Best Indie Games
1,568 Indie games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Penumbra: Black Plague
Released: Feb 12, 2008
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.
Touhou Kaeizuka: Phantasmagoria of Flower View
Released: Aug 14, 2005
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100 • 21 votes
Genres: Shooter, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
This game is a split-screen vertical danmaku shooting game where two characters engage in the normal Touhou-esque gameplay, while unleashing attacks and character-specific spell cards onto the other player, similar to that of Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream.
Renowned Explorers: International Society
Released: Sep 2, 2015
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Take command of a hand-picked group of unalike explorers and travel across the globe in search of legendary treasures while staying ahead of your rivals.
Griftlands
Released: Jun 15, 2020
Critic rating: 83.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Griftlands is a deck-building rogue-like where you fight and negotiate your way through a broken-down sci-fi world.
PlateUp!
Released: Aug 4, 2022
Critic rating: 79.7 / 100 • 41 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Hectic single-player and co-op restaurant management: cook and serve your dishes, upgrade and customise your restaurants, and expand your culinary kingdom with each procedurally-generated location.
Horizon Chase Turbo
Released: May 15, 2018
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Sport, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Horizon Chase Turbo is a standalone homage to classic 16-bit racers that defined a generation of high-speed, frenetic arcade fun.
VVVVVV
Released: Jan 11, 2010
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Ouya, Linux, Nintendo 3DS, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
There's something terribly wrong in an alternate dimension!
Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
Released: May 23, 2025
Critic rating: 84.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon is an open-world RPG set in a dark fantasy and reimagining the Arthurian legend.
The Room Two
Released: Dec 12, 2013
Critic rating: 80.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Indie
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Unique events transport you to the halls of a long-forgotten crypt.
Mindustry
Released: Oct 17, 2017
Critic rating: 79.7 / 100 • 22 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Mindustry is a hybrid tower-defense sandbox factory game.
Skullgirls: 2nd Encore
Released: Jul 7, 2015
Critic rating: 86.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Skullgirls 2nd Encore is a beautifully hand-animated, fast-paced 2D fighting game that puts players in control of fierce warriors in an extraordinary Dark Deco world.
Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth
Released: Aug 15, 2017
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
England, 12th century: Philip the monk becomes Prior of the small abbey of Kingsbridge.
Carmageddon TDR 2000
Released: Sep 1, 2000
Critic rating: 79.6 / 100 • 50 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Racing, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Carmageddon TDR 2000 has been designed from the ground up for Internet playing.
Crow Country
Released: May 9, 2024
Critic rating: 79.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The year is 1990.
Battle Brothers
Released: Mar 24, 2017
Critic rating: 80.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Battle Brothers is a turn based strategy RPG mix which has you leading a mercenary company in a gritty, low-power, medieval fantasy world.
Hello Charlotte Ep.1: Junk Food, Gods and Teddy Bears
Released: Jun 17, 2015
Critic rating: 79.6 / 100 • 28 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Hello, new Puppeteer!
Severed
Released: Apr 26, 2016
Critic rating: 83.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, iOS, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Severed Is a first-person dungeon crawler that uses touch based combat mechanics.
Craft the World
Released: Nov 24, 2014
Critic rating: 79.6 / 100 • 25 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress.
N+
Released: Feb 20, 2008
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
N+ is a port of the original Adobe Flash based PC game, N, to console and handheld systems with new features.
The Jackbox Party Pack 3
Released: Oct 18, 2016
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Quiz/Trivia, Indie
Platforms: Amazon Fire TV, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The threequel to the party game phenomenon features the deadly quiz show Trivia Murder Party, the say-anything sequel Quiplash 2, the surprising survey game Guesspionage, the t-shirt slugfest Tee K.O., and the sneaky trickster game Fakin' It.
Kentucky Route Zero
Released: Jan 7, 2013
Critic rating: 88.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Kentucky Route Zero is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway in the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it.
Lost Ember
Released: Nov 22, 2019
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Explore the remains of a fallen world from fascinating perspectives!
RimWorld
Released: Oct 17, 2018
Critic rating: 74.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller.
Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator
Released: Dec 4, 2017
Critic rating: 79.5 / 100 • 53 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Presenting a fun Five Nights at Freddy's adventure with a lighter touch for the holidays, Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator puts you in charge of developing your own restaurant!
The Void
Released: Apr 17, 2008
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: PEGI 12
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
A first-person game in which after starving to death, the player wakes up in the Void, a dying land housing numerous Sisters and long-absent Brothers, all of whom subsist on Color, the essence of life in the Void.