Best Indie Games
1,568 Indie games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Cultic
Released: Oct 13, 2022
Critic rating: 83.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
You died?
PowerWash Simulator 2
Released: Oct 23, 2025
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
PowerWash Simulator is back, bubbling with fresh locations, soap-erior equipment and splashy features.
Pinstripe
Released: Apr 24, 2017
Critic rating: 81.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Pinstripe is an emotionally charged adventure about Hell created entirely by a one-man team over the course of five years.
Timespinner
Released: Sep 25, 2018
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Timespinner is a 2D metroidvania platformer about a young woman who travels through time to destroy the empire that killed her family.
Unforeseen Incidents
Released: May 24, 2018
Critic rating: 80.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Unforeseen Incidents is a classical style interactive mystery set in a beautifully hand-painted world.
Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut
Released: Jul 15, 2014
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Shantae: Risky’s Revenge – Director’s Cut brings hair-whipping, belly-dancing to your PC!
Severed Steel
Released: Sep 17, 2021
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Severed Steel is a stylish and visceral single-player FPS featuring a fluid stunt system, destructible voxel environments, loads of bullet time, a unique one-armed protagonist, and a dark electronic soundtrack.
Fears to Fathom: Home Alone
Released: Jul 2, 2021
Critic rating: 77.0 / 100 • 42 votes
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Fears to Fathom: Home Alone is a first-person psychological horror game and the first entry in the Fears to Fathom anthology series.
Kingdom Rush Frontiers
Released: Jun 6, 2013
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Command your troops through an epic (mis)adventure as you defend exotic lands from dragons, man-eating plants, and ghastly denizens of the underworld -all with flashy new towers, levels, heroes, and more goodies to help you crush your foes in this Fantasy Action Tower Defense game!
Curse of the Dead Gods
Released: Feb 23, 2021
Critic rating: 84.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
You seek untold riches, eternal life, divine powers - it leads to this accursed temple, a seemingly-infinite labyrinth of bottomless pits, deadly traps, and monsters.
Project: Gorgon
Released: Jan 28, 2026
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Project: Gorgon is an indie 3D Fantasy MMORPG that focuses on player exploration and discovery.
Viscera Cleanup Detail
Released: Oct 23, 2015
Critic rating: 76.9 / 100 • 58 votes
Genres: Simulator, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
In Viscera Cleanup Detail, you step into the boots of a space-station janitor tasked with cleaning up after various horrific sci-fi horror events.
Solar Ash
Released: Dec 2, 2021
Critic rating: 81.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Journey through a surreal, vivid and highly stylized world filled with mystery, wild high-speed traversal, endearing characters, and massive enemy encounters.
Forma.8
Released: Feb 23, 2017
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Explore, fight and solve puzzles.
Bit.Trip Runner
Released: May 14, 2010
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Music, Platform, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Linux, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Bit.Trip Runner is the fastest, most exhilarating music/ rhythm-platformer to hit Steam!
Car Mechanic Simulator 2021
Released: Feb 13, 2018
Critic rating: 76.8 / 100 • 21 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Work your way to service empire.
Oxygen Not Included
Released: Jul 30, 2019
Critic rating: 76.8 / 100 • 141 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game.
Ruiner
Released: Sep 26, 2017
Critic rating: 76.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Ruiner is a top-down action shooter created in the spirit of cult cyberpunk anime and game classics.
Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide
Released: Oct 23, 2015
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Vermintide is a co-operative action first person shooter and melee combat adventure set in the End Times of the iconic Warhammer Fantasy universe.
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
Released: Mar 24, 2011
Critic rating: 76.8 / 100 • 88 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Traverse a mythic little realm, use a sword to do battle & evoke sworcery to solve mystical musical mysteries.
Door Kickers
Released: Oct 20, 2014
Critic rating: 84.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Door Kickers is an innovative Real-Time Tactics game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team.
PowerWash Simulator
Released: Jul 14, 2022
Critic rating: 76.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Release the Pressure with PowerWash Simulator!
Stoneshard
Released: Feb 6, 2020
Critic rating: 76.8 / 100 • 21 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Set off on a perilous journey across the procedurally generated world, while various followers flock under your banners.
Lumino City
Released: Dec 2, 2014
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Sequel to the award-winning game Lume, Lumino City begins where that game left off.
Hero Siege
Released: Jan 29, 2014
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Hero Siege is a Hack 'n' Slash game with roguelike- & RPG elements.