Indie games
Explore the top 25 Indie games, ranked by Metacritic score.
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Games are ordered by Metacritic score, highest first. Games without a Metacritic score appear last.
1. Cobalt Core
~20.6 hours to beat · Metacritic 94
2. Hades II
~18.9 hours to beat · Metacritic 94
3. Beat Saber
~6 hours to beat · Metacritic 93
4. Dwarf Fortress
~75 hours to beat · Metacritic 93
5. Hades
~22 hours to beat · Metacritic 93
6. Tetris® Effect: Connected
~3 hours to beat · Metacritic 93
7. Blue Prince
~21.7 hours to beat · Metacritic 92
8. Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition
~19 hours to beat · Metacritic 92
9. Out of the Park Baseball 17
~34 hours to beat · Metacritic 92
10. BZZZT
~2.2 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
11. Caves of Qud
~26.2 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
12. Chained Echoes
~33 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
13. FEZ
~6 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
14. I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
~11 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
15. Mark of the Ninja
~8.1 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
16. Satisfactory
~96.5 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
17. Scarlet Hollow
~2.3 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
18. Spelunky 2
~27.7 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
19. Tumblestone
~22.5 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
20. UFO 50
~42 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
21. ANIMAL WELL
~6.7 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
22. Balatro
~6.5 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
23. Braid
~5 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
24. Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
~3 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
25. Chicory: A Colorful Tale
~9 hours to beat · Metacritic 90