Welcome to the 4th Annual Indie of the Year Awards sponsored by Desura, a celebration of the years finest indie games chosen by you and us. For the next 4 weeks it is up to you to vote for your favorite indie games so that they may make the top 100 which will be announced on the 11th of December. There are over $15,000 in prizes. Winners up to $1000, top 10 and editors choice up to $500 each. Full terms & conditions.
Who will join Chivalry: Medieval Warfare last years winner, which now sits alongside Minecraft the inaugural 2010 victor. Up until Jan 1st 2014 join us and celebrate the joy indie games bring us on a daily basis by voting for your favorites! We are also running a Mod of the Year awards and App of the Year awards.
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Released Games
A short, first person, art/empathy game. The game draws upon the disaster that affected many people in Japan in 2011, the tsunami caused by the T?hoku earthquake. It aims to remember those who passed away. Read on...
The year is 1899. Wealthy industrialist Oswald Mandus has returned home from a disastrous expedition to Mexico, which has ended in tragedy. As he struggles to his feet, somewhere beneath him, an engine splutters, coughs, roars into life... Read on...
We got boobies. We got hookers. We got Zombies. We got Nazis. We got even Nazi-Zombies! We got puzzles, as this is an adventure. But this is also a shooter. And it is an RPG (at least in some special moments). Unique - and crazy like hell. Read on...
The player takes an avatar that can destroy or create blocks, forming fantastic structures, creations and artwork across the various multiplayer servers in creative mode, or fending off zombies, skeletons, spiders and creepers in survival. Read on...
Official re-imagining of the original release that will engage players with the same terrifying gameplay, while adding a complete gaming experience that the fans have been asking for. Read on...
Eugene and Marcus return in the spiritual successor of Zombie Panic: Source. Contagion is a survival horror FPS set at the beginning of an epidemic that will force a familiar group to work together if they are to survive. Read on...
You wake up in a dark alley knowing nothing. What has happened? You struggle for truth and answers. Answers you want to know in the darkness and fear, which makes your heartbeat race like violent blows against your head. Are you insane? Read on...
Climb a gigantic tower as fast as possible while avoiding to be kicked down by its security system (robots, turrets...) Read on...
Featuring evasion based, horror gameplay. You can't fight off the horrors that lie within the Aslyum. You must run, hide... or die. Read on...
Paranautical Activity combines the classic FPS action of games like Doom and Quake, with the randomness and difficulty of modern roguelikes like Binding of Isaac and Spelunky. Read on...
RUNNING WITH RIFLES is a top-down sandbox shooter, with emphasis on cooperation, squad leading and being a tiny soldier in a big war. The events take place on an open world battlefield divided between two factions. Read on...
Enter a world of shadowy intrigue where stained pasts collide with the present in an explosive confrontation that will define one young man's dark destiny… Read on...
Dengen Chronicles is the most engaging Online Customizable Card Game in the Manga universe. The innovative addition of strategy and role-playing aspects makes the gameplay original and intense. Read on...
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a mercenary, a business owner, a doctor, a bandit.. the list goes on. Aid or oppose the various factions in the world. Read on...
Malevolence: The Sword of Ahkranox is an indie game with the intent to recreate the amazing turn-based, first person RPGs from the golden age of PC gaming using modern game engine technology. Read on...
Project Zomboid is an open-ended zombie-infested sandbox. It asks one simple question – how will you die? Read on...
A 2D space exploration sandbox game. Star systems, planets, weapons, and enemies are randomly generated, but unlike other games in the genre there is also plot the player can follow if he chooses. Read on...
In a world inspired by iron-age Finland you can track animals, set traps, cook food, sleep in a temporary shelter and try to survive. Read on...
For billions of years empires rose to greatness. Each fell to the Creeper till none remained. Now all hope appears lost. Who will stand against the Creeper? Read on...
Dwarf Fortress is a game for Windows, Linux and Mac, developed by Bay 12 Games featuring two modes of play, as well as distinct, randomly-generated worlds complete with terrain, wildlife and legends, gruesome combat mechanics. Read on...
Taking players on a ruthless journey of revenge through fifteen levels of white knuckle platforming action while taking on hordes of creatures and five iconic monster-movie bosses. Read on...
A sandbox, with strategy and survival components, build up facilities and modify the environment you create at will. Read on...
Help jack get his pillow back form the evil mare. In Between is a puzzle platformer game. The main mechanic in this game is teleporting between the 2 rooms existing in each level. You have to solve puzzles and do some platforming to reach the goal. Read on...
Like so many other nights that she does not recall, a little girl wakes up in her dreams. She finds herself in a world of nightmare and a mysterious voice tells her to get up and to start walking. Read on...
Discover the beautiful world of Nihilumbra and join Born on his adventure to find himself whilst trying to escape from his inevitable curse. Born was created from the absolute nothingness: The Void. Read on...
World is such a magical place where you can live greatest day or a worst nightmare - it's up to you what you choose. Pixel Man is casual guy as we all are and he needs your help to understand the world in difficult situations. Read on...
A 2D platforming genealogical roguelite where anyone can be a hero. You must traverse a procedurally-generated castle to uncover the secrets of your cursed heritage. You have only one chance though, as there is no redemption from death. Read on...
A short adventure game that combines action with platforming. It is a mystical experience where you can switch between two opposite characters. Read on...
Teslagrad is a puzzle platformer with action elements. Magnetism and other electromagnetic powers are gained trough the game and used to surpass the games challenges and explore the long abandoned Tesla Tower. Read on...
First-person 3D game with environmental puzzles and an immersive atmosphere. Experimentation is the key, thus players can create their own geometry to solve puzzles and reach hidden places in weird constructions. Read on...
Toribash is an innovative turn-based fighting game where players are able to design their moves themselves. It is originally a martial arts simulator that uses physics-based attacks. Read on...
Build spacecraft, fly them, and try to help the Kerbals to fulfill their ultimate mission of conquering space. Read on...
Soda Drinker Pro is the premier in software in the first person soda drinking genre. Experience what it's truly like to drink a soda at the beach, in the park, and even in SPACE!! Read on...
An extremely simple and easy-to-explain game about choice, story, failure, and why none of it probably mattered in the first place. You'll figure it out, I believe in you. Read on...
Guns of Icarus Online is a team-based multiplayer airship combat game set in a steampunk/dieselpunk-inspired, post-apocalyptic world where lighter-than-air flight is the only means to cross the scarred wilderness dividing pockets of civilization. Read on...
Fast pace cellshading flying action. Soar the skies as you take on the most vicious enemies above the ground. Experience an airborne adventure in an all new art style that will take you to something different and exciting. Read on...
A sandbox game about engineering, construction and maintenance of space works. Build space ships and space stations of various sizes and utilization (civil and military), pilot ships and perform asteroid mining. Read on...
An innovative puzzle-shooter that takes elements from classic arcade games and and puts them together in a hectic arcade retro themed mix. Read on...
Arcade action as you pilot your robot against various AI Antagonists through dozens of levels. Under their command are various models of drone robots who will be sent out to stop you. Read on...
You are a thief. A very organized thief. Find all the items on your checklist and then escape the house... Designed to be neither easy or hard, and slightly different everytime you play. Read on...
A strange murder has occurred in the Hotel Lisbon, a man committed suicide with 14 stabs to the back while at the same time he peacefully drank his coffee. Can you crack the case? Read on...
Natural Selection 2 is the sequel to the popular HL mod which pits Elite Marines against the vicious Alien Kharaa in a battle of survival. Marines must use weaponry to find and destroy alien hives, while each Alien class has different abilities. Read on...
We can´t promise you hookers yet, but rest assured that we will deliver Nazis, Nazi-Zombies, Boobies and ridiculous amounts of bad-taste gags, jokes and easter eggs. Read on...
A side-scrolling 2d, real time strategy/sandbox/simulation game created by indie developer Vitali Kirpu. Control a crew of a pirate ship. Sail the ship over a number of sea zones, each with filled with unique events! Read on...
In Risk of Rain, time = difficulty. The longer you play the harder it gets, do you tear through the levels as fast as you can or do you spend time collecting some of the many ability granting artifacts? Read on...
A deadly plague ravages your world. Your last hope: a legendary alien facility dug deep into the Feldspar Mountains… a massive Pit. Read on...
Play as one of many unique races and classes in the lore-filled world of Eyal, exploring random dungeons, facing challenging battles, and developing characters with your own tailored mix of abilities and powers. Read on...
An innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team. With your help we can make this THE ULTIMATE SWAT TEAM COMMAND SIMULATOR! Read on...
Coop game for up to 4 players cast as slaves in the toughest fantasy gladiator school of them all, condemned to fight to the death, all the while attempting to win your freedom. Read on...
Path of Exile is a gritty, new Action Role Playing Game from New Zealand based studio, Grinding Gear Games. Path of Exile combines bone-shattering, monster-slaying action with in-depth character customization. Read on...
Upcoming Games
A dynamic graphic adventure. It inherits the spirit of classic cinematic adventures like Out of This World or Flashback, and the gameplay mechanics of classic platformer adventures like Abe's Oddysee and Abe's Exoddus. Read on...
Faceless is a Greenlit Source Project which allows players to attempt to survive alone, or together with up to 4 players in Wakeland City to try and find Daniel North. But a threat lurks in Wakeland City, a threat only referred to as 'The Being'. Read on...
A game that has the look of the old retro games but in 3D. Play as a cubic style character who will look after his grandfather who is lost in Time! Read on...
A first-person survival horror game with elements of puzzle-solving and exploration. The player faces a persistent antagonist that grows in confidence and power as the game progresses. Read on...
Overgrowth takes place in the savage world of Lugaru where rabbits, wolves and other animals use paws, claws and medieval weaponry to battle each other. Taking advantage of Wolfire's brand new Phoenix Engine to create an astoundingly immersive experience. Read on...
Enter the desert world of Noshrac. You are a Son of Nor, a human mage with the sole mission to protect and preserve what is left of your race. Son of Nor is an action RPG set in a dynamic desert environment that can be shaped by the player’s magic. Read on...
Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Experience the terrifying encounters of the harsh ocean and all its vicious marine wildlife. Scavenge, discover, survive. Read on...
Tesla's revolutionary invention has been stolen by his archenemy Thomas Edison! Travel all around the world to get it back with the help of your comrades, explore the most attractive cities of the Victorian Age. Read on...
Black Mesa is a re-envisioning of Valve Software's classic science fiction first person shooter, Half-Life. Re-visit Gordon Freeman and his memorable journey through the Black Mesa Research Facility. Read on...
A Rogue-like-like First Person Shooter styled after the over-the-top 3d shooters from the mid-1990s. Read on...
Bushido: Legend of the Samurai is a First Person Melee Combat game set during during the turbulent feudal period of medieval Japan. Read on...
Conscript is a psp/pc game using a modified quake engine that takes place in an alternate half life 2 universe, through the eyes of a conscript. Read on...
Eden Star is a dark, Sci-fi. Take on the 'mine, create, survive' gameplay found in popular voxel-based creation games. With ultra interactive destructible environments, game-changing graphical quality all within an ever expanding universe. Read on...
E.T. Armies is a first person shooter game in a unique science fiction world, designed to show Persian historical themes and rich environments. Read on...
Interstellar Marines is an AAA, FPS, Sci-fi, action and adventure game with an original and unpredictable storyline. Read on...
The story takes place in a world that is not yet destroyed by the Seven Hour War apocalypse. People have not yet known the terrifying future of the Earth, the future that shall bring only death and destruction. Read on...
Magnetic is a first person puzzle game that challenges the player on every level. It has a lot of similarities with Portal, but with a darker setting. Read on...
Miscreated is a brutal, post-apocalyptic, survival-based MMORPG unlike anything you've played before. It was originally inspired by the popular mod for Arma II, DayZ. Read on...
A realistic, fast paced, Free To Play Multiplayer game featuring a vast weapon and character customization along with an innovative ranking and unlocks. Read on...
Be a pirate and will find yourself battling other pacts, competing for precious booty, and working together to pillage and plunder, ports and villages… Read on...
A free-to-download multiplayer game. Project Reality 2 will see the popular mod from Battlefield 2, being completely re-built with the aim to create the most realistic and demanding virtual combat environment. Read on...
Spiritual successor to Star Wars Battlefront 2. Promises authentic gameplay and awesome battles! Read on...
The Battle of the Somme symbolised the horrors of warfare in world war one. Follow orders, fight for your country, survive in rain soaked trenches and wait for the call; the call to charge over no man's land to fight for freedom and liberation. Read on...
Traction Wars is a Tactical Teamwork Game set during the Second World War. We aim to create a realistic and historically accurate environment for players to immerse themselves. For information about the first release please see below. Read on...
Verdun is a stand-alone game developed on the ground breaking unity3D engine. Verdun will combine epic team play centered first person shooter action with the never before seen battles of World War I. Read on...
A realism-based, multiplayer combined arms tactical shooter. Take your place at the front lines as British and Canadian forces face the might of the German war machine. Read on...
Choose your side in this multiplayer stealth game between the high powered Guards and the fast and elusive Thieves using your wits to outsmart the enemies or just make your way to the goal using bullets. Read on...
Renegade X is a tactical First and Third Person Shooter with Real Time Strategy elements, set in the Command & Conquer universe. It is a high quality award-winning free indie game being created on the Unreal Development Kit Read on...
Set in humanity's dark, final hours; on a lonely, isolated colony on Mars play a strategic, team-based action shooter from the top-down perspective. Read on...
A sci-fi post-apocalyptic role-playing game. Inspired by original Fallout 1/2, Baldur's Gate and Planescape: Torment. Read on...
Cradle is an open-world adventure game set in the world of Anora, a land at the whims of five gods, who each represent a different human trait. Read on...
An Action RPG Adventure game in style of Diablo which incorporates bloody battles, Item usage, Character building, and storyline incorporation. The storyline revolves around Keykhosro, the son of the Persian prince Siavosh. Read on...
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is a sandbox action-RPG strategy hybrid will take players on a journey into a fictional world of up-close and personal medieval combat on a huge scale, bigger, bloodier and more intense than ever before. Read on...
Survivor - Forgotten World is a First-Person survival RPG on a new concept, set in 1983 and based on Unreal Engine 3. You need to eat, drink, sleep and fight after your crash upon unknown land. Read on...
Even in its early days, Althas has been a land shaken by conflicts. In the early days, these conflicts pitted the Anointed Kingdoms of Men against the dark and demonic forces that threatened them. Read on...
Gloria Victis is an MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) with a great focus on classic roleplay. The world is inspired by the medieval Europe and Near East with fantasy elements such as mythical creatures from Slavic folklore. Read on...
A multiplayer survival game where you assume the role of a tribal hunter on an island teeming with dinosaurs. Read on...
0 A.D. is a new real-time strategy currently undergoing development by Wildfire Games. Featuring a ground-breaking new game engine custom built to suit our environment, 0 A.D. strives to preserve historical accuracy combined with engaging gameplay. Read on...
A realistic yet intense C&C Generals inspired game you always dreamed about. Read on...
Experience a Fighting Game in Multiplayer Online Battle Arena style! ArcheBlade is a free-to-play multiplayer action game in which users take sides and fight against other team. Read on...
Follow three survivors from a crashed space liner as they build a colony on a frontier world at the rim of the galaxy. Read on...
Excalibur breaks the mold of traditional space simulation games by putting the player firmly in the boots of an experienced Starfleet captain. From the outset you will be able to control your character and command your ship! Read on...
A first person MORPG based on the simulation and the exploration of many worlds in the SG universe. Read on...
Disaster! An alien invasion and subsequent infestation have decimated this facility. Many lives were lost, the facility was ruined and the aliens were unstoppable. All hope was lost until one survivor found the courage to fight back. Read on...
The Story of a super hero who's in search of his past and to become the criminal's worst nightmare. Read on...
A single player third-person space-shooter that jumps the player through stellar wormholes packed with high-action experience. Read on...
A oldschool, top-down, sandbox survival horror, with RPG and roguelike elements. It features a non-linear, open world with a day and night cycle, very dense atmosphere, brutal and tactical combat, and crafting. Read on...
Deep Space Settlement is a 4X real-time strategy game focused on empire building and grand-scale space battle. Read on...
2D space strategy game that features a sandbox mode allowing the player to explore, colonise and conquer planets in a vast randomly generated galaxy. Read on...
A Hack and Shoot - a cyberpunk first person shooter/hack and slash rpg about hacking. The cyber-world is procedurally generated, the colors are neon, the loot is randomized, and the lasers are loud. Read on...
