Best Indie Games
1,610 Indie games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
WorldBox
Released: Oct 2, 2018
Critic rating: 66.1 / 100 • 59 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
WorldBox is the ultimate god simulator and sandbox game.
Oh...Sir!! The Insult Simulator
Released: Oct 25, 2016
Critic rating: 62.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
The parrot is back from the dead bringing countless new insults for your disposal, Sir!
Mount Your Friends
Released: Jun 6, 2013
Critic rating: 66.0 / 100 • 31 votes
Genres: Simulator, Sport, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Mount Your Friends is a physics based competitive climbing game where what you climb is each other.
Tower of Time
Released: Apr 12, 2018
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
RPG with 3d graphics, real time combat and deep and mature story with real time combat with time manipulation, tactical and challenging battles, seven diverse classes to choose for 4-man party, and more.
Cloudberry Kingdom
Released: Jul 30, 2013
Critic rating: 71.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Wii U, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Cloudberry Kingdom is a platform game created by Pwnee Studios.
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing
Released: May 22, 2013
Critic rating: 64.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Put on your wide-brimmed hat, grab your weapons and embark on an incredible adventure in the gothic-noir world of Borgovia, where mad science threatens the fragile peace between monster and mortal.
Slender: The Arrival
Released: Mar 26, 2013
Critic rating: 60.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Slender: The Arrival is the official continuation of the series from the original game creator Mark Hadley, teamed up with the writers behind the Marble Hornets series and the development team at Blue Isle Studios.
Empyrion: Galactic Survival
Released: Aug 5, 2020
Critic rating: 65.7 / 100 • 24 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Empyrion - Galactic Survival is a 3D open world space sandbox survival adventure.
Blackguards
Released: Jan 24, 2014
Critic rating: 67.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armor, but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals?
The Solus Project
Released: Jun 7, 2016
Critic rating: 63.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
A single player exploration and survival experience, played in first person and developed in Unreal Engine 4.
Poppy Playtime
Released: Oct 12, 2021
Critic rating: 65.7 / 100 • 91 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure.
Nekopara Vol. 0
Released: Aug 16, 2015
Critic rating: 65.7 / 100 • 36 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), OOParts, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
This prequel to Vol.
The Escapists
Released: Feb 13, 2015
Critic rating: 68.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
All that stands between you and your freedom is a perfectly executed escape plan.
Postal 2
Released: Apr 14, 2003
Critic rating: 59.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Try to live a week as The Postal Dude doing everyday chores on your to-do list, such as picking up milk at the grocery store.
Aimlabs
Released: Jun 16, 2023
Critic rating: 65.5 / 100 • 31 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Aimlabs is a training platform designed by gamers to help sharpen up your core FPS aiming skills.
Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder
Released: Aug 28, 2017
Critic rating: 74.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Racing, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
The greatest "giant rocks rolling through historical/artistic ages" tower defense game is back with Rock of Ages II: Bigger and Boulder.
Pit People
Released: Mar 2, 2018
Critic rating: 76.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
In the fast-paced, turn-based, co-op adventure you'll quest and explore, find awesome loot, customize your fighters, and recruit strange species.
Peace, Death!
Released: Mar 24, 2017
Critic rating: 65.3 / 100 • 23 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Peace, Death!
Pneuma: Breath of Life
Released: Feb 1, 2015
Critic rating: 65.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Pneuma: Breath of Life is an enthralling first person puzzler putting gamers' minds to the test in a visually stunning world using Unreal Engine 4 and Physically Based Rendering.
House Flipper
Released: May 17, 2018
Critic rating: 61.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
House Flipper is a unique chance to become the one-man renovating crew.
Littlewood
Released: Aug 4, 2020
Critic rating: 65.3 / 100 • 24 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The world has already been saved.
Tiny Bunny
Released: Dec 5, 2025
Critic rating: 65.3 / 100 • 24 votes
Genres: Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Tiny Bunny is a non-linear horror visual novel.
Massive Chalice
Released: Jun 1, 2015
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Massive Chalice is a single player turn-based tactics game within a multi-generational strategy campaign where you must unite your kingdom under a powerful dynasty as an immortal King or Queen to eliminate the demonic threat, and reforge the Massive Chalice.
This Is the Police
Released: Jul 27, 2016
Critic rating: 60.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Jack Boyd, beloved police chief of Freeburg, has 180 days before he's forced to retire.
Grip
Released: Nov 6, 2018
Critic rating: 67.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Racing, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Inspired by the Rollcage games of 1999 and 2000, Grip is a new IP for a new generation.