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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Melissa K. and the Heart of Gold Collector's Edition Welcome to a beautiful Adventure set in a unique interactive 3D world full of mysterious puzzles and Hidden Objects. Prepare for an unforgettable experience!

Price -92% 0.77€
Rating 6.8
Release 19 Sep 2014
6180 the moon Simple space, dynamic jump. 6180 the moon offers a fresh, unseen game play style by connecting the top and bottom of the screen.

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 19 Sep 2014
Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now The world's first high-speed internal organ liberation simulator is back in full 3D! The slaughter is bloodier, the body parts fly further, and the destruction is heavier. Crash and burn through the 3D rendered crowds with the pedal to the metal.

Price -94% 0.50€
Rating 8.3
Release 19 Sep 2014
Cannon Brawl Cannon Brawl is action RTS and artillery hybrid. Pilot an airship, command powerful weapon emplacements and use the destructible terrain to out think and destroy your enemy! It's a new take on artillery strategy!

Price 15.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 19 Sep 2014
Roundabout Drive a constantly spinning limousine around town! Roundabout is a '70s B-Movie game where you pick up passengers, find secret collectibles, take on dangerous missions, and fall in love in a far out open world puzzle adventure - all while driving a revolving limo!

Price -19% 8.19€
Rating 8.7
Release 18 Sep 2014
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut Harebrained Schemes' biggest Shadowrun game to date, and the definitive Shadowrun RPG experience available on PC. Now a standalone title with tons of new content & improvements!

Price -82% 2.83€
Rating 8.7
Release 18 Sep 2014
Heavy Bullets Heavy Bullets is a randomized FPS dungeon crawler where players make their way through a colorful maze, while protecting themselves from aggressive creatures and malfunctioning security devices. The goal lies at the end of the 8th level, where they must reset the security mainframe to restore order and reap the rewards.

Price -92% 0.80€
Rating 7.8
Release 18 Sep 2014
ENDLESS™ Legend ENDLESS™ Legend is a 4X turn-based fantasy strategy game by the creators of ENDLESS™ Space and Dungeon of the ENDLESS™. Control every aspect of your civilization as you struggle to save your homeworld Auriga. Create your own Legend!

Price -69% 7.95€
Rating 8.2
Release 18 Sep 2014
Wasteland 2: Director's Cut From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.

Price -88% 3.04€
Rating 8.0
Release 18 Sep 2014
Doorways: The Underworld Doorways: The Underworld is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.

Price -79% 2.05€
Rating 6.6
Release 17 Sep 2014
SPACECOM SPACECOM – a strategic-to-the-bone, starfleet command game in which deception, smart movement, and choices to battle decide victory or defeat.

Price -97% 0.36€
Rating 6.6
Release 17 Sep 2014
Iron Fisticle A modern take on the classic arcade arena shooter. Taking inspiration from an entire generation of action games, Iron Fisticle builds on classic titles like Gauntlet and Robotron while adding over 100 collectible items, an RPG style upgrade system and local multiplayer.

Price -96% 0.39€
Rating 7.9
Release 16 Sep 2014
My Lands: Black Gem Hunting My Lands is a free online RTS where dark and light forces fight for Black Gem and dominion in a vast fantasy world. Cooperation between players, joint economy development, creation of clans and alliances and elaboration of a team strategy serve as the very foundation of the game.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.1
Release 16 Sep 2014
Bridge Constructor Medieval Bridge Constructor Medieval turns back the clock a few centuries to the time of knights and castles. Build sturdy bridges to supply your city with provisions - or cunningly constructed bridges that collapse under the weight of attacking troops, sending the horde of enemies into the abyss below.

Price -94% 0.67€
Rating 7.7
Release 15 Sep 2014
Color Symphony Color Symphony is a game program utilizing the human recognition ability and visual senses, and various colors are used to play the game by changing colors to disrupt the cognition or to strengthen the cognition. The player can control the enemy, eliminate obstacles or build new roads with different colors.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.1
Release 15 Sep 2014
Boson X Boson X is a fast-paced rotational runner set in a particle accelerator.

Price -6% 4.88€
Rating 8.8
Release 15 Sep 2014
Rising Angels: Reborn Despite determination and skill, Natalie Puccile, a Special Investigations and Tactics officer, has spent her career watching over a listening post in the middle of deep space. After the orders that she has always dreamed of arrive, she finds herself in charge of a small destroyer and tasked with discovering the fate of a missing...

Price Free to play
Rating 7.6
Release 12 Sep 2014
J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars is an innovative narrative driven adventure game. The story centers on Rachel Manners, a 35 year old astrobiologist. She is a member of an elite group of scientists, chosen to embark on one of the most critical missions ever conceived on Earth. Now Rachel is alone, orbiting an unknown planet.

Price 16.79€
Rating 8.1
Release 12 Sep 2014
Time Mysteries 3: The Final Enigma In the face of the looming magical cataclysm, Ester Ambrose has to fight to save her future once again!

Price -96% 0.60€
Rating 7.8
Release 11 Sep 2014
Velocibox Velocibox is a twitch-heavy action game crafted for the hardcore audience.

Price 5.89€
Rating 8.2
Release 08 Sep 2014
Orborun Orborun is a 3D action skill run & roll game! Control your Orbot, avoid the obstacles and escape the hazardous Orbo-world. More than 100 levels, local co-op multiplayer, feeling of speed and twisted levels in haste/puzzle and hazard shaped different worlds makes this game fun to play for ages!

Price -91% 0.56€
Rating 7.1
Release 05 Sep 2014
Hatoful Boyfriend Congratulations! You’ve been accepted as the only human student at the prestigious St. PigeoNation’s Institute, a school for talented birds! Roam the halls and find love in between classes as a sophomore student at the world’s greatest pigeon high school.

Price -68% 2.59€
Rating 9.1
Release 04 Sep 2014
Train Fever It’s the year 1850, and there are great times ahead! Establish a transport company and be its manager. Build infrastructure such as railways and stations, purchase transportation vehicles and manage lines. Fulfill the people’s needs and watch cities evolve dynamically.

Price -93% 1.56€
Rating 6.3
Release 04 Sep 2014
Anarchy Arcade Turn your entire digital life into a game. AArcade is a 3D desktop that launches shortcuts to absolutely anything you like. Join the anarchy of the persistent online metaverse, or remain in your own private reality. Casual in-game building features, plus hundreds of thousands of addons.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.7
Release 03 Sep 2014
Hexcells Infinite Hexcells Infinite is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

Price 4.99€
Rating 9.3
Release 01 Sep 2014
Choice of the Deathless Battle demons and undead attorneys, and win souls to pay back your student loans! At the elite demonic-law firm of Varkath Nebuchadnezzar Stone, you'll depose a fallen god, find romance, and maybe even make partner, if you don't lose your own soul first.

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 29 Aug 2014
How to Survive “A real Gem” – Destructoid at E3 “Offers a different experience for zombie game veterans” – Co-Optimus“Has a lot more going for it than smashing brains and gory, red goo ... With a surprisingly deep crafting system” – GamesRadarYou're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive?

Price -96% 0.74€
Rating 8.1
Release 29 Aug 2014
Bird Assassin Birds murdered your Pa! His final wishes are for vengeance. Take your Pa's rifle and kill as many birds as you can to avenge his death. Battle a variety of enemies and bosses on your quest to kill the bird that murdered your Pa.

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 27 Aug 2014
Lethal League Lethal League is a competitive projectile fighting game where you have to hit an anti-gravity ball into the face of your opponent to win. The ball speeds up with every strike, up to explosively extreme velocities. Play intense local matches with friends and foes, challenge yourself in the singleplayer mode or battle it out online.

Price -63% 4.46€
Rating 9.1
Release 27 Aug 2014
See No Evil See No Evil is a dark, isometric puzzle game about sound manipulation. A harsh fantasy where the willingly blind are hostile to the nonconformist. Sometimes, the world seems darker with your eyes open.

Price 0.99€
Rating 6.3
Release 25 Aug 2014
The Journey Down: Chapter Two Chapter Two of The Journey Down, a classic point-and-click saga with an Afro-Caribbean vibe. Get ready to embark on an epic journey of brain-teasing adventure!

Price -94% 0.75€
Rating 8.9
Release 25 Aug 2014
NoLimits 2 Roller Coaster Simulation NoLimits 2 is the ultimate roller coaster simulation that lets you experience authentic roller coaster thrills. Climb into the world's most famous roller coasters and experience the excitement in real time. Or design a new roller coaster that is engineered to your specifications.

Price 35.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 21 Aug 2014
Grim Legends: The Forsaken Bride Enter an enchanting world of legends and magic, where your destiny was written in blood and whispers of true love.

Price -93% 1.14€
Rating 9.1
Release 21 Aug 2014
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition The definitive version of the smash-hit Metroidvania-style action-platformer, Guacamelee! STCE adds new levels, powers, challenges, and refinements to the sprawling, ridiculous, Mexican-inspired adventure of the original Guacamelee! Gold Edition.

Price -97% 0.52€
Rating 9.0
Release 21 Aug 2014
Max Gentlemen Max Gentlemen is an arcade-style extreme manners simulator about stacking hats.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.2
Release 21 Aug 2014
Depth Hunter 2: Deep Dive Depth Hunter 2 is an underwater hunting game, allowing the complete experience of the spearfishing extreme sport!

Price -90% 1.07€
Rating 7.1
Release 20 Aug 2014

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