- #1 Alienzix
97% matchMixed66% of 50 reviews2017
Dev: Xero TR-MMXZPub: Xitilon
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Oldschool 2Д-shooter of the Windows 2000 epoch, controlled by mouse. 2-player local cooperative mode with several difficulty levels.
Why similar: Action 42.4%, Indie 30.7%, Retro 12.1%, Arcade 10.2%, 2D 4.6%
- #2 Handsome Mr. Frog
96% matchVery Positive91% of 242 reviews2016
Dev: Cowboy Color
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Jump, lick, and spit your way through four worlds in a new-school arcade adventure starring the nominal Handsome Mr. Frog, a good looking fellow whose hat was jacked by a bunch of unattractive normies.
Why similar: Action 50.9%, Indie 33.8%, Retro 7.9%, Arcade 7.4%
- #3 Pilots Of Darsalon
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 44 reviews2020
Dev: Dr. Kucho! Games
Windows · Mac
Your job is to locate and transport the containers to your base avoiding enemies on your way. Your ship is equipped with a hook to carry the containers. This is a physics based arcade game, inspired on the very early classics and with a strong Commodore 64 feel on it.
Why similar: Action 46.8%, Indie 31.6%, Side Scroller 7.9%, Retro 6.1%, Arcade 4.8%
- #4 Call of Tomsk-7
96% matchVery Positive81% of 444 reviews2015
Dev: Daniel MercierPub: Mercier Games
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Fight for your life in Call of Tomsk-7, a simple side-scrolling shooter. Horrifying monsters are pouring out of the forgotten and abandoned Soviet-era Tomsk-7 biological weapons facility. You must fight the creatures in a seemingly endless battle of attrition.
Why similar: Action 47.9%, Indie 32.7%, Side Scroller 19.4%
- #5 Castle Clamber
94% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: Trederia
Windows · Mac
Castle Clamber is an arcade action platformer for one or two players inspired by games of the 80s and 90s.
Why similar: Action 42.9%, Indie 33.1%, Retro 14%, Arcade 10%
- #6 Drones
94% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Sharksauce
Windows
Blast your way through hordes of enemies in the progressive wave mode to defeat the overseer, or test your skills with the endless survival mode to become the greatest warrior on the leaderboard.
Why similar: Action 50.7%, Indie 37.9%, Arcade 11.5%
- #7 Retro Space Shooter
93% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: Gable Games
Windows
Retro Space Shooter is a refreshingly modern 3D physics-based implementation of a top-down retro arcade space shooter. Expertly pilot your drone ship through an onslaught of enemy fire and fight seemingly endless waves of enemy ships and bosses.
Why similar: Action 48.8%, Indie 36.5%, Retro 7.9%, Arcade 6.7%
- #8 Path of the Sramana
91% matchMixed63% of 32 reviews2020
Dev: SpiritElder
Windows
‘Path of the Sramana’ is a fantasy platformer game, following a young shaman journeying through the spirit realm, as she searches for her father’s soul.
Why similar: Action 44.3%, Indie 34.2%, Side Scroller 21.5%
- #9 Avoid - Sensory Overload
92% matchVery Positive86% of 225 reviews2014
Dev: 48h StudioPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Avoid is a fast-paced arcade game that will test your reflexes!
Why similar: Action 55.7%, Indie 33.8%, Arcade 10.5%
- #10 Scrollonoid
91% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: Vadjra
Windows
Scrollonid it's a 2D symbiosis of arkanoid and scroll shooter game.
Why similar: Action 50.3%, Indie 36.5%, Arcade 13.2%
- #11 Valiant Gears
86% 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 53.3%, Indie 39.9%, Arcade 6.8%
- #12 Smooth Mover
89% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: BlurryBit
Windows · Mac
Move smoothly through a series of rage-inducing levels!
Why similar: Action 43.7%, Indie 32.7%, Arcade 16.7%, 2D 6.9%
- #13 Realm Hacker
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: KaiChih TsengPub: KAICHIH Games
Windows
Realm Hacker is a game based on cyber worlds and hackers, allowing you to manipulate characters while building blocks, while using dexterous movement to pass the game level.
Why similar: Action 43.2%, Indie 32.3%, Side Scroller 9.7%, Retro 7%, Arcade 5.4%
- #14 WireNet
90% 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 42.3%, Indie 30.7%, Retro 12.7%, Arcade 9.9%, 2D 4.5%
- #15 Retro Vaders: Reloaded
86% matchPositive91% of 32 reviews2020
Dev: Andrew Nutter666 Jaggar
Windows · Mac
The original Retro Vaders game rebuilt from the ground up with a brand new engine, complete graphics overhaul and a heap of new content.
Why similar: Action 50.3%, Indie 37.6%, Retro 8.9%, 2D 3.1%
- #16 Dungeon Bosses
88% matchMixed42% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: Kiiega
Windows
Dungeon Bosses is a classic game with bosses and unusual style. The game also has an interesting story, which is revealed in the course of game progress.
Why similar: Action 53.8%, Indie 40.2%, 2D 6%
- #17 KnightRoyale
85% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: abdulkadirPub: teodlegames
Windows
KnightRoyal is a Indie retro pvp Pixel-Game to play from time to time, if you are looking for a Indie retro pvp Pixel-Game to play from time to time, you are here right KnightRoyal is the perfect game for you then.
Why similar: Action 53.2%, Indie 39.8%, Retro 7%
- #18 DUMB Infernal
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 43 reviews2020
Dev: Beem Media
Windows
Enter the infernal hellscape as a lone warrior fending off an army of monsters in arcade style combat.
Why similar: Action 53.8%, Indie 40.2%, Arcade 6%
- #19 Line/Dash
87% matchMostly Positive75% of 52 reviews2016
Dev: Gamera Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Line/Dash is an Arcade-oriented game that doubles as a procedural player-controlled multimedia sculpture.
Why similar: Indie 41.9%, Action 37.9%, Arcade 13.9%, 2D 6.3%
- #20 GRAY GROFA
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TPM.CO SOFT WORKS
Windows
GRAY GROFA is an unparalleled side-scrolling shooter puzzle game developed for the 8-bit MSX computer. 2 years have been spent hand-tuning the game's visuals, movements and puzzles in a tireless pursuit for aesthetic perfection.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #21 Midnight Grub Session
82% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: Crumb Goblin Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Get down with the thiccness
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #22 Twisted: Enhanced Edition
83% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Szekretar
Windows
Twisted:EE is an action-platformer game combined with the best gameplay elements like time and object manipulation, clever enemies, traps and other challenges.
Why similar: Action 45.6%, Indie 34.1%, Side Scroller 20.3%
- #23 CANDLE UNDER WATER
81% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: polytanQ
Windows
Light a yellow candle by controlling the water level! Easy action puzzle.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #24 Attack of the Labyrinth +
84% matchMixed66% of 71 reviews2015
Dev: Jaunty Antics
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The forces of evil have invaded the land. A labyrinth of evil has appeared in the kingdom and legions of monsters are pouring out of its vile depths. The king has called upon a small party of heroes, the Champions of Virtue, to vanquish the demon within and free the land from a grim fate!
Why similar: Action 46.3%, Indie 34.6%, Arcade 19.2%
- #25 Escape Lizards
81% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2017
Dev: Egodystonic StudiosPub: Independent
Windows
Escape Lizards is simple: Tilt the platforms to roll your lizard egg from the start point to the finishing bell at the end of the level. However, things are never as simple as they seem...
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #26 Saint George | The Tree Of Secrets
72% 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 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #27 Break The Food Chain
79% 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 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #28 The War of the Worlds: Andromeda
79% matchMostly Negative30% of 20 reviews2018
Pub: Mediamas Europa
Windows · Linux
The world is over, get up and start the battle of revenge! With the first-person shooter of The War of the Worlds: Andromeda, load your weapons and lead your team to fight through swarms of fierce aliens. Turn the battle around through 14 epic levels of brutal combat, based on the world of H.G. Wells.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #29 Tactical Operations
78% matchMixed44% of 25 reviews2017
Dev: LillyWelland inc.Pub: Bitlock Studio
Windows
Tactical Operations is a subsystem of investigative, organizational-preparatory, other actions and operational-search activities conducted under a single plan and aimed at solving individual intermediate tasks subordinated to the general objectives of investigating a criminal case.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #30 Longshot Universe
77% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Longshot Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Longshot Universe is an intense action arena shooter where you pilot a variety of space ships to dogfight and shoot down the enemy before they shoot you down.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #31 Beyond the Wizard
75% matchMixed61% of 23 reviews2019
Dev: EJB StudioPub: Team ShockdriveR
Windows
This is a 2D action hardcore flatformer game. Get into the simple but difficult world of Beyond the Wizard! If you have enough patience, this game will not be difficult!
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #32 Cyborg Rage
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 29 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 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #33 Rogue Fighter
80% matchNo user reviews2016
Dev: Zane Gittins
Windows
Take control of your space superiority fighter. Guide your ship to victory through randomly generated onslaughts of enemies and bosses. In this fast paced room scale experience, your ship is only as good as your dexterity.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #34 Castle Invasion: Throne Out
76% 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 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #35 Binary Trigger
74% 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 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #36 Impixable
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Flaming Bat Studios
Windows
Impixable is a 2d top down shooter, featuring 50 unique waves of enemies. These waves are difficult and unforgiving at times, but do not change between playthroughs, giving you the opportunity to learn from your mistakes and conquer this challenge!
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #37 UBERCOLD
72% matchMixed55% of 42 reviews2019
Dev: Side Group
Windows
A stylish parody game featuring an unconventional weapon.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #38 Kyber Knights
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Portaalin Pojat Oy
Windows
A multiplayer VR game by an Arcade for Arcades. Kyber Knights is a fun and easy multiplayer game developed exclusively for VR Arcades. Simple controls and an easy to control Operator View make this fast paced shooter a great choice for Arcades. CURRENTLY ONLY IN LAN.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #39 Fleeting Ages
76% matchMostly Negative29% of 31 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 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #40 Six Feet Under
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 29 reviews2016
Dev: David NestorukPub: Adhere Technology
Windows
Find yourself under ground in this selection of Halloween party mini games, designed to spook and scare as you explore three underground levels. Start by finding yourself in an open grave with options to enter The Crypt, The Pyramid and The Mine. Battle rising water levels, mummies and giant spiders.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #41 Anark.io
71% 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 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #42 The Executioner: Prologue
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LS
Windows
The Executioner: Prologue is a hardcore two-dimensional action platformer. The game serves as an introductory part of an epic story which narrates about an executioner’s adventures in hell. After the sudden and mysterious death you find yourself in hell. Try to escape from the world of the dead back into the normal world.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #43 One minute of death
70% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Krzysztof Konopka
Windows
O.M.O.D. is pretty difficult platform game.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #44 Aequitas Orbis
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Ludi Dorici
Windows · Mac · Linux
Save the planet or challenge your friends steering your ship through the force of gravity in this fast-paced 2D space game.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #45 Secret of Harrow Manor
71% matchMostly Negative33% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: Only Human Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore an abandoned manor and it's grounds filled with nightmare creatures, locked doors, and scattered ammunition.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #46 Defection
69% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: Sergey Saratov
Windows
Defection is a third-person multiplayer shooter with hand-drawn styling.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #47 Galactis
73% 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 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #48 Refraction
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Zilby
Windows · Mac · Linux
Refraction is a top-down, arena action game where you use quick reflexes to take down hordes of enemies. You must rely on your skill and your wit as you fight to survive, in the hope that you can live long enough to take down the core of all corruption.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #49 Garrison Gauntlet
68% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Ryan Silberman
Windows
Garrison Gauntlet is an oldschool-style action-platformer where you play through over four stages of intense challenges! A little robot that is to serve as nothing more than as one of the many robotic minions owned by the evil tyrant, Garrison, you must stop his forces from the inside!
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #50 The Pit
58% 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 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #51 Prototype-CUBE
67% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Enzian Game Development Team
Windows
Using Sword and Bullet, while evading the barrage and swords, running stylishly through the buggy chess world, High difficulty level exhilarating action 3D shooting game!
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #52 Weird creatures
70% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2016
Dev: mchernykh
Windows
Blow-up your mind with the easy fantasy shooting simulator. You will travel across forests, deserts and snowy mountains, accompanied by a powerful ally vehicle to care of. Various weird inhabitants resist you to collect art pieces. Ever struggle to be rewarded.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #53 Double Stretch
69% matchMostly Negative24% of 17 reviews2018
Dev: ARGamesPub: Metal Fox
Windows
Double Stretch - an unusual top down flight shooter.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #54 Seconds to Square
68% 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 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #55 Nemesis
73% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: Fungun LimitedPub: Kevin Bramhill
Windows
Experience the excitement that we felt on discovering arcade wonders like Asteroids. A dose of nostalgia plus choice modern magic mixed with your VR kit, standing or room scale, modern capabilities and lovingly crafted eye popping fast game play.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #56 Space Slam
69% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: ;)Pub: Quickdraw Studios
Windows
In SPACE SLAM there is only one way to mine: ramming planets at full speed with your spacecraft. View the action in VR with your HTC Vive or in flat mode!
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #57 Nebula
70% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2016
Dev: Szekretar
Windows
Nebula is an action platformer with a high emphasis on using everything at your disposal to succeed, such as the gravity gun. The game takes place on an abandoned space station where you need to survive the deadly traps, defeat your enemies and solve physics based puzzles.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #58 HVRGUN
51% matchMixed59% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: Jonathan Bartram
Windows
Welcome to HVRGUN, the worlds best Assault Pilot Training program. Where you'll be placed directly into a virtual battlefield and test your ability to dodge, shoot, and destroy an endless onslaught of enemies!
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%