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AdventureIndiePoint-and-click adventurePuzzleDeveloped by one person

Search for hidden folks in hand-drawn, interactive, miniature landscapes. Unfurl tent flaps, cut through bushes, slam doors, and poke some crocodiles!

78 rating2 lists3.5 h main storyOften paired

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AdventureIndiePoint-and-click adventurePuzzleStory driven

The Little Acre follows the story of Aidan and his daughter, Lily, set in 1950's Ireland. After discovering clues as to the whereabouts of his missing father, Aidan begins investigating until he inadvertently finds himself transported to a

71 rating4 lists1.5 h main storyOften paired

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AdventureIndiePoint-and-click adventurePuzzleStory driven

Richard & Alice is a riveting mystery story about family, desperation and the weather – all set to the beat of an indie adventure game.

75 rating1 list3 h main story

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AdventureIndiePuzzleDeveloped by one personIsometric platformer

Witness the rebirth of a genre in Lumo – a classic isometric adventure with a modern twist for gamers young and old alike!

68 rating6 lists5 h main story

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AdventureIndiePuzzlePlatformerGravity

The green creature, ibb, and the pink creature, obb, travel through a world divided by a thin horizon line; on either side of the barrier, everything is inverted and gravity works in opposite directions. The game is focused on cooperative p

75 rating1 list6.5 h main storyOften paired

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IndieSimulationFirst personBoard gameHorror

Buckshot Roulette is an indie tabletop horror game that reimagines Russian roulette using a pump-action shotgun instead of a revolver. The player faces off against a computer-controlled opponent called "The Dealer" across three rounds, with

79 rating8 lists1 h main storyOften paired

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AdventureIndiePuzzleMultiple protagonistsCute

As so many of these things do, it all begins on a magical island. In this case, Gogapoe Island, a place populated by both humans and monsters. What starts out as a mission to get back Niko's birthday cake becomes a quest for the fate of Gog

70 rating1 list8 h main story

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AdventureIndiePuzzleIgf awardsArcade

A black-and-white puzzle game inspired by the art of M. C. Escher. Players guide a character through hand-drawn levels by rotating the world, which shifts the direction of gravity so that ceilings can become floors. Each level is a self-con

70 rating8 lists3.5 h main story

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AdventureIndiePoint-and-click adventurePuzzlePixel art

Thimbleweed Park is the curious story of two washed up detectives investigating a dead body found in the river just outside of town. It's a game where you switch between five playable characters while uncovering the dark, satirical and biza

81 rating1 list11 h main story

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AdventureIndiePoint-and-click adventurePuzzleAliens

How far would you go to save your best friend?For Gomo, the answer to this question is clear: To the end of the world and further, if necessary.Join him on his journey through the bizarre 2D landscapes of this dreamlike Point & Click Advent

54 rating1 list1.5 h main story

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AdventureIndiePuzzleStory drivenText

Freedom Planet is a combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragon girl and her friends against an alien attack force. There's trouble around every turn, from insects to giant robots to sheer explosive destruction, but you'll hav

80 rating5 lists1.5 h main story

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AdventureIndiePoint-and-click adventurePuzzleGraphic adventure

A kleptomaniac, a sociopath and a horrible friend. Randal is potentially one of the most scurrile protagonists since the invention of the hoverboard. Randal's Monday is a crazy space-time odyssey in classic adventure design, spiced up with

70 rating1 list14 h main story

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AdventureIndieSimulationDystopianRole-playing

A totalitarian State controls every aspect of private and social life. Laws are oppressive. Surveillance is total. Privacy is dead. You are a State-installed manager of an apartment house. The State requires you to spy on your tenants, and

77 rating2 lists3.5 h main story

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AdventureIndiePoint-and-click adventurePuzzlePixel art

Thimbleweed Park is the curious story of two washed up detectives investigating a dead body found in the river just outside of town. It's a game where you switch between five playable characters while uncovering the dark, satirical and biza

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AdventurePuzzleThrillerAction-adventureMetroidvania

The forest of Nibel is dying. After a powerful storm sets a series of devastating events in motion, an unlikely hero must journey to find his courage and confront a dark nemesis to save his home. Ori and the Blind Forest tells the tale of a

87 rating7 lists8 h main story

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IndieActionArcadeShooterSports

Rockets fire Rockets at Rockets in this action-arcade, arena-combat, gorgeous festival-of-fireworks! It's dogfighting meets figure-skating in space with local multiplayer and single-player fast-paced action modes plus a zen mode where Rocke

80 rating2 lists0.5 h main story

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AdventureIndiePoint-and-click adventurePuzzleStrategy

Experience a magical adventure. Journey with Jerry to the enchanted realm of Mousewood , master fascinating spells and solve tricky puzzles. Along with a intriguing story you will see breathtaking hand drawn backgrounds and elaborately anim

78 rating1 list10 h main story

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IndiePoint-and-click adventurePuzzleFirst personMaze

A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iro

83 rating4 lists1 h main story

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AdventureIndiePuzzlePlatformerHelicopter

Take part in an amazing adventure, guiding the explorer Ernest Hamilton and his friendly bird Sasha as they co-operate to solve crafty puzzles and challenges!

50 rating1 list5.5 h main story

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AdventurePoint-and-click adventurePuzzleDystopianMoral decisions

Alternativa is a story that will take you to a world much different to what you'd expect in 2045. To a world destroyed by war and revolutions, a world led by an oppressive and cruel dictatorship. Classic point & click adventure game based o

67 rating1 list6 h main story

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AdventureIndieAction-adventureNinjaHiding

Aragami is a third person stealth game that casts you as an undead assassin with the power to control the shadows. Teleport to any shadow, become invisible, materialize weapons or even summon a shadow dragon to infiltrate the enemy ranks an

70 rating6 lists5 h main story

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IndieFirst personArcadeEndless runnerPlatformer

Ever wondered what running at 140mph feels like? FOTONICA is a first-person game about the thrill of speed and traveling flawlessly through complex environments. FOTONICA is simple, but is not easy: it follows a tradition of arcade games th

80 rating1 list1.5 h main story

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AdventureIndiePuzzleStory drivenDystopian

Ministry of Broadcast is a pixelart cinematic platformer which takes place in the dark dystopian TV reality show. The story is set in a country which has been divided by THE WALL. In order to cross to the other side of the border, the playe

70 rating2 lists5.5 h main story

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AdventureIndiePuzzlePlatformerStrategy

Typoman is a two dimensional puzzle platformer distinguished by a unique game world. You slip into the role of the HERO struggling to make your way through a dark, surreal world. Despite your small stature you have a powerful gift: You can

71 rating4 lists4 h main story

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AdventureIndiePoint-and-click adventurePuzzlePixel art

Welcome to a world of intrigue and suspicion. Where humans and robots contend with escalating tensions and mutual distrust. And where gangster felines scheme their way to the top of the food chain. Welcome to the Tales of the Neon Sea!

64 rating3 lists9 h main story

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AdventureIndiePoint-and-click adventurePuzzleStory driven

Detention is a atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.

76 rating3 lists3.5 h main story

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AdventureIndiePoint-and-click adventurePuzzleDystopian

Set in France, 2023, a country governed by a dictator who rules by religious absolute power. A mysterious ship shaped like a pyramid has just appeared in the sky and sent representatives to speak with the French government. As Nikopol, you

74 rating1 list3.5 h main story

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AdventureIndiePoint-and-click adventurePuzzleStory driven

A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.

86 rating5 lists5 h main story

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AdventureIndiePoint-and-click adventurePuzzleFirst person

Quern is a first person puzzle adventure with captivating story and beautiful graphics. Quern refreshes the genre with flexible gameplay and reuseable puzzle mechanics. The visuals and the music combine traditional and modern elements provi

80 rating2 lists14 h main story

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AdventureIndiePoint-and-click adventurePuzzleEspionage

A suave secret agent adventure game. Your mission (should you choose to accept) is to infiltrate enemy spy Ruby La Rouge’s secret hideaway and put a stop to her evil plans!

76 rating3 lists2.5 h main story

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AdventurePoint-and-click adventure1980sHorrorMurder mystery

Black Mirror is a dark adventure game that details the aftermath of the tragic death of William Gordon. Playing as his grandson Samuel players must unveil the truth behind the events of that fateful, stormy night.

81 rating2 lists15 h main story

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AdventurePuzzleEspionageThrillerHistorical

Best played with the lights turned off and the volume turned up, Black Sails is a creepy and mysterious point-and-click adventure game. Two survivors of a shipwreck try to survive in the raging sea. Until another ship appears. Hoping for r

50 rating1 list4 h main story

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AdventureIndiePuzzlePixel art8-bit

In ElecHead you control a short circuiting robot called Elec, who electrically charges any object or structure they are in contact with.

80 rating2 lists2 h main story

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AdventureIndiePuzzleMetroidvaniaPlatformer

SteamWorld Dig is 2D a platform game that revolves around mining for resources and ores. The objective of the game is to investigate the mines underneath the old Western town Tumbleton in order to unearth the secrets lurking below. The play

77 rating12 lists5 h main story

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AdventureIndiePoint-and-click adventure1980sThriller

An indie graphic adventure / visual novel game in the style of PC-98 titles. Players take on the role of a ship's security officer in deep space near Jupiter as a deadly mystery threatens the entire crew.

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AdventureIndieSimulationStory drivenMoral decisions

The Novelist asks one central question: can you achieve your dreams without pushing away the people you love? The game focuses on Dan Kaplan, a novelist struggling to write the most important book of his career while trying to be the best h

65 rating1 list2.5 h main story

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AdventureIndieSimulationStory drivenFirst person

Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.

71 rating4 lists4.5 h main story

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AdventureIndieSimulation1980sFirst person

Take over the duties of a border guard inspector in a communist country of the 80's. Smuggling, corruption and forgery are the order of the day here. Be vigilant and earn the respect of your superiors.

71 rating1 list12 h main story

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AdventureIndiePoint-and-click adventureIgf awardsThriller

Kentucky Route Zero is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway in the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it. Gameplay is inspired by point-and-click adventure games (like the classic Monkey Island or

80 rating5 lists9 h main story

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IndiePuzzlePlatformerStrategyAbstract

Autumn is coming. Leaves fall, and spirits rise from the fallen leaves to begin their journey home. You must guide them, without direct control, by changing how the wind blows or by rebuilding the ground. Each spirit can be sacrificed to pe

70 rating3 lists3 h main story

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AdventureIndieReal-time tacticsStrategyReal time tactics

'We Are the Dwarves!' Is a story-driven real-time tactical action game about the three dwarven astronauts in the Stone Universe looking for the warm and bright Stars. An accident with the drill-like Starship brought them to an unknown part

63 rating3 lists6.5 h main story

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AdventureIndieStory drivenFirst personInteractive fiction

Blackwood Crossing is a story-driven first-person adventure game. An intriguing and emotive tale exploring the fragile relationship between orphaned siblings, Scarlett and Finn. When their paths cross with a mysterious figure, an ordinary t

83 rating2 lists2 h main story

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IndiePuzzlePlatformerStrategyTactical

Death Squared is a co-op puzzle game about cooperation, communication, and robot explosions.

74 rating4 lists6 h main story

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AdventureIndiePoint-and-click adventurePuzzleAliens

Step into the world of interstellar travel, where Space Pirates lurk at every corner. Kaptain Brawe, a Space Police officer will embark on a journey filled with quests, conspiracies and general chaos, as he follows the lead of two kidnapped

50 rating2 lists3.5 h main story

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AdventureIndiePuzzlePixel artThriller

A retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.

68 rating1 list2 h main story

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AdventureIndiePuzzleDeveloped by one personPlatformer

Pinstripe is an emotionally charged adventure about Hell created entirely by a one-man team over the course of five years. Play as Teddy, an estranged ex-minister forced to venture through the frozen afterlife in search of Bo, his three yea

79 rating4 lists2 h main story

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AdventureIndiePoint-and-click adventurePuzzleSimulation

The Almost Gone is a mystery point-and-click adventure where a young girl's spirit looks for a way out in a magical afterlife. It is a mysterious narrative exploration game set in a one second world where a little girl tries to understand h

65 rating1 list2.5 h main story

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AdventureEspionageThrillerFirst person

The CIA have covertly purchased a Psychotronic generator from the Russians. Upon attempting to bring it back to CIA headquarters the plane crashed into a farm in Virginia. You are to investigate the crash and determine the location of the P

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