- #1 The Under
97% matchMixed56% of 25 reviews2017
Dev: Iconic Games
Windows
In a place unknown to the living, a young boy must navigate The Under so he may return to the world above.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #2 Touch My Spinner
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 22 reviews2017
Dev: mibix
Windows
It's just a clicker idle game. Rotate your fidget spinners, earn coins, do upgrades, open chests, buy new spinners, earn more coins and buy more new spinners.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #3 Ricochet Kills: Noir
96% matchVery Positive91% of 64 reviews2017
Dev: mibix
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Ricochet Kills: Noir. It is a puzzle-shooter game in original minimalistic noir style. Use bullets ricochets to kill your enemies and keep in mind that your ammo is limited. Try your skills on 100 different levels.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #4 Trials of the Gauntlet
95% matchMixed53% of 59 reviews2018
Dev: Patrick O'ConnorPub: Broken Dinosaur Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 29%
In Trials of the Gauntlet, You wake up in the courtyard of a Steampunk mansion, your arm replaced with an electric grappling hook. You use your new arm to solve puzzles, traverse the mansion and fight your way to the top of the clock tower where you confront the mad scientist who did this to you.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #5 Brick Breaker Ultimate
94% matchMixed39% of 56 reviews2017
Dev: RewindApp
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Brick Breaker Ultimate is a "Brick Breaker" style game where you aim to make the best score. To do this, simply break the bricks with your balls that you can recover during your game.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #6 SoM Soul Of Mask
94% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: Alain Perrin
Windows · Linux
Soul of Mask (SoM) is a labyrinth game where the spirit tries to collect Demon eyes to leave the underworld. Controllers: Touch Screen, Keyboard, Joystick. Support of Afrikaan language in game
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #7 BlackShadows
93% matchVery Negative16% of 170 reviews2015
Dev: IceGames Studios
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 17%
BlackShadows is a survival horror game where you'll assume the role of a young scientist who is fighting against her worst nightmare... You'll have to escape from a strange and creepy place in order to survive. You think it's easy? Be careful : Black Shadows are never friendly!
Why similar: Indie 60.7%, Horror 39.3%
- #8 Dark Night
92% matchMostly Negative38% of 64 reviews2016
Dev: NighthoodGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Welcome home Amelia, familiar eyes are watching you, and they want to play. Home alone you can feel them. You can hear their footsteps. You need to move. You have limited visibility. Light a matchstick to see in the dark. Close your eyes. Start begging for your life.
Why similar: Indie 64.5%, Horror 35.5%
- #9 Way to Go!
91% matchPositive90% of 31 reviews2015
Dev: Makivision Games
Windows · Mac
Over 400 tricky puzzles, intuitive controls and cute heroes guarantee hours of fun.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #10 123 Slaughter Me Street
91% matchMixed69% of 392 reviews2015
Dev: Nate SandersPub: Impulse Game Studios, LLC.
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 97.0 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Wounded and on the run, trapped in an abandoned building, armed only with a dying flashlight. Navigate darkness, outsmart lurking horrors, and escape before they reach you. A tense, paranoia-driven survival experience where every moment counts.
Why similar: Horror 61.7%, Indie 38.3%
- #11 City Escaper
90% matchMostly Negative27% of 37 reviews2018
Dev: PatatEj
Windows
City escaper is a game based on a gangster escaping from police. City Escaper is a 2D game, dodge the obstacles, run away as long as you can and beat your own highscore!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #12 The Haunting of Billy
89% matchMixed47% of 43 reviews2018
Dev: Targon Studios
Windows
It’s Halloween night and your girlfriend is missing! Play as Billy, fighting through the procedurally generated halls of an old, haunted mansion. Fight zombies, ghosts, goblins, and more with over 1 million costume combinations and more than 60 unique weapons to use!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #13 Deus Ex Machina, Game of the Year, 30th Anniversary Collector’s Edition
88% matchPositive83% of 47 reviews2016
Dev: Potassium Frog Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
Back by popular demand, the legendary video game and first ever interactive movie, starring Jon Pertwee (Doctor Who), Ian Dury (the Godfather of Punk), and Frankie Howerd (comic genius). Hailed as a breakthrough in the development of video games, Deus Ex Machina won Game Of The Year, and is currently the subject of movies, books,...
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #14 Grandpa
87% matchMixed49% of 331 reviews2018
Dev: PuddingPub: Cheesecake
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 22%
*Early access game* Grandpa is a survival horror game. You woke up in a house you never knew. Strange things happen in the house. You have to find a way to survive and get out of the house.
Why similar: Indie 67.3%, Horror 32.7%
- #15 ROGUS - Kingdom of The Lost Souls
89% matchMixed40% of 35 reviews2015
Dev: IronDrop Studios
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
"ROGUS - Kingdom of The Lost Souls" is the first Run'Em'Up: A minimalist, yet, epic, beat'em'up where your skills will be put to the test as you jump, aim, dodge, shield and cast spells, all at the same time. Guide an insanely powerful wizard in his hardcore and infinite quest for love & redemption.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #16 Timore 5
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 126 reviews2016
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 34.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Timore 5 is an indie horror game, 5th one in Timore series. A scientist named Frank has done a lot inventing new things, but his experiments aren't without the consequences. In this game Frank will try to record his dreams and convert them to computer data, allowing him to review his dreams later, but the experiment might not go as...
Why similar: Indie 66.9%, Horror 33.1%
- #17 Mimic
86% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Mimic
Windows
If you're stuck in deep darkness, you need to make a sound. But something in the dark will follow you through your voice. In order to escape from the house, you have to find levers hidden all over the house.
Why similar: Indie 66.6%, Horror 33.4%
- #18 Zomby Soldier
84% matchMixed42% of 48 reviews2018
Dev: Tero Lunkka
Windows
Dark theme shooter where player character is zombie who needs to kill other zombies and find more blood
Why similar: Indie 59.6%, Horror 40.4%
- #19 1,000 Heads Among the Trees
85% matchMixed54% of 131 reviews2015
Dev: Aaron OldenburgPub: KISS ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Visit the real town of Cachiche, Peru, to spend your nights searching for spirits and taking photos. Discover a generative narrative as you show your photos to local people who describe what they see in them.
Why similar: Indie 65.9%, Horror 34.1%
- #20 Deep Inside
73% matchVery Positive84% of 123 reviews2024
Dev: Nick Abrams
Windows
Deep Inside - is a first-person psychological horror game! You are a police officer trying to find out who is behind the most high-profile murders in the city and have therefore become the number one target for a maniac!
Why similar: Indie 81.4%, Horror 18.6%
- #21 NUMB
82% matchMostly Negative25% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: Sakarikos Kleanthis
Windows
Numb will get to you in position to experience some of the sleep phases, through James, a normal person with some stress problem which effect his sleep. Are you ready to live, or die, in a dream? Is it actually a dream, though?
Why similar: Indie 57.5%, Horror 42.5%
- #22 Night Blights
83% matchVery Positive91% of 131 reviews2016
Dev: Trapdoor Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
It's 11pm. Your parents are asleep and Teddy is guarding the end of the bed. Something's moving in the darkness. The wardrobe is creaking and there's laughter behind the door. Night Blights, cruel and mischievous monsters have invaded your home. Can you survive till morning and protect your family?
Why similar: Indie 58.1%, Horror 41.9%
- #23 Mr. Sweet
82% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2018
Dev: Gonagame Studio
Windows
Mr. Sweet - this is the crazy adventure of the most unusual runner in the universe! Help him and his friends to become the best of the best and beat all known and unknown records! Check your agility on the most complicated tracks in different parts of the universe!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #24 Goodnight Butcher
84% matchMixed57% of 59 reviews2015
Dev: Perfect Square Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Goodnight Butcher is an arcade-style horror game with an isolated, heart-pounding atmosphere which shifts seamlessly between running your butchery and running for your life.
Why similar: Indie 60%, Horror 40%
- #25 祭壇の花/Saidan no Hana
81% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Zacro
Windows
"Saidan no Hana" is a horror game with puzzle elements. A building that was somewhere, a person who lived somewhere Purify the soul that cannot be lifted.
Why similar: Indie 64.8%, Horror 35.2%
- #26 The Mine
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 132 reviews2018
Dev: IanPub: M.I.M
Windows
You find yourself lost in a mine, the only objective is to find a way out. But something lurks in the shadows, following. Hunting you. Good luck. It's simply a game of cat and mouse. You can run and hide, but your ultimate goal is to find the key and escape the mine. While avoiding the monsters.
Why similar: Indie 54.5%, Horror 45.5%
- #27 The Renovator
79% matchMixed66% of 99 reviews2019
Dev: mirzagame5
Windows
In this game you’re an experienced restorer currently working in a museum workshop. The restorer’s friend requested him to fix some old exhibits. From that moment his adventure starts.
Why similar: Indie 62.1%, Horror 37.9%
- #28 Contract
80% matchMixed51% of 57 reviews2016
Dev: S Houben
Windows
Contract is a side-scrolling shooter in which you must shoot, hack and massacre your way past armed guards, security systems and other challenges in order to reach your targets. You play as a man, blackmailed into the art of assassination by the kidnappers of his brother.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #29 Volotic
78% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Scott Garner
Windows
Volotic is an experimental nonlinear sequencer by artist Scott Garner. What does that even mean? It means a fun way to create songs for everyone, with no musical experience required. In Volotic, you compose a song by arranging a selection of "towers" on a grid.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #30 Slightly Magic - 8bit Legacy Edition
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2016
Dev: Colin Jones & The Potassium FrogPub: Potassium Frog Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
The popular 1990's arcade adventure Slightly Magic has been remastered and restored by the original author/programmer Colin Jones. Combine objects with spells to activate, turn into a bird, a fish or even invisible!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #31 Schizophrenia
76% matchMixed52% of 31 reviews2020
Dev: Indevelopment Productions
Windows
Schizophrenia is a indie horror game meant to be played at your own pace. Figure out the story of a child looking for her mom while experiencing her mental illnesses.
Why similar: Indie 78.3%, Horror 21.7%
- #32 The ScreaMaze
77% matchMixed69% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: White Puppet Studio
Windows
What score can you reach in this simple horror maze? Can you beat your best score and discover the scariest end?
Why similar: Indie 70.5%, Horror 29.5%
- #33 Flippt
78% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: Luetso, LLC
Windows
Flippt is a highly addictive, casual puzzle game. A sequence of colored gems are briefly shown, then you have to repeat that pattern on the tiles below. Simple, right? Not so fast! It's easy to learn, yet difficult to master.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #34 DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition
75% matchVery Positive93% of 12,757 reviews2015
Dev: Jesse Makkonen
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.
Why similar: Indie 94.6%, Horror 5.4%
- #35 The Final Take
77% matchMixed64% of 506 reviews2016
Dev: HUSH InteractivePub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Relive dark footage recorded from the perspective of multiple characters in this unique first person horror.
Why similar: Horror 52.9%, Indie 47.1%
- #36 Other Submarine
74% matchMixed63% of 27 reviews2019
Dev: OverTurn Studios
Windows
Trapped at the bottom of the ocean, you only have your trusty flashlight and a reliable submarine. Can you reach the surface before what lies beneath takes you?
Why similar: Indie 57.5%, Horror 42.5%
- #37 6 PEOPLE
73% matchMixed52% of 60 reviews2020
Dev: GsK
Windows · Mac
A man travels in a subway car alone. Where is he going? Will he or any of his fellow passengers arrive at their destination? Are they drawn together by pure coincidence, or something more sinister?
Why similar: Indie 73.3%, Horror 26.7%
- #38 Like Clay
75% matchVery Positive88% of 124 reviews2017
Dev: free08Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Like Clay is a story driven adventure game with horror elements. Find out what happened to a friend of yours by reading messages and listening to audio files. Search for hidden doors and items, solve light puzzles and survive deadly foes and lethal traps.
Why similar: Indie 61.4%, Horror 38.6%
- #39 山贼
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tushuo
Windows
某朝末年，烽烟四起。楚郡内生灵涂炭，青壮被逼无奈大多数只能进入深山落草为寇。在这几乎死境的楚郡内，想活下去，只有比别人更残忍。
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #40 A2Be - A Science-Fiction Narrative
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vagabond Dog
Windows
In the far future, the invention of instantaneous and waste-free transportation has brought a new age of utopia for humanity. Explore this brave vision of our destiny, and see its many wonders.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #41 Greetings
72% matchVery Positive84% of 637 reviews2018
Dev: Charlie Behan
Windows
Explore what is around every corner in hopes for answers to where you're going and why.
Why similar: Horror 59.2%, Indie 40.8%
- #42 Revenis Prologue 01
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Christopher Hyun
Windows
Dreadful, isn't it?
Why similar: Indie 57.5%, Horror 42.5%
- #43 Unlimited Escape
76% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2015
Dev: Carlo D'Apostoli ProjectsPub: Strategy First
Windows
'Unlimited escape' is an action / strategy game with unpredictable dynamics. The protagonist of the game will walk and explore endless mazes procedurally generated and will have a single mission: to save the prisoners scattered in the path leading them to the point of rescue.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #44 Herman 2
71% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Dirge Game Studio
Windows
"Herman 2" is a fast-paced, occasionally brutal, humorous and challenging platformer with cool music. The game has 50 levels, some very tricky digging and resource management puzzles, interesting & tough enemies, and many game mechanics. Climb, dig, throw, jump, kick, jetpack, duck, slide, and fall your way to salvation!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #45 Nyctophobia
73% matchMixed45% of 607 reviews2015
Dev: Lightning Man MediaPub: Lightning Man Media
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Your truck is wrecked, your flashlight is dimming and darkness surrounds you. Your fears come alive. Get to the generator and bring back the light before “The Keeper” finds you.
Why similar: Indie 62.5%, Horror 37.5%
- #46 TrivaTune
70% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: Muttley1968Pub: Dragon Tech Soloutions
Windows
TrivaTune is a music Trivia game where users compete in a multiplayer world to prove they are the music king, you will be asked questions with multiple choice options and possibly even get an audio question where a track is played to you and you have to guess who the artist is or what the title or album are and maybe even the release year
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #47 Pound of Flesh
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ryan Andrew
Windows
There are others in the house. It's been a long time since they have eaten, and they each have their favorite "foods". To survive, you may have to offer them parts of yourself. Your teeth, your hair. I hope you weren't too "attached" to them. You won't be for long.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #48 Zombie Teacher
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Edgy Games
Windows
Zombie Teacher is a gloriously retro platforming adventure that pays tribute to the video game stars of yesterday. Your task is to help our villain become the star of his very own game. All you must do is collect 66 vintage arcades from across the globe...sounds simple enough!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #49 The Seven
69% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Innik Games LLC
Windows
The Seven is a simplistic, yet challenging indie platformer designed to test the player's skill and patience. With no saves, and seven trials to overcome, you must put your skill to the test to overcome the brutal challenges that lie ahead.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #50 Sparky's Hunt
71% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2016
Dev: Luke CrippsPub: Fellowplayer
Windows
A creature called Sparky is invading your town looking for something and your house is next. Can you fight her off before she catches you? Try to survive the week without getting caught and solve the mystery to why she is targeting you.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #51 Here Nya
70% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: ilxapppPub: VBS
Windows
The best game in the world!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #52 COLOR
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dual Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
COLOR invites you to tackle the physics of light by using additive color theory to solve over 100 solo and co-op puzzles, each designed to challenge you with deep, intertwining puzzle mechanics and skill-based gameplay, all presented in a sleek, minimalistic art style.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #53 Dimetrosaur
68% matchVery Positive94% of 50 reviews2018
Dev: Grade 9 Games
Windows
Sneak around dinosaurs and enemy soldiers in a single player story. Explore the island, find the hidden laboratory, rescue the Doctor and avoid becoming lunch in Dimetrosaur. Similar to retro games.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #54 Volume Up
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 9 Game
Windows
VR shoot'em up where the enemies come to you on the rhythm of the music.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #55 Sheaf - Together EP
66% matchVery Positive96% of 170 reviews2019
Dev: Stryde Games
Windows
Enter virtual reality to listen to the debut EP “Together” of synthwave producer Sheaf. No gameplay involved -- just sit back, relax, and enjoy the music while you drive through a retro low poly world.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #56 四之石
57% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HUANGYIJIE
Windows
四种不同的宝石技能：时间停止、空间封锁、重力改变、瞬间移动。四个有不同技能和特性的人物，以及数十种特效不同的道具，通过它们來开发属于你的独特的通关体验吧！游戏中的移动速度、跳跃高度都会受人物和道具的影响，共有20个关卡以及30个BOSS等待挑战，带着四个宝石“外挂”去挑战更高的难度吧！
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #57 Town
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: 牛学者
Windows
Tianmin town because of what has changed, Tianmin town villagers one after another death behind what hidden secret. The protagonist because the country's reform into the town of Heaven, what will happen?
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #58 DOWN MEANS UP
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: David Mulder
Windows
What makes DOWN MEANS UP unique, is that you can flip the direction of gravity. You can even flip gravity in mid-air. This makes for some interesting gameplay, where inertia plays a key role in landing the jump.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #59 Burn, Clown, Burn!
69% matchMixed61% of 38 reviews2017
Dev: Gameplay Ltd.Pub: KuKo
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Everybody knows that killer clowns dwell in the depths of hell. But what happens when an ordinary clown is thrown into hell by accident? Perform insane stunts and help the clown to avoid the fiery furnace of hell! The crowning achievement of human civilization. Period.
Why similar: Indie 100%
