Best Indie Games

Indie classics and modern essentials.

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Hollow Knight
#1922017Single-player

Hollow Knight

A 2D metroidvania with an emphasis on close combat and exploration in which the player enters the once-prosperous now-bleak insect kingdom of Hallownest, travels through its various districts, meets friendly inhabitan…

PlatformAdventureIndiePlayStation 4LinuxPC (Microsoft Windows)Mac+ more
Hades
#2902020Single-player

Hades

A rogue-lite hack and slash dungeon crawler in which Zagreus, son of Hades the Greek god of the dead, attempts to escape his home and his oppressive father by fighting the souls of the dead through the various layers …

Role-playing (RPG)Hack and slash/Beat 'em upAdventureXbox Series X|SPlayStation 4PC (Microsoft Windows)iOS+ more
Celeste
#3872018Single-player

Celeste

Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, …

PlatformAdventureIndieGoogle StadiaPlayStation 4LinuxPC (Microsoft Windows)+ more
Stardew Valley
#4862016Multiplayer

Stardew Valley

Stardew Valley is an open-ended country-life RPG! You’ve inherited your grandfather’s old farm plot in Stardew Valley.

Role-playing (RPG)SimulatorStrategyPlayStation 4LinuxNintendo Switch 2Android+ more
Undertale
#5862015Single-player

Undertale

A small child falls into the Underground, where monsters have long been banished by humans and are hunting every human that they find. The player controls the child as they try to make it back to the Surface through h…

PuzzleRole-playing (RPG)Turn-based strategy (TBS)PlayStation 4LinuxPC (Microsoft Windows)Mac+ more
Cuphead
#6852017Multiplayer

Cuphead

Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e.

ShooterPlatformAdventurePlayStation 4PC (Microsoft Windows)MacXbox One+ more
Slay the Spire
#7852019Single-player

Slay the Spire

We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

Role-playing (RPG)StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)PlayStation 4LinuxAndroidPC (Microsoft Windows)+ more
Dead Cells
#8832018Single-player

Dead Cells

Dead Cells is a rogue-lite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle...

PlatformAdventureIndiePlayStation 4LinuxAndroidPC (Microsoft Windows)+ more
Limbo
#9812010Single-player

Limbo

Limbo is a black and white puzzle-platforming adventure. Players take the role of a young boy traveling through an eerie and treacherous world in an attempt to discover the fate of his sister.

PlatformPuzzleAdventurePlayStation 3PlayStation 4LinuxAndroid+ more
Inside
#10Single-player

Inside

Inside immerses you in a mysterious forest where shadows and whispers toy with your psyche. As you delve deeper, the line between reality and illusion blurs, with only a flashlight guiding your path in this psychologi…

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