Best Indie Games
1,568 Indie games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Goodbye Deponia
Released: Oct 15, 2013
Critic rating: 65.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
More chaos, more destruction, more Rufus.
Wakfu
Released: Feb 29, 2012
Critic rating: 73.4 / 100 • 41 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Immerse yourself in the WAKFU universe with this free to play MMORPG.
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse
Released: Apr 2, 2010
Critic rating: 71.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Wield psychic powers against fearsome foes in this epic 5 game comedy saga.
Pathologic
Released: Jun 9, 2005
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: PEGI 16
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Pathologic is a Russian survival-horror/RPG about a remote steppe town collapsing under a plague, with the story told through three playable outsiders: the Bachelor, the Haruspex, and the Changeling.
Nidhogg 2
Released: Aug 15, 2017
Critic rating: 76.9 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Fighting, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Return of the wurm!
Creaks
Released: Jul 10, 2020
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking - and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room.
Whispers of a Machine
Released: Apr 17, 2019
Critic rating: 65.0 / 100
Rating: PEGI 12
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.
Moving Out
Released: Apr 28, 2020
Critic rating: 74.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Moving Out is a cooperative moving simulation game.
Super Meat Boy Forever
Released: Dec 23, 2020
Critic rating: 70.1 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Meat Boy and Bandage Girl have grown as a couple since 2010.
Osu!
Released: Sep 16, 2007
Critic rating: 73.2 / 100 • 225 votes
Genres: Music, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Osu!
Golf With Your Friends
Released: May 19, 2020
Critic rating: 72.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Sport, Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Why have friends if not to play golf...
Canabalt
Released: Sep 1, 2009
Critic rating: 73.2 / 100 • 23 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Web browser, PlayStation 3, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Ouya, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Use your Parkour skills to outrun the destruction of your city with just one button!
Spirit of the North
Released: Nov 13, 2019
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
"Spirit of the North is a single player, 3rd-person adventure game inspired by the breathtaking and mysterious landscapes of Iceland.
Last Epoch
Released: Feb 21, 2024
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Uncover the Past, Reforge the Future.
Rust
Released: Feb 8, 2018
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Rust is a multiplayer survival game set on a procedurally generated island where players must manage hunger, thirst, and health while contending with hostile wildlife and other players.
A Good Snowman is Hard to Build
Released: Feb 25, 2015
Critic rating: 76.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A puzzle game about being a monster and making snowmen.
Trüberbrook
Released: Mar 12, 2019
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Enjoy an adventurous vacation to a 1960's parallel universe!
Stick it to the Man!
Released: Nov 19, 2013
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
On an ordinary day, hard hat tester; Ray has a bizarre accident and wakes up with a giant pink spaghetti arm sticking out of his brain, giving him extraordinary mind-reading powers.
The Final Station
Released: Aug 30, 2016
Critic rating: 72.1 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Travel by train through a dying world.
Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location
Released: Oct 7, 2016
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Welcome to Circus Baby's Pizza World, where family fun and interactivity go beyond anything you've seen at those other pizza places!
Hand of Fate 2
Released: Nov 7, 2017
Critic rating: 76.1 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), 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, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Hand of Fate 2 is a dungeon crawler set in a world of dark fantasy.
Barotrauma
Released: Mar 13, 2023
Critic rating: 73.1 / 100 • 53 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Barotrauma is a 2D online multiplayer game taking place in a submarine travelling through the icy depths of Jupiter’s moon Europa.
Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas
Released: Mar 17, 2015
Critic rating: 72.9 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
You wake up and find a letter from your father.
911 Operator
Released: Feb 24, 2017
Critic rating: 76.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
911 Operator is a game about the difficult work of people that manage emergency lines and services.
Rivals of Aether
Released: Mar 28, 2017
Critic rating: 73.0 / 100 • 41 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Fighting, Platform, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Rivals of Aether is an indie fighting game set in a world where warring civilizations summon the power of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth.