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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03.04 04/03/2017How much does this date tell you? For the main character, it became very significant, because this is the day of his death. The protagonist was precisely in the train that arrived at the metro station "Technological Institute" with the bodies of innocent, already dead, people ...

Price Free to play
Rating 7.5
Release 01 Jan 2019
La Rana In La Rana, players explore the lost Rain Temple of Rana. Play as a small spirit frog who is the temple's last remaining caretaker. Traverse its grand chambers and winding passages to restore its former power and revive your fellow frog spirits along the way.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 01 Jan 2019
Seeker Help Alfie find the the stars to get back home to his homeland. If you don't want to follow this short story you can explore this very beautiful island in search of my personal Easter eggs. these Easter eggs will be very hard to find but in the end it will be rewarding. Thank you for playing Seeker.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 31 Dec 2018
女巫与六便士 the sibyl and sixpence It's a 15-minute experimental visual novel about a love affair as weak as tea. Story consists of two chapters, formed by a mixture of four clues. It tells a love story about the sibyl and the prince.

Price 1.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 31 Dec 2018
Pamali: Indonesian Folklore Horror A narrative horror game set in the daily lives of Indonesian society. Interact with various mystical objects as you explore haunted places, unravel their lingering mysteries, and experience how Indonesian myth, taboo and culture, combined with your choices, shape the course of your nights.

Price 14.79€
Rating 7.9
Release 27 Dec 2018
Tempest of the Heavens and Earth "Rogue Celestial, seek out your own path to the heavens." An Ecstatic-class Stylish 2D Action Game controlling Tenshi Hinanawi, as she runs all around the realms of Gensokyo! You are the path of righteousness itself! (A derivative game inspired by the Touhou Project universe.)

Price 11.59€
Rating 8.4
Release 25 Dec 2018
Snood Forget Life, Play SNOOD!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.3
Release 25 Dec 2018
Sky Noon Sky Noon is a First-Person Shooter with Brawler mechanics. Players are equipped with a grappling hook, a lasso and an arsenal of weapons and abilities. There is no health in Sky Noon - players eliminate their enemies by pushing and pulling them off the Floating Frontier.

Price 12.49€
Rating 8.1
Release 18 Dec 2018
Nippon Marathon Crazy, physics-driven, four-player marathon across Japan. Combining classic racers like Micro Machines and the insanity of TV's Takeshi's Castle, smash through offices and shopping malls and hurl fruit at your opponents in a party game unlike anything you've played before!

Price -98% 0.42€
Rating 8.4
Release 17 Dec 2018
Shan Gui II: Sweet Osmanthus II Autumn goes by, girls are still waiting till osmanthus blooming.

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 15 Dec 2018
SnowNight This is a small, warm story that happened in the winter. Two people who met by chance, because of each other's existence, and then felt more past that had not been deliberately remembered - After telling the story, I finally ushered in the day when the first snow fell.

Price 1.59€
Rating 8.6
Release 14 Dec 2018
Slave's Sword Slave's Sword is the story of Luna, a former aristocratic knight of the Empire. Now living peacefully as a mercenary, she quickly becomes involved in a scandal that results in her enslavement. Can Luna recapture her freedom and escape from her predicament?

Price 12.49€
Rating 6.9
Release 13 Dec 2018
HEARTBEAT Make friends, make enemies, go fishing, collect cards, beat up sharks, beat up tigers, obtain the denim blade, train a fuzzy infantile insect for battle, and uncover ancient secrets in this monster-filled adventure.

Price 12.49€
Rating 8.0
Release 12 Dec 2018
My 1/6 Lover This is a visual novel about a lovestory with 6 routes, numerous CGs and 200,000 words. Small town, afternoon, leisure is in the air. A young man is trying to straighten himself up and finally say it to the girl of his dream. The girl shocked him with an unexpected answer. "I'm sorry, which of us do you like?"

Price 1.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 12 Dec 2018
Paperbark Paperbark is a charming game that tells a beautiful short story of a wombat, the bush and a very hot Australian Summer.

Price -95% 0.40€
Rating 8.2
Release 12 Dec 2018
Reignfall Reignfall is a real-time strategy game with elements of city-building and third-person action. Build a city and defend your keep against waves of increasingly difficult enemies. Can you survive against the fallen horde?

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 10 Dec 2018
Clatter Create and command your own customizable squads of fighting robots in this turn-based, arena tactics game.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.9
Release 10 Dec 2018
Cows VS Vikings You think you’ve seen everything in Stream already?! No, buddy, you never saw anything like that before! The Vikings against the cows! Show them the strength of Odin and twist their horns off!

Price 7.39€
Rating 7.9
Release 06 Dec 2018
Gizmo Gizmo is a Saturday-morning 3D platformer inspired by 90s classics of the genre.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.6
Release 05 Dec 2018
Oakwood Welcome to Oakwood, a long abandoned campground nestled in the forests of British Columbia. Explore the woods, caves, and a dilapidated lodge in search of your friends, while surviving the prehistoric horrors that now haunt the grounds.

Price -50% 2.49€
Rating 8.0
Release 04 Dec 2018
Simson Tuningwerkstatt 3D Simson Tuningwerkstatt 3D

Price 29.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 03 Dec 2018
DAMNOSAUR DAMNOSAUR is a chaotic arcade shooter that combines colourful anime with the Dino-apocalypse! Fight alone, or with a friend to take down these monstrous dinosaurs.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 30 Nov 2018
Simmiland Simmiland is a god-like card game. In this game you indirectly influence a small civilization by manipulating their surroundings by playing cards 🃏🃏🃏 Playing cards on different biomes and objects will result in different findings. The way you play the game will define how mankind will develop!

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 30 Nov 2018
NAIRI: Tower of Shirin Follow Nairi as she uncovers a mysterious conspiracy in this gripping yet family-friendly adventure that is suitable for all ages! NAIRI: Tower of Shirin is a graphic adventure which crafts a rich 'Ghibli' inspired oasis city where animals and humans live side-by-side!

Price -90% 0.40€
Rating 8.0
Release 29 Nov 2018
蓝宝石般的被害妄想少女/Damsel with persecutory delusion A strange letter came to the girl's hand, pointing to a vicious robbery and murder in Qinshan Port City more than a decade ago. Li Meiyuan, a 17-year-old female high school student, lives in depression and delusion all the time. She almost excludes everything around her.

Price 5.88€
Rating 8.4
Release 27 Nov 2018
DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition The king of breakout games is back in a special 20th Anniversary Edition with high-res boards, new power-ups, online leaderboards, a boardset editor and more!

Price 5.69€
Rating 8.9
Release 21 Nov 2018
Protocol By signing below, you agree to follow the Protocol. Protocol is a program of strict rules created to make first contact with an alien life form that got shot down in the Arctic Circle.

Price 8.79€
Rating 6.9
Release 20 Nov 2018
The Kite The Kite is a small dramatic point-and-click adventure. The game highlights the problems of a struggling family.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.8
Release 19 Nov 2018
Dark Fantasy: Jigsaw Puzzle Jigsaw puzzles have never been this atmospheric! Dark Fantasy will take you on a journey through gloomy portraits.

Price 2.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 16 Nov 2018
Super Ledgehop: Double Laser Cutie anime girl realizes her cool big bro is missing?? Cheese it up with Chizuru and SHOOT TO THE BEAT OF THE SONG in this top down bullet hell shooter! Absorb enemy bullets using your waveshines to utilize their bullets as your own! Show those cheeseheads that you're better!

Price 0.79€
Rating 9.1
Release 16 Nov 2018
Bad Dream: Fever The world is covered in strange ink, an unknown plague has gathered its cruel harvest. The city seems to be completely empty and dead, but in its every corner there are manifestations of fear, sorrow, loneliness and suffering.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.8
Release 15 Nov 2018
Windlands 2 Windlands 2 is a built-for-VR fantasy action adventure game, use grappling hooks and a bow to explore the vast mysterious world to take down gigantic titans alone or with friends.

Price -97% 0.65€
Rating 7.6
Release 15 Nov 2018
A Book of Beasts and Buddies A Book of Beasts and Buddies is an interactive beastiary of curious creatures.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 14 Nov 2018
My Big Sister My name is Luzia...and this story isn't about me, it’s about my sister. Do you still wish to hear it?

Price -90% 0.61€
Rating 8.7
Release 09 Nov 2018
Nonogram - Master's Legacy Master's Legacy - discover all beauty of Nonogram puzzles (multiple game modes, level sizes), master painting skills in Editor and share works with friends in Workshop. Become The Greatest.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.0
Release 08 Nov 2018
Rage in Peace Rage in Peace is a story-driven action adventure with elements of surprise and memorization. Unravel the last day of Timmy's life, as he races against time to get back home and fulfill his sole dream of dying peacefully in his pajamas, in the warmth of home, in peace, and with no drama.

Price -97% 0.44€
Rating 8.1
Release 08 Nov 2018

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