- #1 Platypus
68% matchVery Positive91% of 575 reviews2014
Dev: Anthony FlackPub: Claymatic Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
The vast continent-spanning city of Collosatropolis has finally reached the limits of its expansion. Tall buildings cover every available space. The air is thick with smoke and poisonous chemicals. Parking is a nightmare
Why similar: Action 95.5%, Retro 4.5%
- #2 Ratcheteer DX
51% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2026
Dev: Shaun InmanPub: Panic
Windows · Mac
Explore the interconnected caverns below the frozen surface and a vast Snowcean above as you set out to rescue friend, foe, and stranger alike in this lo-fi action-adventure!
Why similar: Action 42.9%, Steampunk 29.3% ★, Retro 16.3%, Top-Down 11.5%
- #3 Neon Kicks
54% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Proper Panda, LLC
Windows · Mac
In Neon Kicks, you’ll take down a border wall or die trying. Using teleporting light-up shoes, shut down as many of the border wall defenses as you can.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #4 Rhythmica
54% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZOU Inc.
Windows
The arcade rhythm game you can play in your room, it is "Rhythmica". Rhythmica is an authentic rhythm VR rhythm game that you can enjoy with easy operation. The operation consists of three easy actions "push a pad", "pull a trigger", "shake a controller" according to the ball flowing from the four...
Why similar: Action 100%
- #5 The Warrior
54% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KAWAIFU
Windows
After an prison outbreak has gone wrong, surviving inmate Tom Feltrod comes face to face with an inmate who considers himself a "Warrior".
Why similar: Action 100%
- #6 Путин против Инопланетян 2: На Закате Справедливости (Linehot Putin: All Stars)
54% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Versus Studio
Windows
Extremely political game in 5 acts, highlighting the problems of global scope through the prism of Russian reality.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #7 ZERONE Episode 1 Gunner
54% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Atticfab
Windows
ZERONE is a Hyper Action VR FPS Game. It provides a dynamic action and hitting sense through the ability, such as firing a weapon or defending a missile from enemy, to disarm an enemy attack.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #8 WIP
54% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Verumbit
Windows
Why similar: Action 100%
- #9 Starfighter X
54% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kingdom Games
Windows
Anarchy throughout the galaxy has forced all pilots to kill or be killed. The stars are a savage battlefield where only the best will survive. Claim your rightful place as the top captain in free-for-all combat. Compete for position on the galactic leaderboards to become Starfighter X.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #10 Cubito Mayhem
54% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Heizhu Games
Windows
Cubito Mayhem is an top down 2D twin stick shooter with rogue-like and bullet hell elements that uses dense, chaotic and action packed levels and bossfights to tell the story of a square shaped citizen that refused to follow the traditions and guidelines of the society it is a part of.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #11 Iron Ascension
54% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Trolygon Studios LLC
Windows
A virtual reality only climbing game set on large moving machines. You are a repair robot sent to diagnose and fix utilitarian machines that were created to serve humans and automate tasks in dangerous locations. Careful planning and precise movements are required to complete each stage without falling.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #12 Bones 'n' Bullets
54% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wolfgame
Windows
Grab a gun, learn your magick and jump into the boots of an undead soldier hellbent on saving the universe from the evil Lord Naglfaar!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #13 -
54% matchNo user reviews
Windows
Why similar: Action 100%
- #14 Oniami
54% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Futuristic
Windows
A journey across vast lands.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #15 The Zero Dome
54% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pillow Head Games
Windows
Float, build and shoot in VR in the zero gravity arena known as "The Zero Dome" . Mixing elements of arcade and survival games, The Zero Dome is a sandbox arcade game like no other, built from the ground up for VR.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #16 Droid Assault
66% matchVery Positive83% of 374 reviews2013
Dev: Puppygames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Play Droid Assault and experience running blaster battles with hordes of rampaging killer robots! Discover a unique tactical arcade shooter, with the fun addictive gameplay of 8-bit classics. You'll need your wits and the help of your acquired droid squad to stay alive in this fast-paced retro actionfest.
Why similar: Action 50.2%, Retro 26%, Top-Down 13.4%, Shooter 10.3%
- #17 あれぐろもるとがいきのこるゲーム
50% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: あれぐろもると
Windows
A 2-player co-op survival action game. Automatically attack waves of enemies, collect EXP to level up, and survive for 3 minutes to face the final boss. Revive your fallen ally by staying close!
Why similar: Action 50%, Retro 21.1%, Shooter 15.3%, Top-Down 13.6%
- #18 XETTER 2020
50% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Ken'ichi Kuromusha
Windows · Mac · Linux
Collect all the dots to clear each of the 30 action-puzzle scenes. Dodge two types of enemies, drop blocks to crush them, and avoid being crushed yourself. Use limited lives wisely, restart levels when needed, and unlock cleared scenes for replay. Can you beat them all?
Why similar: Action 63.9%, Retro 36.1%
- #19 Feed The Beast
54% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Tomasz Banaś
Windows
Make The Beast eat all the other players, that's the point of the game. But also! You have many characters to chose from, all of which have their unique abilities that can aid you with fighting your opponents.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #20 Starboi
50% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Turtlevania Games
Windows · Mac
The cosmic horrors have kidnapped Starboi's friends! Launch across the galaxy in search of them, avoiding black holes and defeating the tentacled monsters.
Why similar: Action 63.9%, Retro 36.1%
- #21 MODULE:BERSERK (모듈 버서크)
51% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Brakio
Windows
MODULE:BERSERK is a 2D pixel "hard-boiled" action game with steampunk-inspired world of endless desertification and corruption. Play as a butler-styled automaton. Track down the suspect that caused terrifying event to the family you serve. And protect the only survivor, 'lady' from upcoming dangers.
Why similar: Steampunk 48.9% ★, Action 37.8%, Retro 13.3%
- #22 Galactic Solo Command
51% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Robert FreelandPub: Robert Freeland Games
Windows
In Galactic Solo Command you experience the atmosphere of running a spaceship while trying to return home after the crew has mysteriously disappeared. It's a very dangerous trip, with every jump presenting a challenge with life or death decisions. Prepare your ship!
Why similar: Action 70.5%, Top-Down 17.1%, Shooter 12.4%
- #23 BAHAMIAN BEAT DOWN
50% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CyberFOX Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Bahamian Beat Down, a Beatemup style arcade game that takes place in The Bahamas. Take control of either Twin Dragon sibling and explore may true to life locations, items, and characters inspired by authentic Bahamian culture and history as defeat the criminal organization called The Bahama Pirates.
Why similar: Action 74.9%, Retro 25.1%
- #24 Rise of the Gunters
50% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Drifter EntertainmentPub: Vive Studios
Windows
Ready Player One: Rise of the Gunters
Why similar: Action 100%
- #25 Halo: Reach Mod Tools – MCC
54% matchVery Positive90% of 86 reviews2022
Dev: 343 Industries
Windows
Why similar: Action 100%
- #26 Chefcito Asesino
50% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Loquendero Dev
Windows
In this game, we embody an extremely angry rat that must defend itself from sewer monsters to survive. We have plenty of weapons available to achieve this.
Why similar: Action 54.2%, Retro 30.1%, Shooter 15.8%
- #27 Entities
50% matchMixed53% of 64 reviews2024
Dev: EY-Studio
Windows
Dive into horror in Entities. Solo or up to 4-player matches offer dynamic puzzles, relentless entities, and extraction shooter mechanics. Investigate, unlock paths, and survive in dangerous zones as a private operator. Master skill and terror. Are you ready to confront the unknown?
Why similar: Action 85%, Co-op 7.6%, Shooter 7.3%
- #28 Former Future
49% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Quinn MorrisonPub: FuturoVision
Windows
Vaporize evil robots and reclaim Saturn’s cities in this strategic shooter. The path you choose shapes the enemy's strength, the tools at your disposal, and the final stand you'll face. Overcome adaptive AI in solo or co-op play where distinct characters and synergistic abilities reward teamwork.
Why similar: Action 48.4%, Co-op 23.5%, Retro 20.1%, Shooter 8%
- #29 Super Thrustforce: Orbital Meat Police
49% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bearcat Games
Windows
Super Thrustforce: Orbital Meat Police is an old-school arcade game featuring gravity-based gameplay and lots of shooting.
Why similar: Action 69.3%, Retro 30.7%
- #30 Supermarket Simulator
43% matchVery Positive93% of 80,037 reviews2025
Dev: Nokta Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 33.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Run your own supermarket! Stock shelves, set your prices, take payments, hire staff, expand your store, handle shoplifters, and design your layout. Purchase goods from online or local markets around town, and personally deliver online orders to your customers.
Why similar: Co-op 100%
- #31 NaGongGan Infinite
53% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: BK dddDang
Windows
intuitive and fast play, Feel the primal action of a first-person 3D shooter Once again! Enjoy the Exciting bgm, strange story and play flow. follow the road. There are monster standing in your way, kill them all. And keep going. Check out the end of the road. What will be your destiny?
Why similar: Action 61.9%, Retro 38.1%
- #32 Crossfar
54% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: Kavosh OmidiPub: Crossfar League
Windows
In a dystopian cyberpunk future, drone pilots fight over glory and fame, like gladiators of space age, inside the sphere arena in the skies above. get ready to face battles unlike anything you have experienced before in this fast-paced PVP with hardcore team tactics!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #33 Dark Judgement
57% matchPositive88% of 24 reviews2020
Dev: Frankenstein StudioPub: Orbis Fabbri
Windows
Dark Judgment is a classic "me against the neighborhood" video game for your PC! If you enjoyed the beat 'em up of the 90s, surely you have a good time playing it.
Why similar: Action 64.8%, Classic 19.9% ★, Retro 15.3%
- #34 Halo 3 Mod Tools - MCC
54% matchVery Positive93% of 163 reviews2021
Dev: 343 Industries
Windows
Why similar: Action 100%
- #35 Space Junk
57% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Ned LangmanPub: Upside Down Games
Windows
Intense action, retro-styled visuals, a sizzling synth soundtrack and tons of cool Sci-Fi references, all rendered in vibrant, neon graphics. Get your trigger-finger ready, turn the lights down, the sound up, and blast your way through level after level of fast paced, Junk smashing action!
Why similar: Action 79.9%, Retro 14.8%, Shooter 5.4%
- #36 Super Cyborg
59% matchVery Positive86% of 831 reviews2015
Dev: Artur Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Super Cyborg is an old school non-stop hardcore run'n'gun action game! You are an elite battle cyborg who is sent in to investigate a series of anomalies on a mysterious island. The merciless alien known as the 'Xirxul life form' has been awakened by unwitting scientists and now: all humanity is in danger!
Why similar: Action 39.7%, Retro 35.3%, Co-op 15.4%, Shooter 9.6%
- #37 Bartlow's Dread Machine
54% matchVery Positive85% of 89 reviews2020
Dev: Beep Games, Inc.
Windows
An artifact from the past returns in Bartlow's Dread Machine, a game from the dawn of the Electric Age. Dread Machine is a dual stick arcade shooter with single player and couch co-op modes, six scintillating game worlds and a cast of improbable monsters and characters.
Why similar: Steampunk 33.4% ★, Action 26.2%, Co-op 18.3%, Retro 15.7%, Shooter 6.5%
- #38 Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Ghoul Patrol
54% matchMixed64% of 257 reviews2021
Dev: DotEmuPub: Disney
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Enjoy 16-bit console gaming with the cult classic Zombies Ate My Neighbors and its sequel, Ghoul Patrol!
Why similar: Retro 29.6%, Action 24.2%, Classic 18.9% ★, Co-op 17.3%, Shooter 10%
- #39 Yellow Ballman
54% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: HUNTERS
Windows
High Speed 2D Ball Action
Why similar: Action 68.6%, Retro 31.4%
- #40 MIGHTY GUNVOLT BURST
55% matchVery Positive89% of 228 reviews2019
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Enter a virtual world of cyber-landscapes and unravel the mystery behind its creation! "Mighty Gunvolt Burst" is a retro-style 2D side-scrolling action game with an authentic feel. Play as "Beck," "Gunvolt," or "Ekoro," and experience their new stories in this unique parallel universe.
Why similar: Action 62.6%, Retro 37.4%
- #41 Chico and the Magic Orchards DX
50% matchPositive98% of 44 reviews2022
Dev: Daikon Games, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Solve puzzles by rolling a giant walnut in this retro-handheld-inspired adventure. Explore a variety of levels each with unique mechanics. Help Chico build his winter stash and find his way home!
Why similar: Retro 45.2%, Action 43%, Top-Down 11.9%
- #42 Steel Empire
56% matchMostly Positive77% of 107 reviews2018
Dev: mebius.
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Steel Empire is a steam punk shoot'em up game featuring a frantic combat filled with powerful enemies and insane obstacles. Enjoy a beautiful world and retro game-play as you dodge and shoot your way through classical stages to fight the evil empire!
Why similar: Steampunk 37.1% ★, Action 28.5%, Classic 18.5% ★, Retro 15.9%
- #43 Monty Kong
54% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: HUNTERS
Windows
Ape fights poachers in a 2D action game.
Why similar: Action 65.6%, Retro 34.4%
- #44 Void of Heroes
54% matchMixed68% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: ORICO interactive
Windows
Mech battle royale and team deathmatch! New type of battle royale mode, built around a vertically rising death zone, instead of the common constricting circle!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #45 Crystal sword
53% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: HUNTERS
Windows
Fantasy dot-eating-action
Why similar: Action 65.6%, Retro 34.4%
- #46 Bone Appetit
53% matchVery Positive84% of 75 reviews2020
Dev: DXF Games
Windows
When the king declares that all food is now his, whatcha' gonna' do? Raise a skeleton slave to steal it back for you, of course!
Why similar: Action 78.9%, Retro 21.1%
- #47 POLYBIUS
54% matchVery Positive95% of 258 reviews2018
Dev: Llamasoft Ltd.
Windows
POLYBIUS is a fast, trippy tunnel shooter playable on a normal screen or in VR. 50 levels of blissful trance shooting action are set to a blistering soundtrack. The PS4 version was EDGE Magazine's VR GOTY in 2017, and the PC version of the game was even used as the basis for a NIN music video.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #48 Redneck Kentucky and the Next Generation Chickens
54% matchVery Positive96% of 125 reviews2019
Dev: City Interactive S.A.
Windows
Redneck Kentucky and the Next Generation Chickens will introduce into the world of cartoony humor and intense action, giving you an exceptional replayability factor. Players have a great array of weapons at their disposal, they can also collect eggs which are located on the maps and activate special bonuses.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #49 Bryce's Movement Engine¹
54% matchPositive84% of 45 reviews2020
Dev: Brilliance Games
Windows
Be prepared for a trip into yesteryear! Bryce's Movement Engine¹ is an MSDOS Ware meets Post-Trainwreck-era game set in the halcyon days of 1998! An all-new classic adventure, BME¹ is the ultimate tribute to a mega-cool era of awesome gaming!
Why similar: Action 80.3%, Retro 19.7%
- #50 Battle Bruise 2
54% matchPositive84% of 31 reviews2020
Dev: Zanardi and Liza
Windows
Back again, not messy, but MESS ITSELF!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #51 OMG: One Million Guns
53% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2020
Dev: Gotta Go StudiosPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
OMG: One Million Guns is a fast-paced, 2D, top-down, twin-stick shooter set in space, with LOTS of guns. Blast your way through waves of enemies with a multitude of weapons at your disposal. Full controller support included.
Why similar: Action 90.9%, Top-Down 9.1%
- #52 Cave Runner
51% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Pixel Wave
Windows
Ultimate High Speed Running Wire Action
Why similar: Action 60.1%, Retro 39.9%
- #53 Contra Anniversary Collection
53% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,419 reviews2019
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 37%
The Contra Anniversary Collection brings this classic Run and Gun franchise back to modern platforms and a new generation of gamers.
Why similar: Action 32.3%, Classic 29.7% ★, Retro 22.7%, Co-op 8.6%, Shooter 6.8%
- #54 Aftermoor
54% matchPositive92% of 39 reviews2019
Dev: Tristan Begin GamesPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Leap, roll, ride, fly, and fight your way through the world of Aftermoor as you explore this 2-hour long epic. After waking up dead, you must unravel a story of mystery and betrayal as you fight for the chance to return to your body.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #55 Major Mayhem
57% matchVery Positive84% of 304 reviews2014
Dev: Rocket Jump
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Arcade cover shooter inspired by Time Crisis, Metal Slug and 80's action heros! He's got an itchy trigger finger, some scratchy stubble, and a fondness for shooting dudes in the face. Run and gun your way through gorgeous 3D environments as you embark on a mission to rescue your kidnapped girlfriend from the Forces of Evil.
Why similar: Action 77.9%, Shooter 22.1%