Best Indie Games of 2025

These are the highest-rated indie games released in 2025. Ranked by a combination of user reviews and critic scores, this list highlights the standout indie titles of the year.

// On Steam

$19.99

Hollow Knight: Silksong

Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.

Team Cherry

MC 90 359,177

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$49.99

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Lead the members of Expedition 33 on their quest to destroy the Paintress so that she can never paint death again. Explore a world of wonders inspired...

Sandfall Interactive

MC 91 165,508

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$29.99

Hades II

Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the Game of the Year winning roguelike.

Supergiant Games

MC 94 105,803

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$19.99

Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo

Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings thr...

Pocket Trap

MC 87 1,154

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$11.24

Dunjungle

A 2d action-packed roguelite about a monkey hero protecting the jungle from the rise of a corruptive power. Explore ever-changing dungeons, fight weir...

Bruno Bombardi

MC 81 658

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$4.99

Nubby's Number Factory

A plinko-style roguelike where you work at a number factory. Launch your spherical friend, Nubby, down a pegboard to make bigger and bigger numbers! B...

MogDogBlog Productions

15,773

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$13.74

ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist

Decades after the events of ENDER LILIES, Homunculi — sorrowful, artificial life forms — roam the land. In this dark fantasy Metroidvania, face formid...

Adglobe

15,544

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$9.99

Look Outside

Look Outside is a survival horror RPG set in a single apartment building. A mysterious event turns anyone who looks out the window into grotesque mons...

Francis Coulombe

9,961

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$3.99

Stick It to the Stickman

Stick it to the Stickman is a physics-based brawler where you fight heaps of red stickmen to become the boss. Choose from hundreds of unique moves to ...

Free Lives

6,281

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$9.99

Öoo

A Bomb Caterpillar's Big Adventure! "Öoo" is a charming yet mysterious exploration puzzle platformer where you discover creative ways to use...

NamaTakahashi

4,752

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// On itch.io

Free

Dragonsweeper

A roguelike minesweeper adventure

Unknown

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Free

Type Help

A puzzle mystery game inspired by Return of the Obra Dinn and Her Story. Investigate files on an old computer to uncover the dark story of Galley Hous...

William Rous

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