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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We Happy Few

From the independent studio that brought you Contrast, We Happy Few is an action/adventure game set in a drug-fuelled, retrofuturistic city in an alternative 1960s England. Hide, fight and conform your way out of this delusional, Joy-obsessed world.

Price 59.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 10 Aug 2018

Lingering Fragrance

We walk together, play together, and do everything together. This is our last trip, our last memory. It is a short visual novel contains three story lines, after main story the other two will be unlocked. Which one is your side of story?

Price 3.29€
Rating 8.6
Release 10 Aug 2018

Squad 44

Team up and join the frontline in Squad 44, the most authentic tactical WW2 shooter. Experience ruthless realism with an immense arsenal of faithfully recreated weapons and vehicles across massive WW2 battlefields.

Price 28.00€
Rating 7.4
Release 09 Aug 2018

妄想症:Deliver Me

Based on the best seller 妄想症Paranoia, the story about Lingluo's college life will bring you to a world unknown. She pursues her music dream without knowing her life is about to be turned upside down. Losing her best friend and her confidence, she plunges into the depth of despair. What will she do?

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 09 Aug 2018

Unavowed

A demon has possessed you and used your body to tear a swath of bloodshed through New York. You are now free, but life as you knew it is over. Your only path forward is joining the Unavowed - an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil. No matter what the cost.

Price 14.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 08 Aug 2018

Zero G Arena

Zero G Arena is an arena shooter with zero gravity, ragdoll physics, grappling beams and magnet boots

Price 8.19€
Rating 8.4
Release 08 Aug 2018

Circle Empires

Circle Empires is a fresh take on the RTS genre, featuring a fast-paced approach to conquering the world.

Price -79% 1.86€
Rating 8.6
Release 08 Aug 2018

Electronauts - VR Music

Immerse yourself in an interactive sonic environment where you build, drop, and jam with your friends and top artists. Remix over 80 tracks and express yourself like never before. Electronauts sets the stage for you to DJ, perform, and make music magic in virtual reality.

Price 16.79€
Rating 8.5
Release 07 Aug 2018

Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass

One day, Jimmy looked inside.

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 07 Aug 2018

Overcooked! 2

Overcooked returns with a brand-new helping of chaotic cooking action! Journey back to the Onion Kingdom and assemble your team of chefs in classic couch co-op or online play for up to four players. Hold onto your aprons… it’s time to save the world again!

Price -83% 3.94€
Rating 8.9
Release 07 Aug 2018

Dead Cells

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.

Price -73% 6.71€
Rating 9.6
Release 06 Aug 2018

Return.

Take the lost soul to its home.

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 03 Aug 2018

PUSS!

Insane, absurd and intense avoid-'em up game about a cat!

Price 8.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 02 Aug 2018

东方试闻广纪 ~ Perfect Memento of Touhou Question

You will face Hundreds of Touhou rumours of it's origin setting, Some of them are right, Others are totally lies. Do your best to judge them as Right or Wrong.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.9
Release 02 Aug 2018

Regular Human Basketball

Ready to play some ball? Grab a team, suit up, and climb inside your human! Prep its thrusters, lower the all-terrain wheels, and spin up that flailing magnet-arm. It's time to play Regular Human Basketball!

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 01 Aug 2018

Learn Japanese To Survive! Kanji Combat

Learn Japanese kanji in this interactive role-playing game! No experience needed – start reading and writing in Japanese!

Price 7.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 01 Aug 2018

This Is the Police 2

Interpret the law as you see fit! Run the sheriff’s department, manage your cops, make tough decisions – and try to keep out of prison yourself – in this story-driven mixture of adventure, strategy, and turn-based tactical combat.

Price -88% 1.87€
Rating 7.4
Release 31 Jul 2018

Chasm

Explore the depths below a remote mountain town in this procedurally-generated Adventure Platformer. Taking inspiration from hack 'n slash dungeon crawlers and Metroidvania-style platformers, Chasm will immerse you in a fantasy world full of exciting treasure, deadly enemies, and abundant secrets.

Price 16.79€
Rating 7.1
Release 30 Jul 2018

Space Between Worlds

Did you ever pay attention to the importance of space? Space Between Worlds is a short puzzle game that expresses the concept of proximity and lets the player interpret the context and arc of the story.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 30 Jul 2018

La-Mulana 2

The long-awaited sequel to La-Mulana, La-Mulana 2 follows Lumisa Kosugi as she explores the ancient ruins of La-Mulana. Desperate to find the cause of the recent slew of monsters appearing from the ruins, Lumisa discovers the "other" La-Mulana: the ruins known as Eg-Lana.

Price 20.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 30 Jul 2018

Hotel Remorse

Wander long creepy corridors in search for answers in this short and jumpscare filled game.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.3
Release 27 Jul 2018

Flowers -Le volume sur ete-

Summer has arrived early to Saint Angraecum Academy, and with it comes change. Follow the story of Erika in the second game in the Flowers series.

Price 16.79€
Rating 9.3
Release 26 Jul 2018

Shaolin vs Wutang

Shaolin vs Wutang is a INDIE love letter to Martial Arts and classic Kung Fu films. Made for casual game fans not intended for Hardcore Fighting Game players.

Price 11.59€
Rating 8.7
Release 26 Jul 2018

The Banner Saga 3

Banner Saga 3 is the epic conclusion to a sweeping viking saga six years in the making. This strategic RPG, acclaimed for its strong story and compelling characters has won over 20 awards and been nominated for 4 BAFTA awards.

Price 24.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 26 Jul 2018

NEKOPARA Extra

About half a year before the opening of the patisserie, La Soleil where the catgirls work with Kashou. Back when Chocola and Vanilla were still kittens when they first arrived at the Minaduki household and before they opened up to the other catgirls.

Price 4.99€
Rating 9.3
Release 26 Jul 2018

Heaven Will Be Mine

HEAVEN WILL BE MINE is a visual novel about making terrible life decisions in the midst of a hot-blooded battle between giant robots. Select one of three terribly behaved girls to fight and/or make out with each other in their struggle for the fate of space.

Price 12.49€
Rating 8.7
Release 25 Jul 2018

Stonehearth

Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.

Price 16.79€
Rating 7.4
Release 25 Jul 2018

War Tech Fighters

War Tech Fighters - the space action game that combines the spectacular action of Japanese Anime with Hollywood Blockbusters. Configure, upgrade and customize your War Tech and dive into battle to fight back the Zatronian forces and save your galaxy!

Price -87% 2.52€
Rating 7.3
Release 25 Jul 2018

Enlightenment

In Enlightenment, you play in a roguelike action-shooter with a fast-paced challenging journey deep into a underground complex called "the Ark". Players will be tested by large varieties of enemies in a procedurally-generated dungeon, and become stronger by learning from the inevitable deaths.

Price 11.99€
Rating 6.1
Release 24 Jul 2018

Semblance

Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and turns it on its head.

Price -89% 1.10€
Rating 8.0
Release 24 Jul 2018

FROSTBITE: Deadly Climate

Survive the arctic research base simply known as Base 75, or die from the freezing cold or by the horrors that lurk within the halls?

Price Free to play
Rating 8.1
Release 22 Jul 2018

Music Racer

Music Racer is a musical arcade game, where you get to race at full speed while dodging obstacles to the rhythm of the music.

Price 1.59€
Rating 8.5
Release 20 Jul 2018

Guts and Glory

A game about father and son riding their bicycle through obstacle courses of death, and other fun family experiences. Created by HakJak

Price -80% 2.95€
Rating 7.7
Release 19 Jul 2018

Treasure Hunter Claire

Treasure Hunter Claire is the story of the titular protagonist, Claire, and her adventure through the fabled land of Alstroemeria. What treasures and riches await her as she navigates the world?

Price -75% 4.19€
Rating 8.6
Release 19 Jul 2018

The Miskatonic

Explore the most prestigious occult school in North America, The Miskatonic University, in a hilarious dark comedy set after the Lovecraft canon, in which the greatest threat to mankind is its own ambitions.

Price 0.79€
Rating 7.3
Release 19 Jul 2018

Racket: Nx

Racquetball meets Breakout inside a giant pinball machine! Racket: Nx is a new kind of game that challenges the limits of what you can do with a racket and ball in VR.

Price 17.49€
Rating 8.9
Release 17 Jul 2018

GNOG

GNOG is a tactile 3D puzzle game about exploring whimsical monster heads and the secret worlds inside them. Filled with eye-catching designs, lively interactions, and a rich, reactive soundtrack, the hand-crafted heads come to life as you grab, poke, spin, pull, and play with each charming contraption.

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.7
Release 17 Jul 2018

MOTHERGUNSHIP

MOTHERGUNSHIP is a bullet-hell FPS where you craft your own guns, fight gigantic bosses, and defeat a robotic alien armada that conquered Earth. Face off against overwhelming odds in brutal, non-stop combats where thinking on your feet is the only way to survive.

Price 24.99€
Rating 7.3
Release 17 Jul 2018

Don't Bite Me Bro! +

Don't Bite Me Bro! is a 1-4 Player Couch Co-op open-world zombie apocalypse game. Explore the world for resources, find and save survivors throughout the world, each which become playable characters with unique traits and abilities.

Price 0.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 16 Jul 2018

Lynne

Lynne is a short story about the scariest thing in the world: being a teenager.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.6
Release 13 Jul 2018

UnHolY DisAsTeR

The novice priestess who serves "the Spirit of Aqua”, Clementine fights against so-called demons with the spirit's blessings in this exploration based side-scrolling action game!

Price 10.79€
Rating 7.4
Release 13 Jul 2018

The Vagrant

Guide Vivian the Vagrant, through vibrant and dynamic landscapes while hacking and slashing a path from a quiet coastal village through mysterious forests, haunted castles, and wrecked battlegrounds. When the endless barrage of enemies have been vanquished, what solace will be left for our hero?

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 13 Jul 2018

RUSSIA BATTLEGROUNDS

RUSSIA BATTLEGROUNDS - is a online Battle Royale shooter in which players fight for their homeland. Only your fierce anger and cruelty will help you survive in this bloodbath.

Price 0.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 13 Jul 2018

Escape From Tethys

You're trapped, alone and cold on a distant planet. Pursued by a droid with only one purpose: killing everything. You must find an escape. Explore the hostile environment, find secret upgrades and new weapons, and finally make your escape from this dark, hostile planet...

Price 3.99€
Rating 6.6
Release 12 Jul 2018

Seeking Dawn

Welcome to Seeking Dawn, a multiplayer survival VR adventure that takes you far beyond the solar system. Step into the shoes of a soldier discovering a hostile planet, where predators roam free and enemies are ruthless.

Price 24.99€
Rating 6.6
Release 12 Jul 2018

The Spiral Scouts

Join Remae, the newest member of the Spiral Scouts, on her slap-tastic puzzle solving adventure through a world of crazy characters and redonkulous realms. Experience a fartwarming tale of personal growth, self discovery, poop, wieners and butts.

Price -73% 2.20€
Rating 7.6
Release 12 Jul 2018

Golf Galore

Golf Galore is an online multiplayer Mini Golf game with crazy mechanics. You can teleport with portals, dodge saw blades, shoot out of cannons, and much more.

Price -24% 0.60€
Rating 7.6
Release 12 Jul 2018

Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity

The world of Touhou comes alive in this beautiful action RPG (featuring “bullet hell” elements, of course!). Infamous vampire Remilia Scarlet and her dutiful maid, Sakuya, set off to chase rumors of a massive monster, all while sending baddies flying with fluid action and signature skills!

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 11 Jul 2018