Best Indie Games
1,568 Indie games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Darkwood
Released: Aug 17, 2017
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Darkwood is a unforgiving survival horror with a procedurally generated, open world.
Teardown
Released: Apr 21, 2022
Critic rating: 83.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Prepare the perfect heist in this simulated and fully destructible voxel world.
Golf Story
Released: Sep 28, 2017
Critic rating: 83.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Sport, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Wii U, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Play the story of a golfer, forced to give up all that he holds dear for one final shot at accomplishing his dream.
Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Released: Sep 21, 2021
Critic rating: 83.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Kena: Bridge of Spirits: a story-driven, action adventure combining exploration with fast-paced combat.
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
Released: Dec 6, 2017
Critic rating: 81.5 / 100 • 149 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy is a punishing climbing game, a homage to Jazzuo's 2002 B-Game classic 'Sexy Hiking'.
TowerFall Ascension
Released: Mar 11, 2014
Critic rating: 87.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Ouya, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Enter the land of TowerFall with your friends and engage in the noble and brutal tradition of bow-and-arrow combat.
Natural Selection 2
Released: Oct 30, 2012
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer
Natural Selection 2 is an immersive, multiplayer shooter that pits aliens against humans in a strategic and action-packed struggle for survival.
Her Story
Released: Jun 24, 2015
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Her Story is the new video game from Sam Barlow, creator of Silent Hill: Shattered Memories and Aisle.
Thimbleweed Park
Released: Mar 30, 2017
Critic rating: 82.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Thimbleweed Park is the curious story of two washed up detectives investigating a dead body found in the river just outside of town.
Streets of Rage 4
Released: Apr 30, 2020
Critic rating: 82.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Streets of Rage 4 is a side-scrolling beat 'em up that continues the series following the original trilogy.
Super Hexagon
Released: Aug 31, 2012
Critic rating: 83.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Music, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: BlackBerry OS, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
HoloCure: Save the Fans!
Released: Jun 24, 2022
Critic rating: 81.4 / 100 • 38 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Welcome to HOLOCURE!
The Exit 8
Released: Nov 29, 2023
Critic rating: 92.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway.
Two Point Hospital
Released: Aug 29, 2018
Critic rating: 86.9 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Design stunning hospitals, cure peculiar illnesses and manage troublesome staff as you spread your budding healthcare organisation across Two Point County.
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
Released: Aug 6, 2020
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
"There is no game: Wrong dimension" is a Point&Click comedy adventure (and Point&Click only!) that will take you on a journey you never asked to go on, through silly and unexpected video game universes.
Cassette Beasts
Released: Apr 26, 2023
Critic rating: 100.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Grab your cassette player - it's time to transform!
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Released: Oct 22, 2014
Critic rating: 82.2 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Wii U, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Embark on a brand new adventure with Shantae, the hair-whipping belly dancing genie.
This War of Mine
Released: Nov 14, 2014
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers.
American Truck Simulator
Released: Feb 2, 2016
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
American Truck Simulator puts you in the seat of a driver for hire entering the local freight market, making you work your way up to become an owner-operator, and go on to create one of the largest transportation companies in the United States.
Cry of Fear
Released: Apr 25, 2013
Critic rating: 81.2 / 100 • 90 votes
Genres: Shooter, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Cry of Fear is a single-player, horror modification for Half-Life 1 that brings you all the horrors you have always been afraid of.
Sally Face
Released: Dec 14, 2016
Critic rating: 81.2 / 100 • 59 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Delve into a dark adventure following the boy with a prosthetic face and a tragic past.
Deep Rock Galactic
Released: May 13, 2020
Critic rating: 81.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Deep Rock Galactic is a cooperative first-person shooter set on the alien planet Hoxxes IV.
Touhou Luna Nights
Released: Feb 25, 2019
Critic rating: 88.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Touhou Luna Night's is a 2D search action (Metroidvania) video game.
The Binding of Isaac
Released: Sep 28, 2011
Critic rating: 83.5 / 100
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
The Binding of Isaac is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy rogue-like elements.
Supermarket Together
Released: Aug 9, 2024
Critic rating: 81.2 / 100 • 39 votes
Genres: Simulator, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The multiplayer supermarket has arrived to your neighbourhood for free!