- #1 Inside Me
97% matchVery Positive80% of 50 reviews2015
Dev: SnowBiteGames
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
"Inside Me" is a top-down shooter in which you play as one of nanorobots embedded in the human body to fight infection.
Why similar: Action 60.9%, Indie 39.1%
- #2 FIGHTING SPACE
96% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2016
Dev: Apology Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Featuring carefully curated 256 color palette sprites, a smashing retro soundtrack and intense action, FIGHTING SPACE brings back the glorious days of yesteryear DOS gaming – back when red meat, 33.6k modems and colossal 19 inch CRT displays where cream of the crop!
Why similar: Action 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #3 Event Horizon - Frontier
95% matchMixed57% of 58 reviews2019
Dev: Pavel Zinchenko
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build an invincible starbase and protect it from enemies. Choose your fleet from an expanse of ships to suit your playstyle, and use the best weapons and modules you have to hand to destroy invaders.
Why similar: Action 60.9%, Indie 39.1%
- #4 Avalo Legends
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2019
Dev: Spooky WafflePub: ESAT
Windows
Avalo Legends is a first person melee (FPM) multiplayer game. Located in the distant galaxy of Iska, it’s a frantic melee match which takes place in the stadium of the capital of the galaxy, Khot. Choose one of the different champions available and fight in wild battles for an absolute victory.
Why similar: Action 60.9%, Indie 39.1%
- #5 Babel: Choice
96% matchMixed66% of 107 reviews2016
Dev: Sogoal
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Babel: Choice is a 2D action-adventure Roguelike game which combines with the elements of RPG and shooting games. In the game, the player will play the part of Alexander, the son of the evil duke, aiming to break through the perilous and capricious Tower of Evil.
Why similar: Action 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #6 Wizardas
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: EllGames
Windows
1 play 3 minutes, flashy 3D action game !! Using stylish magic, let's annihilate the monsters infest in the graveyard !!
Why similar: Action 60.9%, Indie 39.1%
- #7 SoulFrost
93% matchMixed63% of 24 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 60.9%, Indie 39.1%
- #8 Alphaman
90% matchMixed68% of 22 reviews2019
Dev: Heartfelt Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Alphaman is an action platformer made with nostalgic love from similar platformers of the past and present. Jump, shoot, and dash your way through various stages, gaining new powers and abilities along the way to stop the Red Bombers!
Why similar: Action 60.8%, Indie 39.2%
- #9 Save Dash
91% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: 10ravens s.r.o.
Windows
Save Dash is a simple yet challenging hardcore running arcade game.
Why similar: Action 60.9%, Indie 39.1%
- #10 Doomed'n Damned
92% matchMostly Negative33% of 18 reviews2015
Dev: Arc-gen
Windows
Doomed'n Damned is an action game based on retro/classic platform games from Arcades and 16 bit consoles, but revised to the HD era. The level design, characters, plot and difficulty have a lot of influence from the late 80s and early 90s games. The development and production is by arc-gen, an one man indie game studio.
Why similar: Action 60.9%, Indie 39.1%
- #11 Column on the Sea
87% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: Griffin Snow
Windows
Join freelance treasure hunters Laika and Erhardt on their quest for a legendary treasure on a mysterious island! Explore a huge world, battle dangerous monsters, and discover valuable upgrades in this hilarious action-adventure with a unique art style!
Why similar: Action 60.8%, Indie 39.2%
- #12 The Asskickers-Steam Edition
91% matchMostly Negative28% of 90 reviews2015
Dev: AGO Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The Asskickers is a satirical re-imagination of the 2D arcade beat’em up. Join Alex, Diane and Marcus in their action-packed journey through the heart of the modern urban jungles. Wrongly accused, our three heroes will stand up to a corrupt political and financial elite and make white-collar criminals discover the lost art of asskicking.
Why similar: Action 60.9%, Indie 39.1%
- #13 Dead TrailZ
89% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2016
Dev: Galactic Bits, Inc
Windows · Mac
Dead TrailZ is a fast paced tower defense/roguelike first person shooter. Escape the Apocalypse, battling waves of zombie hordes. Adjust your strategy based on the weapons you unlock, the ammo you find and the boosts you receive for your shooting skills.
Why similar: Action 60.8%, Indie 39.2%
- #14 Gun Blaze
85% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: Cybertime System
Windows
Gun Blaze is dynamic online arena fights in the far future setting. Be a sniper, an engineer or a stormtrooper. Fight against other players, capture the enemy base, control heavy vehicles and score points to take place in the global table of records.
Why similar: Action 61%, Indie 39%
- #15 Bleeding Blocks
89% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2015
Dev: Killer Teapot Games
Windows
Bleeding Blocks is a 2D arena shooter. Two players face off in a single-screen deathmatch. Winning requires more than quick reflexes. Players must use cover and tactics to outsmart the enemy.
Why similar: Action 60.8%, Indie 39.2%
- #16 Aztec Tower
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2019
Dev: Paul Schwörer
Windows
Aztec Tower is a free VR bow & arrow game about defending the temple of your people against the spanish conquistadors.
Why similar: Action 61%, Indie 39%
- #17 Sense of The Devil
86% matchMostly Negative40% of 163 reviews2017
Dev: Racing BrosPub: ANPA.US
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 14%
Sense of The Devil is first person horror shooter that will take you on an epic journey of hunting the most horrifying creature!
Why similar: Action 60.8%, Indie 39.2%
- #18 LEVEL UP!
88% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2014
Dev: Ranmantaru Games
Windows
Rogue-like platformer/shooter with destructible levels and bosses, and procedurally generated levels and enemies.
Why similar: Action 60.8%, Indie 39.2%
- #19 Core Awaken ~The Yuka~
83% matchPositive90% of 29 reviews2018
Dev: CelusisPub: CelLab
Windows
A 2D scrolling action game with 3DCG. The protagonist YUKA is a robot fighting for the human side against a robotic rebellion.
Why similar: Action 60.8%, Indie 39.2%
- #20 PROJECT XINATRA
86% 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%, Indie 39%
- #21 Super Ninja Meow Cat
82% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2019
Dev: Angel DPub: GameAtomic
Windows · Mac
Challenging Awesome Action Platformer
Why similar: Action 60.7%, Indie 39.3%
- #22 Jay Fighter: Remastered
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 283 reviews2017
Dev: Taliyah Pottruff
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 26%
In a world where the only thing you know is combat, can you survive endless waves of enemies?
Why similar: Action 60.7%, Indie 39.3%
- #23 Socketeer
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 34 reviews2018
Dev: Ice BEAM Ltd.Pub: Alliance Digital Media
Windows · Mac
Strategically hack robots to control their combat abilities and use them to advance deeper into each space station stronghold in this charming sci-fi roguelike.
Why similar: Action 60.7%, Indie 39.3%
- #24 Metal Planet
84% matchMostly Negative31% of 72 reviews2014
Dev: Tiny Game Fort
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
The game is set on a distant planet called Metal Planet. Two corporations are fighting for control of a valuable resource capable of transforming matter. You take on the role of a soldier with equipped power armor and powerful weapon.
Why similar: Action 60.8%, Indie 39.2%
- #25 Reventa
77% matchVery Positive83% of 58 reviews2018
Dev: Studio Nihilominus
Windows
Reventa is a challenging third-person sci-fi melee action game. You have been contracted to retrieve a technology long thought lost on Earth, technology that may be the key to saving the world. Choose your Replicant, unravel the past, and fight the future.
Why similar: Action 60.2%, Indie 39.8%
- #26 DUSTNET
75% matchPositive83% of 40 reviews2019
Dev: Neilson Koerner-SafrataPub: SCRNPRNT
Windows · Mac
DUSTNET is the last remaining de_dust2 server. Connect to it through PC, VR, or AR and sift through the corrupted cyberspace.
Why similar: Action 60.2%, Indie 39.8%
- #27 KUMACURE
75% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2019
Dev: Dot Zo GamesPub: Gotcha Gotcha games
Windows
An exhilarating 2D action game that defeats enemies with jumps and shots! KUMACURE fights to defeat the evil corps aiming at the earth. It was created with the Pixel Game Maker MV.
Why similar: Action 60.2%, Indie 39.8%
- #28 Machine Hunt
79% matchMixed51% of 619 reviews2017
Dev: Racing BrosPub: ANPA.US
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Machine Hunt is a first person, fast paced, chaotic shooting game that pits heavily armed players against machines that have only one goal, destroy humanity.
Why similar: Action 60.5%, Indie 39.5%
- #29 Operation Desert Road
78% 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 60.3%, Indie 39.7%
- #30 Space Space
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Gino Di Pierro
Windows
With Space Space, you can fly a triangular ship in the void space, you'll avoid walls, shoot targets, parry attacks, and fight the robot squids. Asteroids + River Raid + Phoenix.
Why similar: Action 60.2%, Indie 39.8%
- #31 Satellite Rush
77% matchVery Positive81% of 74 reviews2016
Dev: Kimeric LabsPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Satellite Rush is a sci-fi top-down shooter with pixel art graphics and Roguelike elements. Take control of an abducted office worker and blast through Satellite Moebius, a space gladitorial arena where you'll have to please the audience to get new itens and survive!
Why similar: Action 61.6%, Indie 38.4%
- #32 Drop Kick Zombie!
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Loli Jam Network
Windows
An arcade-style action game about a zombie who drop kicks lolis.
Why similar: Action 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #33 ASSASSINATION STATION
76% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: Fabio Biancarelli
Windows
ASSASSINATION STATION is a dastardly difficult stealth pixel shooter featuring procedurally generated levels, a sky-high skill ceiling, competitive scoring system, and frenetic, smoke-smooth gameplay.
Why similar: Action 60.2%, Indie 39.8%
- #34 Drunk Wizards
80% matchVery Negative7% of 70 reviews2016
Dev: StrongbowPub: Sandstorm
Windows
Drunk Wizards combines the fluidity and skill of an arena shooter with the lighthearted fun of a party game. It's intense FFA arena with different spells.
Why similar: Action 60.7%, Indie 39.3%
- #35 De Mambo
62% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: The Dangerous Kitchen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Spicy action for 1-4 players! De Mambo lets players take control of up to four characters locked in infinite Mambo! Help them escape this horrible—and somewhat provocative—despair!
Why similar: Action 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #36 The Escapist
79% matchMostly Negative21% of 24 reviews2014
Dev: Backstab Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fast paced die-a-lot platformer
Why similar: Action 60.5%, Indie 39.5%
- #37 N.U.T.Z.
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pandemonium Interactive
Windows
N.U.T.Z. is a non-linear platform game that incorporates elements of a shooting platformer, and is inspired by classics such as Megaman and Metroid. Take control of a unique character and attack and aim in a 360 degree radius.
Why similar: Action 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #38 Laser Party
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2018
Dev: Cydream
Windows · Mac
Laser Party is an online/local friendship-ruining party game With a unique laser combining system.
Why similar: Action 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #39 Lamm
73% matchVery Positive90% of 67 reviews2017
Dev: Léo-Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Lamm is a platformer in which you have to pick up orbs to jump. Some orbs allow you to jump once, others twice, and they can go up to five jumps in a row !
Why similar: Action 61.9%, Indie 38.1%
- #40 Apez
72% 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 61.9%, Indie 38.1%
- #41 Tesla: The Weather Man
71% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2018
Dev: Thoughtquake Studios, LLC
Windows
Wield weather control powers to defeat a crazed Thomas Edison and his army of DC-powered robots, in a physics-based action/puzzle platformer with researchable upgrades and bad jokes.
Why similar: Action 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #42 Boom Squad
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PVP Studio
Windows
Boom Squad is a multiplayer 3rd person shooter defined by realistic military weapons, with a focus on cooperative gameplay, in 5 vs 5 online multiplayer matches.
Why similar: Action 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #43 Garshasp: Temple of the Dragon
78% matchMostly Negative31% of 144 reviews2012
Dev: Dead MagePub: Digital Dragon
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 32%
The mighty mythological hero, Garshasp, travels into distant lands in search for the secrets hidden in the temple of the dragon, unaware of the hidden dangers and creatures awaiting him in the cursed lands.
Why similar: Action 60.4%, Indie 39.6%
- #44 QUALIA 3: Multi Agent
76% matchMixed49% of 49 reviews2014
Dev: ShindenkenPub: KOMODO
Windows
Qualia 3 is a 2D shoot-’em-up game that brings a few unique elements to the classic genre. In the unknown expanse of the deep sea, survival of the fittest is taken to a whole new level. The weak and slow perish while the strong survive.
Why similar: Action 60.2%, Indie 39.8%
- #45 Project Ball
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Fallback
Windows
Project Ball is a fast-paced physics-based multiplayer 3D platformer in which you embody a ball to fight for objectives and crush your opponents. Players finally get the chance to use their balls and smash!
Why similar: Action 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #46 Space Fist
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: WING VR
Windows
In the virtual world of Space Fist, you are a fighter challenging powerful enemies across different environments,please enjoy waving your fists are ready to meet the challenges!
Why similar: Action 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #47 Tekling
69% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: nP StudiosPub: nonPareil Institute
Windows
Become a robot, save the world. Jump and dodge your way through 70+ levels of frenetic gameplay in the same vein of super meet boy and megaman. Collect the orbs to transform from frail human into mighty Tekling, defender of the innocent and enemy to exploding barrels everywhere.
Why similar: Action 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #48 Trial of the Towers
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 38 reviews2019
Dev: William Wofford
Windows
Confront the Trial of the Towers in this short-and-sweet retro-3D boss rush, inspired by action RPGs and classic games from the '90s. Defeat the bosses and overcome the Trial, no matter how many tries it takes.
Why similar: Action 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #49 Simplefield
69% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: M&H SoftPub: Ragnar
Windows
Simple Field is a classic multiplayer first-person shooter. The game is based on the low poly styles and offers a selection of maps and weapons.Or use a jetpack! Before running or jumping on the roof of the building
Why similar: Action 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #50 Snakes - N - Ladders : Origins - Episode 1
70% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: Sagnithi Systems Technology Solutions LLP
Windows
Every ancient game has a story behind its origins. Scripted from an exciting Sci-Fi perspective, this is a story of how the ancient Snakes&Ladders board game came to be. Snakes-N-Ladders: Origins - Episode 1 is a small, fun, tense, and entertaining shooter game.
Why similar: Action 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #51 Data Jammers: FastForward
74% matchMixed67% of 106 reviews2011
Dev: Digital Eel
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 22%
You are a Data Jammer, an elite virtual commando tasked with one purpose: Infiltrate the virtual Vaults of Ouroboros, the Military Industrial Complex, and take down The System!
Why similar: Action 61.9%, Indie 38.1%
- #52 Thunder Gun: Revenge of the Mutants
70% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2016
Dev: Potato Interactive
Windows · Mac
You have a gun that shoots lightning, goddamnit; with it, you will defend Earth against formidable mutant enemies until rainstorms render it inoperable, forcing you to use conventional weapons until the skies clear.
Why similar: Action 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #53 Recruits
73% matchMostly Negative29% of 94 reviews2014
Dev: Commotion Games Pty Ltd
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 36 min≥1hr: 12%
Recruits is a brutal fast paced top down shooter that puts the lives of countless amounts of soldiers in your command. Lead your men to victory and see them progress through the ranks, show them defeat and they will be lost forever.
Why similar: Action 61.9%, Indie 38.1%
- #54 ZombieRun
72% matchMixed40% of 62 reviews2015
Dev: Guerrilla Bandit
Windows · Mac
Median: 6 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 19%
ZombieRun is a retro platformer with the aim to bring sexy back to local multiplayer gaming. It's you, your friends and guns against all the living dead roaming around. If that's not enough there are also apples, carrots and superpowers in play.
Why similar: Action 61.9%, Indie 38.1%
- #55 Mayhem ZX
67% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2017
Dev: Numb Thumb Studios
Windows
SMASH and BLAST your way through your enemies in this excitingly fast paced Multiplayer Run-N-Gun Action Platformer! With a full 360 Degree Firing Radius you'll be able to Run, Skid, Slide and Wall Jump around the environment all while OBLITERATING the competition!
Why similar: Action 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #56 Boratium Wars
67% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Dataweb, Inc.
Windows
Boratium Wars is a fast paced arcade style space shooter. Your skills are put to the test, as you attempt to collect Boratium from deep space, while avoiding enemies, mines, and more. Supports keyboard and mouse, as well as controller play. Tons of fun!
Why similar: Action 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #57 Dino Hazard: Chronos Blackout
49% matchVery Positive90% of 104 reviews2023
Dev: Bone Collectors
Windows · Linux
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A story-rich JRPG set in a dystopian future where you befriend dinosaur companions, face tough choices with heart and humor, and unlock multiple endings.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #58 Heckpoint
66% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: Nodacoy GamesPub: Rooster Republic LLC
Windows
Heckpoint is a frenetic side-scrolling shoot 'em up where everything and everyone is destructible (especially you). Explore seven worlds as any of 12 characters, each with a unique backstory and abilities. Collect strange matter to upgrade and unlock over 70 weapons and powers.
Why similar: Action 59.9%, Indie 40.1%