- #1 Apocalypse: 2.0 Edition
96% matchMixed43% of 50 reviews2020
Dev: Harley Game Studios
Windows
Apocalypse: 2.0 Edition is an extremely fast paced shooter, which mixes several modern mechanics into the classic zombie survival experience. This includes an economy; item looting; item management; quests; stats; and much more! Completely free with Steam.
Why similar: Action 48.3%, Indie 33.8%, Violent 13.7%, Survival 4.2%
- #2 Award. Room of fear
97% matchMostly Negative33% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: Giks
Windows
Solve a riddle of damned family and do not forget to survive at the same time.
Why similar: Violent 46.8%, Action 31.3%, Indie 21.9%
- #3 Before the Blood
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rewind Play GamesPub: Enter Yes Ltd.
Windows
Before the Blood is an intense 3rd-person urban beat-em-up in which you punch, kick and knock out rival gang members on your journey to uncover the truth at Hilden Green - the place where Micky's brother, Dean, allegedly took his own life.
Why similar: Violent 38%, Action 37%, Indie 25%
- #4 OutBreak: The Escape
96% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: Daimen Gaming
Windows
OutBreak: The Escape is a Fps Survival Horror game, You play as a Marshall as you try to save your family While trying to escape a viral outbreak that occurred overnight in your hometown. Can you save your family and escape the OutBreak?
Why similar: Violent 48%, Action 30.6%, Indie 21.4%
- #5 DANGEROUS DUELS
95% matchMostly Positive71% of 17 reviews2016
Dev: Sophie Houlden
Windows · Mac · Linux
A local multiplayer game for 2-4 players. Only the fastest guns and the fastest on their feet can win!
Why similar: Action 37.4%, Violent 36.6%, Indie 26.1%
- #6 Mournful Sword
94% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: Duncan Keller
Windows
Mournful Sword is a 2D Action Platformer in the vein of classic games like Shinobi and Strider, with simple, precise controls and challenging combat.
Why similar: Action 37.4%, Violent 37.3%, Indie 25.3%
- #7 TERMINAL VR
91% matchMixed69% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: REMANIC
Windows
Experience Earth's final descent into Armageddon in Virtual Reality as extreme weather violently spreads destruction, death, and a twisted virus across most of the planet.
Why similar: Action 48.3%, Indie 33.8%, Violent 17.9%
- #8 Vindictive Drive
93% matchMixed66% of 95 reviews2017
Dev: Secret Society GamesPub: Sometimes You
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Vindictive Drive is an Action/Stealth game about Arris Fern's cold blooded revenge against her father, the president of the most powerful nation, for the assassination of her mother. Consumed by hatred, Arris will use the most cruel methods at her disposal to achieve her goal.
Why similar: Action 52.3%, Violent 33%, Indie 14.7%
- #9 Operation Desert Road
92% matchMixed60% of 30 reviews2017
Dev: RewindApp
Windows
Operation Desert Road is a retro style arcade action game. Climb aboard your vehicle and destroy everything on your way!
Why similar: Action 60.4%, Indie 39.6%
- #10 Zomcade
89% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: R3Games
Windows
Zomcade is a challenging action-horror arcade style game for Steam VR. Immerse yourself in over 15 different ways to play.
Why similar: Action 50%, Indie 34.6%, Violent 15.4%
- #11 BlueFear
90% match8 user reviews25% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: NukaGames
Windows
Sea survival game with action and survival elements.
Why similar: Violent 41%, Action 27.5%, Indie 18.3%, Survival 13.3%
- #12 CastleMiner Warfare
91% matchMixed52% of 96 reviews2017
Dev: DigitalDNA Games
Windows
Build and fight against 15 of your friends and enemies in the PVP sequel of the CastleMiner series. Customize your character with a set of un-lockable weapons, kill streaks and perks, in levels that you can fully build, destroy or share online.
Why similar: Violent 44.5%, Action 33.2%, Indie 22.3%
- #13 Zombie Towns
87% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: Nevix Productions
Windows
Zombie Towns is an FPS which you'll need to eliminate the zombies. In order to complete a level, you must find a key to open the gate and you will go to the next level. But look out, you can die quickly if you dont pay enough attention.
Why similar: Action 47.5%, Indie 33.2%, Violent 19.3%
- #14 PROJECT XINATRA
89% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2016
Dev: DemonVideogames
Windows
PROJECT XINATRA is an action game inspired in the old classic arcade games. You will remember those classics games while you are killing hordes of enemies.
Why similar: Action 61.2%, Indie 38.8%
- #15 The Rebel
88% matchMixed42% of 57 reviews2016
Dev: Clockwork Game Software
Windows
The Rebel is all about having fun and enjoying nice graphics.
Why similar: Action 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #16 Keyscaper
86% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: FomoonSoft
Windows
Collect all the keys to escape the hotel and win the game. Kill the enemy and show off your skills.
Why similar: Violent 41.9%, Action 39.5%, Indie 18.7%
- #17 Escape until Friday
79% matchVery Positive82% of 202 reviews2020
Dev: Poly anchor studio
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 45%
You are kidnapped by a maniac who keeps you locked up in his basement. You have to get out of the kidnapper's house at any cost until Friday.
Why similar: Violent 41.2%, Action 33.8%, Indie 25%
- #18 Apez
86% matchMixed48% of 27 reviews2017
Dev: A and F studios
Windows
This is an exploration into what is a fps.It is a game with an expensive campaign with hundreds of hours of single player gameplay and an expansive multiplayer gameplay with up to twenty people at the same time there are lots of fully fledged multiplayer maps.
Why similar: Action 62.1%, Indie 37.9%
- #19 Depopulation
85% matchMixed63% of 24 reviews2017
Dev: Aweswan studios
Windows
The world’s pollution is threatening all life on Earth. Employed by a Billionaire, and chosen for your high intelligence and psychopathic tendencies, it’s up to you to save the world by any means necessary.
- #20 PROXY
81% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2020
Dev: Last Call GamesPub: VR Ventures LLC
Windows
Experience our combination of cover-based gun play and kinetic melee combat as you fight ever increasing waves of enemies. Choose between Trent or Alicia, and utilize their strengths and abilities to get the highest score possible!
Why similar: Action 49.9%, Indie 34.8%, Violent 15.3%
- #21 SoM Soul Of Mask
84% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: Alain Perrin
Windows · Linux
Soul of Mask (SoM) is a labyrinth game where the spirit tries to collect Demon eyes to leave the underworld. Controllers: Touch Screen, Keyboard, Joystick. Support of Afrikaan language in game
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #22 Touch My Spinner
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 22 reviews2017
Dev: mibix
Windows
It's just a clicker idle game. Rotate your fidget spinners, earn coins, do upgrades, open chests, buy new spinners, earn more coins and buy more new spinners.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #23 WireNet
83% matchMixed67% of 33 reviews2017
Dev: Xero TR-MMXZPub: Xitilon
Windows
Minimalistic scroll-shooter with green-on-black pseudo-vector display. Rush through the isometric madness of WireNet to the NeuroCore!
Why similar: Action 59.6%, Indie 40.4%
- #24 Dear Leader
82% matchMixed67% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: Pleizter Games
Windows
Prevent the liberation of your kingdom in "Dear Leader", an action side scroller shooter, where you guide Kim Jong Un in his quest to defeat the foreign invaders.
Why similar: Action 58.9%, Indie 41.1%
- #25 Witching Tower: Heroes
77% matchMostly Negative35% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: Daily Magic ProductionsPub: Daily Magic Productions
Windows
Fight the undead with four sets of weapons. Beat the bosses to save the kingdom from enemies. Relentless arcade action suitable even for people new to VR! Breathtaking visuals and dark fantasy environments are waiting for you!
Why similar: Action 55.4%, Indie 30.9%, Violent 13.7%
- #26 Entropy 2120
81% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Filippo DonelliPub: Filippo donelli
Windows
Entropy 2120 is an extremely difficult First Person Shooter set in a dystopian futuristic world on the brink of collapse.
Why similar: Violent 38.4%, Action 36.2%, Indie 25.3%
- #27 Thundering Skies
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 21 reviews2017
Dev: Flat Voxel
Windows
A shoot'em up inspired by the 16-bit classics of the genre.
Why similar: Action 64.8%, Indie 35.2%
- #28 BANZAI ROYALE
73% matchVery Positive93% of 85 reviews2019
Dev: BrimstonePub: Brimstone
Windows
BANZAI ROYALE (バンザイロイヤル) is a top-down online shooter where contestants scavenge the map for weapons. Throw katanas and dodge roll past flying bullets in this fast-paced brawl to become the last salaryman standing!
Why similar: Violent 46.6%, Action 32.6%, Indie 20.8%
- #29 MANIC MINERS
80% matchMixed50% of 14 reviews2016
Dev: maddma
Windows
Welcome to "MANIC MINERS" - just imagine, "Lemmings" meets "Boulderdash" ... with TNTs, fuse bombs, lasers and flamers tossed-in-too! Deploy your Tiny Miners (TM) to collect, and safely return home, as many jewels as possible. But, be very, very, aware - there's a million ways to die daan there!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #30 Dark Rising
78% matchMostly Negative31% of 16 reviews2017
Dev: Clear Light Games
Windows
Upgrade your castle, build towers, expand your village and train loyal pledges who will fight, and die at your command. Dark Rising is a tower defense game for anyone who's looking for a more in-depth approach to the popular genre.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #31 Operation Lone Wolf
76% matchMixed58% of 50 reviews2018
Dev: Operation Games
Windows
Operation Lone Wolf is an indie shooter, set in the Second World War. Play the first single player mission, Dogfight, PvE, or multiplayer with a lot of different weapons, fluid movement, smooth and responsive gunplay, killstreaks, perks and much more.
Why similar: Violent 46.1%, Action 32.3%, Indie 21.6%
- #32 Heavy Destinies
77% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2017
Dev: MarksApp
Windows
Heavy Destinies [/]23 heroes, 23 stories of the survivor, one big storyline. All fates were interwoven into one tangle. Puzzle, which you have to untangle.
Why similar: Violent 46%, Action 33.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #33 Ice Cream Factory
75% matchMixed46% of 28 reviews2018
Dev: Ryan Silberman
Windows
Who would think working in an ice cream factory could be so challenging?! In this addictive arcade-style game, you have to shoot flavors of ice cream into cones of matching colors! If one cone moves past the pipe without being filled up with delicious ice cream, the game is over.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #34 Mind Dead
78% matchMostly Negative28% of 43 reviews2016
Dev: GBROSSOFT
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Play as Max Cooper, an SSF agent whose journey to a deserted oil producing community with a group of scientists has led to an outbreak of infection back at their research facility. Fight hard for survival as you battle the hordes of fierce infectees in this action survival game.
Why similar: Action 49.1%, Indie 33.3%, Survival 17.6%
- #35 Gold Rush In The Oort Cloud
76% matchMostly Negative33% of 21 reviews2017
Dev: WTFOMGames
Windows
Welcome to the SSGMC - Solar System Gold Mining Corp. You're going to mine a gold! Gold from asteroids.
Why similar: Action 71%, Indie 29%
- #36 The God Paradox
75% matchMixed60% of 35 reviews2017
Dev: Tristan Begin
Windows · Mac
Median: 6 minMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 34%
An action-rhythm-puzzle-platform game that will test your skills and your patience as the game’s developer talks you through each screen. However, there may be more to this simple world of screens than what meets the eye, and this so-called developer may have motives of his own.
Why similar: Action 61.2%, Indie 38.8%
- #37 Cactus Jumper
73% matchPositive90% of 29 reviews2018
Dev: Octopirate Games
Windows
Think you got what it takes to cross the deadly sands? The heat is on in this addicting desert side scroller! Using simple 3-button controls, try and jump as far as you can, plan your next moves and avoid those prickly cacti!
Why similar: Action 60.1%, Indie 39.9%
- #38 Project Nyx
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Major7th Games
Windows
Project Nyx is an experimental sci-fi multiplayer shooter that merges frenzied ground combat and chaotic zero-G space battles into one seamless experience. Warp reality. Defy gravity. Push the limits.
Why similar: Violent 47.3%, Action 31.6%, Indie 21.1%
- #39 Evil Spirits
74% matchMixed43% of 61 reviews2017
Dev: Exciting Games
Windows
Tom and his friends went on vacation on a beautiful tropical island. Where they met a tribe of friendly Aborigines, the leader of the natives told a wonderful story that will change their whole life.
Why similar: Action 51.8%, Violent 34%, Survival 14.2%
- #40 SoulFrost
74% matchMixed60% of 25 reviews2017
Dev: Xitilon
Windows
This is a short but hard minimalistic scroll shooter where you race against doing too many actions to keep more energy, without which you won't make it to the end. Lightweight narrative art-game.
Why similar: Action 61.1%, Indie 38.9%
- #41 Neon Tower Blast
70% match4 user reviews0% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: Korobok ProductionPub: Danila Morozov
Windows
90-s styled retro FPS! Take your blaster and shoot out some angry robots in the Neon Tower!
Why similar: Violent 46.8%, Action 31.3%, Indie 21.9%
- #42 Armada Skies
72% matchMixed57% of 23 reviews2018
Dev: Josh Tam UniversePub: OtakuMaker SARL
Windows
Buy weapons and ship upgrades. Fly through the skies, collect powerups and gun down wave after wave of enemies. Today, you own the skies!
Why similar: Action 60%, Indie 40%
- #43 Jammerball
73% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: DKWorld Entertainment
Windows
Jammerball is a sports game based on dodgeball and inspired by the classic arcade game Windjammers. There are 8 teams in Jammerball, and all of them have their own unique arena. 6 teams have a specific weakness in some aspect of the game, one with none, and one with all.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #44 Knight Fighter
72% matchMostly Negative35% of 26 reviews2018
Dev: Falco Software
Windows
Knight Fighters is a 2D side-scroll platormer with fighting action. The Ancient Knight can attack with sword strikes, punches, kicks and even chain combos, both at the ground or the air. He can also jump to avoid obstacles. Be prepared!
Why similar: Action 58.9%, Indie 41.1%
- #45 Volkstein
71% matchMixed45% of 20 reviews2018
Dev: Andrew AugustinePub: Monkeystein Games
Windows
Ouvbane, a vicious demonic trickster, has come back to life. And only Cauflin can stop him. Why? Because why not? He doesn't really want to. He'd rather stay home, but Ouvbane took his wife. And she brings home the bacon. And Cauflin really doesn't want to get a job.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #46 Neon Void Runner
71% matchMixed47% of 19 reviews2018
Dev: Falco Software
Windows
NeonVoid Runner is a infinite runner in which the player will test their reaction time in a fast virtual reality race placed in a futurist synthwave neon world.
Why similar: Action 58.9%, Indie 41.1%
- #47 Timbertales
70% matchMixed69% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: Rainware
Windows · Mac · Linux
A turn-based strategy game set in a unique nature-themed world. Lead Sylvan or Insect armies to conquer the forests, using magic, combos, and special attacks to outsmart your foes. A fresh indie debut with tactical depth and creativity.
Why similar: Indie 69.1%, Action 30.9%
- #48 Zombie Murder
69% matchMixed50% of 26 reviews2018
Dev: Falco Software
Windows
Zombie Murder - A brutal shooter with good graphics, special effects and hard-edged music. A large arsenal of weapons, crowds of monsters, seas of blood and explosions.
Why similar: Action 61%, Indie 39%
- #49 Seek Not a Lighthouse
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2017
Dev: MidnightCoffee, Inc.
Windows
After they stopped receiving communications from the creature below, all hope was lost, with the final message warning the islanders to be aware of what, or who, was to come...
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #50 Turtle Lu
69% matchMixed44% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: Falco Software
Windows
Turtle Lu is an old-school Action-Adventure game, Explore immense 2D Zones.
Why similar: Action 58.9%, Indie 41.1%
- #51 Supa Kila Monsta Hunta
71% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2016
Dev: Tadej FiusPub: MediaAtlas
Windows
surreal VR arcade
Why similar: Violent 46.7%, Action 31.4%, Indie 21.9%
- #52 Death Game
68% matchMixed50% of 22 reviews2018
Dev: Enemby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
It's a race to your grave! Can you die before everyone else, or will you be forced to watch in despair, living to a ripe old age before finally succumbing to a regular, uninteresting ending?!!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #53 Old Factory
68% matchMostly Negative25% of 28 reviews2018
Dev: Falco Software
Windows
The game is either a first person or third person. To help you win, look for weapon in abandoned buildings, collect ammunition and first aid kits, hide and try to hold out until your last breath, but be wise, you have no friends here, so shoot everything that moves.
Why similar: Action 60%, Indie 40%
- #54 Watergate Xtreme
68% matchMixed46% of 13 reviews2017
Dev: Will Carlough
Windows · Mac
Watergate Xtreme is a frantic multiplayer extravaganza where you and your friends run around in a maze trying to control your guy and a remote control bomb at the same time.
Why similar: Action 61%, Indie 39%
- #55 Extinction: Alien Invasion
64% matchMixed45% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: Henrique LimaPub: KZ GAMES
Windows
Annihilate waves of aliens, build your base, improve your mercenary, do it all with a sound track bathed in rock. Extinction Alien Invasion is an arcade shooter with elements of RPG, inspired by games like: Dead nation, Shadowgrounds, Alien Breed and Alien Swarm.
Why similar: Violent 47.3%, Action 31.6%, Indie 21.1%
- #56 HEXOPODS
67% matchMixed60% of 15 reviews2017
Dev: Florent Vieillescazes
Windows
Hexopods is the frenetic twin-stick shooter for hardcore players! Try to beat your friends or an AI in this multiplayer bullet hell! Adapt your experience as you please with its modular game modes for infinite replayability!
Why similar: Action 58.1%, Indie 41.9%
- #57 Flappy Arms
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 24 reviews2018
Dev: Improbable IndustriesPub: Virtual World Arcade
Windows
Flappy Arms is the premier VR bird simulator! Spread your arms and flap your way through a never ending city of obstacles. A local leader board, wacky arm flailing action, and a third person spectator mode make Flappy Arms a fantastic VR party game.