Hidden Indie Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated indie games. For those who prefer not to search, check out lists of the most played, top deals and best free to play Indie games on Steam.

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Touhou Blooming Chaos Touhou Blooming Chaos is a shooting game, Reimu Hakurei and Marisa, fighting enemies with barrages and spell cards. Unlike general shooting games, the operation is more flexible and there are more areas to explore. A gorgeous game experience is irresistible!

Price 5.81€
Rating 8.3
Release 30 Sep 2019
3rd eye A 2D exploration/horror game starring the Touhou Project's Koishi Komeiji. Use her Third Eye to explore a mental world entirely unlike reality.

Price 12.49€
Rating 8.1
Release 30 Sep 2019
EverStopped STAND UP SOLDIER! Resume training! Become the best on this FPS Runner game demanding reflexes and precision!

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 27 Sep 2019
Infinity: Battlescape Infinity: Battlescape is a multiplayer space combat sim supporting hundreds of players on a single server. Join one of the corporate factions and fight for domination of a seamless, true-to-scale procedural star system. Participate in massive space and planetary battles involving hundreds of ships.

Price 34.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 26 Sep 2019
Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX Experience the apeX of 2D action! A new era of 2D action begins now! Get ready for high-speed, stylish 2D side-scrolling action like never before. Inti Creates presents the ultimate in classic 2D action with "Luminous Avenger iX"!

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 25 Sep 2019
Palmyra Orphanage Paranormal first-person horror, which takes place in an abandoned orphanage. Walk through the corridors of your childhood, but do remember that you're not only one here.

Price -21% 3.94€
Rating 8.4
Release 24 Sep 2019
Home Sweet Home EP2 Terror and mystery meet in Home Sweet Home Sweet Home Episode 2, the sequel to last year’s cult-hit first-person horror game, Home Sweet Home. Immerse yourself in a world where evil hides behind every corner, in a world inspired by Thai folklore and mythology.

Price -36% 12.95€
Rating 7.0
Release 24 Sep 2019
[Chilla's Art] Aka Manto | 赤マント Aka Manto (赤マント Red Cloak), aka Red Cape or Red Mantle, is a Japanese urban legend about a masked spirit who wears a red cloak, and who appears to people using public or school restrooms.

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 23 Sep 2019
Warplanes: WW1 Sky Aces Be a pioneer of aerial warfare in Warplanes: WW1 Sky Aces. Fight above the battlefields of World War I and become the ultimate Sky Ace!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.9
Release 23 Sep 2019
Overland Take care of a group of travelers on a post-apocalyptic road-trip across the United States in this turn-based survival game.

Price 19.50€
Rating 7.0
Release 19 Sep 2019
Aeon's End Deck building with a twist! Lead a team of mages against the Nameless in this magic-based card battle game and save the city of Gravehold!

Price -45% 8.27€
Rating 7.7
Release 17 Sep 2019
Nauticrawl A stolen, enigmatic machine is your only way out. It's likely to kill you, but so will the hostile planet you're escaping. Pull levers, hack devices, and puzzle out how to pilot the Nauticrawl to freedom in this unusual atmospheric adventure... or die trying.

Price -85% 2.21€
Rating 8.5
Release 16 Sep 2019
Queen's Wish: The Conqueror At last, the Queen has given you power and freedom! The cost? You must rebuild her Empire. Will you? In this epic, indie fantasy adventure, you are free to explore, fight for fame and power, and shape the world as you choose. Escape into an unpredictable open-ended story and cunning tactical combat.

Price -60% 6.71€
Rating 7.8
Release 11 Sep 2019
Pizza Game Every boy have a secret. One of them is bones.

Price 8.19€
Rating 9.0
Release 06 Sep 2019
Creature in the Well Unlock the power of an ancient facility and face the ominous, all-seeing Creature in this unique pinball-inspired hack & slash!

Price 12.49€
Rating 7.4
Release 06 Sep 2019
Minotaur An adventure game with visual novel-style narrative, Minotaur tells a dark mystery story set in a newly created science fantasy world of synthets, magic-wielding androids and cybernetically enhanced penguins… God, what a (bloody) mess.

Price 14.79€
Rating 8.8
Release 05 Sep 2019
A Street Cat's Tale A Tale of a street cat left alone

Price -56% 1.77€
Rating 8.5
Release 05 Sep 2019
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Price 3.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 05 Sep 2019
Shepherd of Light Shepherd of Light is a student made game where you control a young shepherd who loses his sheep, and must brave a wolf-infested forest to get them to safety. Rescue sheep with different special abilities and direct them to solve environmental puzzles.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.9
Release 04 Sep 2019
Something for Someone Else Something for Someone Else is a short atypical experience, a brief journey into the mind of a distressed game developer that feels haunted by a game he made. All in the form of a poorly hand drawn narrative platformer accompanied by the beautiful musics of Celluloid Jam.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.2
Release 03 Sep 2019
MicroTown Build and manage your own settlement! A relaxing village construction and management simulator.

Price 9.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 30 Aug 2019
Wilmot's Warehouse Wilmot's Warehouse is a puzzle game about keeping a warehouse running in tip-top shape. Just remember where you put everything, because when the service hatch opens, you'll need to find the things people want quickly, in order to earn the coveted Performance Stars.

Price 14.79€
Rating 9.0
Release 29 Aug 2019
Great Toilet Simulator Great Toilet Simulator is a first-person indie horror telling you the story of a man who has his car broken on his way home, in the middle of a thick forest. What makes the situation even worse is that the main character is really in need of a toilet.

Price 0.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 23 Aug 2019
Winds of Change Lead The Rebellion, build your army, and shape the world with your choices. A story-heavy adventure game with multiple endings, romance options, and non-linear storytelling. A vast fantasy world waiting to be explored. Inspired by Dragon Age, and Mass Effect. Fully voice acted by a stellar cast!

Price 19.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 21 Aug 2019