Best Indie games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our indie game recommendations are based on a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews. We believe that player feedback is the most reliable indicator of a game's true quality and enjoyment. Our algorithm evaluates user reviews to identify indie games that consistently deliver exceptional experiences. This means you can be confident that our lists feature only the best indie games on Steam, validated by the community itself.

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GOCCO OF WAR

Welcome to Gocco Studio Japan, a futuristic playground where kids come together to play make-believe war — a tradition started almost a hundred years ago. Up to 32 people can join a lobby, and up to 8 players can join up to take on quests.

Price 19.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 17 Nov 2015

Life is Feudal: Your Own

Hardcore and realistic; LiF is a Medieval multiplayer sandbox RPG, with free terraforming, a rich crafting system and preset and modular building construction. With engaging survival aspects, no target physics-based combat and a unique formation system - along with numerous other features - LiF is not for the faint of heart!

Price 19.99€
Rating 6.5
Release 17 Nov 2015

ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery)

ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) is one of the most successful roguelike games ever created, boasting a brilliant mix of story, RPG, exploration, and intensely strategic & flexible combat. The Steam version adds various features like achievements, difficulty level customization & play modes.

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 16 Nov 2015

Conquest of Elysium 4

Conquest of Elysium 4 is a quick turn based fantasy strategy game with a touch of rogue-like. The game is full of depth, details and monsters. There are also a huge number of factions, each with its own unique gameplay and magic rituals.

Price 24.50€
Rating 8.4
Release 16 Nov 2015

Cinderella Escape! R12

Cinderella is locked in the dungeon. What happened to her? Can she escape the dungeon? Cinderella needs your help!

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.3
Release 16 Nov 2015

Knight Squad

Knight Squad is an insane 1 to 8 players chaotic arena friendship destroyer. Take on current friends and future frenemies in any of the incredibly fun game modes, ranging from Last Man Standing to Medieval soccer. All of that using only weapons from the Middle Ages… and laser guns… and miniguns.

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 16 Nov 2015

Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi

Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.

Price 7.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 13 Nov 2015

The Purring Quest

Have you ever wanted to be a cat? You will be able, thanks to the aventure platformer The Purring Quest. Take on the role of Kimchi the cat and meet famous cat of the internet in a journey full of humor.

Price 9.75€
Rating 7.9
Release 12 Nov 2015

Evil Defenders

Evil Defenders is a fun, frenetic defense game: build and upgrade your towers, сast spells to repel enemy forces, use special landmarks and defend the Lands of Evil from invaders! Feel free to play the game in many different ways through unique tower upgrades, a deep skill tree and 100 in-game achievements.

Price 3.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 11 Nov 2015

Kero Blaster

C&F Inc. teleporters are going offline all over the place, and it's up to an intrepid frog employee to fix the situation.

Price 9.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 11 Nov 2015

Turbo Pug

It's time to unleash your inner pug! Turbo Pug is a casual runner with difficult, random, procedurally generated levels. Enjoy random weather and try to avoid getting zapped by lightning. Unlock new costumes for your pug and new characters to play as. Please try not to squish your pug!

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 09 Nov 2015

FortressCraft Evolved!

FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.

Price 12.99€
Rating 7.0
Release 09 Nov 2015

Defend The Highlands

Defend the Highlands combines the genres of Tower Defence, Real Time Strategy, and Scotland. The player will have to build defences, recruit Scotsmen and manage their porridge stockpile as they fight off the British invasion of Scotland.

Price -49% 2.05€
Rating 7.4
Release 06 Nov 2015

The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut

Embark on an adventure in a gothic-noir world, where mad science threatens the peace between monsters and mortals. The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut is definitive edition of the trilogy with six playable classes and a new endgame mode with a huge variety of open missions!

Price -92% 3.80€
Rating 7.4
Release 06 Nov 2015

Draw a Stickman: EPIC 2

Imagination is the key, as you enter a magical storybook full of mystery and wonder, unusual creatures, and enigmatic puzzles! Create your own original Stickman and then watch it come to life in DRAW A STICKMAN: EPIC 2! Jump in to this action-packed adventure that allows for endless creativity!

Price 5.69€
Rating 8.3
Release 06 Nov 2015

Sakura Beach 2

It's been a few months since Seiji last visited the beach. After enduring the chaos of his new daily life, another holiday with his childhood friends is just what he needs. However, the appearance of another girl whose love of space rivals his own ensures that his trip will be anything but peaceful.

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 06 Nov 2015

The Fall of the Dungeon Guardians - Enhanced Edition

In this tactical combat & dungeon crawler mash-up, explore a massive dungeon, full of danger, mystery and secrets. Fight your way through hordes of enemies and powerful creatures, with your tank, healer & damage dealers party.

Price 19.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 06 Nov 2015

Swordbreaker The Game

The Swordbreaker game is interactive fiction with lots of illustrations where you and you alone get to choose the storyline and the ending!

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 06 Nov 2015

The Odyssey: Winds of Athena

As the Greek Goddess Athena, control the wind, seas, and air to guide the hero Odysseus home from the Trojan Wars. The incredibly realistic water current simulation will amaze and challenge you, as you use your powers to protect the Hero's fleet.

Price 4.99€
Rating 6.2
Release 06 Nov 2015

Mini Metro

Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can you keep the city moving?

Price -41% 4.80€
Rating 9.4
Release 06 Nov 2015

Air Brawl

A fast paced multiplayer dogfighting game that focuses on creative weapons and game mechanics that reward skillful flying.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.5
Release 05 Nov 2015

The Secret Order 2: Masked Intent

Become the wayfarer through the past to force back the evil power!

Price 14.79€
Rating 7.6
Release 05 Nov 2015

ePic Character Generator

Create realistic or hand-drawn character images you can use as assets for your games, illustrations for your stories, or avatars for your role-playing sessions. Export your images as PNG files with or without a background, or as a layered PSD image for further customization.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.8
Release 05 Nov 2015

Clandestine

Clandestine is a 2-player or singleplayer stealth/hacking game set in 1996. Asymmetrical co-op allows one player to take the role of the spy while a friend provides overwatch and assistance as the hacker, and unravel a post-Cold War espionage conspiracy.

Price 9.75€
Rating 7.5
Release 05 Nov 2015

Dungeon Warfare

Dungeon Warfare is a challenging tower defense strategy game where you become a dungeon lord to defend your dungeons with deadliest of traps and insidious contraptions against greedy adventurers and wanna-be heroes.

Price 7.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 04 Nov 2015

Pink Heaven

A certain office lady is back!!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 03 Nov 2015

The Last NightMary - A Lenda do Cabeça de Cuia

Escape through maze forest searching for a shelter, because the cursed beast is after you ... And if there was a chance to reverse the curse, would you run away or would you try to find answers? It is better think fast, because the monster is in a hurry, the beast is starved.

Price 3.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 02 Nov 2015

Boogeyman

Live your childhood nightmare and try to survive against the Boogeyman. Equipped with only your flashlight, survive each night until the morning light.

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 02 Nov 2015

Sound of Drop - fall into poison -

Nestled in the heart of Tokyo, the quaint little aquarium, Manten Aquarium. Numerous urban legends have arisen from here. On the night of the full moon the waters turn to blood and man faced fish lurk within.

Price 12.79€
Rating 8.1
Release 30 Oct 2015

Endless Sky

Endless Sky is a 2D space trading and combat game inspired by the classic Escape Velocity series. Work your way up from a relatively wimpy shuttle, cargo ship, or fighter, to a highly upgraded and customized flagship or to a massive fleet of warships or freighters.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.9
Release 30 Oct 2015

Colortone

Your way to freedom only involves your intelligence and the puzzles!

Price -79% 0.69€
Rating 6.7
Release 29 Oct 2015

Pathologic Classic HD

Pathologic Classic HD is the Definitive Edition of the original Cult Classic Psychological First-Person Survival game. In this unforgettable experience, players control one of three unique characters as they try to save a mysterious town from a deadly plague that cannot be stopped.

Price -70% 3.84€
Rating 8.5
Release 29 Oct 2015

Bulb Boy

One gloomy night, Bulb Boy wakes suddenly from a frightening nightmare to discover that evil has overshadowed the Bulbhouse. His family has disappeared and there are horrid monsters lurking in the shadows. Gather the courage and use his glass head to save everything he loves.

Price 8.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 29 Oct 2015

GALAK-Z

Brand New features!! The Void DLC offers endless gameplay, Online Leaderboards, and a Daily Challenge that allows players to compete worldwide for the top score. Anime inspired 2D space combat simulation at its best! GALAK-Z is a modern, A.I.

Price -87% 2.53€
Rating 7.0
Release 29 Oct 2015

Albert and Otto

Created by solo developer Nikola Kostic - Traverse a haunting world set in 1939 Germany in search of a mysterious girl with rabbit ears. Utilize a little bunny in creative ways to solve puzzles. Levitate sheep, use them as torches or wolf bait and make your way through a dangerous land.

Price 4.60€
Rating 6.2
Release 28 Oct 2015

Pink Hour

Help a pink-clad office lady find a missing document so the boss doesn't get angry in this free spin-off minigame to Kero Blaster.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 28 Oct 2015

Morphine

An independent story-based cinematic FPS game describing the drama of a student 's. Story is based on experienced emotions.

Price 2.99€
Rating 6.9
Release 28 Oct 2015

Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition

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!

Price 39.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 27 Oct 2015

A Wolf in Autumn

A one-armed young girl finds herself locked in a shed in the middle of an idyllic autumn forest, with threats both physical and immaterial drawing closer.

Price -50% 0.99€
Rating 7.0
Release 27 Oct 2015

The Park®

Set in a creepy amusement park hiding a dark and sinister secret, The Park is a first-person psychological horror experience focused on exploration and storytelling.

Price 12.99€
Rating 6.8
Release 27 Oct 2015

Chaos Reborn

Turn-based wizard combat with the tactical positioning of chess and the bluff of poker. Features wizard customization, 100s of gear items, single player realm adventures, online leagues and co-op play.

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 26 Oct 2015

200% Mixed Juice!

200% Mixed Juice! is the 10th Anniversary game of OrangeJuice, an old school RPG featuring a 200% mix of OrangeJuice characters.

Price -42% 3.98€
Rating 7.0
Release 23 Oct 2015

Star Sky

Star Sky is a game about a man taking a midnight stroll. You take the same road as many times as you want, each time hopefully unlocking new encounters. Can you unlock the mysteries of the night?

Price 3.99€
Rating 7.1
Release 23 Oct 2015

KINGDOMS

KINGDOMS is a procedural medieval RPG in a randomly generated open world. The main feature of KINGDOMS is a smart AI system that completely controls NPC behavior. As the player, you can fully interact with this massive world and become any person you want to be.

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 23 Oct 2015

Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide

Vermintide is an epic co-operative action combat adventure set in the End Times of the iconic Warhammer Fantasy world.

Price 28.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 23 Oct 2015

Viscera Cleanup Detail

In Viscera Cleanup Detail, you step into the boots of a space-station janitor tasked with cleaning up after various horrific sci-fi horror events. Instead of machineguns and plasma-rifles, your tools are a mop and bucket. That hero left a mess, and it's up to you to deal with the aftermath.

Price 12.79€
Rating 9.1
Release 23 Oct 2015

Dracula's Legacy

Haunted by frightening dreams about her forgotten past, Isabella, along with her fiancé, were able to decipher one clue from the depths of her memory that leads them to an old ghost town.

Price 2.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 22 Oct 2015

Message Quest

Message Quest is a tiny stained-glass point-n-click adventure about laziness and her herald. Imagine yourself as the main hero’s conscience, the one that must make him work when all he wants to do is sleep.

Price 2.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 22 Oct 2015