Best Indie Games
1,568 Indie games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Guns, Gore and Cannoli 2
Released: Mar 2, 2018
Critic rating: 78.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Guns, Gore & Cannoli 2 revives the good, old, action platform run & gun genre but this time with a bunch of humor and a bucket of blown of body parts.
Turnip Boy Robs a Bank
Released: Jan 18, 2024
Critic rating: 78.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Turnip Boy is back!
Hand of Fate
Released: Feb 17, 2015
Critic rating: 82.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Inspired by tarot and fantasy, all bets are off as you create your own journey by building a collection of cards used to deal out a boardgame-like dungeon teeming with enemies, treasure, and adventure.
Epistory: Typing Chronicles
Released: Mar 30, 2016
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Epistory is an atmospheric adventure typing game that tells the story of a writer lacking inspiration who asks her muse to help write her latest book.
Fears to Fathom: Norwood Hitchhike
Released: Jan 6, 2022
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100 • 25 votes
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Holly Gardner, a 19 year old on an interstate drive experiences unusual happenings that leads to an unplanned stay at a motel, little did she know what was transpiring down in Norwood Valley.
Terra Nil
Released: Mar 28, 2023
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Terra Nil is an intricate environmental strategy game about transforming a barren wasteland into a thriving, balanced ecosystem.
Gorn
Released: Aug 24, 2018
Critic rating: 73.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Fighting, Simulator, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Indie
Platforms: Meta Quest 2, PlayStation VR2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR, Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest
Game modes: Single player
GORN is a ludicrously violent VR gladiator simulator, made by Free Lives, the developers of Broforce and Genital Jousting.
Perfect Vermin
Released: Nov 6, 2020
Critic rating: 76.6 / 100 • 28 votes
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Your task is simple, exterminate all vermin.
Pathologic 2
Released: May 23, 2019
Critic rating: 63.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Pathologic 2 is a reimagining of the original, focused on the Haruspex, Artemy Burakh.
The Impossible Game
Released: Nov 23, 2009
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Music, Platform, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
The super-addictive and very, very hard platform game finally arrives on Steam - it's quite possibly the world's hardest game!
Jump King
Released: May 3, 2019
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Jump King is a platforming challenge about struggling upwards in search of the legendary smoking hot babe!
Children of Morta
Released: Sep 3, 2019
Critic rating: 83.0 / 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, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Children of Morta is a narrative driven hack and slash roguelike.
Curious Expedition
Released: Sep 2, 2016
Critic rating: 75.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Curious Expedition is a roguelike expedition simulation set in the late 19th century.
Audiosurf 2
Released: May 26, 2015
Critic rating: 76.5 / 100 • 40 votes
Genres: Music, Puzzle, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
By blending gameplay with music visualization, Audiosurf puts you inside your music in a way nothing else can.
Samorost 1
Released: May 20, 2021
Critic rating: 76.5 / 100 • 40 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Explore the beginnings of the Samorost series in the space gnome’s original bite-sized adventure, formerly released in 2003.
Cat Quest
Released: Aug 8, 2017
Critic rating: 82.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Cat Quest is a 2D open world RPG with the exploration of Skyrim, but set in the visual style of an overworld.
Cat Quest II
Released: Sep 19, 2019
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Cat Quest II, a fantasy action-adventure RPG, returns to the world of Felingard to expand on the original with more explosive spells, expanded weapon options, an exciting new character switch mechanic, and local co-op!
Electronic Super Joy
Released: Aug 23, 2013
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Music, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Electronic Super Joy is a brutally hard platformer set in a world of pulse-pounding electronic music.
The Flame in the Flood
Released: Feb 24, 2016
Critic rating: 76.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A rogue-lite river journey through the backwaters of a forgotten post-societal America.
Tangle Tower
Released: Sep 19, 2019
Critic rating: 76.5 / 100 • 31 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles.
Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle
Released: Jan 19, 2018
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
"From the makers of Slayaway Camp—the award-winning “Bloodiest Puzzle Game Ever”—comes an even more frightening puzzler starring one of horror’s most iconic killers.
Deponia
Released: Aug 7, 2012
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Deponia is a fast-paced comedy of errors and one of the most unusual love stories in gaming history.
Lumines Remastered
Released: Jun 26, 2018
Critic rating: 82.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Music, Puzzle, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Lumines Remastered brings minimalism to the puzzle genre where the fusion of light and sound sets the stage for a two-color falling block experience playable on-the-go on Nintendo Switch or at home in 4K on PC and consoles.
Far: Lone Sails
Released: May 17, 2018
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Far: Lone Sails is a vehicle adventure game.
Dungeons of Hinterberg
Released: Jul 18, 2024
Critic rating: 82.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
From developer Microbird, Dungeons of Hinterberg takes place in the Austrian Alps, where the small town of Hinterberg has become a tourist destination due to its lush scenery and crisp mountain air.