Indie games are independent video games. They are usually created by individuals or small teams without a publisher financial support and rely mostly on digital distribution.
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Night of the Living Dead is a survival horror adventure based on the classic movie of the same name from 1968 and heavily inspired by Resident Evil that effectively recreates the eerie, black-and-white atmosphere of the film. It was released in 2024.
The Snowman is a free windows remake of the Spectrum version of the 1984 platformer by Quicksilva, in which you build and protect a snowman during Christmas. It features festive soundtrack and visuals and optional even more retro settings. It was released in 2025.
This One's From Santa is a free cartoony action-shooter with a PlayStation-inspired style where the player pilots a sleigh throwing coal at gangsters while delivering presents during Christmas, after Santa got removed temporally from the business. It was released in 2023.
Santa Gets A Shotgun is a free survival FPS with Call of Duty Zombies-like gameplay and a retro low-poly aesthetic similar to Minecraft and Total Miner in which the Jolly Old Man uses a shotgun against an invasion of evil snowmen in a town. It was released in 2018.
Chimney Presents is a charming, retro-styled and free side-scrolling platformer, with a focus on precision and gradually increasing difficulty, where Santa needs your help to deliver all the presents on a Christmas night. It was released in 2016.
Christmas Clicker: Idle Gift Builder is a free, hyper-casual, idle, time-management clicker where Santa is MIA and you need to help the elves to create workshops to ensure that children don't go without presents in this Christmas. It was released in 2018.
A Very Hairy Christmas is a free Christmas-themed Windows platformer with segments inspired by classics such as Pac-Man, Asteroids, and PSSST, where Mr Hair has to face off against a deranged, impostor Santa. It was released in 2024.
Christmas Present Hunt is a short, casual and free puzzler set on a Christmas morning, when the protagonist needs to find five presents hidden by her parents around the house and backyard for her to eturn to the tree. It was released in 2017.
Back Home for Christmas is a free, short and cute narrative adventure for Windowsthat follows a penguin trying to find its way home in time for this holy day. It's suitable for all ages, including children, and was released in 2020.
Escape The Maze (ETM): Xmas Edition is a free and retro action game, inspired by titles such as Adventure (1980) and others from the past, where the objective is to escape rooms where any contact with monsters is fatal. It was released in 2022.
Santa Saves The World is a free indie side-scrolling platformer with speedrun value where Santa must collect scattered presents on Christmas night to deliver them down the chimneys of families around the world. It was released in 2019.
The Last Teleth is a 2D turn-based science fiction RPG set in a distant place in the universe with three playable characters, some traps, puzzles to solve in dungeons and a mystery that may be unthinkable. It was released on 2024.
Demon’s Souls Demake is a free action-adventure inspired by the PlayStation 1 era that brings a challenging and fun experience along with iconic aspects of Demon’s Souls, such as cemeteries and skeleton enemies.
The Crazies is an independent third-person shooter with survival elements, based on the 1973 horror classic of the same name directed by George A. Romero. The game was released in 2024 and takes place just before the events of the original film.
Tales of Lagoona – Orphans of the Ocean is an enchanting casual underwater adventure with hidden objects challenges where the beloved New Anemone Orphanage in Coral Bay is on the brink of closing, and only you can save it!
Breakanoid is a brick breaker Arkanoid-style game where a a giant alien mothership has already eradicated many solar systems and is your mission to destroy it through 100 levels of intense action.