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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The Floor is Jelly The Floor is Jelly is a game that answers the question: what if everything you touched was made of jello?

Price -55% 4.54€
Rating 7.8
Release 30 May 2014
Strata Simple. Elegant. Challenging.

Price -94% 0.44€
Rating 8.1
Release 29 May 2014
Monochroma Monochroma is a cinematic puzzle platformer. It’s a game about being a kid, growing up with a little brother that needs your help, facing obstacles and solving unique puzzles in a dystopian 1950's setting.

Price -88% 2.42€
Rating 7.1
Release 28 May 2014
Blade Kitten In Blade Kitten, join Kit Ballard as she explores the mysterious world of Hollow Wish to hunt down rogue mechs and soft targets.

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 22 May 2014
Muffin Knight Muffin Knight is an arena based action-packed platformer with stunning visuals and a myriad of fairytale characters, each with their own unique abilities, which gain strength as you advance.

Price -79% 0.87€
Rating 7.4
Release 20 May 2014
Retro Game Crunch Retro Game Crunch is a series of 7 games, full of the charm and challenge of the 8-bit generation. Each world feels like an authentic NES classic. A massive genre-spanning collection.

Price -93% 0.73€
Rating 7.4
Release 19 May 2014
The Treasures of Montezuma 4 Free the gods’ powers and fulfill your destiny in the Treasures of Montezuma 4! This new match-three game is overflowing with mystery and excitement!

Price -51% 3.49€
Rating 7.7
Release 16 May 2014
Fearless Fantasy As Leon, the world’s most dangerous bounty hunter, you embark on a mission to slay the world’s weirdest creatures, and save a girl from an awful marriage.

Price -94% 0.43€
Rating 7.2
Release 15 May 2014
Qbeh-1: The Atlas Cube QBEH-1 is an atmospheric 1st-person puzzle platformer that takes players on a quest through a series of divergent worlds. Each world is filled with new puzzles that require special cubes to solve as well as fun secrets to uncover. Includes a LEVEL EDITOR and STEAM WORKSHOP support!

Price -75% 2.54€
Rating 8.3
Release 15 May 2014
Chronology A platform-adventure game about time travelling, puzzle solving and a friendship between an Old Inventor and a Snail.

Price -92% 0.44€
Rating 8.3
Release 12 May 2014
The Last Tinker™: City of Colors The Last Tinker is a joyous action adventure and definitely no platformer, as there is no jump button. Koru, a boy from the slums of Colortown, must rise and stand against the Bleakness, a dark force intent on wiping out joy. Koru must use color and emotion to restore life to Colortown!

Price -98% 0.41€
Rating 7.7
Release 12 May 2014
Lili: Child of Geos - Complete Edition Lili is a quirky adventure RPG hybrid with stunning visuals, silky-smooth graphics, a cinematic story-line, and a fresh new way to deal with enemies.

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 09 May 2014
1849 1849 is a city management game set during the California Gold Rush. Your task is to build towns, populate them with workers, and make sure that they are housed, fed, and entertained. You’ll have to manage and coordinate extensive production and trade networks to make sure your towns thrive.

Price -85% 2.37€
Rating 6.9
Release 08 May 2014
Famaze FAMAZE is a retro themed roguelike puzzle adventure game. Choose the the dashing Knight, the cunning Thief, or the mystical Wizard each with unique special powers. Delve into The Mad King's ever changing dungeon to rescue the rutabagas! Never the same game twice! Music by Disasterpeace and Art by Oryx.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.5
Release 05 May 2014
Cinders A mature take on Cinderella that's all about player choices and breaking the classic fairy tale in any way you like.

Price -62% 6.92€
Rating 8.3
Release 01 May 2014
Battlepillars Gold Edition Battlepillars is a real-time tug-of-war strategy game in which you command caterpillars armed to the teeth with flamethrowers, sticky honey, mines, machine guns, and more!

Price -21% 3.97€
Rating 7.9
Release 28 Apr 2014
The Promised Land The Promised Land, a brave new world , the hole nation – all this lies in your hands! Become a true leader, a chosen one, a father of nation! Guide your colony to the victory of the modern superpower! We collected all the best that is in games of this genre, arched by exciting mini-games and carefully turned it into the deep and...

Price -54% 3.27€
Rating 8.2
Release 25 Apr 2014
Rogue Shooter: The FPS Roguelike A fast-paced mashup of roguelikes and first-person shooters.

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.0
Release 24 Apr 2014
Blackwell Epiphany The last game in the Blackwell series.

Price -92% 0.86€
Rating 9.2
Release 24 Apr 2014
FRACT OSC FRACT is a musical exploration game. You arrive in a forgotten place and explore the vast and unfamiliar landscape to discover the secrets of a world built on sound. You rebuild its machinery by solving puzzles and bring the world back to life by shaping sound and creating music in the game.

Price -89% 1.76€
Rating 8.1
Release 22 Apr 2014
Millie A joyful, casual puzzle game that will tease both your wits and your memory!

Price -90% 0.40€
Rating 7.9
Release 18 Apr 2014
The Last Federation From the creators of AI War: Fleet Command comes an all-new grand strategy title with turn-based tactical combat, set in a deep simulation of an entire solar system and its billions of inhabitants. You are the last of a murdered race, determined to unify or destroy the 8 others.

Price -95% 1.10€
Rating 7.1
Release 18 Apr 2014
FootLOL: Epic Soccer League The craziest soccer management game you have ever played! Use mines, aliens, cows, guns and other crazy cheats to decimate the opposing team and protect your players. Play against your friends or AI opponents!

Price -95% 0.51€
Rating 7.9
Release 16 Apr 2014
Mechanic Escape In a world oppressed by ruthless machines, a stronghold full of die-hard TV-sets resists the persecution. Your lost friends and the lack of resources drive you to take action against the extinction. Brave the dangers and go find your comrades to rescue your species!

Price -92% 0.44€
Rating 8.1
Release 15 Apr 2014
Moebius: Empire Rising Moebius: Empire Rising is a contemporary adventure that merges classic point-and-click puzzle solving with Jane Jensen’s sophisticated storytelling. Travel the world using Malachi’s unique deductive powers to analyze suspects, make historical connections, and uncover the truth behind a theory of space and time the government will defend...

Price -98% 0.41€
Rating 7.1
Release 15 Apr 2014
T.E.C. 3001 Run, Rush, Haste, Burst Speed has never been pushed this far. Jump, Charge, Dodge, Slide You just slipped and got crushed! You can’t handle T.E.C 3001 yet… Try again until speed holds no secrets for you.

Price -61% 1.28€
Rating 8.3
Release 11 Apr 2014
Praetorians Praetorians is set amidst the political machinations of an emerging Roman Empire. You will be transported back to the dusty battlefields of Egypt, the combat theaters of Gaul and finally to the heart of the Empire itself, Italy in the crusade to become Emperor.

Price -79% 1.05€
Rating 7.7
Release 11 Apr 2014
Oknytt Oknytt is an old school point-and-click adventure game where the player takes the role of a small, seemingly insignificant creature, leading it through a dark world filled with beings and areas inspired by Swedish folklore, in search of a place to belong.

Price -46% 2.74€
Rating 8.5
Release 04 Apr 2014
Super Motherload Set on Mars in an alternate Cold-War era, Super Motherload is a 1 to 4-player couch co-op digging adventure with storyline by Image Comics' Kurtis Wiebe, a fully voiced cast of Soviet and American characters, and a procedurally-generated world that changes each time you play.

Price 14.79€
Rating 7.3
Release 04 Apr 2014
Half Minute Hero: The Second Coming The world's speediest homage/roast to JRPGs! Can you save the world in 30 seconds? Get a quest, find those in need, fight through dungeons, earn cash, get cool loot and level up until YOU>EVIL. Don't have enough time? Pay the Goddess to reset the clock and try again! Over 100 mini-JRPGs for you to test your might with!

Price 9.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 04 Apr 2014
Actual Sunlight A short interactive story about love, depression and the corporation.

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.1
Release 03 Apr 2014
Rogue's Tale Rogue's Tale is a single player turn-based dungeon crawling game.

Price 6.89€
Rating 6.9
Release 28 Mar 2014
Ether One Ether One is a first person adventure that deals with the fragility of the human mind. There are two paths in the world you can choose from. At its core is a story exploration path free from puzzles where you can unfold the story at your own pace.

Price 19.99€
Rating 6.9
Release 25 Mar 2014
Escape Goat 2 Escape Goat 2 is a puzzle platformer game where you use machinery, the environment, and a friendly mouse to progress through a dungeon.

Price -95% 0.57€
Rating 8.8
Release 24 Mar 2014
Danmaku Unlimited 2 Classic Japanese style vertical manic shooting action! Shoot, dodge and explode your way through the second entry in the critically acclaimed Danmaku Unlimited series. Battle through nail-biting bullet patterns and compete for dominance on the global leaderboard!

Price -16% 4.21€
Rating 8.6
Release 18 Mar 2014
Hard Truck Apocalypse: Rise Of Clans / Ex Machina: Meridian 113 Hard Truck Apocalypse: Rise of Clans - is an addon to a vehicular Action/RPG set in an alternate future. New heroes and mysteries await you in the vistas of a post-apocalyptic North America.

Price -81% 1.19€
Rating 7.1
Release 14 Mar 2014

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