Best Indie Games
1,568 Indie games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Double Dragon Neon
Released: Sep 11, 2012
Critic rating: 75.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Twin brothers Billy and Jimmy have been kicking butt and taking names for 25 years.
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
Released: Nov 30, 2022
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
From the developers of the best-selling and award-winning franchise Vermintide, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a visceral 4-player co-op action game set in the hive city of Tertium.
Hexcells Infinite
Released: Sep 1, 2014
Critic rating: 74.6 / 100 • 30 votes
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Hexcells Infinite is the third game in the series of ambient logic puzzle games.
Darq
Released: Aug 15, 2019
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Darq tells the story of Lloyd, a boy who becomes aware of the fact that he is dreaming.
Crossing Souls
Released: Feb 13, 2018
Critic rating: 71.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
It’s 1986 in California and a group of friends will live the summer of their lives after a mysterious discovery in woods outside their quiet town.
Papo & Yo
Released: Aug 14, 2012
Critic rating: 74.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
A semi-autobiographical 3D puzzle platformer in which a boy named Quico is transported from his abusive home into a dreamlike favela where he has to lead an easygoing creature named Monster through the world with the help of his sister and Lula, his robotic doll, while protecting himself and his companions from Monster's frenzy fits brought on by an addiction to poison frogs.
Serena
Released: Jan 30, 2014
Critic rating: 74.5 / 100 • 30 votes
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Serena is a freeware horror adventure game developed by several video game development companies, including Senscape, CBE Software, Infamous Quests, Digital Media Workshop and Guys from Andromeda.
The Invincible
Released: Nov 6, 2023
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Rethink human’s dominion in The Invincible: a story-driven adventure set in a hard sci-fi world by Stanisław Lem.
Assemble With Care
Released: Sep 19, 2019
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Indie, Arcade, Visual Novel
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
From the studio that brought you Monument Valley, comes a story about taking things apart and putting ourselves back together.
Kona
Released: Mar 17, 2017
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A story-driven survival game set in 1970's Quebec in which Carl Flaubert, a private detective sent to the fictional Atamipek Lake to investigate a deceptively simple case, must solve the mystery surrounding the region while surviving the harsh Northern Canadian winter.
They Are Billions
Released: Jun 18, 2019
Critic rating: 75.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet.
Gemini Rue
Released: Feb 24, 2011
Critic rating: 65.0 / 100
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Gemini Rue is a neo-noir classic adventure game from the creator of acclaimed Blackwell Series, Wadjet Eye Games.
Tails Noir
Released: Jun 8, 2021
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Unfold the mysteries of a dystopic animal society inhabiting retrofuturistic Vancouver in a noir stealth adventure coming in 2019.
Fear & Hunger
Released: Dec 11, 2018
Critic rating: 74.5 / 100 • 58 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
A dark fantasy survival horror RPG in which players must uncover the secrets of the dungeon of Fear & Hunger.
Death Squared
Released: Mar 13, 2017
Critic rating: 70.4 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Death Squared is a co-op puzzle game about cooperation, communication, and robot explosions.
Kingdom Rush
Released: Dec 19, 2011
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Get ready for an epic journey to defend your kingdom against hordes of orcs, trolls, evil wizards and other nasty fiends using a vast arsenal of towers and spells at your command!
RiME
Released: May 26, 2017
Critic rating: 72.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A third-person exploratory action/adventure title in which a boy ends up on a mysterious island and makes his way through its highly stylized environments, containing puzzles and slight navigation challenges, to get to the bottom of why he's ended up there and to reach the end of the road he's inadvertently begun to travel.
PixelJunk Eden
Released: Jul 31, 2008
Critic rating: 87.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Utterly unique and spellbindingly beautiful, PixelJunk Eden welcomes you to a psychedelic world unlike anything you’ve ever experienced before.
Tacoma
Released: Aug 2, 2017
Critic rating: 78.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088.
Screencheat
Released: Oct 21, 2014
Critic rating: 71.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Screencheat is a chaotic split-screen multiplayer shooter that forces players to rethink the way they approach conventional multiplayer games.
The Path
Released: Mar 18, 2009
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
The Path is a psychological horror art game developed by Tale of Tales originally released for the Microsoft Windows operating system on March 18, 2009 in English and Dutch, and later ported to Mac OS X by TransGaming Technologies.
New Super Lucky's Tale
Released: Nov 8, 2019
Critic rating: 68.4 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Leap into a Playful Platforming Adventure for all ages!
The White Door
Released: Jan 8, 2020
Critic rating: 77.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Robert Hill wakes up in a Mental Health facility and suffers from severe memory loss.
Mixtape
Released: May 7, 2026
Critic rating: 74.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Music, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Mixtape is a narrative adventure game developed by Beethoven & Dinosaur and published by Annapurna Interactive.
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
Released: Sep 7, 2021
Critic rating: 86.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
It is a metroidvania game that the player will play as a rabbit who can manipulate the big mech-arm on his back, exploring in a vivid diesel punk world and fighting against the evil robot army.