Best Indie Games
1,568 Indie games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Undertale Yellow
Released: Dec 9, 2023
Critic rating: 99.1 / 100 • 27 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Welcome to Undertale Yellow.
Pokémon Infinite Fusion
Released: Jul 10, 2026
Critic rating: 98.4 / 100 • 23 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Pokémon Infinite Fusion is a Pokémon RPG fangame based on the Pokémon fusion generator trend, featuring sprite art from a large community of artists.
Ena: Dream BBQ
Released: Mar 27, 2025
Critic rating: 97.6 / 100 • 25 votes
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Voices of the Void
Release date: Unknown
Critic rating: 97.3 / 100 • 21 votes
Genres: Simulator, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
You work as a scientist in the isolated research lab in the mountains of Switzerland.
Lurkers
Released: Apr 19, 2019
Critic rating: 97.3 / 100 • 36 votes
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Web browser, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Battle Royale
Lurkers is a chaotic 2D multiplayer sandbox where you can build, battle, and survive!
Star Control II
Released: Nov 17, 1992
Critic rating: 96.0 / 100 • 24 votes
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Mac, DOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Star Control II, the sequel to the original Star Control, is a space adventure game that features role-playing elements alongside a 2D space ship melee combat system.
Heroes of Might and Magic III: Horn of the Abyss
Released: Dec 31, 2011
Critic rating: 95.6 / 100 • 33 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Heroes of Might and Magic III: Horn of the Abyss also known as HotA is a fan-made full scale add-on for Heroes of Might and Magic III, designed to continue the classical Heroes 3 add-on series of RoE/AB/SoD.
My Grandfather's Farm
Released: Aug 30, 2018
Critic rating: 94.7 / 100 • 22 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
"Your grandfather left you his old farm.
Bad End Theater
Released: Oct 26, 2021
Critic rating: 94.3 / 100 • 25 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Welcome to Bad End Theater!
The Binding of Isaac: Repentance
Released: Mar 31, 2021
Critic rating: 93.6 / 100 • 81 votes
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, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The Binding of Isaac: Repentance is the ultimate edition of the genre-defining roguelike, with so many additions and improvements that it feels like a brand new game.
Enigma of Fear
Released: Nov 28, 2024
Critic rating: 93.5 / 100 • 35 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Become Mia, a paranormal detective searching for her missing father inside the Perimeter - a place that doesn't exist.
Jungles of Maxtheria
Released: Oct 14, 2020
Critic rating: 93.5 / 100 • 21 votes
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Play as either "Hot Spot" Harvey, his cousin Roxy Roks, Junior or Missy searching for the lost treasure of the infamous "Jaxton Max".
Faith
Released: Oct 3, 2017
Critic rating: 93.2 / 100 • 28 votes
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Faith is a pixel horror game inspired by the era of MS-DOS, Apple II, Atari, and ZX Spectrum classics.
Superfighters Deluxe
Released: Nov 30, 2018
Critic rating: 93.0 / 100 • 84 votes
Genres: Fighting, Shooter, Platform, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Superfighters Deluxe is a multiplayer 2D action game where little flat-headed men fight to the death in small and highly destructible arenas.
Escape Simulator
Released: Oct 19, 2021
Critic rating: 100.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Escape Simulator is a next-gen escape room experience: pick up and examine everything, move furniture, smash pots and melt locks!
Hunter Moonstrike
Released: Jan 23, 2025
Critic rating: 92.6 / 100 • 36 votes
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Hunter Moonstrike is the first survival game integrated with artificial intelligence.
Hrot
Released: May 16, 2023
Critic rating: 87.0 / 100
Genres: Shooter, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Hrot is a single-player retro FPS set in a small socialist country neighboring Soviet Union (Czechoslovakia) after an unspecified disaster in 1986.
Disco Elysium: The Final Cut
Released: Mar 30, 2021
Critic rating: 90.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Disco Elysium: The Final Cut is an enhanced edition of the original role-playing game developed and published by ZA/UM.
The Binding of Isaac: Repentance
Released: Mar 31, 2021
Critic rating: 92.4 / 100 • 21 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
The Binding of Isaac: Repentance is the ultimate edition of the award-winning roguelike twin-stick shooter.
Return of the Obra Dinn
Released: Oct 18, 2018
Critic rating: 94.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In this 1-bit first-person mystery game, a merchant ship called the Obra Dinn has appeared at a London harbor, years after being declared lost at sea.
Shovel Knight: King of Cards
Released: Dec 10, 2019
Critic rating: 95.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Amazon Fire TV, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo 3DS, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
This game is the final free campaign included in the main game, Shovel Knight, and its updated title, Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.
Hollow Knight
Released: Feb 24, 2017
Critic rating: 91.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Wii U, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A 2D metroidvania with an emphasis on close combat and exploration in which the player enters the once-prosperous now-bleak insect kingdom of Hallownest, travels through its various districts, meets friendly inhabitants, fights hostile ones and uncovers the kingdom's history while improving their combat abilities and movement arsenal by fighting bosses and accessing out-of-the-way areas.
Figment 2: Creed Valley
Released: Mar 9, 2023
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Music, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Figment 2: Creed Valley is an encore to Figment.
Hades
Released: Sep 17, 2020
Critic rating: 93.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A rogue-lite hack and slash dungeon crawler in which Zagreus, son of Hades the Greek god of the dead, attempts to escape his home and his oppressive father by fighting the souls of the dead through the various layers of the ever-shifting underworld, while getting to know and forging relationships with its inhabitants.
Star Citizen
Released: Aug 30, 2013
Critic rating: 91.4 / 100 • 91 votes
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Star Citizen is a sandbox open-world MMO "SpaceSim" by Cloud Imperium Games.