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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Access Denied Access Denied is a puzzle game in the world where for storage of personal data are used special device in the form of protected boxes. Imagine yourself in the role of the professional cracker of such devices and test your skills for 36 different levels.

Price 2.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 16 Dec 2016
Super Blue Boy Planet SBBP is a 2D platformer with pixel graphics. Blue boy’s girlfriend is kidnapped by aliens so he goes through 21 levels to save her and he also fight bosses along the way.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.7
Release 16 Dec 2016
Legend of Merchant Legend of Merchant is a mini-game about trading goods. You will play an ancient eastern merchant, make descisions and make money in limited time. Game has some randomness and you can always start all over again and try to achieve a higher score.

Price 1.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 16 Dec 2016
8-Bit Invaders! 8-Bit Invaders! is a fast-paced, retro Real-Time Strategy game for the PC. Control the military might of the Galactic Marine Corps or Invade with the devastating power of the Cranioids! Mine, Build, and Fight your way to victory! Conquering the Multiverse was never so easy.

Price -75% 3.73€
Rating 7.8
Release 16 Dec 2016
Moekuri: Adorable + Tactical SRPG It's adorable! It's tactical! The doujin/indie SRPG - Moékuri! 151+ Cute Creatures to try, over a solid grid-based tactical system! Fight through 25 story stages with your own unique strategy!

Price -79% 2.54€
Rating 8.0
Release 16 Dec 2016
Endless Fables: The Minotaur's Curse Face off against the Minotaur!

Price -92% 1.25€
Rating 8.3
Release 15 Dec 2016
Sally Face - Episode One Delve into a dark adventure following the boy with a prosthetic face and a tragic past. Unravel the sinister mysteries of Sally's world to find the truth that lies hidden beneath the shadows.

Price 2.99€
Rating 9.5
Release 14 Dec 2016
Defense Zone 3 Ultra HD The sequel to the hit strategy game, with new weapons, landscapes, and options.

Price 8.19€
Rating 7.6
Release 14 Dec 2016
Force of Nature Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres

Price 7.79€
Rating 7.4
Release 13 Dec 2016
Cube Runner Cube Runner is a 3d action platformer that's simple to learn, exciting to play, and deep enough to challenge even the greatest gamers.

Price -97% 1.25€
Rating 8.0
Release 13 Dec 2016
The Little Acre While searching for his father, Aidan travels to a strange new world. Lily - his heroic daughter - sets off after him. Fully voiced and with hand-drawn animations, The Little Acre is a lovingly crafted adventure developed by Pewter Games with Executive Producer Charles Cecil.

Price -97% 0.44€
Rating 8.3
Release 13 Dec 2016
Gods and Idols Take the role of a newly ascended deity in Gods and Idols. Carve your place among the stars in an open, dynamic, and massive MMORTS universe. Command the powers of the cosmos, form alliances, and use your worshipers as instruments to further your goals.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.8
Release 12 Dec 2016
TY the Tasmanian Tiger G'day, Mate. Explore the wilds of Australia with TY the Tasmanian Tiger, the charming Aussie platformer.

Price 13.49€
Rating 9.4
Release 12 Dec 2016
Root Of Evil: The Tailor You will play a telepath named James. He has the ability to connect with the soul thus he can understand their past. He was hired to explore what happened in the previous 20 years in a haunted house This is the puzzle game!

Price -92% 0.60€
Rating 7.9
Release 08 Dec 2016
Coffin of Ashes Delilah is an ordinary school girl who accidentally discovers an old mansion on a rainy night. As her exploration in the mansion continues, she finds many mysterious phenomena that can't be explained. In this mansion covered by ashes, what's the secret hidden deep underground?

Price 6.89€
Rating 8.6
Release 08 Dec 2016
OneShot OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.

Price 9.75€
Rating 9.7
Release 08 Dec 2016
Tomato Way FPS/Slasher/Horror for people with strong nerves. Tomato Way it`s like your favorite video game, but better.

Price -50% 2.01€
Rating 7.7
Release 07 Dec 2016
Please, Don't Touch Anything 3D Now with Vive Support! A cryptic, brain-racking, button-pushing non-linear puzzle game.

Price 9.75€
Rating 7.9
Release 07 Dec 2016
Her Majesty's SPIFFING Her Majesty's SPIFFING is a quaint graphic adventure game following the exploits of Captain Frank Lee English and his trusted regional accented colleague, Aled, as they travel through the cosmos in search of planets to claim for a new Galactic British Empire!

Price -85% 1.90€
Rating 7.5
Release 07 Dec 2016
Drop Alive “Happiness is only real when shared, especially with a water drop”. (Isn’t that how it goes?). Take a deep breath and immerse yourself in the greatest journey you’ll ever set out on with the cutest friend.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.5
Release 06 Dec 2016
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.

Price -98% 0.96€
Rating 9.4
Release 06 Dec 2016
Arizona Sunshine® Built exclusively for VR, Arizona Sunshine® puts you and up to 3 fellow survivors in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. Survive solo or in co-op, handle weapons with real-life movements, and explore a post-apocalyptic world in VR. Putting the undead back to rest is more thrilling than ever before.

Price -63% 7.48€
Rating 7.8
Release 06 Dec 2016
Zup! 2 Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

Price 1.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 05 Dec 2016
Lara Croft GO Lara Croft GO is a turn based puzzle-adventure set in a long-forgotten world. Explore the ruins of an ancient civilization, discover well-kept secrets and face deadly challenges as you uncover the myth of the Queen of Venom.

Price -96% 0.44€
Rating 8.9
Release 04 Dec 2016
Hade Hade is a minimalist logic game with severely difficult puzzles softened by relaxing ambient music.

Price 3.29€
Rating 8.3
Release 02 Dec 2016
Dungeon Souls Dungeon Souls is an action-adventure roguelike dungeon crawler which draws heavy inspiration from Nuclear Throne, Risk of Rain, and Overture. Explore vast procedurally generated dungeons, collect loot, and slay hordes of challenging enemies!

Price -53% 5.14€
Rating 7.2
Release 02 Dec 2016
Abode Abode is an escape room puzzle game. You will have to find, combine and utilize tools and furniture in the room to unveil all its secrets.

Price 9.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 01 Dec 2016
Maize Maize is a first-person adventure game about what happens when two scientists misinterpret a memo from the U.S. Government and create sentient corn. And that last sentence is pretty much the least ridiculous thing about the game.

Price -90% 1.00€
Rating 7.8
Release 01 Dec 2016
Junk Jack Make the world truly yours in Junk Jack, a relaxing sandbox experience focused on building and improving your home. Discover new planets, tame and breed creatures, cook foods, collect animal companions, farm exotic plants, collect fish, grow flowers, play with your friends!

Price 14.99€
Rating 7.4
Release 30 Nov 2016
Tabletopia Tabletopia is a sandbox virtual table with high-quality board games and ready setups. Already 2,400+ games and counting! Play how you want with whom you want: guests don’t need accounts to play. Or make your own games, no programming skills required.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.1
Release 30 Nov 2016
Radiation Island Radiation Island is a survival adventure game where you craft your own destiny in a huge open world environment. As part of the Philadelphia Experiment you have become stranded in a parallel, alternate reality. Discover this new and mysterious world, with all its surprises.

Price 8.19€
Rating 7.6
Release 29 Nov 2016
Masked Forces Masked Forces is an action-packed game where your main purpose is to eliminate your enemies using any means necessary. You have a great singleplayer campaign and multiple online game modes that you can use to show your might.

Price -90% 0.49€
Rating 6.5
Release 23 Nov 2016
ARAYA ARAYA is a first person horror game. Players will get a new thrilling experience inside a Thai hospital. The story will be told from the perspectives of 3 different characters. Players will explore different areas of the hospital in order to piece together the mysterious murder case of Araya.

Price 14.99€
Rating 7.3
Release 23 Nov 2016
Japanese School Life Welcomed by the fluttering of cherry blossom, the main character, Brian, starts a new high school life in Japan. Brian soon starts to get along with two girls in the same class after they start to talk to him. With their help, Brian gradually learns Japanese culture and customs.

Price -80% 2.00€
Rating 7.8
Release 22 Nov 2016
Disoriented A first-person puzzle game. Simply walk to the door.

Price 2.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 21 Nov 2016
Alicemare Alicemare is a somehow familiar yet totally unique adventure game infused with subtle hints of horror, created by △○□× (Miwashiba) using the WOLF RPG Editor.

Price -50% 1.49€
Rating 8.4
Release 21 Nov 2016

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