A Steamy Summer of Indies
43 amazing indie games for under $10 you can get on the Steam Summer Sale.
The Steam Summer Sale is in full blast currently and actually, is almost over. THERE ARE STILL FIVE MORE DAYS OF STEAM'S SUMMER SALE, SO LAY OFF!
If you've been on the internet at all over the past few weeks, you've definitely seen all of the "Top X games to buy on the Steam Summer Sale" articles out there - most of them (cough PolyIGN) are pretty lazy rips right off of the Steam top seller charts, with no real attempt at recommending anything further than that.
We think that kind of sucks - so, we're not going to do that. With a handful of days left in the sale you have time to grab 42 (+1) great indie games on sale - not a single game over $10!
Without further ado, lets indie:
Chase St
Price: $9.99 $6.89 (31% off)
The sun has set on this American suburb, but the walk home is no longer familiar. In this minimal 3rd-person horror experience, you are pursued by something unknown. What begins as a solitary presence soon becomes an oppressive unrelenting force.
Vision Soft Reset
Price: $9.99 $3.00 (70% off)
Peer into the future in this time-travelling metroidvania. Run, jump, shoot and more through varied environments as a clairvoyant cyborg on a mission to prevent a looming planetary disaster.
Super Win The Game
Price: $7.99 $4.00 (50% off)
Throw on your nostalgia goggles and travel back in time with Super Win the Game, a retro-core explosion of exploration and platforming action!!
Broken Reality
Price: $14.99 $2.25 (85% off)
A humorous adventure set in a 3D parody of the internet. Diverse puzzles, beautiful worlds, friends, experiences, upgrades and more, await those who 'log on'!
Wuppo: Definitive Edition
Price: $14.99 $4.50 (70% off)
Play as an exiled 'wum' looking for a new home in this bizarre but charming world, filled with strange creatures, puzzles, monsters and political chaos.
The Last Case of Benedict Fox
Price: $24.99 $5.00 (80% off)
Experience The Last Case of Benedict Fox: Definitive Edition, featuring reimagined combat and traversal that is both intense and exhilarating.
New Ice York
Price: $10.00 $2.50 (75% off)
A surreal 2-bit adventure through a frozen New York. Strange characters, dreamlike logic, and a world that doesn't play by the rules.
Underhero
Price: $14.99 $3.00 (80% off)
Underhero is an RPG-platformer where the chosen hero has failed, and an underling of the evil king takes his place as the new hero.
Paradise Killer
Price: $19.99 $5.00 (75% off)
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial.
Murder by Numbers
Price: $14.99 $4.95 (67% off)
Solve Pixel Puzzles to find clues. Use those clues to interrogate witnesses. Work your way to the truth... ...and uncover the mystery of Murder by Numbers!
Ato
Price: $14.99 $6.00 (60% off)
Ato is an Atmospheric, Metroidvania, Sword Dueling Game set in the Era of Feudal Japan. It tells a visually driven story about a father who has given up his past ways in order to live a life of peace with his wife and child.
Paradox Vector
Price: $9.99 $5.00 (50% off)
Explore impossible mazes while battling the Ancient Ones and their bio-mechanical servitors in this retro first-person, Lovecraft inspired shooter. Paradox Vector's graphics are inspired by the old-school vector graphics games of the early 1980's.
Strikey Sisters
Price: $9.99 $4.00 (60% off)
Say hello to a fantasy themed action arcade brick breaker! Featuring cute characters, silly humor, powerful magic, crazy bosses, and even local 2 player co-op mode!
That Which Gave Chase
Price: $4.99 $2.50 (50% off)
A scientist, seeking to return to the expedition he had to abandon, hires a sled dog musher to bring him on the last leg of his journey. That Which Gave Chase is an experimental, narrative-driven dog sledding horror game set in the vast, frozen wastes of the arctic.
Oceans Heart
Price: $14.99 $4.50 (70% off)
Ocean’s Heart is an epic top-down action RPG in which you explore a beautiful archipelago as a young woman named Tilia. Take on contracts to fight monsters, descend deep into ancient dungeons, defeat menacing foes, and unravel the mystery of Ocean’s Heart.
Sephonie
Price: $19.99 $6.00 (70% off)
In this 3D, story-driven platforming adventure, explore an uninhabited island's massive cave network. Learn about the heroes' psyches as you explore lush caverns, subterranean oceans, and surreal cityscapes, all while meeting surprising creatures!
Here Comes Niko
Price: $24.99 $5.00 (80% off)
Tadpole Inc. is looking for employees. Are you ready to be their next professional friend?In Here Comes Niko!, the cozy 3D platformer for tired people, you’ll play as Niko traveling across scenic islands.
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials
Price: $14.99 $6.00 (60% off)
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials is a snarky action-adventure puzzle game with a good dose of humor. Explore hundreds of secret-filled rooms, fight big bosses, gather companions for your party and use the powers of Pip—your bat buddy—to solve puzzles and escape the eldritch abyss!
Anodyne
Price: $14.99 $6.00 (60% off)
A 2D action-adventure through a surreal, subconscious world. Explore moody dungeons, buildings, and atmospheric lands, evoked by dreamy music and visuals. Help the human Young awaken from their dream!
Cavern of Dreams
Price: $12.99 $5.20 (60% off)
Embark on a magical quest as Fynn the dragon to rescue your unhatched siblings from the mysterious Cavern of Dreams in this N64-style 3D platformer. Gain new abilities, meet unique characters, solve puzzles, and beware of the mysterious villain.
Corn Kidz 64
Price: $6.99 $4.19 (40% off)
The unique aura of bygone 64-bit worlds resurrected in this "pilot episode" 3D platformer roughly 1/3rd the size of the classics.
Ctrl-Alt-Ego
Price: $19.99 $8.00 (60% off)
Innovative genre mashup (first-person immersive sim puzzler FPS RPG) with emphasis on problem-solving and creativity. Unique vibes and original mechanics that you won't have experienced before. One of the best games of 2022 according to various credible sources!
Entropy Centre
Price: $19.99 $4.00 (80% off)
Think in reverse. Outsmart the impossible. A mind-bending first-person adventure where you solve ingenious and complex puzzles by rewinding objects through time.
Frebbventure
Price: $12.99 $8.70 (33% off)
In a world gone wild, there's only one animal man enough to put his foot down!Join Frebb's small clique of reluctant "friends" as they rumble, tumble, and action-platform their way through the craziest journey of the year!
Last Hero of Nostalgia
Price: $24.99 $7.50 (70% off)
The Last Hero of Nostalgaia is a satirical action-adventure, driven by a dark story, set in an incredibly rich and complex world. Nostalgaia, the world of video games, is collapsing backwards into a mysterious pixelation, with every particle of fidelity bleeding away.
Master Key
Price: $11.99 $5.40 (55% off)
An old rusty key found deep in a cave, what could it open? Explore a dense world, fight ferocious enemies, and solve puzzles in search for answers.
Orbo's Odyssey
Price: $4.99 $1.75 (65% off)
Orbo Stetson is just your average personal assistant. He files documents, he drafts up risk mitigation plans for new products, and he can launch himself like a .50 caliber bullet when prompted.
TRI: Of Friendship and Madness
Price: $14.99 $3.75 (75% off)
Find a way through the towers and dungeons of TRI by solving puzzles, climbing impossible ascents and reflecting light-rays. The mystical TRI will let you create your own paths in this strange world – just try not to lose your mind when you're falling upside down!
Decarnation
Price: $14.99 $4.95 (67% off)
Decarnation plunges you into a haunting, dreamlike adventure where reality and fantasy become one. Inspired by some of the most influential surrealist works (Silent Hill, the original tale of Alice in Wonderland, films by David Lynch and Satoshi Kon...)
Ex-Zodiac
Price: $11.99 $5.40 (55% off)
A fast-paced low-poly 3D rail shooter heavily inspired by classics of the early 90's. Join protagonist Kyuu as she fights to free the worlds of the Sanzaru Star System, overrun by the intergalactic terrorist organization known as Zodiac.
Mind Scanners
Price: $16.99 $1.70 (90% off)
Greetings. Your Mind Scanner request has been approved. Your duty is to diagnose and treat the citizens of The Structure. The patient list is long so don't waste your time. We’ll let you see your daughter soon...
Prodigal
Price: $14.99 $1.50 (90% off)
ENCOUNTER dangerous monsters as you explore caves, castles, and crypts on journeying through your childhood home of Vann’s Point and beyond the world of Lyrian! OVERCOME any challenge that stands between you and redemption on your return to a now unfamiliar childhood home.
Isles of Sea and Sky
Price: $19.99 $4.00 (80% off)
A fantastic, oceanic, open world puzzle adventure. Solve innovative block puzzles while unearthing a mystifying story, gaining new friends that change the puzzle landscape, and unlocking powers that provide more options for how you choose to progress through the enigmatic Isles...
Akimbot
Price: $19.99 $3.00 (85% off)
In the action-adventure platformer, Akimbot, blast your way through armies of robots, pilot spaceships and forge your own path to save the universe from impending doom! Set in a sci-fi world where only robots exist, travel the galaxy and experience non-stop robot mayhem and explosive action!
Babushka's Glitch Dungeon
Price: $5.99 $3.59 (40% off)
Oh hello dearie.. Babushka needs to clean up her big magical cellar. Use hag magic, or just hit stuff with your broom.
Corpus Edax
Price: $16.99 $4.25 (75% off)
An immersive first-person-melee RPG where you create your character and fight, talk or sneak your way out of confrontation.
Lucifer Within us
Price: $19.99 $3.00 (85% off)
Everyone is a suspect. Unmask their lies. Choose one to purge.Lucifer Within Us asks you to solve player-directed, story rich mysteries with your wits, making observations and deductions in a world of daemonic possession and invasive soul-scanning technology.
CD-ROM
Price: $9.99 $5.00 (50% off)
CD-ROM is a game features series of puzzles located inside 10 different themed CDs. Players progress by deciphering coded texts, analyzing images, finding hints from mini-games and many more! Each clue leads players to 8 digit password they require to unlock next CD.
Shaman's Ark
Price: $9.99 $1.00 (90% off)
A dark metroidvania where your shaman drum is the only weapon against the Abyss. The music of the ancients becomes your blade, and every battle is a ritual on the edge of death.
Zephyr: A Thief's Melody
Price: $19.99 $5.00 (75% off)
In a colorful archipelago, play as a young thief studying at the Guild. Investigate kidnappings, steer clear of roaming pirates or fight them. Sail the ocean on a cute turtle and climb every island. Cure sick animals, and find the truth during this feel-good journey.
Valkyrie Saga
Price: $7.99 $5.59 (30% off)
Valkyrie Saga is an indie, retro platformer styled after PSX classics, giving you a chance to embark on an epic odyssey! Play as Roll the Valkyrie, a divine warrior tasked by the gods with one mission: Stopping a floating island from crashing into the earth.
REAL WEB LEGENDS: Carter's Quest
Price: $9.99 $5.99 (40% off)
Artificial beings, known as 'Homunculi,' have upended the balance of Web. Carter, a young man plucked from his quiet life in the countryside, must rise to the challenge. Explore ancient ruins, meet charming characters, and master combat in this devilish action-adventure of epic proportions.
Hypogea
Price: $9.99 $6.49 (35% off)
Hypogea is a short, atmospheric 3D platformer where you play the role of a staff-wielding automaton trying to escape from an abandoned underground megastructure.Travel through the mysterious structure using your hooked staff to pole-vault, swing, climb, catch yourself and more.