Best Indie Games
1,609 Indie games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Viscera Cleanup Detail: Shadow Warrior
Released: Oct 11, 2013
Critic rating: 58.1 / 100 • 25 votes
Genres: Simulator, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
After the battle is over, someone has to cleanup the mess!
Slapshot: Rebound
Released: Apr 11, 2024
Critic rating: 58.0 / 100 • 21 votes
Genres: Sport, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Slapshot Rebound is a physics-based multiplayer game where you play an arcade style match of hockey.
Contagion
Released: Oct 25, 2013
Critic rating: 57.9 / 100 • 24 votes
Genres: Shooter, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Contagion takes place in a fictional world where the original Roanoke Colony thrived up until now.
Torchlight III
Released: Jun 13, 2020
Critic rating: 66.1 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Set in the same beloved universe as Torchlight I and II, this shared-world action-RPG brings back many of the franchise's signature features and mechanics that captured the hearts of ARPG fans around the world.
Bright Memory
Released: Mar 25, 2020
Critic rating: 52.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Bright Memory is a lightning-fast fusion of the FPS and action genres, created by one-man development studio FYQD using Unreal Engine.
Heroes & Generals
Released: Sep 23, 2016
Critic rating: 57.7 / 100 • 50 votes
Genres: Shooter, Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Heroes & Generals is the ultimate WW2 game.
Contrast
Released: Nov 15, 2013
Critic rating: 56.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Contrast is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye.
Chained Together
Released: Jun 19, 2024
Critic rating: 57.3 / 100 • 73 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
From the depths of hell, climb chained to your friends through diverse worlds.
35MM
Released: May 27, 2016
Critic rating: 56.9 / 100 • 27 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Post-apocalyptic story about two travelers who set out on a long journey in the wasteland, left by people after the global epidemic.
Spiral Knights
Released: Apr 4, 2011
Critic rating: 51.0 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Join the ranks of the Spiral Knights.
I am Bread
Released: Dec 3, 2014
Critic rating: 53.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
I am Bread is an action-adventure simulation game.
99Vidas
Released: Dec 25, 2016
Critic rating: 59.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
"99Vidas" is a "beat 'em up" set in a contemporary world that pays tribute to both the new and the classic in gaming industry.
Guns of Icarus Online
Released: Oct 29, 2012
Critic rating: 55.4 / 100 • 42 votes
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
Guns of Icarus Online is a team-based multiplayer online airship combat game.
Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem
Released: Feb 13, 2020
Critic rating: 58.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
An isometric open world action-RPG.
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.
Ring of Pain
Released: Oct 14, 2020
Critic rating: 53.7 / 100 • 21 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Ring of Pain is a roguelike card game in a world distorted by your mind...
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!
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.
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.