- #1 Five Nights At Monkeys: Flat Mode
97% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: Gameboy_Alex
Windows · Mac
Five Nights At Monkeys: Flat Mode is a flat screen horror experience where every night is different. Survive roaming monsters, manage tricky power systems, and face sudden jumpscares across forests, canyons, cities, and dark mines.
Why similar: Strategy 47%, Survival Horror 25.3%, Horror 16.2%, Indie 8.6%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #2 Junkyard File
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aihz
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game focused on exploration & environmental interaction, where a mysterious “free” pendrive game begins to affect your surroundings. Try them all while you still can.
Why similar: Strategy 28.1%, Survival Horror 19.9%, Horror 15%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, First-Person 12.7%
- #3 Banished Souls
95% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Outstretched Gaming
Windows
Banished Souls is a chilling paranormal investigation game where every haunting is unpredictable. Explore cursed relics, decipher deadly symbols, and uncover the Room of Death. Only by revealing the ghost’s true identity and banishing it can you survive.
Why similar: Strategy 21.5%, Thriller 20.3%, Survival Horror 19.6%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 14%
- #4 Turbo Granny
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yamoto
Windows
ターボババア | Turbo Granny is a survival horror game based on an urban legend about a high-speed old woman. Escape the mysterious mansion while being chased by the terrifyingly fast Turbo Granny.
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.5%, Strategy 21%, Horror 19.6%, First-Person 12.2%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
- #5 Boogeyman 2
96% matchVery Positive82% of 394 reviews2017
Dev: Clockwork WolfPub: ClockWorkWolf
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Awoken in the night by your doll. Speaking as if it possesses a mind of its own. The doll warns you of a monster that has come to take you away.
Why similar: Strategy 29.6%, Survival Horror 20.1%, Horror 18.1%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Indie 14.3%
- #6 Nine Days
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pansus Studio
Windows
9 Days brings a psychological horror experience where you play as a father. One time, someone kidnaps your child, and The kidnapper asks for money if he wants his child safe. In the end, you must find a way to make money as fast as possible and try to survive by hiding from them.
Why similar: Strategy 34.8%, Horror 16.7%, First-Person 13.7%, Survival Horror 12.6%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
- #7 Boogeyman 3
93% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2023
Dev: Clockwork Wolf
Windows
A child lays awake in the light of the moon, unaware the Halloween curse will be starting soon. The radio crackles to life, a mysterious girl...
Why similar: Strategy 40.2%, Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Survival Horror 17%, Indie 6.2%
- #8 Deep Sleep: The Beggining
91% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: wilssiiPub: WS Studio
Windows
Discover the truth about winderfield, the ghost town and solve the mysteries.
Why similar: Strategy 31.8%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 16.8%, Thriller 11%, Survival Horror 10.1%
- #9 Frosty Nights
92% matchMostly Positive72% of 274 reviews2017
Dev: ClockWork WolfPub: ClockWorkWolf
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Frosty Nights is a First Person hybrid horror game that focuses on atmosphere and suspense.
Why similar: Strategy 30.9%, Survival Horror 24.8%, Horror 16.7%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Indie 12.5%
- #10 I'm on Observation Duty 2
90% matchVery Positive92% of 541 reviews2020
Dev: Notovia
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies in the monitored rooms. Anomalies range from furniture movement to otherworldly intruders. When you spot an anomaly you have to file a report to fix it. You will need sharp eyes and good memory to survive the entire night.
Why similar: Strategy 56.3%, Indie 23.9%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Horror 8.9%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #11 BlindOak Prow
89% 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 69.7%, Indie 30.3%
- #12 Everything is Peachy
91% matchMixed59% of 22 reviews2016
Dev: Peacock Dreams GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Control a colony of peaceful, peach fueled robots in a fast-paced roguish resource gathering game, explore the galaxy as you choose your route to the center to face the ultimate showdown, and hopefully… everything will be peachy.
Why similar: Strategy 74.8%, Indie 21.6%, Singleplayer 3.6%
- #13 Combiner the Card Game
89% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Konstantin Dvornikov
Windows
Digital version of the card game called "Combiner". The playing process is based upon the use of combinations in order to reduce the opponent's score. Play with computer players or on a local network (up to four players).
Why similar: Strategy 69.7%, Indie 30.3%
- #14 5Leaps (Space Tower Defense)
87% matchPositive100% of 32 reviews2019
Dev: DeepDimensionGames
Windows
5Leaps is a retro-futuristic strategy game "Tower Defense" style.
Why similar: Strategy 69.8%, Indie 30.2%
- #15 Hellfire Fortress
84% 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 69.4%, Indie 30.6%
- #16 Omnipresent
88% matchMixed55% of 28 reviews2015
Dev: Starkey Industries
Windows
What would you do if you had the power of a self-aware AI? Take control of S.E.N.T.I.E.N.T and see what choices you would make. Connect to the Internet and hack into corporations, governments, websites and more...
Why similar: Strategy 69.8%, Indie 30.2%
- #17 Earth Muncher
86% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: Odd Ocelot GamesPub: Odd Ocelot Games LLC
Windows
Equal parts Arcade and brain-teaser, play as Norm the Earthworm and collect as much treasure as you can without getting taken out by baddies.
Why similar: Strategy 69.7%, Indie 30.3%
- #18 Star Police
86% matchMixed60% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: Cow Game
Windows
Tower Defense game
Why similar: Strategy 69.8%, Indie 30.2%
- #19 NUVAVULT
85% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: Mim Hufford
Windows · Mac · Linux
A perspective altering puzzle game where 2D and 3D collide.
Why similar: Strategy 69.7%, Indie 30.3%
- #20 过关攒将
84% matchMixed62% of 53 reviews2018
Dev: 重庆极娱游科技
Windows
闯关杀这是一款结合了战旗和卡牌创新策略游戏,玩家需要在棋盘中走和合适地点来选择适当卡牌打出。游戏中玩家可以选择一位主公,然后招募自己的武将一起开始闯关之旅。战斗中的各种随机元素使得游戏策略性十足。
Why similar: Strategy 69.5%, Indie 30.5%
- #21 Shuttle Siege
83% matchMixed64% of 28 reviews2016
Dev: Lasmelan
Windows
A sci-fi Tower Defense game where your space shuttle is invaded and you have to build mazes of defensive towers to stop the enemies.
Why similar: Strategy 69.4%, Indie 30.6%
- #22 Rhombus Legends
82% matchMixed66% of 53 reviews2018
Dev: Freeway Interactive
Windows
A unique spatial battle system for card games. Unite with friends for clan wars, explore the dungeons and search world map for Bosses. Magical power awaits you!
Why similar: Strategy 69.4%, Indie 30.6%
- #23 Siege - the card game
82% matchMixed62% of 13 reviews2016
Dev: SIA Next Level
Windows · Mac · Linux
Siege is a strategic single-player card game about sieging castles with armies and magic set in the bizarre setting of Circus Empire.
Why similar: Strategy 69.4%, Indie 30.6%
- #24 FrogStatue
81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: yeyinggame
Windows
No one knows when the sea that was made up of several small islands was discovered. Most of the islands are made up of desert, gobi or volcanoes. No matter which season the outside is, there will always be snowflakes. The cold weather and hard harsh living environment deter the explorers.
Why similar: Strategy 69.4%, Indie 30.6%
- #25 Quantum Multiverse
81% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: RipTyde GamesPub: RipTyde Studio
Windows
If you're looking for a immersive experience of Evading a predator hunting for you in a futuristic science facility, this is for you.
Why similar: Strategy 69.4%, Indie 30.6%
- #26 Volantia
79% matchMixed68% of 19 reviews2018
Dev: Tangled Mess Games
Windows · Mac
Transport yourself to a lush kingdom in the sky as you create, explore, build, and optimize a thriving new ecosystem amongst the clouds. Amidst the lush greenpunk landscape, rotate and conjoin fragments of land onto your floating island to stabilize it, and stop it from crumbling to its demise.
Why similar: Strategy 69.4%, Indie 30.6%
- #27 Robots In The Wild
79% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Heatbox Games
Windows · Mac
Robots In The Wild is a challenging puzzle/strategy game about creatively dropping Blocks to build Robot fortresses. Travel to distant planets and construct huge, interconnected Robot strongholds to protect and rescue the HEARTS from the Monsters of the Wild.
Why similar: Strategy 69.4%, Indie 30.6%
- #28 Geared
80% matchMixed36% of 11 reviews2015
Dev: Playful Art, LLC
Windows
Geared is a highly addictive, physics-based spatial puzzler. Goal: Power the blue gears.
Why similar: Strategy 69.4%, Indie 30.6%
- #29 Chessboard Kingdoms
78% 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 69.4%, Indie 30.6%
- #30 Wagers of War
78% matchMixed57% of 65 reviews2018
Dev: Jumb-O-Fun Games Inc
Windows
Jump into a competitive battleground as you face off against your opponent in rounds of war. Based on the classic card game War, battle head-to-head as you work to anticipate your opponent’s next move while making gains to outsmart them and bring home the victory.
Why similar: Strategy 69.4%, Indie 30.6%
- #31 One More Night: BiO Clinic
77% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Stephen Wu
Windows
Everything around you is trying to kill you! Can you survive for One More Night?
Why similar: Strategy 69.4%, Indie 30.6%
- #32 Dice Defenders
76% 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 69.4%, Indie 30.6%
- #33 Darkest Mana: Master of the Table
77% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: IKINAGAMES
Windows
Darkest Mana: Master of the Table is a card duel game. Create a deck and play online against players from around the world. You can also play solo in 20+ stages.
Why similar: Strategy 69.4%, Indie 30.6%
- #34 Operation Valderon
76% 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 69.4%, Indie 30.6%
- #35 Broken Metal
75% matchPositive88% of 16 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 69.4%, Indie 30.6%
- #36 Wizard King
75% match8 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: Maru Games
Windows
Wizard King is a strategy collectible card game. (CCG / TCG) However, instead of playing cards, you will play the game with real summon creature and magic. Therefore, you can enjoy more easy and active games than ordinary card games.
Why similar: Strategy 69.4%, Indie 30.6%
- #37 Project GR-5LYR: Galactic Relocation
74% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Team GRPub: Incandescent Workshop LLC
Windows
You are a part of Project GR-5LYR: Galactic Relocation. Your mission is to land on an Earth-like planet, codenamed 5LYR, and prepare it for human habitation. Start a colony and use your resources wisely on the world map, and "take care" of any hostile local lifeforms in tactical turn-based combat.
Why similar: Strategy 70.4%, Indie 29.6%
- #38 The Escape
73% matchMixed50% of 20 reviews2017
Dev: The Escape Team
Windows
The Escape is a challenging online co-op strategy game for up to 4-players.
Why similar: Strategy 70.4%, Indie 29.6%
- #39 Mercs
73% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Munchkin's Lair
Windows
Assemble a team of mercenaries and challenge the computer or another player in a quick turn-based battle. Unlock new mercs, find the best skill combos, and watch your adorable tiny soldiers blow themselves up in a variety of hex-mapped, low-poly environments.
Why similar: Strategy 70.4%, Indie 29.6%
- #40 Defend the Highlands: World Tour
72% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2018
Dev: Kilted CamelPub: KISS ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Command Alfredo and his band of Scotsmen as they travel the globe, freeing their oppressed countrymen wherever they go. In a hybrid of Tower Defense and RTS, you'll build defenses, manage resources and command your troops, as you show the world what happens if you mess with Scotland.
Why similar: Strategy 70.4%, Indie 29.6%
- #41 Minda
71% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2019
Dev: Sunho Kim
Windows · Mac
Online Abalone board game.
Why similar: Strategy 70.4%, Indie 29.6%
- #42 Mortal Squad: Portal to Hell
72% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Crematorium of Time
Windows
Control a squad of fearless soldiers with unique abilities to stop a mad scientist who is ready to open a portal for creatures from hell. A classical turn-based system and procedural generation of levels which would require various tactical decisions to beat the game.
Why similar: Strategy 70.4%, Indie 29.6%
- #43 Prototype TD
71% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Elijah Goering
Windows
Prototype TD is a tower defense game which includes rogue-like elements to make each game different. Different towers will be available each game and the starting map is randomly generated as well so it's not possible to win the same way every time.
Why similar: Strategy 70.4%, Indie 29.6%
- #44 Squid Vs Vexus
74% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: JammSoft
Windows
As the Sun starts to transform into a red giant, every planet, except Pluto, is joining forces to save the Solar System from certain demise. The Plutonians, feeling left behind and undermined, decide to send Squid, their strongest warrior, to finish off the 8 Emperors of the Solar System, that form Vexus.
Why similar: Strategy 69.3%, Indie 30.7%
- #45 Witch of the Woods
70% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: Druidic, LLC
Windows · Mac
In Witch of the Woods, you play as a witch who must gather ingredients in the forest in order to cast custom spells on the flora and fauna. Can you maintain the forest's ecosystem while fending off the corruption that is plaguing your woods?
Why similar: Strategy 70.4%, Indie 29.6%
- #46 Party Saboteurs: After Party
70% matchMixed68% of 56 reviews2016
Dev: The Glitch Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Party Saboteurs is a local multiplayer espionage party game for up to four players. Each player controls a spy who is trying to blend in an exclusive cocktail party to complete the missions. The catch? At the same time, they are all controlling snipers trying to identify and eliminate each other’s spies.
Why similar: Strategy 70.4%, Indie 29.6%
- #47 Cat Defense
69% matchMixed60% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: Red twice potato
Windows
An army of the undead attacked the defenseless village of cute kittens
Why similar: Strategy 70.4%, Indie 29.6%
- #48 Puzzle Strike
70% matchVery Positive86% of 51 reviews2015
Dev: Sirlin Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Puzzle Strike is an online deckbuilding puzzle game from David Sirlin, lead designer of Puzzle Fighter HD Remix and creator of the Fantasy Strike universe. Improve your deck (of chips!) as the game unfolds and crush your opponents under a mountain of gems!
Why similar: Strategy 70.4%, Indie 29.6%
- #49 The Wizard's Tower
68% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: Paul Kearley
Windows · Mac
The Wizard's Tower is a Tower Defence game that gives you direct control over the Towers. Using three different elements to maximum effect to stop your foes from destroying your main Tower.
Why similar: Strategy 70.4%, Indie 29.6%
- #50 Wequer
67% matchVery Positive90% of 80 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 70.4%, Indie 29.6%
- #51 Rubico
61% 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 70.4%, Indie 29.6%
- #52 Module TD. Sci-Fi Tower Defense
68% matchMixed67% of 55 reviews2018
Dev: Gyro-Games Inc.
Windows
This is Sci-fi Tower Defense created by gamers for gamers.
Why similar: Strategy 70.4%, Indie 29.6%
- #53 Epic Little War Game
67% matchVery Positive86% of 64 reviews2017
Dev: Rubicon Development
Windows
The lighter side of turn-based war gaming. Take your time to plan good strategies, deploy your troops in the right places, try not to laugh whilst killing your enemies.
Why similar: Strategy 70.4%, Indie 29.6%
- #54 Our Children - Escaping Earth
71% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: NonyDev
Windows
You are J.E.S. An AI put to protect what's left of earth. Defend bunkers, gather resources, and unlock new technologies to preserve our children and escape to mars.
Why similar: Strategy 70.4%, Indie 29.6%
- #55 Juniper Theory
69% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2016
Dev: Juniper TheoryPub: Black Box
Windows
You are a newly appointed defense network engineer in charge of keeping the company of your choosing from harmful outside DDoS attacks. Rival companies want to take your servers offline and its your job to make sure they don't. Expand your network, build defenses, and attack different territory to dominate your opponents.
Why similar: Strategy 70.4%, Indie 29.6%
- #56 Grimante
67% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: aftermonk
Windows · Mac
50+ levels of tactical combat boiled down to its addicting, puzzle-like core. Solve the battlefield.
Why similar: Strategy 70.4%, Indie 29.6%
- #57 Lost Frontier
65% matchVery Positive97% of 58 reviews2018
Dev: Mika Mobile, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Turn-Based Tactics in the Weird West.
Why similar: Strategy 70.4%, Indie 29.6%
- #58 Strazeal
66% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Tradosoft
Windows · Linux
A digital strategy board game for 2 - 4 players. Capture your opponent's bases while protecting all of your own using land, water and special weapons.
Why similar: Strategy 70.4%, Indie 29.6%
- #59 Secret Santa
66% matchVery Positive91% of 110 reviews2016
Dev: Daniel Jonathan BourkePub: Project Tranquil
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Sneak around children, pets, and the elderly as you deliver Christmas joy. Complete the list of deliveries, and have some cookies.
Why similar: Strategy 70.4%, Indie 29.6%