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Best Indie games of 2016
The 104 best Indie games released in 2016, ranked from 11,220 critic and player ratings.
How this ranking is built
- Games are ranked on the aggregated critic score out of 100 imported from IGDB and Metacritic, never on Tier's own grades.
- A game only enters the ranking with at least 80 external ratings, so a single enthusiastic review never outranks a proven classic.
- Community grades from F to S are shown next to every game, and only stated as a fact above 5 Tier ratings.
- Release window covered: 2016.
- 50 games are listed on this page, carrying 11,220 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 29 September 2026.
Ranking, page 2
51
Hue
78
/100
52
Kathy Rain
77
/100
53
Lumo
77
/100
54
ClusterTruck
76
/100
55
Deponia Doomsday
76
/100
56
Obduction
76
/100
57
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
76
/100
58
Beholder
75
/100
59
Rusty Lake Roots
75
/100
60
Seasons After Fall
75
/100
61
HunieCam Studio
75
/100
62
Reigns
75
/100
63
Kingdom: New Lands
75
/100
64
Stories: The Path of Destinies
74
/100
65
Virginia
74
/100
66
Neon Chrome
74
/100
67
Epistory - Typing Chronicles
74
/100
68
Slain: Back from Hell
74
/100
69
Headlander
74
/100
70
No Man's Sky
74
/100
71
The Flame in the Flood
73
/100
72
Punch Club
73
/100
73
The Deadly Tower of Monsters
73
/100
74
Hard Reset Redux
73
/100
75
Project Highrise
73
/100
76
Turmoil
73
/100
77
Golf With Your Friends
72
/100
78
Layers of Fear
72
/100
79
Grow Up
71
/100
80
SHENZHEN I/O
71
/100
81
Who's Your Daddy
71
/100
82
Human: Fall Flat
70
/100
83
Bad North
70
/100
84
Lost Castle
70
/100
85
Glass Masquerade
70
/100
86
Aragami
70
/100
87
99Vidas
69
/100
88
This is the Police
66
/100
89
Fortified
66
/100
90
Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
64
/100
91
ADR1FT
64
/100
92
Transmissions: Element 120
62
/100
93
Moon Hunters
62
/100
94
Manual Samuel
61
/100
95
Pixel Puzzles Ultimate
60
/100
96
Crush Crush
60
/100
97
Montaro
60
/100
98
Infestation: The New Z
59
/100
99
Heroes & Generals
58
/100
100
OutDrive
55
/100
Hue
78
/100
52
Kathy Rain
77
/100
53
Lumo
77
/100
54
ClusterTruck
76
/100
55
Deponia Doomsday
76
/100
56
Obduction
76
/100
57
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
76
/100
58
Beholder
75
/100
59
Rusty Lake Roots
75
/100
60
Seasons After Fall
75
/100
61
HunieCam Studio
75
/100
62
Reigns
75
/100
63
Kingdom: New Lands
75
/100
64
Stories: The Path of Destinies
74
/100
65
Virginia
74
/100
66
Neon Chrome
74
/100
67
Epistory - Typing Chronicles
74
/100
68
Slain: Back from Hell
74
/100
69
Headlander
74
/100
70
No Man's Sky
74
/100
71
The Flame in the Flood
73
/100
72
Punch Club
73
/100
73
The Deadly Tower of Monsters
73
/100
74
Hard Reset Redux
73
/100
75
Project Highrise
73
/100
76
Turmoil
73
/100
77
Golf With Your Friends
72
/100
78
Layers of Fear
72
/100
79
Grow Up
71
/100
80
SHENZHEN I/O
71
/100
81
Who's Your Daddy
71
/100
82
Human: Fall Flat
70
/100
83
Bad North
70
/100
84
Lost Castle
70
/100
85
Glass Masquerade
70
/100
86
Aragami
70
/100
87
99Vidas
69
/100
88
This is the Police
66
/100
89
Fortified
66
/100
90
Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
64
/100
91
ADR1FT
64
/100
92
Transmissions: Element 120
62
/100
93
Moon Hunters
62
/100
94
Manual Samuel
61
/100
95
Pixel Puzzles Ultimate
60
/100
96
Crush Crush
60
/100
97
Montaro
60
/100
98
Infestation: The New Z
59
/100
99
Heroes & Generals
58
/100
100
OutDrive
55
/100