Best Indie Games — page 20
The best independently developed games we have reviewed, ranked by score and given a verdict each.
- Reviewed
- 1,285
- Average score
- 8.2
- Top score
- 8.2
Scores for this page’s rows
- 457CairnCairn is a rare thing in games — a genuinely new verb. It replaces the climb button with four independent limbs and a body that will absolutely betray...8.2Great
- 458Wandering SwordThe Swordman Studio built a genuinely strong tactical RPG — deep, generous, and unapologetically Chinese — then shipped it with an English translation...8.2Great
- 459DetentionRed Candle Games turns Taiwan's White Terror into a quietly devastating horror game built on meaning rather than monsters. It's short, mechanically si...8.2Great
- 460Jimmy and the Pulsating MassA solo-developed, Earthbound-descended RPG that hides one of the genre's most devastating emotional payloads behind goofy jokes and an inventive trans...8.2Great
- 461Expelled!inkle has bottled the chaos of a living, gossiping social simulation into taut 40-minute runs — and the result is one of the smartest detective games ...8.2Great
- 462Baby StepsBaby Steps weaponizes the most basic human motor skill and turns it into one of the funniest, most quietly profound games of 2025. It will infuriate m...8.2Great
- 463Ball x PitBall x Pit fuses Breakout, Vampire Survivors and a city-builder into a roguelite with real skill expression and a deep build-crafting hook. A grindy l...8.2Great
- 464Escape SimulatorEscape Simulator nails the one thing every digital escape room has botched for two decades — the physical act of rummaging — and then hands you the ...8.2Great
- 465SupralandOne German developer built a first-person Metroidvania that respects your intelligence more than most studio productions respect your time. The combat...8.2Great
- 466StarVadersStarVaders takes the best ideas from Into the Breach and Slay the Spire, then earns them back through three genuinely alien mech classes and a pun...8.2Great
- 467Pipistrello and the Cursed YoyoPocket Trap took a childhood toy, bolted it to a Zelda skeleton, and invented a subgenre worth naming. "Yoyovania" isn't a marketing gimmick — it's on...8.2Great
- 468GunpointA sharp, brief noir puzzle-box where the real weapon isn't your fists—it's a screwdriver and a devious mind. Short, distinctive, and an easy recommend...8.2Great
- 469Card CrawlCard Crawl takes the loneliness of solitaire and weaponizes it into a taut, brutal little dungeon crawler. It's a superb example of mobile game design...8.2Great
- 470Exo OneExo One is a hypnotic, gravity-defying journey that strips away the bloat of modern gaming to focus on the pure, visceral joy of movement. It is a bri...8.2Great
- 471The Norwood SuiteThe Norwood Suite is a confident, atmospheric piece of world-building that prioritizes mood and musicality over traditional puzzle-solving. It is a si...8.2Great
- 472TacomaTacoma is a strong example of spatial storytelling that trades traditional puzzles for the quiet intimacy of watching ghosts live out their final hour...8.2Great
- 473Streets of Rage 4Streets of Rage 4 is a superb genre revival, blending hand-drawn artistry with mechanical depth that puts it among the strongest modern brawlers — rec...8.2Great
- 474Coffee TalkA meditative, character-driven experience that proves sometimes the most quietly radical act in a fantasy world isn't slaying a dragon, but serving a ...8.2Great
- 475Grapple DogGrapple Dog is a sharply built platformer that proves the grappling hook is still one of the most satisfying tools in the developer's kit. It's a joyf...8.2Great
- 476The Last CampfireHand-crafted and quietly hopeful, The Last Campfire trades the procedural infinity of No Man's Sky for intimacy, and its restraint pays off in a s...8.2Great
- 477RollerdromeRollerdrome is a brutal, hyper-stylized marriage of Tony Hawk-style momentum and DOOM-inspired aggression that demands mechanical precision and reward...8.2Great
- 478Smushi Come HomeSmushi Come Home is a strong entry in the "tiny-open-world" subgenre, offering mechanically satisfying and educationally rich exploration that respect...8.2Great
- 479ElsinoreElsinore is a sharply executed narrative experiment that turns the passivity of Shakespeare's Ophelia into potent, information-driven agency. It is a ...8.2Great
- 480The Magic CircleA sharp, biting deconstruction of the creative process that trades traditional combat for a behavior-hacking sandbox. It's a rewarding "inside basebal...8.2Great
