When it comes to good indie games for Xbox One, there is a pretty good amount of variety. For that reason, we're ranking the best Xbox One indie games, with the help of your votes.
One of the newest Xbox One games made by a smaller developer is We Happy Few. Released in 2018, this out of the ordinary take on reality is sure to keep you wanting more. If you've never played No Man's Sky, it's a must-play indie game for any Xbox One owner. Other awesome indie games for Xbox include Graveyard Keeper, Phantom Doctrine, and Cuphead.
Not every indie game on this list is an Xbox One original - take ARK: Survival Evolved for example, which came out in 2015. However, all these indie games are currently available on the Xbox Marketplace, regardless of release date.
Vote up your favorite indie game for Xbox One, or simply use this list as a recommendation guide if you're looking for more titles to play.
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4817Cuphead
2017Developer: StudioMDHR
Genres (Video game): Run and gun
Cuphead is a run and gun video game developed and published by StudioMDHR. Announced in 2013,... more
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2813Developer: Moon Studios
Genres (Video game): Platform
Ori and the Blind Forest is a platform-adventure Metroidvania video game developed by Moon... more3
2922No Man's Sky
2016Developer: Hello Games
Genres (Video game): Action-adventure, survival
No Man's Sky is an action-adventure survival video game developed and published by the indie... more4
2014Developer: Tarsier Studios
Genres (Video game): Platformer, Survival Horror
Little Nightmares is a puzzle-platformer horror adventure game developed by Tarsier Studios... more5
2117Dead Cells
2018Developer: Motion Twin
Genres (Video game): Rougelike, Metroidvania
Dead Cells is a roguelike-metroidvania hybrid video game developed and published by Motion... more6
1920Layers of Fear
2016Genres (Video game): Psychological Horror
Layers of Fear is a psychedelic horror where you take control over an insane painter in his quest to finish his magnum opus.
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1517Prison Architect
2015Developer: Introversion Software
Genres (Video game): Simulation, Strategy
Prison Architect is a private prison construction and management simulation game by the... more8
1721Developer: Warhorse Studios
Genres (Video game): Action-RPG, Open World
Kingdom Come: Deliverance is an action role-playing video game developed by Warhorse Studios... more9
1619We Happy Few
2018We Happy Few is an indie survival and adventure game developed by Compulsion Games and... more10
1014Developer: Infinite Fall, Secret Lab, 22nd Century Toys
Genres (Video game): Adventure
Night in the Woods is a 2017 single-player adventure game developed by Infinite Fall. It is a... more11
912Graveyard Keeper
2018Developer: Lazy Bear Games
Genres (Video game): Simulation, RPG
Graveyard Keeper is a graveyard-themed simulation role-playing video game developed by Lazy... more12
1117Developer: Studio Wildcard
Genres (Video game): Survival, Open World
Ark: Survival Evolved (stylized as ΛRK) is a 2017 action-adventure survival video game... more13
611Axiom Verge
2015Developer: Thomas Happ Games
Genres (Video game): Metroidvania, Platformer
Axiom Verge is a Metroidvania game where the player controls Trace, a scientist who, after... more14
510Wasteland 2
2014Developer: inXile Entertainment
Genres (Video game): RPG
Wasteland 2 is a post-apocalyptic role-playing video game developed by inXile Entertainment... more15
816Don't Starve
2013Developer: Klei Entertainment
Genres (Video game): Action-Adventure, Survival
Don't Starve is a 2013 action-adventure video game with survival and roguelike elements,... more16
714Elea
2018Genres (Video game): Adventure, Indie, Sci-Fi
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614Outlast 2
2017Developer: Red Barrels
Genres (Video game): Survival Horror
Outlast 2 (stylized as OU⸸LASTII) is a first-person survival horror video game... more18
511Developer: Airship Syndicate
Genres (Video game): RPG, Turn-Based Tactics
Battle Chasers: Nightwar is a turn-based RPG developed by Airship Syndicate and published by... more19
413Genres (Video game): Action-RPG
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623Hello Neighbor
2017Developer: Dynamic Pixels
Genres (Video game): Stealth, Survival Horror
Hello Neighbor is a survival horror stealth game developed by Dynamic Pixels and published by... more21
415Phantom Doctrine
2018Genres (Video game): Strategy, Turn-Based Tactics
Phantom Doctrine is a 2018 tactical strategy game by Polish developer CreativeForge Games and published by Good Shepherd Entertainment.
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415Dead Age
2016Genres (Video game): Zombies, RPG, Survival
Dead Age is a non-linear indie survival RPG full of struggling survivors and deadly zombies.
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Developer: The Astronauts
Genres (Video game): Detective, Mystery
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a 2014 horror adventure video game. To piece together the... more24
Developer: Obsidian Entertainment
Genres (Video game): RPG
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is a role-playing video game developed by Obsidian... more25
313Genres (Video game): Strategy, Indie
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