- #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 24.6%, Adventure 22%, Space 21.7%, Indie 18.5%, Sci-fi 13.2%
- #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 27.8%, 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%, Adventure 24.8%, Indie 18.9%, Space 17.5%, Sci-fi 13.8%
- #4 PLANETS OF WAR
96% matchMixed59% of 293 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 29.7%, Space 25.8%, Adventure 24.3%, Indie 20.2%
- #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 29.8%, Action 28.5%, 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 31.9%, Action 29.3%, Indie 22.1%, 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 24.5%, Action 24%, Space 20.1%, Indie 18.1%, Sci-fi 11.1%
- #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 31.3%, Space 30%, Indie 22.9%, 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 34.3%, Action 33.5%, Indie 25.3%, Space 6.9%
- #10 Q.U.B.E. 2
91% matchVery Positive84% of 1,730 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 25.9%, Action 23.4%, Indie 17.7%, First-Person 9.7%, Space 9.6%
- #11 Deliver Us The Moon
90% matchVery Positive88% of 9,301 reviews2019
Dev: KeokeN InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The Moon has gone dark, cutting off Earth’s last source of energy. As a lone astronaut, you’ll explore abandoned lunar bases, solve intricate puzzles, and navigate stunning zero-gravity environments. Operate advanced vehicles, uncover hidden truths, and survive in this gripping sci-fi thriller.
Why similar: Space 30%, Adventure 22.3%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Action 15.1%, 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 37.5%, Action 35.4%, Indie 15.3%, Sci-fi 11.8%
- #13 Morphite
91% matchMixed68% of 109 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 30.2%, Action 26.4%, Space 25.2%, Indie 18.3%
- #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 33.5%, Space 25.2%, Indie 24.7%, 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 21.9%, Adventure 21%, 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 29.9%, Space 26.4%, Indie 23.2%, Sci-fi 17.3%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #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 35.2%, Sci-fi 22.2%, Adventure 14.8%, Indie 14.1%, Action 12.7%
- #18 Astrohazard Solutions Ltd.
86% matchPositive97% of 34 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 22.6%, 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 34.6%, Action 30.7%, Indie 24.7%, First-Person 8.4%, 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 19.9%, Adventure 19.6%, Sci-fi 18.5%, 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 35.5%, Action 34.7%, Indie 26%, 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 34.9%, Adventure 34%, Indie 26.3%, 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 31.4%, Action 30.7%, Indie 23.2%, Sci-fi 14.6%
- #24 Stickman World
75% 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 36.8%, Action 36%, Indie 27.1%
- #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 33.4%, Action 32.6%, Indie 25.1%, First-Person 8.9%
- #26 I_AM.exe
74% 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 36.8%, Action 36%, Indie 27.1%
- #27 To Hell With Dave
73% 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 36.8%, Action 36%, Indie 27.1%
- #28 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%, Action 24.5%, Indie 18.4%, Sci-fi 18.3%, First-Person 13.7%
- #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 29.2%, Action 27.4%, Sci-fi 22.8%, Indie 20.6%
- #30 Captain's Tail
71% 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 36.8%, Action 36%, Indie 27.1%
- #31 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 34.3%, Indie 25.9%, Sci-fi 5.1%
- #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 30.9%, Action 30.2%, Indie 22.8%, First-Person 16.2%
- #33 Depths of Fear :: Knossos
79% 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 32.2%, Action 31.4%, Indie 25.4%, First-Person 9.6%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #34 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 36.8%, Action 36%, Indie 27.1%
- #35 Beyond Arm's Reach
67% 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 36.8%, Action 36%, Indie 27.1%
- #36 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 40.3%, Space 33.3%, Indie 26.4%
- #37 Conquer
75% matchMixed54% of 24 reviews2018
Dev: Wan Studio
Windows
Conquer is an action-packed combat game experience crafted exclusively for VR/MR. The story is set in age of ancient times where the players will explore the game's dilapidated world, the Yan Valley, which is occupied by evil beasts, carrying the sacred gift of the gods to complete a quest against evil.
Why similar: Adventure 36.8%, Action 36%, Indie 27.1%
- #38 Fractal
76% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Phosphene Designs LLC
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fractal brings first-person real-time combat to beautiful stylized VR vistas. Enter a dazzling dimension where color is the lifeblood of all beings. Wielding a mysterious brush, you are granted the power to reshape the world and fate of its denizens.
Why similar: Adventure 36.8%, Action 36%, Indie 27.1%
- #39 DUSTWUN
64% 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 36.8%, Action 36%, Indie 27.1%
- #40 Zarvot
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: by Sam Eng
Windows · Mac
Two things: a charming co-op adventure and a cutthroat competitive party game. Be a tiny, adorable cube with hopes, dreams, unrequited loves… and unlimited destructive power.
Why similar: Adventure 36.8%, Action 36%, Indie 27.1%
- #41 Survivor of Eschewal
74% match7 user reviews14% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Luke CrippsPub: Fellowplayer
Windows
You suddenly wake up and find yourself on a beach of a strange island. This island does not feel right from the start because you could have swarn this island was not here the previous night. Now all you can think of is getting off this island alive.
Why similar: Adventure 36.8%, Action 36%, Indie 27.1%
- #42 Departure
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RG CrewPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Departure is a first-person perspective action adventure game with sci-fi and horror elements. Try to survive in a vast zone full of dangerous anomalies that alter your surroundings, and monsters that hunt you down at night.
Why similar: Adventure 36.8%, Action 36%, Indie 27.1%
- #43 Bad Bots Rise
72% match8 user reviews13% of 8 reviews2018
Dev: High Leap StudiosPub: Lamina Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bad Bots Rise is an action platformer shooter. Dodge bullets, evade traps and destroy enemies in 2D sidescrolling levels. Explore different areas and choose the right character for the right scenario. Defend Earth from alien invaders!
Why similar: Adventure 36.8%, Action 36%, Indie 27.1%
- #44 Armoured Engines
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bounder Games
Windows · Mac
Armoured Engines is a steam punk western epic featuring train conductor Dusty Beats and her partner in crime, the ancient living engine Billy Wylam, as they search for El Dorado. Protect your train and shoot, fling, slice, and blow up hordes of enemies, using an arsenal of weaponry and passengers.
Why similar: Adventure 36.8%, Action 36%, Indie 27.1%
- #45 Talewind
72% matchMixed59% of 111 reviews2016
Dev: WindLimit Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Talewind is a whimsical platformer where you play as a young boy that is trying to save his village, but dont let its looks fool you, it will challenge even the most experienced platformer veterans. trailer music: bensound.com
Why similar: Adventure 36.8%, Action 36%, Indie 27.1%
- #46 Slavistan 2
69% 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 36.8%, Action 36%, Indie 27.1%
- #47 Nachzehrer
59% 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 36.8%, Action 36%, Indie 27.1%
- #48 Pep-Pel
57% matchPositive85% of 34 reviews2023
Dev: SlugGlove
Windows · Mac · Linux
Run through each level as Pep-Pel! a goofy red goblin thing. In this beautifully hand drawn game. play through tons of fast-paced and difficult levels, each with there own challenge to master!
Why similar: Adventure 36.8%, Action 36%, Indie 27.1%
- #49 Project X
71% matchMostly Negative33% of 18 reviews2017
Dev: Bulls Bros
Windows
Two teenagers were disappeared in the vicinity of the Grackham National Park. At night a roar is heard from the forest. Nearby, a group of archaeologists finds a cave and skull of an unknown creature.
Why similar: Adventure 36.8%, Action 36%, Indie 27.1%
- #50 INFINITY CHALLENGE
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Simple Gaming - JVJ
Windows · Mac
A 3D Rail Shooter game with high quality tracks! Take the challenge and choose one of the many maps and defeat vicious waves of enemies while traveling through mysterious worlds! Face fearsome machines and creatures that will do whatever it takes to destroy you and end your race to save the galaxy!
Why similar: Adventure 36.8%, Action 36%, Indie 27.1%
- #51 Relativity
71% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2016
Dev: TomCGames
Windows
Relativity will turn your world upside down. Curved surfaces and stairs allow you to walk from the floor, up the walls and across ceilings, shifting gravity and giving you a whole new perspective! Landscape platforms can be moved and rotated using buttons and wheels to transform the landscape and form bridges.
Why similar: Adventure 36.8%, Action 36%, Indie 27.1%
- #52 R.A.F.A.
69% 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 36.8%, Action 36%, Indie 27.1%
- #53 Death Space
69% matchMostly Negative30% of 37 reviews2018
Dev: Nikita "Ghost_RUS"Pub: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
You play as a scientist named Elmagamed at the 69th space station and you got to escape from a monstrous mutant.
Why similar: Adventure 36.8%, Action 36%, Indie 27.1%
- #54 Derelict Fleet
70% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: HCB Studios
Windows
Derelict Fleet is a fast-paced, space combat game. You are tasked with defending a refugee fleet as you travel the stars searching for a new colony to call home.
Why similar: Adventure 36.8%, Action 36%, Indie 27.1%
- #55 Tom vs. The Armies of Hell
70% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2016
Dev: Darkmire Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Meet Tom -- a software engineer turned reluctant half-demon hero who must fight his way out of Hell by turning souls into demon-searing weapons. Blast your way back to your 9-to-5 in this hilarious, isometric indie action-adventure game.
Why similar: Adventure 36.8%, Action 36%, Indie 27.1%
- #56 Kitten Madness
68% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2017
Dev: David OgdenPub: LoveTrooper Entertainment L.L.C.
Windows
Kitten Madness is an open world fast pace game where you race a kitten through various levels and game types. Kitten Madness starts out as a single player game where you control a cute kitten performing the playful actions of a kitten.
Why similar: Adventure 36.8%, Action 36%, Indie 27.1%