- #1 Cyborg Rage
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 28 reviews2016
Dev: Ragiva Games
Windows
Cyborg Rage is a multiplayer space shooter featuring cooperative online action. Work with your brave wingmen to destroy all hostile starships before they destroy you. Master the advantages of your ship and defeat your enemies!
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #2 Elemental Combat
73% matchPositive84% of 45 reviews2017
Dev: AVRLON VR Studio
Windows
Set in a world of fantasy and martial arts, Elemental Combat is a competitive Virtual Reality game that blends the speed and intensity of a modern FPS with the strategy of classic arcade fighting games. Use your hands to let fire fall from the sky or raise mighty walls of earth in VR.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #3 Bourbon Risky
64% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: HaJoonHeon
Windows
Bourbon Risky is a simple but deep boss rush action game with retro style graphics. Smash all enemies in your way with your eternal companion that blasting bullets and lasers!
Why similar: Boss Rush 65.4% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 12.7%, Action 11.6%, Indie 10.2%
- #4 Dangerous Blaster
67% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Juicy Frog
Windows
Run, roll and shoot as long as possible through an arena filled with aliens and dangerous obstacles. Be careful, every missed shot becomes a new threat ! Great little game to practice and warm-up.
Why similar: Action 33.8%, Indie 26%, Score Attack 21.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%
- #5 Bow to Blood: Last Captain Standing
65% matchVery Positive88% of 65 reviews2019
Dev: Tribetoy
Windows
Become a Captain! Fly your ship and command your crew as you compete to become Champion in a winner-takes-all reality show. Build relationships and plot betrayals to avoid getting voted off the season and become the last captain standing. Optional VR support.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #6 Star Rogue
67% matchPositive90% of 31 reviews2016
Dev: Julian Wehrmann
Windows
Star Rogue is a sci-fi roguelike platformer. This pixel indie game will challenge you with a randomly generated spacestation full of deadly traps, collectable items, nasty enemies and strong bosses, each time you play it.
Why similar: Indie 52.9%, Action 47.1%
- #7 Nowhere Patrol
63% matchVery Positive98% of 222 reviews2018
Dev: Slugsoft
Windows
Nowhere Patrol is a boss rush game with bullet hell and platforming elements. Inspired by classic action arcade games with it's steep difficulty curve and non-stop action.
Why similar: Boss Rush 51.6% ★, Action 19.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.9%, Indie 14.4%
- #8 Master Pyrox Wizard Smackdown
65% matchMixed70% of 23 reviews2018
Dev: Denis ComtessePub: Dropped Monocle Games
Windows · Linux
Master Pyrox Wizard Smackdown is a fast-paced arcade-style multiplayer game for up to 8 players. Avoid the fireballs, knock your opponents down, collect power-ups and cast spells. The game offers single player, competitive and cooperative game modes and a built-in level editor.
Why similar: Action 53%, Indie 47%
- #9 Lonecastle
64% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Rainkioutou Interactive
Windows
Lonecastle is a top-down shooter where the player attempts to survive countless enemies. Defend your little castle from the incessant waves of enemy ships and soldiers. Collect gold and gain experience to improve your castle.
Why similar: Action 31.9%, Indie 25.4%, Top-Down Shooter 21.9%, Score Attack 20.7%
- #10 Cyber Strike
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sprinkle Games
Windows
Cyber Strike is a butt clenching bullet hell dungeon crawler. Navigate through intense shootouts, strategic dodges, and cybernetic boss battles. Save a digital world from viruses and virtual foes. Rewrite destiny as you save cyber space in this thrilling adventure.
Why similar: Boss Rush 55.6% ★, Indie 23.8%, Action 20.6%
- #11 Steel Eagle
64% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: enrjuPub: Andrzej Cudzilo
Windows
Steel Eagle is a reference to the 80's and 90's shooters. Your task is to reach the landing pad at the end of the level, destroying as many enemy units as possible, for which you collect points that can be exchanged for force and strength, which allows you to upgrade your “Steel Eagle”.
Why similar: Action 32.7%, Indie 25.2%, Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%
- #12 Elevator Ritual
64% matchMixed62% of 25 reviews2018
Dev: Satria_Games
Windows
Yup! Yup! It's here!! The new Horror-RPG game has arrived!! Talks about Naysilla, a maid, who has to deal with unusual things after she does a strange ritual. Can she find out what has happened and get out from all those bizarreness?
Why similar: Action 55.3%, Indie 44.7%
- #13 Dezatopia
61% matchPositive100% of 41 reviews2020
Dev: HEYPub: Hanaji Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Strange and unusual creatures inhabited Earth’s underground, unknown to humankind. This was until Momoko, a fashion-obsessed high school girl, accidentally discovered them. Together, they plotted to combine the civilizations above and below the surface to create a new world: Dezatopia.
Why similar: Action 32.5%, Indie 25.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 23%, Top-Down Shooter 18.8%
- #14 PASKA BATTLE STYLE!
63% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: No one important
Windows
The time has finally come! All the most dangerous people in the world have reunited to show off their talents in the annual Paska Battle Style anniversary and you, yes, YOU, will have to shut their big egos off!
Why similar: Boss Rush 61.5% ★, Action 21.8%, Indie 16.8%
- #15 ニンジャスレイヤー : AREA 4643
60% matchVery Positive99% of 113 reviews2018
Dev: DeathMofuMofuPub: Diehardtales Games
Windows · Mac
**NOW ON SALE!!** AREA 4643 is the cyberpunk action shooting game. It's based on the cyberpunk city Neo-Saitama and Ninja Slayer universe.
Why similar: Action 43.1%, Indie 32.3%, Top-Down Shooter 24.6%
- #16 Harvester of Dreams : Episode 1
61% matchPositive84% of 37 reviews2019
Dev: Christian Waadt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Harvester of Dreams is a first person adventure game, taking you on board an steampunk airship. Unravel the secret of the ship while you are exploring it room after room.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #17 Crimson Shift
61% matchPositive93% of 28 reviews2018
Dev: NandeePub: Crimson Lodge
Windows
You control an Assassin trying to break free and learn the truth. Your choices can help her, or take her down a different path.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #18 Dantes Bullet Inferno
61% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Red Pentagram Studios
Windows
Dantes Bullet Inferno is a shoot-em-up where the player fights against hell as Dante. This top down shooter includes a speedrun mode called time-dilation.
Why similar: Action 44.2%, Indie 34.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.5%, Top-Down Shooter 10.2%
- #19 Curse of the Great Forest
62% matchMixed62% of 13 reviews2017
Dev: Cool Breeze Games
Windows
In this indie action game, you are a huntsman for hire who finds himself facing down terrifying creatures born from an ancient and mysterious curse. With bow in hand, take on the night and defend yourself and your elderly host from zombies, demons, sorcerers, and all manner of evil beings.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #20 TSA Frisky
62% matchMixed60% of 40 reviews2018
Dev: Out There Entertainment
Windows
In TSA Frisky, you are a TSA agent with the daunting task of surviving your shift. Manage lines, luggage, and leisure, to keep from blacking out on the job. Survive your shifts to earn promotions and upgrades to become the TSA's most effective employee.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #21 Hyper Shapes
57% matchMostly Positive76% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: BlindShot StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Hyper Shapes is a frenetic minimalist Boss Rush where understanding the enemies attack patterns and weaknesses is key.
Why similar: Boss Rush 65.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Action 10.5%, Indie 6.6%
- #22 Monsters!
61% matchPositive85% of 33 reviews2016
Dev: QuadraTron Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Monsters! is a dual stick shooter with a retro feel complete with pixel art and leaderboards to achieve that good ol’ arcade feel.
Why similar: Action 66.1%, Indie 33.9%
- #23 My Summer Adventure: Memories of Another Life — Day 1
55% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: AlkinoyPub: 101XP
Windows · Mac · Linux
A strange incident turns the life of an ordinary young man upside down when, having fallen asleep on a regular train commute, he wakes up in another country... in a body of a Japanese student! An unforgettable summer adventure awaits, promising many fateful meetings and momentous occasions.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #24 Cross of Auria
60% matchPositive85% of 26 reviews2017
Dev: Hardytier
Windows
Cross of Auria is primarily a story and battle-driven classic style turn-based RPG. Play as the Lightning Warrior Ruby and her companions to her reclaim their memories from the malevolent forces who cursed the realm.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #25 Kantmis-Zero
52% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Kagawa
Windows
"Kantmis-Zero" is a boss rush action game. As the only chosen one on the Kantmis continent, you must follow the divine instructions and complete the trials.
Why similar: Boss Rush 70.8% ★, Action 22.6%, Indie 6.6%
- #26 Square Massacre
61% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: CyberVaca Entertainment
Windows
Square Massacre is a skill based, hardcore top-down shooter. No matter what you are going to do, you will lose. The question is how long you will last before the end.
Why similar: Action 34%, Indie 26.2%, Top-Down Shooter 20.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%
- #27 Dash Dash Run!
60% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2017
Dev: Prime VR Inc.
Windows
Dash Dash Run! The frantic VR arcade runner that has you pumping those arms, performing to the crowd, and racing at crazy speeds across a wild selection of vibrant courses.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #28 Valiant Gears
55% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gaze Interactive
Windows
Valiant Gears is a 3D old school shoot 'em up game. Hop on your Valiant Gear, a ferocious battle machine and defend the planet by fighting the alien robots!
Why similar: Action 49.1%, Indie 37.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 13%
- #29 Mecha Ritz: Steel Rondo
58% matchVery Positive99% of 137 reviews2016
Dev: HEYPub: Hanaji Games
Windows · Linux
Mecha Ritz: Steel Rondo is a vertical scrolling arcade shoot 'em up following the journey of a lone Mecha through the desolate retro stylized world and the onslaught of enemy waves to reach Veloce, the young genius responsible for the extinction of humankind.
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 32.8%, Indie 29.8%
- #30 Stabby Machine
59% 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: Action 58.8%, Indie 41.2%
- #31 Iridescence
59% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Polarity Bear
Windows
Iridescence is a Shoot 'Em Up with a color-changing mechanic, where you dodge and absorb many different colored bullets. It features a painted watercolor theme & features an inventive chaining system. Play through 5 main levels and 30 varied challenge levels!
Why similar: Action 41.2%, Indie 31.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 27%
- #32 SHOOTING CHICKEN BRUTAL SUCKERS
58% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: KoheiGallery
Windows
Makoto Yonekura, a new waitress, is a bright girl in Noh weather.Contrary to its appearance, it is a survival game girl who uses powerful weapons!She will do her best to crush the rampaging chickens for the beloved chief!
Why similar: Action 42.1%, Indie 32.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.4%
- #33 Demon Peak
59% matchMixed70% of 241 reviews2017
Dev: Kajak Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 44%
In Demon Peak, you play as the nameless warrior, trapped inside the depths of an unholy Mountain. Explore the mysterious and perilous enviroments, fight against a multitude of different enemies and gather magical abilities to overcome the Mountain's evil inhabitants.
Why similar: Action 58.3%, Indie 41.7%
- #34 Gamma Bros
57% matchVery Positive91% of 164 reviews2018
Dev: Pixeljam
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 42%
The original 8-bit twin-stick space shooter about brotherly love, available to play for free.
Why similar: Action 44.7%, Indie 33.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.7%
- #35 Crush
59% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2017
Dev: VIS-GamesPub: SilentFuture
Windows
Crush is an old-school-styled shoot´em up. The game leads you through 7 challenging levels filled with action and great soundtracks. A must for all old-school shoot´em up fans!
Why similar: Action 40%, Shoot 'Em Up 30.5%, Indie 29.5%
- #36 cloudphobia
59% matchMostly Positive78% of 27 reviews2016
Dev: MarsboundPub: Rockin' Android
Windows
In this pulse-pounding arcade style shoot 'em up, players control giant armored robots, loaded with hi-tech weaponry. Chose from two types of mechs: the PLG-90, armed with a high-tech laser rifle or the NúllPunktur with the Vibroblade!
Why similar: Action 41.5%, Indie 29.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 29.1%
- #37 Jet Buster
58% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: Team Grybanser Fox
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Jet Buster is the new 90s anthro shmup, going back to the cuter roots of the genre.
Why similar: Action 37.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 34.3%, Indie 27.9%
- #38 Superstatic
60% matchMixed65% of 40 reviews2015
Dev: Sleepy Studios
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Superstatic is a top-down shooter where you're given the ability to possess and control your enemies. Using "copies", you're able to perform a variety of skills including killing enemies within a certain radius, chaining kills together based on your current combo, teleporting to your copy's position and more.
Why similar: Action 41.1%, Top-Down Shooter 29.9%, Indie 29%
- #39 A Shooty Bit
59% matchMixed69% of 35 reviews2017
Dev: FROGPub: Gameland Studios
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Postsoviet shoot 'em up borne from and reflective of the listlessness that modern, hyperconnected society injects into our selves
Why similar: Action 39.9%, Indie 30.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 29.3%
- #40 Microcosm
59% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: paulstraw
Windows
Build tiny voxel worlds in virtual reality! Microcosm is the game I've wanted to play in VR ever since I saw the Oculus Rift Kickstarter way back in 2012. I picked up a Vive last year, but no one seemed to be making the voxel game I wanted. Finally, I just decided to build it myself.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #41 Fire Arrow Plus
58% matchVery Positive89% of 54 reviews2017
Dev: Team Grybanser Fox
Windows
Fire Arrow and Fire Arrow X are time attack style shooters with a heavy emphasis on scoring. Otherwisely, you can call them coffee break shmups.
Why similar: Action 39.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 33.3%, Indie 27.1%
- #42 Booty Farm [18+]
54% matchMixed67% of 994 reviews2022
Dev: Tender Troupe
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 97.3 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Congrats, you just inherited a farm and your hot neighbors will not let you be! Erotic hijinks ensue on your neverending quest to expand your farm! Discover spicy romances and intertwining stories in this bizarrely relaxing farm simulator.
- #43 Endless Burst
60% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2016
Dev: Neon Squid Games
Windows
This top-down shooter pits you against an overwhelming hell of bullets. Customize your experience with 9 upgradeable classes and unleash powerful attacks as you fight and dodge your way through procedurally generated levels, enemies, and bosses.
Why similar: Action 31%, Indie 23.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.7%, Top-Down Shooter 22.4%
- #44 Zenodyne R
58% matchVery Positive83% of 70 reviews2016
Dev: Team Grybanser Fox
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Zenodyne R is a new 90s-style shoot-'em-up game filled with YM2612 music and real Blast Processing action, where your reflexes and patience will be tested in their entirety! Packed with 6 crazy stages filled wtih bosses, 5 unique ships, unlockables, branching paths and more!
Why similar: Action 39.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 32.9%, Indie 27.8%
- #45 Joe Blunt - Up In Smoke
57% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Sykonest
Windows
Joe Blunt - Up In Smoke is a single player top down shooter game in which you "Joe Blunt" are trying to fight your way through an onslaught of cigarettes, with the sole purpose to track down your beloved Mary Jane from the clutches of evil Dr Hydro.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 37.6%, Action 35.2%, Indie 27.1%
- #46 Dual Snake
57% matchVery Positive92% of 79 reviews2018
Dev: Yfrit Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Control a two-headed snake, as you overcome a series of challenges in this puzzle game.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #47 FINAL FANTASY XIV Online
55% matchVery Positive87% of 83,827 reviews2014
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 69.4 hrsMean: 816.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Join over 30 million adventurers worldwide and take part in an epic and ever-changing FINAL FANTASY. Experience an unforgettable story, exhilarating battles, and a myriad of captivating environments to explore.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #48 4 for the Money Demo
57% matchVery Positive87% of 78 reviews2018
Dev: Lost Marble
Windows
4 for the Money is a fast-paced, side-scrolling action/platformer featuring gameplay and graphics resembling the greats of the NES era. Except you don't need a Four Score to play 4-player! Sit down alone or with a pack of friends and jump in for the action!
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #49 Merge Nymphs
55% matchMixed65% of 430 reviews2021
Dev: Fadorable Games LTDPub: Nutaku Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 71.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Help heal a world drowning in pollution and date a wide variety of gorgeous Nymphs in the dangerously addictive world of Merge Nymphs! Combining puzzle game mechanics with a naughty dating sim system, this game is sure to make you fall in love with its array of colorful characters!
- #50 Kill The Humans
57% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Cold Beverage StudiosPub: Walsh Technologies Corp
Windows
Heavily armed homicidal robots have taken over Weapons Laboratory Delta Five. Something sinister is afoot in the dimly lit corridors of the science complex. Your mission: commandeer the last functional X-4 battle mech, breach the magnetically shielded entrance and wipe them out!
Why similar: Action 39.7%, Indie 31.6%, Top-Down Shooter 28.7%
- #51 LIGHT
58% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: Indie Light
Windows
Not known what year it is, and in which galaxy everything happens. But one thing is known-you must to clear the space of dirty pirates, and their technique. For this, you will have to open the nearest space systems, improve your ship, and of course to shoot a pirate ships.
Why similar: Action 37.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 34.1%, Indie 28.7%
- #52 Endless Wave
58% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Snowdrop Lab
Windows
Endless Wave is wave style stg. 9 kinds of waves and 3 bosses are waiting for you. Manipulate fighter planes to defeat enemies approaching ! ・Endless wave style ・Neon style(Bullet) ・Minimum price
Why similar: Action 37.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 34.1%, Indie 28.7%
- #53 IndependANT
52% matchVery Positive81% of 108 reviews2023
Dev: Young Horses: Free RangePub: Young Horses
Windows
Explore the vast Living Room to find food for your struggling ant colony in this cute and casual collectathon!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #54 Bit Bullet
57% matchPositive88% of 26 reviews2017
Dev: Growfall Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Bit Bullet – Is a single player top-down shooter with an escalating difficulty level and complicated enemies, in which you will have to blow up and crush hordes of enemies using various weapons and skills.
Why similar: Action 38.1%, Top-Down Shooter 33.2%, Indie 28.7%
- #55 JunkerBot
57% matchPositive84% of 31 reviews2017
Dev: RedNukem
Windows
JunkerBot is a Single-Player Car Combat game, where you destroy, recycle, and replicate vehicles. But why? to Decontaminate!
Why similar: Action 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #56 Octodad (Student Edition)
51% matchVery Positive92% of 142 reviews2023
Dev: Young Horses: Free RangePub: Young Horses
Windows
You are Octodad, a dapper octopus masquerading as a human, as he goes about a day of his life. His existence is a constant struggle, as he must master mundane tasks with his unwieldy boneless tentacles while simultaneously keeping his cephalopodan nature a secret from his human family!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #57 World Destroyers
57% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2017
Dev: HardHead Games
Windows
World Destroyers is a fast-paced, skill-testing, multiplayer space shooter that pays homage to classic games such as Asteroids, but with modern high-speed action.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #58 COMPLEX a VR Puzzle Game
57% matchMostly Positive75% of 24 reviews2018
Dev: Rock AK GamesPub: Rock AK Games (AK)
Windows
- A puzzle game for HTC VIve and Oculus Rift
Why similar: Indie 100%