- #1 Red Wake Carnage
97% matchMixed58% of 475 reviews2017
Dev: Racing BrosPub: ANPA.US
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Red Wake Carnage is an intense action shooter that will take you on an epic journey of fighting the world’s most horrifying animals!
Why similar: Action 60%, Indie 40%
- #2 The Pillage
96% matchVery Positive86% of 59 reviews2018
Dev: Bishop Armstrong
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A fast paced hack-n-slash arcade game where kidneys are harvested from everyone in your path.
Why similar: Action 58.3%, Indie 41.7%
- #3 Masked Forces
96% matchMixed68% of 502 reviews2016
Dev: NightbinderPub: My Way Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Masked Forces is an action-packed game where your main purpose is to eliminate your enemies using any means necessary. You have a great singleplayer campaign and multiple online game modes that you can use to show your might.
Why similar: Action 61%, Indie 39%
- #4 Bloody Mice
95% matchMostly Positive70% of 50 reviews2017
Dev: Tower Up Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 39%
It is time to annihilate those damn mice! Try to get more points and defeat your friends in the ranking. Do not let those rats proliferate and rule the world!
Why similar: Action 60.1%, Indie 39.9%
- #5 BUTCHER
94% matchVery Positive86% of 1,419 reviews2016
Dev: Phobia Game StudioPub: Crunching Koalas
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
BUTCHER is a fast-paced, blood-soaked 2D shooter where carnage is the only way forward. Become a ruthless cyborg tasked with eradicating humanity, leaving nothing but blood, guts, and destruction in your wake. There's no such thing as too much violence in this grim, retro-styled gorefest.
Why similar: Action 64.3%, Indie 35.7%
- #6 Bloody Hallowfest
93% matchVery Positive91% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: Cubyte Games
Windows
What starts as the preparation for a special Halloween night event at a summer camp turns into a nightmare when someone with a bloodied axe ends the lives of all your friends. Will you manage to escape and save yourself?
Why similar: Action 91.5%, Indie 8.5%
- #7 Bloody Glimpse
94% matchMixed52% of 260 reviews2017
Dev: Racing BrosPub: ANPA.US
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 21%
Bloody Glimpse will take you on a immersive journey through bloody and dark world, the one that you always dreamed of.
Why similar: Action 60%, Indie 40%
- #8 Feral Fury
92% matchVery Positive81% of 130 reviews2017
Dev: Skandivania GamesPub: Skandivania Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 29.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fast-paced twin stick shooter rogue-lite action
Why similar: Action 59.1%, Indie 40.9%
- #9 CROSSBOW: Bloodnight
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 530 reviews2020
Dev: Hyperstrange
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
CROSSBOW: Bloodnight is a frantic score-attack arena shooter set in a world of camp horror and gore. Master the occult powers of your automatic crossbow and fight for every second of survival against a relentless demonic horde! Hunt. Die. Hunt again.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #10 Infernales
91% matchMostly Negative35% of 68 reviews2017
Dev: VGstudioPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Kill all the creatures of hell ...
Why similar: Action 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #11 Madshot: Road to Madness
89% matchMixed65% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: OverflowPub: 505 Pulse
Windows
Slaughter endless abominations while moving stylishly through a lovecraftian nightmare. Combine a multitude of unlockable weapons, abilities and upgrades in order to survive as long as possible, and reach the top of the leaderboards.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #12 BLOODKILL
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 64 reviews2024
Dev: SLAM AWAY GAMES
Windows
BRUTAL First Person Shooter focused on action, gore, and exploration. Fueled by adrenaline-pumping trap-metal soundtrack.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #13 Within the blade
88% matchVery Positive86% of 357 reviews2019
Dev: Ametist studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Bloody stealth platformer, about the ninja in which you cut the enemies into pieces.
Why similar: Action 59.5%, Indie 40.5%
- #14 Bloodroots
87% matchVery Positive90% of 311 reviews2021
Dev: Paper Cult
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
One-hit kill die-retry murderballet. Left for dead by a colorful band of bandits: you will chain killing sprees to exact revenge on the treacherous Mr. Black Wolf. Improvise your kills with utterly everything you can get your hands on: from carrots to plasma guns.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #15 INCISION
84% matchVery Positive86% of 1,138 reviews2025
Dev: SmoothBrainDevPub: Hyperstrange
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Ultraviolent, fast-paced, merciless retro FPS action. Slaughter your way through nightmarish industrial mazes, transformed cityscapes, and surreal alien structures to cut down the Growth.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #16 Down to Hell
86% matchMixed54% of 69 reviews2019
Dev: Red Dev Studio S.A.Pub: Ultimate Games S.A.
Windows · Mac
Down to hell is a dynamic slasher in which lone swordsman must face the hordes of hellish demons. Moreover Down to Hell will give you truly Heavy F’N Metal experience.
Why similar: Action 60.6%, Indie 39.4%
- #17 WOLF RIOT
85% matchVery Positive90% of 69 reviews2021
Dev: Jack Goddard
Windows
Survive the night. Play as Frank the Werewolf for a wave based cage fight for survival. Tear through a convenience store to fend off a mechanized infantry platoon of mercenaries.
Why similar: Action 63.7%, Indie 36.3%
- #18 Autumn Night 3D Shooter
86% matchMixed52% of 52 reviews2017
Dev: Sergey Bobrov
Windows
A 3D shooter made in the spirit of the the 90s' FPSes. Atmospheric pixel graphics, fast-paced action, focus on pure gameplay, made using a software renderer written from scratch.
Why similar: Action 60.6%, Indie 39.4%
- #19 One Try, One Kill
84% matchVery Positive83% of 84 reviews2020
Dev: Repa GamesPub: KuKo
Windows
One try, one kill - a gory TDS game, in which you must clean the areas of ruthless mercenary. The game is a top-down so you could view the battle situation as it's best.
Why similar: Action 59.1%, Indie 40.9%
- #20 KILL KNIGHT
79% matchVery Positive94% of 2,044 reviews2024
Dev: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
KILL KNIGHT is an ultra-responsive arcade-inspired isometric action shooter. Condemned to eternal sufferance, deep within the voids of an eldritch arena, you must wield an arsenal of devastating weaponry to obliterate swarms of otherworldly horrors - and MASTER THE DEMON WITHIN.
Why similar: Action 57.5%, Indie 42.5%
- #21 Bloodhound
82% matchMixed68% of 386 reviews2023
Dev: Kruger & Flint Productions
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Crush the cult of Astaroth and vanquish her hellspawn, make them squeal and hide where they came from. Enjoy a Fresh Look & Old Fun in this arcade horror FPS game inspired by the legends of the 90s.
Why similar: Action 69.8%, Indie 30.2%
- #22 Blood, Fuel, Ammo & Speed
81% matchVery Positive85% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: EXITUSPub: PLEASURE GARDEN
Windows
Blood, Fuel, Ammo & Speed is a fast-paced roguelite FPS action game. BFAS is focused on highly brutal, stylish, and smooth gameplay. Rip the Demons apart with your various satisfying weapons and sleek movement patterns. Power up your Operator with numerous stat upgrades and items.
Why similar: Action 93.6%, Indie 6.4%
- #23 Bloodthief
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,092 reviews2025
Dev: Blargis
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Bloodthief is an ultra-fast melee dungeon-runner where you use momentum to parkour through hazardous dungeons and brutally slash through enemies. Speed-run through haunted crypts and castles and learn what dark secrets lie beneath.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #24 TENET
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 75 reviews2018
Dev: ALTER-BOY
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 53%
TENET is a fast-paced shooter where you are trapped underworld in a nightmarish arena, and the only key to survival is to stay within the light. Your skills will be put to the test as you blast, punch, and stomp your way through this gore infused gauntlet as you tear your foes limb to limb.
Why similar: Action 60.5%, Indie 39.5%
- #25 Russian Gangsta In HELL
83% matchMixed50% of 62 reviews2018
Dev: Nikita "Ghost_RUS"Pub: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 11%
You play as a gangster who got into Hell for your business, and you need to kill all demon devils demons, because there's nothing else to do in Hell
Why similar: Action 59.1%, Indie 40.9%
- #26 Blood Spear
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,380 reviews2021
Dev: Blood Spear Dev
Windows
Blood Spear is a unique ranged action-adventure student game in which you play as a demonic spear. Emerging from a deep slumber, you are thirsty for blood. Throw with precision to impale and defeat powerful foes inside grandiose environments where a long-coveted power lies.
Why similar: Action 50.1%, Indie 49.9%
- #27 Battle Bruise
81% matchVery Positive91% of 498 reviews2017
Dev: Zanardi and Liza
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Stay atop a mountain of corpses! Fight numerous swarms of enemies, while dealing with the changing terrain.This game isn't messy. It's MESS ITSELF!
Why similar: Indie 67.9%, Action 32.1%
- #28 Berserk or Die
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 365 reviews2025
Dev: Nao GamesPub: poncle presents
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
This is an action game in which players attempt to survive by defeating a number of enemies which appear from the left and right sides of the screen. Use a unique keyboard-banging control scheme for maximum dopamine! Go Berserk, or Die!
Why similar: Action 75.1%, Indie 24.9%
- #29 Season's Beatings
80% matchVery Positive92% of 71 reviews2018
Dev: Code Avarice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Season's Beatings is a fast and frantic one hit kill FPS best described as first person Hotline Miami. You'll need to memorize enemy patterns and placements, and execute a meticulously thought out plan to succeed! Or...y'know. Just dive in and shoot some fools with a tommy gun.
Why similar: Action 60.1%, Indie 39.9%
- #30 Blood Dungeon
73% matchVery Positive90% of 517 reviews2026
Dev: Messhof
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
From the creators of Nidhogg, murder hordes of monsters in this 2D platforming autoshooter with a killer soundtrack. Collect Blood, gold, and bones to increase your powers. Can you survive the Blood Dungeon?
Why similar: Action 75.8%, Indie 24.2%
- #31 BRUTAL KATANA
75% matchVery Positive96% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: Jonathan Fasth
Windows
Slice meat statues in half as quickly as possible. An easy to learn but hard to master game with satisfying parkour movement and combat.
Why similar: Action 54.5%, Indie 45.5%
- #32 Redie
78% matchVery Positive80% of 281 reviews2016
Dev: Rückert Broductions
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Redie is a challenging singleplayer 3D top-down shooter. Fight an army of well-trained terrorists and soldiers in action-packed close quarters combat. Prepare to (re)die.
Why similar: Action 62.5%, Indie 37.5%
- #33 BloodRush: Undying Wish
74% matchVery Positive98% of 92 reviews2025
Dev: Lightmancer StudiosPub: Nuntius Games
Windows · Linux
BloodRush: Undying Wish is an extremely fast-paced hack n' slash roguelike set in a gothic, undying world. Dash, shoot and strike with ability combos, weaving between enemies like an improvised dance. Death is gone; bring her back.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #34 Elderand
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 823 reviews2023
Dev: MantraPub: Graffiti Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Only the strong will conquer this gruesome action platformer with RPG elements. Dismember demonic creatures and terrifying bosses by wielding brutal weapons in intense skill-based combat. Slay or be slain as you collect glory and treasure in this nightmarish 2D world.
Why similar: Action 59.7%, Indie 40.3%
- #35 Runic Rampage - Action RPG
75% matchVery Positive87% of 223 reviews2017
Dev: Electrocosmos
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Play as a raging dwarf and crush your enemies with mighty hammer strikes! Runic Rampage features brutal melee combat, badass bosses and a challenging hunt for the fragments of a legendary rune stone.
Why similar: Action 57.5%, Indie 42.5%
- #36 IGNOBLE
70% matchVery Positive83% of 351 reviews2026
Dev: Retromagine
Windows
Feed your father with the blood and bones of your enemies, grow stronger, and destroy the Ignoble tyrants standing in your path.
Why similar: Action 52.1%, Indie 47.9%
- #37 I am Weapon: Revival
76% matchMixed68% of 287 reviews2015
Dev: Krealit
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Have you ever faced your worst nightmare? What if you have no choice but to move on and see what’s behind it? Then you’d better arm yourself with a couple of big guns, stock up on ammo and show them all what a real nightmare is!
Why similar: Action 61%, Indie 39%
- #38 Hot Mars 69
77% matchMixed43% of 85 reviews2018
Dev: Nikita "Ghost_RUS"Pub: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
You play for the commander of the special forces group - Elon, and you need to kill all the devil-mutants in the colony on Mars to avenge for the dead comrades, and to escape.
Why similar: Action 57.9%, Indie 42.1%
- #39 TORMENTOR
72% matchMixed50% of 317 reviews2025
Dev: Madmind Studio
Windows
Take on the role of a merciless torturer. Earn money from video transmissions of your manhunts.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #40 Alpha Zylon
76% matchMixed61% of 178 reviews2014
Dev: Team 6 StudiosPub: Strategy First
Windows
Kill 'em all in 2D and 3D!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #41 Fresh Body
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,298 reviews2021
Dev: LOVIGAME
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Defeat your enemies , take their body parts to replace yours and become another strong boss yourself.
Why similar: Action 57.9%, Indie 42.1%
- #42 FLIGHTMARE
73% matchMostly Negative27% of 62 reviews2023
Dev: Van Studios
Windows
Indie horror game that will take your adrenaline to another level.
Why similar: Action 76%, Indie 24%
- #43 Berserk Mode
70% matchVery Positive94% of 243 reviews2023
Dev: Adam Travers
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Berserk Mode is a visceral time-attack fantasy rogue-lite. Become the Berserker and wade into a dungeon battlefield swarming with monsters. Unleash the absurd power of your Beast in a storm of blood and gibs. Prepare to enter Berserk Mode.
Why similar: Action 67.1%, Indie 32.9%
- #44 Putrefaction
72% matchMixed69% of 497 reviews2015
Dev: Kazakov Oleg
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Putrefaction is a First Person Shooter with horror elements, lots of enemies and weapons, heavily inspired by old-school shooter classics.
Why similar: Action 66.4%, Indie 33.6%
- #45 Christmas Massacre
68% matchVery Positive91% of 1,115 reviews2021
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Christmas is coming and Larry's got a big problem - his Christmas tree is telling him to KILL! Lead him through his murder rampage.
Why similar: Action 65.3%, Indie 34.7%
- #46 Slasher's Keep
68% matchVery Positive83% of 2,310 reviews2020
Dev: Damian Schloter
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Hack, slash, shoot and loot your way through procedurally generated dungeons! Smack your enemies into spikes with your inventory sack!
Why similar: Action 62.1%, Indie 37.9%
- #47 Massacre At The Mirage
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 570 reviews2024
Dev: Tainted PactPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
For less than the price of a movie ticket, experience your very own horror-fueled slasher flick in Massacre at the Mirage. Step into The Mirage cinema and face a chilling nightmare, where staff and patrons must survive a masked killer's rampage.
Why similar: Action 89.4%, Indie 10.6%
- #48 Vampire Survivors
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 266,062 reviews2022
Dev: poncle
Windows · Mac
Median: 19.1 hrsMean: 40.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Why similar: Indie 51.3%, Action 48.7%
- #49 ETERNAL BLOOD
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 111 reviews2021
Dev: Bloody Pixel Games
Windows
ETERNAL BLOOD is a high-adrenaline arcade-action FPS. Face legions of demons, harvest their souls and become a God of Destruction.
Why similar: Action 74.5%, Indie 25.5%
- #50 SuperTotalCarnage!
69% matchMixed58% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: IndieGala
Windows
Slay never-ending legions of monsters while running in circles! SuperTotalCarnage! is a gory and dark horror casual game with rogue-lite elements. Choose from a variety of weapons and perks and make every playthrough a different experience. Unlock many characters each one with different abilities.
Why similar: Action 67%, Indie 33%
- #51 GUTTED: Infested Crypts
64% matchVery Positive88% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: SLAM AWAY GAMES
Windows
Descend into infested crypts beneath a cursed cemetery in this visceral action-horror FPS. Fight through rotting horrors with heavy gunplay, brutal dismemberment, and only a dying flashlight between you and the darkness.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #52 Zombie Killing Simulator
67% matchMixed66% of 156 reviews2023
Dev: Meka Games
Windows
Kill all the damn zombies in different game modes!
Why similar: Action 60.5%, Indie 39.5%
- #53 Monday Meltdown
64% matchVery Positive96% of 120 reviews2026
Dev: NF MynsterPub: Footstomp Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fast. Bloody. 8-Player Mayhem. Dominate. Taunt. Repeat. Free. No strings attached. Ever.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #54 Bloodhound: First day in hell
66% matchMostly Positive80% of 423 reviews2023
Dev: Kruger & Flint Productions
Windows
Crush the cult of Astaroth and vanquish her hellspawn, make them squeal and hide where they came from. Enjoy a Fresh Look & Old Fun in this arcade horror FPS game inspired by the legends of the 90s.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #55 SUCCUBUS: Prologue
66% matchVery Positive82% of 5,435 reviews2020
Dev: Madmind Studio
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Become a demonic priestess of lust and use her unique skills to take revenge on your enemies. Regain your kingdom making hell tremble under your hooves! Leave no one alive if they won't bend the knee.
Why similar: Action 82.5%, Indie 17.5%
- #56 Phobia
71% matchMostly Negative29% of 70 reviews2017
Dev: VGstudio
Windows
Horror. Nightmare. Fear. Monsters. Madness. And again ... And again ....
Why similar: Action 59.1%, Indie 40.9%
- #57 Devil Daggers
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,504 reviews2016
Dev: Sorath
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Devil Daggers is a fast-paced shooter that places you in an abyssal arena to face endless legions of demons. Armed with versatile magic daggers and a fluid movement system, fight to survive as long as you can.
Why similar: Action 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #58 Run Dude
68% matchVery Positive85% of 53 reviews2020
Dev: Skull Box Games
Windows
Hardcore, bloody platformer with a simple dude.
Why similar: Action 59.1%, Indie 40.9%