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Solo Indie Games on Steam
Discover solo indie games on Steam. smallcrate highlights games from single developers and self-published creators so you can find hidden gems made by small teams and solo devs.
These games are selected from the Steam indie catalog and filtered for projects with one listed developer and no separate publisher, or a publisher that matches the developer.
Featured Solo Indie Steam Games
3D Sokoban Quest
Get ready for an incredible journey of mental challenges! Embark on this adventure to solve 20 Sokoban-style puzzles.
ACHIEVEMENT MAZE
A minimalist maze game built for those who love simple, focused gameplay. Each maze is different. Each step counts. Find the exit. • 100 levels with increasing difficulty • 100 Steam achievements — one per level • Simple controls, pure maze gameplay
argmax Loop
die listening to techno bangers.
Typical NPC
Run a grimy fantasy weapon shop while heroes save the world somewhere else. Sell rusty swords, survive arrogant customers, repair the damage, and fight for your retirement before the final battle arrives.
17 Steps
17 Steps is a fast-paced Japanese mahjong duel. You handpick 13 tiles from a pool of 34 as your starting hand, then race to tenpai and victory within just 17 discards. No chi, no pon — only tsumo and ron, stripped down to what mahjong is really about: hand efficiency and reading your opponent.
HackSaw
HackSaw is a cooperative puzzle-survival game for 2-5 players where you solve deadly traps together—or shove a friend into one. Navigate group dynamics, and decide who lives and who doesn't.
gunman
A roguelite buildcrafting swarm-eleminating game about a guy with a gun
Firewall Breaker
Firewall Breaker settles into the corner of your screen and gets to work. While you're in a meeting, watching a video, or on another tab — it hacks, attacks, and grows stronger. You just check the results.
Pellets
Pellets is a 2D shooter game about stopping a concentric ring-filled prophecy. You control two characters at once, where you try and manage the swarms of Pellets coming down. There are many pellet types, characters and abilities, and environment effects. Defend yourself or bring a second player.
Land of Ghosts
A literary horror adventure made in RPG Maker MV, where you explore a land of endless rain and continue a lonely journey through fleeting encounters with ghosts. Rain-soaked landscapes and quiet conversations shape a desolate, melancholic road ahead.
kill -9
Build your deck, plan a strategy, defeat rival processes and bosses to become the new master of the system. Improve your combat skills using daemons and overclocks to destroy your rivals in this cyberwarfare inspired single player roguelike deckbuilder experience. Master the OS. Master kill -9.
Word Space Blaster
Word Space Blaster is a fast‑paced space themed word game. Spell words to fire different weapons, blast enemy ships and survive battles across the galaxy. Choose your ship, pick your starting bonus and fight through hundreds of levels filled with stronger enemies and bosses with devastating attacks.
Truth Universally Acknowledged - Nine Hearts
Truth Universally Acknowledged - Nine Hearts is a short college themed dating sim.
RollingBAO
'RollingBAO' is a casual physics puzzle game where you guide a dumpling safely into a basket. Destroy existing paths, reconnect trails, and pioneer your own optimized route. Experience the satisfaction of trail-building while calculating gravity and friction to conquer each level.
Welcome to Bloomroots
A peaceful Roguelike... until the sun goes down. How long you can last in this calm-to-chaos loop?
Boat on Desk
Need a little push to finish your project? Pass those exams looming on the horizon? Embark on Boat on Desk and earn rewards for using your computer. When pressing keys or moving the mouse, fish will appear in the ocean, and your little boat will catch them for you.
Esqapes: Voyages
Esqapes: Voyages is not an active gaming experience but rather an immersive relaxation space for you to clear your head, meditate, pray or simply zone out and chill. Put your headset on, place your controllers off to the side and set sail on your private luxury yacht to over 100 unique destinations.
Spell Alchemist
Spell Alchemist is a short incremental resource-gathering and crafting game about digging for resources and processing them into powerful spells. Craft the most powerful healing spell to cure humanity of a mysterious disease.
Puzzle Park 2
A new adventure awaits you in a beautiful park filled with puzzles related to finding patterns in the amazing world of the game. Engage your logic and carefully examine your surroundings to find clues to solve the riddles and mysteries of this place.
Chart Weaver
Break the board with powerful synergies, discover game-defining relics and alter your deck in this market-inspired roguelike! Chart Weaver is a mesmerizingly simple but deep score-attack deckbuilder where you create magnificent combos and weave intricate patterns.
Dilemma
You don't cure patients; you decide their fate. In this grim medical sim, review records and face impossible bioethical dilemmas. Consult the Medical Bible and choose who gets the bed. Every signature impacts your Ethics, Reputation, and Legal Risk. In a broken system, mercy is a dangerous luxury.
Drifting Dots
A minimalist physics roguelite where you create a mesmerizing cascade of droplets. Choose from three distinct modes and discover powerful upgrade synergies to master the flow. Calm, complex, and endlessly replayable.
Searching Light
A hand-crafted, dreamlike world of puzzles, strange creatures, and fragile realities that remember you.
Chill & Reel
A cozy idle fishing game where you play as an adorable alligator angler. Designed to run in the corner of your screen, it's the perfect companion for work or study—featuring rich animations that make every moment feel like watching a charming short film.
追曙
Officer Yang Fan receives a distorted radio distress call during his shift.The signal traces back to an abandoned apartment building—one linked to the records of a young girl's suicide years prior. As his investigation unfolds, he uncovers a dark secret buried so deep,no one dares speak of it.
Super Night Riders S1
Super Night Riders S1 is a modern checkpoint arcade racer inspired by '80s classics. Race as Alice, the Red Rider, across 12 stages from day to sunrise. Dodge rivals and beat the clock - distance matters more than position.
Office Shoe Slinger
"Live the Dream" of throwing shoes at your coworker's faces. Just imagine the text bubbles are Steve from accounting.
Vocabulary Mastermind
Master Vocabulary in 13 Languages. Test your mental agility with Vocabulary Mastermind! Choose from 13 play languages and navigate a global interface available in over 80 languages. Prove who has the widest vocabulary.
Tacos or Death
Make deliveries. Buy tacos. Don't die. Health drains every second and your only lifeline is the taco stand. Dodge skull-van chasers, grab power-ups, and see how long you can last in this top-down pixel art arcade survival game.
Pending Approval
Idle, where you fill out and sign meaningless forms to climb the ranks of an absurd bureaucracy. Automate, advance, and repeat in an endless loop. The further you go, the more ridiculous it gets. Will you survive, or will you become part of the system?
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