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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, jeu indé, jeux indépendants.
51
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
89
/100
52
Mark of the Ninja: Remastered
89
/100
53
Nex Machina
89
/100
54
Cocoon
89
/100
55
The Case of the Golden Idol
89
/100
56
Wildermyth
89
/100
57
Shovel Knight
89
/100
58
Hyper Light Drifter
89
/100
59
B
Cult of the Lamb
89
/100
60
Blasphemous II
89
/100
61
Rocket League
89
/100
62
Amid Evil
89
/100
63
Tetris Effect: Connected
89
/100
64
Wandersong
89
/100
65
Owlboy
89
/100
66
The Witness
88
/100
67
Night in the Woods
88
/100
68
Hollow Knight
88
/100
69
The Stanley Parable
88
/100
70
Dead Cells
88
/100
71
Her Story
88
/100
72
Guacamelee! Gold Edition
88
/100
73
The Room Two
88
/100
74
Neon White
88
/100
75
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
88
/100
76
West of Loathing
88
/100
77
Kentucky Route Zero
88
/100
78
Thirty Flights of Loving
88
/100
79
The Last Campfire
88
/100
80
Lonely Mountains: Downhill
88
/100
81
Far: Changing Tides
88
/100
82
Grindstone
88
/100
83
Hacknet
88
/100
84
Crypt of the NecroDancer
88
/100
85
Black Mesa
88
/100
86
What the Golf?
88
/100
87
SteamWorld Heist
88
/100
88
Machinarium
88
/100
89
Euro Truck Simulator 2
88
/100
90
Child of Light
88
/100
91
The Plucky Squire
88
/100
92
World of Horror
88
/100
93
Risk of Rain 2
87
/100
94
Cuphead
87
/100
95
Divinity: Original Sin
87
/100
96
RimWorld
87
/100
97
The Swapper
87
/100
98
A
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
87
/100
99
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty
87
/100
100
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut
87
/100
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
89
/100
52
Mark of the Ninja: Remastered
89
/100
53
Nex Machina
89
/100
54
Cocoon
89
/100
55
The Case of the Golden Idol
89
/100
56
Wildermyth
89
/100
57
Shovel Knight
89
/100
58
Hyper Light Drifter
89
/100
59
B
Cult of the Lamb
89
/100
60
Blasphemous II
89
/100
61
Rocket League
89
/100
62
Amid Evil
89
/100
63
Tetris Effect: Connected
89
/100
64
Wandersong
89
/100
65
Owlboy
89
/100
66
The Witness
88
/100
67
Night in the Woods
88
/100
68
Hollow Knight
88
/100
69
The Stanley Parable
88
/100
70
Dead Cells
88
/100
71
Her Story
88
/100
72
Guacamelee! Gold Edition
88
/100
73
The Room Two
88
/100
74
Neon White
88
/100
75
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
88
/100
76
West of Loathing
88
/100
77
Kentucky Route Zero
88
/100
78
Thirty Flights of Loving
88
/100
79
The Last Campfire
88
/100
80
Lonely Mountains: Downhill
88
/100
81
Far: Changing Tides
88
/100
82
Grindstone
88
/100
83
Hacknet
88
/100
84
Crypt of the NecroDancer
88
/100
85
Black Mesa
88
/100
86
What the Golf?
88
/100
87
SteamWorld Heist
88
/100
88
Machinarium
88
/100
89
Euro Truck Simulator 2
88
/100
90
Child of Light
88
/100
91
The Plucky Squire
88
/100
92
World of Horror
88
/100
93
Risk of Rain 2
87
/100
94
Cuphead
87
/100
95
Divinity: Original Sin
87
/100
96
RimWorld
87
/100
97
The Swapper
87
/100
98
A
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
87
/100
99
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty
87
/100
100
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut
87
/100