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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Hexcells Hexcells is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

Price 2.99€
Rating 9.4
Release 19 Feb 2014
Hexcells Plus Hexcells Plus is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

Price -92% 0.24€
Rating 9.1
Release 19 Feb 2014
Banished In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.

Price -73% 5.29€
Rating 8.9
Release 18 Feb 2014
Ikaruga Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!

Price 8.99€
Rating 9.0
Release 18 Feb 2014
Drox Operative Drox Operative is a starship action RPG with warring alien races, fierce space battles, a dynamic, evolving galaxy, and co-op multiplayer for Windows and Mac.Eons ago the Drox ruled the galaxy through their mighty Operatives. These elite starship captains were trained to accomplish the impossible at whatever cost necessary.

Price -75% 4.87€
Rating 8.3
Release 18 Feb 2014
Home Sheep Home: Farmageddon Party Edition Join Shaun the Sheep and his friends Timmy and Shirley on this epic adventure journeying through caverns, the busy streets of London and through outer space all in search of the green grass of home. Now with new multiplayer modes, controller support, widescreen graphics and much, much more!

Price 9.99€
Rating 9.0
Release 17 Feb 2014
Journal Enter the pages of the hand painted world of Journal. A journey through the life of a young and troubled girl as she tries to face up to the choices and responsibilities that come with childhood. An experience that questions the reliability of how we choose to remember events and explores the truths hidden within our dreams.

Price 9.75€
Rating 7.3
Release 17 Feb 2014
WazHack Time moves forward only when you do in the dungeons of WazHack. Think your way out of problems instead of just spamming 'attack' and 'drink healing potion'.

Price 7.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 17 Feb 2014
The Plan A fly ascends to the skies, pondering the pointlessness of its brief existence.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 14 Feb 2014
Card City Nights Card City Nights is not a traditional card-trading game. It's an adventure game with zany characters to meet and weird locations to explore. In the center is our new card battle system that breaks away from the fantasy TCG mold with connecting cards to form combos.

Price -94% 0.59€
Rating 8.4
Release 14 Feb 2014
NaissanceE NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.2
Release 13 Feb 2014
Etherlords II The saga continues! Etherlords II takes you back to the world of Ether and into a whole new realm of fantastic possibilities. Lead your hero on an unforgettable journey through lands filled with unsurpassed beauty and danger to unlock the ultimate mystery.

Price -90% 0.50€
Rating 7.8
Release 13 Feb 2014
Jazzpunk: Director's Cut Jazzpunk is a comedy adventure set in an alternate reality Cold War World, plagued with corporate espionage, CyberCrime, and sentient martinis. Gameplay is inspired by spoof comedy films and cartoons of yesteryear, with a focus on weird gadgets, exotic locales, and open-world style exploration.

Price -83% 2.16€
Rating 9.1
Release 07 Feb 2014
Reaper - Tale of a Pale Swordsman Enter the world ripe with magic and monsters. Become the Black Swordsman and slay thousands of enemies in an epic action RPG!

Price 9.75€
Rating 6.5
Release 07 Feb 2014
LOVE Love is a reductive platforming game with a retro aesthetic and a focus on a challenging difficulty. It has an custom respawn system, 16 levels, 12 track soundtrack, competitive scoring, and a simple-to-use level creation feature.

Price -48% 1.25€
Rating 8.6
Release 07 Feb 2014
Double Dragon: Neon BRO-TACULAR! Legendary martial artists, Billy and Jimmy Lee return in this creative re-imagining of the classic beat ‘em up, Double Dragon Neon. Fight your way through countless henchmen including Linda and Abobo on your way to rescue the love of your life, Marian!

Price -93% 0.73€
Rating 7.5
Release 06 Feb 2014
Dead Man's Draw Dead Man’s Draw is a simple and strategic game of luck and skill that boils down strategy gameplay into a single, tense decision.

Price -71% 1.89€
Rating 7.9
Release 06 Feb 2014
realMyst: Masterpiece Edition Released in 2014, experience one of the first 3D adaptations of the renowned puzzle-adventure game Myst! Each discovery you make, every puzzle you solve, will bring you closer to reversing a wrong that has gone unchecked for ages.

Price -85% 2.64€
Rating 8.5
Release 05 Feb 2014
Oniken: Unstoppable Edition When a global war nearly decimated humankind, an evil military organization called Oniken takes advantage of the situation to dominate and oppress the few remaining survivors. Even though any resistance to this organization seemed hopeless, a small rebel movement organizes strikes against Oniken.

Price -78% 1.12€
Rating 7.6
Release 05 Feb 2014
Jets'n'Guns Gold Jets'n'Guns is a heavy piece of ground shaking rock blasting action with graphics and special effects that will blow you eyes out! Enjoy yourself in almost-insane action adventure of saving the universe from the deadly threat of more than 270 unique monsters in the campaign of 43 levels.

Price -89% 0.92€
Rating 8.3
Release 05 Feb 2014
Super Killer Hornet: Resurrection 'Things will explode, things will die, you will dodge, you will do maths...Yes maths!' Super Killer Hornet Resurrection is an intense vertical shooter with a brain train twist. Through the chaos and explosion try to answer the falling math problems to increase your multiplier and power up your ship.

Price -89% 0.35€
Rating 6.1
Release 05 Feb 2014
CastleMiner Z CastleMiner Z is an infinite world filled with deep places to explore, and horrifying monsters to slay. Build structures out of blocks, craft weapons and tools from raw materials, and explore the vast and frightening world around you.

Price 5.89€
Rating 7.9
Release 03 Feb 2014
Aqua Kitty - Milk Mine Defender Aqua Kitty is a fast paced retro styled submarine arcade shooter with optional 2 player local Co-op.Blast through hordes of mechanical sea monsters in your kitty sub and defend the deep sea milk mining kittens!THE MILK MUST FLOW!

Price -90% 0.73€
Rating 8.1
Release 03 Feb 2014
Aces Wild: Manic Brawling Action! Aces Wild is a fast-paced, hardcore, aerial beat 'em up!Engage in insane aerial martial arts combat against countless opponents!It utilizes a 'Wild Meter' which increases the power of your attacks butalso makes enemies more aggressive!

Price -80% 2.03€
Rating 7.1
Release 31 Jan 2014