Best Indie Games
1,568 Indie games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Katawa Shoujo
Released: Jan 4, 2012
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100 • 107 votes
Genres: Simulator, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Katawa Shoujo is a bishoujo-style visual novel set in the fictional Yamaku High School for disabled children, located somewhere in modern Japan.
The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav
Released: Jun 22, 2012
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100 • 39 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
With a history of more than 25 years, The Dark Eye is one of Europe's best-known role-playing brands.
Beneath a Steel Sky
Released: Mar 1, 1994
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100 • 108 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Amiga CD32, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, DOS, Amiga
Game modes: Single player
Beneath a Steel Sky is a cyberpunk, point and click, adventure game.
Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One
Released: Nov 16, 2021
Critic rating: 76.9 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he navigates an exotic, dangerous island in the Mediterranean to investigate the mystery of his mother’s death.
Don't Starve Together
Released: Apr 21, 2016
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100 • 267 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
I Expect You to Die
Released: Nov 30, 2016
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Meta Quest 2, Windows Mixed Reality, PlayStation VR, SteamVR, Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest
Game modes: Single player
I Expect You To Die is a virtual reality puzzle game that places you in the well-polished shoes of an elite secret agent.
Gonner
Released: Oct 12, 2016
Critic rating: 82.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
"Gonner is a tough as hell procedurally-generated 2D platformer with roguelike elements, following the largely misunderstood and altruistic Ikk on a journey to cheer up his only friend in this world—a giant landbound whale named Sally—by searching for just the right trinket in the deep and dark places nearby.
Pseudoregalia
Released: Jul 28, 2023
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100 • 32 votes
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Sybil finds herself in a distorted castle and must find her own way out.
Rematch
Released: Jun 19, 2025
Critic rating: 83.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Sport, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
Control one player on your team and compete in fast-paced 5v5 matches from an immersive third-person perspective.
Agent A: A Puzzle In Disguise
Released: Oct 28, 2015
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A suave secret agent adventure game.
Northgard
Released: Mar 7, 2018
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Northgard is a strategy game based on Norse mythology in which you control a clan of Vikings vying for the control of a mysterious newfound continent.
Gunman Clive
Released: Apr 2, 2012
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In the year of 18XX, the west is overrun by thugs and outlaws.
Mr. Shifty
Released: Apr 13, 2017
Critic rating: 63.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Shooter, Puzzle, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Quit creeping through shadows, stop surveilling security patterns, and ditch the fancy toys.
Breathedge
Released: Sep 18, 2018
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Survive in outer space!
That Dragon, Cancer
Released: Jan 11, 2016
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Ouya, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
An immersive, narrative videogame that retells Joel Green's 4-year fight against cancer through about two hours of poetic, imaginative gameplay that explores themes of faith, hope and love.
Bulb Boy
Released: Oct 29, 2015
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
One gloomy night, Bulb Boy wakes suddenly from a frightening nightmare to discover that evil has overshadowed the Bulbhouse.
Slime Rancher
Released: Aug 1, 2017
Critic rating: 77.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Slime Rancher is a charming, first-person, sandbox experience.
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Released: Aug 25, 2022
Critic rating: 76.3 / 100 • 25 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative life sim with card-based battles.
LEGO Builder's Journey
Released: Dec 20, 2019
Critic rating: 77.2 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, visionOS, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A story about play, connections and adventure.
Samorost 2
Released: Dec 8, 2005
Critic rating: 76.3 / 100 • 94 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Web browser, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Samorost2, the sequel to free browser based game Samorost1 is a short point-and-click adventure in which you must help out a little space gnome as he searches for his dog, which has been taken away by aliens.
Coromon
Released: Dec 21, 2020
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Fighting, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Coromon is a modern monster taming game with retro pixelart.
Slay the Princess
Released: Oct 23, 2023
Critic rating: 76.3 / 100 • 63 votes
Genres: Point-and-click, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
You're here to slay the princess.
Narita Boy
Released: Mar 29, 2021
Critic rating: 76.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The retro-futuristic pixel game Explore and fight in a retro-futuristic world. Swim deep into a oneiric, poetic and unique experience across dimensional planes. The aesthetic of the game was inspired by retro pixel adventures (Castlevania, Another World, Double Dragon) with a modern touch (Superbrothers, Sword and Sorcery) and an 80s plot homage (Ready Player One, He-Man, The Last Starfighter), accompanied by the retro synth touch of the old glory days.
Moonlighter
Released: May 29, 2018
Critic rating: 81.9 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Moonlighter is an Action RPG with rogue-lite elements that demonstrates two sides of the coin – revealing everyday routines of Will, an adventurous shopkeeper that secretly dreams of becoming a hero.
Shapez
Released: Jun 7, 2020
Critic rating: 76.2 / 100 • 28 votes
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Shapez is a game about building factories to automate the creation and combination of increasingly complex shapes within an infinite map.