- #1 Need for Speed™ Unbound
50% matchMixed60% of 56,717 reviews2022
Dev: Criterion GamesPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 29.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Race to the top, definitely don’t flop. Outsmart the cops, and enter weekly qualifiers for The Grand: the ultimate street race. Pack your garage with precision-tuned, custom rides, and light up the streets with your style.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #2 Mold on the Pizza
64% matchVery Positive81% of 151 reviews2015
Dev: BTNcafe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Mold on the Pizza is a mold-growing game to fight against the Preservative troops and conquer a pizza! Meet up 53 types of unique molds and preservatives!
Why similar: Strategy 61%, Action 21.8%, Indie 17.3%
- #3 VectorWave
62% matchPositive89% of 36 reviews2017
Dev: Fizzure Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
VectorWave translates the traditional tower defense experience into virtual reality, allowing you the freedom to buy, place, toss, and move towers as you see fit with minimal menu interaction.
Why similar: Strategy 59.9%, Action 22.1%, Indie 17.9%
- #4 Pick Your Poison
51% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ranmantaru Games
Windows
Pick a disadvantage each level, how far can you go in this roguelike?
Why similar: Strategy 58.5%, Action 23.4%, Indie 18.1%
- #5 Mars Wars
51% matchNo user reviews
Dev: lonewolfdesign
Windows
Mars Wars is a top-down shooter game, where you have to defend your base from aliens on Mars. You control a rover with different weapons that you can use to kill the aliens.
Why similar: Strategy 58.5%, Action 23.4%, Indie 18.1%
- #6 Mafia: Definitive Edition
50% matchVery Positive87% of 105,286 reviews2020
Dev: Hangar 13Pub: 2K
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An inadvertent brush with the mob thrusts cabdriver Tommy Angelo into the world of organized crime. Initially uneasy about falling in with the Salieri family, the rewards become too big to ignore.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #7 Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense
50% matchVery Positive94% of 10,421 reviews2020
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
It's payback time! Lead your mighty dark army and make the Kingdom tremble with every step. Build powerful towers, choose your arsenal for destruction, and find the deadliest combination - train legendary heroes and lead them to victory!
Why similar: Strategy 78.6%, Action 21.4%
- #8 Battlefield 4™
50% matchVery Positive85% of 77,749 reviews2020
Dev: DICEPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 45.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Embrace unrivaled destruction in Battlefield 4™. Revel in the glorious chaos of all-out war packed with rewarding, tactical challenges in an interactive environment.
Why similar: Action 65.2%, Strategy 34.8%
- #9 RimWorld
51% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 235,937 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.1 hrsMean: 259.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Why similar: Strategy 81.9%, Indie 18.1%
- #10 Mafia II: Definitive Edition
51% matchMostly Positive74% of 36,208 reviews2020
Dev: Hangar 13Pub: 2K
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
War hero Vito Scaletta becomes entangled with the mob in hopes of paying his father’s debts. Vito works to prove himself, climbing the family ladder with crimes of larger reward and consequence.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #11 Abyss Cave
42% matchPositive83% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: Piao Jingfu
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
As a member of an elite squad, you are tasked with a mission to penetrate into the great abyss. You are to explore an unknown cave system and eliminate all threats that may arise, Good luck Soldier!
Why similar: Strategy 60.4%, Action 22.4%, Indie 17.2%
- #12 Mafia III: Definitive Edition
51% matchMixed57% of 61,986 reviews2020
Dev: Hangar 13Pub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 33.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
After Lincoln Clay's surrogate family, the black mob, is betrayed and killed by the Italian Mafia, Lincoln builds a new family and blazes a path of revenge through the Mafioso responsible.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #13 Aether Way
52% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Fearless Donut
Windows
Aether Way is a 2D space RTS with action/roguelike elements. You play as some abstract life form that travels across the space and evolves.
Why similar: Strategy 59.9%, Action 23.2%, Indie 16.8%
- #14 RoBoRumble
59% matchMostly Positive72% of 307 reviews2015
Dev: MetropolisPub: TopWare Interactive ACE
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Build powerful battle robots from components like Chassis, Weapon and Booster. The battle’s starting and you’re right in it – with freely definable camera perspectives, spectacular effects, unlimited zoom and scroll, colored light sources, terrain morphing and 3D sound. Pure action – pure excitement!
Why similar: Strategy 94.1%, Indie 5.9%
- #15 LazerGrrl
39% matchPositive97% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: Sandwich Generation
Windows
Fast paced PVP strategy. Bomberman meets RTS.
Why similar: Strategy 59%, Action 23.3%, Indie 17.7%
- #16 Jarheads
45% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gareth Williams
Windows · Mac · Linux
Jarheads is a fast-paced tactical shooter with fully-destructible environments. Jarheads comprises of a 50 mission single-player (or two-player online co-op) campaign and a separate online multiplayer experience for up to 8 players with a variety of explosive game modes.
Why similar: Strategy 72.1%, Action 27.9%
- #17 Village Feud
51% matchMostly Positive71% of 391 reviews2019
Dev: Veelhoek Studios
Windows
The 2 villages on the island don't get along very well. You are the mayor of one of these cities, grow your city, earn gold, buy troops and attack the other village. Defeat the other mayor and claim the island, play against your friends or try out singleplayer.
Why similar: Strategy 58.5%, Action 24%, Indie 17.5%
- #18 Gerty
50% matchPositive84% of 45 reviews2019
Dev: Spawn Point OSKPub: Resistance Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In fully destructible terrains, carve your own path in a new rogue-lite that focuses on challenging combat. Dive into the deep tunnels of a mining colony on your own, or in local co-op with up to 4 players. Purchase gear, level up your character, and gain powerful perks to eliminate the alien horde.
Why similar: Action 56%, Indie 44%
- #19 CounterAttack: Uprising
50% 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: Action 100%
- #20 The Blitzkrieg: Weapons of War
51% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: Loui Eriksson
Windows
Become commander and defend the motherland from invading enemy forces. Utilise a devastating arsenal of weaponry, and survive the blitzkrieg!
Why similar: Strategy 58.6%, Action 23.6%, Indie 17.8%
- #21 Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense
51% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 10,206 reviews2016
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Command your troops through an epic (mis)adventure as you defend exotic lands from dragons, man-eating plants, and ghastly denizens of the underworld -all with flashy new towers, levels, heroes, and more goodies to help you crush your foes in this Fantasy Action Tower Defense game!
Why similar: Strategy 74%, Indie 13.5%, Action 12.5%
- #22 Zombie Rush : Extinction
51% matchMostly Positive71% of 24 reviews2019
Dev: MoonlightGames
Windows
The top of strategy battle game! Build villages and train units to defeat zombies
Why similar: Strategy 58.7%, Action 23.8%, Indie 17.5%
- #23 Pixel Sentry
51% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: RedOrb Studios
Windows
Do you have nothing to do? Don't want to load up a game where it takes a while to get into it? Well here is the perfect solution for you.
Why similar: Strategy 56.7%, Action 25.5%, Indie 17.8%
- #24 Ichor
51% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: Luke Palmer
Windows · Mac
Fluid dynamics shoot-em-up
Why similar: Strategy 58.1%, Action 23.7%, Indie 18.2%
- #25 Chess Arena-象棋竞技场
52% matchMixed60% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: HideChara
Windows
这是一款下棋和动作游戏结合的创意作品,传统的象棋棋子们将化身为真正的战士,在棋盘上决斗。
Why similar: Strategy 60%, Action 22.6%, Indie 17.4%
- #26 Rubico
43% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Game Runners
Windows
You were in the middle of a dying city, in the center of which a giant monster nestled - the Plague. People infected with it lose their sanity and die over time. In the midst of all this chaos, you have only one friend you can rely on - a mechanical kettle.
Why similar: Strategy 77%, Indie 23%
- #27 oldbI tyt ?
50% matchVery Positive84% of 141 reviews2019
Dev: Easy gamePub: Game for people
Windows
oldbI tyt- clone popular game called 2048. Try to get this number.
Why similar: Strategy 57.4%, Indie 21.5%, Action 21.1%
- #28 Grass Cutter - Mutated Lawns
52% matchVery Positive88% of 334 reviews2017
Dev: Nikolai UsachevPub: USANIK STD
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Challenge lawn monsters!
Why similar: Action 61.8%, Indie 38.2%
- #29 BlindOak Prow
43% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PositionMatters
Windows · Mac · Linux
BlindOak Prow is a competitive strategy card game with unique, subtle tactics that mirror the political maneuvers of the setting. Form a party of four characters mixing and matching the six different classes however you'd like, then outwit your foes for control of the city and for your survival on a new land.
Why similar: Strategy 76.4%, Indie 23.6%
- #30 Pumpkin Death Garden
51% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2018
Dev: Challenge Yourself GamingPub: Challenge Yourself Productions
Windows
Action-packed bug shooting game! Grow your pumpkin patch ever larger by defending it from the swarms of insects! Try out guns to find your favourite. Shotgun, sniper rifle, or assault rifle? Each has a unique play style with pros and cons, and different mods to choose from as you level up.
Why similar: Strategy 58.1%, Action 23.7%, Indie 18.2%
- #31 Radical Gear
51% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Miriel
Windows
Equip with powerful gears to enhance yourself, and destroy your enemies by recruiting various squads to reinforcement! Welcome to the battlefield where you can win against anybody with a great fortune.
Why similar: Strategy 58.1%, Action 24%, Indie 17.9%
- #32 Hellfire Fortress
43% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gold & Lumber Games UG
Windows · Mac
In the Hellfire Fortress classic 1 vs 1 mode you’ll face sheer endless waves of demons and thus the goal is straight forward: Your Fortress needs to survive longer than your opponent’s! It’s your task to set up an army and strategically invest in economy while constantly leveling up your Fortress.
Why similar: Strategy 76.1%, Indie 23.9%
- #33 YUT YUT
51% match9 user reviews80% of 10 reviews2019
Dev: Benjamin Nielsen
Windows · Mac
YUT YUT is a game about TANKS containing TANKS in which many TANKS die. Fight through this TANKy TANK game to face your mortal TANK enemy and reclaim your TANK village's lost cabbage god. TANKS
Why similar: Strategy 56.7%, Action 25.5%, Indie 17.8%
- #34 Dragon Stone - Legendary Archer
50% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: MoonlightGames
Windows
This game is a hero defense game where you have to collect items and raise your hero's stats quickly in order to stop the monsters which getting stronger gradually.
Why similar: Strategy 54.9%, Action 26%, Indie 19.1%
- #35 Majotori
50% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,008 reviews2017
Dev: Majorariatto
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
How many lives will your ignorance ruin?
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #36 Renzo Racer
51% matchMixed52% of 65 reviews2019
Dev: EnsenaSoft
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Renzo Racer is a fun, fast-paced cartoon style racing game challenging your maneuverability and driving skills to cross the finish line first! Choose your driver from a selection of 16 comical personalities and race down 20 exciting tracks full of twists and turns, hazardous obstacles and unexpected surprises.
Why similar: Action 58.8%, Indie 41.2%
- #37 Mad Max
50% matchVery Positive92% of 88,116 reviews2015
Dev: Avalanche StudiosPub: Warner Bros. Games
Windows
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 35.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Play as Mad Max, a reluctant hero and survivor who wants nothing more than to leave the madness behind and find solace.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #38 Lords of War
51% matchMixed63% of 49 reviews2018
Dev: WeMakeApp Studio
Windows
Lords of War is a fast-paced strategic card game that supports real-time PvP battles. Although game design may resemble turn-based TCG/CCG games, game mechanics is more like a real-time 3D card-based roleplaying game – this combination provides an entirely new gaming experience.
Why similar: Strategy 59.1%, Action 23.9%, Indie 16.9%
- #39 Moonlight Warrior
51% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: MoonlightGames
Windows
One person developer made marvelous turn-based game which can beat 43 stages
Why similar: Strategy 59.3%, Action 23%, Indie 17.7%
- #40 Death Rpg
51% matchMixed45% of 20 reviews2019
Dev: Ruskija game experiencePub: Tero Lunkka
Windows
Top Down drag & drop RPG strategy game. Help 3 survivor to kill enemies in different worlds.
Why similar: Strategy 58.2%, Action 23.6%, Indie 18.2%
- #41 Zoo Packs
49% matchMixed40% of 15 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Sokpop S02: Zoo Packs is a strategy game much like Fire Emblem and Advance Wars, except you can play it online against your friends!
Why similar: Strategy 59.2%, Action 22.9%, Indie 17.9%
- #42 Snailiens
51% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: 562 InteractivePub: 562 Interactive LLC.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Introducing Snailiens! The adorably terrifying monsters aimed at stealing all of Earth’s cabbages. In this VR tower defense game, you play as the commander of the S.A.L.T. defense network. In virtual reality you construct towers, equip guns, and fight off the Snailien invaders.
Why similar: Strategy 59.3%, Action 23%, Indie 17.7%
- #43 Cat or Bread?
50% matchVery Positive92% of 758 reviews2017
Dev: Casioqu
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A game about cat and bread.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #44 Bit Blaster XL
50% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,141 reviews2016
Dev: Adamvision Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #45 Hexen Hegemony
51% matchMixed55% of 20 reviews2018
Dev: Simurg Games
Windows
Hexen Hegemony is a TPS (Third Person Shooter) game that makes it possible to fight against other witches with hundreds of different magic combinations. Enjoy team strategy, competition and spoils in 4 vs 4 matches. Remember, winners takes everything on the world of hexen.
Why similar: Strategy 58.7%, Action 23.2%, Indie 18.2%
- #46 Shining Resonance Refrain
50% matchMixed70% of 1,338 reviews2018
Dev: SEGA
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Play as Yuma Ilvern and stop the Empire from exploiting the power of the ancient dragons, including the soul of the Shining Dragon within you. With the help of your friends, realize your destiny, save Astoria, and unleash the strength you’ve always had locked away.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #47 Corporated Robots Wars
49% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: MonoBrand
Windows
New RTS-Strategy-Actin game in Cyberpunk style where YOU take control on squad full of robots. Defend our company from competitors.
Why similar: Strategy 59.3%, Action 23%, Indie 17.7%
- #48 Strikey Sisters
50% matchVery Positive89% of 934 reviews2017
Dev: DYA Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Say hello to a fantasy themed action arcade brick breaker! Featuring cute characters, silly humor, powerful magic, crazy bosses, and even local 2 player co-op mode!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #49 TEAM SWITCH VR - EXPERTS BURGLARY AGENCY
41% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Virtual Studios
Windows
Team Switch is a virtual reality asynchronus co-op game, you are a robber assisted by your team, who can send you instructions to help you with a manual.
Why similar: Strategy 59.3%, Action 23%, Indie 17.7%
- #50 Combine War Toys
51% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: HAYATO YANGPub: HayatoWorks
Windows
VR Game "Combine War Toys" is a Strategy-base game about toys fighting on the table . Using your hands , combining parts on the workspace to build complete toys , and then throw them to join the war . There are many kinds of toys and each of them havs different abilities .
Why similar: Strategy 59.3%, Action 23%, Indie 17.7%
- #51 Saranity
47% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2020
Dev: 13TH Division
Windows
Saranity a 3rd person game, mixing elements from multiple genres into 1 game. Featuring Single player, COOP and Versus game modes playing with or against your friends. Action and Gameplay is what counts. Can you holdout longer than your friends while sending boss units and go in PVP style.
Why similar: Strategy 59.4%, Action 23%, Indie 17.5%
- #52 ECHOES OF WAR: The Last Heartbeat
51% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: MPixels
Windows
ECHOES OF WAR is an action packed shooter with strategic elements for virtual reality devices. Set up your defences, lay waste to hundreds of drones and mechs and use all you can salvage to repair your ship.
Why similar: Strategy 57.4%, Action 24.6%, Indie 18.1%
- #53 Peppered
49% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Face off in a series of snowball fights! Wreck the entire neighborhood.
Why similar: Strategy 59%, Action 23.1%, Indie 17.8%
- #54 Street Legal Racing: Redline v2.3.1
50% matchVery Positive89% of 4,096 reviews2016
Dev: Invictus Games Ltd.Pub: Activision Value Publishing Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The most popular vehicle mechanic simulator in the world got a second life in the new Steam version! Build cars, tune them, crash, repair and race against other racers!
- #55 There's Poop In My Soup
50% matchVery Positive89% of 4,535 reviews2016
Dev: K Bros Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Created by solo developer Nikola Kostic - Have you ever wanted to poop on people but were too shy to just go for it? There's poop in my soup lets you do just that, poop in soups, poop on people, poop on poodles, poop anywhere you please, from the streets of New York to Paris to Beijing.
Why similar: Indie 42.8%, Action 29.1%, Strategy 28.1%
- #56 Balloon Popping Pigs: Deluxe
52% matchVery Positive95% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: DrinkingNails, LLC
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
You have 3 balloons to stay a float. With each one lost you're in greater risk of danger. The longer you survive the clock ticks down and the only way to add more time is to pop balloons! Collect coins to take all pigs to the sky! Each pig has its own unique style that lets you say who you are.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #57 Stabby Machine
51% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: Challenge Yourself GamingPub: Challenge Yourself Productions
Windows
Fast-paced action survival game! Stay alive by collecting batteries, which are dropped by enemies. You must choose wisely how many enemies to spawn. Too few and you'll run out of batteries, but too many and you'll be overrun! HOW LONG CAN YOU SURVIVE??
Why similar: Strategy 58%, Action 24.7%, Indie 17.3%
- #58 Mini Ghost
50% matchVery Positive95% of 419 reviews2017
Dev: @unepic_fran
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
"Mini Ghost" is a mini metroidvania in the 80's MSX art style and gameplay. It's the mini prequel of Ghost 1.0.
Why similar: Action 58.7%, Indie 41.3%
- #59 NEKOPARA Vol. 1
50% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 27,195 reviews2014
Dev: NEKO WORKsPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 159.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
What's NEKOPARA? Why, it's a cat paradise! Kashou Minaduki, the son of a long line of Japanese confection makers moved out to open his own shop "La Soleil" as a patisserie.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #60 Phantom Signal — Sci-Fi Strategy Game
50% matchVery Positive86% of 154 reviews2018
Dev: Veslo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Phantom Signal is a real-time sci-fi strategy game with unusual mechanics. Explore mysterious star systems and reveal the secret of the phantom signal.
Why similar: Strategy 89.5%, Indie 10.5%