IMSCARED is an independent horror game in which the player must outsmart two entities, White Face and HER, that reach beyond the game window to tamper with the computer itself, for example by creating files or crashing the program. It was made by Italian solo developer Ivan Zanotti using GameMaker. A tenth-anniversary remake arrived in 2022 with higher resolution, a better frame-rate and new content, and an Android port followed in 2024.
In Infection Free Zone, a viral outbreak has turned most of humanity into aggressive infected, and you must keep a community of survivors alive. By day you direct groups as they scavenge for supplies and fortify their settlement; after dark, those defences are tested by waves of attackers. Polish studio Jutsu Games developed it, Games Operators handles publishing, and it entered Steam early access in April 2024 for Windows.
Inked: A Tale of Love, a puzzle-platform game from Croatian studio Somnium Games, was first demoed in Zagreb during the 2016 edition of the Reboot Infogamer convention. Its story moves between Nameless Hero, a rogue samurai searching for his beloved Aiko, and the comic book artist Adam. The distinctive look resembles papercraft outlined in ballpoint pen on grid-lined notebook paper, and the game first arrived on Steam in April 2018.
Inmost is a cinematic puzzle platformer that alternates between three playable characters, an old man, a knight, and a young girl, each searching for answers. Their stories are woven together across two different worlds and deal with pain, loss, and the bonds between people. Lithuanian developer Hidden Layer Games created it, Chucklefish published it, and after debuting on Apple Arcade in 2019 it reached Windows and Mac in August 2020.
Inquisitor is a role-playing game from Czech company Cinemax, first released in 2009 after close to a decade in development. Bringing it to English-speaking players took another three years of translation work, which led to a GOG.com release in September 2012. It was later greenlit on Steam in 2013 and arrived there that August, where it holds a Metacritic score of 64.
Inscryption is a roguelike deck-building game from Canadian studio Daniel Mullins Games, directed by Daniel Mullins and published by Devolver Digital in 2021. Set in a cabin, it has the player face a mysterious gamemaster across a tabletop card game, gradually folding in puzzles, escape-room ideas and a cryptic metafictional story. It grew out of a Ludum Dare jam prototype and went on to win several Game of the Year awards.
Released in 2016, Inside is a puzzle-platform horror game from Playdead, the Danish studio behind Limbo. Players guide a boy through a dystopian world in 2.5D, solving environmental puzzles while trying to avoid death. Development moved from Limbo's custom engine to Unity, partly funded by a Danish Film Institute grant, and the game earned critical acclaim, game of the year nominations and several independent awards for technical achievement.
In Sound Mind is a psychological horror game from We Create Stuff, a studio based in Israel, released on Windows in September 2021. Steam lists it under action and indie, and it belongs to the horror tradition of unsettling atmosphere and dread rather than straightforward combat. Its store publisher is Black Lantern Collective, and it holds a Metacritic score of 75. The available facts say little about its specific mechanics, so treat it as a horror title first and foremost.
Interdimensional Vending Machine is a surreal survival game drawing on the SCP-261 concept. The player controls a homeless girl in a warped city who relies on an impossible vending machine, where each coin buys strange food and every meal alters her path. It was developed by Neuroticfly Games, a studio based in the Philippines, published with HoruBrain, and released for Windows in June 2026.
Intrepid Izzy is a 2D platformer structured as a Metroidvania, with exploration of linked areas and gradual progression. It was made by Senile Team, a studio from the Netherlands, for Windows and also for the Sega Dreamcast. Backed through a successful Kickstarter in 2017, it went through several delays before reaching Steam in July 2020. Later digital versions came to modern Nintendo, PlayStation and Xbox consoles.
In Verbis Virtus is a first-person fantasy adventure in which spells are cast by speaking their incantations aloud into a microphone. The voice-driven magic is used across a mix of action and puzzle sections. It was developed by Italian studio Indomitus Games with Unreal Engine 3, entered early access in May 2014 and was released on Steam for Windows in April 2015.
In Iratus: Lord of the Dead, tactical role-playing meets a roguelike structure, drawing on both RPG and strategy traditions. Available sources describe it only in broad genre terms, so the finer details of its campaign are best discovered in play. It was developed by the Russian studio Unfrozen and published by Daedalic Entertainment in 2020 for Windows, macOS and Linux.
Iron Marines is a real-time strategy game in which the player commands a military force defending a space colony from alien invaders. Each mission centres on a powerful hero unit supported by soldiers, mechs and other troops across varied objectives. It was developed by Ironhide Game Studio in Uruguay, launched on mobile in 2017, came to Windows, macOS and Linux in May 2019, and was well received by critics.
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Islanders is a minimalist city-builder from German indie studio Grizzly Games, whose members made it over seven months while studying game design at HTW Berlin. You score points by positioning buildings on a procedurally generated island, and points refill your stock, unlock new structures and let you move to fresh islands. A session ends when nothing more can be placed. It launched on Steam in April 2019.
Jalopy is a driving and vehicle simulation in which the player and an uncle assemble a small car called the Laika, modelled on the Trabant 601, piece by piece. The pair then set off on a long road trip from East Berlin toward Turkey, keeping the fragile machine running along the way. It was developed by MinskWorks in the United Kingdom and published by Excalibur Games, releasing on Steam in 2018.
Jitsu Squad is a beat 'em up in which players fight their way through stages packed with enemies at close range. It follows the classic side-scrolling fighting format of the genre. It was developed and self-published on Windows by Tanuki Creative Studio from the Netherlands, launching in March 2022. ININ Games then handled the console editions, which arrived on Switch, PlayStation and Xbox systems in December of that year.
Joe Danger is a stunt racing game with platforming elements, putting players in control of a daredevil who tears through courses against the clock while chasing objectives to unlock further rounds. Reviewers liked its approachable play and the option to edit tracks while playing them. It was made and published by Hello Games, a British studio, first launching in 2010, and it was nominated for the Independent Games Festival grand prize.
Journey is a wordless adventure in which a cloaked figure crosses a vast desert toward a far-off mountain. Other players can appear along the way and help each other, yet they cannot talk or type, communicating only through a musical chime that also turns dull scraps of cloth vivid red and opens the path ahead. American studio Thatgamecompany created it, first for PlayStation 3 in 2012; Annapurna Interactive later brought it to Windows, with a reactive score by Austin Wintory.
Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation is a colony management game where a small band of survivors sets up a base in a remote valley while demons overrun the world. Players scavenge, craft, and construct, perform occult rituals, and fight in tactical combat to keep the colony alive. Israeli indie company Suncrash developed and published it, first in Early Access in 2016 and fully in 2018, with a Metacritic score of 72.
Juicy Realm, a twin-stick shooter with a roguelike structure, comes from Chinese studio SpaceCan Games, with X.D. Network and PM Studio publishing. It launched on Windows and macOS in May 2018, followed by Nintendo Switch in 2019, iOS and Android in 2020, and PlayStation 4 and 5 in 2024. Steam lists it under Action, Adventure, Casual and RPG, reflecting a shooter that borrows role-playing and adventure elements.
J.U.L.I.A. Among the Stars is a 2014 science fiction adventure game from Czech studio CBE Software, remaking the earlier J.U.L.I.A. with improved graphics, altered gameplay and a broader story. The studio developed and published it itself, releasing it on Windows, macOS and Linux in September 2014, and it holds a Metacritic score of 71.
Kapital: Sparks of Revolution is an economic simulation about class conflict. You serve as mayor of a capital city in a European country gripped by crisis, balancing policy against growing social unrest and deciding what compromises are worth making to avoid collapse. Steam lists it under simulation and strategy. It was developed by Lapovich Team from Belarus and released by Fulqrum Publishing in April 2022.
Kards is a free-to-play digital collectible card game with a World War II theme, played online against other people. You build decks from wartime cards and clash in strategic matches. It was developed and published by 1939 Games, a studio in Iceland, which put it into early access on Steam in April 2019 before its full launch in April 2020. Mobile versions for iOS and Android with cross-platform play followed in 2023.
Katana Zero is a side-scrolling hack-and-slash platformer about Subject Zero, an amnesiac sword-wielding assassin who can slow time and foresee what comes next. Each level asks the player to clear every enemy without taking a hit, bending time, dodging and exploiting hazards, while dialogue-tree conversations between stages tell a neo-noir story. American studio Askiisoft built it in GameMaker, and Devolver Digital published it in 2019.