- #1 Formicide
97% matchVery Positive82% of 322 reviews2017
Dev: Rock Wall Games, LLC
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Formicide is a fast-paced 2D online platformer with a lineup of versatile classes. Think Worms meets Team Fortress 2. Face off with teammates against enemies in destructible environments with the weapons and abilities at your disposal.
Why similar: Action 57.7%, Indie 42.3%
- #2 Seconds to Square
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 66 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 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #3 Abathor - Atlantis Landing
95% matchVery Positive88% of 199 reviews2023
Dev: Pow Pixel GamesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Play Abathor Atlantis Landing and relive the glory of arcades in this action platformer for up to 4 players.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #4 Bell Ringer
96% matchMostly Negative24% of 425 reviews2016
Dev: Night Node Software
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Bell Ringer is a fast paced arena PvP brawler with local and online multiplayer. Gather your friends and brace yourselves for some intense brawling! Choose between five unique characters with different weapons, special moves and styles.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #5 Unit 4
94% matchMixed48% of 63 reviews2017
Dev: Gamera Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Fast paced platforming action, cooperative gameplay up to 4 players, an elite squad of agents with amazing skills, space travels, exploration, unique missions, fancy characters, incredible fights with huge bosses, trade, minigames and much more!
Why similar: Action 57.7%, Indie 42.3%
- #6 Dynasty Feud
94% matchVery Positive83% of 104 reviews2017
Dev: Kaia Studios
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Dynasty Feud is a competitive, team-based, fast-paced platform brawler for 2-4 players. Play either local or online and show off your skills with 40 characters, one-hit kills, multiple fighting skills and a lot of style.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #7 Jamsouls
93% matchMixed53% of 59 reviews2014
Dev: Chromatic Dream
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Get ready for some crazy battles with your friends in the colorful arenas of Jamsouls! In the hope of bringing back the golden era of multiplayer classics, Jamsouls focuses on fast-paced and manic fun with simple and accessible gameplay.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #8 Square Brawl
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 187 reviews2015
Dev: landfall
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 34%
A fast and skill based party game where all of the focus lies in fun and engaging gameplay.
Why similar: Action 65.3%, Indie 34.7%
- #9 Pixel Fodder
91% matchMostly Positive80% of 160 reviews2015
Dev: WachaPub: wacha.ru
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Pixel Fodder is a old school platformer with a fully destructible world, a large choise of characters, incredible dynamics and gigaliters of 8-bit meat.
Why similar: Action 58%, Indie 42%
- #10 SLAYERS FOR HIRE
90% matchVery Positive89% of 133 reviews2020
Dev: Meta Games
Windows
SLAYERS FOR HIRE® is a free-to-play indie platform fighter with an emphasis on speed, precision, and creative characters. If you want something fresh to play with your friends, look no further. Playable online or locally with 2-16 players.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #11 HitBox
91% matchMixed60% of 151 reviews2017
Dev: Tyler RogersPub: Wormhole Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
HitBox is a fast paced, competitive multiplayer shooter. A minimalist and colorful style enables high frame rates and fluid gameplay. Play local or online multiplayer with up to 4 players in splitscreen!
Why similar: Action 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #12 Super Treasure Arena
89% matchMixed64% of 80 reviews2018
Dev: Vennril
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Super Treasure Arena is a frantic, retro-inspired arena shooter for up to 4 players, where collecting and stealing loot from your opponents is the key to victory.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #13 ChargeShot
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 97 reviews2015
Dev: Cowboy Color
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Shoot, reflect, and jetpack your way through ChargeShot -- a local-multiplayer, space-bounty-hunter, deathmatch game with a focus on fast-paced, twitch gameplay. Prove to your friends that you are the greatest warrior in the galaxy. No friends? No problem.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #14 A Few Quick Matches
82% matchVery Positive85% of 2,523 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Bidou
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
A FEW QUICK MATCHES is a fast-paced, 1-4 player platform fighter that lets you bring old-school stick battles to life! play with your friends locally, or challenge players online in this flash-inspired spectacle!
Why similar: Indie 53%, Action 47%
- #15 Aplowcalypse
87% matchMostly Positive76% of 67 reviews2016
Dev: Biodrone Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Snow Plows vs Aliens: 4 player, local co-op chaos
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #16 Dead6hot
88% matchMixed46% of 508 reviews2016
Dev: Chuck ProductionsPub: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Fast-paced shooting in a frantic atmosphere! Pick-up-and-play, like the good old days! Local multiplayer!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #17 Project Zero Deaths
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 524 reviews2019
Dev: UAB Detis
Windows · Mac · Linux
Project Zero Deaths is a hectic physics-based F2P online multiplayer platform shooter. Jump into frantic battles in dynamic maps, solo or with friends, to fight in varied wild game modes! Choose between different characters with unique skills and customize them and their weapons to your own playstyle!
Why similar: Action 74.5%, Indie 25.5%
- #18 SpeedRunners
84% matchVery Positive94% of 37,047 reviews2016
Dev: DoubleDutch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Cut-throat multiplayer running game that pits 4 players against each other, locally and/or online. Run, jump, swing around, and use devious weapons and pick-ups to knock opponents off-screen! One of the most competitive games you'll ever play.
Why similar: Action 51.9%, Indie 48.1%
- #19 BATTLECREW™ Space Pirates
86% matchMixed67% of 295 reviews2017
Dev: DONTNOD ELEVEN
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
BATTLECREW™ Space Pirates is a fast-paced competitive multiplayer shooter. Choose your hero, call a few friends and join in on the fun! Meet in battle in this 2vs2 to 4vs4 action platformer.
Why similar: Indie 53.9%, Action 46.1%
- #20 ANYKEY
85% matchVery Positive84% of 94 reviews2018
Dev: Sciman101
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 40.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
ANYKEY is a game for people with lots of friends and just one keyboard. Play with up to 60 simultaneous players in local multiplayer and see who can get the best score with just one button!
Why similar: Action 53.2%, Indie 46.8%
- #21 Bass Monkey
83% matchVery Positive92% of 84 reviews2022
Dev: Jacob Weersing
Windows
Bass Monkey is a free Hack and Slash arcade game. Up to 4 friends can compete (or co-operate!) in this short, low-stress, musical platformer. Collect bananas, smack away hamsters, and try to get on the high score leaderboards as you battle through a 5 song EP.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #22 Ninza
80% matchVery Positive96% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: Klakmioch
Windows
Ninza is a free multiplayer game like no other! Instead of directly attacking your opponents, you crush them by pushing pieces of the level. Embrace chaos and dive into an entirely new level of frenzied and creative gameplay, where the environment itself becomes both your weapon and your enemy.
Why similar: Action 57.5%, Indie 42.5%
- #23 DashFire
78% matchVery Positive86% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: Team DashFire
Windows
A fast-paced arena-style shooter with an emphasis on movement, collect various weapons, and other pickups to dominate the competition in a peer-to-peer 8-person free-for-all!
Why similar: Action 57.9%, Indie 42.1%
- #24 8Bit Fiesta - The Drinking Game
81% matchVery Positive92% of 661 reviews2016
Dev: Linus FredrikssonPub: Frozen Dev
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
8Bit Fiesta brings everything you need to the table with its action packed local multiplayer mayhem including a built in drinking game! Choose between a ton of characters and challenge your friends and prove yourself worthy the title "King of the Fiesta".
Why similar: Action 57.9%, Indie 42.1%
- #25 Super Sportmatchen
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 74 reviews2018
Dev: Kaj Forell Video Game BrandPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Super Sportmatchen is a fun and fantastical retro party sports game for up to four players!
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #26 Indie Pogo
81% matchVery Positive84% of 348 reviews2018
Dev: Lowe Bros. Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Indie Pogo is a platform brawler game for 2-4 players about bouncing, ricocheting, and pogoing your friends into oblivion! Gather your friends for 2-4 player local romps, or climb the online ladder in the bounciest of battles. Prepare yourself for a rompin' stompin' jumpin' good time!
Why similar: Action 52.1%, Indie 47.9%
- #27 X-MODE
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 124 reviews2025
Dev: xzippyzachxPub: zxGames
Windows
Free-to-play action packed multiplayer FPS featuring a variety of gamemodes. Perfect for quick casual games with friends.
Why similar: Action 51.9%, Indie 48.1%
- #28 Comet Crasher
79% matchVery Positive90% of 71 reviews2019
Dev: Mika Molenkamp
Windows
Soar, shoot and dodge - but don't stop moving. Fall down at breakneck speeds in this fast-paced platformer filled with chaos and explosions.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #29 Super Fancy Pants Adventure
77% matchVery Positive93% of 2,167 reviews2017
Dev: Borne GamesPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Super Fancy Pants Adventure is a wild free-running adventure with buttery smooth platforming and a slick fountain pen!
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #30 Fighties
79% matchVery Positive84% of 259 reviews2015
Dev: Pillow Pig Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fighties is a fast paced 2D platform fighter. Choose from a wide selection of Fighties each with their own unique play style. Beat down your opponents to become the strongest Fightie of them all.
Why similar: Action 57.4%, Indie 42.6%
- #31 The Showdown Effect: Reloaded
74% matchVery Positive86% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: GIII Holdings LLC
Windows
Experience fast-paced over-the-top multiplayer action in The Showdown Effect: Reloaded. Join players from around the world to engage in high-octane battles filled with bullets, explosions, and one-liners!
Why similar: Action 65.5%, Indie 34.5%
- #32 Multibombers
78% matchMixed70% of 115 reviews2018
Dev: Glorified Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Based off the hit game Bomberman initially developed in 1983, Multibombers takes the concept to an all-new perspective featuring a unique first-person mode with the inclusion of multiplayer for you and three other buddies to have a night of fun.
Why similar: Action 50.4%, Indie 49.6%
- #33 Crashphalt
76% matchVery Positive95% of 497 reviews2018
Dev: Cold Pressed Games
Windows
Pound your way to victory in this 4-player competitive platformer. Create massive shockwaves in the terrain to bounce your enemies off the stage while trying to avoid being sent flying yourself.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #34 Deadswitch Combat
71% matchVery Positive86% of 351 reviews2025
Dev: Wilkin Games
Windows
DEADSWITCH COMBAT is a fast-paced 2D multiplayer shooter. Experience action-packed combat with hundreds of weapons, vehicle combat, and plenty of team-based game modes.
Why similar: Action 75.2%, Indie 24.8%
- #35 Rico-Jump
75% matchVery Positive83% of 99 reviews2021
Dev: Christopher Juerges
Windows
A single-/multiplayer 3D-Platform "racer". Navigate skillfully through obstacle courses in a "just-one-additional-round"-manner to challange you friend's high-scores.
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #36 SUPER RECOILFIGHT
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 101 reviews2020
Dev: O. KayaPub: OKSoft
Windows
SUPER RECOILFIGHT is a one-button projectile brawler-shooter that recalls the fun of a coin-op arcade for up to 4 players on a single keyboard. Time your shots right to win against your friends, AI or both.
Why similar: Action 58.7%, Indie 41.3%
- #37 Fly Punch Boom: First Impact!
74% matchVery Positive90% of 570 reviews2020
Dev: Jollypunch Games
Windows
The DEMO for the WILDEST ANIME FIGHT, Fly Punch Boom! Fly super fast, smash your friends through skyscrapers and break the planet with one punch! Up to 4 players local & online. Now with workshop for INFINITE CHARACTERS!
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #38 Double Action: Boogaloo
73% matchVery Positive93% of 11,401 reviews2014
Dev: Double Action Factory
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Double Action is a free stylish multiplayer game about diving, flipping, and sliding your way into action movie mayhem.
Why similar: Action 77.8%, Indie 22.2%
- #39 Holodrive
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,233 reviews2021
Dev: BitCake StudioPub: Versus Evil
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A fast-paced multiplayer shooter where you customize your robot, zoom around with a jetpack, and battle with various weapons. Master the arenas, surprise your enemies, and enjoy the nonstop action!
Why similar: Action 52.5%, Indie 47.5%
- #40 Super Crate Box
73% matchVery Positive89% of 6,461 reviews2012
Dev: Vlambeer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 38.7 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Vlambeer's SUPER CRATE BOX is coming to bring back the glory of the golden arcade age, when all that really mattered was getting on that high score list. Grab your baseball cap and loosen your pants, it's time to fight endless hordes of enemies and collect every weapon crate you can.
Why similar: Action 53.3%, Indie 46.7%
- #41 Bomber Barn
73% matchMixed60% of 65 reviews2020
Dev: Late Leaf Games
Windows
Bomber Barn is a cute and competitive local multiplayer game, endless fun for all ages! Bomb your pals as an adorable animal with unique abilities, blasting through a variety of themed maps designed for tense battles.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #42 Unchained
65% matchVery Positive91% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: Double Time Studios
Windows · Mac
Unchained is a fast paced retro multiplayer first person shooter in which you can compete in different game modes and maps, using a large arsenal of unique and deadly weapons (And some cool powerups too) to defeat your enemies.
Why similar: Action 61.1%, Indie 38.9%
- #43 Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium
68% matchMixed68% of 1,178 reviews2022
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Play more of your favorite arcade hits from yesteryear. Includes SONSON for free!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #44 Super Plexis
70% matchMixed67% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: Medley Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Super Plexis is a cross-platform multiplayer action puzzler inspired by classic console puzzle games. Play online with up to 4 players in a variety of game modes.
Why similar: Action 80%, Indie 20%
- #45 Gnomeball
64% matchMostly Positive79% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Gnomeball is a fast-paced soccer game for 1-4 players, set in a charming miniature garden. Become a goal-scoring machine, pass like a maestro, and channel your inner Messi as you gracefully dribble past defenders!
Why similar: Action 52.7%, Indie 47.3%
- #46 Ball Grabbers
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 54 reviews2018
Dev: Part Time Monkey
Windows
Two-player Arcade mayhem in tight arenas - Toss the ball to your opponent's goal before they get the chance!
Why similar: Action 55.7%, Indie 44.3%
- #47 Bravery and Greed
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,021 reviews2022
Dev: Rekka GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Bravery and Greed is a beat 'em up, roguelite, dungeon brawler for up to four players. Choose from four classic fantasy classes, engage in a deep robust combat system, and play a variety of co-operative and competitive game modes with friends via local, online or both. Get rich, or die trying!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #48 Cash Cow DX
64% matchVery Positive96% of 84 reviews2024
Dev: pixel games SARL-S
Windows · Linux
Holy cow, it’s all about the moooney! Run, jump and slide in this udderly moo-velous adventure to reclaim your fortunes from those sneaky Pig Pockets. Tough as nails and no continues! Are you up for the challenge?
Why similar: Action 100%
- #49 Oh Trap!
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 78 reviews2018
Dev: Mint & Dough
Windows · Mac
Oh Trap! is a couch co-op game for 2 or 4 players. Steal the other team’s treasures! Place traps strategically to either help yourself or stop your opponents.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #50 Lance A Lot: Enhanced Edition
69% matchVery Positive98% of 83 reviews2017
Dev: Brimstone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Challenge your friends to a glorious duel of rocket jousting for up to four players! Settle rivalries and become the last knight standing in this fast-paced local multiplayer!
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #51 Ukrainian Ninja
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 783 reviews2014
Dev: Michael KissingerPub: Dragon Fire Games Inc
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Ukrainian Ninja is a multiplayer platformer game for Windows. The Ninja shoots and slashes, using weapons sold by the trader to clear each world.
Why similar: Action 50.5%, Indie 49.5%
- #52 Armadusa
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 61 reviews2019
Dev: WVV Games
Windows
100% free retro indie game with dungeons, treasures and online co-op!
Why similar: Action 52.6%, Indie 47.4%
- #53 Butsbal
70% matchMixed58% of 87 reviews2015
Dev: Xtase Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Fast Pace Shooter
Why similar: Action 58.5%, Indie 41.5%
- #54 Sheep Game
68% matchVery Positive81% of 57 reviews2018
Dev: David Lewis
Windows · Mac
Sheep Game is a couch based multiplayer game best played with two or more people. Go grab your friends and challenge them to some fast and frenzied sheep herding.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #55 AV-17
67% matchVery Positive80% of 76 reviews2018
Dev: WANZUNGDEV
Windows · Linux
AV-17 is a FREE 2D action platformer inspired by information technology and BUBBLE BOBBLE!!
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #56 Disc Jam
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,563 reviews2017
Dev: High Horse Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A fast-paced action-sports game that pits 2-4 players against each other in a frantic combination of air hockey and tennis. Players scramble to retrieve and throw a glowing disc while unleashing devastating abilities and defending their end zone.
Why similar: Action 63.1%, Indie 36.9%