Top Indie Games Under $20 in 2026

With a $20 budget, you can access some of the highest-rated indie games ever made. These titles represent the best bang for your buck in indie gaming.

Human: Fall Flat

Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new ...

No Brakes Games

Coffee Talk Tokyo

Coffee Talk Tokyo is the newest entry in the beloved series, set in a late-night café in Tokyo. Brew drinks, meet humans and yōkai, and experience hea...

Chorus Worldwide Games

The Henry Stickmin Collection

A choose-your-own-path where failing is more fun than succeeding.

PuffballsUnited

Braid, Anniversary Edition

Control the flow of time to solve puzzles in this new version of the indie classic, featuring fully repainted artwork, a new world of puzzles, and ser...

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor

DEEP ROCK GALACTIC: SURVIVOR is a single player survivor-like auto-shooter. Take on hordes of lethal aliens, mine riches, and unlock powerful upgrades...

Palia

Palia is a free-to-play cozy MMO life simulation where you craft, farm, fish, hunt, and build the home of your dreams in a beautiful open world. Play ...

Singularity 6 Corporation

BlazBlue Entropy Effect

Enjoy action-packed flashy combat with incredibly satisfying combos and responsive controls. Numerous characters, each with completely unique playstyl...

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Skul: The Hero Slayer

Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platforme...

Semblance

An innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. Squish, squash, and reshape the world around you to solve puzzl...

Wizard of Legend

A no-nonsense, action-packed take on wizardry that emphasizes precise movements and smart comboing of spells in a rogue-like dungeon crawler that feat...

TOEM 2

Step back into the shoes of a curious photographer and set off on a brand new adventure all about uncovering hidden details, helping friends along the...

Something We Made

TCG Card Shop Simulator

Open your own local game store. Stock shelves with the latest booster packs, or crack them and collect the cards for yourself. Set your own prices, hi...

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Brotato

Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens.

Chained Together

Climb up from the depths of Hell. Scale various worlds solo or chained together with your friends in the 1-4 player platforming sensation.

Kusan: City of Wolves

Kusan: City of Wolves is a high-octane hardcore top-down shooter where players fight through a brutal urban jungle ruled by gunfire and corruption to ...

Fields of Mistria

A charming farming sim RPG where you restore a once-thriving town to its former glory. Farm, mine, fish, forage, cook, craft, and befriend the townsfo...

Paint the Town Red

Paint the Town Red is a chaotic first person melee combat game set in different locations and time periods. The voxel-based enemies can be punched, ba...

South East Games

Soulstone Survivors

Face the Lords of the Void and their endless minions, collect their Soulstones and become a god! Gather secret spells, craft powerful weapons, unlock ...

Game Smithing Limited

Salt and Sanctuary

Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG m...

Dinkum

A survival life simulation game set on an island inspired by the rugged Australian outback. Farm, hunt, mine, fish, and forage to gather resources, ex...

Tiny Glade

A small diorama builder where you doodle whimsical castles, cozy cottages, and romantic ruins. Explore gridless building with procedural detail. No ma...

Sheepy: A Short Adventure

A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game f...

Just Shapes & Beats

"Just Shapes & Beats" is a chaotic co-op musical bullet-hell based on three simple things: avoid Shapes, move to the kick-ass Beats, and...

Neva

An emotionally charged action adventure from the creators of Gris. Follow Alba and a magnificent wolf through a dying world in this visually stunning ...

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