21 indie games in this list, released 2012–2024, from developers such as Vertigo Games, Jaywalkers Interactive, Ronimo Games, Tiger and Squid, Team17 Digital Ltd. Pick one to read our editorial note and jump to its store page.
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By Vertigo Games, Jaywalkers Interactive · Netherlands
Arizona Sunshine is a virtual reality first-person shooter about surviving a zombie outbreak, played on headsets such as the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Valve Index. Players aim and fire with motion controls while scavenging to stay alive. It was developed and published by Vertigo Games in the Netherlands, with Jaywalkers Interactive also credited, and launched in December 2016. A 2023 sequel followed, and its features were later folded back into a remake of the original.
Awesomenauts is a multiplayer online battle arena that moves the genre into a side-on 2D platforming view, where rival teams of characters clash in competitive matches. It was created by Ronimo Games, a company from the Netherlands, and reached Windows in 2012. The PC version later became free-to-play with an in-game currency, went offline in 2023 after Ronimo went bankrupt, and was revived by Atari in 2025 as a paid game with matchmaking restored.
By Tiger and Squid, Team17 Digital Ltd · Netherlands
Beyond Eyes is an adventure game from Tiger and Squid, a developer from the Netherlands, published by Team17. It was released on Steam in August 2015 for Windows, Mac and Linux. Available sources describe it simply as an adventure title, so its gameplay details are best confirmed on its store page. It sits among the smaller independent releases to come out of the Dutch indie scene during that period.
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is an action platformer where a member of the Bomb Rush Crew skates, boards and bikes around the invented city of New Amsterdam. Players tag walls with graffiti, take on rival crews and dodge the police while trying to take over five boroughs. It was developed and published by Team Reptile from the Netherlands in 2023. Its cel-shaded style and music openly echo Jet Set Radio, including tracks by composer Hideki Naganuma.
Convoy is a roguelike with squad-based tactical combat, drawn in pixel art. Players drive an armoured semi-trailer truck across a desert planet's wastelands, hunting for parts of a downed spaceship, and the story advances through text scenarios where chosen responses can lead into battles. It was made by Convoy Games in the Netherlands and launched in April 2015, partly funded by a Kickstarter that raised over 22,000 euros.
Coromon is a monster-taming RPG in which a newly hired researcher at Lux Solis explores the Velua region, catching and battling creatures while seeking out six powerful Titans. Its fights draw on a stamina system, and difficulty can be customised to suit the player. It was developed by TRAGsoft in the Netherlands and published by indie.io, arriving on Windows and macOS in March 2022. Critics have frequently compared it to Pokemon.
Dark Matter is a science fiction Metroidvania with survival horror elements, combining exploration of interconnected areas with tense, horror-tinged encounters. It was developed by InterWave Studios in the Netherlands and published by Iceberg Interactive. The game launched in 2013 for Windows, Mac and Linux. It stands as an independent attempt to mix the backtracking structure of the Metroidvania genre with a darker, horror-driven atmosphere.
Deliver Us Mars is a 2023 science fiction action-adventure and the follow-up to Deliver Us the Moon. It comes from KeokeN Interactive, a studio in the Netherlands, and was published by Frontier Foundry. Its genre listings point to a post-apocalyptic setting and puzzle elements alongside the adventure. Beyond these basics, public sources give few specifics, so the store page is the best guide to its structure and story.
Deliver Us The Moon is a science fiction puzzle adventure about a solitary astronaut sent to the moon after Earth has run out of natural resources, in an attempt to save humanity from dying out. Play mixes exploration with environmental puzzles in a bleak near-future setting. It was developed by KeokeN Interactive from the Netherlands in Unreal Engine 4, first self-published in 2018 as an episode called Fortuna, then expanded for a 2019 release.
Fragments of Him is a narrative game about Will, a man who dies near the start, and the people coping with his loss. Players move between four perspectives, including Will himself, his former girlfriend, his boyfriend and his grandmother, by choosing what each should interact with next. It was developed and published by Sassybot in the Netherlands and released in May 2016. Reviewers praised the writing but found the interaction repetitive.
By Sokpop Collective, Tom van den Boogaart · Netherlands
Grunn is a gardening simulation that hides a horror game beneath its calm surface. The player rides a bus to a Dutch village, looks after a garden there, and gradually uncovers the secrets behind the place. It was made by Tom van den Boogaart, an independent developer from the Netherlands and member of Sokpop Collective, and released in 2024. Critics singled out the gap between its cosy appearance and the dread underneath.
Herald: An Interactive Period Drama is a single-player adventure with visual novel elements and a branching story. Players decide how the protagonist Devan Rensburg acts and talks to others, which reshapes the plot, and the game tackles colonialism and other social themes. It was the debut of Wispfire, an indie studio in Utrecht, Netherlands, released in 2017. It won the Indie Prize Showcase award for Best Narrative at Casual Connect in 2015.
Hidden Folks is a hidden object game set in a series of animated scenes that react when you poke at them. Players scan each busy picture and interact with it to track down specific characters, creatures and items. Its creators, Adriaan de Jongh and Sylvain Tegroeg, are based in the Netherlands, and it launched in February 2017 on Windows, Mac and Linux as well as mobile. The appeal is patient searching rather than any time pressure or combat.
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.
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.
KUNAI is an action platformer starring Tabby, a robot who sets out to stop Lemonkus, an AI that has almost wiped out the human race. Players fight and traverse a post-apocalyptic world. It was developed by TurtleBlaze in the Netherlands and published by The Arcade Crew, launching in February 2020 on Windows and Nintendo Switch. The PC release received generally favourable reviews.
SpeedRunners is a side-scrolling multiplayer racer in which up to four players run, jump and swing through levels while trying to knock rivals off the screen. Weapons and pickups add chaos, and matches can be played locally or online. It was developed by Dutch studio DoubleDutch Games on Microsoft XNA, published by tinyBuild, and fully released in 2016 after early access; the Electronic Sports League recognised it as an esport in 2015.
Stacklands is a management and construction sim played entirely with cards. Dragging cards onto one another produces resources, raises buildings and triggers fights with creatures, so a villager placed on a berry bush yields food that keeps the settlement alive. It was developed and published by Sokpop Collective from the Netherlands and came out for Windows and macOS in April 2022.
The Falconeer is an aerial combat game in which players take to the air and duel enemies in dogfights. It pays tribute to the niche dogfighting genre with a strongly personal vision. It was created by Tomas Sala in the Netherlands and published by Wired Productions, releasing in November 2020 on Windows, and it was among the games available when the Xbox Series X/S launched. An enhanced Warrior Edition later came to other consoles.
The Flock is an online-only survival horror game built around a shared, limited pool of player lives, meaning the game was designed to end once enough deaths had occurred. It was developed by Vogelsap in the Netherlands and launched for Windows in August 2015. Weak sales led the servers to be switched off before that death total was ever reached, making it an unusual experiment in finite multiplayer design.
Verdun is an online first-person shooter built around squads and set in the First World War and inspired by the 1916 battle of the same name. Teams fight over trench lines in attack and defence rounds, using period weapons, uniforms and maps modelled on real Western Front battlefields. Built in Unity by independent studios M2H and the Netherlands-based BlackMill Games, it left Steam Early Access in April 2015 and later reached consoles.