Best Indie Games
1,568 Indie games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
TCG Card Shop Simulator
Released: Sep 15, 2024
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100 • 24 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Open your own local game store.
Prison Architect
Released: Oct 6, 2015
Critic rating: 81.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The game is a top-down 2D construction and management simulation where the player takes control of building and running a prison.
Battle Chasers: Nightwar
Released: Oct 3, 2017
Critic rating: 77.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Battle Chasers: Nightwar is an American made JPRG and dungeon-crawler, based on the best-selling Battle Chasers comic series by Joe Maduriera and inspired by JPRG greats such as Final Fantasy, Suikoden, Chrono Trigger, and Phantasy Star.
Thronefall
Released: Oct 11, 2024
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100 • 28 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Fighting, Strategy, Tactical, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A minimalist game about building and defending a little kingdom.
Dungeon of the Endless
Released: Oct 27, 2014
Critic rating: 79.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
In Dungeon of the Endless, the player takes the role of the survivors of a prison spaceship, its escape pod having crashed to the surface of a strange planet.
Dordogne
Released: Jun 13, 2023
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100 • 27 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Dordogne is a narrative adventure game in which you play as Mimi, a 32-year-old woman visiting the house of her recently deceased grandmother.
Nuclear Throne
Released: Dec 5, 2015
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Nuclear Throne is an action roguelike-like by Vlambeer about mutants fighting their way through a post-apocalyptic world.
Castle Crashers
Released: Aug 27, 2008
Critic rating: 78.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
This four player RPG adventure will let you hack, slash, and smash your way to victory.
Creature in the Well
Released: Sep 6, 2019
Critic rating: 73.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Fighting, Puzzle, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Pinball, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Creature in the Well is a top-down, pinball-inspired hack and slash dungeon crawler.
Infernax
Released: Feb 14, 2022
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Infernax is the adventures of a great knight who returns to his homeland only to find it plagued with unholy magic.
Hidden Folks
Released: Feb 15, 2017
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Search for hidden folks in hand-drawn, interactive, miniature landscapes.
Blazing Chrome
Released: Jul 11, 2019
Critic rating: 77.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Blazing Chrome is a classic co-op run 'n gun with an original arcade feel.
Grimm's Hollow
Released: Oct 31, 2019
Critic rating: 78.2 / 100 • 34 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother.
Trover Saves the Universe
Released: May 31, 2019
Critic rating: 75.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Meta Quest 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR, Oculus Rift, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Oculus Quest
Game modes: Single player
Wonderful.
DeathSpank
Released: Jul 13, 2010
Critic rating: 79.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
This game follows the thong-tastic adventures of a misguided hero named DeathSpank.
Pathologic Classic HD
Released: Oct 29, 2015
Critic rating: 74.0 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
In Pathologic players embark on a dark journey to explore a remote town built upon old tanneries and butcheries just as a mysterious and deadly disease breaks out.
Deliver Us the Moon
Released: Oct 10, 2019
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Deliver Us the Moon is a sci-fi adventure game developed by KeokeN Interactive and released in 2019.
Orcs Must Die! Unchained
Released: Mar 19, 2017
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Wisecracking multiplayer action that uniquely blends the strategic depth of a MOBA with intense third-person combat as you fight in a wild battle for fortress supremacy.
Yuppie Psycho
Released: Apr 25, 2019
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Join Brian Pasternack on his first day at one of the world’s largest companies, Sintracorp.
Sable
Released: Sep 23, 2021
Critic rating: 82.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Sable is a coming-of-age tale of discovery through exploration across a strikingly rendered open world desert.
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams
Released: Oct 22, 2012
Critic rating: 78.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Wii U, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a blistering hardcore platformer with contrasting worlds.
Duelyst
Released: Aug 23, 2016
Critic rating: 82.1 / 100
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Duelyst is a competitive strategy game focused on tactical combat, squad building, and ranked ladder play.
Skullgirls
Released: Apr 10, 2012
Critic rating: 78.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Skullgirls is a fast-paced 2-D fighting game that puts players in control of fierce warriors in an extraordinary Dark Deco world.
Chroma Squad
Released: Apr 30, 2015
Critic rating: 71.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Chroma Squad is a tactical RPG about five stunt actors who decide to quit their jobs and start their own Power Rangers-inspired TV show!
Shardlight
Released: Mar 8, 2016
Critic rating: 75.6 / 100
Genres: Point-and-click, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
A post-apocalyptic adventure game from the publisher that brought you Primordia, Gemini Rue and Technobabylon!