- #1 Bongo Cat
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 95,019 reviews2025
Dev: Marcel ZurawkaPub: Irox Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 26.7 hrsMean: 261.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #2 Cookie Clicker
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 88,978 reviews2021
Dev: OrteilPub: Playsaurus
Windows · Mac
Median: 89.4 hrsMean: 370.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Why similar: Strategy 50.1%, Indie 49.9%
- #3 Dragon`s Checkers
74% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: iwangr
Windows
Your pawns are at the bottom of the board. In your turns you move one of your pawn diagonally to one of a nearest square. You can destroy enemy's pawn by jumping diagonally over it. Note: If you can destroy enemy's pawn you MUST do it.That's the rule.
Why similar: Strategy 44.2%, Board Game 28.3%, Indie 27.5%
- #4 Secret Santa
75% matchVery Positive91% of 105 reviews2016
Dev: Daniel Jonathan BourkePub: Project Tranquil
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Sneak around children, pets, and the elderly as you deliver Christmas joy. Complete the list of deliveries, and have some cookies.
Why similar: Strategy 62.4%, Indie 37.6%
- #5 Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small
77% matchMixed40% of 130 reviews2017
Dev: DIGIDICEDPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Agricola: All Creatures Big & Small is a digital adaptation of Uwe Rosenberg's award-winning two-player board game featuring farming and livestock breeding.
Why similar: Strategy 42.9%, Board Game 32.9%, Indie 24.2%
- #6 Tactishia
58% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: VladShe
Windows
Tactical, turn based board game 1v1 with offline mode. chess like strategy game adding more aspects to the board.
Why similar: Strategy 49.8%, Board Game 29.8%, Indie 20.3%
- #7 Hellfire Fortress
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gold & Lumber Games UG
Windows · Mac
In the Hellfire Fortress classic 1 vs 1 mode you’ll face sheer endless waves of demons and thus the goal is straight forward: Your Fortress needs to survive longer than your opponent’s! It’s your task to set up an army and strategically invest in economy while constantly leveling up your Fortress.
Why similar: Strategy 61.3%, Indie 38.7%
- #8 BlindOak Prow
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PositionMatters
Windows · Mac · Linux
BlindOak Prow is a competitive strategy card game with unique, subtle tactics that mirror the political maneuvers of the setting. Form a party of four characters mixing and matching the six different classes however you'd like, then outwit your foes for control of the city and for your survival on a new land.
Why similar: Strategy 61.7%, Indie 38.3%
- #9 Rubico
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Game Runners
Windows
You were in the middle of a dying city, in the center of which a giant monster nestled - the Plague. People infected with it lose their sanity and die over time. In the midst of all this chaos, you have only one friend you can rely on - a mechanical kettle.
Why similar: Strategy 62.4%, Indie 37.6%
- #10 BattleLore: Command
75% matchMixed65% of 120 reviews2015
Dev: Fantasy Flight GamesPub: Fantasy Flight Publishing, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
BattleLore: Command is based on the board game BattleLore Second Edition from Fantasy Flight Games. Lead the noble Daqan army in a campaign against the demon-blooded Uthuk Y’llan or battle head-to-head against a friend or AI opponent in Multiplayer!
Why similar: Strategy 41.6%, Board Game 39%, Indie 19.5%
- #11 The Castles of Burgundy
68% matchVery Positive81% of 270 reviews2019
Dev: DIGIDICED
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stefan Feld's highly decorated board game "The Castles Of Burgundy" by Ravensburger is getting its digital version on Steam! Enjoy against the challenging AI or friends a beautiful digital version of the classic board game!
Why similar: Strategy 45.7%, Board Game 30.8%, Indie 23.6%
- #12 Towards Gold and Glory
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: vikingfabian.com
Windows
Online co-op, dungeon adventure board game.
Why similar: Strategy 45.8%, Indie 28.5%, Board Game 25.7%
- #13 Virtual Cottage
60% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 10,947 reviews2020
Dev: DU&I
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 61.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #14 Crysis 2 Remastered
54% matchVery Positive89% of 8,552 reviews2022
Dev: Crytek
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Relive the legendary single-player campaign from the classic first-person shooter, Crysis 2, optimized for today's hardware in Crysis 2 Remastered.
- #15 Easter 2024 Memory
59% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Schwan OGPub: OG Games
Windows
Easter 2024 Memory is an casual memory game with stunning images. You have to find all of the correct pairs to complete the game. your best round will be count and always be displayed in game, to compare your rounds. try to reduce your turns every game and set up your new record.
Why similar: Strategy 39.5%, Board Game 38.2%, Indie 22.2%
- #16 Dice Tribes: Ambitions
57% matchVery Positive97% of 127 reviews2022
Dev: Sprouting Potato
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dice-based worker placement game. Manage the randomness and complete your ambition to win.
Why similar: Board Game 41.5%, Strategy 40.2%, Indie 18.3%
- #17 Isle of Skye
68% matchMixed66% of 160 reviews2018
Dev: DIGIDICEDPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Five clans are fighting to rule over the Isle of Skye. Only the chieftain who develops the best clan territory and trades wisely will be king!
Why similar: Strategy 41.4%, Board Game 33.7%, Indie 24.9%
- #18 Between Two Castles - Digital Edition
68% matchMostly Negative40% of 442 reviews2019
Dev: Daisu Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 17%
Between Two Castles - Digital Edition brings the delightful experience of the original board game to your computer! Build unique procedural castles, make strategies and play online with your friends!
Why similar: Strategy 50.9%, Board Game 41.9%, Indie 7.1%
- #19 Crysis 3 Remastered
53% matchVery Positive88% of 7,300 reviews2022
Dev: Crytek
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Experience the single-player experience from the iconic first-person shooter, Crysis 3, optimized to take advantage of today's hardware in Crysis 3 Remastered.
- #20 Cats Make You Smarter!
67% matchVery Positive92% of 273 reviews2017
Dev: SandorHQ
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 15%
Meet 50 hand-drawn, funny cats and let them make you smarter by matching 2, 3, 4 or 5 of them on a board in 5 game modes.
- #21 Chess Sudoku
62% matchVery Positive97% of 181 reviews2020
Dev: Studio Goya
Windows · Mac
How does Chess Sudoku work? Well we’ve taken the classic sudoku game everyone knows and loves and created puzzles with chess-related twists! There are three different types of puzzles in the game: Knight Sudoku; King Sudoku and Queen Sudoku.
Why similar: Strategy 41.6%, Indie 29.4%, Board Game 29%
- #22 Patchwork
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 278 reviews2016
Dev: DIGIDICEDPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In the long-awaited digital adaptation of Uwe Rosenberg's Patchwork, players patch their way to victory using fabric pieces of assorted sizes, colors, and buttons.
Why similar: Board Game 41.4%, Strategy 37.4%, Indie 21.2%
- #23 Garden of Oblivion
66% matchVery Positive87% of 200 reviews2018
Dev: Träumendes Mädchen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 21%
A short horror point & click game about a teenager trapped in a dream-like garden. Will Reven be able to escape? It's up to you!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #24 Tactical Mind
68% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Drageus Games S.A.
Windows
Become a Master of Pawns with your Tactical Mind!
Why similar: Strategy 49.5%, Board Game 30.6%, Indie 19.9%
- #25 Lost Ark
55% matchMostly Positive71% of 203,190 reviews2022
Dev: Smilegate RPGPub: Amazon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.8 hrsMean: 157.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Embark on an odyssey for the Lost Ark in a vast, vibrant world: explore new lands, seek out lost treasures, and test yourself in thrilling action combat in this action-packed free-to-play RPG.
- #26 Chill Corner
55% matchVery Positive91% of 9,638 reviews2021
Dev: Low-Hi Tech
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
This is just an idle game for chilling, relaxing or focusing.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #27 Dr. Frank's Build a Boyfriend
65% matchVery Positive88% of 293 reviews2018
Dev: HeidenPub: Visual Wordplay
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Dr. Frank's Build-A-Boyfriend is a comedy BL visual-novel mixed with point-and-click adventure elements.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #28 Frightened Beetles
64% matchVery Positive92% of 601 reviews2018
Dev: Anatoliy Loginovskikh
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 11%
Something terrible happened in the forest! Someone frightened all Bugs! What happened? You are the only one who can find it out!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #29 Astral Battlefield / 星界战场
56% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Bitca
Windows · Linux
A Turn-based Strategy Sci-Fi Board Game.
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #30 Sound Shift
69% matchVery Positive84% of 178 reviews2015
Dev: Matthew Brown
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Sound Shift is a VJ style music visualiser mixed with a simple arcade shooter.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #31 Fourzy
55% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MindIsle Games
Windows
COMPETITIVE MATCH FOUR
Why similar: Strategy 45.4%, Indie 27.4%, Board Game 27.2%
- #32 Just, Bearly
64% matchVery Positive94% of 536 reviews2018
Dev: Daniel J Roberts
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 16%
An honest comedy about anxiety and feeling awkward, played through painfully relatable mini games.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #33 Boxcars
50% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Rocket 9 Labs
Windows · Linux
Play backgammon, acey-deucey and tabula online.
Why similar: Board Game 45.9%, Strategy 44.3%, Indie 9.8%
- #34 Broken Metal
63% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: Armadillo Game Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fight with a small team through floors of hostile machines, tweak your team to overcome increasingly more powerful enemies, live with the consequences of your actions, learn from your mistakes as you are overwhelmed and plan better for your next attempt.
Why similar: Strategy 61.3%, Indie 38.7%
- #35 Card Battle Spirit Link
63% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Speedrobo Games
Windows
Get ready for a new kind of digital multiplayer card game. No shuffled decks, no random card packs. In Card Battle Spirit Link, strategy is the key!
Why similar: Strategy 62.4%, Indie 37.6%
- #36 Le Havre: The Inland Port
69% matchMixed56% of 66 reviews2016
Dev: DIGIDICEDPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build a prosperous port in Uwe Rosenberg’s award winning two-player board game!
Why similar: Strategy 44.1%, Board Game 29.3%, Indie 26.6%
- #37 NUVAVULT
63% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: Mim Hufford
Windows · Mac · Linux
A perspective altering puzzle game where 2D and 3D collide.
Why similar: Strategy 61.6%, Indie 38.4%
- #38 炎黄战纪之三国烽烟
66% matchMixed66% of 290 reviews2018
Dev: 上海班图网络科技有限公司
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
《炎黄战纪》是一款开放式的水墨历史风集换式卡牌游戏。 我们设计这款游戏的初衷对华夏五千年来那一个个青史留痕的人物的向往和致敬,希望能记录和纪念这些炎黄之魂以及他们的故事,同时也希望能提供一个平台将同好者们聚在一起来共同开发和完善这个游戏,青梅煮酒,共论天下英雄,评说功过是非。
Why similar: Strategy 62.4%, Indie 37.6%
- #39 Re-O-Ri
62% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2019
Dev: Get Out Games
Windows
Do you have what it takes to become the next Re-O-Ri? Battle to claim the title of “King of Kings” in this turn-based single and multiplayer strategy VR card game!
Why similar: Strategy 62.2%, Indie 37.8%
- #40 5Leaps (Space Tower Defense)
63% matchPositive100% of 32 reviews2019
Dev: DeepDimensionGames
Windows
5Leaps is a retro-futuristic strategy game "Tower Defense" style.
Why similar: Strategy 61.7%, Indie 38.3%
- #41 Robin
64% matchVery Positive89% of 703 reviews2018
Dev: Isabelle Dela TorrePub: Group Pug
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 8%
Robin is a short slice of life game that was made to give some visibility to an invisible illness - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #42 Chessboard Kingdoms
63% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Hashed Egg
Windows
Chessboard Kingdoms is a multiplayer, turn-based strategy game inspired by the chess mechanics. Employ warriors and engineers, build siege machines, construct walls and towers, consult your court wizard — all while exploring vast landscapes of the realm and satisfying your puzzle-solving appetite.
Why similar: Strategy 61.3%, Indie 38.7%
- #43 Wequer
63% matchVery Positive91% of 78 reviews2019
Dev: Ben Allen
Windows
Chess has evolved! Hatch units from eggs, make ranged attacks, cast dastardly spells, and take control of the board to win in Wequer.
Why similar: Strategy 62.4%, Indie 37.6%
- #44 Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,111 reviews2017
Dev: Dicesuki
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 25.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #45 BellyBots
49% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: Grumpy Company GmbHPub: GE-MU Systems UG
Windows
Ladies and gentlemen. Load your guns!Teleport into our roomscale reimagination of an 80s arcade action game. Warning:You will have to move... A LOT! :D
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #46 Star Police
63% matchMixed60% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: Cow Game
Windows
Tower Defense game
Why similar: Strategy 61.7%, Indie 38.3%
- #47 Leaf Blower Revolution - Idle Game
55% matchVery Positive94% of 26,216 reviews2020
Dev: Humble North
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 131.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Blow leaves, upgrade your gear, and automate your progress as you explore the Leaf Universe. A satisfying incremental idle game where every leaf blown brings you closer to the next big upgrade. Simple, relaxing, and endlessly rewarding. Let the leaves fall, and your progress rise!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #48 Minda
63% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2019
Dev: Sunho Kim
Windows · Mac
Online Abalone board game.
Why similar: Strategy 62.4%, Indie 37.6%
- #49 Rezist: Tower Defense
63% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: SparkGames
Windows
Protect your server from the malicious software intrusion. Improve your utility programs in time, rollout patches — and you will stand fearless even against the algorithms of your most devious enemies.
Why similar: Strategy 62.4%, Indie 37.6%
- #50 Doodle WHAT?!
50% matchMixed50% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Binx.tv
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Stream your canvas on Twitch and turn your chat into a guessing game! Fully integrated with Twitch, this social drawing game lets your viewers compete in real time to guess what you're drawing! Featuring a persistent leaderboard, customizable word bank, and multiple gameplay modes!
Why similar: Strategy 61.7%, Indie 38.3%
- #51 Tile Conqueror
62% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: Firenja
Windows
Tile Conqueror is a strategy game. Build your base, expand your army, conquer tiles and get crystals. Buy permanent upgrades with the crystals you collect to upgrade your army and buildings to conquer stronger tiles.
Why similar: Strategy 63.2%, Indie 36.8%
- #52 Operation Valderon
63% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Ryo Suzuki
Windows
The people of Valderon need you. The planet is under attack. The emperor has personally selected you to command the defenses. Design your fleet. Create your own path. Save Valderon from an endless wave of enemies.
Why similar: Strategy 61.3%, Indie 38.7%
- #53 Dice Defenders
63% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Full Screen Sorcery
Windows · Mac
Dice Defenders brings the classic old school feel of many early tower defense games and adds a new level of strategy and planning through the thousands of possible different combinations of different towers, tower sizes, and dice to offer a unique challenge to veterans of the genre and newcomers alike.
Why similar: Strategy 61.3%, Indie 38.7%
- #54 Panzer Hearts - War Visual Novel
64% matchVery Positive83% of 126 reviews2018
Dev: HELYEES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Build the tanks, Date the girls, Choose your side. Live through the adventure and drama of an alternate universe World War 2.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #55 Run Zeus Run
63% matchVery Positive89% of 1,881 reviews2017
Dev: GamerzDan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 28%
"Run Zeus Run" is an endless runner with modern mechanics of a platformer, dynamic music, incremental challenge needing patience, focus and bit of strategy. Try to get the highest score, the highest amount of coins, the highest monster kills and play until you are the best Zeus in the world.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #56 I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1
53% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,765 reviews2021
Dev: Ska StudiosPub: Ska Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 24%
A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!
- #57 The End o,,,o
66% matchMixed64% of 268 reviews2017
Dev: xrrawva
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 15%
Face the grim reaper at 3 frames per second.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #58 Paranormal Teens
68% matchMixed49% of 106 reviews2016
Dev: Visual Wordplay
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Based on the fictional reality TV series Paranormal Teens. Free to play.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #59 Lost Frontier
63% matchVery Positive96% of 56 reviews2018
Dev: Mika Mobile, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Turn-Based Tactics in the Weird West.
Why similar: Strategy 62.4%, Indie 37.6%