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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E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy In a dark Cyberpunk world, you (and up to 3 friends) wage war against the all-powerful Federation in this Source-powered FPS/RPG.

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.2
Release 29 Jul 2011
Chantelise - A Tale of Two Sisters A whimsical Action-RPG brought to you from the creators of the renowned Recettear ~ An Item Shop's Tale. Purchase before August 5th and save!

Price 7.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 29 Jul 2011
Runespell: Overture This role-playing game, set in an alternate medieval Europe, combines poker mechanics with power ups and collectible cards.

Price 8.99€
Rating 7.0
Release 20 Jul 2011
Cthulhu Saves the World The lord of insanity, Cthulhu was all set to plunge the world into insanity and destruction when his powers were sealed by a mysterious sorcerer. The only way for him to break the curse is to become a true hero. Save the world to destroy it in an epic parody RPG journey of redemption, romance, and insanity!

Price -87% 0.41€
Rating 8.8
Release 13 Jul 2011
Breath of Death VII Resurrect the classic era of RPGs with the retro parody RPG, Breath of Death VII: The Beginning. Join Dem the Skeleton Knight, Sara the ghost historian, Lita the vampire techie, and Erik the zombie prince as they explore an undead world in search of the secrets of the past. Laugh! Cry! Laugh some more!

Price -86% 0.42€
Rating 8.0
Release 13 Jul 2011
Dungeons of Dredmor Test your luck and cunning in this exciting RPG as you craft, cast, and pillage your way through Lord Dredmor's Dungeons.

Price -72% 2.20€
Rating 9.1
Release 13 Jul 2011
Critical Mass Critical Mass is an action puzzle game that takes traditional match 3 and brings it into the world of 3D.

Price -84% 0.33€
Rating 6.6
Release 20 Jun 2011
Solar 2 Dynamic abstract sandbox universe. Changes and evolves as you do.

Price -83% 1.53€
Rating 8.7
Release 17 Jun 2011
The Cat and the Coup In The Cat and the Coup, you play the cat of Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh, the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran. During the summer of 1953, the CIA engineered a coup to bring about his downfall.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 15 Jun 2011
Spiral Knights Join the ranks of the Spiral Knights. Stranded on an alien world, you must explore the ever-changing Clockworks beneath its surface.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.2
Release 14 Jun 2011
Jamestown Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.

Price -69% 2.57€
Rating 9.0
Release 08 Jun 2011
Hamilton's Great Adventure All new DLC, Retro Fever, Now Available!

Price -97% 0.30€
Rating 6.7
Release 31 May 2011
Frozen Synapse Brings the simultaneous turn-based strategy genre up-to-date and lets you give detailed, accurate orders to your squad.

Price -97% 0.73€
Rating 8.0
Release 26 May 2011
Terraria Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

Price -49% 4.98€
Rating 9.7
Release 16 May 2011
DETOUR A true test your wits and spatial reasoning. Detour combines highway-building fun with the excitement of a competitive real-time strategy game. Construct a path for your convoy to reach its destination in this incredibly addictive title. With online multiplayer!

Price 0.99€
Rating 6.0
Release 16 May 2011
BEEP A combination of platforming with a gravity gun, BEEP is an amazing physics-platformer. Despite its friendly art style, this is a hardcore platformer in the truest sense.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.2
Release 06 May 2011
Fortix 2 Fortix 2 is best described as a reverse turret defense game. As Sir Fortix, the knight, you must conquer castles while dodging tower turrets and evil monsters. Fight your way across the shires of the island Artalom, storming from castle to castle.

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 06 May 2011
Dwarfs!? Dig! Dig! Dig! Manage the small underground Dwarf base and make it as rich as possible before they meet their inevitable doom. Purchase before May 11th and save!

Price -97% 0.27€
Rating 7.4
Release 04 May 2011
Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword The standalone expansion for Mount & Blade! With Fire & Sword builds and expands upon the highly regarded combat system from Mount & Blade: Warband. Firearms have been introduced to the battlefield.

Price -80% 2.02€
Rating 8.6
Release 03 May 2011
Capsized Capsized is a fast paced 2D platformer focused on intense action and exploration. As a intrepid space traveler, your ship has crash landed on a mysterious alien planet. You must navigate through the perilous environment and fight off blood-thirsty creatures to save your crewmates and escape with your lives!

Price -95% 0.50€
Rating 7.3
Release 29 Apr 2011
The Tiny Bang Story Life on Tiny Planet was calm and carefree until a great disaster occurred - Tiny Planet was hit by a meteor! The world fell apart and now its future depends only on you! Use your imagination and creativity: in order to restore Tiny Planet and help its inhabitants you will have to fix a variety of machines and mechanisms as well as solve...

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 22 Apr 2011
Sanctum You think Tower Defense games are all about building? You thought wrong. Sanctum is not your average Tower Defense title. When the havoc starts, you get to join the fray! As one of the world’s first First Person Shooter - Tower Defense games, Sanctum has taken the best of both worlds to deliver an epic, one-of-a-kind experience.

Price -82% 1.81€
Rating 8.6
Release 15 Apr 2011
Anomaly: Warzone Earth Lead an armored squad through the perils of this reversed tower defense action-strategy game!

Price -96% 0.48€
Rating 8.4
Release 08 Apr 2011
Dino D-Day Frantic, multiplayer action involving Nazis and dinosaurs! What are you waiting for? This is World War II as it should have been!

Price -95% 0.55€
Rating 8.2
Release 08 Apr 2011

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