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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Autonauts

In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.

Price -94% 1.15€
Rating 8.6
Release 17 Oct 2019

Sea Salt

Sea Salt is a dark fantasy reverse horror action-strategy game where you play as the nightmarish force of Dagon by controlling and growing a horde of minions.

Price 14.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 17 Oct 2019

Erannorth Reborn

Erannorth Reborn is a hardcore sandbox Card Game with heavy emphasis on Deck-Building, Character Customization and Moddability. Create unique characters with distinctive attributes, racial/class skills and perks that affect your cards. Adjust and adapt your deck & equipment on-the-fly.

Price 17.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 17 Oct 2019

Hello Neighbor Alpha 3

Alpha 3 of Hello Neighbor brought the first iteration of the large house. Hello Neighbor is a stealth horror game about sneaking into your creepy Neighbor's house.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.4
Release 17 Oct 2019

Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind

Life between myths. Lead your clan into legend or obscurity. Plan ahead as you read this challenging storybook strategy game, immersing you in the land of old gods and magic also seen in King of Dragon Pass.

Price 19.50€
Rating 7.7
Release 17 Oct 2019

Felix The Reaper

Felix The Reaper is a challenging and strict 3D puzzle game about bringing humans into deadly situations. You are Felix, the ever-dancing bringer of death, who just so happens to be dangerously in love with Life.

Price -90% 1.00€
Rating 6.9
Release 17 Oct 2019

Beat Hazard 2

Experience your music collection as never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.

Price 18.49€
Rating 8.3
Release 16 Oct 2019

Roof Rage

Roof Rage is a Martial Arts Platform Fighter featuring epic rooftop battles. Play with up to 8 players locally or 1vs1 online.

Price 12.49€
Rating 8.3
Release 16 Oct 2019

The Jackbox Party Pack 6

It’s the wildest Party Pack yet, with the absurd deathmatch Trivia Murder Party 2, the weird word circus Dictionarium, the hidden identity game Push The Button, the comedy contest Joke Boat and the offbeat personality test Role Models.

Price -71% 8.58€
Rating 9.1
Release 16 Oct 2019

CATGIRL LOVER 2

An incredible continuation of a vibrant and interesting history of learning in the Golden Shower Order! Flashy and juicy anime girls are waiting for you! A simple but fascinating game with a mixture of Visual Novel and Match3.

Price -55% 0.89€
Rating 7.1
Release 16 Oct 2019

Haunted Gas Station

After a vehicle accident, a man is forced to check a nearby gas station for help, unaware of its ghastly resident.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.3
Release 16 Oct 2019

Disco Elysium - The Final Cut

Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.

Price -84% 6.49€
Rating 9.2
Release 15 Oct 2019

Rise to Ruins

A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.

Price 13.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 14 Oct 2019

Gensokyo Night Festival

Gensokyo Night Festival is a 2D action-exploration game set in the world of Gensokyo.Join Suika Ibuki as she wreaks havoc throughout Gensokyo against the backdrop of the festival held at Hakurei Shrine.

Price 10.79€
Rating 7.5
Release 13 Oct 2019

YORG.io 3

Defend, Attack, Survive! Build up your base and defeat the zombies with this unique combination of tower defense, base building and supply chain management. Now with multiplayer, mods and loads of new content!

Price 5.99€
Rating 6.4
Release 13 Oct 2019

Tower Hunter: Erza's Trial

Tower Hunter: Erza’s Trial contains core elements of roguelite games, presented in a toon render style. The player explores a mysterious tower with Erza, vanquishes mutant monsters and defeats bosses to acquire a Hunter’s License and become the most powerful Battle Maiden.

Price 14.99€
Rating 7.1
Release 12 Oct 2019

Franchise Hockey Manager 6

Franchise Hockey Manager returns for the 2019-20 season with plenty of additions to the deepest, most authentic hockey strategy gaming experience you can find. Choose one of 32 leagues around the globe and select a team to guide to glory, including a chance at the ultimate prize, the Stanley Cup®.

Price -47% 10.57€
Rating 7.3
Release 11 Oct 2019

How to Raise a Wolf Girl

Shuuji and Kana have their hands full teaching Iroha how to be human again, after she spends ten years in the mountains with a wolf god. But who's really raising who?

Price 19.50€
Rating 8.5
Release 11 Oct 2019

Deliver Us The Moon

Deliver Us The Moon is a Sci-Fi thriller set in an apocalyptic near future, where Earth's natural resources are depleted. A lone astronaut is sent to the moon on a critical mission to save humanity from extinction.

Price -82% 4.53€
Rating 8.6
Release 10 Oct 2019

Deuterium Wars

Deuterium Wars is a rapid 2D shooter. Create your own aircraft and plunge into heated battle with other players. What awaits you: an extensive role-playing system, craft, trading, and much more on a single server for all platforms.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.4
Release 10 Oct 2019

MageQuit

A wizard brawler about spell drafting and beard envy, MageQuit allows up to 10 mages to battle it out online or locally. Beards grow longer with each kill; the wizard with the longest beard after 9 rounds wins!

Price 14.79€
Rating 8.9
Release 10 Oct 2019

Valfaris

Set in a far corner of space, Valfaris is a heavy metal infused 2D action-platformer and the next game from the team behind Unity Awards finalist, Slain: Back From Hell. Brutal combat. Deadly enemies. Stunning pixel art. Savage soundtrack. Get ready to rip the galaxy a new wormhole.

Price 20.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 10 Oct 2019

Pine

An open-world action adventure game set in a simulated world in which humans never reached the top of the food chain.

Price -93% 1.48€
Rating 7.1
Release 10 Oct 2019

Lilitales

Branded as a traitor for losing the princess, the young knight Luna sets out on a lonely journey to rescue the princess and clear her name.

Price -50% 8.39€
Rating 8.3
Release 10 Oct 2019

Corpse Party: Blood Drive

Set two months after Corpse Party: Book of Shadows, Corpse Party: Blood Drive is the definitive conclusion to the long-running Heavenly Host story arc. Featuring dynamic lighting, 3D sound, detailed environments, and new gameplay systems, this is a Japanese horror experience not to be missed!

Price 19.99€
Rating 7.3
Release 10 Oct 2019

We Were Here Together

As we explore these frozen wastes, misfortune strikes once again. Through the fierce blizzard, a flare lights the sky, followed by a cry for help over the radio - broken, dying... No one else can come to their rescue. Can we make it back - together?

Price -55% 5.83€
Rating 8.2
Release 10 Oct 2019

Perspective

Perspective is an experimental platformer. The player avatar moves in a 2D space that transforms when the player changes perspective in 3D space. The player needs to use this mechanic navigate the 2D avatar to a goal in order to progress from level to level.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.3
Release 09 Oct 2019

War Selection

War Selection is a compelling RTS game featuring base building, resource extraction and warfare. Evolve from a stone age tribe to a distinct industrial nation with unique game mechanics and battle for supremacy with dozens of players on a unique procedurally generated map.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 08 Oct 2019

Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince

The best-selling Trine series returns to the magic of 2.5D! Join three iconic heroes as they set off on a quest through fantastical fairytale landscapes to save the world from the Nightmare Prince’s shadows.

Price -93% 2.12€
Rating 8.7
Release 08 Oct 2019

PAGUI打鬼

Major 2022 update with 10 languages and a new chapter! PAGUI is a two-chapter story based on true events from Taiwan's history. An orphan raised on temple grounds learned of his family’s past. He decided to set out on a journey to uncover his family’s past and own identity.

Price 19.50€
Rating 8.0
Release 08 Oct 2019

Indivisible

Indivisible is a hand drawn action RPG platformer from Lab Zero, creators of the critically acclaimed Skullgirls! Set in a huge fantasy world, Indivisible tells the story of Ajna, a fearless girl with a rebellious streak who sets out on a quest to save everything she knows from being destroyed.

Price 19.99€
Rating 6.9
Release 08 Oct 2019

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a brand-new 2.5D platformer from some of the key creative talent behind 'Donkey Kong Country'. As the colourful buddy duo you must tackle a series of stunning, 2.5D levels and explore a puzzling 3D Overworld rich with secrets and surprises!

Price -80% 5.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 08 Oct 2019

Love Esquire - RPG/Dating Sim/Visual Novel

You usually play as the hero… but not this time! You're a lowly squire who's on an epic quest to get laid. Here's the catch: you've only got a few months left to find the girl of your dreams before you're shipped off to war. So git gud, get laid, and find man's greatest pleasure in Love Esquire!

Price 24.50€
Rating 8.6
Release 08 Oct 2019

Pilgrims

Pilgrims is a playful adventure game, created by the team behind Machinarium and Samorost. Roam the land as you please and make new friends, share a laugh with your fellow travelers and help them complete their little stories, your way. How many different solutions can you find?

Price -70% 2.09€
Rating 9.3
Release 07 Oct 2019

Talesshop Puzzle

jigsaw puzzles with beautiful 2d girls Image.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.6
Release 06 Oct 2019

Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare

In the anarchic world of Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare, only the mightiest warlord rules. Start with a pistol and a few militias, you will set yourself on a wild and ambitious journey towards world domination. Enjoy the immersive combination of intense FPS and sandbox strategy.

Price -19% 17.10€
Rating 6.6
Release 04 Oct 2019

Rain of Reflections: Set Free

Rain of Reflections is an atmospheric, dystopian adventure game with exploration and deep character interactions. Its turn-based strategic confrontations are uniquely centered around a motivation mechanic.

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 04 Oct 2019

Zelle

Zelle is a occult adventure game. You can explore the inside and outside of the castle using adventure game mechanics and battle demons with strategic mouse clicks. Your goal in this game is to bring the protagonist home.

Price 9.57€
Rating 8.7
Release 04 Oct 2019

School Years

A visual novel adapted from a real story.To tell the most authentic Chinese story in the most simple words

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 04 Oct 2019

The Wild Eight

The Wild Eight is an intense survival action-adventure set in the frozen wilderness of Alaska. Team up with friends in online co-op or go solo, explore the mysterious land, craft weapons and fight to live another day.

Price 24.99€
Rating 6.7
Release 03 Oct 2019

SuperSmash: Physics Battle

SuperSmash is a physics base multiplayer fighting game.Character is fully driven by physics engine,and there are lots of different weapons and maps.It will provide you totally different battle experience.

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 01 Oct 2019

NGU IDLE

NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

Price Free to play
Rating 9.3
Release 01 Oct 2019

Nobodies: Murder Cleaner

Nobodies is a puzzle-filled point-and-click adventure in which you must cover up government-sanctioned assassinations. Hide the bodies, destroy the evidence, and leave no trace you were ever there. They do the dirty work. You clean it up.

Price 6.89€
Rating 8.5
Release 30 Sep 2019

Touhou Blooming Chaos

Touhou Blooming Chaos is a shooting game, Reimu Hakurei and Marisa, fighting enemies with barrages and spell cards. Unlike general shooting games, the operation is more flexible and there are more areas to explore. A gorgeous game experience is irresistible!

Price 5.81€
Rating 8.3
Release 30 Sep 2019

Lost

This is a casual intellectual game, accompanied by beautiful girls to find pictures of the same shape, get beautiful pictures and exercise your observation.

Price 2.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 30 Sep 2019

3rd eye

A 2D exploration/horror game starring the Touhou Project's Koishi Komeiji. Use her Third Eye to explore a mental world entirely unlike reality.

Price 12.49€
Rating 8.1
Release 30 Sep 2019

Seek Girl Ⅱ

This is a casual intellectual game, get beautiful pictures and exercise your observation.

Price 1.55€
Rating 7.8
Release 30 Sep 2019

GOLD EXPRESS

New AI character "Punch" is available now! Welcome to the Project "Gold Express"! It is a cyberpunk style asymmetric multiplayer game in which you can get new survival experience with your teammates with various abilities in the strategic maps.

Price 13.49€
Rating 6.5
Release 27 Sep 2019