Best 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.
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Astro Prospector
Endless Coffee is out! Build your ship, survive 21 Days and break the Universe- Astro Prospector is an incremental bullet hell about mining coffee and fighting SpaceCorp. Collect resources, upgrade your ship and become unstoppable. Return AstroCoffee to humanity!
Kaizen: A Factory Story
Kaizen is an open-ended puzzle automation game from the original Zachtronics team, set in 1980s Japan. Design, build, and optimize production lines to create iconic products, like calculators, camcorders, and arcade machines.
Last Report
Last Report is a dark horror game where you play as a night shift park ranger. While monitoring the camera footage, you start noticing strange events. Uncover the terrifying secret of the National Park. Something moved in the window, but don’t worry it’s probably just another deer, right?
Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War
Crisis in the Kremlin is a global real-time political strategy about the Socialist world in its final decade. Shape the fate of the world as you manage economy, foreign relations, and domestic policy. Engage with countries across the globe, using diplomacy or even proxy wars to expand your reach.
Occlude
Occlude is a ritual disguised as Solitaire; a cosmic-horror card game where the rules are obscured and reality is at stake. Play through cryptic challenges to reveal forbidden lore in this singleplayer narrative puzzle game for the terminally curious. Don’t worry; you can always start over.
ISLANDERS: New Shores
Welcome to ISLANDERS: New Shores. Build your island retreat in a calm, minimalist world with exciting new features that keep the classic charm while inspiring fresh creativity.
vivid/stasis
Rhythm-mystery hybrid game about uncovering the history of a mysterious system. The stage is set. Will you step up and play your role?
Scary Game
You open your eyes in a dark, unfamiliar room; each door drags you into a new chamber filled with absurd surprises and dark comedy. Will you manage to escape, or will you continue to star in this black comedy?
Primordialis
Primordialis is a physics-based roguelike fish builder. Unleash your creativity to defeat creatures using venomous tentacles, electrical shocks, or exploding children. The possibilities are endless. Explore the primordial depths to reveal its secrets and discover what lies beyond.
NEKOPARA After
A new chapter begins with the arrival of the catgirl, Fraise! She seeks advice from his little sister, Shigure and while Fraise feels the relationship between siblings is most important, Shigure priorities the happiness of her catgirls. This sets the stage in the battle between catgirl and girl!
DRAPLINE
"DRAPLINE" is a roguelite training game where you raise a dragon girl who eats anything and train her to become the strongest in one year. Feed her a variety of things to increase her abilities, combine various skills to build your own strategy, and defeat the impending catastrophe!
Far Fishing
Far Fishing is a short and relaxing fishing game. Set off on a journey to the edge of the world, catching a variety of fish and upgrading your boat along the way.
Hunter Roulette
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the underground survivor's showdown! All you need is a locked-and-loaded gun and the guts to stare death in the face to have the time of your life. Ready or not, this isn’t just any gamble—it’s your one shot at survival and rebirth. The hunt starts now！Good luck!
Storage Dealer Simulator
Storage Dealer Simulator invites you to a world where your bargaining skills will be tested to the limits, and you'll never know what lies behind each door. Are you ready to become a top-tier trader? Join the warehouse adventure with Storage Dealer Simulator!
Ship, Inc.
Run a wholesome shipping business! Ship, Inc. is a cozy job simulator where you are a packaging employee in a parcel shipment company. Follow the shipment orders, choose the package size, and prepare parcels. Upgrade your office, deliver orders safely and quickly!
Fingerdance
The game that simply confuses your fingers.
Merge Maestro
Combine 100's of unique emoji based tokens in this roguelike merge-builder! Find ever more creative combinations of Tokens and Powers to fuse unique strategies and beat this ever more challenging twist on rogue-likes, puzzlers and arcadey games!
Tower Wizard
Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.
Dark Fairy Tale: Dreamland Survivors
This is a top-down, auto-shooting roguelike that can be played entirely one-handed. Players take on the role of Pinocchio, fallen into a nightmare, collecting forbidden Dream Eggs that grant ever-changing offensive and survival abilities. Slay twisted fairy tale creatures in endless nightmares!