Best Indie Games
1,568 Indie games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Slain: Back from Hell
Released: Mar 24, 2016
Critic rating: 49.9 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Fighting, Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Slain: Back from Hell.
Toby: The Secret Mine
Released: Oct 20, 2015
Critic rating: 59.1 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A challenging puzzle platformer inspired by games like Limbo and Badland.
City of Brass
Released: May 4, 2018
Critic rating: 68.1 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Armed with scimitar and versatile whip, lash, slash, trick and trap your way through the City of Brass, a first-person rogue-lite of treasure, snares and ghoulish foes.
Kinect Star Wars
Released: Apr 3, 2012
Critic rating: 55.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Music, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
"Kinect Star Wars" brings Star Wars to life like never before.
Venetica
Released: Sep 4, 2009
Critic rating: 46.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
In a fantastical Venice, The Corpus are deceived by a cunning necromancer.
Jalopy
Released: Mar 28, 2018
Critic rating: 45.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Racing, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Set during the fall of the Eastern Bloc,travel through each of the socialist fraternal states while maintaining a spluttering 2-stroke car.
Goat Simulator
Released: Apr 1, 2014
Critic rating: 52.1 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Goat Simulator is a third-person perspective game in which the player controls a goat.
Dino D-Day
Released: Apr 8, 2011
Critic rating: 53.0 / 100 • 29 votes
Genres: Shooter, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Frantic, multiplayer action involving Nazis and dinosaurs!
Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator
Released: Apr 12, 2017
Critic rating: 45.0 / 100
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Here is a sandbox like no other.
Totally Reliable Delivery Service
Released: Apr 1, 2020
Critic rating: 50.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Racing, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Delivery Attempted.
7 Days to Die
Released: Jul 25, 2024
Critic rating: 36.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Set in a brutally unforgiving post-apocalyptic world overrun by the undead, 7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games.
Lucius
Released: Oct 26, 2012
Critic rating: 45.0 / 100
Rating: PEGI 18
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
“Here is wisdom.
Crab Game
Released: Oct 29, 2021
Critic rating: 51.7 / 100 • 59 votes
Genres: Fighting, Racing, Strategy, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Battle Royale
Crab Game is a First-Person Multiplayer game where you fight for the ultimate cash price in different minigames based on children's games, until only one player is left to claim it all.
Vane
Released: Jan 15, 2019
Critic rating: 48.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Vane is an atmospheric adventure about unraveling the secrets of an unknown land, finding your place in it, and pulling at the threads of the world to make a change.
Windbound
Released: Aug 21, 2020
Critic rating: 57.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The Forbidden Islands are Calling, Unlock their Secrets.
Overgrowth
Released: Oct 16, 2017
Critic rating: 50.8 / 100
Genres: Fighting, Tactical, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Feel like the star of a martial arts film in Overgrowth, as you jump, kick, throw, and slash your way to victory.
Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
Released: Nov 6, 2007
Critic rating: 37.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche.
Fractured Minds
Released: Nov 14, 2019
Critic rating: 50.8 / 100 • 22 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Fractured Minds is an immersive artistic short game, exploring anxiety and mental health issues.
Secret Neighbor
Released: Oct 23, 2019
Critic rating: 40.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Secret Neighbor is a multiplayer Social Horror game set in the Hello Neighbor universe.
Deceit
Released: Mar 3, 2017
Critic rating: 50.5 / 100 • 43 votes
Genres: Shooter, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
Deceit tests your instincts at trust and deception in a multiplayer first-person shooter.
Table Top Racing: World Tour
Released: May 3, 2016
Critic rating: 40.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Table Top Racing: World Tour is the brand new, high octane, combat racer from Nick Burcombe, co-creator of the legendary PlayStation classic, 'wipEout'.
Kung Fury: Street Rage
Released: May 18, 2015
Critic rating: 39.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Get blown into another dimension as you experience the gut busting fun with the Kung Fury game.
The Plan
Released: Feb 10, 2013
Critic rating: 41.7 / 100
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
A fly ascends to the skies, pondering the pointlessness of its brief existence.
Lucius II
Released: Jan 5, 2015
Critic rating: 49.5 / 100 • 22 votes
Genres: Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
The story of Lucius II continues where the original left off: Lucius emerges as the lone survivor of the burning wreckage his parents once called home, unscathed from the ruthless slaughter he had unleashed.
Daylight
Released: Apr 29, 2014
Critic rating: 49.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
You awake, trapped in an abandoned hospital.