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 Bridge The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.

Price -94% 0.69€
Rating 8.4
Release 22 Feb 2013
Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway running through the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it.

Price 22.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 22 Feb 2013
Super House of Dead Ninjas Super House of Dead Ninjas is an action arcade game with roguelite elements. Race against a 30 second timer as you descend floor after foe-filled floor and attempt to unlock the secrets of this deadly tower!Play as the fearsome Crimson Ninja, wielding an arsenal of deadly ninja weapons and attacks.

Price 6.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 18 Feb 2013
Scribblenauts Unlimited The best-selling, award-winning franchise is back – on your home PC in gorgeous HD for the first time.

Price -98% 0.42€
Rating 9.1
Release 15 Feb 2013
Antichamber Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.

Price -45% 10.56€
Rating 9.3
Release 31 Jan 2013
Proteus Proteus is a game about exploration and immersion in a dream-like island world where the soundtrack to your play is created by your surroundings. Played in first-person, the primary means of interaction is simply your presence in the world and how you observe it.

Price -75% 2.53€
Rating 7.3
Release 30 Jan 2013
Strike Suit Zero Immerse yourself in massive fleet battles where your dog-fighting skills will directly affect the fate of the cosmos.

Price -89% 2.33€
Rating 7.4
Release 23 Jan 2013
The Cave Assemble your team of three from seven unlikely adventurers, then descend into the mysterious depths to explore The Cave!

Price 12.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 23 Jan 2013
10,000,000 10000000: The Dungeon Crawling Matching Game

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 15 Jan 2013
Fieldrunners 2 Get ready to DEFEND THE WORLD! The biggest sequel in tower defense history is finally here: Fieldrunners 2 has arrived! From Subatomic Studios, creators of the award winning classic strategy game comes an all new adventure that was years in the making.

Price 9.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 10 Jan 2013
Droid Assault Play Droid Assault and experience running blaster battles with hordes of rampaging killer robots! Discover a unique tactical arcade shooter, with the fun addictive gameplay of 8-bit classics. You'll need your wits and the help of your acquired droid squad to stay alive in this fast-paced retro actionfest.

Price -94% 0.68€
Rating 7.7
Release 09 Jan 2013
The Journey Down: Chapter One The Journey Down is a point-and-click series with an Afro-Caribbean twist. Get ready to embark on a journey of exploration, mystery and grave danger - but also a journey of warmth, friendship and love.

Price -69% 1.82€
Rating 8.3
Release 09 Jan 2013
Waking Mars In 2097, life is discovered on Mars. When your mission of first contact becomes trapped by a cave-in, you must master the alien ecosystem to survive. Soon you stumble upon more than anyone expected, and with time running out, you will make a decision that determines the fate of a lost planet.

Price -96% 0.34€
Rating 8.4
Release 13 Dec 2012
A New Beginning - Final Cut A New Beginning is a cinematic adventure-thriller done graphic novel-style.

Price -93% 0.76€
Rating 7.2
Release 11 Dec 2012
Dead Pixels A toxic waste spill finds its way into the water supply, causing the recently deceased to rise from their graves. Now it's up to you to blast your way through the hordes of undead if you're going to escape the city. On the way to your rescue, you'll search stores and houses for supplies, and trade with other survivors.

Price -54% 1.38€
Rating 8.4
Release 07 Dec 2012
Triple Town Triple Town is an award-winning original puzzle game in which you try to grow the greatest possible city. The larger the city you build, the more points you score. You build your city by matching three or more game-pieces: combine three grasses to make a bush, three bushes to make a tree...

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.7
Release 06 Dec 2012
The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles Enjoy a thrilling and hilarious point-and-click adventure in the fantasy world of Aventasia

Price -75% 4.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 05 Dec 2012
Primordia Life has ceased. Man is but a myth. And now, even the machines have begun to fail. Lead Horatio Nullbuilt and his sarcastic sidekick Crispin on a journey through the crumbling world of Primordia, facing malfunctioning robots, ancient secrets, and an implacable, power-hungry foe.

Price -69% 3.11€
Rating 9.3
Release 05 Dec 2012
Karateka From PRINCE OF PERSIA creator Jordan Mechner, the original side-scrolling karate classic comes to Steam with art by Jeff Matsuda (The Batman) and music by Grammy-winning composer Christopher Tin (CIVILIZATION IV).

Price -74% 1.06€
Rating 6.7
Release 03 Dec 2012
Stealth Bastard Deluxe Armed with only your wits and a pair of Stealthing Goggles, it’s your job to sneak your way through a deadly facility that’s determined to extinguish your fragile little life.

Price -96% 0.46€
Rating 8.4
Release 28 Nov 2012
Miasmata Miasmata is a first-person survival/adventure game, developed from the ground-up by brothers Joe and Bob Johnson. You play as Robert Hughes, a plague-stricken scientist on a journey to discover a cure. Your adventure begins on the shores of a remote and mysterious island.

Price -90% 1.61€
Rating 7.4
Release 28 Nov 2012
Super Hexagon Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.

Price -79% 0.63€
Rating 9.5
Release 27 Nov 2012
Little Inferno Throw your toys into your fire, and play with them as they burn. An adventure that takes place almost entirely in front of a fireplace - about looking up up up out of the chimney, and the cold world just on the other side of the wall. From the creators of World of Goo and Human Resource Machine.

Price -72% 4.18€
Rating 9.2
Release 19 Nov 2012
Thomas Was Alone Guide a group of rectangles through a series of obstacles, using their different skills together to get to the end of each environment.

Price -88% 1.00€
Rating 9.1
Release 12 Nov 2012