Best Indie games on PC
Games associated with independent developers or publishers span many styles, including survival crafting, sandbox play, simulation, action, and platforming.
- Wide range of gameplay styles
Related: Multiplayer, Open World, Survival, Open World Survival Craft
4,333 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Casual tower defense with weaponized plants and varied zombie waves
98% positive
156K reviews
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
Physics-based strategy sandbox where wobbly armies fight unpredictable battles
98% positive
154K reviews
Hell Let Loose
Tactical World War II shooter built around large team battles
82% positive
150K reviews
Celeste
Difficult 2D precision platformer about climbing a mountain and persevering
97% positive
148K reviews
Kerbal Space Program
Physics-based spaceflight sandbox for building and piloting homemade spacecraft
96% positive
147K reviews
BattleBit Remastered
Large-scale military FPS with destructible maps and vehicular combat
81% positive
146K reviews
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Hand-painted Metroidvania platforming through a wounded fantasy world
96% positive
146K reviews
Black Mesa
Sci-fi first-person shooter reimagining Half-Life with expanded alien-world levels
95% positive
145K reviews
Oxygen Not Included
Space colony simulation built around survival and interconnected resource systems
97% positive
144K reviews
Poppy Playtime
First-person horror puzzle adventure inside an abandoned toy factory
88% positive
Free
Castle Crashers®
Side-scrolling 2D beat 'em up with four-player cooperative chaos
96% positive
141K reviews
ASTRONEER
Open-world space sandbox about reshaping planets and building bases
92% positive
139K reviews
Outlast
First-person survival horror where you can only run and hide
96% positive
139K reviews
Stumble Guys
Free-to-play party battle royale with chaotic obstacle-course races
85% positive
Free
POSTAL 2
Open-world first-person action mixing mundane errands with violent dark comedy
97% positive
138K reviews
Teardown
First-person heist sandbox built around physics-driven voxel destruction
96% positive
136K reviews
Insurgency: Sandstorm
Tactical first-person shooter with lethal combat and squad-based objectives
85% positive
133K reviews
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
Choice-driven detective RPG built around dialogue and political intrigue
93% positive
131K reviews
Cult of the Lamb
Action roguelite and colony sim about building a woodland cult
96% positive
130K reviews
Hotline Miami
Fast-paced top-down action with lethal combat and rapid retries
97% positive
128K reviews
Helltaker
Short 2D puzzle game about courting demon girls in hell
98% positive
Free
Buckshot Roulette
Dark first-person shotgun roulette with items that manipulate the odds
95% positive
126K reviews
Stick Fight: The Game
Physics-based stick-figure fighter with weapons and interactive arenas
93% positive
125K reviews
Insurgency
Tactical first-person shooter built around lethal, objective-based team combat
92% positive
125K reviews