- #1 Drift Into Eternity
80% 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 30.8%, Action 29.1%, Indie 21.8%, Survival 18.2%
- #2 Dimmed Light
62% matchPositive83% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: PixelGusePub: Derevo Games
Windows
You are an experienced urbex, who has set sights on another abandoned factory. But, having prepared for the hunt for adventures, you could not even think that they would be hunting you! What happened here?! The mystery will only be revealed by the light of the flashlight...
Why similar: Adventure 30.5%, Action 28.9%, Indie 21.6%, Survival Horror 19.1%
- #3 Relivium
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IntelliPIX
Windows
Relivium is a survival horror game set in a mysterious military archipelago plagued with soldiers infected by a once dormant aquatic parasite, and a haunting, mysterious presence... Set after the events of WW2, explore, manage your resources, and survive.
Why similar: Adventure 31.6%, Action 30.7%, Indie 22.4%, Survival Horror 15.3%
- #4 Einn
72% match7 user reviews14% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Crazy Magnet Studios
Windows
Separated from your raiding party you are a lone viking stranded in a strange new world. Use the environment to craft tools and weapons. Gather resources to build shelters. Hunt and be hunted by the local life. Will you let this new world claim you? Don't just survive. Thrive!
Why similar: Survival 27.9%, Adventure 26.3%, Action 26.2%, Indie 19.6%
- #5 Ashes
73% matchMixed63% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: FurGoldGames
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Chaos and devastation devoured the last sparkles of life. Surviving is the main task.
Why similar: Adventure 29%, Action 28.4%, Survival 21.4%, Indie 21.2%
- #6 Rainy Night
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Diamond Dogs
Windows
Rainy night is a Survival Horror game with resource management, sparse ammo and puzzle solving.
Why similar: Adventure 32.9%, Action 31.1%, Indie 23.3%, Survival Horror 12.7%
- #7 Mech Anarchy
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 20 reviews2016
Dev: Trevor Madge
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Mech Anarchy is an action packed, fast-paced top down shooter created by intense gamers, for intense gamers. Arcade style shooting with near limitless customization makes no two battles alike.
Why similar: Action 58.3%, Indie 41.7%
- #8 BoX -containment-
72% match9 user reviews90% of 10 reviews2016
Dev: Memorazer Production
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Kind of the hardest game you will ever play. Help the small box "Boredox" out of a mysterious prison. Resolve head-scratching puzzles, overcome traps and sneak past the heartless opponents.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #9 Chowderchu
72% matchMixed59% of 58 reviews2016
Dev: Ryan Jensen
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Made for Wizards, by Wizards. Chowderchu tells the tale of how two unlikely 'zard-buddies join forces to overcome great obstacles. A challenging game with a unique play-style involving the mouse and keyboard. Creative problem-solving is essential and there are different ways of approaching each level.
Why similar: Action 49.2%, Adventure 22.4%, Indie 15.9%, Difficult 12.5%
- #10 Univers
59% 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 35.6%, Action 33.7%, Indie 25.2%, Survival 5.5%
- #11 Best Friend
64% matchMixed63% of 32 reviews2020
Dev: Rachata SuksereekulPub: Good Monkey
Windows
"Best Friend" is a 3D horror game. Escape and survive from your beloved doll named David after you don't have time to play with him. Follow the advice that David has told you, survive, and remember that you must never turn your back on David!
Why similar: Adventure 32.6%, Action 30.9%, Indie 23.1%, Survival Horror 13.4%
- #12 Woodlands
70% matchMostly Negative29% of 295 reviews2017
Dev: Acuze Interactives
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Survive. Build shelter. Build a fire. Scavenge and kill for materials. Craft. Eat and drink. Do what you need to do to survive.
Why similar: Survival 23.9%, Indie 20.8%, Adventure 19.6%, Action 18.5%, Survival Horror 17.2%
- #13 Ares Omega
68% matchMixed58% of 24 reviews2016
Dev: Selenion Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Ares Omega is a top-down rogue-lite shooter. You play as a soldier fighting against a robot rebellion on Mars. Explore procedurally generated levels, upgrade 45 skills across 3 skill trees, and find over 50 different weapons to help you destroy the robot leaders.
Why similar: Action 61.2%, Indie 38.8%
- #14 Toxic Terror
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 18 reviews2016
Dev: Fascimania
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
You're trapped deep within the toxic sewers. It's a dangerous place and you have to think quickly in order to survive. Grab all of the keys in a level to open the door to freedom... or at least the next level.
Why similar: Adventure 37.7%, Action 35.6%, Indie 26.7%
- #15 ABO MANDO
69% matchMostly Negative33% of 87 reviews2015
Dev: UNDEADPub: Andrés Calva
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Have fun accompanying the young from the beyond to the future but first you have to fight with mythical entities of Mexican horror.A really hardcore game for the new gamers. Take the challenge!ABO MANDO: A MEXICAN HORROR 8-BIT ADVENTURE!An instant classic!
Why similar: Action 44.2%, Adventure 31.8%, Indie 24%
- #16 CounterAttack: Uprising
60% matchVery Positive91% of 344 reviews2019
Dev: Relative GamesPub: Relative Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
CounterAttack: Uprising is a side scrolling space shooter (shmup). Team up or fight solo, 1 - 4 player local or up to 8 players online coop, unlock upgrades, use powerful ultimate abilities, enhance your ship the way you want, and save the Earth from annihilation.
Why similar: Survival 64.1%, Action 35.9%
- #17 Diablo® IV
49% matchMixed64% of 66,607 reviews2023
Dev: Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.
Windows
Median: 45.6 hrsMean: 113.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Join the fight for Sanctuary in Diablo® IV, the ultimate action RPG adventure. Experience the critically acclaimed campaign and new seasonal content.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #18 TableTop Soccer
64% matchVery Positive80% of 122 reviews2016
Dev: Dancing Developers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Online, Single/Multiplayer tactical, simultaneous turn-based soccer strategy game. Play live games or play resumable games over a few days. Level up your team, unlock abilities and dominate the leaderboards. Or just embarrass your friends with your superior skills.
Why similar: Indie 59.8%, Simulation 40.2%
- #19 Keepers Dungeon
62% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2019
Dev: Run and jump games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Keepers Dungeon is a rogue-lite dungeon crawler where you must fight your way through several levels of the dungeon, facing up to 11 unique bosses and various monsters in order to best the dungeon. Spells are your weapons, you can combine different spell-tokens in order to create your own unique spells.
Why similar: Action 31.1%, Adventure 30.9%, Indie 23.3%, Difficult 14.7%
- #20 SURV
64% matchMixed54% of 13 reviews2017
Dev: IceStudio
Windows
SURV. Is a 2d top-down shooter video game, you will evolve in an open world full of dangers to which you will have to face. You play the survivor of a large-scale epidemic that is slowly decimating people. The spell is cast, the world dies and the only remaining survivors are either eaten by zombies, died of hunger or worse ...
Why similar: Adventure 23.3%, Survival 20.1%, Indie 16.5%, Action 14.9%, Survival Horror 14.5%
- #21 Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition
51% matchMostly Positive79% of 210,873 reviews2022
Dev: Techland
Windows
Median: 31.6 hrsMean: 62.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Humanity is fighting a losing battle against the virus. Experience a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by hordes of zombies, where your parkour and combat skills are key to survival. Traverse the City freely during the day, but watch the monsters take over during the night.
Why similar: Survival 47.5%, Adventure 26.8%, Action 25.7%
- #22 Supreme AI: Arena
53% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nasty Slippers
Windows · Mac · Linux
A minimalistic, fast-paced top-down arena shooter against a state-of-the-art artificial intelligence. Fight AI agents whose speed, tactics, gunplay control and obsession to win have been trained for years of virtual playtime and now delivered to you in 60-seconds-long battles.
Why similar: Adventure 32.6%, Action 30.9%, Indie 23.1%, Difficult 13.4%
- #23 Psycho Wolf
59% matchMixed64% of 22 reviews2020
Dev: HYDRAGONPub: Ultimate Games S.A.
Windows
Psycho wolf is an indie stealth game, which draws inspiration for its unique graphic style from the first 3D games of mid 90's. Gameplay itself is the evolution of the best mechanics encountered in modern games.
Why similar: Adventure 28%, Action 27.7%, Indie 19.8%, Survival 12.4%, Difficult 7.8%
- #24 Pep-Pel
50% matchPositive85% of 33 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 37.7%, Action 35.6%, Indie 26.7%
- #25 Mini's Magic World
64% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2016
Dev: Magory.net
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Mini's Magic World is an action platformer with a diverse cast of characters and levels to explore. Fight bosses, find hidden treasures, follow the rhythm of music, chase or be chased.
Why similar: Adventure 37.7%, Action 35.6%, Indie 26.7%
- #26 Mystica: The Ninth Society
64% matchMixed55% of 51 reviews2016
Dev: Bread Vision Studios LLC.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Explore unique locations, clear dark dungeons, slay powerful creatures, and uncover a world enriched with a fascinating lore and history. Go alone or party up for a more enjoyable experience. The story is yours to write in this open world, massively multilayer adventure.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #27 Catacombs of the Undercity
63% matchMostly Positive79% of 29 reviews2016
Dev: Tin Man Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Head deep beneath Orlandes City and uncover a dark brotherhood in this Gamebook Adventure where YOU control the story!
Why similar: Adventure 59.5%, Indie 40.5%
- #28 Legends of Solitaire: Curse of the Dragons
62% matchVery Positive87% of 126 reviews2015
Dev: The Revills Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Once, the Solitaire Kingdom fell under a dark curse. To restore its former glory, you must embark on a quest to defeat the dragons! Gather allies, trade coins at the blacksmith's workshop, and claim victory over these fierce beasts to lift the curse and save the kingdom! Your adventure awaits!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #29 Holobunnies: The Bittersweet Adventure
50% matchNo user reviews
Dev: q-bit GamesPub: Nkidu Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
An action-exploration, retro sidescroller adventure game about holographic bunnies in space.
Why similar: Adventure 39.2%, Action 35.5%, Indie 25.3%
- #30 Slug Slasher
50% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Slapped Silly Studios
Windows
Save the world from an onslaught of giant slugs in Slug Slasher! Using only your trusty bucket of salt, smash, dash, and slash through ridiculous enemies and crazy bosses as you fight your way to the slugs' homeland.
Why similar: Adventure 37.7%, Action 35.6%, Indie 26.7%
- #31 Afandas Survival
50% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SchmidtGames
Windows
Afandas Survival is an open world survival game. After a plague wipes out most of the population, you're one of the few survivors on an island called Afanda. Already at the beginning you realize that surviving isn´t easy. To stay alive, you must search for equipment and provisions.
Why similar: Adventure 37.7%, Action 35.6%, Indie 26.7%
- #32 Armoured Engines
50% 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 37.7%, Action 35.6%, Indie 26.7%
- #33 Departure
50% 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 37.7%, Action 35.6%, Indie 26.7%
- #34 Beyond Arm's Reach
50% 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 37.7%, Action 35.6%, Indie 26.7%
- #35 Star Surveyor
50% matchNo user reviews
Dev: slimefriend
Windows · Mac
Star Surveyor is an exploration game about discovering a foreign planet, and observing the lives of its alien inhabitants. You're sent to Maya-247 with a simple mission: use your scanner to gather data about all of the flora and fauna you can, and send that data back to Earth.
Why similar: Adventure 37.7%, Action 35.6%, Indie 26.7%
- #36 Captain's Tail
50% 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 37.7%, Action 35.6%, Indie 26.7%
- #37 Above
50% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mighty Moth
Windows · Mac
Above is an aeronautic action-adventure game, in which you fly around exploring islands scattered in a vast ocean, upgrade and modify your aeroplane to progress, in order to find your lost brother and uncover the mystery behind the abominations that dwell beneath the waves.
Why similar: Adventure 37.7%, Action 35.6%, Indie 26.7%
- #38 To Hell With Dave
50% 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 37.7%, Action 35.6%, Indie 26.7%
- #39 Nachzehrer
50% 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 37.7%, Action 35.6%, Indie 26.7%
- #40 DUSTWUN
50% 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 37.7%, Action 35.6%, Indie 26.7%
- #41 Explodey - Sci-fi Side Scroller w/ 'splosions
50% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YitYat Studios
Windows · Mac
The galaxy is in peril. Equipped with the latest military tech, pilot your heavily armed space fighter through 5 exotic planets to destroy the evil Dr Grag and save the Life Spark. Joining you on your journey is The Engineer, a silicon being capable of building anything you need. Unfortunately, he's a jackass...
Why similar: Adventure 37.7%, Action 35.6%, Indie 26.7%
- #42 Stickman World
50% 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 37.7%, Action 35.6%, Indie 26.7%
- #43 A Rip In Time
50% matchNo user reviews
Dev: iV Games
Windows
Time travel in a new twisted way. The game’s antagonist will be pulling you through “Rips in Time”. The further you explore, the more intertwined the worlds become! Experience the early 1900’s and future all in one, thanks to the power of Unreal Engine 4.
Why similar: Adventure 37.7%, Action 35.6%, Indie 26.7%
- #44 Into the Ice
50% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Homegrown GamesPub: Intr Studio Pty Ltd
Windows
4 years in the making, finally coming to your PC: Into the Ice - Nazis of Neuschwabenland - the official sequel to the multiple GOTY and award winner "Into the Dark". Adventure, Shooter, Trash, Comedy, Politics and Nudity. You. Have. Been. Warned!
Why similar: Adventure 37.7%, Action 35.6%, Indie 26.7%
- #45 Zarvot
50% 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 37.7%, Action 35.6%, Indie 26.7%
- #46 HAMMER WORLD: DIMENSION TRAVELER
50% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NEO FUTURE LABS
Windows
"HAMMER WORLD: DIMENSION TRAVELER" is a first-person metroidvania with physics-based combat built in Unreal Engine 4. Explore mysterious dimensions, unlock new abilities, and fight back against evil with your hammer friend!
Why similar: Adventure 37.7%, Action 35.6%, Indie 26.7%
- #47 I_AM.exe
50% 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 37.7%, Action 35.6%, Indie 26.7%
- #48 RECHARGE COMPLETE
50% matchNo user reviews
Dev: rechargecomplete
Windows
RECHARGE COMPLETE is a third/first person shooter featuring a hard-strutting jet-packing android created to destroy job-stealing robots! Blast enemies with homing missiles, lasers and EMP grenades! Jet pack, boost and skii your way through peril. Be the robohero you were made to be!
Why similar: Adventure 37.7%, Action 35.6%, Indie 26.7%
- #49 Space Crawl
50% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hyperfine Studio
Windows
Built exclusively for VR, Space Crawl launches you aboard an abandoned space station. Handle weapons with real-life movements, dodge space aliens, move in zero-gravity, and put your survival skills to the test. Truly an immersive first person zero-gravity experience.
Why similar: Adventure 36.5%, Action 36.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #50 It's about The Journey
50% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MortMort
Windows
it's About The Journey A game spawned from a game jam about making a challenging Platformer game. A "short and sweet" game about making it to the top, patience, planning ahead and skills will need to be on your side.
Why similar: Adventure 36.5%, Action 36.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #51 Elementals
50% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Round Squares Studios LTD
Windows
Mental Elementals is a 1 – 4 player twin stick shooter game. Player must use their element to fight through the level and reach the end as quickly as possible. Player’s can combine elements to create interesting effects.
Why similar: Adventure 36.6%, Action 35.8%, Indie 27.6%
- #52 Patchman vs. Blue Squares
50% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Naturally Intelligent
Windows · Mac · Linux
More Sheeple need rescuing - this time from Office World - and Patchman is on the case! But now there are sinister Blue Squares to contend with... and a boss EIGHT TIMES more powerful than the last one! Grow, sneak, and battle your way to the truth!
Why similar: Action 36.5%, Adventure 36.3%, Indie 27.3%
- #53 Mortido
50% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BigGame StudioPub: BigGame Publishing
Windows
This is an action-adventure game, the story about sinful soul in search of redemption. Your whole purpose is to redeem yourself by saving souls of people whose lives you ones ruined.
Why similar: Action 37.8%, Adventure 36.4%, Indie 25.8%
- #54 Super Navecitas 2
50% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZYX Studio
Windows
This video game is a space shooter in which all the elements are made in cardboard. The game tells the story of Cafard a Martian cockroach on his journey to Silcon Valley where the fate of his race and humanity will be decided.
Why similar: Action 37.9%, Adventure 36.4%, Indie 25.8%
- #55 Don't Move
50% matchNo user reviews
Dev: STVR
Windows · Mac · Linux
Don't Move is an experimental puzzle platformer with a focus on ludonarrative dissonance and player investment manipulation.
Why similar: Action 38.1%, Adventure 36.9%, Indie 25%
- #56 Realm of Virtuals
50% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Game Runners
Windows
Realm of Virtuals is an adventure story-driven game with slasher elements in a low-poly graphics style. The main character is artificial intelligence, which travels around the virtual world and tries to find the reason for its slow collapse.
Why similar: Action 37.4%, Adventure 35.9%, Indie 26.7%
- #57 ProtoDungeon: Episode III
50% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio Spacefarer
Windows · Mac
Jump, swim, and dash ahead to unlock your way out of the Third Nightmare: a lonely cove with lurking monsters, a strange shipwreck, and terrified villagers. Can you make it to the chapel to escape? Can you uncover the secrets of the nightmare prison?
Why similar: Adventure 36.7%, Action 34.8%, Indie 28.5%
- #58 What the Dark Keeps
50% matchNo user reviews
Dev: yazaa.works
Windows
Top-down roguelike shooter. Kill, survive, repeat.
Why similar: Adventure 37.4%, Action 33.9%, Indie 28.7%