Best Indie Games 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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Robin Robin is a short slice of life game that was made to give some visibility to an invisible illness - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.3
Release 08 Feb 2018
Attack of the Earthlings Take on Galactoil, a comically dysfunctional intergalactic energy corporation, and its larger-than-life employees in a tactical-stealth game that fuses satisfying strategic gameplay and dark comedy in a quirky single-player story.

Price -97% 0.49€
Rating 7.9
Release 08 Feb 2018
Sprint Vector Welcome to Sprint Vector Championship Intergalactica, where the physical thrill of extreme sports meets the unhinged energy of a zany game show! Run, jump, climb, drift, and fly at extreme velocity as you race up to 8 players and battle obstacles in this frenetic VR adrenaline platformer!

Price -87% 3.82€
Rating 7.9
Release 08 Feb 2018
Octogeddon You ARE Octogeddon, a massive mutant octopus with one mission: DESTROY the world! Grow more tentacles and evolve each of them into deadlier and deadlier weapons until you become the ultimate eight-legged killing machine!

Price 6.88€
Rating 8.7
Release 08 Feb 2018
Aegis Defenders Take on wild beasts, ruthless soldiers, and ancient gods in this 2D Action-Platformer inspired by Tower-Defense combat.

Price -98% 0.43€
Rating 7.6
Release 08 Feb 2018
Planetoid Pioneers Explore deep circular worlds in this Physicsvania with couch Co-Op combat, crafting, and ridiculous physics fails! Also bring your own game ideas to life with the powerful engine and integrated game development tools. Each Planetoid is a whole separate game mode that you can fully edit and easily share!

Price 16.79€
Rating 6.1
Release 08 Feb 2018
Rust The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.

Price -53% 19.04€
Rating 8.7
Release 08 Feb 2018
Gazing from beyond This is a galgame about college life, where you'll pursuit the love of your life. You'll surely experience hardship, triumph, happiness, sadness, maybe even trauma. Only time can heal all.

Price 1.99€
Rating 6.3
Release 07 Feb 2018
OPUS: Rocket of Whispers Rocket of Whispers is an award-winning post-apocalyptic adventure that follows two survivors on a journey to launch a space burial for the lost souls of their desolate world. Help them search the snowy wasteland for supplies and the courage to say goodbye.

Price -54% 6.88€
Rating 8.8
Release 07 Feb 2018
MEANDERS MEANDERS is a sparkling adventure through a series of funny and relaxing challenges in a colourful setting.

Price 2.39€
Rating 8.5
Release 07 Feb 2018
Freeways You are a traffic engineer. Draw freeway interchanges. Optimize for efficency and avoid traffic jams!

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 06 Feb 2018
Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition In a bizarre universe where the oppressed are on the brink of oblivion, Dandara has awoken to reshape the world.

Price -90% 1.55€
Rating 7.7
Release 06 Feb 2018
Sairento VR VR was made for this. Perform triple jumps, wall runs, power slides and slow time down while blasting away at a foe before landing to deliver a blade attack on another. Kit yourself with katanas, firearms, bows, throwing glaives and legendary relics. Keep upgrading as you play. PURE CYBER NINJA FUN.

Price -96% 1.05€
Rating 8.1
Release 06 Feb 2018
Salt Salt is an open world exploration game where you sail from island to island looking for loot and new discoveries! Relax and explore at your own pace, picking a direction and setting sail across a vast ocean filled with quests, merchants, ruins, pirates, and other mysterious places.

Price -82% 2.75€
Rating 7.4
Release 06 Feb 2018
Closers Closers is an episodic anime action RPG bursting with spectacular battles and steeped in an epic storyline. Choose your Closer, gather your friends or dive in solo, and use your amazing powers to protect Earth, in mankind’s desperate battle against horrific monsters from another dimension!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.1
Release 06 Feb 2018
Regions Of Ruin Regions of Ruin is a 2D pixel side-scrolling RPG with town-building, where you explore, fight and build into an open world that progressively challenges you and your settlement, and threatens the extinction of the dwarven race.

Price -98% 0.25€
Rating 8.4
Release 05 Feb 2018
Remnants of Naezith With the powers granted to him by the dragon, Kayra will destroy the Remnants of Naezith, enchanted fragments of the dragon's body, to prevent anyone from exploiting their power for evil. Rush and swing through levels to top the leaderboards in this fast-paced, grappling hook precision platformer.

Price -96% 0.43€
Rating 8.3
Release 05 Feb 2018
AtmaSphere AtmaSphere is roll-a-ball game set in a medieval world which is full of dangerous traps and uncertain paths! Roll all you want, but don't fall off! Collect all diamonds to impress Ballerina, and get Ballard safely to her house!

Price -93% 0.31€
Rating 7.4
Release 02 Feb 2018
We Were Here Too As your final hour approaches, a large structure looms up in the distance, towering above the relentless storm. Discover the truth behind this dark castle in a communication-based, cooperative puzzle adventure.

Price -91% 0.93€
Rating 7.9
Release 02 Feb 2018
Project LUX The crime... is murder. Our story takes place in a court trial, set in a futuristic world where most humans have cyberbrains. The defendant on trial is an agent who coordinates with artists to create the data for cyberbrains to interact with people’s emotions. The victim is a girl artist named Lux.

Price 24.50€
Rating 8.3
Release 02 Feb 2018
Delver Delve into the shifting dungeons on your hunt for the Yithidian orb, but getting it might just be the easy part. Delver is a single player first-person action roguelike dungeon crawler, just like you wished they used to make.

Price -40% 9.01€
Rating 8.4
Release 01 Feb 2018
Scavenger SV-4 Scavenger SV-4 is a highly replayable atmospheric first-person science fiction game. Part simulator, part roguelike, it has elements of action, combat, resource management, and a dash of horror. It is not quite like any game you have played before.

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 31 Jan 2018
Avernum 3: Ruined World Wander free through this epic, indie fantasy adventure. Explore a huge world that evolves as time passes. Towns fight battles. Refugees flee. Disasters happen. Features cunning adventures, great depth, and unlimited freedom. Be a merchant or bounty hunter, buy a home, save the world!

Price -97% 0.69€
Rating 7.8
Release 31 Jan 2018
Martial Arts Brutality In this turn based tactical card fighter, you will learn the secrets of Kung Fu, master control of your formidable Chi Energy and perfect the legendary Dim Mak death touch.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.0
Release 31 Jan 2018
Candleman: The Complete Journey Despite only being able to burn for 10 seconds, a little candle journeys into the darkness, with the purpose of seeking light.

Price -24% 11.49€
Rating 8.7
Release 31 Jan 2018
Remothered: Tormented Fathers Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame

Price -95% 1.03€
Rating 7.2
Release 30 Jan 2018
The Sand Man “I’ll tell you a scary story. It’s so scary you might not be able to take it. It’s the story of the Sand Man...” This is the second title in the Strange Man series, developed by Uri Games. Unable to sleep and exhausted, Sophie wanders into a town where everything sleeps. That is where the terror begins...

Price -50% 1.49€
Rating 8.7
Release 29 Jan 2018
Aimtastic Training game for FPS games. Helps you become a better aimer. Includes a lot of different practice scenarios, which is great for warmup or taking your aim to the next level.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 28 Jan 2018
SUMETRICK Sumetrick is a mind training minimalist design game that's chained to the symmetry. Simple gameplay - you need to fill gameboard in symmetry way by clicking on framed cells. Do that faster and be as good as Chack Knorris. But don't forget to eat sometimes...

Price 0.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 26 Jan 2018
Achievement Clicker 2018 Feel like a real Achievement hunter! Earn Achievements, upgrades and get the most Achievements on Steam!

Price 0.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 26 Jan 2018
Tesla vs Lovecraft Tesla vs Lovecraft is an intense top-down twin stick arena shooter from the creators of Crimsonland and Neon Chrome. Play as the enigmatic inventor Nikola Tesla harnessing the static energy to power up Tesla-Mech and give the lovecraftian nightmares a lesson in horror!

Price -93% 1.12€
Rating 8.5
Release 26 Jan 2018
Delete Let the number tell you what to do

Price 1.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 25 Jan 2018
Celeste Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.

Price -85% 2.96€
Rating 9.6
Release 25 Jan 2018
A Dump in the Dark Your cheeks will quiver in fear, as ghastly ghouls accost your rear. You will gape in horror, as you face the dark. Only your rump can guide you through.

Price 2.99€
Rating 6.5
Release 24 Jan 2018
Iconoclasts Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.

Price -97% 0.72€
Rating 8.4
Release 23 Jan 2018
Subnautica Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.

Price -55% 13.70€
Rating 9.6
Release 23 Jan 2018

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