a...

Project Nightmares Case 36: Henrietta Kedward

Action, Horror, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 27 April 2023

Steam: 76/100

This survival horror game follows an investigation into the case of Henrietta Kedward, an old woman with a dark past. A group of paranormal...

STAB STAB STAB!

Indie, Casual game, Action

Game released: Xbox One → 28 February 2020

Steam: 87/100

STAB STAB STAB! is a physics-based arena fighting game for up to eight players in local multiplayer. Players control explosive fleshbirds with sharp...

Reus

Strategy, God Simulator, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 11 October 2016

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Reus is a side-scrolling real-time management strategy game set in a fantasy setting. You have to take control of the universe as mighty titans...

Crypt of the NecroDancer

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Music game, Tactics, Roguelike, Dungeons, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 10 February 2017

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Crypt of the NecroDancer is a unique indie game where everything moves to the rhythm of the music of Danny Baranowski, the composer of Super Meat Boy...

This Is the Police

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 22 March 2017

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 67/100

This Is the Police is an adventure strategy game with management game elements and an isometric camera view. Scandals, intrigues, investigations are...

Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

Role-playing game, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Strategy, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 30 April 2019

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based RPG with an emphasis on storytelling and tactical combat. A serious, adult story will unfold before you...

Forager

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Indie, Open world, Adventure, Survival, Crafting

Game released: Xbox One → 16 July 2020

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Forager is a fun top-down arcade clicker game with RPG elements, inspired by Stardew Valley, Terraria and Zelda. You will explore everything around...

Prison Architect - Going Green

DLC, Simulation, Business / Management, Strategy, Top-down view, In real time, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 28 January 2021

Steam: 58/100

Prison Architect — Going Green — an expansion for the real-time management strategy game with a top-down view. The expansion brings farming, product...

Deadliest Catch: The Game

Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Business / Management, First-person view, Open world

Game released: Xbox One → 28 June 2023

Steam: 51/100

This fishing simulator centers on catching king crabs in the Bering Sea, where a vessel off the coast of Alaska faces dangerous waters and changing...

Farlands

Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Science fiction, Casual game, Exploration, Construction, Crafting, Farm Simulator

Game released: Xbox One → 16 July 2026

Steam: 89/100

Colorful sandbox in the spirit of Stardew Valley. The player gets an entire planet at their disposal, which the character buys at a very favorable...

Contrast

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 26 June 2014

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Contrast is a puzzle platformer that combines a three-dimensional fantasy world with a mysterious two-dimensional shadowscape. Its central mechanic...

Sentinels of Freedom

Adventure, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: Xbox One → 25 September 2020

Steam: 66/100

A turn-based tactical role-playing game set in the Sentinel Comics universe, where a team of heroes faces villains and an ordinary bank heist proves...

Sagebrush

Indie, Adventure, First-person view

Game released: Xbox One → 7 August 2019

Steam: 94/100

This first-person narrative adventure follows an investigation of an abandoned cult compound in the New Mexico desert. The player explores Black Sage...

Axis Football 2019

Simulation, Sports game, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 27 September 2019

Steam: 69/100

An American football simulation with matches against AI, local player-versus-player games, a coach mode, and a spectator mode. Players can choose...

The Messenger

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: Xbox One → 25 June 2020

Players: 8/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The Messenger is a side-scrolling pixel action platformer. When an army of demons lays siege to his home village, a young ninja breaks through a...

Stories Untold

Adventure, Horror, Visual novel, Indie, Text quest

Game released: Xbox One → 27 October 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Stories Untold is a text adventure with horror elements in the style of 80s films. The game is based on the series of the same name, which was never...

Shadows of Kurgansk

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Simulation, Survival, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 23 September 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 66/100

Shadows of Kurgansk is an action shooter with a first-person view and horror elements in a post-apocalyptic world. You have to survive in a Zone...

Akane

Indie, Cyberpunk, Action

Game released: Xbox One → 20 September 2022

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 69/100

An arcade slasher set in the cyberpunk streets of Mega-Tokyo in 2121, Akane faces a final battle against the yakuza. The goal is to defeat as many...

Rain World

Arcade, Adventure, Stealth, Platformer, Side view, Survival, Exploration, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 11 July 2023

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 63/100

An atmospheric hardcore platformer with survival elements. The story tells of a small creature named Slugcat, who was separated from his family in a...

Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Chess game, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Xbox One → 24 August 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

A strategy game with roguelike elements that reimagines chess. The player takes control of a black king with a shotgun, who must defeat an army of...

Shelterra the Skyworld

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 6 November 2026

A fantasy role-playing game set on Shelterra, a vast floating continent untouched by the mysterious blight known as Odium. Claude dreams of becoming...

Ori and the Blind Forest

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Logic, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: Xbox One → 11 March 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 88/100

An adventure platformer set in an atmospheric world, Ori and the Blind Forest combines Metroidvania elements with a stronger focus on platforming and...

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Xbox One → 29 April 2015

Players: 8/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is an old-school pixelated platformer about Shovel Knight, who must destroy his enemies to save his beloved and defeat...

Spark the Electric Jester 2

Action, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 7 September 2020

Steam: 88/100

A 3D action platformer that continues the story after the ending of the first Spark the Electric Jester. Fark sets out to discover his true identity...

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

First-person view, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Logic, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Xbox One → 17 August 2018

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is a co-op VR puzzle game about defusing a bomb. One of the participants has an explosive device with a timer on the...

Nexomon

Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, Turn-based, Indie, Casual game, Exploration, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Xbox One → 17 September 2021

Steam: 88/100

An adventure RPG about collecting and raising unusual creatures that inhabit a vibrant fantasy world. The game features over 300 unique Nexomon to...

Two Point Campus

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

Game released: Xbox One → 9 August 2022

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Two Point Campus is a real-time strategy game with management and simulation elements. In this game you have to build an entire university with...

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Best Games in the Indie genre for Xbox One