Best Indie Games
1,568 Indie games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library!
Released: Apr 30, 2026
Critic rating: 73.0 / 100 • 28 votes
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library!
Pumpkin Jack
Released: Oct 23, 2020
Critic rating: 77.2 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Pumpkin Jack is a Spooky Scary 3D platformer in which you embody Jack, the Mythical Pumpkin Lord!
SCP: Secret Laboratory
Released: Dec 28, 2017
Critic rating: 73.0 / 100 • 53 votes
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers.
Ratty Catty
Released: Jul 21, 2017
Critic rating: 72.9 / 100 • 23 votes
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Ratty Catty is a Multiplayer / CO-OP hide & seek game, the game is about the adventures of domestic cat Catty and hazel mouse Ratty who eats the foods in the house, feeds its babies and lives in a little rat nest.
We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip
Released: Sep 14, 2023
Critic rating: 72.9 / 100 • 33 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
Partner up with your friend online and test your friendship by solving puzzles together in an abandoned amusement park.
Maneater
Released: May 22, 2020
Critic rating: 72.9 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
You were cut from your mother's body and left to die in the unforgiving waters of the Gulf Coast.
Maquette
Released: Mar 2, 2021
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
MAQUETTE is a first-person recursive puzzle game that takes you into a world where every building, plant, and object are simultaneously tiny and staggeringly huge.
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
Released: Apr 1, 2021
Critic rating: 72.8 / 100 • 122 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
A physics based medieval battle simulator which lets you pit wacky waving armies against each other.
Twelve Minutes
Released: Aug 19, 2021
Critic rating: 78.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Twelve Minutes is a real-time top-down interactive thriller with an accessible click and drag interface.
Ether One
Released: Mar 25, 2014
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Ether One is a first person adventure that deals with the fragility of the human mind.
Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
Released: Dec 21, 2007
Critic rating: 76.0 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Recettear is the story of an item shop, the girl who lives in it, and the fairy who turned her life upside down.
Genesis Noir
Released: Mar 11, 2021
Critic rating: 76.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A noir adventure spanning time and space.
De Blob 2
Released: Feb 22, 2011
Critic rating: 75.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
In de Blob 2 Comrade Black and the Inkies are back with a whole new plot to rid the world of color.
Deliver Us Mars
Released: Feb 2, 2023
Critic rating: 70.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Deliver Us Mars is a sci-fi adventure game developed by KeokeN Interactive and released in 2023.
Snake Pass
Released: Mar 28, 2017
Critic rating: 72.2 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Welcome to Snake Pass; a physical action-puzzle game that sees the player slither, curl and climb their way through increasingly challenging worlds filled with evermore intricate obstacles and fiendishly mind-bending objectives!
The Inner World
Released: Jul 18, 2013
Critic rating: 73.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The Inner World is a classic-style hand-drawn Adventure game.
20XX
Released: Aug 16, 2017
Critic rating: 75.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
20XX is a co-op-friendly action platformer roguelite.
Hero of the Kingdom II
Released: Feb 20, 2015
Critic rating: 72.8 / 100 • 24 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
You and your sister had finally found a safe haven in a small fishing village.
No Man's Sky
Released: Aug 9, 2016
Critic rating: 73.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation VR2, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR, PlayStation 5, Mac, Oculus Rift, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
No Man's Sky is an action-adventure survival game set in a procedurally generated universe containing over 18 quintillion planets.
Nekopara Vol. 1
Released: Dec 29, 2014
Critic rating: 72.7 / 100 • 41 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), OOParts, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
What's Nekopara?
Shadows of Doubt
Released: Sep 26, 2024
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Shadows of Doubt is a detective stealth game set in a fully-simulated neo-noir metropolis.
Bleed
Released: Dec 12, 2012
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Wryn is a girl with a big arsenal and big dreams and she wants to be the ultimate videogame hero!
Haven
Released: Dec 3, 2020
Critic rating: 74.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Two lovers gave up everything and escaped to a lost planet to be together.
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion
Released: Apr 22, 2021
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Avoid paying taxes, solve plantastic puzzles, harvest crops and battle massive beasts all in a journey to tear down a corrupt vegetable government!
People Playground
Released: Jul 23, 2019
Critic rating: 72.7 / 100 • 39 votes
Genres: Simulator, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.