Indie Hidden Gems on Steam
Unlike generic lists, our game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated indie games.
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Roots Devour
Extend your roots, imbibe fresh blood, and expand without end. Roots Devour is a strategic exploration game centered around a card-connecting mechanism. Drive your frenzied roots through swamps and over frozen mountains, invading human cities until the darkness... descends.
Tennis Elbow 4
Created by and for tennis fans, Tennis Elbow 4 is the sequel of TE2013, and offers a tennis simulation with an easy and intuitive learning curve, but with exceptional gameplay depth.
Microcivilization
Incremental clicker strategy, where you expand, construct, research, fight, collect heroes and make choices between good and evil. Ascend through difficulty tiers by playing through challenge campaign going back and forth through history. Mammoths included.
Halcyon Days at Taoyuan
Welcome to Taoyuan Village to heal your loneliness. Here, you can lead a carefree, self-sufficient life: farm, tame animals, raise livestock, fish, and build a prosperous homestead. Or, immerse in village life, meet kindred spirits, find love, and influence their destinies with your choices.
Feather Party
Welcome to the fantastic party on the adorable planet of chicks! Feather Party is a multiplayer party game for up to 8 players. Engage in a diverse array of fun mini-games with friends or against rivals to be the winner of this party! Enjoy the exciting Board Game Mode.🐣
Geometry Arena 2
Geometry Arena 2 distills RPG depth and Roguelite elements into a unique loop of [ Meta-Progression + Endless Challenges ]. Mix and match Weapons, Bodies, Modules, and Pets to craft your game-breaking builds! Minimalist lines, vibrant colors!
Big Hops
Tongue-swing, free climb, and build your own path forward in a new kind of 3D platformer! Plant veggie bounce pads, tightropes, hookshots, and much more. Find a way home through huge Desert, Ocean, and Mountain worlds and collect bugs, upgrade your backpack, and meet animal friends along the way.
Cozy Caravan
Grab your backpack and climb on in, it’s time to hit the road! Head out on a gentle journey in your reliable old caravan, crafting hearty meals, running market stalls and sharing goodies with local townsfolk. Spread kindness, share, and help prepare for the annual Whizz Bang Fair!
Army Troop
Army Troop is an old-school PvP World War 2 online first-person shooter. Reminding you of the good old days World War games.
Drifter Star: Evolution
From stardust to cosmic sovereign! In this unique space game, evolve by devouring everything. Grow from a tiny rock into a massive galaxy. Each swallow brings growth, each evolution brings victory. Unlock the universe's ultimate secrets!
Mamon King
"Mamon King" is a monster-raising simulation where you aim to become the King. Battles feature simple turn-based command combat, yet each monster possesses unique skills. Combined with the SP required to activate these skills, this creates intense strategic gameplay that anyone can easily enjoy.
Dunjungle
A 2d action-packed roguelite about a monkey hero protecting the jungle from the rise of a corruptive power. Explore ever-changing dungeons, fight weird enemies and gear up with lots of weapons and relics you can combine for a new experience every run. Explore, fight, die, and repeat!
Angeline Era
Explore a secret-filled land in this 3D Action-Adventure, where every level is hidden in plain sight! Travel and fight through a vast, unmarked overworld. The next surprise is only a single search away!
Nine-Ball Roulette
This will be the most thrilling pool game you have ever played. Join up to 3 of your friends in this exciting pool roulette game! Eliminate each other with pool until only one person is left.
CivIdle
CivIdle is an idle/incremental game that allows you to lead your own civilization through thousands of years from ancient times to the modern era. Expand your territory, explore a vast tech tree, build various wonders, and trade with global players: empire must grow and numbers must go up!
Transience
Become an Accountant - a hired mercenary who keeps the books balanced by any means necessary. This time though, you are the intended target. Take a journey through New Houston in the year 2056 and follow one man's tale of revenge as he escapes Transience.
Toy Smash Kaboom!
Toy mayhem unleashed! Arrange, combine, and craft the wildest toy army inside your desk, then crash into chaotic cartoon brawls across the tabletop!
Wild Growth
Wild Growth is a short, actionpacked incremental healer game set in a grim norse world.
Winds of Valen
Winds of Valen is a free fantasy sandbox MMORPG. Experience old-school progression where every level, skill, and drop is earned through effort. Train your combat, mining, and smithing skills, and hunt for rare and unique items in a seamless open world filled with danger and discovery.
How I Flex with AI
Guys, who gets it?! This is basically a mashup of The AI Show-Off Counterattack Guide for Socially Anxious Otakus and a Goofy Campus Sweet Romance Drama — I laughed so hard my abs cramped up!
Knights College 2
KnightsCollege 2 is a kemono visual novel set in the Knight College, where elite knight candidates live. In this game, every choice is presented as a card, and the protagonist lives in the dormitory while collecting cards.
Smack Talk
Say your moves out loud, trash-talk your friends, and fight to win. Smack Talk is a 1–4 player online PvP platform fighter where your voice controls your attacks. Call moves, land one-liners, and finish foes with wild ultimates.
FrostBound
FrostBound is a roguelike deck-building tower defense set in an endless winter. Build your base, master 500+ cards, and withstand relentless waves to end the eternal frost.
The Use of Life
The Use of Life is a multi-ending adventure book style JRPG. The main character’s various attachments change in accordance with the choices the player makes, and the ending changes depending on “the use of life” you choose through your journey.
Alice's World
Alice's World is a story-driven 2D adventure puzzle game. Amidst desolate ruins and deserted cities in a world filled with death, the young girl Alice hears "your" voice from in front of the screen. You must guide her forward, solve the mysteries, and reach the top of the tower.
Abandoned Archive
Abandoned Archive is a fantasy, spell-casting, rogue-like, featuring a wide variety of relics, a unique spell-upgrading system, with compelling and engaging bosses. Each floor is filled with items and mysteries for the player to uncover; what will you discover in the Abandoned Archive?
Maktala: Slime Lootfest
An incremental game where you kill hordes of slimes and use their loot to become stronger and farm them. Collect powerful loot, master skills, and uncover tons of content.
SIDE EFFECTS
A twisted trial of pill roulette for up to 4 players (solo or online). Pick your poison. Use experimental items to shift the odds. And remember: only one of you can survive.
Marisa!ReturnTheBook!
Gensoukyo is a 2D top-down game set up for the stage. In the peaceful and tranquil Gensoukyo, a little girl with yellow hair who likes to borrow books everywhere has aroused Alice's anger. Therefore, she calls on everyone in Gensoukyo to gather in front of Marisa's house for a battle!!!!
Military Incremental Complex
Make weapons, make money. An active incremental game where you amass as much money as you can by starting a Military Industrial Complex company. Produce multiple different weapons, research upgrades, manipulate the stock market, and lobby the government for favors.
Roboquest VR
The future is in flames, overrun by ruthless machines—but you’re built to fight back. Roboquest VR is a lightning-fast roguelite FPS where speed, firepower, and reflexes are your best weapons. Adapt, survive, and reboot the future!
Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit
Pick up your magnifying glass as writer-turned-detective Penelope Pendrick in this first-person point and click mystery adventure! Three people have suddenly vanished from the sleepy town of Carlisle. Follow the clues, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles to end this case - before it ends you.