Best Indie Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our 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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Snakeybus The length of your bus grows as you pick up more people! Snake through the city streets and avoid crashing into yourself.

Price 8.19€
Rating 9.0
Release 10 May 2019
BirdGut BirdGut is a hand-drawn 2d puzzle-platformer from the perspective of an outcast bee who gets eaten by a bird, and discovers that the bird's internal organs are not organs at all, but facilities in which the consumed insects are brainwashed and enslaved. Experience this bizarre one-man project for yourself.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.2
Release 09 May 2019
Astrologaster Astrologaster is a comedy game set in Shakespeare’s London. Play as 'Doctor' Simon Forman and treat his patients using astrology. A story-driven adventure based on a truly ridiculous story.

Price -89% 1.10€
Rating 8.8
Release 09 May 2019
Never Again Never Again - Horror/first-person Quest. The main essence of the game is research locations and puzzles, plunging in the dramatic story of a little girl suffering from asthma.

Price 13.79€
Rating 7.7
Release 09 May 2019
Ultra Fight Da ! Kyanta 2 Ultra Fight Kyanta 2 is a fighting game with a frantic pace and easy to learn controls. You can perform special attacks using single button presses! Fight in 2D battles across various modes using teams of hand-drawn characters.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.1
Release 08 May 2019
PLANES ATTACK Your homeland sky is under attack. Will you defend it?

Price Free to play
Rating 7.3
Release 06 May 2019
Legal Dungeon Legal Dungeon is a game about organizing Police Investigation Documents. The player must review and provide an Investigation Verdict on reports ranging from petty theft to murder, in eight different criminal cases. Weigh the value of people’s lives to unlock all the collectables.

Price 6.89€
Rating 7.4
Release 06 May 2019
Neon Beats Beat your best scores in Neon Beats, a 2D platformer game with rhythm based levels!

Price Free to play
Rating 9.2
Release 03 May 2019
Jump King Take up the challenge and face true high-stakes platforming in Jump King! Struggle upwards in search of the Smoking Hot Babe of legend, but explore with care; a single missed jump could lead to a long fall back down...

Price 12.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 03 May 2019
Never Split the Party Never Split the Party is an ultra social rogue-like! You're one of four adventurers joining together to explore a procedurally generated dungeon, amass powerful upgrades, and cooperate with your fellow adventures to conquer and crush the evil dungeon champions!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.4
Release 03 May 2019
Taboos: Cracks Relax puzzle games to keep you in a good mood.

Price 1.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 02 May 2019
Rise of Industry Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.

Price -98% 0.76€
Rating 7.1
Release 02 May 2019
Micro Mages Micro Mages is a platformer developed for the original 8-bit NES console. Now on Steam! ROM included. Play solo or with up to 4 players simultaneously. Compete over score or cooperate to overcome challenging levels.

Price 8.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 01 May 2019
Precipice A game of diplomacy and war in the atomic age. Safeguard your closest allies and change unfavorable regimes without giving away your long-term ambitions. Every action risks an enemy reprisal, and if nobody backs down from a standoff, we all lose.

Price 6.59€
Rating 7.5
Release 01 May 2019
Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders A thrilling point-and-click adventure game where you play as Di Renjie, ancient China's most famous and gifted investigator, as he tracks a serial killer in the heart of the Tang Dynasty's capital city.

Price -93% 0.72€
Rating 8.4
Release 01 May 2019
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!

Price -99% 0.57€
Rating 8.5
Release 30 Apr 2019
MORDHAU MORDHAU is a multiplayer medieval slasher. Create your mercenary and fight in brutal battles where you will experience fast paced combat, castle sieges, cavalry charges, and more.

Price -87% 3.90€
Rating 7.9
Release 29 Apr 2019
Lorelai The little she had was taken away, but Lorelai refuses to give up, she will fight. And not even death will stop her from getting it all back...

Price -73% 2.42€
Rating 8.6
Release 26 Apr 2019
Havocado: Ragdoll Fighter Havocado is ragdoll physics based fighting, with guns, crazy vehicles, weird creatures and more, where mistakes have real consequences. Will you beat the other fighters and become the next champion?

Price 16.79€
Rating 7.8
Release 25 Apr 2019
Dark Devotion Explore the secrets of a mysterious fallen temple and put your Templar faith to the test in Dark Devotion, where no sacrifice is too great in praise of your God.

Price -97% 0.71€
Rating 7.3
Release 25 Apr 2019
BLOCKPOST LEGACY Procedural cubic 3D-shooter in the best traditions of the genre. The game is a rich cocktail consisting of the most popular and functional gaming solutions. Customization of characters, opening cases and improving the existing arsenal — all this is available in the game now!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.3
Release 25 Apr 2019
Nova-Life: Amboise Nova-Life: Amboise is a multiplayer role-play simulation video game. Create your character and start your second life!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.6
Release 22 Apr 2019
Zombotron Fight to survive on a mysterious alien planet, outwit its vicious inhabitants, and do whatever it takes to find a way off that wretched rock.

Price -45% 6.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 22 Apr 2019
Burning Daylight Waking up naked in a slaughterhouse, you must escape and travel through a dystopian world to uncover the truth of your origins. Burning Daylight is a sci-fi adventure game, set in a dystopian future with light puzzle elements and environmental storytelling.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.5
Release 19 Apr 2019
Paper Dolls: Original / 纸人 Paper Dolls Original is a first-person horror adventure game steeped in Eastern culture. You act a man who is separated from his daughter after a car accident. When he awakes, he finds himself in a deserted Asian mansion. Find your daughter and unveil a terrifying story buried for a hundred years

Price 13.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 19 Apr 2019
Race for Tuning The city at night, the roar of the engine, nitrous, neon, a tuning... What else do you need for a street race? Burn rubber and become the king of the streets!

Price 4.99€
Rating 6.7
Release 19 Apr 2019
Embark Inspired by the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, the open world survival of Minecraft, and the social interactions of The Sims. Embark is a colony management game with a focus on complex simulation in a huge living 3D world.

Price 24.50€
Rating 6.0
Release 18 Apr 2019
Forager The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!

Price -97% 0.78€
Rating 8.8
Release 18 Apr 2019
Katana ZERO Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.

Price -69% 4.63€
Rating 9.6
Release 18 Apr 2019
Granny Simulator In Granny Simulator there are two players, a feeble old grandmother and her lovely grandson. The grandmothers objective is to complete her every day routine while the grandson utilizes uncanny violence and pure brutality to stop her.

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 17 Apr 2019
Snooker 19 Snooker 19 - The official videogame of World Snooker.

Price -50% 14.24€
Rating 6.9
Release 17 Apr 2019
Zup! XS Experimental minimal physical puzzle with explosions.

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 17 Apr 2019
Geometry May. I swear it's a nice free game I swear it's a nice runner game

Price Free to play
Rating 7.6
Release 16 Apr 2019
Heaven's Vault An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.

Price -96% 0.95€
Rating 8.2
Release 16 Apr 2019
Bomb Chicken After a freak accident, a seemingly ordinary chicken becomes a bomb laying free range hero. Explore the versatile mechanic of laying bombs in this explosive exploration platformer.

Price 14.79€
Rating 8.3
Release 16 Apr 2019
One Finger Death Punch 2 The world's fastest brawler is back. Experience cinematic kung-fu in the most epic stickman fighter ever made. Staying true to the original, you play with only two buttons. Every press matters, do not button mash!

Price -94% 0.42€
Rating 9.3
Release 15 Apr 2019

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