Best Indie games on Steam

The most popular Indie games on Steam right now are Wallpaper Engine, WARDOGS, Geometry Dash, Valheim and Slay the Spire 2.

The most popular Indie games on Steam right now and what players think of them. Roast them, rate them and argue about them on PlaySpill.

Wallpaper Engine (Nov 16, 2018): Use stunning live wallpapers on your desktop. Animate your own images to create new wallpapers or import videos/websites and share them on …
WARDOGS (Sep 10, 2026): WARDOGS is a TACTICAL ALL OUT WARFARE FPS where one hundred players split across three teams fight over the control zone. Set in the dereli…
Geometry Dash (Dec 22, 2014): Jump and fly your way through danger in this rhythm-based action platformer!
Valheim (Sep 9, 2026): A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battl…
Slay the Spire 2 (Mar 5, 2026): The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay th…
The Outlast Trials (Mar 5, 2024): Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if …
Stardew Valley (Feb 26, 2016): You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin yo…
Terraria (May 16, 2011): Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Rust (Feb 8, 2018): The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other surv…
Project Zomboid (Nov 8, 2013): Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. …
Euro Truck Simulator 2 (Oct 12, 2012): Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to expl…
How to Fish (Aug 20, 2026): A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home…
Risk of Rain 2 (Aug 11, 2020): Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprisi…
Palworld (Jul 9, 2026): Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival …
Don't Starve Together (Apr 21, 2016): Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starv…
Garry's Mod (Nov 29, 2006): Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
PEAK (Jun 16, 2025): PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only h…
Rocket League® (Jul 6, 2015): Rocket League is a high-powered hybrid of arcade-style soccer and vehicular mayhem with easy-to-understand controls and fluid, physics-driv…
Bongo Cat (Mar 5, 2025): Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, w…
Phasmophobia (Sep 18, 2020): Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use al…
Assetto Corsa (Dec 19, 2014): Assetto Corsa v1.16 introduces the new "Laguna Seca" laser-scanned track, 7 new cars among which the eagerly awaited Alfa Romeo G…
TBH: Task Bar Hero (May 27, 2026): The ultimate tiny idle RPG! Adorable pixel heroes are waiting to join your adventure — from your taskbar. Fight off the boredom of work and…
Brawlhalla (Oct 17, 2017): An epic platform fighter for up to 8 players online or local. Try casual free-for-alls, ranked matches, or invite friends to a private room…
Crosshair X (Aug 17, 2020): Improve your aim and accuracy in every shooter you play. Crosshair X overlays a custom crosshair on top of any game, even games that do not…
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord (Oct 25, 2022): A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies…
7 Days to Die (Jul 25, 2024): 7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing …
Aimlabs (Jun 16, 2023): Aimlabs is the aim trainer of choice for over 50 Million players, from beginners to esports pros. Our unique aim analysis optimizes your ga…
RimWorld (Oct 17, 2018): A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, cl…
Schedule I (Mar 24, 2025): From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand you…
Ready or Not (Dec 13, 2023): Ready or Not is an intense, tactical, first-person shooter that depicts a modern-day world in which SWAT police units are called to defuse …
Sons Of The Forest (Feb 22, 2024): Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to su…
Order of the Sinking Star (Oct 8, 2026): From director Jonathan Blow (Braid, The Witness), Order of the Sinking Star is a massive puzzle adventure set in a realm of magic and enigm…
American Truck Simulator (Feb 2, 2016): Experience legendary American trucks and deliver various cargoes across sunny California, sandy Nevada, and the Grand Canyon State of Arizo…
Silver Pines (Oct 8, 2026): Silver Pines is a survival horror metroidvania set in small town America. Fight nightmarish terrors and solve puzzles, while carefully mana…
Bodycam (Jun 7, 2024): Bodycam is the first tactical multiplayer FPS with a true body-camera view in Unreal Engine 5. Close-quarters combats feel raw and loud. Ev…
Invokyr (Oct 8, 2026): A co-op survival horror game about a cursed board game. Play in a group of 6 players. Roll the dice, survive the horrors that are summoned,…
Two Point Museum (Mar 4, 2025): Curate and manage incredible museums! Explore to discover amazing artifacts. Design and refine the layout, keep staff happy, guests enterta…
Where Winds Meet (Nov 14, 2025): Step into an open-world action-adventure RPG set in ancient China. Uncover the secrets of your own identity as you rise from a humble villa…
BOMBANANA! (Sep 2, 2026): Chaotic bomb disposal fun with friends & monkeys! Work together as a 3-player co-op team of blind, deaf, and mute monkeys. Each player …
Car Park Capital (Oct 9, 2026): The car industry needs you to design and build the greatest car parks that simple town life hasn't seen before. Introduce the need for car …
The Long Dark (Aug 1, 2017): THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expa…
Sifu (Mar 28, 2023): Sifu is a realistic third-person brawler with tight Kung Fu combat mechanics and cinematic martial arts action embarking you on a path for …
Enshrouded (Jan 24, 2024): You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your …
ARK: Survival Ascended (Oct 25, 2023): ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed…
Japanese Ramen Simulator (Oct 9, 2026): Japanese Ramen Simulator is a ramen shop management sim for up to six players. Prepare ingredients, cook noodles, and arrange toppings to c…
Foundation (Jan 31, 2025): Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource man…
Factorio (Aug 14, 2020): Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. …
Happy Wheels (Sep 21, 2026): Choose your inadequately prepared racer, and disregard severe consequences in your desperate pursuit of short-lived victory.
PAPERHEAD (Oct 9, 2026): In the cute cardboard world, something went horribly wrong... Use the magical pencil, a good old shotgun, and various other weapons as well…
Core Keeper (Aug 27, 2024): Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm …
House Flipper 2 (Dec 14, 2023): Clean your worries away with this relaxing renovation simulator! Buy, fix, sell, and become a local legend. Or grab your power tools and bu…
Shift At Midnight (Jul 22, 2026): An online co-op detective horror for up to 3 players. Work together across randomly generated shifts to investigate your customers, as some…
The Isle (Dec 1, 2015): Experience fierce open world survival gameplay as you attempt to stay alive on an unforgiving island inhabited by dinosaurs! Hunt. Grow. Su…
REMATCH (Jun 19, 2025): Rematch is an online multiplayer football game. Control one player and compete with your team in fast-paced 5v5 matches from an immersive t…
Neon Abyss 2 (Oct 7, 2026): Dive into the cybermyth roguelike chaos of Neon Abyss 2! Now featuring up to 4-player online co-op, more combat styles, and unlimited item …
Satisfactory (Sep 10, 2024): Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore …
Palia (Mar 25, 2024): Discover a welcoming world in Palia, a free-to-play fantasy life sim adventure where you can craft, explore, and create the life and home o…
Dead as Disco (May 5, 2026): Martial arts meets music video in Dead as Disco, a neon-drenched Beat ‘Em Up where every punch, kick, and combo syncs to the music. Join Ch…
No More Room in Hell 2 (Aug 11, 2026): No More Room in Hell 2 is an intense 8 player zombie shooter. Overcome the endless undead. Avoid infection. Survive hell together.
Bills Must Be Paid (Jul 29, 2026): You're broke, smash piggy banks, bills must be paid. A short active incremental game. Get money, upgrade, and get debt free!
Hello Kitty Island Adventure (Jan 30, 2025): Embark on a cozy, open-world adventure with Hello Kitty and Friends. Befriend beloved characters as you explore and restore a mysterious is…
Escape the Backrooms (Oct 23, 2025): Escape the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Traverse 30+ eerie backrooms levels while avoiding entities and other d…
DELTARUNE (Jun 4, 2025): Dive into the parallel story to UNDERTALE! Fight or spare your way through action-packed battles as you explore a mysterious world alongsid…
Medieval Dynasty (Sep 23, 2021): Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die tryi…
RV There Yet? (Oct 21, 2025): A co-op adventure about driving your Recreational Vehicle home.
Forever Ago (Oct 8, 2026): Following a tragic stroke of fate, Alfred embarks on a journey north in search of redemption in this single-player road trip adventure.
Tabletop Simulator (Jun 5, 2015): Tabletop Simulator is the only simulator where you can let your aggression out by flipping the table! There are no rules to follow: just yo…
Combolands: Roguelike Citybuilder (Aug 24, 2026): A mini citybuilding roguelike. Place buildings, stack combos, and master deep strategy in short bursts to create a tiny thriving metropolis!
Half Sword (Jan 30, 2026): Half Sword is a physics-based medieval combat simulator featuring historically accurate XV-century arms and armor. We are not afraid to sho…
ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs (Aug 6, 2026): Run a quaint electronics repair shop in mid-2000s Tokyo. Grow your business by carefully restoring iconic video game consoles, cell phones,…
Bum Simulator (May 12, 2023): Bum Simulator is a sandbox game bursting with inappropriate humor and memorable characters. You live on the streets of Bumsville. Do you ha…
the cabin game (Aug 27, 2026): the cabin game is a 1-4 player, chaotic horror game where you are trapped inside a cabin and the only way out is through a game of cards. J…
Used Cars Simulator (Oct 9, 2026): Used Cars Simulator - trade used or stolen cars, fix and customize them, drive around, and explore the open world! Grow your business, comp…
Songs of Syx (Sep 21, 2020): Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and bu…
SULFUR (Oct 28, 2024): SULFUR is a modern old-school action-adventure: Outsmart enemies, find treasure, improve weapons, harness powers. Delve deeper, find answer…
Machine Party (Jul 30, 2026): Machine Party is a collection of violent party games where failure is lethal. Gather your friends and endure high stakes situations to prov…
Last Epoch (Feb 21, 2024): Uncover the Past, Reforge the Future. Ascend into one of 15 mastery classes and explore dangerous dungeons, hunt epic loot, craft legendary…
Two Point Hospital (Aug 29, 2018): Design stunning hospitals, cure peculiar illnesses and manage troublesome staff as you spread your budding healthcare organisation across T…
Far Far West (Apr 28, 2026): Yee-haw, Cowboys! Team up in this chaotic 1-4 player co-op shooter. Journey to the Far Far West to blast monsters, sling spells, complete m…
Cat Mail Co. (Jul 9, 2026): Run a cozy cat post office. Sort and deliver parcels from the daily boat, organizing everything your way. At night, the moon reveals hidden…
Funnel Runners (Jul 16, 2026): Trapped in a doomed city, you and up to 7 friends must scavenge parts, fix your van, and escape the brutal tornado that approaches. A first…
Shroom and Gloom (Sep 10, 2026): Gather and grow cards in Shroom & Gloom, a moody first-person, roguelike double-deckbuilder bursting with fungal foes and mountains of …
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader (Dec 7, 2023): Made in a close partnership with Games Workshop, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is a story-rich classical RPG from Owlcat Games, developers…
Raft (Jun 20, 2022): Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a v…
IdleOn - The Incremental MMO (Nov 6, 2025): The incremental idle MMO where your heroes keep fighting while you're gone! Spend their loot on upgrades, unlock classes from Elemental-Wiz…
Grim Dawn (Feb 25, 2016): Enter an apocalyptic fantasy world where humanity is on the brink of extinction, iron is valued above gold and trust is hard earned. This A…
Police Chief Simulator (Sep 17, 2026): Welcome to Winston Springs, Officer! The local police station is in urgent need of a Chief of Police, and you’ve been chosen for the job! H…
Astral Ascent (Nov 14, 2023): Choose one of four heroes and explore the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 powerful mystical bosses: the Zodiacs. Challenge them with…
Fields of Mistria (Aug 5, 2026): Start your new life! Build the farm of your dreams as you discover a world brimming with possibilities. Magic, romance, and adventure all a…
Tears of Metal (Jul 22, 2026): Fight solo or up to 4-player co-op to reclaim your island alongside your Scottish battalion. On each campaign, gain new powerful upgrades, …
Lethal Company (Oct 23, 2023): A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Sovereign Tower (Aug 6, 2026): Play as the Sovereign of a magical tower in this story-rich, Round Table management RPG. Recruit eccentric Knights, assign quests and balan…
Stray (Jul 19, 2022): Lost, alone and separated from family, a stray cat must untangle an ancient mystery to escape a long-forgotten cybercity and find their way…
Two Point Campus (Aug 9, 2022): Build the university of your dreams with Two Point Campus, the sim with a twist from the makers of Two Point Hospital. Build, hire staff an…
Waterpark Simulator (Jul 31, 2026): Build and run your own waterpark solo or with friends. Design slides, send guests flying with ragdoll physics, manage staff, and fully cust…
Batomon Showdown (Sep 15, 2026): Creature-collecting pvp async auto battler where you choose your trainer, select your Batomon and assemble the ultimate team to take down o…
IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator (Aug 6, 2026): IRON NEST is a brutal dieselpunk heavy-artillery game where you dominate the battlefield through a colossal war machine. Take map measureme…
ULTRAKILL (Sep 3, 2020): ULTRAKILL is a fast-paced ultra-violent retro FPS that combines the skill-based style scoring of character action games with the unadultera…
Naheulbeuk's Dungeon Master (Nov 15, 2023): A dungeon in danger ! Build, manage, and defend your tower in the satirical heroic fantasy universe of Dungeon of Naheulbeuk. From a shaky …
Dicevaders (Sep 29, 2026): Dicevaders is a dice-based roguelike deckbuilder about leading the ultimate alien invasion. Set in the StarVaders universe, draft and manip…