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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Idle Cave Miner Idle Cave Miner is an idle game about crafting items, mining gems, and building your team of miners. Prestige, craft, and travel to other mines to increase your strength to dig deeper, and find what lurks below.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.7
Release 07 Dec 2023
The Last Soldier of the Ming Dynasty The Japanese pirates have terrorized the Ming Dynasty for generations. You've devoted your life as a soldier to fighting them.And now you are in their turf, alone with your sword; the last soldier in pirate's land in this 3D-action game inspired by traditional Chinese ink painting landscapes.

Price -88% 1.90€
Rating 7.6
Release 06 Dec 2023
Hollow Cocoon "Trapped in a cocoon, the silkworm weaves her final dream." Hollow Cocoon is a first-person horror adventure game set in 1980s Japan. Immerse yourself in meticulously recreated environments as you venture into the depths of unspeakable horrors that await you.

Price 14.79€
Rating 8.7
Release 06 Dec 2023
A Highland Song Moira McKinnon is running away. A wild adventure through the Scottish Highlands, with open platforming and dynamic storytelling, maps and music. From the creators of Heaven's Vault and 80 Days.

Price -83% 2.73€
Rating 8.4
Release 05 Dec 2023
Card Hog Card Hog is a pig-based dungeon crawler with roguelike and deck building elements. Take the role of an adventurous hog and interact with more than 100 cards of dangerous enemies, powerful weapons and exciting spells!

Price -79% 1.26€
Rating 8.8
Release 04 Dec 2023
Graveyard Shift Guarding the graveyard shift is often considered one of the most terrifying jobs globally, but night guarding at Whispering Winds Cemetery surpasses any other cemetery in horror! Being Night Security in this place will turn into a nightmare for you that you may never forget.

Price 6.89€
Rating 7.1
Release 02 Dec 2023
Furi Demake - The Chain Fight your way free in this 8-bit-inspired version of Furi's first boss fight against The Chain. Frantic action, nervous controls, a blend of shoot and sword fight reimagined in 90s style. Only 1 boss fight! A gift to Furi’s fans.

Price 2.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 30 Nov 2023
SKIBIDI: ESCAPE FROM TOILETS! "SKIBIDI: ESCAPE FROM TOILETS" is a cooperative horror game for 1-4 players. TV MANs are trying to get through creepy and atmospheric locations that are filled with dangerous SKIBIDI - they want to kill you! Free content updates with new levels and game modes - YES YES YES!

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.1
Release 30 Nov 2023
‎My Suika – Kyo’s Fruit Merge A fun watermelon merge puzzle game! Combine various matching fruits to help Kyo gather watermelons in four different game modes!

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 29 Nov 2023
The Last Train In the barren wasteland on the brink of extinction, the last Train departs, supposedly carrying its passengers in search of a place where they can survive. A creature named Eilf boards the Train, determined to travel to Spring - the station that has been said to have vanished.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 29 Nov 2023

Price Free to play
Rating 7.6
Release 27 Nov 2023
Sand:box "Falling sand" style particle sandbox, now with circuits and stickmen!

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 24 Nov 2023
Knuckle Sandwich Knuckle Sandwich is a turn-based RPG by Andy Brophy. Get a job, beat up some monsters, and solve a mystery that's plaguing Bright City.

Price 19.50€
Rating 8.0
Release 22 Nov 2023
Valfaris: Mecha Therion Therion returns as the hunt for Lord Vroll continues. Pilot an advanced machine of death and destruction in this explosive 2.5D side-scrolling shoot ‘em up, and sequel to the critically acclaimed Valfaris. Strap in and unleash mecha hell!

Price -97% 0.82€
Rating 8.5
Release 21 Nov 2023
Click To Eleven Click button, get number, number good, win game when number is eleven

Price 1.99€
Rating 6.9
Release 21 Nov 2023
Anode Heart A semi-open world, monster tamer RPG, set in a digital, futuristic environment, with fast-paced combat, a card minigame and focus on exploration.

Price 17.49€
Rating 8.4
Release 17 Nov 2023
Milthm Rhythm in rains. Realization in dreams. "All the words, belong to a melody of rain. Resonating within ripples, dreams of human remain. Wading through unknown dreams, our understanding shall be gained..."

Price Free to play
Rating 8.7
Release 16 Nov 2023
Universe For Sale A space station nestled in the clouds of Jupiter. A bizarre bazaar where a young, worried woman crafts entire universes in the palm of her hand. A mysterious cultist who's stripped the flesh from his bones in order to reach enlightenment. Here, there's a universe for sale. You buying?

Price -99% 0.28€
Rating 7.6
Release 16 Nov 2023
Death Roads: Tournament Combine deadly racing, deckbuilding, and roguelite style to get car battles unlike anything before! Choose a driver, car, weapons, and sponsors to overcome tactical encounters. Adapt to an ever-changing race to come out on top and earn entry into the last safe haven on the Divided States of America.

Price -96% 0.64€
Rating 7.8
Release 15 Nov 2023
Super Woden GP 2 Super Woden GP 2 is a love letter to the world of motor sports, offering a unique experience. Arcade-style isometric racing meets unrivaled campaign depth and a huge variety of vehicles to buy, sell and unlock.

Price 12.95€
Rating 8.4
Release 10 Nov 2023
GearBlocks Explore a world of creative building, interactive machines, and gears - lots of gears. Build all things mechanical: cars, trucks, cranes, tanks, gearboxes, engines, clocks, anything you can think of. Test your creations to destruction in challenging scenarios, and share them in the workshop!

Price 14.79€
Rating 8.4
Release 09 Nov 2023
Terracards Farm, sell, learn, repeat. Terracards is a tactical roguelike-deckbuilder where you manage your own farm, You'll utilize animals, crops, and structures through cards, transforming them into valuable resources and wealth with each turn. But beware - deplete your funds, and it's game over.

Price 8.79€
Rating 8.1
Release 07 Nov 2023
Survivors of the Dawn A roguelite horde-survival bullet heaven with QUINTILLIONS of bullets over QUINTILLIONS of hordes. Mix weapons with items, modify, control chaos at terminals and break through tightening waves.

Price -78% 1.72€
Rating 7.3
Release 06 Nov 2023
The Elephant Collection Say helloaphant to jmtb02’s classic series of elephant games–now remastered into one elephant-sized package!

Price -82% 2.67€
Rating 8.9
Release 06 Nov 2023
Cards and Castles 2 Collectible cards spring to life in this wacky Tactical CCG. Assemble a deck to challenge your friends and rivals, and engage in glorious CARD BATTLES! Will you choose fearsome dragons, or the deadly squirrels?

Price Free to play
Rating 7.5
Release 05 Nov 2023
Little Green Girl One day the protagonist meets an alien girl and the story turns...

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 02 Nov 2023
Alien Hominid HD The 2D side-scrolling shooter from The Behemoth is back! With your mighty blaster and a group of mysterious kids by your side, destroy the agency and reclaim your spaceship!

Price 11.79€
Rating 8.9
Release 01 Nov 2023
[Chilla's Art] The Kidnap | 誘拐事件 The Kidnap | 誘拐事件 is a Japanese horror game about a kidnapping incident.

Price 9.75€
Rating 7.8
Release 31 Oct 2023
They Are Coming They Are Coming is a hybrid game that combines roguelike, tower defense, and base building in a side-scrolling shooter format. It offers a straightforward gaming experience for pure enjoyment.

Price -86% 0.42€
Rating 8.4
Release 30 Oct 2023
Buried You wake up buried alive. You are running out of oxygen and you can't remember how you got here. There must be a way out, can you figure it out in time?

Price -50% 0.99€
Rating 7.3
Release 30 Oct 2023
Drift.Wav Drift.Wav is a casual drifting game with a synthwave inspired aesthetic. This game is not meant to replicate / simulate actual drift mechanics, but more serve as a fun & relaxing game where you can slide in a synthwave inspired world. See if you can drift your way to the top of the leaderboard!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.6
Release 27 Oct 2023
Paleon Your time machine is broken. And it looks like you are stuck in the past. Try to create your own civilization and return home!

Price -90% 0.90€
Rating 7.7
Release 27 Oct 2023
Sands of Aura Sands of Aura is an open-world action adventure with a fantasy setting of a realm in its twilight--a world buried beneath a sea of sand. Sail across the sandseas to return life to a dying world in an unforgettable experience that is equal parts engaging story and unrelenting, souls-like combat.

Price -97% 0.78€
Rating 7.3
Release 27 Oct 2023
Wizardry: The Five Ordeals Welcome to the world of dungeon crawling! The classic dungeon crawler released back in 2006, returns to Steam with improved UI and more.

Price -73% 10.78€
Rating 8.0
Release 26 Oct 2023
Scene Investigators Scene Investigators is a hardcore deductive reasoning game for fans of the "true crime" genre. Step into re-created crime scenes, observe closely for pieces of evidence, analyze possible motives behind the crimes, and uncover what truly happened.

Price 22.99€
Rating 7.3
Release 24 Oct 2023
Black Lily's Tale Perhaps it was the curse of a black lily that bloomed too early in the winter...Before graduation, a girl falls in love with another girl... But her pure feelings are torn apart by a "loop of tragedy."By [interrupting choices] and [typing in words], you will weave her feelings into the story.

Price 18.49€
Rating 8.0
Release 23 Oct 2023

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