- #1 Exteria
97% matchMixed45% of 33 reviews2016
Dev: Mysteria Studio
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Exteria is an old school fantasy first person shooter. Play through the short story and fight for a highscore in survival mode!
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #2 Deathwave
96% matchMostly Negative39% of 33 reviews2016
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Use an arsenal of deadly weaponry and magic as you struggle to defeat a relentless enemy at the gate between your world and theirs in this arcade FPS.
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #3 Drop Out 0
95% matchMostly Positive72% of 18 reviews2016
Dev: Ward Dehairs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Drop Out 0 is an online first person shooter with a twist: there are no hitpoints! Beat your opponents by knocking them out of the map with various crazy weapons. The game features very straightforward, cross-platform multiplayer. Just download, set up and play online within 2 minutes.
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #4 Respawn Man
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 46 reviews2015
Dev: Evan (Solidplasma) PeiperlPub: Solidplasma Studios LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
What kills you makes you stronger! Use your extra lives to solve puzzles in this delightfully morbid puzzle platformer with a soundtrack by VVVVVV's composer, Souleye!
Why similar: Action 56.3%, Indie 43.7%
- #5 Starship Rubicon
94% matchPositive84% of 44 reviews2015
Dev: WickworksPub: Cheerful Ghost
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Starship Rubicon is a modern take on the classic space shooter genre. It's a smart and challenging rogue-lite that features a unique control scheme, pixel art remixed with NASA photographs, and an existential crisis about who is REALLY the monster.
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #6 Unnamed Fiasco
93% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2016
Dev: Unnamed Fiasco Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Unnamed Fiasco is a local multiplayer game where your mistakes can help you. Every time your character dies, a new clone is created to help you by repeating your past lives actions. Face your friends on intense couch multiplayer matches or go solo on tons of action-puzzle challenges.
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #7 No Stick Shooter
92% matchPositive83% of 36 reviews2017
Dev: Happy Robot Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Happy Robot presents a fresh take on the classic retro-arcade shooters we all know and love. Featuring 30 levels of non-stop mayhem, a huge variety of enemies, strategic weaponry, and a unique control scheme, No Stick Shooter is packed full of explosive fun!
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #8 ReBoot
91% matchMixed62% of 21 reviews2016
Dev: Georgy Topalo
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The game combines modern 3D-graphics and old school gameplay.Forget about peaceful aiming and a sense of superiority over your enemies.
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #9 GentleMoon 2
90% matchVery Positive86% of 94 reviews2016
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
GentleMoon 2 is a second game in GentleMoon series, an action game, filled with jokes and unlogical funny things to make you smile. The objective is to fly to the Moon and get away from the zombies this way. Before your trip to the Moon you collect the things that helps you to survive, like food, a weapon, good music, tv...
Why similar: Action 56%, Indie 44%
- #10 Paperbound
89% matchPositive89% of 28 reviews2015
Dev: Dissident Logic
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Run with scissors and walk on walls in this award-winning local-multiplayer gravity battle arena game from the mind of a former Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare developer. Enter the pages of old books where you will find strange environments and a cabal of playable characters.
Why similar: Action 56.3%, Indie 43.7%
- #11 Voxel Blast
89% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2015
Dev: Ceiba Software and Arts
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Voxel Blast is a game where you control a spaceship traveling across complex 3D environments to fight enemies in cages set to trap them with you. Navigate as fast as you can through the level to reach the beacons or risk facing squads of enemies already waiting for you; then use your weapons and evasive maneuvers to take them down in...
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #12 Ice Demon
84% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: Bob HoodPub: Suits & Sandals
Windows
How long can you survive? In this arcade-style game, employ hand to hand combat and freeze your enemies to get as many kills as possible before you are defeated.
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #13 MC Lars: The Video Game
87% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2016
Dev: Synersteel Studio, LLC
Windows · Mac
Jump, fight, and fly your way through a dozen songs from MC Lars’ discography!
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #14 Jamsouls
88% matchMixed52% of 60 reviews2014
Dev: Chromatic Dream
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Get ready for some crazy battles with your friends in the colorful arenas of Jamsouls! In the hope of bringing back the golden era of multiplayer classics, Jamsouls focuses on fast-paced and manic fun with simple and accessible gameplay.
Why similar: Action 57.7%, Indie 42.3%
- #15 web spice
85% matchMixed54% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: дель7inPub: Red twice potato
Windows
The planet was attacked by spaceships. This doesn't bode well. Armed with the most powerful weapons on Earth (including cats), you decide to fight back the invaders.
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #16 Last Shark Standing
82% matchPositive96% of 47 reviews2019
Dev: Shark Fin Games
Windows
Last Shark Standing is a couch-play party game where you use your superior fishing skills to throw your friends out of the arena.
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #17 Space Ghost Pirate Zombie Slayer
86% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2016
Dev: Brandon Brizzi
Windows
Is there intelligent life in the universe? Of course not, it's filled with Zombies! Sensing the opportunity for plunder, the Ghost Pirates have taken to the stars on their ethereal ships. Now it is up to YOU to take command of the Space Ghost Pirate Zombie Slayer fleet and lead them against the Zombie menace!
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #18 The Airship Designer
84% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: The Studio
Windows
Build your own airships by snaping engines, envelops, fins and gondolas together. Then fly it freely or watch it blow up in the sandbox!
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #19 Break The Food Chain
83% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: TEHO GamesPub: Caffeine Overdose
Windows
Break The Food Chain is an arcade game about cute little animals shooting at each other in the face like there is no tomorrow.
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #20 Saint George | The Tree Of Secrets
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Obscure Cloud
Windows
Embark on a new breed of medieval-fantasy arcade plaformer and explore extensive worlds packed with loots, creatures and humongous boss
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #21 Potentia
81% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: Influx Interactive
Windows
A multiplayer sci-fi arena shooter with a heavy emphasis on verticality, meant for playing with friends. It combines fast paced quake-style action with unique and skill based weapons, resulting in a competitive and enjoyable experience.
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #22 Epsilon Jump Prime
81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: Energize Labs Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Epsilon Jump is a retro, Geometry Wars-inspired arcade game based on a unique warping mechanic where you warp through enemies to destroy them, chaining warps together to get a high score.
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #23 Ethanol in dungeon
78% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: オートリ電子
Windows
千鳥足になりながら、フロアにいる敵を全滅させよう。タイミングが全て!
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #24 Seconds to Square
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 67 reviews2017
Dev: Fast Fall Studios
Windows · Mac
Seconds to Square is a momentum-based action-platformer where players draw boxes to manipulate time.
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #25 Fleeting Ages
82% matchMostly Negative30% of 30 reviews2016
Dev: R&G Software
Windows
Fleeting Ages is an open world game with strong survival elements and with a constantly changing world and ages. The game features a huge open island and seven time periods that change as the player progresses.
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #26 4 for the Money Demo
78% 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 57%, Indie 43%
- #27 Binary Trigger
79% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Iain KingPub: onelivesleft
Windows
Binary Trigger is a virtual reality precision wave shooter, with an emphasis on accuracy and speed. Competing for the highest score is the focus of the game, and you'll have to be quick and sharp if you want to keep your score multipliers high.
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #28 One minute of death
77% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Krzysztof Konopka
Windows
O.M.O.D. is pretty difficult platform game.
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #29 Anark.io
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Pinpin TeamPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Anark.io is a twin stick shooter taking place in the 80's
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #30 Punch Bomb
76% matchPositive100% of 36 reviews2016
Dev: Chris Folea
Windows
DO YOU LIKE TO PUNCH THINGS?!Punch Bomb is a virtual reality arcade game where you punch things! Two fully playable game modes with more coming during Early Access!
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #31 Corporate America
74% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Sam DeMinicoPub: Self Published
Windows
Corporate America is a fast paced multiplayer shooter, where you shoot emails to your coworkers in intense competitive matches online and off to see who is the best corporate shill.
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #32 UBERCOLD
74% matchMixed56% of 41 reviews2019
Dev: Side Group
Windows
A stylish parody game featuring an unconventional weapon.
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #33 Engineer Arena
72% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: WaveParadigmPub: WaveParadigm LLC
Windows
Engineer Arena is a frantic first-person shooter centered around earning "bits" used to buy weapons, grenades, and new abilities at any time, and using those to defeat your friends in classic console-inspired split-screen FPS action.
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #34 Aftermath Y2K
73% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Matthew Willis
Windows · Linux
Inspired by such games as Castlevania and Ninja Gaiden; aftermath is a NES styled action platformer. However in Aftermath you play as a dog. You must run, jump, and dodge your way through 8 levels to recover your beloved owner. All the while also trying to fend off thugs, bandits, henchmen, and mutants.
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #35 Pop Pop Boom Boom VR
73% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: Thorne Media, LLC
Windows
You brought a bow to a bomb fight. Challenge: Survive.
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #36 Solar Fighters
71% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Jhonatas da Silva Farias
Windows
Help Gaia fight battles to protect her prestige given by the Sun. Gaia is the most lucky among the others 4 personas in the Solar System, this leads to a rebellion intended to stole the Gaia's glory.
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #37 Botlike - a robot's rampage
71% matchVery Positive85% of 60 reviews2017
Dev: Binji
Windows
Botlike - loot and shoot your way through hordes of robots or die trying. Play as S.I.R. - a grumpy old warbot on his path to revenge. Use your ever-growing arsenal of weapons, upgrades and powerful items to defeat an evil and totalitarian robot league. Grab your top hat and let the rampage begin!
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #38 Castle Invasion: Throne Out
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 23 reviews2016
Dev: Cat Trap Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Castle Invasion is the fun, frantic challenge of defending your castle against an army of misfits. Who better to lead the army than the king, a spoiled man child who wants everything he can’t have. Well...he's not taking this castle.
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #39 The Pit
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zero KnowledgePub: Zero Knwoledge
Windows
The Pit is a platform game with touches of action and puzzles, which will force you to understand and know how to use all the skills you have.
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #40 Hooklings
69% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: Pasculator
Windows
Hook, pull, jump and do combos to clear 100 screens of enemies, alone or with your friends in this platformer inspired by arcade classics from the 80s.
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #41 Galactis
75% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: Gustavo Contreras
Windows
Galactis is a single-player space shooter where good reflexes are in high demand. Revive the glory of the ancient arcade days!
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #42 Galaxy Combat Wargames
72% matchMixed58% of 31 reviews2016
Dev: Fork Particle Games
Windows
Galaxy Combat Wargames is a head to head multiplayer PvP space shooter that engages you in challenging and intensely competitive space combat matches against other fighters from around the world. Engage in tough wargames on exciting planetary arenas and become the best commander.
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #43 IS -Infinite Stratos- Versus Colors
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2019
Dev: PROJECT YNP
Windows
High-speed 3D action battler! Control the world's strongest powered exoskeleton in Infinite Stratos and aim for the top! Manipulate the varios IS! Master an array of equipment!
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #44 Z.W!
70% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: S. Khasanov
Windows
Full ahead! Kill'em all! Fight as long as possible!
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #45 Curse of the Great Forest
71% 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 57%, Indie 43%
- #46 Lazergoat: Invasion
70% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Thunderbullet Game Co.
Windows
Martians have invaded the Earth and enslaved our animals, but worst of all, they made Lazergoat angry. Now, he wants revenge!
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #47 Hillbilly Apocalypse
68% matchMixed64% of 66 reviews2018
Dev: Uncle Frost TeamPub: Sometimes You
Windows
Once upon a time when all planet was in great danger the unknown enemy turned everyone into zombies. Chaos came. The rest of people are had to survive. It seems that everything has come to an end...
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #48 Ales Dash
69% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Mikage Productions
Windows
Ales Dash is a Side-Scrolling 3D Action Game. You control Ales running forward and Clear the Level while over obstacles.
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #49 Zombie in my city
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: SkyKan
Windows
Step in the midst of a low poly zombie apocalypse. Kill them all and save the town where you growing up.
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #50 STARCATCHER
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: John PlewePub: Nevercenter
Windows · Mac
STARCATCHER is an experimental wave-based arcade game, currently in development. It's simple, unique, and intensely hard. Protect the heart!
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #51 Bowman VS Zombies
67% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: Antoine Hésèque
Windows
Grab your bow, nock your arrows, and fight to survive against waves of nasty zombies, gruesome monsters, and epic bosses who follow the orders of your worst enemy in Bowman VS Zombies!
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #52 Robot King Part I: Rebooted and Ready
69% matchMixed47% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: Steven Taylor
Windows
The first in a 3 part series, Robot King follows the journey of a robot on a quest to find his place in a kingdom where everyone seems bent on his destruction. Navigate through 4 unique areas, collecting gold as you go. Customize your robot with 40 possible equipments.
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #53 United Force of Osiris
56% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ragehog Studios
Windows
U.F.OThis is a space shooter.
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%
- #54 Prison Bomber
68% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Sai Attack
Windows
Prison Bomber is an oldschool arcade shooter, based on classic 2d action games. Your main goal is to rescue your ally from enemies prison. Fight your way through the mass of enemies and beat the high-score.
Why similar: Action 57%, Indie 43%