- #1 Beyond Enemy Lines 2 Enhanced Edition
97% matchMixed42% of 48 reviews2019
Dev: Polygon Art
Windows
Take the role of a special agent deployed deep beyond enemy lines where terrain and conditions are barbaric. You will seek, locate and destroy the enemy while causing havoc and confusion. Emerge a hardcore tactical experience in vast, nonlinear missions where skill and tactical decisions matter!
Why similar: Gore 26.3%, Action 16.4%, War 13.7%, Wargame 12.1%, Indie 10.9%
- #2 Beyond Enemy Lines: Operation Arctic Hawk
96% matchMostly Negative26% of 19 reviews2019
Dev: Polygon ArtPub: Polygon Art Publishing
Windows
Navigate, observe, infiltrate. Free a hostage from an arms dealer, adapt to weather, exploit night's cover. Choose your style - guns blazing or silent assassin. Your call, your skill, your game.
Why similar: Gore 25.4%, Cold War 22.6% ★, Wargame 10.6%, War 9.4%, Action 9%
- #3 Atomic Butcher: Homo Metabolicus
95% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2016
Dev: Das Humankapital
Windows · Mac · Linux
"That game where you can pee, poop and puke." -- this is a 2D platformer with 360° aiming. It is violent, it is fast, it is absolutely over the top. Jump around, slide, dash and dunk into enemies to kill them, and then eat them. On your quest for meat you encounter a lot of deadly traps in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Why similar: Gore 38.4%, Action 35.2%, Indie 26.3%
- #4 Beyond Enemy Lines - Remastered Edition
94% matchMixed55% of 11 reviews2021
Dev: Enigma EntertainmentPub: Polygon Art
Windows
The world is near of nuclear apocalypse, a soviet seperatist group captured the control chip of a military satelite. It is your job to recover the chip! Equipped with state of the art weapons and equipment, you operate in absolute secrecy as a lone wolf far beyond enemy lines.
Why similar: Cold War 28% ★, Wargame 18.6%, War 14.8%, Action 13.2%, Tactical 10.3%
- #5 Strike Force Remastered
94% matchMostly Negative24% of 17 reviews2018
Dev: SF DevTeamPub: WFG Publishing
Windows
As a member of Strike Force, it is your job to defeat a hostile terrorist group. In Strike Force Remastered, you will engage in 15 different missions with your own tactics, in every possible terrain. Develop your own plan to attack the terrorists!
Why similar: Gore 36.1%, Wargame 15.8%, War 15.3%, Action 12.1%, Tactical 11.5%
- #6 Follia - Dear father
93% matchMixed64% of 168 reviews2020
Dev: Real Game Machine
Windows
Follia – Dear Father is a stealth survival horror that captures the genre’s essence in the halls and rooms of a university campus. Marcus goes in search of his parents, but instead finds himself struggling for his life against deadly horrors that creep around every corner.
Why similar: Gore 37.9%, Action 31.3%, Indie 22.5%, Difficult 8.3%
- #7 Matter of the Dreams
91% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: Zuev Nikita
Windows
Matter of the Dreams - is a game for die-hard action fans. No exploration, no searching for keys to unlock paths – the player needs nothing more than good aim and a quick trigger finger to succeed.
Why similar: Gore 63%, Action 21.2%, Indie 15.8%
- #8 Strike Force: Arctic Storm
92% matchMostly Negative32% of 19 reviews2016
Dev: West Forest Games
Windows
Strike Force: Arctic Storm is a small First-Person-Shooter game in the style of old, classic Delta Force games and a standalone add-on for Strike Force: Desert Thunder.Customize your loadout and join intense, large scale missions to prevent terrorist attacks.
Why similar: Gore 60.8%, Action 22.5%, Indie 16.8%
- #9 Red Flu
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Kostrov Games
Windows
The game "Bird flu" - is a shooter (with elements of horror game) first-person. The action takes place in the USSR in the nineteen eighties.
Why similar: Gore 61.9%, Action 21.8%, Indie 16.3%
- #10 Faux
91% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: Pelagames
Windows
Play as Faux, the artificial human and pass the difficult challenges that lie ahead.
Why similar: Gore 52.6%, Action 17.7%, Difficult 16.6%, Indie 13.2%
- #11 '83
81% matchMixed68% of 1,202 reviews2026
Dev: Blue Dot Games
Windows
'83 is a 40v40 squad based, objective focused online tactical first person shooter set in a Cold-War-Gone-Hot scenario. It's designed with 'accessible realism' for the most enjoyable, but still hardcore experience that gets you to the action fast, without losing the lethality of war.
Why similar: Cold War 34.6% ★, Gore 20.3%, War 14.5%, Wargame 13.3%, Tactical 10%
- #12 Walkover
90% matchMixed64% of 137 reviews2015
Dev: Millenium Project Enterprises
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 42.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
It is WAR!Team up with your comrades to stand against the pesky aliens.
Why similar: Gore 53.6%, Action 26.6%, Indie 19.9%
- #13 Nine
89% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Baiacu Games
Windows
Never stop walking and try to stay alive, even a child should be able to do it
Why similar: Gore 79.1%, Indie 20.9%
- #14 Barbara-ian
89% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2017
Dev: Owlbear
Windows · Mac
Break-neck dungeoneering with 1 hit point. You play Barbara-ian, a mythical badass with perma-rage & a penchant for smashing. Featuring super fast paced physics based mayhem, one hit is all that stands between you and a quick restart
Why similar: Action 38.4%, Difficult 32.9%, Indie 28.7%
- #15 Reframed
88% matchMixed55% of 20 reviews2018
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
ReFramed is a badass, old-school FPS horror game set in the Solarix universe. Relive the terrors of Solarix in this high-octane, bullet spraying reimagining, only this time, stealth is not an option...
Why similar: Gore 33.1%, Action 28.8%, Indie 21.5%, Difficult 16.6%
- #16 Redium
86% matchMixed43% of 75 reviews2017
Dev: ZovGamePub: Errigar Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 24.6 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Redium it is adventure Action 2D, with the pixel, detailed graphics. In this game you should understand the crimes which began after detection of a crystal with special characteristics. The outcome of all events depends on your actions.
Why similar: Gore 60%, Action 23.3%, Indie 16.7%
- #17 They Are Beasts
84% matchMixed61% of 38 reviews2020
Dev: Tarakan Game Studio
Windows
They Are Beasts is a third-person shooter in which you will fight an army of undead, led by the most vile creatures of darkness, and wrest your soul from the demon's tenacious claws. Do not forget to recharge!
Why similar: Gore 53.2%, Action 26.4%, Indie 20.4%
- #18 魔光
86% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Magic Light TeamPub: Magic Light & LittleV
Windows
I am a Milky Way administrator from the Imperial Army. This time I was serving at a small base station 200 light years away from Earth. Although the Zerg had been defeated by the Empire for half a century, some insects still threatened us.
Why similar: Gore 63.6%, Action 20.4%, Indie 16%
- #19 Stary
85% matchMixed50% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: Yars
Windows
Death is the inevitable and logical conclusion of life. All people, one way or another, understand this, but until the end they dare to accept only a few. Stary - the story of the traveler
Why similar: Gore 63%, Action 21.2%, Indie 15.8%
- #20 When I Was Young
83% matchMostly Positive70% of 165 reviews2020
Dev: WallRus GroupPub: Art Games Studio S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
When I Was Young is a stylish and challenging 2D action game set during the Vietnam War. Fight your way through the brutal firefights enjoying a unique combat system and a story-driven campaign. Immerse yourself in the fascinating entourage of the 1960s!
Why similar: Cold War 26.9% ★, Action 24.8%, Indie 15.4%, War 13.8%, Difficult 9.7%
- #21 Redie
84% matchVery Positive80% of 280 reviews2016
Dev: Rückert Broductions
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.2 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: Gore 65.1%, Action 21.2%, Indie 13.7%
- #22 Afterconflict
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MicroProse Software
Windows
A brutal tactical FPS focusing on unflinching realism and equipment accuracy, set during the twilight days of what was once the Cold War.
Why similar: Cold War 37.3% ★, Action 21.1%, War 16.1%, Tactical 13.6%, Indie 11.9%
- #23 TEAM SIX - Armored Troops
78% matchPositive89% of 35 reviews2023
Dev: Devmaru Inc.
Windows
A squad-based strategic action game where you command six types of special units to complete missions. It offers a variety of gameplay options, including large-scale battles, infiltration, sniping, and armored warfare.
Why similar: Wargame 29.6%, War 23.5%, Action 21.2%, Gore 20.1%, Indie 5.5%
- #24 WT2
82% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: Rocketeer Games Studio, LLC
Windows · Mac
Destroy, smash and blast your way to victory. Use advanced weapons and vehicles to dominate the battlefield.
Why similar: Gore 40.4%, Action 25.3%, Indie 19.4%, War 15%
- #25 Heathen - The sons of the law
81% matchVery Positive81% of 96 reviews2018
Dev: Frog FactoryPub: The Box Studio
Windows
Indie game inspired by the novel "The island of Doctor Moreau" by HG Wells.
Why similar: Gore 63.5%, Action 21.3%, Indie 15.2%
- #26 Archers
82% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Stabbarey
Windows
Hop into the world of archery and acrobatics. Play in modes of 1v1, 2v2 or 3v3. Create servers with your friends or play versus random players. Pick up different arrow types and use your abilities to eliminate your foes. Make precision longshots or get up close and personal with your enemies.
Why similar: Gore 53.1%, Action 27.2%, Indie 19.7%
- #27 Corpse Castle
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wicked Cake GamesPub: Whim Independent Studios
Windows
Corpse Castle is a procedurally animated high-velocity twin stick fighter set in a deranged body-horror mystery where you must use your bare hands (or what’s left of them) to construct a tower from the flesh and bone of those who stand in your way.
Why similar: Gore 48.5%, Action 29.4%, Indie 22%
- #28 Overboard
79% matchPositive97% of 33 reviews2019
Dev: Jack SouthardPub: Trass Games
Windows
A ridiculous VR game about fighting bloodthirsty and increasingly deadly sharks using makeshift weapons. Elevate the battle from the open ocean to the skies, and even into space! The sharks will stop at nothing to devour a tasty human.
Why similar: Gore 53.1%, Action 27.2%, Indie 19.7%
- #29 Plant Revenge
80% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: David Jenni
Windows
Take revenge for what scientists made with your girlfriend.
Why similar: Gore 40.1%, Action 34.3%, Indie 25.6%
- #30 BAD BOY BROTHER
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: ZOC Co.,Ltd.Pub: D3PUBLISHER
Windows
Japan's Triple B title hittin' the shelves! fighting and flaunting their 'tudes, add in three entirely new game systems, and you get a sick beat 'em up!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #31 Project IO
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: T124 Studios LLC
Windows
Project IO is a first-person, survival horror video game set in the late 1950's, with an emphasis on exploration and narrative.
Why similar: Gore 79.9%, Indie 20.1%
- #32 Zombie Nightmare
79% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: MOERS INC
Windows
Defend yourself from waves of zombies! Support SteamVR
Why similar: Gore 74.9%, Action 25.1%
- #33 Kickshot
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 68 reviews2018
Dev: R.A.M. Studios LLC
Windows
Kickshot is a first-person speedrunning game in which you utilize your tools, environment and movement abilities to complete the course as quickly as possible.
Why similar: Gore 52%, Action 18.2%, Difficult 15.6%, Indie 14.2%
- #34 Armed Warrior VR
78% match4 user reviews0% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: antrorse
Windows
Realistic VR Action Game that deals with various weapons in battle and becomes a true medieval warrior! It has a virtual fantasy world view that matches the emotions of the global market. The hero use weapons such as swords, shields, bows and guns, defeating the enemies and becoming a true warrior.
Why similar: Gore 74.9%, Action 25.1%
- #35 The Other Side Of The Screen
77% matchMixed60% of 67 reviews2018
Dev: VaNyuHa
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 45%
The game has 5 main characters that participate in a deadly show called "The Other Side of the Screen" . Each player has to find a way out of his location. The levels and their difficulty are completely different. You are given an opportunity to play for any of the mentioned characters.
Why similar: Gore 61.9%, Action 21.5%, Indie 16.6%
- #36 Krum - Battle Arena
69% matchMixed50% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: HA Studio Ltd.Pub: SA Industry
Windows
In the arena, the rules are simple: bring your name and your country in front of everyone else! It’s a fun, competitive, asynchronous hack-and-slash parody game.
Why similar: Gore 53.5%, Action 27%, Indie 19.6%
- #37 Super Pig X
74% matchPositive94% of 33 reviews2019
Dev: Sos Sosowski
Windows
Probably the hardest game you will ever play. A pitch black platformer where the only way to see the world is to die splattering blood everywhere around. Packed with mind-bendingly hard levels, mazes, and numerous traps that you will never see coming!
Why similar: Gore 62.2%, Difficult 22.8%, Indie 15%
- #38 Choice
76% matchMixed70% of 23 reviews2017
Dev: OlympicPub: Concepts
Windows
Hardcore first-person game. You're going to die at every step. There are no checkpoints and mercy. Only suffering and pain.
Why similar: Gore 47.1%, Action 30.2%, Indie 22.6%
- #39 GRIMO
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DozenMinds OU
Windows · Mac
Grimo is story driven stealth action in pixel art. Cyberchurch, neural implants, advanced robots and augmented humans all of these are common things in Grimo's world. It’s on!
Why similar: Gore 54.7%, Action 25.9%, Indie 19.4%
- #40 Deep Dark Dungeon
75% matchMixed60% of 50 reviews2018
Dev: GlassCats
Windows · Mac
Deep Dark Dungeon is a rogue-lite action game in which the player dives into the deep, dark depths of various dungeons filled with bad-tempered monsters that will attack them on sight.
Why similar: Action 39.7%, Difficult 31.6%, Indie 28.6%
- #41 Wild Animal Sports Day
73% matchVery Positive92% of 337 reviews2018
Dev: Paul BirdPub: Marjupi Games
Windows · Mac
All your favourite Wild Animals are competing for the title of Wild Animal Champion of Champions! Tennis, Hurdles, Darts, Diving, Skiing, Pole-Vault, Trampolining and for the first time in a game Rhythmic Gymnastics! But watch out for King Croc! Wild Animal Sports Day (WASD) is out now!
Why similar: Cold War 59.6% ★, Gore 26.2%, Action 8%, Indie 6.1%
- #42 Fantasy Battles
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Area VR
Windows
Fantasy Battles is a game based on the principle of Battle Royale. You have the opportunity to compete with people, around the world, in battles based on comics. At the beginning you have the Wild West card to play, shortly followed by Omaha Beach and Sci-Fi World these worlds are of course included in the price.
Why similar: Gore 63%, Action 21.2%, Indie 15.8%
- #43 Scrapper
75% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Ghostbolt Games
Windows
Flying through treacherous terrain, avoiding dangerous enemies, scavenging everything you can find. Scrapper is an action packed space flight rogue-lite pitting you against dangerous sectors of space. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Action 40.2%, Indie 30.1%, Difficult 29.7%
- #44 NAR - Not Another Royale
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Schmidt Games
Windows
NOT ANOTHER ROYALE (NAR) is an action loaded multiplayer shooter with several different game modes.
Why similar: Gore 53.1%, Action 27.2%, Indie 19.7%
- #45 Yumori Forest
73% matchPositive93% of 30 reviews2018
Dev: TERA14
Windows
Yumori Forest is a violently stylish action game focused on fast-paced combat, chaotic boss fights and unforgiving difficulty.
Why similar: Gore 44.4%, Action 23.4%, Indie 17%, Difficult 15.2%
- #46 Fever Cabin
72% matchMixed50% of 14 reviews2020
Dev: Justin Foley
Windows
"Five Nights at Freddy's meets COD Zombies" in this challenging horror shooter with pseudo puzzle elements that forces you to use your head and listen carefully.
Why similar: Gore 52.3%, Action 27.3%, Indie 20.4%
- #47 Heebie Jeebies: The Roller Coaster
72% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: Lukas Litinskas
Windows
Heebie Jeebies is a horror roller coaster game created especially for VR. To survive the whole ride, you will have to hold the handles in front of you. If at any point you will release them - GAME OVER. This is the perfect game for you to experience something spooky and to scare your friends as well.
Why similar: Gore 66.8%, Action 33.2%
- #48 Obligation
71% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: 朽木布可凋夜Pub: JingtuStudio
Windows
"Obligation" is a decryption game made by RPGMaker. The player learns what happened to the character by switching the character personality. Different personalities have different ideas and operations on the same item.
Why similar: Gore 80.7%, Indie 19.3%
- #49 Hijong Park's Defender Patrol
57% matchVery Positive99% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: Hijong ParkPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Hijong Park's Defender Patrol is a small, low-poly helicopter combat flight simulator featuring simple but fully interactable cockpit system, playable in both the monitor and Virtual-reality.
Why similar: Cold War 43% ★, Wargame 24%, War 16.6%, Action 7.5%, Tactical 5.1%
- #50 The Risers
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 21 reviews2018
Dev: Ignacio Medina
Windows
Prepare to fight on a frenzy of blood against 8 selectables fighters. Use the "X-BREAKER" combat system for execute a mortal kickback. Discover all fighters's endings in a classic arcade mode.
Why similar: Gore 54.7%, Action 25.9%, Indie 19.4%
- #51 Rising Storm 2: Vietnam
66% matchVery Positive87% of 58,951 reviews2017
Dev: Antimatter GamesPub: Tripwire Interactive
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 42.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Red Orchestra Series' take on Vietnam: 64-player MP matches; 20+ maps; US Army & Marines, PAVN/NVA, NLF/VC; Australians and ARVN forces; 50+ weapons; 4 flyable helicopters; mines, traps and tunnels; Brutal. Authentic. Gritty. Character customization. And napalm in the morning.
Why similar: Cold War 33.6% ★, Gore 18.2%, Wargame 18.1%, War 15.3%, Tactical 8.8%
- #52 FORGOTTEN IN HELL
70% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2019
Dev: MIGALOO GAMES
Windows
2023 In one of the closed special clinics where experiments were conducted on the creation of a superman failed in the system and everything went wrong. Subjects began to mutate and not to give in to control. Everyone was evacuated but there was one nurse left in the building who could not leave the clinic.
Why similar: Gore 63%, Action 21.2%, Indie 15.8%
- #53 Friends For The Apocalypse
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BrainChocolate
Windows
FFTA is a hardcore, top-down-action-arena-monster-wave-survival-base-defense game. Control both man and dog as you work together to survive and escape an ever-changing monster infested procedural island in the middle of nowhere.
Why similar: Gore 44.3%, Action 26.9%, Indie 20.1%, Difficult 8.6%
- #54 Attack Of Insects
60% matchMixed70% of 99 reviews2024
Dev: BadWolf GamesPub: HandMade Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 54.1 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Love insects? And insects that are two or even ten times more than you? If you love, then - it's fine, you will definitely be pleased with our insects. And if you do not love, then you will be happy, because you have to shoot on insects and watch them fly apart!
Why similar: Gore 45.5%, Action 30.6%, Indie 23.8%
- #55 Melon Simulator™
55% matchVery Positive88% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: Delirious & Co.
Windows
Melon Simulator™ is a chaotic, co-op (1 - 4 players), first person melee combat game. Almost anything that isn't nailed down can be used to whack, slice, and throw at the oncoming melon hoard...
Why similar: Gore 47.5%, Difficult 25.7%, Action 16.4%, Indie 10.4%
- #56 King Erik
68% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Battle Crafters LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this Medieval 2D platformer game, you play as King Erik, a young man who has acquired the Scepter of Might and must fight his way through tricky passages and deadly contraptions to regain his kingdom from the clutches of his Uncle's Saxon armies!
Why similar: Gore 64.1%, Action 20.5%, Indie 15.4%
- #57 There is a Thief in my House VR
67% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: Kucki
Windows
How is the life of a thief? While others are at work, you break into their house, doing some renovations and taking their TV and Game consoles because they don't need them anymore!
Why similar: Gore 54.7%, Action 25.9%, Indie 19.4%
- #58 Hero Boy
69% match4 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2016
Dev: Crowned Daemon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hero Boy is a 2D horror/brawler set in the notebook of an 8 year old boy during a zombie outbreak. Fight through hordes of enemies, imaginary and real, to face your fears and protect your family!
Why similar: Indie 100%