Best Indie Games

Shelter

Released: Aug 28, 2013

Critic rating: 75.0 / 100

Rating: E10+

Genres: Simulator, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

Game modes: Single player

Shelter is a survival video game developed by Might and Delight for Windows and Mac.

Cloverpit

Released: Sep 26, 2025

Critic rating: 62.0 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie, Arcade, Card & Board Game

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

You wake up in a rusty, narrow cell, standing over a dangerously unstable grate.

Townscaper

Released: Jun 30, 2020

Critic rating: 80.0 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Simulator, Indie

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

Townscaper is an experimental passion project.

Dysmantle

Released: Nov 16, 2021

Critic rating: 83.0 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

The open world action RPG where you can ruin everything.

Sportsfriends

Released: May 6, 2014

Critic rating: 81.4 / 100

Rating: E10+

Genres: Fighting, Sport, Indie, Arcade

Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

Game modes: Multiplayer

Sportsfriends is a collection of four local multiplayer games designed for social play.

Vector

Released: Aug 28, 2012

Critic rating: 70.0 / 100

Genres: Platform, Indie, Arcade

Platforms: Web browser, Ouya, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS

Game modes: Single player

Vector is an exciting, arcade-style game featuring you as the exceptional free runner who won’t be held down by the system.

My Memory of Us

Released: Oct 9, 2018

Critic rating: 70.3 / 100

Rating: E10+

Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

Sometimes it’s not about the history.

Pikuniku

Released: Jan 24, 2019

Critic rating: 74.8 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Google Stadia, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Pikuniku is a puzzle and adventure game set in a colorful world.

Armello

Released: Jan 22, 2015

Critic rating: 73.3 / 100

Rating: E10+

Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Quiz/Trivia, Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Armello is a grand swashbuckling adventure that combines three styles of play; The deep tactics of card games with the rich strategy of table top board games, combined with a character role-playing system.

Kingdom Rush Origins

Released: Nov 7, 2014

Critic rating: 70.0 / 100

Rating: E10+

Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Indie

Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

The third installment in the popular tower defense series Kingdom Rush.

Last Stop

Released: Jul 22, 2021

Critic rating: 72.5 / 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

Last Stop is a single-player third-person narrative adventure game set in present day London, where you play as three separate characters whose worlds collide in the midst of a supernatural crisis.

Palworld

Released: Jul 10, 2026

Critic rating: 70.0 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Palworld is a multiplayer open-world survival game that combines creature-collecting with crafting, base-building, and combat.

The Painscreek Killings

Released: Sep 27, 2017

Critic rating: 71.7 / 100 • 30 votes

Rating: T

Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)

Game modes: Single player

The Painscreek Killings is a first-person, explorable mystery solving game set in a fictional town of United States in the 1990s.

Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles

Released: Jul 17, 2017

Critic rating: 68.3 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

Unwind and enjoy the slow life in Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles, a relaxing open-world adventure game.

The Looker

Released: Jun 17, 2022

Critic rating: 71.7 / 100 • 45 votes

Genres: Puzzle, Indie

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)

Game modes: Single player

You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

Alien Shooter

Released: Sep 14, 2003

Critic rating: 71.7 / 100 • 73 votes

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Indie, Arcade

Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation Vita

Game modes: Single player

Alien Shooter is an top-down shooter video game from Sigma Team created in 2003.

Everything

Released: Mar 21, 2017

Critic rating: 72.0 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

Everything is an interactive experience where everything you see is a thing you can be, from animals to planets to galaxies and beyond.

Obduction

Released: Aug 24, 2016

Critic rating: 67.0 / 100

Rating: E10+

Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Windows Mixed Reality, PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, SteamVR, Mac, Oculus Rift, Xbox One

Game modes: Single player

From Cyan, the indie studio that brought you Myst and Riven comes a whole new adventure that will become your world.

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.

Punch Club

Released: Jan 8, 2016

Critic rating: 68.2 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Fighting, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Sport, Strategy, Indie

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo 3DS, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

Train hard, fight crocodiles and find love.

Event[0]

Released: Sep 14, 2016

Critic rating: 75.1 / 100

Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

Game modes: Single player

"Event[0] is a game about building a personal relationship with a machine.

A Bird Story

Released: Nov 7, 2014

Critic rating: 68.3 / 100

Genres: Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

Game modes: Single player

A Bird Story is a simple, surreal short about a boy and a bird with a broken wing.

Hard West

Released: Nov 4, 2015

Critic rating: 70.3 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

Welcome to the Wild West like you’ve never seen it before.

Charlie Murder

Released: Aug 14, 2013

Critic rating: 74.0 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Charlie Murder is an action role-playing beat 'em up video game, featuring five playable characters - all members of the garage punk band Charlie Murder - who fight a demonic army raised by a former band member in an attempt to save the world from the apocalypse.

The Escapists 2

Released: Aug 22, 2017

Critic rating: 75.4 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

The Escapists 2 is the forthcoming sequel to the sandbox prison-escape game which will include, in a first for the series, drop in/drop out play for up to four players in both local and online play.