- #1 COSMONAUT
97% matchPositive86% of 43 reviews2018
Dev: Neon Chasm, LLC
Windows
Unravel the mystery surrounding the lost vessel Diogenes. A story-driven retro platformer with elements of horror. Use the zero-g suit to explore the eerie corridors of a derelict ship filled with unknown lifeforms and dark secrets.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #2 Departure
95% 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%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #3 Crowtel Renovations
96% matchVery Positive89% of 84 reviews2017
Dev: SinksAdventure
Windows
Chirp through 9 levels of mayhem and check a few disruptive tenants out in an attempt to fix up this trashy vacation spot and save a little crow's job.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #4 Kitten Madness
94% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2017
Dev: David OgdenPub: LoveTrooper Entertainment L.L.C.
Windows
Kitten Madness is an open world fast pace game where you race a kitten through various levels and game types. Kitten Madness starts out as a single player game where you control a cute kitten performing the playful actions of a kitten.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #5 Painted Legend
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 59 reviews2016
Dev: Storyan teaM
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 85.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Imagine that one day, all the worlds that you have created on paper - live. Brave knights, fearsome dragons and terrible monsters, they all live on the page of your notebook.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #6 Imperil
93% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2017
Dev: Polybit
Windows · Mac
"Imperil" is a ruthless retro inspired platformer with puzzles. The hero must save the land that has been corrupted by evil. Place platforms or shift the world around you, move objects with telekenesis or burn enemies with fire to best the many obstacles you come across.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #7 Lost Borderline
92% matchPositive96% of 25 reviews2018
Dev: PigeonCube Studios
Windows
Lost Borderline is a retro pixel-art, hack & slash puzzle-crawler where the boundaries of reality are broken, giving you creative control over the sides of the screen to solve puzzles and defeat enemies.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #8 Domino Effect
91% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: GoshFather
Windows
Pick up an entire building and use it as a weapon. Go supernova and send everything flying in an outward direction. Use gravity in a way that has never been used before.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #9 Parvaneh: Legacy of the Light's Guardians
91% matchMixed62% of 69 reviews2016
Dev: Bearded Bird Game StudioPub: KPL
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Fadia, a young and courageous boy sets about protecting ‘Naria’, his home village, from the Khazdaks who are trying to pollute their river.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #10 Super Bugman Extreme Ultra
90% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: SyKoHPaTh
Windows
A unique 2D platformer with puzzle elements where you can jump, pick stuff up, place it down, throw onions, and use special abilities on enemies. Play through the Story Mode, have fun in Creative Mode, tackle the Procedural generated Chaos levels, and even design your own levels in the level editor.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #11 Zarvot
84% 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%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #12 Infinity Fall
89% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: KorteGames
Windows
Immerse yourself in the starship Aphelion's vast and unforgiving underbelly. You are Doctor Rupert Grouch, hounded by his own creation, DAVE. Survive time-based, combat and stealth trials, all in zero gravity. An experience uniquely suited to and built for VR.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #13 Fractal Chicken
89% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: FireSine LLC
Windows
Explore, craft, fight, and build your way through multiple infinite voxel worlds, look at fractals, have a good time! Play multiple game modes, builld automated machines, chop trees, build a base, turn into a helicopter, upgrade weapons and equipment and more! Oh, and most importantly, awaken true fractal power!
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #14 Project 59
88% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Red Oak Studio
Windows
You joined a secret agency. Someone is ordering you to carry out covert operations. There are advanced equipment and weapons at your disposal. You have to eliminate mutant creatures as you go through your mission objectives. But you realize things are not as they seem. There is something wrong in the system.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #15 Into the Ice
81% 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%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #16 PAPA'S TIME MACHINE
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 17 reviews2018
Dev: Techone Game Studio
Windows · Mac
《PAPA'S TIME MACHINE》 is a brand new action & adventure game in which players will play the role of a father and start an adventurous journey in different stages of life.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #17 Star Surveyor
79% 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%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #18 Untouchable
85% matchPositive79% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: 动想网络Pub: 拇指游玩
Windows · Mac
Untouchable is a fantasy-themed adventure game, where players wander into a world of fantasy and begin an adventurous journey.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #19 Slavistan 2
82% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2018
Dev: PozojPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Go on an adventure through in a small place with a big personality inspired by slavic memes where you'll meet colorful characters and get to know this place in and out. Find a way to get home, befriend some people, beat up others, have a drink, and if you don't find any trouble, trouble will find you.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #20 PROJECT AZRIEL
83% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: CurriculaWorks
Windows · Mac
That's right, zombies can make you think better. PROJECT AZRIEL is the least boring brain trainer in the world and has been shown to increase fluid intelligence. It’s a ton of fun to play so get it soon and have a blast taking down zombies while training your brain to work better.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #21 Prometheus - The Fire Thief
84% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2015
Dev: Magical Hackers
Windows
Prometheus - The Fire Thief is an action adventure game set in ancient Greece. As the player you assume control of the titan Prometheus. After stealing the fire from the Gods of mount Olympus, Prometheus must travel all across Greece and outside its borders, battling hideous monsters.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #22 Big Blue - Memory
82% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Studio RO
Windows
Become a killer whale and join a great journey to the endless sea. Join the great story of breaking through the harsh environments of ever-changing seas and overcoming the mighty storms.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #23 Pep-Pel
71% matchPositive86% of 35 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%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #24 RECHARGE COMPLETE
72% 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%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #25 Welcome To The Dreamscape
80% matchMixed42% of 36 reviews2018
Dev: FYRE Games
Windows · Mac
The Future is here, but are you ready?... Stepping into the shoes of a silent amnesiac, you must traverse through the virtual worlds of your own dreams, finding clues that may lead you to the answers of your mysterious past, but not all is as it seems...
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #26 ORBITOR
81% matchMixed66% of 35 reviews2015
Dev: Evil Aliens
Windows
Navigate the mysterious Quantum Nebula and dismantle it's gravity machine piece by piece before it destroys The Galaxy.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #27 STRASHILKA
78% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: reqtion
Windows
STRASHILKA - MEAN FEAR.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #28 VR_PlayRoom : Episode Beginning (Escape Room - Horror)
79% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: WeVery
Windows
The main goal of this game is to find clues and escape the room using things in the room.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #29 HAMMER WORLD: DIMENSION TRAVELER
67% 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%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #30 Relativity
77% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2016
Dev: TomCGames
Windows
Relativity will turn your world upside down. Curved surfaces and stairs allow you to walk from the floor, up the walls and across ceilings, shifting gravity and giving you a whole new perspective! Landscape platforms can be moved and rotated using buttons and wheels to transform the landscape and form bridges.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #31 Guardian of The Demon Valley
78% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2016
Dev: Lily GamesPub: Himi Games
Windows
This is an exciting shooting game.The game is set in a dark canyon, you’ll play a warrior who swears to defend the saint ice crystal that seals the devil with his life. would you be able to complete the mission of defending the sealing ice crystal against the horrible monsters’ continuous offensive?!
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #32 Stickman World
66% 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%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #33 Production Sound / 产声
76% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Aemaeth Monster
Windows
A fairy tale of growing up alone
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #34 Derelict Fleet
77% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: HCB Studios
Windows
Derelict Fleet is a fast-paced, space combat game. You are tasked with defending a refugee fleet as you travel the stars searching for a new colony to call home.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #35 Tom vs. The Armies of Hell
76% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2016
Dev: Darkmire Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Meet Tom -- a software engineer turned reluctant half-demon hero who must fight his way out of Hell by turning souls into demon-searing weapons. Blast your way back to your 9-to-5 in this hilarious, isometric indie action-adventure game.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #36 Flurius
75% matchMostly Negative29% of 21 reviews2018
Dev: One Buck
Windows
This is what happens when you do not brush your teeth.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #37 R.A.F.A.
74% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: Cristian Villalba
Windows
Imagine that you are a child and want to explore new worlds as an astronaut. Imagine a platformer with the ability to jump across an entire solar system. Imagine a story that won’t left you enough time to separate your face from the screen. Challenge yourself and be part of this arcade style videogame – RAFA. R.A.F.A.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #38 Death Space
75% matchMostly Negative30% of 37 reviews2018
Dev: Nikita "Ghost_RUS"Pub: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
You play as a scientist named Elmagamed at the 69th space station and you got to escape from a monstrous mutant.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #39 DUSTWUN
63% 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%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #40 Vector's Adventures
73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Sol Bot Studios
Windows
The blueprints are scattered and out of order! You must piece the worlds back together. Join Vector, a dot, the lowest form of geometry, in his adventure across the Shades of Blue as he battles a hierarchy of greater shapes. Wield the Architect's pen for puzzles and combat in the Land of Lines.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #41 I_AM.exe
63% 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%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #42 PRE:ONE
73% matchMixed67% of 30 reviews2018
Dev: PDDSPub: PDDS ENT
Windows
There’s always more than one path to victory. Use your own strategy to defeat Peyton, the mastermind of the Second Generation, and claim your freedom
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #43 Always Higher
74% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2016
Dev: AntiAnti
Windows
Always Higher is a single-player sci-fi adventure shooter VR game. Play as a secret agent, collect data modules, avoid enemy soldiers and escape underground facility!
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #44 Black Mist
73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: Nyan_Fort
Windows
Black Mist is a 2D, roguelike action game. All stages are covered by darkness, thus it is necessary to shoot shiny bullets to the darkness and move carefully. Bullets and your life are shared as "Energy", and the enemy's power and ferocity will be increase with the passage of time.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #45 A Rip In Time
61% 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%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #46 Explodey - Sci-fi Side Scroller w/ 'splosions
60% 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%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #47 Chicken with Chainguns
72% match5 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: Nuts and Volts Electronics
Windows
The big bad fox crushed your hen's eggs and you aren't having it...take up arms and show him who is boss! Use your chainguns to get revenge.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #48 Armoured Engines
60% 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%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #49 Divide
71% matchMixed45% of 11 reviews2017
Dev: Exploding Tuba Studios
Windows
Divide is a character-driven, science fiction action/adventure game with a modern take on isometric adventures of the past. Search for clues that reveal new insight into the story, interact with fully realized characters, and combat enemies by hacking out of sight, or launching a direct assault.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #50 HeartZ: Co-Hope Puzzles
71% matchPositive88% of 24 reviews2016
Dev: Upper BytePub: Spawn Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
HeartZ offers you a hearty combination of platform, action, puzzle and local co-op gaming. Outsmart traps and solve mysteries in each room and level while getting rid of Dr. Nylus' soldiers and machines! Kick, jump, fart, scare, bite... your way through mischievously designed levels!
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #51 Law Mower
70% matchMixed62% of 21 reviews2017
Dev: Scoria Studios
Windows
Law Mower is a game about one man's journey to achieve his life's purpose - to cut every blade of grass in the world.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #52 Afandas Survival
59% 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%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #53 Necrolance
68% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: Monsoon Studios
Windows
The Dark Necromancer has returned and is causing havoc in the Kingdom of Nangarth! He has sent his loyal servant, The Great Dark Warrior Thorg of Winstin, to resurrect 6 deadly foes in order to fulfill his mischievous plans! Play as both Thorg and our hero in this 2D action packed adventure!
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #54 Beyond Arm's Reach
58% 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%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #55 Alien Planet
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: Falkrus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Avoid the aliens and bandits in this skill testing game. Keep your cool as you work your way towards freedom on this planet of relentless enemies. Alien planet uses the simplicity and feel of an 80's style game to create an addictive and challenging experience.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #56 Captain's Tail
58% 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%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #57 Nachzehrer
58% 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%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.7%