Welcome to the 6th Annual Indie of the Year Awards, 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.
Last year we saw the popular free-to-win MMO Robocraft take out first place, followed with the tactical shooter Insurgency providing a noble runner up and Five Night's at Freddy's 1 & 2 finishing third on the podium. Remember every year on top of the players choice which ultimately decides our top 10 we also run an editor's choice where the folks at IndieDB choose our ten standout projects from across the board.
It's been a fantastic year for indie games and we look forward to counting your votes!
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Released Games
Dropsy is an open world adventure game with an emphasis on surreal atmospheric elements and environmental storytelling. It extracts the humor and rich narratives from classic adventure games into a unique exploration based framework. Read on...
Three years in the making, SOMA is a unique continuation of Frictional Games' signature style of explorative horror, provocative storytelling, and unfathomable tension, free of distractive cut-scenes and combat. Read on...
You are an interplanetary mining contractor on a mission to discover natural resources on alien planets and send them back to earth. TerraTech features procedurally generated worlds and unique on-the-fly vehicle construction. Read on...
Angels Fall First is an objective-based FPS game fought both in space and on the ground. Featuring complex gameplay, from flying gigantic capital ships, piloting fighters, and manning turrets to the traditional vehicular and infantry combat. 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...
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...
The nostalgia inducting Reflex is an ultra fast paced, Quake-style arena shooter with a focus on competitive play. Read on...
Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and your running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you. Read on...
The Isle is a first and third person open-world sandbox which will pit human teams and playable dinosaurs against one another on one of several intense islands in a struggle to survive. 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...
The follow-up game to the award-winning Source mod, INSURGENCY is highly competitive and unforgivingly lethal, striking a balance between one-life gameplay and prolonged action. 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...
BUILD Awesome powerful Robots, DRIVE them into battle, and FIGHT online in an epic Free-To-Play battle for supremacy. Build a Robotank, build a Hover Speeder or a Thrust Powered Flier and join a rapidly growing community of Robocrafters. Read on...
Squad is an in development tactical multiplayer shooter with a heavy focus on teamwork, communication and realism. The game will allow players to fully experience the rigors of modern day combat. Read on...
Soccer meets driving once again in the long-awaited, physics-based sequel to the beloved arena classic, Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars! Read on...
As a man or woman stranded naked, freezing and starving on the shores of a mysterious island called ARK, you must hunt, harvest resources, craft items, grow crops, research technologies, and build shelters to withstand the elements. Read on...
Many decades after the worldwide economic collapse of 2040 along with the decrease of natural resources, hunger and violence haunted the society in a global scale. Join the fight for resources or perish. Read on...
Kingdoms - procedural RPG in medieval world with randomly developing story, quests and world. Featuring a dynamic world, living AI, the freedom to do whatever you want and much more. Read on...
Novus Inceptio is 3D MMORPG post-apocalyptic fantasy / sci-fi game. Its goal is to create a complex and fully independent world, regardless of the number of active players. Game style will focus on hardcore survival action, tactics and strategy Read on...
Project Zomboid is an open-ended zombie-infested sandbox. It asks one simple question – how will you die? Read on...
Shoppe Keep is the story of an NPC that we all encounter in our everyday role playing games, he always has general goods for us when we need it, always has potions and weapons ready to be sold at prices that are always fair! Read on...
The Age of Decadence is an isometric, turn-based role-playing game set in a low magic, post-apocalyptic fantasy world, inspired by the fall of the Roman Empire. Read on...
Welcome to UNDERTALE. In this RPG, you control a human who falls underground into the world of monsters. Now you must find your way out... or stay trapped forever. Read on...
Chroma Squad is a tactical RPG about five stunt actors who decide to quit their jobs and start their own Power Rangers-inspired TV show! Cast actors, purchase equipment and upgrades for your studio. Read on...
Life is Hard is a 2D RTS with elements of god simulator. The goal is to bring your tribe to the victory by evolving your village and defending from external threats like bardbarians, wild animals and nature. Read on...
Open-Source reimplementation of Westwood's Command & Conquer: Red Alert game engine, updated to use the hardware acceleration of modern video cards using OpenGL and OpenAL for sound playback. Read on...
Prison Architect is the world's latest Prison Management Sim. Starting with an empty plot of land you must construct a holding cell with basic water and electricity to house your first batch of prisoners. Read on...
Shallow Space is a 3D Real Time Strategy game. Guide a set of capital ships through a complex and intriguing scenario, using resources to advance weaponry and skills. Read on...
Armello is a swashbuckling adventure that combines the strategic play of card and board games with RPG elements. As a hero from one of the clans of Armello, you'll quest, scheme, explore, vanquish monsters, and face off against others. Read on...
Battle Brothers is a challenging turn based strategy RPG mix for PC, Mac and Linux. The gameplay is inspired by such classics as X-COM: UFO Defense and Jagged Alliance and is being developed by Overhype Studios. Read on...
Thea: The Awakening is a turn-based strategic survival game inspired by Slavic Mythology and Folklore and set in a Dark Fantasy world. As the world of Thea awakens from a century of Darkness, you are mankind's last hope. Read on...
Ben and Ed is a 3D Jump&Run adventure, which takes place in an uncommon dystopian world. The player controls Ed the Zombie, who is forced to participate in a grotesque game show called Rundead. Read on...
Explore the world hidden inside a black hole and overcome the rules of gravity by turning the world on its sides. Solve all the mysteries of a massive anomaly and uncover the truth behind the suicide mission! Read on...
The Purring Quest is a stealthy platform game where you will meet Kimchi the cat on a journey to find his ill owner. Experience all the emotions as a cat: jump, hide, attack, climb, keep clean, ... Read on...
Gang Beasts is a silly multiplayer co-op fighting game with ragdoll physics and multi-stage boss fights. Read on...
Skara is a competitive hack and slash developed independently with Unreal 4. Team up with or against your friends and compete for dominance in a world racked by cosmic disaster. Read on...
Besiege is a physics based building game in which you create war machines and lay waste to peaceful hamlets and lonely outposts. You must build a machine which can fulfil multiple objectives, from razing windmills to wiping out battalions . Read on...
Medieval Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and the maintenance of architectural works and mechanical equipment using medieval technology. Players build cities and castles, construct mechanical devices and more. Read on...
TubeStar is YouTube simulator where you manage channels and try to become an internet video star! Earn enough ad income to quit your job, or pollute the internet with videos so bad they have to be shared! 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...
Empyrion is a 3D open world, space survival adventure in which you can fly across space and land on planets. Build, explore, fight and survive in a hostile galaxy full of hidden dangers. 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...
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...
Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for PC. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports. Read on...
Virtual Football manager game. Each team is manages by a real player. Players are divided into national leagues, and work to improve their teams through training, matches and camps to advance through the available divisions. Read on...
The official Five Nights At Candy's, featuring Candy The Cat & Co. Read on...
Thirty years after Freddy Fazbear's Pizza closed it's doors, the events that took place there have become nothing more than a rumor and a childhood memory… Read on...
This time, the terror has followed you home. In this last chapter of the Five Nights at Freddy's original story, you must once again defend yourself against Freddy Fazbear, Chica, Bonnie, Foxy, and even worse things that lurk in the shadows. Read on...
A stealth-based precision platformer with old school cutscenes. You are Master Spy. In a world of corruption and decay, you're not just good at what you do - you're the best. Read on...
ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) is one of the most successful roguelike games ever created, with downloads in the millions and many more every day. ADOM was the first roguelike to add a true role-playing experience to the roguelike genre. 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...
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...
Upcoming Games
CHKN is an open-world sandbox game where you create life block by block. You are the creator, explorer, and caretaker. Your creatures will have unique personalities and emotions that shape how you play the game. Read on...
Epistory immerses you in an atmospheric action / adventure game where you play a girl riding a red giant fox who clears out an insectile corruption from a beautiful origami world. 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...
Trapped in a wrecked ship, you have to struggle to stay alive: salvage what you need to repair the damaged systems and close the many breaches slowly riping the hull open. Read on...
Welcome to the machine-filled creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic, a multiplayer survival game with imagination and ingenuity at its core. Read on...
The Birdcage is a music album produced as a video game. The game is featuring artists from well known rock/metal bands like Guns N' Roses, Evanescence, Within Temptation, Epica and others. Read on...
The Town of Light is a first-person psychological experience with locations and characters inspired by real events. It's made by the independent studio Lka.it. Our goal is to recreate the experiences, the anguish and the human drama. Read on...
Lost Squad - is Source Engine based game about what happened to Barney Calhoun after Half-Life 2: Episode One events and why he was not in Half-Life 2: Episode Two. Cause it is an unofficial mod and we have our own plot it is not called Blue Shift 2. 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...
Mordhau is a multiplayer first person slasher, with deep character and equipment customization and a focus on fluid melee combat. Read on...
Set In The Indonesian Country, an unknown Disease Has Come To Your City. You and All Survivor Of The Disease That Left Behind,Trapped.. In The Quarantined City. Read on...
An open world survival horror game, its heavily inspired by old school horror games such as Silent Hill and Resident Evil. Played from a first person perspective, the game aims to delivers a unique experience in the open world genre. Read on...
Spiritual successor to Star Wars Battlefront 2. Promises authentic gameplay and awesome battles! Read on...
A sandbox driving game based on procedural technology, where you can create an endless number of realistic racetracks and craft your car to achieve the best performances in all the races and eSports. Read on...
A massive 2D Metrovania fused with Diablo like ARPG mechanics with massive amounts of detail, progressive ideas and Next Gen 2D HD graphics. Corpses N Souls is about combat, defense, harvesting, corpses, souls, crafting, spells and more. Read on...
Death Trash is a modern post-apocalyptic roleplaying game with influences of cyberpunk, science fiction, horror, the grotesque and trash-talk humor. It features a world full of dialogue and interesting characters, item crafting and realtime combat. Read on...
Dogma: Eternal Night is a game project being made by a team of enthusiasts, who want to create a new MMORPG with the atmosphere of modern gothic punk and horror. Try on an image of vampires and other mythical creatures . Read on...
Exoplanet: FC is an Action/RPG game set in a space western world. The unique spirit of Wild West, frontier and gold rush is taken to a beautiful but dangerous planet named K'Tharsis. Read on...
Featuring the entire cast from the Five Nights at Freddy's series, this fantasy RPG will let players control their favorite animatronics in a an epic animated adventure! Read on...
Hearts of Oak: Conquest of the Seas is a non-commercial PC game being developed by PiratesAhoy!, and is to become the historical seafaring game to end them all! Fun, realistic gameplay on land and at sea, set during the Age of Sail. Read on...
An amalgam of the 8/16 bit nostalgia of turn based rpgs like FF, Breath of Fire, Phantasy star (and other) combined with the graphic style of titles like Neverwinter Nights, a challenging combat system and an intense story driven gameplay! 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...
SamuTale is an open world sandbox MMORPG with village building, player housing, survival, farming & livestock, full-loot PVP, realtime Tree and Plant growing, crafting and much more! Read on...
The SKIES is the upcoming post-apocalyptic MMORPG that offers clan wars, non-linear dialogues and quests, arena combats, unique role system, and much more. Read on...
Wild Terra Online is a massively multiplayer life simulator in a fully player-driven medieval world. Here everyone will find an occupation that appeals to one’s soul: world exploration, hunting, crafting, home decorating, fights and castle sieges. 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...
Ardent Seas is a Naval Real Time Strategy game. Every player starts with a Flagship, and the goal is to destroy the enemy Flagships. Read on...
Byzen tells the beginning and development of the ‘Revolución Oriental’ (Eastern revolution) in 1811, focusing especially on the episodes of oppression of the Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata on the Banda Oriental. Read on...
Take control of the battlefield using the deadliest weaponry and units in a clash between two powers :the EU armed with most advanced technology and high tech equipment or The Awakened,driven by the desire for freedom. Read on...
A realistic yet intense C&C Generals inspired game you always dreamed about. Read on...
Set during the American civil war, War of Rights aims to bring players into the midst of several famous battles. Gameplay focused on realism will enable players to fully engross themselves into the ferocious combat of the era. Read on...
A sci-fi sandbox game of creation and survival on procedurally generated planets. You've crash-landed on an unforgiving world with nothing but a few tools and your imagination. 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...
Leave the farms and cities behind, jump straight into managing your own planets in The Universim, a brand new god-game in development by Crytivo Games and Alexander Koshelkov. Read on...
Those most overlooked are often the most important. INFRA puts you into the shoes of a simple structural analyst. Nothing more than a quiet desk jockey assigned to survey some routine structural damage. Quickly though, your mission turns from a mundane tr Read on...
Based on the video game Grand Theft Auto, CITY AQP is created on the Unreal Engine. Explore deserts, forest, mountains, canyons, volcanoes, and discover our huge detailed city. Choose either first or third-person perspective. Read on...
Beyond the Destiny is a new science fiction multiplayer online game with an open game universe, which combines the genres of classic role-playing games, real-time strategy and third-person shooter. Read on...
Our team has been working round the clock for a thousand years now. We have come a long way from a simulator of suicide jumpers leaping off cliffs on Torque 3D to full-blown shooter on Unreal Engine 4. Read on...
Guedin's Attack on Titan Fan Game will be a free multiplayer fan game based on the Attack on Titan franchise (Shingeki no Kyojin). Players will fight in co-op against hordes of titans. Read on...
Okhlos is a game about an angry mob in ancient Greece. You will have to travel all around Greece and conform a very large group of angry people to fight armies, mythological creatures and even the gods themselves! Read on...
Welcome to Weekend Drive, a relaxing drive through a city being smashed by meteorites, or being chased by a giant zombie, or just jumping a canyon. Read on...
A dark storm is coming. Scientists working on experimental technologies are attacked by an unknown enemy. Chaos ensues. Powers change hands. Lives are lost. And that's just the beginning. A dark storm is coming. Read on...
Who's Your Daddy is a casual 1 on 1 video game featuring a clueless father attempting to prevent his infant son from certain death. Read on...
Experience sci-fi tactical combat and exploration in a procedural world that combines traditional roguelikes with an immersive modern interface like no other. Read on...
Play both adventurer and dungeon master in an immersive 3D world! Labyrinth combines the depth, replayability, and customization of a CCG with the look and feel of a classic dungeon crawl RPG. Read on...
Orbiz is a local co-operative multiplayer game about 4 teenagers who lost in zombie parallel worlds. The objective of this game is to finish every five levels on the one world against the variatif zombies. Read on...
Take a leading role in a free-to-play game in which ordinary people become heroes! Compete with or against your friends, by combining elements of team fight, strategy, arcade, town development and pre-game unions. Read on...
