Best Indie Games
1,568 Indie games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Apsulov: End of Gods
Released: Aug 8, 2019
Critic rating: 77.7 / 100 • 28 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
You awake in a sanctuary of steel and concrete, built to honor the Nordic Gods and to house an artifact, buried in the earth aeons ago.
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You
Released: Oct 27, 2016
Critic rating: 85.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Using the new governmental security program that has the power to survey the online presence of every person in The Nation, you investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks.
That's Not My Neighbor
Released: Mar 11, 2024
Critic rating: 77.7 / 100 • 24 votes
Genres: Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
'That's not my Neighbor' is a 2D Indie horror game based on the job simulator genre with an unique twist created by Ignacio Alvarado Monge AKA NachoSama.
Webbed
Released: Sep 9, 2021
Critic rating: 77.7 / 100 • 27 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Webbed is the story of a happy little spider on an adventure to save her boyfriend from a big mean bowerbird.
We Were Here Forever
Released: May 10, 2022
Critic rating: 73.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
You and your fellow prisoner are trapped in the realm of Castle Rock - were you betrayed, or simply not that clever?
D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die - Season 1
Released: Sep 19, 2014
Critic rating: 78.9 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
A time traveling detective has to solve his wife’s murder before he can prevent it.
Blackwell Unbound
Released: Sep 4, 2007
Critic rating: 77.6 / 100 • 54 votes
Rating: PEGI 12
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
The year is 1973.
Touhou Eiyashou: Imperishable Night
Released: Aug 15, 2004
Critic rating: 77.6 / 100 • 30 votes
Genres: Shooter, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
This game features eight playable characters, with four starting preset teams of two and unlockable individual character modes.
Backpack Hero
Released: Nov 14, 2023
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Fighting, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Web browser, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Backpack Hero is the inventory management roguelike!
Oxenfree
Released: Jan 14, 2016
Critic rating: 78.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Oxenfree is a single-player graphic adventure game played from a 2.5D perspective, with the player controlling a teenager named Alex.
Blaster Master Zero
Released: Mar 3, 2017
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
A loose reboot of the original Blaster Master by Inti Creates, utilizing elements from the original game, the "Worlds of Power" novelization, and the original Japanese version.
Game Dev Tycoon
Released: Dec 10, 2012
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s.
The Jackbox Party Pack 5
Released: Oct 17, 2018
Critic rating: 78.7 / 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
It's the biggest Party Pack yet, including the return of the classic pop culture trivia mash-up You Don't Know Jack: Full Stream; the game of hilarious hypotheticals Split the Room; the lyric-writing, robot rap battle Mad Verse City; the inventive drawing game Patently Stupid; and the outer space fling-fest Zeeple Dome.
Universe Sandbox
Released: May 1, 2008
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100 • 33 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Create and destroy on an unimaginable scale...
The Night of the Rabbit
Released: Mar 29, 2013
Critic rating: 67.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Experience a magical adventure.
Ruined King: A League of Legends Story
Released: Nov 16, 2021
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Ruined King: A League of Legends Story is a story-driven, turn based role-playing game that features fan favorite champions, innovative turn-based combat, and beautiful art direction along with brand new surprises.
Heroes of Hammerwatch
Released: Mar 1, 2018
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Heroes of Hammerwatch is a rogue-lite action-adventure.
Eastshade
Released: Feb 13, 2019
Critic rating: 76.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Eastshade is a first-person, open world exploration game.
Headlander
Released: Jul 25, 2016
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Launch into the ultimate head trip as you blast through psychotic robots in a retro 70's sci-fi action adventure from Double Fine Productions.
Legend of Grimrock
Released: Apr 11, 2012
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
What is Legend of Grimrock?
Corpse Party
Released: Aug 12, 2010
Critic rating: 77.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: iOS, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school.
Westerado: Double Barreled
Released: Apr 16, 2015
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Westerado: Double Barreled is Ostrich Banditos' homage to Spaghetti Westerns about dirty pasts, consequences and taking a hold of your future.
Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery
Released: Aug 25, 2021
Critic rating: 77.4 / 100 • 51 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A narrative-driven puzzle game about collecting, fixing and painting.
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
Released: Apr 24, 2013
Critic rating: 86.1 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine (or simply Monaco') is a video game made by indie developers at Pocketwatch Games.
Samorost 3
Released: Mar 14, 2016
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Samorost 3 is an exploration adventure and puzzle game from the award-winning creators of Machinarium and Botanicula.