Best Indie Games
1,610 Indie games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist
Released: Jan 22, 2025
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Decades after the Rain of Death, a new journey begins in the Land of Fumes, where mystical powers lie beneath the earth.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Anomaly
Released: May 11, 2018
Critic rating: 85.5 / 100 • 69 votes
Genres: Shooter, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Anomaly is a standalone mod powered by an x64 version of the X-Ray engine.
Trine Enchanted Edition
Released: Jul 24, 2014
Critic rating: 92.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Trine Enchanted Edition is a fantasy action platformer with a fairytale-like atmosphere, following the journey of three heroes – a Wizard, a Knight and a Thief – in a quest to save the kingdom from evil.
Nex Machina
Released: Jun 20, 2017
Critic rating: 90.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
From the collaboration between Housemarque (Resogun, Alienation, Matterfall), and Robotron and Smash TV legendary creator Eugene Jarvis comes Nex Machina, an explosive arcade experience created with competition in mind.
Norco
Released: Mar 24, 2022
Critic rating: 92.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Norco is a Southern Gothic point & click narrative adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and verdant industrial swamps of a distorted South Louisiana.
In Sound Mind
Released: Sep 28, 2021
Critic rating: 85.4 / 100 • 31 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In Sound Mind is an imaginative first-person psychological horror with frenetic puzzles, unique boss fights, and original music.
Slay the Spire II
Released: Mar 5, 2026
Critic rating: 85.3 / 100 • 38 votes
Genres: Strategy, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns!
Gunpoint
Released: Jun 3, 2013
Critic rating: 87.5 / 100
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Gunpoint is a stealth puzzle game that lets you rewire its levels to trick people.
The Forgotten City
Released: Jul 28, 2021
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
The Forgotten City is a mystery adventure game of exploration and deduction, and a re-imagining of the critically acclaimed mod of the same name.
What Remains of Edith Finch
Released: Apr 24, 2017
Critic rating: 87.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of short stories about a cursed family in Washington State.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
Released: Feb 6, 2024
Critic rating: 85.3 / 100 • 35 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Sheepy: A Short Adventure is a short handcrafted pixel art platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life.
Animal Well
Released: May 9, 2024
Critic rating: 89.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
What lurks beneath the surface of this deceptively minimalistic adventure?
The Blackwell Deception
Released: Oct 12, 2011
Critic rating: 85.2 / 100 • 45 votes
Rating: PEGI 12
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player
Street psychics.
Thank Goodness You're Here!
Released: Aug 1, 2024
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Thank Goodness You're Here!
The Witness
Released: Jan 26, 2016
Critic rating: 88.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
The Witness is a single-player game in an open world with dozens of locations to explore and over 500 puzzles.
Tooth and Tail
Released: Sep 12, 2017
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Lead the revolution with an army of flamethrowing Boars, mustard gas-lobbing Skunks, and paratrooper-puking Owls.
The Talos Principle: Road to Gehenna
Released: Jul 23, 2015
Critic rating: 87.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
This substantial expansion consists of four episodes that take experienced players through some of the most advanced and challenging puzzles yet.
Cairn
Released: Jan 29, 2026
Critic rating: 87.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Simulator, Sport, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Reach a summit never climbed before in this survival-climber from the creators of Furi and Haven.
Rocket League
Released: Jul 6, 2015
Critic rating: 88.7 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Sport, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Rocket League is a high-powered hybrid of arcade-style soccer and vehicular mayhem with easy-to-understand controls and fluid, physics-driven competition.
AM2R: Return of Samus
Released: Aug 6, 2016
Critic rating: 85.1 / 100 • 59 votes
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
AM2R, short for Another Metroid 2 Remake, is an action-adventure video game developed by Milton Guasti under the pseudonym DoctorM64, and released in August 2016 for Microsoft Windows, coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the Metroid series.
CrossCode
Released: Sep 20, 2018
Critic rating: 81.1 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A retro-inspired 2D Action RPG set in the distant future.
Lost in Play
Released: Aug 10, 2022
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Go on a feel-good adventure with a brother and sister as they explore dreamscapes and befriend magical creatures.
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
Released: Apr 30, 2019
Critic rating: 81.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a story-driven, turn-based tactical RPG set in a fantasy world with a touch of steampunk.
Eastward
Released: Sep 16, 2021
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Eastward is a beautifully detailed and charming adventure RPG, from Shanghai-based indie developers, Pixpil and published by Chucklefish.
Frostpunk
Released: Apr 24, 2018
Critic rating: 86.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Frostpunk, the newest title from the creators of This War of Mine, is a society survival game where heat means life and every decision comes at a price.