#Story Rich #Indie

🏆 Best Story Rich × Indie games

There are 56 games with both "Story Rich" and "Indie" elements. Here are the 30 most worth playing, ranked by Steam positive rate, player ratings, and popularity.

1

Hades

· Overwhelmingly Positive 98% · 2020

RogueliteActionHack & Slash

Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon craw…
2

Hades II

· Overwhelmingly Positive 96% · 2025

RogueliteActionHack & Slash

Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequ…
3

Undertale

· Overwhelmingly Positive 97% · 2015

RPGNarrativeTurn-Based

UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.
4

Deltarune

· Overwhelmingly Positive 98% · 2018

RPGNarrativeTurn-Based

Dive into the parallel story to UNDERTALE! Fight or spare your way through action-packed battles as …
5

Celeste

· Overwhelmingly Positive 97% · 2018

PlatformerAction

Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-…
6

Outer Wilds

· Overwhelmingly Positive 96% · 2019

Puzzle AdventureAdventureOpen World

Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a cr…
7

OMORI

· Overwhelmingly Positive 97% · 2020

RPGPsychological HorrorTurn-Based

Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chos…
8

SANABI

· Overwhelmingly Positive 97% · 2023

PlatformerAction

SANABI is an exhilarating stylish dystopian action-platformer. Play as a legendary retired veteran a…
9

Finding Paradise

· Overwhelmingly Positive 98% · 2017

NarrativeAdventure

Two doctors traverse backwards through a dying man's memories to fulfill his last wish. This is To t…
10

Disco Elysium

· Very Positive 93% · 2019

CRPGNarrativeAdventure

Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a uniqu…
11

To the Moon

· Overwhelmingly Positive 96% · 2011

NarrativeAdventure

A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to a…
12

Firewatch

· Very Positive 91% · 2016

AdventureNarrative

Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emo…
13

Katana ZERO

· Overwhelmingly Positive 98% · 2019

ActionPlatformer

Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death co…
14

OneShot

· Overwhelmingly Positive 98% · 2016

Puzzle AdventureNarrativeAdventure

OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to gu…
15

VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action

· Overwhelmingly Positive 97% · 2016

Visual NovelNarrative

VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a booze em' up about waifus, technology, and post-dystop…
16

Mouthwashing

· Overwhelmingly Positive 95% · 2024

Psychological HorrorNarrative

The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetua…
17

Bastion

· Overwhelmingly Positive 95% · 2011

ARPGAction-Adventure

Discover the secrets of the Calamity, a surreal catastrophe that shattered the world to pieces.
18

Transistor

· Very Positive 94% · 2014

ARPGAction

Discover the world of Transistor, a sci-fi-themed action RPG from the creators of Bastion.
19

Night in the Woods

· Very Positive 95% · 2017

NarrativePlatformerAdventure

NIGHT IN THE WOODS is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring doze…
20

Children of Morta

· Very Positive 88% · 2019

RogueliteARPGCo-op

Children of Morta is a story-driven action RPG game about an extraordinary family of heroes. Lead th…
21

LISA: The Painful

· Overwhelmingly Positive 95% · 2014

RPGNarrativeTurn-Based

The miserable journey of a broken man...
22

Orwell

· Very Positive 90% · 2016

NarrativeAdventure

Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible …
23

OXENFREE

· Very Positive 91% · 2016

NarrativeAdventure

Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. Yo…
24

Gone Home

· Mostly Positive 77% · 2013

NarrativeAdventure

June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, b…
25

Thomas Was Alone

· Very Positive 94% · 2012

PuzzlePlatformer

Guide a group of rectangles through 120 levels, using their different skills together to overcome a …
26

A Space for the Unbound

· Overwhelmingly Positive 97% · 2023

NarrativeAdventure

A magical adventure about two high school sweethearts set at the end of their school days - and the …
27

INDIKA

· Very Positive 89% · 2024

NarrativeAdventurePuzzle Adventure

Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century wher…
28

Pyre

· Very Positive 90% · 2017

RPGActionNarrative

Pyre is a party-based RPG from the creators of Bastion and Transistor. Lead your band of exiles to f…
29

1000xRESIST

· Very Positive 94% · 2024

NarrativeAdventure

1000xRESIST is a thrilling sci-fi adventure. The year is unknown, and a disease spread by an alien i…
30

Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling

· Overwhelmingly Positive 97% · 2019

RPGTurn-Based

Follow Vi, Kabbu, and Leif as they uncover the secrets of the Land of Bugaria! Explore and combine y…