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The best Indie games · Ludixa
The best Indie games
Ranked on the Metacritic score where one exists, and on the number of Steam reviews where it doesn't — because a game judged by a hundred thousand players is not less known than one judged by twenty critics. Titles with neither are left out.
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Divinity: Original Sin
2015
94/100
27,287 reviews
Adventure · Indie
Gather your party and get ready for the kick-ass new version of GameSpot's PC Game of the Year 2014. With hours of new content, new game modes, full voiceovers, split-screen multiplayer, and thousands of improvements, there's never been a better time to explore the epic world of Rivellon!
Beat Saber
2018
93/100
69,666 reviews
Indie
Beat Saber is a VR rhythm game where you slash the beats of adrenaline-pumping music as they fly towards you, surrounded by a futuristic world.
Dwarf Fortress
2022
93/100
29,211 reviews
Indie · Simulation
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
UNDERTALE
2015
92/100
303,365 reviews
Indie · RPG
UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.
Satisfactory
2024
91/100
233,669 reviews
Adventure · Indie
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
Mark of the Ninja: Remastered
2012
91/100
11,750 reviews
Action · Adventure
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
FEZ
2012
91/100
11,634 reviews
Indie
Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
2013
90/100
33,756 reviews
Action · Adventure
Guide two brothers on an epic fairy tale journey from visionary Swedish film director, Josef Fares and top-tier developer Starbreeze Studios. Control both brothers at once as you experience co-op play in single player mode, like never before.
Spelunky
2013
90/100
14,654 reviews
Indie
Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.
Braid
2009
90/100
6,936 reviews
Casual · Indie
This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.
Slay the Spire
2019
89/100
192,524 reviews
Indie · Strategy
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Dead Cells
2018
89/100
155,664 reviews
Action · Adventure
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
Cuphead
2017
88/100
197,157 reviews
Action · Indie
Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.
Celeste
2018
88/100
130,771 reviews
Action · Adventure
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
Kerbal Space Program
2015
88/100
119,782 reviews
Indie · Simulation
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
The Stanley Parable
2013
88/100
40,240 reviews
Adventure · Indie
The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.
Torchlight II
2012
88/100
33,042 reviews
Action · Adventure
The adventure continues in Torchlight II! An Action RPG filled with epic battles, bountiful treasure, and a fully randomized world. Bring your friends along for the journey with online and LAN multiplayer.
DUSK
2018
88/100
22,004 reviews
Action · Indie
Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.
RimWorld
2018
87/100
207,428 reviews
Indie · Simulation
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Super Meat Boy
2010
87/100
29,863 reviews
Indie
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
Crypt of the NecroDancer
2014
87/100
23,559 reviews
Action · Indie
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Bastion
2011
86/100
28,193 reviews
Action · Indie
Discover the secrets of the Calamity, a surreal catastrophe that shattered the world to pieces.
Path of Exile
2013
86/100
1,027 reviews
Action · Adventure
You are an Exile, struggling to survive on the dark continent of Wraeclast, as you fight to earn power that will allow you to exact your revenge against those who wronged you. Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. The game is completely free and will never be pay-to-win.
Risk of Rain 2
2019
85/100
239,010 reviews
Action · Indie
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.
Assetto Corsa
2013
85/100
135,262 reviews
Indie · Racing
Assetto Corsa v1.16 introduces the new "Laguna Seca" laser-scanned track, 7 new cars among which the eagerly awaited Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio! Check the changelog for further info!
Oxygen Not Included
2019
85/100
134,867 reviews
Indie · Simulation
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
Hotline Miami
2012
85/100
108,952 reviews
Action · Indie
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
Papers, Please
2013
85/100
73,069 reviews
Adventure · Indie
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
BattleBlock Theater
2013
85/100
55,722 reviews
Action · Adventure
Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.
The Talos Principle: Deluxe Edition
2014
85/100
29,191 reviews
Action · Adventure
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
Amid Evil
2019
85/100
6,639 reviews
Action · Adventure
A retro FPS for the ages! Once branded a HERETIC. Now YOU have been chosen as our champion! Reclaim our sacred weapons. Take back our ancient lands. If you can stand... AMID EVIL.
Darkest Dungeon
2016
84/100
139,625 reviews
Indie · RPG
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?
Black Mesa
2020
84/100
134,362 reviews
Action · Adventure
Relive Half-Life.
GRIS
2018
84/100
83,595 reviews
Adventure · Indie
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
Enter the Gungeon
2016
84/100
79,219 reviews
Action · Adventure
Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.
FTL: Faster Than Light
2012
84/100
62,574 reviews
Indie · Simulation
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
The Binding of Isaac
2011
84/100
49,096 reviews
Action · Adventure
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition
2020
84/100
46,986 reviews
Adventure · Indie
Spiritfarer® is a cozy management game about dying. As ferrymaster to the deceased, build a boat to explore the world, care for your spirit friends, and release them into the afterlife. The Spiritfarer Farewell Edition includes the heartwarming base game and three major content updates.
SpeedRunners
2016
84/100
22,806 reviews
Action · Casual
Cut-throat multiplayer running game that pits 4 players against each other, locally and/or online. Run, jump, swing around, and use devious weapons and pick-ups to knock opponents off-screen! One of the most competitive games you'll ever play.
Trine 2: Complete Story
2013
84/100
15,263 reviews
Action · Adventure
Three Heroes make their way through dangers untold in a fairytale world, featuring physics-based puzzles, beautiful sights and online co-op.