The 60 Best 2024 Indie Game Releases, Ranked

With quite literally hundreds of indie titles released each, the quality always ranges from “shovelware garbage” to “complete masterpiece”. However, when it comes to the best indie games of 2024, it's safe to say that 2024 was absolutely stacked. These games shine with creativity and innovation across a multitude of genres and styles, proving once again that gameplay and imagination will always triumph over shallow AAA games with no substance.

Where does the confidence in calling these the best 2024 indie games come from? First let's talk about the way these games were selected for the list. Every title represented here has fantastic review scores from either critics or users, but it's both for almost all of them. The true beauty of the ranking, however, is that the order is determined by your votes - the more votes a game receives, the higher it climbs up the list. The highest rated indie game of 2024 is Balatro, the brilliant poker roguelike that's as addicting as it is fun, but that has no bearing on where it ends up here - only you can decide that!

Editor Note: Congratulations to Balatro for being nominated for Game of the Year in the 2024 Game Awards.