Best Indie Games
1,568 Indie games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Race the Sun
Released: Aug 19, 2013
Critic rating: 86.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Race The Sun is a high-speed game that uses simple controls and is set in a procedurally generated world.
Deponia Doomsday
Released: Mar 1, 2016
Critic rating: 78.8 / 100 • 60 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
One fateful night, Rufus awakes from a haunting nightmare: he sacrificed himself to save Deponia.
Technobabylon
Released: May 21, 2015
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Genres: Point-and-click, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell!
Jazzpunk
Released: Feb 7, 2014
Critic rating: 82.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Jazzpunk is a single-player, first-person adventure game, focusing on exploration and comedy over puzzle-solving.
Move or Die
Released: Jan 21, 2016
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
20 seconds, constantly changing mechanics and a lot of yelling.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Released: Sep 25, 2014
Critic rating: 82.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, you play as Paul Prospero, an occult detective who receives a disturbing letter from Ethan Carter and realizes that the boy is in grave danger.
Pacific Drive
Released: Feb 22, 2024
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Pacific Drive is a first-person driving survival game with your car as your only companion.
Garry's Mod
Released: Dec 24, 2004
Critic rating: 78.8 / 100 • 473 votes
Genres: Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Garry's Mod is a physics-based sandbox game built on Valve's Source engine.
Ultimate Chicken Horse
Released: Mar 4, 2016
Critic rating: 79.4 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Racing, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Ever wish you were a wall-jumping, arrow-dodging, trap-setting horse, besting your animal pals in a race through a peril-laden obstacle course that you all built together?
Warhammer: Vermintide 2
Released: Mar 8, 2018
Critic rating: 81.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed Vermintide.
Ball x Pit
Released: Oct 15, 2025
Critic rating: 82.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
BALL x PIT is a brick-breaking, ball-fusing, base-building survival roguelite where you battle hordes of monstrous enemies with your arsenal of ricocheting balls.
Drawful 2
Released: Jun 21, 2016
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Strategy, Quiz/Trivia, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Amazon Fire TV, Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
The team behind the hit party games Fibbage, Quiplash, and YOU DON’T KNOW JACK presents Drawful 2, the game of terrible drawings and hilariously wrong answers!
Wargroove
Released: Jan 2, 2019
Critic rating: 84.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Wargroove is a turn-based strategy game for up to 4 players, in which each player takes control of an army and its commander unit to wage war on their enemies!
Furi
Released: Jul 5, 2016
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Fight your way free in our frenzied all-boss fighter, and discover what’s waiting behind the last gate.
Emily Is Away Too
Released: May 26, 2017
Critic rating: 80.5 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Emily is Away Too is the spiritual successor to the critically acclaimed original.
Say No! More
Released: Apr 9, 2021
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Say No!
Lonely Mountains: Downhill
Released: Oct 23, 2019
Critic rating: 88.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Racing, Simulator, Sport, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Just you and your bike - take it on a thrilling ride down an unspoiled mountain landscape.
Another Crab's Treasure
Released: Apr 25, 2024
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Another Crab’s Treasure is a soulslike adventure set in a crumbling underwater world plagued by a mysterious curse.
Going Under
Released: Sep 24, 2020
Critic rating: 78.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Going Under is a satirical dungeon crawler about exploring the cursed ruins of failed tech startups.
Defense Grid: The Awakening
Released: Dec 8, 2008
Critic rating: 86.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
A tower defense game where you have to defend Power Cores from being stolen.
Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth
Released: Mar 27, 2021
Critic rating: 77.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth is a 2D-style Metroidvania (action-exploration) game based on Record of Lodoss War.
The Beast Inside
Released: Oct 17, 2019
Critic rating: 78.6 / 100 • 39 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The Beast Inside is a gripping new twist on thriller and survival horror genres, telling a multi-layered story about cryptanalyst discovering a hundred-year-old murder-mystery that not only remains unresolved, but also puts his very life at risk.
Plague Inc: Evolved
Released: Sep 18, 2015
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Plague Inc: Evolved is a unique mix of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation.
Orcs Must Die!
Released: Oct 5, 2011
Critic rating: 86.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Orcs Must Die!
Sky Force Anniversary
Released: Jun 5, 2014
Critic rating: 77.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Legendary shoot-'em-up makes its way on the PCs!