Best Indie Games
1,610 Indie games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
West of Dead
Released: Jun 18, 2020
Critic rating: 73.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Tactical, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Step into the boots of the dead man William Mason and descend into the grim and gritty world of Purgatory in this fast-paced twin-stick shooter that'll put your skills to test.
Phasmophobia
Released: Sep 18, 2020
Critic rating: 68.0 / 100 • 247 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation VR2, Windows Mixed Reality, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR, PlayStation 5, Oculus Rift
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Phasmophobia is a cooperative horror investigation game played from a first-person perspective, supporting one to four players.
The Jackbox Party Pack
Released: Nov 18, 2014
Critic rating: 73.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Quiz/Trivia, Indie
Platforms: Amazon Fire TV, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The team behind "You Don't Know Jack" presents five guffaw-inducing party games in one pack!
Aven Colony
Released: Jul 25, 2017
Critic rating: 72.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Aven Colony is a city-building and management sim that tells the story of humanity’s first settlement of an extrasolar world.
Godus
Released: Aug 6, 2014
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Genres: Point-and-click, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Godus is a god simulation game developed by 22cans where players take on the role of a god, guiding a tribe of followers through various challenges as they expand their civilization.
Tharsis
Released: Jan 11, 2016
Critic rating: 63.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Tharsis is a turn-based space strategy game.
The Longing
Released: Mar 5, 2020
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In utter loneliness, miles below the surface, it is your task to...
Nekopara Vol. 2
Released: Feb 20, 2016
Critic rating: 67.9 / 100 • 26 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Business is booming for La Soleil, the patisserie run by Kashou Minaduki with his two catgirls, Chocola and Vanilla, his sister Shigure, and the Minaduki family's four catgirl sisters.
Moonscars
Released: Sep 27, 2022
Critic rating: 65.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Push the limits of your combat skills, and master new abilities to progress through an unforgiving nonlinear 2D world.
Penumbra: Requiem
Released: Aug 27, 2008
Critic rating: 67.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Puzzle expansion for Penumbra: Black Plague.
Lake
Released: Sep 1, 2021
Critic rating: 66.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
It's 1986 - Meredith Weiss takes a break from her career in the big city to deliver mail in her hometown.
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
Released: Aug 27, 2019
Critic rating: 65.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a single-player survival game played from a third-person view and set in an open world.
En Garde!
Released: Aug 16, 2023
Critic rating: 71.0 / 100
Genres: Fighting, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
En Garde!
Ash of Gods: Redemption
Released: Mar 23, 2018
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Legacy Mobile Device, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Ash of Gods is а multi-genre project that features most of the typical elements of a visual novel, tactical turn-based role-playing game and card strategy.
Virginia
Released: Sep 22, 2016
Critic rating: 68.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Virginia is a first person interactive drama.
Yesterday
Released: Mar 22, 2012
Critic rating: 67.5 / 100
Rating: PEGI 16
Genres: Point-and-click, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player
After captivating players from all around the world with the mythic Runaway trilogy, Pendulo Studios presents a new adventure gaming masterpiece!
Slime Rancher 2
Released: Sep 23, 2025
Critic rating: 67.8 / 100 • 33 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Continue the adventures of Beatrix LeBeau as she journeys across the Slime Sea to Rainbow Island, a land brimming with ancient mysteries, and bursting with wiggly, new slimes to wrangle in this sequel to the smash-hit, Slime Rancher.
American Fugitive
Released: May 21, 2019
Critic rating: 72.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Racing, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Set in a sleepy American country town in the 1980s, American Fugitive invites you to play as Will Riley.
Among the Sleep
Released: May 29, 2014
Critic rating: 66.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Among the Sleep is a first person horror adventure, in which you play a two year old child.
Immortal Redneck
Released: Apr 25, 2017
Critic rating: 80.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
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Unheard
Released: Mar 29, 2019
Critic rating: 65.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Unheard is a narrative-centric detective game.
Neon Chrome
Released: Apr 28, 2016
Critic rating: 67.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Neon Chrome is a ruthless top-down cyberpunk shooter with rogue-like elements.
The Watson-Scott Test
Released: Oct 19, 2018
Critic rating: 67.6 / 100 • 46 votes
Genres: Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Take the Watson-Scott personality test and discover your deepest and darkest fears.
When the Past Was Around
Released: Sep 22, 2020
Critic rating: 67.6 / 100 • 33 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Music, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
When the Past was Around is an adventure point-and-click puzzle game about love, moving on, letting go, and the joy and pain of everything in between.
Sea of Solitude
Released: Jul 5, 2019
Critic rating: 70.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
When humans get too lonely, they turn into monsters… Sea of Solitude takes you on a personal journey of a young woman’s loneliness. Set sail across a beautiful and evolving world where nothing is quite what it seems. Meet fantastical creatures and monsters, learn their stories, and solve challenges. Explore a flooded city by boat, on foot, or by swimming through the water itself. Dare to look what lies beneath the surface, in a haunting struggle of darkness and light, and discover what it truly means to be human.