Top 5 New Indie Games of May 2025
- Quest Team
- Jun 11
- 3 min read
Each month, we spotlight five standout indie games you won’t want to miss. From hidden gems to breakout hits, these fresh releases showcase the best of the indie scene. Here’s a quick look at this month’s top picks!
Monster Train 2
Monster Train 2 ramps up the vertical roguelike deck‑building formula of its predecessor. Defend your pyre across separate train levels, combining strategy, placement, and faction synergies. All-new clans, enemy factions, modes, and challenges await aboard this hellish iron beast.
Release Date: May 21, 2025
Genres: Indie, Roguelike, Deck‑builder, Strategy
Developer & Publisher: Shiny Shoe / Big Fan Games
Reviews & Sentiment: Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam (~95% of 3,736+ reviews) MonsterVine calls it “a smart, wildly creative, and compulsively replayable roguelike deckbuilder” with praise for its signature vertical strategy
Monster Train 2 keeps the core mechanics fans love—floor-based defense, Ember budgeting, and tactical placement—but broadens the scope with new clans, enemy types, and strategic complexity. Whether you’re balancing ranged units or exploiting floor effects, every run feels fresh and chaotic in the best way.
Price: £20.99
Yes, Your Grace 2: Snowfall
The sequel to the kingdom‑management RPG returns with new mechanics, narrative depth, and a winter‑blighted realm to rule.
Release Date: May 8, 2025
Genres: Indie, RPG, Strategy, Simulation
Developer & Publisher: Brave At Night
Reviews & Sentiment: Mostly Positive (~71% Steam ratings) Reviewers laud its narrative and pixel-art aesthetic, yet note bugs and thin gameplay loops.
Snowfall deepens the original’s decision-driven gameplay with new resource agents and prestige systems, but technical issues and less impactful choices hold it back. Still, gripping story moments and a haunting atmosphere make it worth exploring—especially for fans of moral quandaries.
Price: £20.99
Automate It: Factory Puzzle
A compact factory-building puzzle game recalling the satisfaction of efficiency-based challenges, packed into bite‑sized levels.
Release Date: May 27, 2025
Genres: Indie, Puzzle, Factory, Strategy
Developer & Publisher: South Blue Moon/Forklift Interactive
Reviews & Sentiment: Generally positive Metacritic feedback.
Unlike sprawling sims, Automate It focuses on constrained puzzles: optimize space, power, and timing to meet objectives. Fans of Infinifactory or Opus Magnum will find its focused, level-based approach both refreshing and stimulating.
Price: £10.99
Deliver At All Costs
Dive into a 1950s-inspired isometric action-adventure where you play Winston Green, a courier whose existential mission quickly descends into chaotic destruction and absurd plot twists.
Release Date: May 22, 2025
Genres: Indie, Action-Adventure
Developer & Publisher: Far Out Games / Konami Digital Entertainment
Reviews & Sentiment: Mixed to Mostly Positive. Steam reviewers call it “chaotic, heartfelt, and refreshingly creative”. The Guardian commends moments of exhilarating “Crazy Taxi–style” mayhem—but criticizes inconsistent mission design and narrative lapses.
The core thrill comes from destructive driving and physics-based stunts, but storytelling and mission variety can feel uneven. Still, for players craving destructive vehicular mayhem wrapped in dark humor, this one delivers—even if it occasionally derails.
Price: £24.99
Dispatch (DEMO)
Step into the chaos of a superhero emergency-management office. Direct misfit heroes, juggle emergencies, and navigate messy personal drama—all wrapped in vibrant Telltale-style storytelling.
Demo Released: May 29, 2025
Genres: Indie, Narrative, Management, Comedy
Developer & Publisher: AdHoc Studio
Reviews & Sentiment: Overwhelmingly Positive (~98% on Steam Demo). PC Gamer hails it as “a Telltale-style game delivering on the promise of playing a TV show… with a compelling management sim tucked inside”.
The demo impresses with top-tier voice acting, sharp writing, and polished animated visuals. Fans of branching narratives and office-sim mechanics have plenty to get excited about—especially if you're into episodic storytelling with a comedic superhero twist.
Price: Free (Demo)
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