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. For those who prefer not to search, check out lists of the most played, top deals and best free to play Indie games on Steam.

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The NADI Project The NADI Project it is a free-to-play, first person graphic adventure, in which you will face various obstacles to escape from your destiny.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.4
Release 01 Jun 2016
Magma Tsunami Magma Tsunami is a frenzied arcade platformer game. Beat your records in 1P or Co-op mode, and don't get caught by the Magma Tsunami!!! Could you stay alive for more than one minute??

Price -51% 0.49€
Rating 6.2
Release 01 Jun 2016
Investigator Investigator is a first-person exploration game with horror elements, where the events take place in a world of extreme weather cataclysms.

Price 3.99€
Rating 6.7
Release 01 Jun 2016
Sports Bar VR The new Sports Bar VR with cross-play is a major social experience update & now available on Steam. A single through 8-player cross-platform virtual sports bar overflowing with fun and silly props, featuring an awesome set of fun games and new game modes for pool, darts, shuffleboard & more. (Formally Pool Nation VR)

Price 19.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 01 Jun 2016
HERO DEFENSE CREEPS CRUMBLE. HEROES RISE. Command a team of renegade heroes and impale, slash, tear and burn through legions of undead hell-bent on world domination. Your mission: to defeat the world’s most powerful vampire, Count Necrosis.

Price -98% 0.76€
Rating 6.1
Release 31 May 2016
Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure The Journey of an Idiot. 8 to 12 hours of fun!

Price -90% 0.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 31 May 2016
Solitairica Solitairica takes RPG combat and challenging roguelike progression to a fresh new place—the world of solitaire! Using a variety of magical items and powerful spells, battle your way through a horde of ever-changing enemies and defeat the horrible Emperor Stuck.

Price -60% 3.99€
Rating 7.3
Release 31 May 2016
Lightblade VR Lightblade VR is a virtual reality training simulation for self-illumintated plasma blades. This is a childhood dream come true! Get trained by your personal robot and deflect all incoming laser beams!

Price 3.99€
Rating 7.4
Release 31 May 2016
The Way of Life Free Edition The Way of Life makes the player relive the same life's experiences from the point of view of three characters of different ages: an adult, an old man and a child.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.2
Release 31 May 2016
KNIGHTS KNIGHTS is a minimalist puzzle game based on a single chess piece, the titular knight. A simple enough to pick up and relaxing experience.

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 30 May 2016
Skautfold: Shrouded in Sanity Discover the secrets of the estate, as you look for answers among the violent inhabitants. A strange and repelling madness took hold of the servants roaming the halls, and they will attack on sight, for their madness is one rooted in a deeper understanding of cosmic insignificance.

Price -54% 4.52€
Rating 7.6
Release 27 May 2016
Dungeon Escape Challenging 2D platformer with simple graphics and a great chiptune soundtrack.

Price -91% 0.37€
Rating 7.6
Release 27 May 2016
BARRIER X Dodge! Shoot! Go faster! Break the sound barrier in this unbelievably fast game and go straight for the first place in the leaderboard of BARRIER X!

Price -90% 0.30€
Rating 8.2
Release 27 May 2016
Idling to Rule the Gods Idling to Rule the Gods is a free to play Idle-Game with a lot of content and some Minigames. Depending on your play-style, you can play it fast or slow. Either way it can be fun for hundreds of hours!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.2
Release 27 May 2016
OmniBus OmniBus is next-to-last gen physics game about the most powerful bus in the universe that can’t stop or even slow down for reasons incomprehensible to the simple human mind.

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 26 May 2016
Aurora Nights Aurora Nights is an entertaining educational game for learning to identify the constellations.

Price 0.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 26 May 2016
Table Top Racing: World Tour ★★★ PINT-SIZED POWERED-UP RACING ★★★ Get behind the wheel of 12 ultra-cool, fully tune-able miniaturized racing cars and take on 20 race tracks and some devious opponents through a comprehensive 'Championship Mode' and a multitude of 'Special Events'.

Price 3.99€
Rating 7.3
Release 25 May 2016
The Mahjong Huntress Embark on a mysterious quest in search of the missing groom, Charles Gilbertworth, solve riddles, encounter supernatural creatures and ghosts - all while solving relaxing and fun Mahjong puzzles with innovative gameplay mechanics.

Price -88% 0.61€
Rating 6.6
Release 25 May 2016
Simutrans Simutrans is a freeware and open-source transportation simulator. Your goal is to establish a successful transport company. Transport passengers, mail and goods by rail, road, ship, and even air. Interconnect districts, cities, public buildings, industries and tourist attractions.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.2
Release 24 May 2016
Seduce Me 2: The Demon War Seduce Me 2: The Demon War is the sequel to the popular free-to-play otome game, Seduce Me the Otome. It follows the story of Mika Anderson as she is suddenly thrown into the Abyssal Plains right before she is about to be married to one of the five Incubi Brothers featured in the first game.

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 23 May 2016
Shoppe Keep Run an adventurers shop – a serious business in a fantasy environment. Stock your store with dangerous weapons, fancy hats, sturdy armour and magical potions.

Price -87% 0.52€
Rating 6.1
Release 20 May 2016
Survive in Space The game is spread over 50 different levels, and Sasaki must fight through them all to redeem his people. The game features five powerful bosses that you will encounter at the end of each sector – every nine levels. Each boss is a skill puzzle of his own, with shifting mechanics and environments that will keep you on your toes.

Price -99% 0.54€
Rating 6.5
Release 20 May 2016
ORCS ORCS is an action/platformer 2D old school inspirated by classic like Castlevania and Ghosts 'n Goblins.

Price -62% 0.77€
Rating 7.6
Release 20 May 2016
Melody's Escape Run, jump and slide to the rhythm of your own music library! In Melody's Escape, advanced audio detection algorithms transcribe the energy that you feel when listening to music into a synchronized gameplay experience, with a captivating and dynamic obstacle course.

Price 9.99€
Rating 9.0
Release 20 May 2016