Best Indie Games
1,568 Indie games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Road 96
Released: Aug 16, 2021
Critic rating: 83.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Road 96 is a crazy, beautiful road-trip.
Mordhau
Released: Apr 29, 2019
Critic rating: 82.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Fighting, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Mordhau is a multiplayer medieval slasher.
Yume Nikki
Released: Jun 26, 2004
Critic rating: 78.6 / 100 • 99 votes
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Web browser, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Yume Nikki is a 32-Bit freeware game created by Kikiyama, a Japanese solo game designer.
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
Released: Oct 7, 2019
Critic rating: 86.1 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Yooka and Laylee are back for a brand new adventure!
Stories Untold
Released: Feb 27, 2017
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four episodes from the now cancelled series of the same name, including a remaster of the original pilot episode “The House Abandon”.
Dreamfall Chapters
Released: Oct 21, 2014
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Dreamfall Chapters is an episodic, story-driven adventure game about choices and consequences, dreams and reality, magic and science, chaos and order, and the broken heroes whose actions will shape the course of history in all worlds.
The Dark Eye: Memoria
Released: Aug 29, 2013
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Memoria combines classic point & click adventure gameplay with the features of The Dark Eye, one of the most successful RPG universes known in the fantasy world.
Observation
Released: May 21, 2019
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr.
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!
Released: Sep 13, 2017
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Cook, Serve, Delicious!
The Jackbox Party Pack 7
Released: Oct 15, 2020
Critic rating: 77.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Quiz/Trivia, Indie
Platforms: Amazon Fire TV, Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Five new games: the hit threequel Quiplash 3, the collaborative chaos of The Devils and the Details, the fierce drawing game Champ'd Up, the speech game Talking Points and the guessing game Blather 'Round.
Quadrilateral Cowboy
Released: Jul 25, 2016
Critic rating: 84.2 / 100
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Quadrilateral Cowboy is a single-player adventure in a cyberpunk world.
OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood
Released: Mar 3, 2015
Critic rating: 86.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Sport, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Drop in to Olliwood and prepare for finger-flippin’ mayhem in this follow up to cult skateboarding smashOlliOlli.
Anger Foot
Released: Jul 11, 2024
Critic rating: 87.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Anger Foot is a lightning-fast action FPS where the only things harder than your ass-kicking feet are the ass-kicking beats.
Milk Outside a Bag of Milk Outside a Bag of Milk
Released: Dec 16, 2021
Critic rating: 78.4 / 100 • 47 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A sequel to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk.
The Red Strings Club
Released: Jan 22, 2018
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
"The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy."
Amnesia: Rebirth
Released: Oct 20, 2020
Critic rating: 81.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Amnesia: Rebirth is a new descent into darkness from the creators of the iconic Amnesia series.
Outland
Released: Apr 27, 2011
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
An action platformer with a combat/interactivity system based on polarity, Outland focuses on a hero who can switch between light and dark forms, an ability he'll need to exploit in order to destroy monsters and avoid attacks.
Chuchel
Released: Mar 7, 2018
Critic rating: 83.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
CHUCHEL is a comedy adventure game from the creators of Machinarium, Botanicula and Samorost.
Orcs Must Die! 2
Released: Jul 30, 2012
Critic rating: 82.3 / 100
Rating: PEGI 12
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Orcs Must Die!
Bendy and the Ink Machine
Released: Feb 10, 2017
Critic rating: 86.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Bendy and the Ink Machine is an indie first person puzzle-action-horror game with a unique cartoon atmosphere and an intense, frightening story line that keeps you guessing throughout.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux
Released: Sep 11, 2015
Critic rating: 78.4 / 100 • 34 votes
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
An Unreal Engine 4 remaster of the original game.
Rusty Lake: Roots
Released: Oct 20, 2016
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100 • 89 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
James Vanderboom's life drastically changes when he plants a special seed in the garden of the house he has inherited.
Have a Nice Death
Released: Mar 22, 2023
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Have a Nice Death is a 2D action roguelite where you play as an overworked Death, whose employees have run rampant, completely throwing off the balance of souls - and his vacation plans.
The Gardens Between
Released: Sep 20, 2018
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The Gardens Between is a surreal puzzle adventure through memory, moments and time that follows best friends, Arina and Frendt, as they fall into a mysterious world of beautiful garden islands.
Hylics
Released: Oct 2, 2015
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100 • 32 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Hylics is a recreational program with light JRPG elements.