#Early Access #Indie

🏆 Best Early Access × Indie games

There are 249 games with both "Early Access" and "Indie" elements. Here are the 30 most worth playing, ranked by Steam positive rate, player ratings, and popularity.

1

Manor Lords

· Very Positive 84% · 2024

City BuilderRTSStrategy

A city-building and tactical combat game set in the late medieval period, emphasizing organic villag…
2

Schedule I

· Overwhelmingly Positive 98% · 2025

ActionCo-opStrategy

From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the …
3

Lethal Company

· Overwhelmingly Positive 97% · 2023

HorrorCo-opSurvival

A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
4

Slay the Spire 2

· Mixed 61% · 2026

RoguelikeCard

The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and disc…
5

ULTRAKILL

· Overwhelmingly Positive 97% · 2020

FPSAction

ULTRAKILL is a fast-paced ultra-violent retro FPS that combines the skill-based style scoring of cha…
6

WorldBox - God Simulator

· Overwhelmingly Positive 95% · 2021

SimulationRPGSandbox

WorldBox is the ULTIMATE god simulator and sandbox game. A petri dish for your fantasy civilizations…
7

Ravenfield

· Overwhelmingly Positive 97% · 2017

ActionFPS

Fight upon the Ravenfield together with your Blue allies! Take down those pesky Reds using helicopte…
8

Will To Live Online

· Mixed 69% · 2018 · Free

RPGFPSAction

Will To Live is a MMORPG-shooter whose action takes place in a severe post-apocalyptic world. Explor…
9

OPERATOR

· Very Positive 87% · 2023

ActionRPGStrategy

In OPERATOR, you will play as an elite Tier 1 operator undergoing dangerous clandestine operations a…
10

Trials Survivors

· Very Positive 85% · 2026

ActionRPGCasual

Fight through endless hordes in trials bestowed by constellation patrons. Upgrade skills, collect re…
11

The Isle

· Very Positive 80% · 2015

ActionAdventureHorror

Experience fierce open world survival gameplay as you attempt to stay alive on an unforgiving island…
12

WARDOGS

· Mostly Positive 71% · 2026

ActionFPSSandbox

WARDOGS is a TACTICAL ALL OUT WARFARE FPS where one hundred players split across three teams fight o…
13

Backrooms: Escape Together

· Very Positive 89% · 2022

ActionHorrorAdventure

A visually lifelike co-op horror game for 1-6 people. Journey through 11 procedurally generated leve…
14

Far Far West

· Overwhelmingly Positive 95% · 2026

ActionAdventureFPS

Yee-haw, Cowboys! Team up in this chaotic 1-4 player co-op shooter. Journey to the Far Far West to b…
15

Sky: Children of the Light

· Very Positive 87% · 2024 · Free

AdventurePuzzleRPG

A breathtaking open-world adventure awaits! Explore magical realms, restore lost light, and form wor…
16

Stoneshard

· Mostly Positive 75% · 2020

AdventureRPGTurn-Based Tactics

Stoneshard is a hardcore turn-based RPG about the harsh life of a medieval mercenary: travel with yo…
17

Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game

· Very Positive 94% · 2015

RacingSandboxStrategy

Make your dream cars a reality with Automation’s unparalleled car and engine design tools. Gain a co…
18

ZeroSpace

· Very Positive 80% · 2026

ActionRTSRPG

ZeroSpace is a hybrid sci-fi RTS / RPG game that allows you to play as the commander of The Protecto…
19

Dead as Disco

· Overwhelmingly Positive 97% · 2026

ActionHack & SlashCo-op

Martial arts meets music video in Dead as Disco, a neon-drenched Beat ‘Em Up where every punch, kick…
20

Zort

· Very Positive 90% · 2024

ActionAdventureHorror

Zort is an action, adventure, and horror game that can be played with up to 4 people. Explore maps w…
21

Sprocket

· Very Positive 92% · 2021

ActionSimulation

Carefully balance mobility, firepower and armour in a dedicated tank designer. Then uncarefully put …
22

Nuclear Option

· Overwhelmingly Positive 96% · 2023

ActionSimulation

Fly near-future aircraft with immersive physics across dynamic battlefields, facing land, air, and s…
23

Species: Unknown

· Very Positive 94% · 2025

ActionHorrorFPS

Species: Unknown is a 1 to 4 players co-op survival horror. Complete high-risk missions aboard an ab…
24

Craftopia

· Mostly Positive 76% · 2020

ActionAdventureRPG

Craftopia is the brand new multiplayer survival action game made in Japan. We combined many features…
25

The Last Caretaker

· Very Positive 86% · 2025

ActionAdventureSimulation

Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person s…
26

Derail Valley

· Overwhelmingly Positive 97% · 2019

AdventureRacingSimulation

Drive massive trains and build your career in a vast open railway network. For both PC and VR.
27

Captain of Industry

· Very Positive 90% · 2022

SimulationSandboxStrategy

Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow…
28

Jump Space

· Very Positive 85% · 2025

ActionFPSAdventure

Jump Space (formerly Jump Ship) is a mission based co-op PvE for 1-4 players, where you are the crew…
29

SCP: 5K

· Mostly Positive 79% · 2022

ActionHorrorFPS

SCP: 5K is a co-op or singleplayer tactical horror FPS project that puts players in the midst of a c…
30

SULFUR

· Very Positive 88% · 2024

ActionRPGFPS

SULFUR is a modern old-school action-adventure: Outsmart enemies, find treasure, improve weapons, ha…