- #1 Respawn Man
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 46 reviews2015
Dev: Evan (Solidplasma) PeiperlPub: Solidplasma Studios LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
What kills you makes you stronger! Use your extra lives to solve puzzles in this delightfully morbid puzzle platformer with a soundtrack by VVVVVV's composer, Souleye!
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #2 Dawn of the Plow
96% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2015
Dev: Dan FitzGerald
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
You are the new plow on the block, and today is your day. How many cars can you shepherd home before achieving grounds for termination?
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #3 ASCII Attack
95% matchMostly Positive76% of 41 reviews2016
Dev: Daisy Maze Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.4 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 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #4 Paperbound
94% matchPositive86% of 29 reviews2015
Dev: Dissident Logic
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #5 Operation KREEP
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2016
Dev: Magic Item Tech
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
An extraterrestrial organism threatens deep space exploration missions! Only trained personnel working as a team can eliminate these infestations. But, the corporation financing the space endeavor has a private mail for you: Cold hard cash for the alien alive! Which side will you choose?
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #6 Fist's Elimination Tower
93% matchPositive93% of 42 reviews2017
Dev: Impostor Cat Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A 2D platformer in which you play as randomly generated contestants that have to bounce their way to the top of an obstacle course full of robots, electric currents, explosives, and fists.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #7 Get Over Here
92% matchMixed49% of 41 reviews2015
Dev: Reload Games StudioPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
GET OVER HERE is a fast paced battle arena game! Choose one of the 12 over the top characters and get ready to PULL and FINISH all your enemies!! No one to play locally? Go online and try to beat the best players worldwide!
Why similar: Action 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #8 Ride the Bullet
91% matchMixed55% of 20 reviews2015
Dev: Jordan Sendar
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a gun for hire with nothing to your name but your rifle and a single bullet. You have a special gift. You can control this bullet. Your objectives: take jobs, kill, build your reputation, and work your way up the crime ladder.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #9 Cliff Hanger
91% matchMixed45% of 11 reviews2016
Dev: syuuyuusya
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The backgrounds up the tempo and players are well equipped with a plethora of attacks! Test your mettle against a horde of enemies! Difficulty settings are available to adjust the game for both players that are new to action games and players that want a challenge.
Why similar: Action 58%, Indie 42%
- #10 Starship Rubicon
90% 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 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #11 Shooting over it : to be a star
89% match8 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2018
Dev: Megaton
Windows
Shooting over it: to be a star draws the adventure of a starfish that wants to be a star. When you swim along the cave in the deep sea, you will encounter things you have never seen before. Follow the starfish friends who help you out of the deep sea Could a cute starfish be a star?
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #12 Claw Breaker
87% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Team Klaw
Windows · Mac · Linux
Claw Breaker is an epic party fighting game full of scoops, snips, and salt. Beware, shouting and excitement may occur in this ultimate two-player claw-down of action-packed slashing and melee attacks.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #13 Balloon Fighter
89% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: Quizony.com
Windows
Fly into the air and win balloon duels. You are hunting for wily chickens. Try to pierce their balloons, but do not let them break yours.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #14 Waveform Wipeout
82% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Charcoal City GamesPub: Brinkbit, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Waveform Wipeout combines the fast paced action of pulling off a sick combo of tricks with the novelty of rhythm games. The levels are generated based on the song you pick, so the possibilities are endless.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #15 DWVR
86% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2017
Dev: Mad Triangles
Windows
Feel like an action hero while switching seamlessly between an arsenal of guns, swords and spells. Your VR controller becomes an extension of your arm as you blast the hordes of enemies.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #16 StickyBots
85% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2018
Dev: Potion Games
Windows · Mac
This frantic platform shooter is all about momentum, transformation and sticking to the ceiling. Test your metal with online competition and a complete single player campaign. Launch your fist and swap characters mid fight in this first of its kind platformer!
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #17 Still Dark At Dawn
80% 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 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #18 VS Round 1
86% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Radi LewisPub: OpenWorldComics
Windows
Versus is a fighting game starring comic book characters from Independent publishers/creators. The game is 2d with 3d models featuring specials, parrys and team-ups. You can build a team or run solo but you must make your way through 12 levels beating each character on each team until their health bar reaches 0.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #19 BackSlash
84% matchPositive83% of 23 reviews2017
Dev: Skeleton Crew Studio
Windows · Mac
BackSlash is a spell casting brawler featuring style-mixing, arena destruction, and accelerating duels. Combine two styles to plunge into a dance of destruction through flying blades, bone breaking punches and devastating spells.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #20 Core Rescue
84% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Hot Zombies Games
Windows
Following in the footsteps of the bullet hell games of the classic consoles and arcade systems comes Core Rescue. A Fast Paced Bullet Hell with beautiful pixel graphics and intuitive movement options, Core Rescue is a competitive experience that'll be pushing you to be #1 on the leaderboards.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #21 Ascend
75% 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 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #22 MONOWARS: Red Zone
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Conquesoft
Windows
Warp into battle against massive monochrome networks controlled by the CrimsonSync AI group. Upgrade your tank and your army as the enemy adapts against your one conquestive mission; eliminating all of them.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #23 Duck's Inferno
81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: GROm Games
Windows · Mac
Duck’s Inferno is a fun and challenging Action/Runner game. Fly through the nine circles of Dante’s Hell! Improve your hand agility dodging fatal blows and slashing demon hordes. Grab awesome prizes and win the epic battle against Evil!
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #24 8bit Arena
81% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: CouchCompetitive
Windows
Invite and battle your friends in this retro style local multiplayer action game. Choose your character, each with a unique skillset of 4 abilities, and compete in different arenas. Enhance your skill with full controller support and a direct competitive gameplay!
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #25 Banshee Force
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Sapphire Software Inc
Windows
Banshee Force is a virtual reality game where you command the legendary Banshee Force Weapons Platform. Standing in the middle of a planetary battle you use the weapons platform to stop the invaders and build a defense that can outlast the enemy.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #26 Break Stuff With Coins
78% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2018
Dev: MKJ Interactive
Windows
Ever wanted to just let loose and Break stuff? Break Stuff with Coins lets you do just that. Toss coins at stuff, and break or manipulate it, all in a wacky physics world. Unlock new coins, each with unique bonuses or destructive effects that will definitely spice up your playstyle.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #27 Pixel Gear
79% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2017
Dev: Geronimo Interactive
Windows
Pixel Gear is a pixel style VR shoot-em-up game with a variety of humorous cartoon monsters and ghosts as enemies.The multiplayer mode is great fun to play with your friends.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #28 SPACE HUNT
78% matchMixed47% of 19 reviews2018
Dev: EncoderX
Windows
Fight off waves of zombies in the new co-op shooter!
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #29 The Technician
76% matchPositive88% of 24 reviews2018
Dev: Dumb Game Company
Windows
The Technician is a VR action puzzle game about hacking your way through security systems. Usually while being shot at.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #30 BATTER BURST
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: TEAM_ETS
Windows
This game is a scroll action of continuous explosion drawn with pixel art. Let's blow it all away.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #31 Don't Get Hit In The Face
76% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: DracoSoftware, LLC
Windows
Don't Get Hit In The face is a movement-based active virtual reality game. Do whatever you need to do... duck, weave, dodge and crawl... just don't get hit in the face!
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #32 Galak Zed
74% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2019
Dev: AnonymousPub: Anon Studios
Windows
An action packed retro space shooter.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #33 Saint George | The Tree Of Secrets
67% 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 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #34 Wintercearig
73% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2019
Dev: SynAtria Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A bullet hell runner game about trying to find happiness from your friends, family, and most importantly yourself.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #35 GRAY GROFA
66% 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 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #36 15 seconds
75% matchMixed46% of 24 reviews2018
Dev: Studio48
Windows
15 Seconds is a 2d arcade in which you have to move forward, take down obstacles, avoid shots in the search for an exit, but remember that your time is limited. in no case do not touch anything, otherwise you will have to start all over again.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #37 STARCATCHER
65% 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 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #38 Maddening Euphoria
72% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2017
Dev: Chequered Ink Ltd.
Windows
A unique, challenging, unnecessarily colourful arcade game with randomly generated circular level design and a wall of death.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #39 Last Shark Standing
68% matchPositive96% of 47 reviews2019
Dev: Shark Fin Games
Windows
Last Shark Standing is a couch-play party game where you use your superior fishing skills to throw your friends out of the arena.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #40 The Plague
73% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Nalu Zou
Windows
Prepare to fight alone against a horde of zombies from the graveyard to the streets in this suspenseful and horrifying zombie shooter, The Plague.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #41 Silentium 2D
71% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2018
Pub: Frentwick Indie
Windows
Silentium 2D is a fun, classy, arcade based game which puts you and a friend in a 1v1 arena. Inspired by various arcade games, Silentium 2D was a hobby project designed to let younger audiences get their hands on a keyboard and quickly learn the intuitive controls.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #42 VHSoverdose
73% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2016
Dev: CallThePolices
Windows
VHSoverdose is an unrelenting assault of outlandish action, served up with thick juicy slice of anatomical annihilation! Set inside of the confides of a simple 80's Arcade Machine... Or is it?
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #43 R.A.T.S. (Regulatory Astro-Topographical Stabilizer)
71% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2017
Dev: Mark Miller StudiosPub: I.E.D. Studios
Windows
R.A.T.S. is a fast-paced 3D arcade shooter where the battlefield is anything but stable! Pilot a ship on the surface of a star that is on the verge of going supernova while defending against swarms of enemies in this stellar shooter!
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #44 Space Ghost Pirate Zombie Slayer
72% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2016
Dev: Brandon Brizzi
Windows
Is there intelligent life in the universe? Of course not, it's filled with Zombies! Sensing the opportunity for plunder, the Ghost Pirates have taken to the stars on their ethereal ships. Now it is up to YOU to take command of the Space Ghost Pirate Zombie Slayer fleet and lead them against the Zombie menace!
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #45 BlockDoc
74% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: Snowdrop Lab
Windows
Block dock is a simple fighting type block breaking game. Let's destroy the enemy's block with items. Have fun at cheap prices
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #46 StreetCraft
71% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2016
Dev: Lambda
Windows · Mac
StreetCraft is an online shooting game for fun. We are trying to provide funny and hilarious battle experiences for shooting game players. Just do it!
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #47 XENOCAVE
60% 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 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #48 BeeBeeQ
60% 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 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #49 Break The Food Chain
70% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: TEHO GamesPub: Caffeine Overdose
Windows
Break The Food Chain is an arcade game about cute little animals shooting at each other in the face like there is no tomorrow.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #50 One minute of death
68% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Krzysztof Konopka
Windows
O.M.O.D. is pretty difficult platform game.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #51 Seconds to Square
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 67 reviews2017
Dev: Fast Fall Studios
Windows · Mac
Seconds to Square is a momentum-based action-platformer where players draw boxes to manipulate time.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #52 The Executioner: Prologue
59% 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 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #53 Anark.io
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Pinpin TeamPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Anark.io is a twin stick shooter taking place in the 80's
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #54 The War of the Worlds: Andromeda
67% matchMostly Negative30% of 20 reviews2018
Pub: Mediamas Europa
Windows · Linux
The world is over, get up and start the battle of revenge! With the first-person shooter of The War of the Worlds: Andromeda, load your weapons and lead your team to fight through swarms of fierce aliens. Turn the battle around through 14 epic levels of brutal combat, based on the world of H.G. Wells.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #55 Fleeting Ages
70% matchMostly Negative29% of 31 reviews2016
Dev: R&G Software
Windows
Fleeting Ages is an open world game with strong survival elements and with a constantly changing world and ages. The game features a huge open island and seven time periods that change as the player progresses.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%