Best Indie Games
1,568 Indie games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
For the King
Released: Apr 19, 2018
Critic rating: 76.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
For The King is a turn based roguelike, RPG that can be played solo or cooperatively online and features strategic adventuring, turn based combat, and persistent choices.
Stikbold! A Dodgeball Adventure
Released: Apr 1, 2016
Critic rating: 70.6 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Sport, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Stikbold!
Do Not Feed the Monkeys
Released: Oct 23, 2018
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Do Not Feed the Monkeys is a digital voyeur simulator: a narrative-driven game where you invade the privacy of dozens of strangers and witness their most intimate moments, while you struggle to keep up to date with paying the rent and putting some food on the table.
Beyond a Steel Sky
Released: Jun 25, 2020
Critic rating: 76.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
From Charles Cecil, creator of the Broken Sword series, with art direction by Dave Gibbons, legendary comic book artist behind ‘Watchmen’, comes ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’, the long awaited sequel to the cult classic ‘Beneath a Steel Sky’.
Mortal Shell
Released: Aug 18, 2020
Critic rating: 75.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Mortal Shell is a ruthless and deep action-RPG that tests your sanity and resilience in a shattered world.
Democracy 3
Released: Oct 14, 2013
Critic rating: 66.5 / 100
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Democracy is a government simulation game.
The Last Tinker: City of Colors
Released: May 12, 2014
Critic rating: 71.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
The Last Tinker is a joyous action adventure and definitely no platformer, as there is no jump button.
We Were Here Together
Released: Oct 10, 2019
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
As we explore these frozen wastes, misfortune strikes once again.
Forager
Released: Apr 18, 2019
Critic rating: 70.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Forager is the popular crafting, exploration and base building game that can best be defined as “the idle game that you want to actively keep playing”.
Rebel Galaxy
Released: Oct 20, 2015
Critic rating: 72.1 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Rebel Galaxy is an action-packed, swashbuckling space opera.
Knights of Pen and Paper II
Released: Oct 20, 2015
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Prepare to inhabit a world of chivalry, class warfare and off-beat pop references.
Hexcells
Released: Sep 12, 2013
Critic rating: 72.6 / 100 • 39 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Hexcells is an ambient logic puzzle game in the vein of minesweeper.
while True: learn()
Released: Jan 17, 2019
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
You're a machine learning specialist who makes neural networks but your cat seems to be better at it.
Blair Witch
Released: Aug 30, 2019
Critic rating: 72.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Inspired by the cinematic lore of Blair Witch, experience a new story-driven psychological horror game that studies your reactions to fear and stress.
Wizard of Legend
Released: May 15, 2018
Critic rating: 74.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
"Wizard of Legend is a fast paced 2D dungeon crawler where you assume the role of a powerful wizard on his quest for fame and glory!
Stick Fight: The Game
Released: Sep 28, 2017
Critic rating: 72.5 / 100 • 125 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Fighting, Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Multiplayer, Split screen, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Stick Fight is a physics-based couch/online fighting game where you battle it out as the iconic stick figures from the golden age of the internet
Battle for Wesnoth
Released: Aug 2, 2005
Critic rating: 72.5 / 100 • 39 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Amiga
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The Battle for Wesnoth is a turn-based tactical strategy game with a high fantasy theme.
Space Engineers
Released: Feb 28, 2019
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Space Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and maintenance of space works.
Reigns
Released: Aug 10, 2016
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Google Stadia, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Reigns is a strategy video game developed by Nerial and published by Devolver Digital.
Jotun: Valhalla Edition
Released: Sep 9, 2016
Critic rating: 75.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Jotun is a hand—drawn action—exploration game set in Norse mythology.
Webfishing
Released: Oct 11, 2024
Critic rating: 72.4 / 100 • 31 votes
Genres: Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Webfishing is a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game!
OlliOlli World
Released: Feb 8, 2022
Critic rating: 86.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Sport, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
OlliOlli World is a bold new skateboarding action-platformer that’s bursting with personality.
Insurgency
Released: Jan 22, 2014
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
Take to the streets for intense close quarters combat, where a team's survival depends upon securing crucial strongholds and destroying enemy supply in this multiplayer and cooperative Source Engine-based experience.
80 Days
Released: Jul 31, 2014
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The year is 1872.
R.E.P.O.
Released: Feb 26, 2025
Critic rating: 72.4 / 100 • 160 votes
Genres: Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
R.E.P.O.