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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Indie, Singleplayer, Atmospheric.

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Run with scissors and walk on walls in this award-winning local-multiplayer gravity battle arena game from the mind of a former Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare developer. Enter the pages of old books where you will find strange environments and a cabal of playable characters.

Reviews: Positive — 89% — of 28 reviews
Released: 2015-03-31
Developer: Dissident Logic
Genres: Action, Indie
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 7.5 hrs
Mean playtime: 7.2 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 96%

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    94% matchPositive84% of 44 reviews2015
    Dev: WickworksPub: Cheerful Ghost
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    Starship Rubicon is a modern take on the classic space shooter genre. It's a smart and challenging rogue-lite that features a unique control scheme, pixel art remixed with NASA photographs, and an existential crisis about who is REALLY the monster.

    Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%

  2. #2 ASCII Attack
    94% matchMostly Positive76% of 41 reviews2016
    Dev: Daisy Maze Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    A Cold War super computer has gone rogue and is printing launch codes for a first strike. There is only one way to prevent nuclear Armageddon; enter the dot matrix, collect the codes, and defeat the ASCII army. ASCII Attack is a retro style indie action title inspired by arcade games of yesteryear.

    Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%

  3. #3 Voxel Blast
    94% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2015
    Dev: Ceiba Software and Arts
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    Voxel Blast is a game where you control a spaceship traveling across complex 3D environments to fight enemies in cages set to trap them with you. Navigate as fast as you can through the level to reach the beacons or risk facing squads of enemies already waiting for you; then use your weapons and evasive maneuvers to take them down in...

    Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%

  4. #4 GunWorld
    94% matchMostly Negative31% of 72 reviews2015
    Dev: m07games
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Plant seeds to grow guns in a challenging retro platformer.

    Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%

  5. #5 Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
    50% matchVery Positive87% of 46,465 reviews2025
    Dev: Funday GamesPub: Ghost Ship Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    DEEP ROCK GALACTIC: SURVIVOR is a single player survivor-like auto-shooter. Take on hordes of lethal aliens, mine riches, and unlock powerful upgrades to survive, as you wield the full arsenal of Deep Rock Galactic. It's one dwarf against all of Planet Hoxxes!

    Why similar: Action 100%

  6. #6 Hogwarts Legacy
    50% matchVery Positive90% of 363,041 reviews2023
    Dev: Avalanche SoftwarePub: Warner Bros. Games
    Windows
    Median: 26.5 hrsMean: 43.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG. Now you can take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding world.

    Why similar: Action 100%

  7. #7 Vampire Survivors
    50% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 260,630 reviews2022
    Dev: poncle
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 19.1 hrsMean: 39.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    Why similar: Indie 55.1%, Action 44.9%

  8. #8 1953: NATO vs Warsaw Pact
    50% matchMixed48% of 179 reviews2025
    Dev: Wastelands InteractivePub: Conglomerate 5
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%

    Cold War turns hot in 1953: massive hex strategy with nukes, supply, and sabotage.

  9. #9 Age of Survival
    50% matchVery Negative12% of 245 reviews2025
    Dev: Silky Sullivan
    Windows
    Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    Age of Survival is survival simulation crafting game from Silky Sullivan. Your player has been stranded on an island not far off of the coast of Africa where you will encounter many creatures, and players alike.

    Why similar: Action 55.1%, Indie 44.9%

  10. #10 Assassin's Creed Valhalla
    50% matchMixed70% of 41,005 reviews2022
    Dev: Ubisoft MontrealPub: Ubisoft
    Windows
    Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 50.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is an action-adventure game in which you are a Viking warrior raised on tales of battle and glory. Explore a dynamic open world set in England’s Dark Ages. Raid your enemies and grow your settlement to earn your place among the gods in Valhalla.

    Why similar: Action 100%

  11. #11 Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
    50% matchMostly Positive72% of 97,166 reviews2022
    Dev: KONAMI
    Windows
    Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 91.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL is the ultimate free-to-play cross-platform strategy card game with fast-paced Duels, stunning HD graphics and a new, dynamic soundtrack! Get ready to challenge Duelists around the world!

  12. #12 Bitardia
    51% matchVery Positive88% of 833 reviews2021
    Dev: varlamov5264
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    In Bitardia you will experience all the rules of the Internet in action, and venture on a journey in the spirit of classic low-budget shooters, making your way through the obstacles of the fantastic world of an imageboard.

    Why similar: Action 59.3%, Indie 40.7%

  13. #13 Arctico
    50% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,416 reviews2022
    Dev: Claudio Norori
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    Explore Arctico with your dog sled, kayak, and up to 3 friends! Build and customize your base camp, gather resources and samples, set up labs, and take good care of your dogs in this peaceful island.

    Why similar: Indie 100%

  14. #14 People Playground
    50% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 307,981 reviews2019
    Dev: mestiezPub: Studio Minus
    Windows
    Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 53.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    Why similar: Action 55.3%, Indie 44.7%

  15. #15 Fallout 76
    50% matchMostly Positive72% of 137,303 reviews2020
    Dev: Bethesda Game StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
    Windows
    Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 113.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Bethesda Game Studios welcome you to Fallout 76. Twenty-five years after the bombs fall, you and your fellow Vault Dwellers emerge into post-nuclear America. Explore a vast wasteland in this open-world multiplayer addition to the Fallout story.

  16. #16 Life is Hard
    50% matchMixed62% of 558 reviews2021
    Dev: Pirozhok Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Life is Hard is a godsim town simulator game developed by a two-man-team. Your main aim here is to manage your town. Expand your domain, prevent famine, make war, trade with others, attract new people. Make history!

    Why similar: Indie 100%

  17. #17 HVRGUN
    42% matchMixed59% of 17 reviews2024
    Dev: Jonathan Bartram
    Windows

    Welcome to HVRGUN, the worlds best Assault Pilot Training program. Where you'll be placed directly into a virtual battlefield and test your ability to dodge, shoot, and destroy an endless onslaught of enemies!

    Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%

  18. #18 Cecconoid
    51% matchMostly Positive79% of 28 reviews2019
    Dev: Triple Eh? Ltd
    Windows · Linux

    Cecconoid is an 8-bit inspired, flick-screen, twin-stick-shooter, set in an alternate dimension where the pixels are still chunky, and the bad guys are black and white. Except for their red dangly bits...

    Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%

  19. #19 Bomber Bother
    50% matchVery Positive87% of 69 reviews2019
    Dev: Dare Looks
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Fight back against thieving Greyman Grifterham and his horde of beavery bullies and experience the thrill (and frustration) of herding low-poly beavers into a bottomless pit, retro-style!

    Why similar: Action 54.8%, Indie 45.2%

  20. #20 Spellsworn
    51% matchVery Positive89% of 1,495 reviews2018
    Dev: Frogsong Studios
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Enter a world of magic and battle, where your wits and reflexes will be pushed to their limits! Choose your spells, enter the ever-changing arena and prepare to obliterate all who stand in your way!

    Why similar: Action 56.6%, Indie 43.4%

  21. #21 The Elder Scrolls® Online
    50% matchVery Positive81% of 158,933 reviews2017
    Dev: ZeniMax Online StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 17.8 hrsMean: 175.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Every legend starts somewhere and in The Elder Scrolls Online, it starts with you. Join millions of players in an online, fantasy RPG set in a vast living Elder Scrolls world.

    Why similar: Action 100%

  22. #22 Blood Scrolls
    51% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
    Dev: Adrien E. BrownPub: Sirbrownie_Games
    Windows

    Eleven Fighters, Ten Blood Scrolls, and one throne at victory! Battle for your chance to become the new Sun God or the universe!

    Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%

  23. #23 leapoid
    42% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Topher Anselmo
    Windows

    Leap, fall, and perish — over and over again. Only the most seasoned platforming veterans will overcome the trials that leapoid has to offer.

    Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%

  24. #24 Tech Clash
    42% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Interstellar PunksPub: ESAT
    Windows

    In the far future huge companies compete for the control of the technological market, in this mayhem the CEOs of the biggest companies reunite and decide to fight it off in a tournament! Each company will provide a champion in what would be the fight of the century!

    Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%

  25. #25 Kyber Knights
    42% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Portaalin Pojat Oy
    Windows

    A multiplayer VR game by an Arcade for Arcades. Kyber Knights is a fun and easy multiplayer game developed exclusively for VR Arcades. Simple controls and an easy to control Operator View make this fast paced shooter a great choice for Arcades. CURRENTLY ONLY IN LAN.

    Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%

  26. #26 Ascend
    42% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Team Newspaper Hats
    Windows

    Ascend is a first-person VR Arena Shooter where you rise to greatness in a crucible of visceral and kinetic combat. Rise above your enemies by engaging in intense aerial warfare and leverage the power of VR with our unique lean motion flight system.

    Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%

  27. #27 Onslaught VR
    42% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: MindWalker Games
    Windows

    Jump into the fray with Onslaught VR! Armed with multiple gun types, devastating AOE attacks, and aerial capabilities, you'll face off against multiple enemies and powerful commanders. Good luck, soldier... you'll need it.

    Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%

  28. #28 BeeBeeQ
    42% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Popup Asylum
    Windows

    BeeBeeQ is an asymmetric local multiplayer game where one VR player controls a Chef while up to four xbox controller players control Bees. Armed with a spatula and a fly swat the VR chef player has to try cook while the bees steal food, sting and generally harass him.

    Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%

  29. #29 Saint George | The Tree Of Secrets
    42% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Obscure Cloud
    Windows

    Embark on a new breed of medieval-fantasy arcade plaformer and explore extensive worlds packed with loots, creatures and humongous boss

    Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%

  30. #30 Mischief On Main Street
    42% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Quantum Games
    Windows

    Lie and bluff your way to victory in this online multiplayer VR game inspired by the likes of Mafia and Trouble in Terrorist Town!

    Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%

  31. #31 STARCATCHER
    42% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: John PlewePub: Nevercenter
    Windows · Mac

    STARCATCHER is an experimental wave-based arcade game, currently in development. It's simple, unique, and intensely hard. Protect the heart!

    Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%

  32. #32 Still Dark At Dawn
    42% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Heavy Kick Games
    Windows

    Built from the ground up for VR, Still Dark At Dawn's highly immersive gameplay will test your grit and ability to trust all of your senses, in a hope survive The Dawn.

    Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%

  33. #33 GRAY GROFA
    42% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: TPM.CO SOFT WORKS
    Windows

    GRAY GROFA is an unparalleled side-scrolling shooter puzzle game developed for the 8-bit MSX computer. 2 years have been spent hand-tuning the game's visuals, movements and puzzles in a tireless pursuit for aesthetic perfection.

    Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%

  34. #34 The Pit
    42% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Zero KnowledgePub: Zero Knwoledge
    Windows

    The Pit is a platform game with touches of action and puzzles, which will force you to understand and know how to use all the skills you have.

    Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%

  35. #35 BEAT.R.
    42% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: ae.studio
    Windows

    3D blocks exploding everywhere while colors and sounds delight you in every way. This infinite runner is sure to grab your attention for at least 30 seconds.

    Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%

  36. #36 DECEIVER
    42% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Helvetica Scenario
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Launch your spider drone at walls, ceilings, and enemy heads in this indie multiplayer shooter where "move" and "attack" are synonymous.

    Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%

  37. #37 Shipbreakers
    42% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Black Land Studio
    Windows

    Tear apart the seven seas in this fast paced arcade shooter and cover the abyss with the wrecks of your enemies. Hire vicious sea wolfs as your crew members and board other ships to unlock crazy weapons and become the fiercest pirate of this little planet.

    Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%

  38. #38 ARIS
    42% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: TBM StudiosPub: Lit Network
    Windows

    Strategically clear your way of enemies to gather points, salvage killed enemies for extra points, all while avoiding and engaging in combat with other different types of enemies. Added effects and game mechanics make for challenging gameplay in a fast paced environment.

    Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%

  39. #39 XENOCAVE
    42% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: BLUE LED
    Windows

    XENOCAVE is a retro-styled, scrolling platformer that elevates the genre with a unique fusion of ability and fine-tuned mechanics inspired by the classics. Specifically, imagine an amalgam of Mario's fluid controls, the double-jump and rapid-fire of Ghosts 'n Goblins, and the themes of Crystal Caves.

    Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%

  40. #40 Rubicon Approach
    42% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Carbon Fiber Games
    Windows

    Rubicon Approach is a fast paced zero gravity shooter with a unique free movement system. Engage an enemy team in high speed, adrenaline fueled action across multiple maps.

    Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%

  41. #41 Jolly Riot
    42% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Victorian Clambake
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A rip-roaring fighting game featuring a hardy crew of swashbucklers!

    Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%

  42. #42 The Executioner: Prologue
    42% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: LS
    Windows

    The Executioner: Prologue is a hardcore two-dimensional action platformer. The game serves as an introductory part of an epic story which narrates about an executioner’s adventures in hell. After the sudden and mysterious death you find yourself in hell. Try to escape from the world of the dead back into the normal world.

    Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%

  43. #43 United Force of Osiris
    42% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Ragehog Studios
    Windows

    U.F.OThis is a space shooter.

    Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%

  44. #44 Brutal MooD
    42% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Quad Damage Games
    Windows

    Brutal MooD™ — is a fast-paced top-down bloody shooter that features classic elements of games from nineties.

    Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%

  45. #45 S#arp Shooter
    42% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Complex Infinity
    Windows

    Guns fire and enemies attack based on music you choose from your library in S#arp Shooter - a VR game where you are dropped into an action movie scene and must stylishly shoot your way out!

    Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%

  46. #46 Ghostball
    42% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Room of Snakes
    Windows

    You never know what skills can help you in your adventures. This time you should master your kicking talent! Kick the magic ball and clear the world from evil spirits.

    Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%

  47. #47 Rest in Jelly
    42% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Little Miracles Games
    Windows

    Welcome to “Rest in Jelly”, a videogame that will test your platforming ability and precision in ways that will drive you crazy. Control Jack the Devil in his adventure to terminate the fearful jelly rebellion. All you will need is just a button… plus an almost non-human accuracy and nerves of steel.

    Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%

  48. #48 Dead by Daylight
    50% matchMostly Positive79% of 886,824 reviews2016
    Dev: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 34.3 hrsMean: 354.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Trapped forever in a realm of eldritch evil where even death is not an escape, four determined Survivors face a bloodthirsty Killer in a vicious game of nerve and wits. Pick a side and step into a world of tension and terror with horror gaming's best asymmetrical multiplayer.

    Why similar: Action 100%

  49. #49 El Taco Diablo
    51% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2019
    Dev: Manne Cederskoog
    Windows

    Hardcore Competitive Stand-still Arena FPS. It’s all about your accuracy and speed, there is no hand-holding. Compete on a global leaderboard and earn the #1 spot by killing endless waves of demonic Tacos and UFO’s. Discover a game that looks simple on the surface but hides a surprising amount of depth.

    Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%

  50. #50 Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
    50% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,852 reviews2016
    Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 33.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Jabberwock Island—You and your classmates were ready for fun in the sun until Monokuma returned to restart his murderous game! Trapped in a kill-or-be-killed situation, your only hope rests in solving the island’s mysteries.

  51. #51 UBERMOSH Vol.5
    50% matchVery Positive94% of 1,261 reviews2017
    Dev: Walter Machado
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    The fifth volume of the arcade series UBERMOSH.

    Why similar: Action 54.7%, Indie 45.3%

  52. #52 Nowhere Station
    49% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2019
    Dev: Other Side Worlds
    Windows

    Crazy Rogue-like top-down shooter with innovative movement mechanic, insane robo-cults, and lots of bullets to ensure your destruction before you grow a big bad robot!

    Why similar: Action 54.8%, Indie 45.2%

  53. #53 Hook
    50% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,911 reviews2015
    Dev: Maciej Targoni
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    HOOK is a short minimal, puzzle game.

    Why similar: Indie 100%

  54. #54 UBERMOSH:WRAITH
    50% matchVery Positive92% of 1,168 reviews2017
    Dev: Walter Machado
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    UBERMOSH:WRAITH is the fourth volume of the arcade series UBERMOSH.

    Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%

  55. #55 Armed with Wings: Rearmed
    50% matchVery Positive88% of 530 reviews2017
    Dev: Sun-Studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    You are the sword; cut down your foes with steel and thunder. You are the wings; explore the skies and uncover unreachable mysteries. Embark on a journey through a vicious world ruled by darkness and imperial tyranny - the lands of Blackmist.

    Why similar: Action 56.8%, Indie 43.2%

  56. #56 Poi
    50% matchVery Positive91% of 741 reviews2017
    Dev: PolyKid
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Poi is a 3D platformer featuring two kids on a grand adventure to unravel the mysteries of the Milky Way Globe. Explore uncharted lands, compete in challenge levels, meet quirky characters and defeat comical creatures on a journey to become a Master Explorer.

    Why similar: Action 53.8%, Indie 46.2%

  57. #57 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
    50% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,197 reviews2015
    Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.

    Why similar: Indie 100%

  58. #58 Polyball
    51% matchMixed69% of 1,221 reviews2017
    Dev: Studio Monolith
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 30 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 44%

    Get ready to enter a new era of physics platforming. Polyball is a classic ball rolling game in the vein of Super Monkey Ball, Marble Madness, and Marble Blast - while taking cues from games such as the Sonic series, Trackmania, and Mario Kart.

    Why similar: Action 54.8%, Indie 45.2%

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