Best Indie Games
1,609 Indie games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Muck
Released: Jun 5, 2021
Critic rating: 60.9 / 100 • 80 votes
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Muck is a survival-roguelike.
Content Warning
Released: Apr 1, 2024
Critic rating: 60.8 / 100 • 81 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Film your friends doing scary things to become SpöökTube famous!
Slender: The Eight Pages
Released: Jun 26, 2012
Critic rating: 60.8 / 100 • 55 votes
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Slender (known as Slender: The Eight Pages as of v0.9.7) is an independently-developed concept game based on the Slender Man mythos.
Postal: Redux
Released: May 20, 2016
Critic rating: 59.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Postal: Redux is a remake of the 1997 game Postal.
Stumble Guys
Released: Sep 24, 2020
Critic rating: 60.6 / 100 • 57 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Racing, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), Battle Royale
Stumble Guys is a massively multiplayer party knockout game with up to 32 players online intention to struggle through levels round after round of escalating chaos, until one victor remains!
Lifeless Planet
Released: Jun 6, 2014
Critic rating: 61.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Lifeless Planet was inspired by Cold War era science fiction stories, posing questions about humankind's desire for space travel.
The Hong Kong Massacre
Released: Jan 21, 2019
Critic rating: 55.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Fighting, Shooter, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A violent action filled top-down shooter set in Hong Kong.
Five Nights at Freddy's 4
Released: Jul 23, 2015
Critic rating: 55.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
This time, the terror has followed you home.
Granny
Released: Nov 24, 2017
Critic rating: 60.5 / 100 • 36 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player
Granny is a stealth horror game in which the player must escape from a house within five days while avoiding detection by an elderly captor who reacts to sound.
Shadow Warrior 3
Released: Mar 1, 2022
Critic rating: 55.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Shadow Warrior 3 launches the offbeat first-person shooter series to the next level with a seamless blend of fast-paced gunplay, razor-sharp melee combat, and a spectacular free-running movement system.
Totally Accurate Battlegrounds
Released: Jun 5, 2018
Critic rating: 60.4 / 100 • 34 votes
Genres: Shooter, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer, Battle Royale
Totally Accurate Battlegrounds is a parody of the Battle Royale genre.
Stranded Deep
Released: Jan 23, 2015
Critic rating: 60.4 / 100 • 68 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Stranded Deep will feature a unique physically-based crafting and building system.
DayZ
Released: Dec 13, 2018
Critic rating: 69.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), Battle Royale
DayZ is a hardcore open-world survival game with only one rule: stay alive, no matter what.
Worms Rumble
Released: Dec 1, 2020
Critic rating: 63.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Battle Royale
Welcome to Worms Rumble, the first ever Worms game to feature real-time combat!
Postal 2: Paradise Lost
Released: Apr 14, 2015
Critic rating: 60.3 / 100 • 23 votes
Genres: Shooter, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Paradise Lost is a full-fledged expansion pack for Postal 2 continuing the saga of the POSTAL series.
Dangerous Golf
Released: Jun 3, 2016
Critic rating: 54.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Sport, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Have a burning desire to change the way you play golf?
Ravenous Devils
Released: Apr 29, 2022
Critic rating: 50.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
An horror cooking simulator where you manage an evil family business.
Lyne
Released: Jan 1, 2014
Critic rating: 59.8 / 100 • 32 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Music, Puzzle, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Deceptively simple.
Lust for Darkness
Released: Jun 12, 2018
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: AO
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A psychological horror of seeking satisfaction on the border of two intertwining worlds.
NaissanceE
Released: Feb 13, 2014
Critic rating: 59.5 / 100 • 27 votes
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
NaissanceE is a first person exploration PC game developed on UDK by Limasse Five with the participation of Pauline Oliveros, Patricia Dallio and Thierry Zaboitzeff.
Verdun
Released: Apr 28, 2015
Critic rating: 57.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Verdun is the first multiplayer FPS set in a realistic World War One setting, the game which started the 1914-1918 WW1 Game series.
Late Shift
Released: Mar 9, 2016
Critic rating: 52.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Late Shift is a high stakes FMV crime thriller.
Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach
Released: Dec 16, 2021
Critic rating: 59.1 / 100 • 36 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach is the latest installment of the family-friendly horror games loved by millions of players from all over the globe.
Submerged
Released: Aug 3, 2015
Critic rating: 57.2 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Submerged is a third-person combat-free game in which you explore a mysterious flooded city and discover the beauty of desolation in vast outdoor environments.
Miscreated
Released: Dec 18, 2018
Critic rating: 58.3 / 100 • 25 votes
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Miscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future.