Best Indie Games

Indie classics and modern essentials.

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Celeste
#1872018Single-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
#2862016Multiplayer

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
#3862015Single-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)AdventurePlayStation 4LinuxPC (Microsoft Windows)Mac+ more
Inside
#4862016Single-player

Inside

Inside is a puzzle-platformer developed by Playdead, presented in a 2.5D side-scrolling format with a dark, predominantly monochromatic visual style. The player controls an unnamed boy navigating a dystopian environme…

PlatformPuzzleAdventurePlayStation 4PC (Microsoft Windows)iOSMac+ more
Cuphead
#5852017Multiplayer

Cuphead

Cuphead is a run-and-gun action game focused primarily on boss battles. Its visual style is modeled after 1930s cartoons, using traditional hand-drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.

ShooterPlatformAdventurePlayStation 4PC (Microsoft Windows)MacXbox One+ more
Slay the Spire
#6842019Single-player

Slay the Spire

Slay the Spire is a single-player roguelike deck-building game. Players choose from four characters, each with a unique set of cards, and attempt to climb a procedurally generated spire consisting of multiple floors o…

Role-playing (RPG)StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)PlayStation 4LinuxAndroidPC (Microsoft Windows)+ more
Dead Cells
#7832018Single-player

Dead Cells

Dead Cells is a 2D side-scrolling action platformer combining roguelike and Metroidvania design. Players control the Prisoner, an immortal creature that possesses corpses and fights through procedurally generated leve…

PlatformAdventureIndiePlayStation 4LinuxAndroidPC (Microsoft Windows)+ more
Limbo
#8812010Single-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
Hollow Knight
#92023Single-player

Hollow Knight

Unofficial port of the hit game Hollow Knight for PlayStation Vita.

PlatformAdventurePlayStation Vita
Hades
#101995Single-player

Hades

A South Korean-made first person shooter (potentially the first ever from that country).

ShooterPC (Microsoft Windows)