Best Indie Games
1,568 Indie games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Nekopara Vol. 3
Released: May 25, 2017
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Patisserie "La Soleil", run by Kashou Minaduki, is flourishing thanks to the help of two catgirls: Maple, full of pride and a little on the haughty side, and Cinnamon, an impulsive daydreamer.
Heaven's Vault
Released: Apr 16, 2019
Critic rating: 81.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Explore the lost ruins of the Nebula, read ancient inscriptions, and uncover a forgotten past in this narrative archaeological science-fiction adventure game from the creators of 80 Days.
Lil Gator Game
Released: Dec 14, 2022
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The world is big when you’re a lil gator...
Pathway
Released: Apr 11, 2019
Critic rating: 73.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Adventure into the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy RPG set in the 1930s great desert wilderness.
Heave Ho
Released: Aug 29, 2019
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Heave Ho tasks up to four players with a simple goal – don’t fall to your death!
Last Day of June
Released: Aug 31, 2017
Critic rating: 76.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A deep, interactive adventure about love and loss, beautifully depicted and offering an intense cinematic experience.
Detention
Released: Jan 12, 2017
Critic rating: 76.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Detention is a atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law.
Lethal Company
Released: Oct 23, 2023
Critic rating: 75.8 / 100 • 213 votes
Genres: Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
A co-op horror roguelite about an abandoned industrial moon.
Downwell
Released: Oct 14, 2015
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Downwell is a curious game about a young man with guns for boots venturing down a well in search of untold treasures.
Gato Roboto
Released: May 30, 2019
Critic rating: 75.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
Biped
Released: Mar 26, 2020
Critic rating: 80.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Sport, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Biped is a coop action game with physics.
Card Shark
Released: Jun 2, 2022
Critic rating: 88.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Card Shark is an adventure game full of cunning, intrigue, and delectable deceit.
Donut County
Released: Aug 28, 2018
Critic rating: 80.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Donut County is a story-based physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground.
Cozy Grove
Released: Mar 19, 2021
Critic rating: 72.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Welcome to Cozy Grove, a life-sim game camping on a haunted, ever-changing island.
Wasteland 2
Released: Sep 19, 2014
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Wasteland 2 is a post-apocalyptic role-playing video game developed by inXile Entertainment and published by Deep Silver.
SpeedRunners
Released: Apr 19, 2016
Critic rating: 75.7 / 100 • 117 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Racing, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Cut-throat multiplayer running game that pits 4 players against each other, locally and/or online.
Deadbolt
Released: Mar 14, 2016
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Deadbolt is an extremely challenging stealth-action hybrid that allows you to take control of the reaper to quell the recent undead uprising.
Smash Hit
Released: Mar 5, 2014
Critic rating: 75.7 / 100 • 27 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
An endless-runner-like rail shooting game in which the player launches balls to break glass obstacles.
UnMetal
Released: Apr 21, 2021
Critic rating: 77.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In 1972 a crack commando squad threw you in prison for a crime you didn't commit.
Neo Cab
Released: Oct 2, 2019
Critic rating: 72.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Neo Cab is an emotional survival game about staying human in a world disrupted by automation.
Coral Island
Released: Nov 14, 2023
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Coral Island is a re-imagined farm sim game inspired by classics.
Shank 2
Released: Feb 7, 2012
Critic rating: 74.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The fan-favorite 2D brawler is back as ex-mob hit man Shank returns to action in Shank 2.
Toki Tori
Released: May 20, 2008
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, Wii, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In Toki Tori, the player controls a little yellow chicken determined to save all the lost eggs.
HunieCam Studio
Released: Apr 4, 2016
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
In HunieCam Studio players take control of a sleazy cam girl operation.
Midnight Fight Express
Released: Aug 23, 2022
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Fighting, Shooter, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Fight your way across the city in a brutal romp that mixes old school brawlers and fast-paced motion-captured combat.