Best Indie Games
1,610 Indie games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
A Dance of Fire and Ice
Released: Oct 4, 2014
Critic rating: 70.2 / 100 • 36 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.
How Fish Is Made
Released: Jan 14, 2022
Critic rating: 70.1 / 100 • 30 votes
Genres: Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Are sardines trustworthy?
Akane
Released: Sep 10, 2018
Critic rating: 70.1 / 100 • 22 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.
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!
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.
Lethal League
Released: Aug 27, 2014
Critic rating: 62.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Fighting, Sport, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Lethal League is a competitive projectile fighting game where you have to hit an anti-gravity ball into the face of your opponent to win.
Volume
Released: Aug 18, 2015
Critic rating: 70.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player
Volume is a near-future retelling of the Robin Hood legend, starring Danny Wallace (Thomas Was Alone), Charlie McDonnell and award-winning, critically-acclaimed actor Andy Serkis (The Lord of the Rings, Planet of the Apes) as Gisborne.
Hero of the Kingdom
Released: Dec 20, 2012
Critic rating: 70.1 / 100 • 30 votes
Genres: Point-and-click, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Hero of the Kingdom is casual role-playing game at its best; take to the road and explore a vast and beautiful country full of danger and surprises.
Pineapple on Pizza
Released: Mar 28, 2023
Critic rating: 70.1 / 100 • 39 votes
Genres: Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Pineapple on Pizza is a short game about exploring an island full of dancing people, finding a way to ruin the party, and unexpectedly enjoying it.
Stories: The Path of Destinies
Released: Apr 12, 2016
Critic rating: 70.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Reynardo the Fox is a clever rogue, but he’s not as clever as he thinks.
Distraint
Released: Oct 21, 2015
Critic rating: 65.0 / 100
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Distraint is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC.
Muse Dash
Released: Jun 15, 2018
Critic rating: 66.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Music, Indie
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Play as characteristic heroines, dash through fairy tale like stages, dancing to the rhythm and beats, kick those silly cute enemies into outer space!
Ultimate Custom Night
Released: Jun 27, 2018
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100 • 38 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, where you will once again be trapped alone in an office fending off killer animatronics!
Crime Scene Cleaner
Released: Aug 14, 2024
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100 • 40 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Once you get tangled with the mob, you will forever be a part of the mob.
20 Small Mazes
Released: Feb 16, 2024
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100 • 23 votes
Genres: Puzzle, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
This is a puzzle game with twenty small mazes.
Kingdom: Classic
Released: Oct 21, 2015
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Kingdom is a 2D side-scrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.
The Jackbox Party Pack 2
Released: Oct 12, 2015
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Music, Puzzle, Strategy, Quiz/Trivia, Indie
Platforms: Amazon Fire TV, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
The sequel to the party game The Jackbox Party Pack, featuring 5 new party games!
Dungeons of Dredmor
Released: Jul 13, 2011
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
The roguelike games are back!
Hammerwatch
Released: Aug 12, 2013
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Hammerwatch is an hack and slash action adventure, set in a fantasy pixel art environment!
The Ship: Murder Party
Released: Jul 11, 2006
Critic rating: 79.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The Ship is a unique multiplayer game.
Forgive Me Father
Released: Oct 26, 2021
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A dark retro horror FPS set in a comic book style world inspired by the novels of H.P.
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Released: Sep 10, 2013
Critic rating: 72.6 / 100
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed power and madness.
Marie's Room
Released: Apr 13, 2018
Critic rating: 69.9 / 100 • 35 votes
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Marie's Room is a short-story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates, told through memories.
Not a Hero
Released: May 14, 2015
Critic rating: 70.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Professional assassin turned amateur campaign manager Steve is charged with cleaning up the city by an anthropomorphic rabbit and mayoral candidate from the future named BunnyLord.