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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Ancient Planet Tower Defense Ancient Planet is classic tower defense game. The stronghold of an ancient civilization has been invaded by hordes of alien raiders. Use powerful technologies of the Ancient and repel the attack of the enemy's armies!

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 03 Feb 2015
Apotheon Apotheon is a heroic action game set within the vibrant world of Ancient Greek Mythology. Ascend Mount Olympus, wrestle the divine powers from the Pantheon of Gods, and save mankind.

Price -70% 4.52€
Rating 8.7
Release 03 Feb 2015
Particula Destroy negativity, clear your mind! Particula brings you a new perspective in gaming, helping you to concentrate and relax. A three players co-op tower defense experience with a relaxing soundtrack, smooth visuals and gameplay.

Price -99% 0.42€
Rating 6.8
Release 02 Feb 2015
Overture Overture is an action-adventure roguelike which draws heavy inspiration from hits such as Diablo, Realm of The Mad God, Zelda, and The Binding of Isaac. Explore vast randomly generated dungeons and slay hordes of cunning enemies!

Price -87% 0.52€
Rating 7.3
Release 02 Feb 2015
Transformice Transformice is an MMO platformer about dozens of mice running to bring back the cheese! Will the almighty Shaman help you or just ruin everything? Millions of levels, hectic physics, skill trees, and more importantly... hats!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.6
Release 30 Jan 2015
Forward to the Sky Reveal the story of the sky tower! Forward to the Sky is a third person action adventure game in the sky tower ruin. You are going to collect all the crystal pieces to connect the story and everything will be revealed once Princess reaches the top level.

Price -94% 0.54€
Rating 7.9
Release 29 Jan 2015
Pix the Cat Pix the Cat is a critically acclaimed intense arcade game that will challenge your reflexes and your wits, pitting you against your friends and the world in a race to the highest score!

Price -83% 0.89€
Rating 7.6
Release 29 Jan 2015
Life is Strange - Episode 1 Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.5
Release 29 Jan 2015
Making History: The Great War The Great War is a turn-based grand strategy game based on the epic struggles of the WWI era. Experience the battles of attrition and punishing artillery barrages. Play as any nation of the period as the modern world of industrialized warfare replaces an age of kings with a struggle of ideologies.

Price -80% 5.88€
Rating 7.2
Release 29 Jan 2015
Gear Up Feel the adrenaline as you control your unique tank in multiplayer arcade action! Build your ultimate war machine from over a million different combinations. Now, will you go for the rumbling caterpillar tracks or the crawling spider legs?

Price Free to play
Rating 7.3
Release 28 Jan 2015
The Old Tree The Old Tree is a short free-to-play cinematic puzzle game about a newborn alien baby. Witness this microscopic entity's first moments of life and help it emerge from its underground lair and ascend towards an unknown destination.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.7
Release 26 Jan 2015
Grim Fandango Remastered One of the most acclaimed adventure games of all time is now back, better than ever. Grim Fandango Remastered has the all the beautiful art and engaging story fans remember, but has also been remastered to look, sound, and control even better than the award-winning original release.

Price -80% 3.06€
Rating 8.8
Release 26 Jan 2015
Gravity Ghost Gravity Ghost is a physics game with a twist. Run, jump, and soar around planets, using gravity to glide through the air. Explore a shattered galaxy and rescue its survivors, armed with powerups and mysterious terraforming powers. Meet the 7 magical guardians and best their challenges. There's no killing, no dying, and no way to fail.

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.8
Release 26 Jan 2015
Super Galaxy Squadron EX Turbo Super Galaxy Squadron is a fast-paced vertical shooter designed for human beings as well as SHMUP veterans. Featuring multiple game modes, a challenging but merciful difficulty curve, forgiving health system, and SEVENTEEN playable ships.

Price -96% 0.45€
Rating 7.9
Release 23 Jan 2015
Venetica - Gold Edition In a fantastical Venice, The Corpus are deceived by a cunning necromancer. Transformed into an undead fiend, the conniving imposter is hell-bent on destroying the reinstated Death and the council of Corpus. Only Scarlett, the daughter of Death, can stand in his way.

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 23 Jan 2015
Grey Goo Fight for control of a frontier world. Gather resources, build your base, and command your forces in battle. Survive long enough to unleash your ultimate weapon - THE EPIC.

Price -78% 6.28€
Rating 6.6
Release 23 Jan 2015
Without Within The (mis)adventures of Vinty, a nobody who thinks she's somebody!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.5
Release 22 Jan 2015
Among Ripples Control a pond's ecosystem; experiment with what you can do and see what happens. Among Ripples is a meditative ecosystem management simulator; you add different creatures to the pond and see how they interact.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.6
Release 22 Jan 2015
PARTICLE MACE A space game about swinging trash into things and dying.

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 22 Jan 2015
Survivor Squad Survivor Squad is a Strategy Action game where you control a Squad of up to four survivors and guide them through a highly randomized world looking for supplies to aid you on your journey.

Price -89% 0.33€
Rating 6.7
Release 21 Jan 2015
Mimpi Explore strange new worlds and enjoy unique adventures in Mimpi! Mimpi is fantastic new adventure, puzzle, and platformer game.
 The game is like a psychedelic illustration come alive. 
Mimpi the dog is searching for his master in eight diverse worlds. The environment is seldom repetitive, the puzzles are always new.

Price -88% 0.51€
Rating 7.8
Release 20 Jan 2015
Blackguards 2 Blackguards 2 is a turn-based strategy-RPG and will deliver challenging hexfield battles and a gritty story filled with violence and crime. - Includes bonus content: Soundtrack, digital Art Book and Strategy Guide Book!

Price -92% 0.83€
Rating 6.5
Release 20 Jan 2015
Cat Goes Fishing Start out on an island with a basic rod. Progress into a radar-wielding master fisher-cat scouring the sea for the biggest and baddest fish. Each fish has unique behaviors that you will learn to exploit as you tailor your arsenal of fishing rods to suit your style of play. Mrrrow!

Price 6.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 19 Jan 2015
InMind VR InMind is a short scientific adventure with arcade elements designed for the Oculus VR. Submerge into the microworld and experience the miracles of the human mind.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.4
Release 19 Jan 2015

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