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926 indie games in this list, released 2012–2026, from developers such as BLOODIOUS GAMES, Shape Shop, Jan Zelený. Pick one to read our editorial note and jump to its store page.
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By BLOODIOUS GAMES · Argentina
MADiSON is a first-person horror game built around a cursed instant camera. Players follow Luca, a teenager who receives the camera for his sixteenth birthday, and use it to work through puzzles while piecing together the dark story behind it. Developed by the Argentine studio Bloodious Games, it began as a 2016 project with an early demo in 2017 and launched in July 2022, drawing praise for its puzzle quality and carefully balanced tension.
By Shape Shop · Australia
Mars First Logistics is a transport simulation about building your own rovers and other vehicles to carry odd cargo across the surface of Mars. Set in a science fiction future, your deliveries help support the colonization of the planet, and the game can be played solo or cooperatively with up to three players. It was developed by Shape Shop, a studio based in Melbourne, Australia, and left early access for a full release in September 2025.
By Jan Zelený · Czech Republic
Mashinky is a transport strategy game created by Czech developer Jan Zelený. The aim is to build a railroad empire across procedurally generated maps, switching into a schematic construction mode to plan and lay out the network. Its rules borrow ideas from board games, adding a tabletop flavour to the logistics of expansion, and it has been playable through early access since October 2017.
By Sos Sosowski · Poland
Mikołaj Kamiński, an independent creator from Poland who works under the name Sos Sosowski, made McPixel, a comedic puzzle game first released in 2012. Kamiński handled publishing himself, bringing it to Steam in September 2012 for Windows and Mac. Steam files it under action and adventure alongside its indie tag, and it holds a Metacritic score of 76.
By Keen Software House · Czech Republic
Medieval Engineers is a voxel-based sandbox game from Czech developer Keen Software House. It takes place on an unnamed, waterless Earth-like planetoid whose terrain players can explore, mine, reshape and deform as they work. Blending action, simulation and strategy elements according to its store genres, it entered Steam early access in February 2015 and reached its full release in March 2020.
By Coldwild Games · Latvia
Merchant of the Skies is a simulation game that mixes the building-up of a tycoon title with the numbers of an economic sim. Its Steam tags also point to strategy and role-playing elements alongside the trading focus. It was created by Latvian developer Coldwild Games, which published it together with AbsoDev, and it came out in 2020. The available sources do not go further into its systems, but it sits firmly in the business management side of indie games.
By Action Square(STUDIO HG) · South Korea
Metallic Child is an action roguelite viewed from an isometric perspective, built around fast combat and repeated runs. It comes from Studio HG, a one-person South Korean outfit credited on Steam as Action Square (STUDIO HG), with HIKE handling publishing. The game reached Windows through Steam and Nintendo Switch in September 2021. Beyond its action and roguelike labels, the available facts say little about its structure, so expect a compact run-based brawler rather than a sprawling adventure.
By Edmund McMillen, Tyler Glaiel · United States
Mewgenics combines cat breeding with tactical roguelike combat: players raise cats that take on character classes, then send them on adventures resolved through tactical battles on procedurally generated grids. The project began at Team Meat in 2012, stalled for years and was cancelled, then Edmund McMillen reacquired it and finished it with Tyler Glaiel. The American duo released it on Windows in February 2026, and it sold over a million copies in its first week.
By Nikita Kryukov · Russia
In Milk Inside a Bag of Milk Inside a Bag of Milk, an unnamed woman heads to a nearby shop to buy a bag of milk while struggling with severe trauma, and the player acts as the voice inside her head, sharing her inner monologue. This psychological horror visual novel was made by Russian developer Nikita Kryukov using Ren'Py and released on Steam in August 2020, with a sequel following in 2021.
By Nikita Kryukov · Russia
A direct sequel to its 2020 predecessor, Milk Outside a Bag of Milk Outside a Bag of Milk continues the story of the same unnamed heroine, exploring her unsettling dreams through themes of isolation, trauma and depression. This psychological horror visual novel was developed and published by Russian indie creator Nikita Kryukov using Ren'Py, and it arrived on Steam and itch.io in December 2021.
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 Dreadlocks Mobile, Silicon Jelly · Czech Republic
Mimpi is a 2013 game from Czech company Silicon Jelly that combines adventure-style puzzles with platforming. Its Steam release in January 2015 lists it under the adventure and casual genres, with Silicon Jelly and Dreadlocks Mobile credited as developers. The game was followed by a sequel, Mimpi Dreams, released in 2015 and built on the same mix of puzzles and platforming.
By Dreadlocks Mobile, Silicon Jelly · Czech Republic
Mimpi Dreams is a 2015 sequel to Mimpi from Czech company Silicon Jelly, credited alongside Dreadlocks Mobile. Like its predecessor, it mixes puzzle adventure with platforming, asking players to handle both across its levels. It arrived on Steam in March 2016 for Windows, macOS and Linux, listed under the adventure genre, and continues the relaxed tone of the original.
By Other Tales Interactive · Denmark
Miniatures, a point-and-click adventure, was developed and self-published by Other Tales Interactive, a studio based in Denmark. It came out in 2024 on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Nintendo Switch. As a point-and-click title, it is played by exploring scenes and interacting with them through the cursor, and its Steam listing places it in the adventure and casual categories for players looking for a relaxed pace.
By Bombservice · Brazil
Minoria is a Metroidvania with 2.5D graphics and a gothic horror mood, following warrior nuns who venture into the ruined Kingdom of Ramezia to rescue princesses captured by heretical witches. It serves as a spiritual successor to the Momodora series. Brazilian studio Bombservice developed it and DANGEN Entertainment published it on Windows in August 2019. Critics liked its combat and graphics but found the quality uneven and the game short.
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 sen · Japan
Misao is a horror puzzle game set inside a cursed school, where the goal is to track down six scattered pieces of a girl's body. Players explore the haunted building, solve puzzles and survive its threats while gathering each missing part. Made in Japan by Sen with Miscreant's Room, it began as freeware in 2011, reached Steam as a definitive edition in 2017 and received an HD remaster in 2024. It was built with Wolf RPG Editor and shares a universe with Mad Father.
By AIHASTO · Russia
MiSide starts out light-hearted: after installing a mobile game, the player spends time with an anime-styled virtual girlfriend through a series of mini-games. Before long, however, the story turns into a metafictional horror tale. The adventure was made by AIHASTO, a Russian indie development team, and released on Steam in December 2024 with publishing by IndieArk, and Steam also tags it with RPG and simulation.
By Bombservice · Brazil
Momodora: Moonlit Farewell is an independent Metroidvania and the fifth game in the Momodora series, picking up the story of Momodora III with Momo Reinol back as the lead. Its exploration and combat structure closely follows the approach of Reverie Under the Moonlight, the previous entry. Brazilian studio Bombservice developed it, and Playism published it for Windows in January 2024.
By Bombservice · Brazil
Reverie Under the Moonlight is an independent Metroidvania in the Momodora series, a style built on exploring an interconnected map through action-adventure play. It is the fourth entry in the series, which started in 2010 with Momodora I. Developed by rdein under Bombservice in Brazil and made with GameMaker, it first came out on Windows in March 2016 with Playism as publisher.
By Beautiful Glitch · Spain
Monster Prom is a dating sim in which players play a student at Spooky High, a school whose pupils are all monsters, with the goal of landing someone to take to prom. It was made by Beautiful Glitch, a Barcelona studio started by Julián Quijano, and launched on Windows, macOS and Linux in April 2018. A Second Term expansion followed in 2019, along with a string of sequels beginning with Monster Camp in 2020.
By Beautiful Glitch · Spain
Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp is a visual novel in which players once again try to romance a cast of monsters, continuing the formula of the first Monster Prom. Steam categorises it as a simulation title. Beautiful Glitch, a studio from Spain, both developed and self-published it, releasing it in October 2020 for Windows, macOS and Linux as the second entry in its monster romance series.
By moi rai games · Germany
Monster Sanctuary blends a side-scrolling metroidvania with monster collecting, letting you tame creatures and send them into turn-based battles. Exploration and team building feed into each other as you push through the world. It began as Denis Sinner's personal hobby project, grew through a Kickstarter that raised over five times its goal, and was released in 2020 by Moi Rai Games of Germany with Team17 publishing. It is built in Unity.
By Digital Sun · Spain
Moonlighter is an action role-playing game that folds roguelike structure and business simulation into one package, pairing combat with the running of a trade. It comes from Digital Sun, an independent studio in Spain, with 11 bit studios as its Steam publisher. The game launched in May 2018 on Windows, macOS, Linux and consoles, gained a Between Dimensions expansion in 2019, and was later followed by a sequel, Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault.