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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Wandersong

A musical platforming adventure with an emotional story. Play as a silly bard and use music to interact with everything on a journey around the world. Along the way you'll explore, solve puzzles, and meet a huge cast of characters!

Price 19.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 27 Sep 2018

Mana Spark

A challenging action RPG with deep souls-like combat and rogue-like elements. Explore a dreadful dungeon and fight smart enemies that will plan and collaborate between themselves to defeat you.

Price -90% 1.00€
Rating 7.5
Release 27 Sep 2018

I am not a Monster: First Contact

Retro sci-fi tactical turn-based strategy with an exciting storyline. The Albatross space liner is overrun by lizard-like monsters that can infect humans and turn them into their own kind. Save the passengers and defeat the hostile creatures.

Price -91% 1.00€
Rating 7.4
Release 27 Sep 2018

New Star Manager

This is soccer management like you’ve never experienced it - Be more than just a player, be the head, the heart, and backbone of New Star FC. Be the Manager.

Price 19.50€
Rating 8.2
Release 27 Sep 2018

Dark Deception

Death awaits you in Dark Deception, a story-driven first-person horror maze game. There's nowhere to hide & nowhere to catch your breath. Run or die - it's your choice. Trapped in a realm of nightmarish mazes with a mysterious woman, your only hope of survival is to find a way to escape.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.7
Release 26 Sep 2018

Deep Sky Derelicts

Deep Sky Derelicts is an original combination of turn-based strategy and RPG, enriched with tactical card combat and popular roguelike elements. Explore derelict alien ships, fight, loot and upgrade your gear, all in distinctive retro-futuristic comic book aesthetic style.

Price -91% 1.78€
Rating 7.2
Release 26 Sep 2018

The Dark Occult

The Dark Occult is a psychological driven horror game that puts players in a constant state of anxiety that crescendos into raw panic and terror. You will encounter grotesque creatures, who will take your life at any moment.Your only goal -- survive.

Price 13.35€
Rating 6.6
Release 25 Sep 2018

Timespinner

Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.

Price 19.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 25 Sep 2018

Creed: Rise to Glory™

You are Adonis Creed, fighting toe-to-toe with the world’s top opponents to establish your boxing legacy. This intense cinematic experience features new Phantom Melee Technology for impactful VR melee combat so you can train, fight, and win like Creed.

Price -85% 3.74€
Rating 7.3
Release 25 Sep 2018

Deity Empires

Deity Empires is a 4X, turn-based strategy game with a powerful “just one more turn” feel! Enter an intricate fantasy world as one of many deities posed to become ruler of the world.

Price 20.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 25 Sep 2018

Zeal

Zeal is a 3rd person Action RPG focusing on customizable character builds and competitive PvP/PvE without grinding.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.7
Release 24 Sep 2018

Pleasure Puzzle:Portrait 趣拼拼:肖像画

Elaborate jigsaw puzzle: 100 beautiful pictures, 100 custom difficulty, 100 game achievements.

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 24 Sep 2018

Orion Sandbox Enhanced

This is a 2D crafting survival sandbox game. You will be able to explore a huge 2D side-view world, building houses, crafting tools, weapons and armour from the resources you collect. There is a day/night cycle and each night many dangerous monsters can be found and defeated.

Price 1.59€
Rating 8.8
Release 21 Sep 2018

Dream Car Builder

Design your car from scratch: from the frame to the suspension and race it!

Price 8.19€
Rating 8.8
Release 21 Sep 2018

Jet Island

Slide anywhere on your hoverboard at extreme speeds! Explore the massive open world of Jet Island! Learn to skate on any surface, swing from tall buildings, fly in ways you never knew were possible! Defeat the 4 giant boss fights! Get ready to experience complete freedom in VR!

Price 19.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 21 Sep 2018

My Brother Rabbit

My Brother Rabbit is a beautifully drawn exploration adventure and puzzle game set in a surreal world that mixes reality with a child’s imagination.

Price 14.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 21 Sep 2018

Final Theory

Final Theory is a 4X-lite turn-based strategy game where you command fleets of battleships engaged in a galactic civil war. It presents an exciting experience for both veteran players and those new to the genre. It features innovative combat mechanics but also hearkens back to some of the classics.

Price -70% 4.49€
Rating 7.5
Release 21 Sep 2018

太吾绘卷 The Scroll Of Taiwu

"The Scroll of Taiwu" is an indie game themed around Chinese mythology and wuxia. Players assume the role of the mysterious "heir of the Taiwu clan" in an alternate ancient China, working through generations of heirs to defeat a powerful hereditary enemy and shape the fate of the human world.

Price 16.79€
Rating 6.9
Release 20 Sep 2018

CrossCode

A retro-inspired 2D Action RPG set in the distant future. CrossCode combines 16-bit SNES-style graphics with butter-smooth physics, a fast-paced combat system, and engaging puzzle mechanics, served with a gripping sci-fi story.

Price 19.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 20 Sep 2018

Pummel Party

Pummel Party is a 4-8 player online and local-multiplayer party game. Pummel friends or AI using a wide array of absurd items in the board mode and compete to destroy friendships in the unique collection of minigames.

Price 14.79€
Rating 8.7
Release 20 Sep 2018

The Slater

Get ready to kill drug dealers, crime bosses and anyone who stands in your way as you seek revenge for your father’s murder. The Slater is a story-driven first-person stealth-action-puzzle game that puts you in the shoes of a former cop Mark Slater.

Price -63% 3.56€
Rating 7.1
Release 20 Sep 2018

Cube Escape: Paradox

The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.4
Release 20 Sep 2018

God Awe-full Clicker

God Awe-Full Clicker is an Endless Dungeon Clicker/Idle game full of Greek Mythology and Epic Battles with RPG style aspects.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.2
Release 19 Sep 2018

Underhero

Underhero is an RPG-platformer where the chosen hero has failed, and an underling of the evil king takes his place as the new hero. Use timing-based combat to defeat enemies as you venture across the land, face off against quirky bosses, and save the kingdom from your own evil boss, Mr Stitches!

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 19 Sep 2018

Maximum Action

MAXIMUM Action is a brutal and satisfying physics-based first person shooter influenced by Hong Kong cinema, heroic slow motion bloodshed, and old-school FPS ACTION.

Price 19.50€
Rating 8.7
Release 19 Sep 2018

Sniper 3D Assassin: Free to Play

Sniper 3D Assassin® in 7 words: great gameplay, awesome visuals and entertaining missions.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.3
Release 19 Sep 2018

Distance

Distance is an atmospheric racing platformer. Fusing futuristic arcade racing with parkour, survive a deadly, mysterious, neon-drenched city by jumping, rotating, and flying.

Price 20.99€
Rating 9.0
Release 18 Sep 2018

Transference™

Imagine an escape room set in a deranged mind. Experience a first-person exploration game in a chilling new dimension. Shift between three perspectives of a family and unravel the mystery hiding in this mind-bending psychological thriller.

Price 24.99€
Rating 6.7
Release 18 Sep 2018

Verlet Swing

Verlet Swing brings you energetic swinging in a world that would be best described as a fever dream. Swing fast, don't crash and reach the goal as fast as possible!

Price 12.49€
Rating 8.3
Release 18 Sep 2018

Glare1more

Glare is a word entry type of game. Aim to clear it by inputting words or phrases found during conversation.. Glare 1more is a remake of the free game, Glare 1, and includes a bonus scenario. If you enter the correct words and phrase during Glare’s conversation the story will advance.

Price 7.79€
Rating 7.9
Release 14 Sep 2018

Victory At Sea Pacific

Victory at Sea Pacific is the exciting game of naval RTS combat set during World War II. Bringing an epic approach to real time strategy war gaming, search and destroy enemy fleets across an open world sandbox in a desperate attempt to change the course of history.

Price 33.99€
Rating 6.0
Release 14 Sep 2018

七人杀阵 - Seven Sacrifices

Seven girls came to a mountain villa on the outskirts to attend a party. Suddenly they were struck by a storm. They were trapped and lost contact with the outside world.Everyone was caught unawares by the accident, but the conspiracy has just begun.

Price 6.89€
Rating 7.7
Release 14 Sep 2018

Old School Musical

What has 50 amazing chiptune tracks, a loony story mode, 32 different chicken types to fight, and takes you on a tour of all your favorite retro games? It's Old School Musical! Tib and Rob are the heroes of a wacky adventure that will teach them where all of the bugs in our favorite games come from.

Price 12.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 13 Sep 2018

Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing

Liftoff® is a drone simulator that translates the rush of first-person view drone flight to the digital world. Join the biggest community for virtual FPV racing and freestyle!

Price 19.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 13 Sep 2018

Megaquarium

The public aquarium simulator. Design your displays, look after your fish, manage your staff and keep your guests happy! It's all in a day's work as the curator of your very own Megaquarium.

Price 24.50€
Rating 9.1
Release 13 Sep 2018

Lamplight City

A steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight! Can you help private investigator Miles Fordham find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart?

Price -40% 8.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 13 Sep 2018

Boundless

Shape your citizen, forge your destiny and sculpt your world in this epic voxel sandbox MMO built on endless possibility.

Price -76% 4.66€
Rating 6.8
Release 11 Sep 2018

Zup! Zero 2

Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 11 Sep 2018

fpsVR

Utility for SteamVR for keeping track of FPS, frame time and other performance metrics in the in-game overlay. Easily change SteamVR settings in the fpsVR settings overlay in the SteamVR dashboard. Headset cable twist tracking and other useful features.

Price 3.99€
Rating 9.3
Release 11 Sep 2018

Door Kickers: Action Squad

Rescue hostages, disarm bombs and save the day in this old school, side-scroller action game with retro graphics and retro sensibilities. Online and Couch Coop Included.

Price 11.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 10 Sep 2018

Endless Road: Reborn

Endless Road: Reborn is a roguelike card game published by Sula Box Games where players use a variety of equipment & skills to defeat vile creatures lurking along a treacherous, endless road. Players will also be faced with choices that will test their decision-making abilities and survival skills.

Price 8.69€
Rating 7.2
Release 10 Sep 2018

Touhou Big Big Battle

just a touhou rts game

Price Free to play
Rating 7.8
Release 10 Sep 2018

Akane

2121 A.D, with no escape options, Akane prepares for her final battle in the rain-soaked neon streets of Mega-Tokyo. Akane is an arena arcade slasher. Take out as many yakuza as possible, slashing and shooting in a one-hit-one-kill fight to the death.

Price 3.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 10 Sep 2018

Immortal: Unchained

Unleashed and unforgiving. Can you rise to the challenge? Immortal: Unchained is the latest addition to the genre of ultra-hardcore action RPGs. Take the role of a living weapon, unleashed to stop the source of a cataclysmic event threatening to end all worlds.

Price 8.99€
Rating 6.5
Release 07 Sep 2018

Virtual Virtual Reality

A game about VR, AI, and our collective sci-fi fever dreams. In a future where AI has transformed society, can humans still find purpose? Find out with Activitude, a service that lets humans aid AI clients in increasingly curious ways.

Price 12.49€
Rating 8.6
Release 07 Sep 2018

Love's Sweet Garnish

Amidst the falling cherry blossoms, Asaki wishes to revitalize his grandmother's beloved cafe. With the appearance of Rira and Richer, two girls who wish to work at the cafe, this is the start of a bittersweet story that will intertwine them all.

Price 12.79€
Rating 8.8
Release 07 Sep 2018

360 No Scope Arena

360 No Scope Arena is an online multiplayer shooter with a twist: you have to spin around before you can shoot your gun. Every kill is a "360 No Scope" in this arena. Every shot is a trick shot. This game rewards pure aiming skill above all else.

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 06 Sep 2018

Paratopic

Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.

Price -30% 3.84€
Rating 7.2
Release 06 Sep 2018