Best Indie Games
1,568 Indie games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Cyber Shadow
Released: Jan 26, 2021
Critic rating: 77.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Dash, slice, and leap through masterfully designed levels filled with sharply honed ninja platforming action.
Volgarr the Viking
Released: Sep 13, 2013
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Dreamcast
Game modes: Single player
Remember when games were tough?
Carrion
Released: Jul 23, 2020
Critic rating: 74.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Carrion is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous alien being.
Bugsnax
Released: Nov 12, 2020
Critic rating: 76.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Bugsnax takes you on a journey to Snaktooth Island, home of the legendary half-bug half-snack creatures, Bugsnax.
Penumbra: Overture
Released: Mar 30, 2007
Critic rating: 74.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Penumbra:Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
Gamedec
Released: Sep 16, 2021
Critic rating: 72.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Gamedec is an adaptive cyberpunk RPG.
Endless Legend
Released: Sep 18, 2014
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Another sunrise, another day of toil.
The Deadly Tower of Monsters
Released: Jan 19, 2016
Critic rating: 75.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The Deadly Tower of Monsters is an action-packed adventure, full of time-honored literary themes: the daughter versus the tyrant father, the planet full of innocent ape-creatures, the dashing space-age liberator, the robot companion, the tower full of treacherous mutations...
Kero Blaster
Released: May 11, 2014
Critic rating: 76.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Kero Blaster is a platform video game created by Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya.
Everspace 2
Released: Apr 6, 2023
Critic rating: 86.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Everspace 2 is a fast-paced single-player spaceship shooter with exploration in space and on planets, tons of loot, RPG elements, mining, and crafting.
Fall Guys
Released: Aug 4, 2020
Critic rating: 76.6 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Racing, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Battle Royale
Fall Guys flings hordes of contestants together online in a mad dash through round after round of escalating chaos until one victor remains!
Pico Park
Released: Jun 8, 2019
Critic rating: 75.1 / 100 • 47 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
Pico Park is a cooperative local/online multiplay action puzzle game for 2-8 players.
Tchia
Released: Mar 21, 2023
Critic rating: 86.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A tropical open-world adventure.
Geometry Dash
Released: Aug 12, 2013
Critic rating: 75.1 / 100 • 267 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Music, Platform, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Jump and fly your way through danger in this rhythm-based action platformer.
Minit
Released: Apr 3, 2018
Critic rating: 77.9 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Minit is a peculiar little adventure played sixty seconds at a time.
Nihilumbra
Released: Jun 27, 2012
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Nihilumbra is played as a standard platform game, by controlling Born as he walks and jumps across the game's levels.
Poly Bridge
Released: Jul 12, 2016
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Unleash your engineering creativity with an engaging and fresh bridge-building simulator with all the bells and whistles.
Gnog
Released: May 2, 2017
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Music, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, SteamVR, Mac, Oculus Rift
Game modes: Single player
From acclaimed indie studio KO_OP and in association with beloved game-making initiative Double Fine Presents, Gnog is a 3D puzzle game set in a tactile world of toys and secrets.
Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut
Released: May 21, 2014
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut is the definitive version of the brain-twisting first-person puzzler.
Serious Sam II
Released: Oct 11, 2005
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Indie
Platforms: Xbox, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
The iconic Serious Sam brings his trademark relentless intensity to this bigger, bolder, more colorful sequel to the classic Serious Sam: First and Second Encounters!
And Yet It Moves
Released: Apr 2, 2009
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
And Yet It Moves is a puzzle-platformer, set in a unique world, made of ripped paper.
Stacking
Released: Feb 8, 2011
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Embark on an adventure to rescue Charlie’s family from the nefarious industrialist known only as the 'Baron.
Martha Is Dead
Released: Feb 24, 2022
Critic rating: 73.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Martha Is Dead is a dark first-person psychological thriller, set in 1944 Italy, that blurs the lines between reality, superstition and the tragedy of war.
Telling Lies
Released: Aug 23, 2019
Critic rating: 85.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Simulator, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Four private lives.
Hell Let Loose
Released: Jun 6, 2019
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Multiplayer
Fight in the most iconic battles of the Second World War, including El Alamein, Stalingrad, Omaha Beach, and Foy!