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Best Indie games in 2026
The best Indie games, ranked by critic and player scores across the Tier catalog.
Also covers independent games.
101
Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
87
/100
102
TowerFall Ascension
87
/100
103
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition
87
/100
104
Death's Door
87
/100
105
Year Walk
87
/100
106
Pistol Whip
87
/100
107
Sunless Skies
87
/100
108
What Remains of Edith Finch
87
/100
109
Two Point Hospital
87
/100
110
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
87
/100
111
OpenTTD
87
/100
112
World of Goo
87
/100
113
Braid
87
/100
114
Venba
87
/100
115
Kerbal Space Program
87
/100
116
Wartales
86
/100
117
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
86
/100
118
Jusant
86
/100
119
Before Your Eyes
86
/100
120
Chivalry 2
86
/100
121
Hotline Miami
86
/100
122
Observer: System Redux
86
/100
123
Pyre
86
/100
124
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
86
/100
125
Slay the Spire
86
/100
126
The Forest
86
/100
127
Baba Is You
86
/100
128
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
86
/100
129
Iconoclasts
86
/100
130
Oxygen Not Included
86
/100
131
Pony Island
86
/100
132
Rogue Legacy
86
/100
133
Florence
86
/100
134
Overcooked! All You Can Eat
86
/100
135
Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights
86
/100
136
Race the Sun
86
/100
137
Devotion
86
/100
138
Paradigm
86
/100
139
Until You Fall
86
/100
140
Nobody Saves the World
86
/100
141
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You
86
/100
142
Mini Motorways
86
/100
143
Arise: A Simple Story
86
/100
144
Rollerdrome
86
/100
145
Torchlight II
86
/100
146
Invisible, Inc.
86
/100
147
Needy Streamer Overload
86
/100
148
Fez
86
/100
149
Factorio
86
/100
150
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
85
/100
Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
87
/100
102
TowerFall Ascension
87
/100
103
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition
87
/100
104
Death's Door
87
/100
105
Year Walk
87
/100
106
Pistol Whip
87
/100
107
Sunless Skies
87
/100
108
What Remains of Edith Finch
87
/100
109
Two Point Hospital
87
/100
110
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
87
/100
111
OpenTTD
87
/100
112
World of Goo
87
/100
113
Braid
87
/100
114
Venba
87
/100
115
Kerbal Space Program
87
/100
116
Wartales
86
/100
117
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
86
/100
118
Jusant
86
/100
119
Before Your Eyes
86
/100
120
Chivalry 2
86
/100
121
Hotline Miami
86
/100
122
Observer: System Redux
86
/100
123
Pyre
86
/100
124
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
86
/100
125
Slay the Spire
86
/100
126
The Forest
86
/100
127
Baba Is You
86
/100
128
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
86
/100
129
Iconoclasts
86
/100
130
Oxygen Not Included
86
/100
131
Pony Island
86
/100
132
Rogue Legacy
86
/100
133
Florence
86
/100
134
Overcooked! All You Can Eat
86
/100
135
Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights
86
/100
136
Race the Sun
86
/100
137
Devotion
86
/100
138
Paradigm
86
/100
139
Until You Fall
86
/100
140
Nobody Saves the World
86
/100
141
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You
86
/100
142
Mini Motorways
86
/100
143
Arise: A Simple Story
86
/100
144
Rollerdrome
86
/100
145
Torchlight II
86
/100
146
Invisible, Inc.
86
/100
147
Needy Streamer Overload
86
/100
148
Fez
86
/100
149
Factorio
86
/100
150
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
85
/100