The Best Free Indie Games on Amazon Prime

15 Feb, 2023

The Best Free Indie Games on Amazon Prime

Amazon offer a great selection of indie games through Prime Gaming. But what are the best free indie games on Amazon Prime? And how you can play indie games on Amazon Prime for free?

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Amazon is going big on video games: It’s created its own studio, Amazon Games – releasing titles LostArk and New World, with Blue Protocol coming 2023 and it’s working on the next Tomb Raider! It’s also created a dedicated marketplace for all things video games, including consoles, headsets, games and so much more.

But to find indie games in particular, Amazon has its own dedicated games platform – Prime Gaming. Here you’ll find a constantly updated platform for games, with a great deal of variety and a really high benchmark of quality – the games have been carefully curated for the Prime Gaming audience.

One of the best things about the indie games on Prime Gaming is that they are free to download and play with an Amazon Prime subscription, that’s the same subscription that gives you access to next day delivery, Prime Video, Prime Music and Prime Reading.

Also, you don’t need a paid up subscription to play, you can use this link to sign up to Amazon Prime and get the first month free, giving you complete access to all Prime Games for free!

The games on Prime Gaming are constantly being updated, with titles usually on the platform for around 300 days before being rotated for another. That’s more than enough time to complete most games on the platform and the current roster includes a great deal of vintage titles.

To install and play, get the Amazon Games App and sign into your Amazon account. Games can only be claimed once per Amazon Prime membership and kept forever, the Amazon Games App is currently supported on Windows PC only.

What are the best free indie games on Amazon Prime?

Book of Demons

Book of Demons is a Hack & Slash Deck-building hybrid in which YOU decide the length of quests. Wield magic cards instead of weapons and slay the armies of darkness in the dungeons below the Old Cathedral. Save the terror-stricken Paperverse from the clutches of the Archdemon himself!

Download and Play with an Amazon Prime subscription

Metal Slug X

Metal Slug X is a run and gun video game in the Metal Slug series created by SNK and has a wonderful 80’s/90’s retro feel. Gameplay is similar to the previous games in the series – you shoot constantly at a continual stream of enemies in order to reach the end of each level, where you then take on the ‘boss’, who is usually considerably larger and tougher than regular enemies. On the way through each level, the player can find numerous weapon upgrades and the iconic “Metal Slug” tanks.

Download and Play with an Amazon Prime subscription

The Last Blade

The Last Blade is a traditional Fighting Game developed by SNK and first released in 1997. The game is set during the Bakumatsu era in Japan and incorporates various elements of Japanese mythology throughout. The gameplay is characterised by two selectable fighting styles, Speed mode and Power mode, and a unique combo system along with a “deflect” system which leaves the opponent open to attack.

Download and Play with an Amazon Prime subscription

Faraway 3: Arctic Escape

Escape all-new distant places in Faraway 3: Arctic Escape that are full of mind-bending puzzles and new exciting locations to explore. This room escape game will challenge your puzzle solving ability. Sequel to one of the all-time best escape games with over a million players!

Download and Play with an Amazon Prime subscription

Twinkle Star Sprites

Twinkle Star Sprites is a 1996 competitive scrolling shooter arcade game originally created by ADK. The gameplay, which can be characterized as a combination of a fixed shooter and a versus puzzle game, uses combinations of shots, as well as timed power-ups to attempt to damage the opponent.

Download and Play with an Amazon Prime subscription

Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers

Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers is a 1998 Fighting Game developed by SNK. It is the seventh game in the Fatal Fury series and the third game in the Real Bout sub-series. Real Bout 2 revamps the two-line battle system from Real Bout Special. Instead of fighting in either two lines, the player is forced to fight in a main line, while the second line is a “sway line” used to avoid attacks (similar to the original Real Bout).

Download and Play with an Amazon Prime subscription

What are the best free indie games on Amazon Prime?

As well as free-to-play games with an Amazon Prime subscription, the Prime Gaming platform also provides access to plenty of exclusive free content for Amazon Games AAA titles and other third party video games, so it’s well worth taking a look if you have an existing Amazon Prime subscription or would like to sign up to a free Amazon Prime month’s trial.

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