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Best Indie games of 2013
The 96 best Indie games released in 2013, ranked from 15,770 critic and player ratings.
The best Indie game of 2013 is The Stanley Parable, with a critic score of 88/100 — updated août 2026.
01
The Stanley Parable
The Stanley Parable is a first-person exploration game which ponders questions related to player agency, narrative pacing, escapism through gaming, objective-driven game design, authorial intent, and the conflict of interest between players and game creators.
88
/100
02
Guacamelee! Gold Edition
88
/100
03
The Room Two
88
/100
The Stanley Parable
The Stanley Parable is a first-person exploration game which ponders questions related to player agency, narrative pacing, escapism through gaming, objective-driven game design, authorial intent, and the conflict of interest between players and game creators.
88
/100
02
Guacamelee! Gold Edition
88
/100
03
The Room Two
88
/100
04
Kentucky Route Zero
Kentucky Route Zero is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway in the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it. Gameplay is inspired by point-and-click adventure games (like the classic Monkey Island or King's Quest series, or more recently Telltale's Walking Dead series), but focused on characterization, atmosphere and storytelling rather than clever puzzles or challenges of skill. The game is developed by Cardboard Computer (Jake Elliott and Tamas Kemenczy). The game's soundtrack features an original electronic score by Ben Babbitt along with a suite of old hymns & bluegrass standards recorded by The Bedquilt Ramblers.
88
/100
05
The Swapper
87
/100
06
TowerFall Ascension
87
/100
07
Year Walk
87
/100
08
Rogue Legacy
You control a family of characters one at a time, and when your character dies, you choose who his or her successor is, whether it is a barbarian son of yours who has OCD, your daughter who became a ninja even though she can't see well, an assassin who is fighting for the gays, or a miner who wants to collect gold! Traits are randomized each time upon death, leading to multiple playthroughs with 35 traits, each character will be unique.
86
/100
09
Race the Sun
Race The Sun is a high-speed game that uses simple controls and is set in a procedurally generated world. The goal is to get the highest possible score by racing into the sunset, avoiding obstacles and enemies, and collecting speed boosts and other powerups to help you along the way. You fly a solar-powered craft, and the game ends at sundown, if you can make it that far!
86
/100
10
Papers, Please
The communist state of Arstotzka has just ended a 6-year war with neighboring Kolechia and reclaimed its rightful half of the border town, Grestin. Your job as immigration inspector is to control the flow of people entering the Arstotzkan side of Grestin from Kolechia. Among the throngs of immigrants and visitors looking for work are hidden smugglers, spies, and terrorists. Using only the documents provided by travelers and the Ministry of Admission's primitive inspect, search, and fingerprint systems you must decide who can enter Arstotzka and who will be turned away or arrested.
85
/100
11
BattleBlock Theater
85
/100
12
BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien
85
/100
13
Risk of Rain
85
/100
14
Trine 2: Complete Story
84
/100
15
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Rise of the Owlverlord
84
/100
16
S
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
83
/100
17
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
83
/100
18
Gunpoint
83
/100
19
Stick it to The Man!
83
/100
20
ibb & obb
83
/100
21
Valdis Story: Abyssal City
83
/100
22
Starseed Pilgrim
83
/100
23
Project Zomboid
82
/100
24
Antichamber
82
/100
25
Desktop Dungeons
82
/100
26
SteamWorld Dig
81
/100
27
King Arthur's Gold
81
/100
28
Surgeon Simulator 2013
81
/100
29
Outlast
80
/100
30
Proteus
80
/100
31
Evoland
80
/100
32
140
80
/100
33
Sanctum 2
80
/100
34
Kingdom Rush Frontiers
80
/100
35
Volgarr the Viking
80
/100
36
Teslagrad
79
/100
37
Don't Starve
79
/100
38
Memoria
79
/100
39
Sang-Froid - Tales of Werewolves
79
/100
40
Super House of Dead Ninjas
79
/100
41
Don't Starve
79
/100
42
Teleglitch: Die More Edition
78
/100
43
Bit.Trip Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien
78
/100
44
Eldritch
77
/100
45
Anomaly 2
77
/100
46
Element4l
77
/100
47
Kairo
76
/100
48
Reus
75
/100
49
Anna - Extended Edition
75
/100
50
Infested Planet
75
/100
Kentucky Route Zero
Kentucky Route Zero is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway in the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it. Gameplay is inspired by point-and-click adventure games (like the classic Monkey Island or King's Quest series, or more recently Telltale's Walking Dead series), but focused on characterization, atmosphere and storytelling rather than clever puzzles or challenges of skill. The game is developed by Cardboard Computer (Jake Elliott and Tamas Kemenczy). The game's soundtrack features an original electronic score by Ben Babbitt along with a suite of old hymns & bluegrass standards recorded by The Bedquilt Ramblers.
88
/100
05
The Swapper
87
/100
06
TowerFall Ascension
87
/100
07
Year Walk
87
/100
08
Rogue Legacy
You control a family of characters one at a time, and when your character dies, you choose who his or her successor is, whether it is a barbarian son of yours who has OCD, your daughter who became a ninja even though she can't see well, an assassin who is fighting for the gays, or a miner who wants to collect gold! Traits are randomized each time upon death, leading to multiple playthroughs with 35 traits, each character will be unique.
86
/100
09
Race the Sun
Race The Sun is a high-speed game that uses simple controls and is set in a procedurally generated world. The goal is to get the highest possible score by racing into the sunset, avoiding obstacles and enemies, and collecting speed boosts and other powerups to help you along the way. You fly a solar-powered craft, and the game ends at sundown, if you can make it that far!
86
/100
10
Papers, Please
The communist state of Arstotzka has just ended a 6-year war with neighboring Kolechia and reclaimed its rightful half of the border town, Grestin. Your job as immigration inspector is to control the flow of people entering the Arstotzkan side of Grestin from Kolechia. Among the throngs of immigrants and visitors looking for work are hidden smugglers, spies, and terrorists. Using only the documents provided by travelers and the Ministry of Admission's primitive inspect, search, and fingerprint systems you must decide who can enter Arstotzka and who will be turned away or arrested.
85
/100
11
BattleBlock Theater
85
/100
12
BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien
85
/100
13
Risk of Rain
85
/100
14
Trine 2: Complete Story
84
/100
15
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Rise of the Owlverlord
84
/100
16
S
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
83
/100
17
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
83
/100
18
Gunpoint
83
/100
19
Stick it to The Man!
83
/100
20
ibb & obb
83
/100
21
Valdis Story: Abyssal City
83
/100
22
Starseed Pilgrim
83
/100
23
Project Zomboid
82
/100
24
Antichamber
82
/100
25
Desktop Dungeons
82
/100
26
SteamWorld Dig
81
/100
27
King Arthur's Gold
81
/100
28
Surgeon Simulator 2013
81
/100
29
Outlast
80
/100
30
Proteus
80
/100
31
Evoland
80
/100
32
140
80
/100
33
Sanctum 2
80
/100
34
Kingdom Rush Frontiers
80
/100
35
Volgarr the Viking
80
/100
36
Teslagrad
79
/100
37
Don't Starve
79
/100
38
Memoria
79
/100
39
Sang-Froid - Tales of Werewolves
79
/100
40
Super House of Dead Ninjas
79
/100
41
Don't Starve
79
/100
42
Teleglitch: Die More Edition
78
/100
43
Bit.Trip Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien
78
/100
44
Eldritch
77
/100
45
Anomaly 2
77
/100
46
Element4l
77
/100
47
Kairo
76
/100
48
Reus
75
/100
49
Anna - Extended Edition
75
/100
50
Infested Planet
75
/100
FAQ
What is the best Indie game of 2013?
The Stanley Parable currently tops the ranking with a score of 88/100 across 2,034 ratings. Ranking updated août 2026.
How is this ranking built?
Games are ranked on their aggregated critic score out of 100, with a minimum vote threshold so a single glowing review never outranks a proven classic; the Tier community's own F-to-S grades are shown alongside each game.