Best Indie Games
1,568 Indie games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Aquaria
Released: Dec 7, 2007
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
A massive ocean world, teeming with life and filled with ancient secrets.
Kenshi
Released: Dec 6, 2018
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
A free-roaming squad based RPG.
Cave Story
Released: Dec 20, 2004
Critic rating: 83.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo DSi
Game modes: Single player
A side-scrolling platformer in which a robot traverses a strange world that has been thrown into disorder due to its violent history and a doctor that is attempting to exploit the inhabitants to aid him in his own pursuit for power.
Viewfinder
Released: Jul 18, 2023
Critic rating: 89.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Viewfinder is a puzzle game where you can reshape the world around you by taking photos with an instant camera.
Rollerdrome
Released: Aug 16, 2022
Critic rating: 85.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Sport, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Rollerdrome is a third person action shooter that seamlessly blends high octane, visceral combat with fluid movement and tricking mechanics into one complementary and challenging whole, to create an original adrenaline-pumping shooter experience like no other.
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight
Released: Mar 4, 2016
Critic rating: 82.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight is a sidescrolling platformer, and is the fourth installment of the Momodora series.
My Time at Sandrock
Released: Nov 2, 2023
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
You'll take the role of a fledgling Builder to Sandrock.
SteamWorld Heist
Released: Dec 9, 2015
Critic rating: 87.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo 3DS, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Join Captain Piper Faraday, smuggler and occasional pirate, as she recruits a rag-tag team of steam-driven robots and sets out on a daring adventure.
Owlboy
Released: Nov 1, 2016
Critic rating: 88.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Owlboy is a platform/action-adventure video game created by Norwegian developer D-Pad Studio.
Thirty Flights of Loving
Released: Aug 20, 2012
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Explore the world of Thirty Flights of Loving through a first-person short story.
Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling
Released: Nov 21, 2019
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling is an adventure RPG following three heroes, Vi, Kabbu, and Leif, as they embark on an epic quest in Bugaria in search of treasure and immortality.
The Blackwell Convergence
Released: Jul 22, 2009
Critic rating: 83.6 / 100 • 47 votes
Rating: PEGI 12
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
A new film opens to rave reviews, despite its bloody history.
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
Released: Nov 10, 2020
Critic rating: 77.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, players take on the role of Sakuna, a proud yet lonely harvest goddess who is banished to a dangerous island with a group of outcast humans.
TagPro
Released: Feb 1, 2013
Critic rating: 83.6 / 100 • 180 votes
Genres: Strategy, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Web browser, Android
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
TagPro is a free-to-play online multiplayer capture the flag video game originally designed and programmed by Nick Riggs.
The Last Campfire
Released: Aug 4, 2020
Critic rating: 88.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The Last Campfire is an adventure, a story of a lost ember trapped in a puzzling place, searching for meaning and a way home.
Observer: System Redux
Released: Nov 10, 2020
Critic rating: 86.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
The year is 2084.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Released: Sep 8, 2010
Critic rating: 89.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a survival horror video game by Frictional Games.
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
Released: Jul 1, 2014
Critic rating: 86.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Guacamelee!
Beholder 2
Released: Oct 22, 2018
Critic rating: 89.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Every citizen of our great State dreams of working at the Prime Ministry!
Subnautica
Released: Jan 23, 2018
Critic rating: 83.9 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, SteamVR, PlayStation 5, Mac, Oculus Rift, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril.
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Aiko’s Choice
Released: Dec 6, 2021
Critic rating: 86.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Aiko's Choice is a brand-new standalone addon to the beloved stealth tactics game Shadow Tactics.
Downfall
Released: Feb 15, 2016
Critic rating: 83.4 / 100 • 39 votes
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
There is nothing Joe wouldn't do for his wife.
Unavowed
Released: Aug 8, 2018
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A demon possessed you one year ago.
Monument Valley II
Released: May 30, 2017
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Guide a mother and her child as they embark on a journey through magical architecture, discovering illusionary pathways and delightful puzzles as you learn the secrets of the Sacred Geometry.
Overcooked! All You Can Eat
Released: Nov 12, 2020
Critic rating: 88.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Hold onto your chef hats and prepare your appetite for an XXL portion of Overcooked magic!