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Best Indie Games of 2021
100 Indie games from 2021 ranked by critic score
The highest-rated Indie games released in 2021, ranked by critics on CriticDB. Scores are aggregated from leading gaming publications worldwide.
89
Death's Door
2021
89
Chicory: A Colorful Tale
2021
89
Dispatch
2021
88
Demeo
2021
88
Disco Elysium: The Final Cut
2021
87
Inscryption
2021
86
Everhood
2021
86
Unsighted
2021
85
The Forgotten City
2021
85
Dorfromantik
2021
85
Kaze and the Wild Masks
2021
85
Wildermyth
2021
84
Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon
2021
84
Grime
2021
84
Loop Hero
2021
84
Life is Strange: True Colors
2021
84
Chivalry 2
2021
83
Tails of Iron
2021
83
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Aiko’s Choice
2021
83
Axiom Verge 2
2021
83
Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights
2021
83
Severed Steel
2021
83
Eastward
2021
82
Roguebook
2021
82
Skul: The Hero Slayer
2021
82
Flynn: Son of Crimson
2021
82
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
2021
82
Fights in Tight Spaces
2021
81
Genesis Noir
2021
81
Nuclear Blaze
2021
81
Kena: Bridge of Spirits
2021
81
Before Your Eyes
2021
81
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous
2021
80
Curse of the Dead Gods
2021
80
Ruined King: A League of Legends Story
2021
80
Tainted Grail: Conquest
2021
80
Unpacking
2021
80
No Longer Home
2021
80
Lemnis Gate
2021
80
Solar Ash
2021
80
Astalon: Tears of the Earth
2021
80
Cyber Shadow
2021
79
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
2021
79
Dark Deity
2021
79
The Riftbreaker
2021
79
The Artful Escape
2021
79
Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos
2021
78
Circuit Superstars
2021
78
Road 96
2021
78
Boomerang X
2021
78
Omno
2021
78
Encased
2021
78
Eldest Souls
2021
77
Revita
2021
77
Unbound: Worlds Apart
2021
77
Mundaun
2021
77
Sable
2021
77
Olija
2021
77
Dodgeball Academia
2021
77
Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan
2021
77
Moonglow Bay
2021
77
Black Book
2021
76
Cozy Grove
2021
76
Grow: Song of the Evertree
2021
76
Boyfriend Dungeon
2021
76
Demon Turf
2021
76
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion
2021
76
KeyWe
2021
76
Echo Generation
2021
76
Tormented Souls
2021
76
The Big Con
2021
75
Aeon Drive
2021
75
Habroxia 2
2021
75
Medieval Dynasty
2021
75
Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One
2021
74
In Sound Mind
2021
74
Lost in Random
2021
74
Kukoos: Lost Pets
2021
74
Hoa
2021
74
Operation: Tango
2021
74
Aspire: Ina's Tale
2021
74
Gamedec
2021
74
Narita Boy
2021
74
Forgive Me Father
2021
74
Rain on Your Parade
2021
73
Garden Story
2021
73
The Ascent
2021
73
Maquette
2021
72
A Juggler's Tale
2021
72
Curious Expedition 2
2021
72
Chorus
2021
72
Aerial_Knight's Never Yield
2021
71
Adios
2021
71
Tribes of Midgard
2021
71
Cris Tales
2021
71
GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon
2021
70
Out of Line
2021
70
King of Seas
2021
70
Lake
2021
70
Edge of Eternity
2021