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24 indie games in this list, released 2013–2026, from developers such as Haruneko Entertainment, Kunos Simulazioni, Naps Team. Pick one to read our editorial note and jump to its store page.
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By Haruneko Entertainment · Italy
Akane the Kunoichi is a platformer carrying action and casual tags on Steam. It was made by Haruneko, an independent studio in Italy, using Microsoft XNA. The game first appeared in 2011 on the Xbox Live Indie Games service for Xbox 360, and was later ported as a budget release to Windows, Windows Phone 7 and iOS, reaching Steam in May 2014.
By Kunos Simulazioni · Italy
Assetto Corsa, whose Italian name translates to Race Setup, is a sim racing game built around realistic driving along with deep customisation and mod support. Players take a wide range of cars onto tracks that include laser-scanned circuits, with new content arriving through updates. It was developed by Italian studio Kunos Simulazioni, spent time in Early Access from 2013, and was fully released in December 2014, earning a Metacritic score of 85.
By Naps Team · Italy
Baldo: The Guardian Owls is an RPG-flavored action-adventure that combines combat, exploration and puzzle solving in a hand-drawn open world. Its inspirations include The Legend of Zelda and the films of Studio Ghibli. Developed and published by NAPS team, a studio from Italy, it was delayed from a planned 2020 Switch launch and arrived in August 2021, later appearing on PlayStation 5 in 2024.
By Panik Arcade · Italy
CloverPit is a roguelite with a psychological horror edge, in which the player must work down a steadily growing debt by gambling on a slot machine. Each run pushes the stakes higher as repayment becomes harder to meet. It was made by Panik Arcade, a studio from Italy, and published by Future Friends Games, launching on Steam on September 26, 2025. According to its Wikipedia entry, it has since passed one million copies sold.
By Bad Seed · Italy
Crime O'Clock is a hidden object puzzle game in which the player takes on the role of a time traveler combing detailed hand-drawn scenes for clues. The aim is to prevent crimes before they are committed by spotting the right details. It was developed by Bad Seed, a studio in Italy, and released in 2023 for Windows and Mac. The game holds a Metacritic score of 69.
By Invader Studios · Italy
Daymare: 1998 is a survival horror game played from a third-person perspective. It was developed by Invader Studios of Italy on Unreal Engine 4 and came to Windows on September 17, 2019, with PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions following in April 2020. Its prequel, Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle, followed in 2023. The game holds a Metacritic score of 62.
By DESTINYbit · Italy
Dice Legacy mixes city-building with real-time strategy, layering roguelike structure and survival mechanics on top of settlement management. That combination means runs carry risk and each attempt can end differently. It was developed by DESTINYbit, a studio in Italy, and released on Steam for Windows in September 2021. The game holds a Metacritic score of 70.
By Ivan Zanotti's MyMadnessWorks · Italy
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.
By Indomitus Games · Italy
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.
By Winter Wolves · Italy
Loren The Amazon Princess blends a visual novel with fantasy role-playing, pairing story-driven scenes with RPG systems. It was created by Winter Wolves, an independent studio in Italy, using the Ren'Py engine, and first released on April 30, 2012 before its Steam launch in 2014. An expansion, The Castle Of N'mar, came later in 2012, and a 2014 spin-off in the Tales of Aravorn line carried the subtitle Seasons of the Wolf.
By Eyeguys, Lorenzo Redaelli · Italy
Milky Way Prince: The Vampire Star is a visual novel about the relationship between two characters, Nuki and Sune, and it deals directly with mental health. Designer Lorenzo Redaelli describes it as a partly autobiographical work. It was developed by Eyeguys in Italy, published by Santa Ragione, and released in August 2020 for Windows and Mac.
By Santa Ragione · Italy
MirrorMoon EP is a space exploration game with puzzle elements, built on Mirror Moon, a 2012 prototype that began life at a game jam. It takes inspiration from Noctis IV, another Italian indie title. Santa Ragione, a Milan studio in Italy, both developed and published it in 2013. By October 2013 it had sold 8,000 copies, and it holds a Metacritic score of 73.
By Winter Wolves · Italy
Planet Stronghold is a science fiction visual novel with role-playing elements and a turn-based combat system. It was developed and published by Winter Wolves, a studio in Italy, using the Ren'Py engine. The game first launched in February 2011 for Windows, Mac and Linux, later came to Android and iOS, and arrived on Steam in May 2014.
By Bad Vices Games · Italy
Ravenous Devils is a darkly comic horror cooking simulation set in Victorian London in the 19th century. Players manage a tailor shop and a pub run by Percival and Hildred: he kills his customers and sends the bodies down a trap door, and she turns them into meat dishes for diners upstairs. Its style and story borrow heavily from Sweeney Todd. Bad Vices Games of Italy both developed and published it in Unreal Engine 4, releasing it in April 2022.
By Stormind Games · Italy
Released in 2018, Remothered: Tormented Fathers is a survival horror game conceived, written and directed by Italian artist Chris Darril and developed by Stormind Games in Italy. It pays tribute to the Japanese Clock Tower series. Rosemary Reed comes to the Felton mansion to look into the years-old disappearance of the family's daughter Celeste, and once owner Richard sees through her, a night of pursuit begins. It was generally well reviewed, and a sequel, Broken Porcelain, followed in 2020.
By Leonard Menchiari, IV Productions, Ivan Venturi Productions · Italy
RIOT: Civil Unrest is a real-time strategy game that recreates riots drawn from actual events, letting the player take the side of either the police or the protesters. Director Leonard Menchiari, formerly an editor and cinematographer at Valve, lived through riots himself and made the game to tell those stories. Developed in Italy with IV Productions, it was funded on Indiegogo in 2014, entered early access in 2017 and fully released in 2019.
By Ape Marina · Italy
Tales is a fantasy point-and-click adventure in 2D, with stages that draw on legends, myths and books of fairy tales, and puzzles solved through classic interaction. It was developed by Ape Marina in Italy using Adventure Game Studio and published by Screen 7, releasing DRM-free on November 14, 2016. Reviews were mostly positive, crediting its story, puzzles, voice acting and humor, and noting its appeal as a family-friendly game.
By Leonard Menchiari, Daniele Vicinanzo, Giulio Perrone · Italy
The Eternal Castle Remastered is a cinematic platformer and adventure presented as a remaster of a 1987 game that never actually existed. Set in a distant future, it follows a colonist whose ship goes down on Earth while trying to escape the planet. Leonard Menchiari led development alongside Daniele Vicinanzo and Giulio Perrone in Italy, and it was released in 2019. It holds a Metacritic score of 73.
By Morbidware · Italy
The Textorcist: The Story of Ray Bibbia combines bullet hell dodging with typing, asking players to type out exorcism texts while weaving through enemy fire. Its hero is a former priest who now works as a freelance exorcist. It was developed by Morbidware, a studio in Italy, and released on Steam for Windows on February 14, 2019. Reviews were mostly positive, singling out its music, theme and art, and it holds a Metacritic score of 78.
By CINIC Games · Italy
The Wardrobe is a point-and-click adventure game from C.I.N.I.C. Games, a studio based in Italy, and was first released in 2017. This Steam version is the Even Better Edition, available on Windows and Mac. It belongs to the classic graphic adventure genre and holds a Metacritic score of 72. The verified facts available here give little detail about its story or specific mechanics, so this summary sticks to its genre and origins.
By Theta Division · Italy
VirtuaVerse is a point-and-click adventure set in a future world with cyberpunk and science fiction themes. It was developed by Theta Division, a studio in Italy, and published by Blood Music. The game came out on May 12, 2020 on Steam and GOG for Windows and Mac, with versions for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One following in October 2021. It holds a Metacritic score of 75.
By imaginarylab · Italy
Whirlight - No Time To Trip is a comedic science fiction point-and-click adventure built around time travel. Players follow the eccentric inventor Hector May and artist Margaret Harck as they jump across different periods of Verice Bay, a fictional town. It was made by imaginarylab, an independent studio in Italy, following Willy Morgan, its 2020 adventure subtitled the Curse of Bone Town, and launched on Steam on May 14, 2026.
By Panik Arcade · Italy
Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom is a 3D collect-a-thon platformer in which you drive a taxi around an island, using it to explore and uncover the island's secrets. Italian indie studio Panik Arcade developed it, and it launched on Windows on April 9, 2024. Reviewers praised its gameplay, music and visuals, though its story drew criticism. It holds a Metacritic score of 78.
By LKA · Italy
The Town of Light is a psychological horror adventure from the Italian studio LKA. You explore a former psychiatric hospital and follow the story of Renee, a sixteen-year-old sent there in 1938, piecing her experience together through the places she lived. It is a slow, sober game that treats its subject with care.