Best Indie Games
1,568 Indie games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Glass Masquerade
Released: Nov 18, 2016
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Welcome to Glass Masquerade - an artistic puzzle game inspired by Art Deco & stained glass artisans of the 20th century.
Brawlhalla
Released: Oct 17, 2017
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Fighting, Platform, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Brawlhalla is a free platform fighting game with over 100 million players that supports up to 8 players online in a single match with full cross-play.
The Swords of Ditto
Released: Apr 24, 2018
Critic rating: 72.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
"The Swords of Ditto is a compact action RPG that creates a unique adventure for each new hero of legend in the relentless fight against the evil Mormo.
Supaplex
Released: Dec 31, 1991
Critic rating: 70.4 / 100 • 22 votes
Rating: PEGI 3
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: DOS, Amiga
Game modes: Single player
Supaplex is the first Boulder Dash-like game that is not fully grid-based: while the playing field is an obvious grid, the objects do not "snap" from one grid position to another, but can be halfway or "in between" grid positions.
Game Dev Story
Released: Apr 1, 1997
Critic rating: 70.4 / 100 • 30 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In Game Dev Story starting from a small office and a few thousand dollars in the wallet, you will need to hire the necessary personnel to develop the first game of the newborn company.
Serious Sam 3: BFE
Released: Nov 22, 2011
Critic rating: 70.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Serious Sam 3: BFE is a first-person action shooter, a glorious throwback to the golden age of first-person shooters where men were men, cover was for amateurs and pulling the trigger made things go boom.
Shank
Released: Aug 24, 2010
Critic rating: 67.9 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Shank is the cult-classic revival of the sidescrolling beat-em-up.
Don't Starve: Shipwrecked
Released: Dec 1, 2015
Critic rating: 70.4 / 100 • 23 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Klei Entertainment has partnered with our friends at CAPY, creators of Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery, Super Time Force and Below; to bring fans of Don’t Starve the latest single-player expansion: Don’t Starve: Shipwrecked!
Five Nights at Freddy's 3
Released: Mar 2, 2015
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Thirty years after Freddy Fazbear's Pizza closed it's doors, the events that took place there have become nothing more than a rumor and a childhood memory, but the owners of "Fazbear's Fright: The Horror Attraction" are determined to revive the legend and make the experience as authentic as possible for patrons, going to great lengths to find anything that might have survived decades of neglect and ruin.
Wall World
Released: Apr 5, 2023
Critic rating: 65.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Explore the mysterious Wall World on your giant robospider: mine for valuable resources, upgrade your equipment to fight off hordes of monsters, and discover exotic biomes in-between attacks.
Candle
Released: Nov 11, 2016
Critic rating: 70.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Candle is an adventure with challenging puzzles.
In Other Waters
Released: Apr 3, 2020
Critic rating: 71.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In a future where humanity's ceaseless consumption has expanded out to encompass the stars, and Earth's last biological life clings to a poisoned planet, In Other Waters tells the story of Ellery Vas, a biologist who stumbles upon extraterrestrial life.
Moirai
Released: Nov 26, 2013
Critic rating: 70.2 / 100 • 27 votes
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The townsfolk tell you that a woman named Julia has gone missing.
Crayon Physics Deluxe
Released: Dec 29, 2008
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Genres: Puzzle, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Crayon Physics Deluxe is a 2D physics puzzle / sandbox game, in which you get to experience what it would be like if your drawings would be magically transformed into real physical objects.
The Age of Decadence
Released: Oct 14, 2015
Critic rating: 55.0 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
The Age of Decadence is an upcoming pseudo-isometric 3D turn-based role-playing video game for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux by Iron Tower Studio, led by the pseudonymous "Vince D.
The Past Within
Released: Nov 2, 2022
Critic rating: 70.2 / 100 • 33 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The Past Within is the new co-op experience from Rusty Lake!
Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York
Released: Dec 11, 2019
Critic rating: 72.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Coteries of New York presents the struggle for power between two vampiric factions: Camarilla and Anarchs among the iconic buildings and night lights of Big Apple.
Akane
Released: Sep 10, 2018
Critic rating: 70.2 / 100 • 21 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
2121 A.D, with no escape options, Akane prepares for her final battle in the rain-soaked neon streets of Mega-Tokyo.
My Summer Car
Released: Jan 8, 2025
Critic rating: 70.2 / 100 • 53 votes
Genres: Racing, Simulator, Sport, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
My Summer Car is the ultimate car owning, building, fixing, tuning, maintenance AND permadeath life survival simulator.
Banished
Released: Feb 18, 2014
Critic rating: 68.3 / 100
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Welcome to the world of Banished!
BattleBit Remastered
Released: Jun 15, 2023
Critic rating: 70.2 / 100 • 47 votes
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
BattleBit Remastered is a low-poly, massive multiplayer FPS, supporting 254 players per server.
Bad North
Released: Aug 20, 2018
Critic rating: 66.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
"Bad North is a minimalistic real-time tactics roguelite game that combines a charming aesthetic and simple, accessible controls with a surprisingly deep combat simulation."
A Dance of Fire and Ice
Released: Oct 4, 2014
Critic rating: 70.1 / 100 • 35 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Music, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A Dance of Fire and Ice is a simple one-button rhythm game.
Synthetik: Legion Rising
Released: Mar 15, 2018
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Genres: Shooter, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Synthetik: Legion Rising is an unforgiving shooter rogue-lite set in a world overrun by machines.
One Night, Hot Springs
Released: Mar 1, 2018
Critic rating: 70.1 / 100 • 26 votes
Genres: Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs.