- #1 Save Iron Globe
97% matchPositive89% of 36 reviews2021
Dev: Frameblade
Windows
Learn the story of Priscilla, the Perfect Soldier (PS) of the United Earth Federation, awakened from the cryptosleep to stop an alien invasion.
Why similar: Action 24.7%, Adventure 22.1%, Space 21.6%, Indie 18.5%, Sci-fi 13.1%
- #2 Metal Savior Black
96% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Gray Mantis
Windows
A fast paced sci-fi shooter with tons of enemies, weapons and secrets to unlock. Will you survive the onslaught?
Why similar: Action 28%, Space 22.6%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Indie 14.4%, First-Person 10.2%
- #3 Bleak
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Interdiction Studios
Windows
Bleak is a Sci-Fi survival game. You must fight the planetary environments to survive and thrive. Currently available features are basic base building and mining with Researching new technology and discovering new flora and fauna coming soon. Play alone or coop with friends, its up to you.
Why similar: Action 25.1%, Adventure 24.9%, Indie 18.8%, Space 17.5%, Sci-fi 13.8%
- #4 PLANETS OF WAR
96% matchMixed59% of 294 reviews2017
Dev: Indiecode Games
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 11%
This is a Short Clicking Adventure Game in which you Save Earth from an Alien Invasion.
Why similar: Action 29.8%, Space 25.7%, Adventure 24.4%, Indie 20.1%
- #5 Space Impossible
94% matchVery Positive95% of 141 reviews2016
Dev: Happy Polygon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take control of a fully destructible spaceship and explore, blast or trade your way through the cosmos, alone or with friends. Every tile matters, as you dogfight, maneuver or speed your way past friendly traders, hostile aliens, and impressive space navies. What will you do, Captain?
Why similar: Adventure 29.9%, Action 28.6%, Indie 21.9%, Space 19.7%
- #6 Discrepant
93% matchMixed60% of 25 reviews2019
Dev: Incendio Software
Windows
Discrepant is a psychological adventure game set in a dystopic sci-fi world that is slowly unwinding. It's dark, deadly, and unsettling. It explores the meaning of existence and purpose, challenges reality and emotional connection through a complex plot, and comes with a twist around every corner.
Why similar: Adventure 32%, Action 29.4%, Indie 22%, Sci-fi 16.7%
- #7 Space Waver
94% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2017
Dev: Jamar Prod
Windows
Space Waver is an action-adventure-shooter space game, with a strong bind to comics. Become a space mercenary and experience his life through multiple contracts.
Why similar: Adventure 24.6%, Action 24.1%, Space 20.1%, Indie 18%, Sci-fi 11%
- #8 Arkin
92% matchMixed55% of 29 reviews2019
Dev: Raven Sword Industries
Windows
Arkin is a first person space combat experience. Take control of the latest in starfighter technology and fight for humanity's survival against the brutal alien onslaught.
Why similar: Action 31.5%, Space 29.9%, Indie 22.8%, Sci-fi 15.8%
- #9 Univers
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spartan IndustriesPub: Capitán_22
Windows
Survival in space. Explore, repair and build in an ancient spaceship that lost its way many, many years ago...
Why similar: Adventure 34.4%, Action 33.6%, Indie 25.1%, Space 6.9%
- #10 Q.U.B.E. 2
91% matchVery Positive84% of 1,738 reviews2018
Dev: Toxic GamesPub: Trapped Nerve Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Q.U.B.E. 2 is the sequel to the hit first-person puzzle game Q.U.B.E. You are Amelia Cross, a stranded archaeologist who has awoken among the ruins of an ancient alien landscape. With the distant help of another survivor you must solve the puzzles of this mysterious world and find a way back home.
Why similar: Adventure 26%, Action 23.5%, Indie 17.6%, First-Person 9.6%, Space 9.5%
- #11 Deliver Us The Moon
90% matchVery Positive88% of 9,434 reviews2019
Dev: KeokeN InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Deliver Us The Moon is a Sci-Fi thriller set in an apocalyptic near future where Earth's natural resources are depleted. In an effort to solve the energy crisis, global powers created the World Space Agency and secured a promising new source of energy on the moon.
Why similar: Space 30.2%, Adventure 22.2%, Sci-fi 15.1%, Action 15%, Indie 13.7%
- #12 Sue's Story
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: Stuart Mackereth
Windows
Sue's Story is the "free to play" version of TerrorPhage, a classic sci-fi horror game in the spirit and tradition of a classic space alien thriller. Awakening on a cryo ship hurtling towards a star, you are thrust into a game of hide and seek to fix the ship, and dock at an orbital platform.
Why similar: Adventure 37.6%, Action 35.5%, Indie 15.2%, Sci-fi 11.7%
- #13 Morphite
91% matchMixed68% of 111 reviews2017
Dev: Crescent Moon Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Morphite is a casual atmospheric FPS, inspired by the classics. Research plants and animals, battle hostile entities, and unravel a mystery surrounding a rare material called Morphite.
Why similar: Adventure 30.3%, Action 26.4%, Space 25.1%, Indie 18.2%
- #14 Memoria
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Diagonal Games
Windows · Mac
Your crew is still sleeping, you’re alone in a spaceship, stuck in the void. Will you survive?
Why similar: Adventure 33.7%, Space 25.2%, Indie 24.6%, Sci-fi 16.6%
- #15 Return to Planet X
88% matchMixed67% of 21 reviews2018
Dev: Butterflyware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Return to Planet X is a close combat FPS in which you will have to smash tons of alien bugs.
Why similar: Action 22%, Adventure 21.1%, Space 17.8%, Indie 16%, Sci-fi 10.8%
- #16 HEXTERMINATE
85% matchMixed69% of 39 reviews2020
Dev: Wings of Steel
Windows · Linux
HEXTERMINATE is a top-down shooter which puts you in the role of an Imperial Captain. Your mission is to reclaim a galaxy shattered by centuries of in-fighting. Customise your ship with dozens of different modules, fight side by side with allied fleets and reunite the galaxy under Imperial rule.
Why similar: Action 30%, Space 26.3%, Indie 23.2%, Sci-fi 17.3%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #17 Lightspeed Frontier
87% matchMostly Positive70% of 44 reviews2017
Dev: Crowdwork StudiosPub: Riveted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Leave everything behind and try your hand at captaining a ship on the fringes of the universe. Customize your ship, explore vast star systems, invest in corporations, and embark on expeditions discovering fame and fortune within Lightspeed Frontier!
Why similar: Space 35.1%, Sci-fi 22.1%, Adventure 14.9%, Indie 14%, Action 12.8%
- #18 Astrohazard Solutions Ltd.
86% matchPositive97% of 35 reviews2017
Dev: Bob Games
Windows
Astrohazard Solutions Ltd. is an interstellar and interspecies corporation dealing mainly with removing and redirecting asteroids and other cosmic junk that threatens their Clients.
Why similar: Adventure 31.7%, Action 31%, Indie 22.5%, Sci-fi 14.7%
- #19 In The Valley of Gods
79% matchNo user reviews2029
Dev: Campo Santo
Windows · Mac · Linux
From the creators of Firewatch, In the Valley of Gods is a single-player first-person adventure. Explore a remote and ancient valley in the Egyptian desert, uncovering treasure and treachery in pursuit of a discovery that could bring you fame and fortune—or leave you for dead, buried beneath the sands.
Why similar: Adventure 34.7%, Action 30.8%, Indie 24.6%, First-Person 8.3%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #20 Azulgar: Star Commanders
86% matchMixed51% of 108 reviews2017
Dev: SZEINER
Windows
Azulgar: Star Commanders is a Sci-Fi open world sandbox game that puts you in a command of your own custom made space ship. Explore aftermath of the Azulgar event that reshaped the face of the solar system.
Why similar: Space 28%, Action 20%, Adventure 19.7%, Sci-fi 18.4%, Indie 13.9%
- #21 Devil Threats
83% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: AFROX GAME
Windows
Christopher hit the road to save his daughter Try to find his daughter before you go crazy.
Why similar: Adventure 35.6%, Action 34.8%, Indie 25.9%, Sci-fi 3.8%
- #22 Another Hardcore Game
82% matchPositive85% of 26 reviews2018
Dev: NinbaPub: Ninba Games
Windows
Just another game that you will hate but try to complete.
Why similar: Action 35%, Adventure 34.1%, Indie 26.2%, Singleplayer 4.7%
- #23 Drift Into Eternity
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 42 reviews2016
Dev: We Are Bots
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Drift Into Eternity is a futuristic survival game in which you play a crewmember of a distressed spaceship, drifting in the middle of nowhere, so far from any civilisation that there is no hope of rescue. You're alone. Desperatly alone. Observe, Study, Explore... and maybe you'll find a way to survive.
Why similar: Adventure 31.5%, Action 30.8%, Indie 23.1%, Sci-fi 14.6%
- #24 DUSTWUN
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Goon Studios
Windows
Fight to survive in an alien frontier full of beauty and danger on your quest to locate a missing starfighter.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #25 Your Toy
81% matchMostly Negative29% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: Viva Games
Windows
Your Toy is a 3D first person horror room escape game that features an advanced non-repeat puzzle system with challenging riddles, heart-pounding escape sequences and a mysterious narrative that dives deep into your darkest subconsciousness. Are you ready to enter your nightmares?
Why similar: Adventure 33.5%, Action 32.7%, Indie 25%, First-Person 8.9%
- #26 Nachzehrer
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eric Sauer
Windows
[h1]Nachzehrer[/h1]Your fear of being in the dark comes true in this short single player horror game. You find yourself stuck at a power plant at night, when suddenly the lights begin shutting off. However, attempting to turn them back on may cause you to meet your fears.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #27 Brutalism
81% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Stroboskop
Windows · Mac
A vertical modular warping maze that finds the player navigating portals and defeating a chanting, floating head with a sniper rifle.
Why similar: Adventure 25.1%, Action 24.6%, Indie 18.4%, Sci-fi 18.3%, First-Person 13.7%
- #28 Into the Ice
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Homegrown GamesPub: Intr Studio Pty Ltd
Windows
4 years in the making, finally coming to your PC: Into the Ice - Nazis of Neuschwabenland - the official sequel to the multiple GOTY and award winner "Into the Dark". Adventure, Shooter, Trash, Comedy, Politics and Nudity. You. Have. Been. Warned!
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #29 Teria
82% matchMixed57% of 120 reviews2017
Dev: ElZzap SoftwarePub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Teria: an action quest 3D game for science fiction fans. However, on June 17, 2143, the crisis center of the Central Astronautics Agency picked up a distress signal from small planet Teria, which was then forwarded to Alex. Alex is a private detective who at that time happened to be not far from Teria.
Why similar: Adventure 29.3%, Action 27.5%, Sci-fi 22.7%, Indie 20.5%
- #30 Spaceman
78% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: ConmtrastPub: LGV
Windows · Mac
Explore, gather resources, find the artifacts, but most important... survive! Spaceman is an adventure game that takes you into an amazing and challenging journey across the temples of space.
Why similar: Adventure 34.8%, Action 34.4%, Indie 25.7%, Sci-fi 5.1%
- #31 Depths of Fear :: Knossos
80% matchMixed67% of 435 reviews2014
Dev: DIRIGO GAMES
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Depths of Fear :: Knossos, a Greek-themed, 1st Person, Roguelike stealthy action-adventure where you play as Theseus out to kill the rampaging horror the Minotaur. Succeed in the beast’s slaughter or learn the meaning of fear trying. You will run. You will hide. You will fight. You will die.
Why similar: Adventure 32.3%, Action 31.6%, Indie 25.4%, First-Person 9.2%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #32 Torimodosu
78% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Wiley Softworks
Windows
Sacred land has been over run with an invasive force from the west. In dark times like these you awaken from your deep slumber. It is your purpose to take back this previously peaceful land and remove the darkness that comes with these invaders, using a katana.
Why similar: Adventure 31%, Action 30.3%, Indie 22.7%, First-Person 16.1%
- #33 Star Surveyor
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: slimefriend
Windows · Mac
Star Surveyor is an exploration game about discovering a foreign planet, and observing the lives of its alien inhabitants. You're sent to Maya-247 with a simple mission: use your scanner to gather data about all of the flora and fauna you can, and send that data back to Earth.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #34 D.F.R.: The Light VR
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Nothing Rhymes With Entertainment
Windows
Unprepared and helpless, you are taken to a dark place where a mysterious light hunts you. In this relentlessly terrifying survival horror game, you must use your wits to stay alive and extinguish the light, or perish trying. But be warned: the light is crafty and observant, so this won't be easy.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #35 I_AM.exe
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paulo P. NetoPub: Indie
Windows
I_AM.exe is a first person action game with a focus on exploration. You wake up inside a vat on a strange place full of robots trying to kill you. Explore, solve puzzles and fight your way through different areas as you try to find a way out and understand what is going on and just who are you.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #36 Flight 732
76% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: Ghere Games
Windows
Explore the island to find the missing jetliner. Once found, can you find a way to help you and your captain off of the island?
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #37 Midnight Awake
76% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: KRISSADA LAEBUTPub: BEBONOZM
Windows
Midnight Awake is a horror adventure game. The story begins when a boy wakes up at the middle of the night and faces with some mysterious events. His dad is missing and what should he do with the strange phone call? Let’s find out what happened to him and his family.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #38 Infinite Space III: Sea of Stars
77% matchMixed69% of 130 reviews2015
Dev: Digital Eel
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Sea of Stars is a starship roguelike, a sandbox adventure game of interstellar exploration and combat. Travel from star to star, upgrade your ship with new systems and weapons, build up your flotilla with allies and mercenaries, and take on a variety of alien menaces.
Why similar: Adventure 40.5%, Space 33.2%, Indie 26.3%
- #39 Gearend
75% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: SolarLune Games
Windows · Linux
Gearend is a small 2D non-linear action-platforming exploration game. You control a small robot named Epsilon-98, or Eps, as he explores a hostile robotics research facility. Fight, restore, and explore as you search for the humans who awakened you.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #40 Captain's Tail
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Biting Mascot
Windows
Dash into action as the fluffiest pirate of the Seven Seas! Take on platforming challenges and explore a variety of islands.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #41 Stickman World
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dilmer ValecillosPub: Dilmer Games
Windows · Mac
Stickman World takes place in an underground world after the hero "Stickman" awakes in an unknown world. Play through an amazing story where Stickman has to solve puzzles in hopes to discover a way out of this world. The goals for each level are simple and require collecting all the hidden items through Stickman's journey.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #42 Beyond Arm's Reach
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Round Squares Studios
Windows
Beyond Arm’s Reach is an action adventure game, set in a 1950’s steampunk universe. You have to use the physics based grappling hook, to navigate around the world, defeat enemies and solve puzzles along the way.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #43 In the thrall of darkness: The gift of dreams
73% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: PPofGG
Windows
In the thrall of darkness is a horror game in which you must get out of this nightmare.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #44 Battle Of Keys
73% matchMostly Negative26% of 26 reviews2018
Dev: Tero Lunkka
Windows
Low Poly FPS Shooter where you need find 5 keys and avoid police army
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #45 To Hell With Dave
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pretzel Bros Studios
Windows
'To Hell With Dave' is a narrative-driven adventure platformer for the connoisseur of the absurd. Explore a world full of charming characters and twisted humor. If you're a fan of challenging action, wacky puzzles and foul language, this game is for you!
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #46 Slug Slasher
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Slapped Silly Studios
Windows
Save the world from an onslaught of giant slugs in Slug Slasher! Using only your trusty bucket of salt, smash, dash, and slash through ridiculous enemies and crazy bosses as you fight your way to the slugs' homeland.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #47 Super Ubie Island REMIX
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 50 reviews2016
Dev: Notion Games
Windows
Inspired by Super Mario World, Super Ubie Island REMIX is an adorable platformer. Help Ubie defeat Dr. Terrestrial, discover secrets, repair his ship and escape Climate Island. Run, jump and glide your way through more than 25 insanely fun levels!
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #48 Alien Planet
72% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: Falkrus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Avoid the aliens and bandits in this skill testing game. Keep your cool as you work your way towards freedom on this planet of relentless enemies. Alien planet uses the simplicity and feel of an 80's style game to create an addictive and challenging experience.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #49 A Rip In Time
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: iV Games
Windows
Time travel in a new twisted way. The game’s antagonist will be pulling you through “Rips in Time”. The further you explore, the more intertwined the worlds become! Experience the early 1900’s and future all in one, thanks to the power of Unreal Engine 4.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #50 Trinity
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: Maelstrom Rabbit
Windows
Trinity is a challenging fps/puzzle set in a surrealistic universe.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #51 R.A.F.A.
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: Cristian Villalba
Windows
Imagine that you are a child and want to explore new worlds as an astronaut. Imagine a platformer with the ability to jump across an entire solar system. Imagine a story that won’t left you enough time to separate your face from the screen. Challenge yourself and be part of this arcade style videogame – RAFA. R.A.F.A.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #52 Chicken with Chainguns
71% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: Nuts and Volts Electronics
Windows
The big bad fox crushed your hen's eggs and you aren't having it...take up arms and show him who is boss! Use your chainguns to get revenge.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #53 PAPA'S TIME MACHINE
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: Techone Game Studio
Windows · Mac
《PAPA'S TIME MACHINE》 is a brand new action & adventure game in which players will play the role of a father and start an adventurous journey in different stages of life.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #54 Slavistan 2
68% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2018
Dev: PozojPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Go on an adventure through in a small place with a big personality inspired by slavic memes where you'll meet colorful characters and get to know this place in and out. Find a way to get home, befriend some people, beat up others, have a drink, and if you don't find any trouble, trouble will find you.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #55 Save her, from dreams
69% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: Ziyi Zhang
Windows · Mac · Linux
Enter the dream, save the one you love.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #56 Above
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mighty Moth
Windows · Mac
Above is an aeronautic action-adventure game, in which you fly around exploring islands scattered in a vast ocean, upgrade and modify your aeroplane to progress, in order to find your lost brother and uncover the mystery behind the abominations that dwell beneath the waves.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #57 Explodey - Sci-fi Side Scroller w/ 'splosions
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YitYat Studios
Windows · Mac
The galaxy is in peril. Equipped with the latest military tech, pilot your heavily armed space fighter through 5 exotic planets to destroy the evil Dr Grag and save the Life Spark. Joining you on your journey is The Engineer, a silicon being capable of building anything you need. Unfortunately, he's a jackass...
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #58 ORBITOR
71% matchMixed66% of 35 reviews2015
Dev: Evil Aliens
Windows
Navigate the mysterious Quantum Nebula and dismantle it's gravity machine piece by piece before it destroys The Galaxy.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%