- #1 Bombergrounds: Reborn
96% matchVery Positive86% of 8,410 reviews2022
Dev: Gigantic Duck Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
BOMBERGROUNDS: Immerse in a free-to-play massive multiplayer action-packed arena inspired by classic bomber games. Dash, bomb, bat, and explode your way to victory. Your realm of relentless arcade action is just a click away—dive in and rule the grounds!
Why similar: Action 100%
Why You'll Like It: A modern, battle-royale take on the classic bomb-placement genre that emphasizes fast-paced competitive action.
- #2 Bombernauts
97% matchMostly Positive78% of 184 reviews2017
Dev: Eyebrow Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Bombernauts is an explosive online multiplayer battle game with fully destructible voxel terrain. Throw stupid amounts of bombs to blow your robot friends off the world into the deadly lava below where they will surely die a fiery death!
Why similar: Action 59%, Indie 41%
Why You'll Like It: Features physics-based bomb combat in a voxel-styled arena that mirrors the destructive fun of the seed game.
- #3 Super Bomberman R
96% matchMixed56% of 642 reviews2018
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Bomberman is back and stronger than ever! The 8 Bomberman heroes journey to space to face the Evil Emperor Buggler! Classic Battle Mode is back! Challenge players around the world in online battles!
Why similar: Action 100%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive modern experience for fans of the classic grid-based bomb-dropping gameplay found in Bombing Bastards.
- #4 Bomb Bots Arena
95% matchVery Positive84% of 653 reviews2020
Dev: Tiny Roar
Windows · Mac
Send your Bomb Bots into online arenas or blast your friends off the couch locally in Bomb Bots Arena! Bomb Bots Arena is a pure multiplayer experience with every element of the game tailored to please competitive and casual gamers alike.
Why similar: Action 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
Why You'll Like It: A direct homage to classic arena-based bomb games with a focus on competitive multiplayer and strategic placement.
- #5 Bomber Dudes
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 71 reviews2021
Dev: DoubleCherry Ltd
Windows
Bomber Dudes is a classic Bomberman inspired game where you can bomb zombies and your friends!
Why similar: Action 81.6%, Indie 18.4%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D arcade-style game that sticks closely to the grid-based bomb-laying mechanics of the genre.
- #6 Knight Squad
94% matchVery Positive87% of 406 reviews2015
Dev: Chainsawesome Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Knight Squad is an insane 1 to 8 players chaotic arena friendship destroyer. Take on current friends and future frenemies in any of the incredibly fun game modes, ranging from Last Man Standing to Medieval soccer. All of that using only weapons from the Middle Ages… and laser guns… and miniguns.
Why similar: Action 62.4%, Indie 37.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers the same chaotic, top-down local multiplayer energy with a variety of weapons and arena-based objectives.
- #7 Boomerang Fu
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,863 reviews2020
Dev: Cranky Watermelon
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Slice and dice your friends with boomerangs in this frantic physics party game. Join a crew of your favorite foods as you grill, chill and spill your enemies. Discover ridiculous power-ups and stack them together in deadly combinations.
Why similar: Action 100%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, top-down local multiplayer game that captures the same 'easy to learn, hard to master' arcade feel.
- #8 Miner Warfare
93% matchVery Positive83% of 165 reviews2015
Dev: Heartbit Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
8 players local multiplayer bonanza with only 4 controllers!In Miner Warfare you dig for gold. But you'll spend most of the match shooting in your friends's face, mining holes with laser cannon, throwing buggers and detonating atomic bombs. WARNING: excessive use can destroy friendship.
Why similar: Indie 53.5%, Action 46.5%
Why You'll Like It: A grid-based competitive game where destruction and environmental manipulation are key to winning local matches.
- #9 Astro Duel
92% matchVery Positive95% of 78 reviews2016
Dev: Rusty MoyherPub: Wild Rooster
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Astro Duel is a competitive local multiplayer party game. Rounds are quick and death is sudden. Blast your friends into space. Run over their helpless bodies for good measure.
Why similar: Action 58.3%, Indie 41.7%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled arena combat game that focuses on tight, competitive local multiplayer matches.
- #10 Duck Game
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 38,933 reviews2015
Dev: Landon PodbielskiPub: CORPTRON GAMES CORP.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Enter the futuristic year of 1984, an age where ducks run wild in a frantic battle for glory. Blast your friends with Shotguns, Net Guns, Mind Control Rays, Saxophones, Magnet Guns, and much, much more. This is DUCK GAME. Don't blink.
Why similar: Action 68.3%, Indie 31.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides chaotic local multiplayer mayhem with a heavy emphasis on weaponized combat and explosive environmental hazards.
- #11 Hot Shot Burn
91% matchVery Positive91% of 193 reviews2020
Dev: Artifex Mundi
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Hot Shot Burn is the hilariously violent party brawler that lets you compete in the galaxy's ultimate televised blood sport. Experience crazy couch battles full of ridiculous flukes and insane skill shots for up to 4 players.
Why similar: Action 57.4%, Indie 42.6%
Why You'll Like It: A competitive local multiplayer arena game where players must outmaneuver each other in fast-paced combat.
- #12 Move or Die
88% matchVery Positive89% of 23,288 reviews2016
Dev: XeluPub: Those Awesome Guys
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Move or Die is an absurdly fast-paced 4-player local and online party game where the mechanics change every 20 seconds! It's THE friendship-ruining game.
Why similar: Action 62.6%, Indie 37.4%
Why You'll Like It: A high-speed local multiplayer party game that forces constant movement and quick reactions, much like the intensity of Bombing Bastards.
- #13 Jamsouls
89% matchMixed53% of 59 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 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced local multiplayer platformer that emphasizes quick combat and competitive arena action.
- #14 BRAWL
89% matchMixed66% of 82 reviews2015
Dev: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The most explosive competitive arena game of the year has arrived on Steam! Battle it out in this heavily skilled-reliant bomb bonanza, controlling one of eight unique characters, each possessing their own deadly skillset that adds speed and tactical depth to the oldschool gameplay.
Why similar: Action 56.4%, Indie 43.6%
Why You'll Like It: A competitive arena game that utilizes traps and explosions to create chaotic, strategic combat scenarios.
- #15 TowerFall Ascension
85% matchVery Positive95% of 3,549 reviews2014
Dev: Maddy Makes Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
TowerFall Ascension is the definitive version of the hit archery combat game. Inspired by classics from the golden age of couch multiplayer, it's a 4-player local party game centering around hilarious, intense versus matches. The core mechanics are simple and accessible, but hard to master and combat is fierce.
Why similar: Action 56%, Indie 44%
Why You'll Like It: A precision-based local multiplayer combat game that rewards quick thinking and mastery of the arena space.
- #16 Roombattle
82% matchVery Positive100% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: Dust Games
Windows · Linux
Destroy your friendships with adorable chaos. Roombattle is a fast-paced party battler for up to 6 players where you play as customizable vacuum cleaners, battling friends in frantic arenas and wildly unpredictable minigames across multiple game modes.
Why similar: Action 58.4%, Indie 41.6%
Why You'll Like It: A funny, action-packed local multiplayer game that emphasizes chaotic arena combat.
- #17 Hyperdrive Massacre
87% matchMixed54% of 388 reviews2015
Dev: 34BigThings srl
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Hyperdrive Massacre is an 80s inspired arcade fragfest in Spacewar sauce designed around local multiplayer, focused on kinestetics, tactical and shooting skills at a frenzied pace.
Why similar: Action 95%, Indie 5%
Why You'll Like It: An arcade-style space arena combat game that emphasizes local multiplayer destruction and quick reflexes.
- #18 Ballistic Tanks
86% matchVery Positive82% of 244 reviews2016
Dev: Kirklight Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Ballistic Tanks is the best tank game you've played since the 80's. Battle in exhilarating local multiplayer, or challenge yourself in an intense solo/co-op arcade mode. Play 5 game modes in over 50 maps; and destroy your enemies in a frenzy of bullets, lasers, and explosions!
Why similar: Action 58.9%, Indie 41.1%
Why You'll Like It: A tank-based arena combat game that features intense local multiplayer and destructive environments.
- #19 Galactic Thunderdome
82% matchVery Positive100% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Pansimula
Windows · Linux
Galactic Thunderdome is a 2D sci-fi platform brawler with a focus on physics-based mayhem. Best your friends with a vast array of weapons and gadgets in a world rich with emergent gameplay, explosive antics, and bloody remains.
Why similar: Action 100%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based 2D arena combat game that rewards creative destruction and tactical positioning.
- #20 Gentlemen!
86% matchMixed41% of 141 reviews2013
Dev: Lucky FramePub: Blazing Griffin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Local multiplayer! Play your friends. Crush their dreams. Smell their fear. Destroy them with a thousand pigeons.
Why similar: Action 55.8%, Indie 44.2%
Why You'll Like It: A Victorian-themed arena dueling game that focuses on tactical movement and projectile-based combat.
- #21 Stick Fight: The Game
81% matchVery Positive93% of 124,581 reviews2017
Dev: Landfall WestPub: Landfall
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Stick Fight is a physics-based couch/online fighting game where you battle it out as the iconic stick figures from the golden age of the internet.
Why similar: Action 71.1%, Indie 28.9%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based local multiplayer brawler that thrives on the same unpredictable, explosive chaos as the seed game.
- #22 Explosionade DX
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 86 reviews2015
Dev: Mommy's Best Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Pilot an experimental mech and shoot giant grenades to blow up sneaky aliens. Stomp their guts, destroy their base, and save the day!
Why similar: Action 76.9%, Indie 23.1%
Why You'll Like It: An arcade-style action game that focuses on heavy explosive combat and fast-paced platforming.
- #23 Dunk Lords
83% matchVery Positive86% of 57 reviews2020
Dev: Story Fort LLC
Windows
Dunk Lords is a two-on-two basketball beat 'em up featuring over-the-top special moves, devastating dunks, and game-changing equipment. Choose from 20 of the baddest ballers around, each with unique special attacks and abilities, and do battle on a variety of hazard-filled courts.
Why similar: Action 62.2%, Indie 37.8%
Why You'll Like It: An arcade-style sports combat game that brings the same over-the-top, competitive energy to local multiplayer.
- #24 Disastr_Blastr
84% matchVery Positive83% of 52 reviews2016
Dev: Dog Theory
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Descend into a radical new dimension of abstract minimalist arcade fury in Disastr_Blastr! Blaze your merciless path of devastation through an expansive non-linear game world with 100+ stages of cortex-shattering cubic mayhem!
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist arcade shooter that focuses on quick, explosive action in a confined space.
- #25 Gang Beasts
80% matchVery Positive85% of 63,851 reviews2017
Dev: Boneloaf
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Gang Beasts is a silly multiplayer party game with surly gelatinous characters, brutal slapstick fight sequences, and absurd hazardous environments, set in the mean streets of Beef City.
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based local multiplayer game that prioritizes slapstick humor and chaotic arena brawling.
- #26 Ultimate Chicken Horse
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 51,920 reviews2016
Dev: Clever Endeavour Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Ultimate Chicken Horse is a party platformer game where you build the level as you play, placing traps and hazards to screw your friends over, but trying not to screw yourself.
Why similar: Action 100%
Why You'll Like It: A competitive platformer where players place traps and hazards to hinder opponents, sharing the strategic sabotage theme.
- #27 Bomb Chicken
79% matchVery Positive89% of 346 reviews2019
Dev: Nitrome
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
After a freak accident, a seemingly ordinary chicken becomes a bomb laying free range hero. Explore the versatile mechanic of laying bombs in this explosive exploration platformer.
Why similar: Action 58%, Indie 42%
Why You'll Like It: A unique platformer where you lay bombs to navigate and solve puzzles, keeping the explosive theme central to the gameplay.
- #28 Crazy Pixel Streaker
81% matchMixed60% of 100 reviews2016
Dev: LubiterumPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A Fresh and Insane Brawler with Roguelike elements. Lead a fellowship of jackasses abducted by angry aliens and forced to spread chaos into the most famous sports events. Instant fun, Retro Arcade style, for up to 4 players.
Why similar: Action 57.5%, Indie 42.5%
Why You'll Like It: An arcade-style beat-'em-up that features chaotic, fast-paced action and a humorous tone.
- #29 Party Panic
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 3,443 reviews2017
Dev: Everglow Interactive Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Party Panic is an online and local-multiplayer party game. Compete against your friends in the all new board game, play 30+ rapid fire minigames, race through the brutal Gauntlet, or complete the challenges on Trophy Island. There is even a built in drinking game! You'll laugh, you'll cry, it's stupid.
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
Why You'll Like It: A collection of chaotic local multiplayer minigames that capture the fun, social atmosphere of Bombing Bastards.
- #30 Wee Tanks!
74% matchVery Positive91% of 579 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Kit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Explosions. Tanks. Bosses. And more explosions. Crazy fun with your friends. Hundreds of maps. Boom.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #31 Heckabomb
78% matchMixed63% of 313 reviews2015
Dev: Allicorn GamesPub: KISS ltd
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Explosive twin stick shooter. Lots of upgrades. Full controller support. Awesome soundtrack.
Why similar: Indie 53.6%, Action 46.4%
Why You'll Like It: An arcade-style twin-stick shooter that focuses on intense, explosive combat and high-score chasing.
- #32 Rocket Wars
77% matchVery Positive91% of 95 reviews2017
Dev: Rooftop Panda
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 23.3 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Fast-paced local multi-player game packed with action. Destroy your friends with all sorts of different weapons and power-ups across multiple game modes!
Why similar: Action 59.4%, Indie 40.6%
- #33 Bomber Barn
77% matchMixed60% of 65 reviews2020
Dev: Late Leaf Games
Windows
Bomber Barn is a cute and competitive local multiplayer game, endless fun for all ages! Bomb your pals as an adorable animal with unique abilities, blasting through a variety of themed maps designed for tense battles.
Why similar: Action 57.5%, Indie 42.5%
- #34 ANTONBLAST
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,412 reviews2024
Dev: Summitsphere
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
ANTONBLAST is a fast-paced explosive action platformer that's all about destruction. Play as the enraged Dynamite Anton (or his cranked-out coworker Annie) and use your Mighty F’n Hammer to demolish bizarre worlds, tussle with screen-filling bosses, and steal your Spirits back from Satan!
Why similar: Action 64.5%, Indie 35.5%
- #35 The Bug Butcher
74% matchVery Positive90% of 1,201 reviews2016
Dev: Awfully Nice Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A fast paced action shooter inspired by the arcade classic Super Pang! Use a wide selection of weapons and powerups to tear through increasingly challenging levels.
Why similar: Action 54.6%, Indie 45.4%
- #36 Bang Bang Barrage
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 897 reviews2025
Dev: Monkey BreadPub: Spiral Up Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Survive the treacherous sea in this quirky multiplayer shooter game! Play solo or team up and fight off Cthulhu's minions. Master a unique recoil-based mechanic to blast enemies and chart your course. Mix and match upgrades to craft the perfect sea-surviving strategy!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #37 Blast Brigade vs. the Evil Legion of Dr. Cread
72% matchVery Positive89% of 325 reviews2022
Dev: MY.GAMESPub: Knights Peak
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Blast off in a 2D metroidvania adventure bursting with platforming thrills, deep exploration, and explosive action. Assemble a crack team of heroes to save the world in Blast Brigade!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #38 Bomb The Monsters!
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 304 reviews2015
Dev: Finalboss game studioPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Don't make these monsters angry! Fire your bombs at those lousy creatures and get buildings to collapse on them. With lovely HD graphics and awesome physics!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #39 The Mosquito Gang
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 200 reviews2025
Dev: Space Raccoon Game Studio
Windows · Linux
The ultimate party game! In The Mosquito Gang, team up to battle mutant mosquito swarms in co-op PvE or fight in chaotic asymmetric PvP. Outrageous weapons, wild powers, and nonstop laughter—bring the party to life!
Why similar: Action 50.3%, Indie 49.7%
- #40 iBomber Attack
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 177 reviews2012
Dev: Cobra Mobile
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 37%
The legendary iBomber series returns but this time it’s time to ATTACK! Jump into your tank and get ready to blast your way around Europe and defeat the enemy in this visceral tour of destruction! With 24 missions full of explosive action to go at, iBomber Attack is a dose of high-octane entertainment that you won’t be able to put down.
Why similar: Action 57.5%, Indie 42.5%
- #41 Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,148 reviews2012
Dev: Ratloop AsiaPub: Reverb Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Annihilate an evil penguin regime in this cinematic platform adventure game offering full solo and co-op campaigns.
Why similar: Action 54.9%, Indie 45.1%
- #42 Fireburst
76% matchMixed55% of 187 reviews2012
Dev: exDreamPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Blast opponents off the road with Fireburst, an explosively fun fast-paced arcade style racing game with fantastic graphics.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #43 Booster Trooper
76% matchMixed47% of 197 reviews2010
Dev: DnS Development
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Booster Trooper is the future of multiplayer platform shooters. It provides tons of fun with its fast paced action and larger-than-life weapons. You can run or fly around the map, blasting your enemies to bits with bullets, rockets, grenades, magma and other weapons from your arsenal.
Why similar: Action 62.2%, Indie 37.8%
- #44 Galacide
73% matchVery Positive86% of 95 reviews2015
Dev: Puny Human
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Command destructive spaceships to obliterate hordes of enemy vessels, while quickly solving puzzles to weave through networks of vibrantly colorful, adversarial machines!
Why similar: Action 58.1%, Indie 41.9%
- #45 Battlesloths 2025: The Great Pizza Wars
73% matchVery Positive82% of 88 reviews2017
Dev: Invisible Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Sloths. Pizza. Chaos. Battlesloths 2025: The Great Pizza Wars is the fast-paced multiplayer competitive twin-stick shooter of your slothy dreams & the sequel to Battlesloths. Compete with up to four human players or AI sloths. Use a myriad of weaponry to destroy your enemies in a quest to... EAT. ALL. PIZZA!
Why similar: Action 57.5%, Indie 42.5%
- #46 Blazing Chrome
70% matchVery Positive87% of 1,924 reviews2019
Dev: JoyMasherPub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 50%
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
Why similar: Action 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #47 Noobs Are Coming
65% matchVery Positive84% of 1,499 reviews2025
Dev: Overboy
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
YOU ARE THE FINAL BOSS. Brutal synergy arena roguelike. Pick your Final Boss character, equip boss patterns and combine tons of attacks to create unique builds. Play solo or in co-op!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #48 BOSSGARD
72% matchMixed56% of 257 reviews2020
Dev: Sand Sailor Studio
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 1.1 hrs≥1hr: 35%
WHO’S THE BOSS? It’s finally you! One big, bad, player-controlled Boss goes against a team of Vikings, each with special abilities. Enter BOSSGARD, a hectic 1v2, 1v3, up to 1v5 bossfight multiplayer game in which you get to crush your friends as THE BOSS.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #49 Stikbold! A Dodgeball Adventure
71% matchVery Positive89% of 473 reviews2016
Dev: Game SwingPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Stikbold is a glorious and intense sport which will put your friendships to the test with fast-paced, hard-hitting and occasionally hilariously unfair action! Or play the co-op story mode to unlock the full roster of quirky sporting heroes and earn achievements.
Why similar: Action 66.1%, Indie 33.9%
- #50 Square Heroes
71% matchVery Positive86% of 246 reviews2015
Dev: Gnomic Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Join the Galactic Tournament in this fast-paced comical action shooter. Level-up your Hero and unlock an arsenal of weapons. Lay waste to your friends and foes in local, LAN and online multiplayer matches, or hone your skills in single player and custom games.
Why similar: Action 57.5%, Indie 42.5%
- #51 FullBlast
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 87 reviews2016
Dev: UFO Crash Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Blast your way through waves of alien invaders in this retro style shooter with modern visuals. Collect power ups, destroy the enemy ships and defeat the mega bosses in 12 action packed levels. On your own or with a friend in local co-op mode.
Why similar: Action 58%, Indie 42%
- #52 Hyper Sentinel
70% matchVery Positive84% of 68 reviews2018
Dev: Four5Six PixelPub: Huey Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 21%
A face-melting, pixel-pumping arcade shoot 'em up featuring awesome power-ups, epic boss battles and spectacular effects at a blistering 60fps. Blast into battle against giant space destroyers in Arcade Mode, tackle endless waves of enemies in Survival Mode and face off against epic level guardians in Boss Run mode.
Why similar: Action 57.5%, Indie 42.5%
- #53 Berzerk: Recharged
67% matchMixed63% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: SneakyBoxPub: Atari
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Blast your way through an endless maze inhabited by deadly robots and their invulnerable, menacing master Evil Otto. Tag in a friend in local co-op to help you survive this twin-stick revival of an arcade classic.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #54 Space Moth DX
69% matchVery Positive81% of 133 reviews2016
Dev: 1CC GamesPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Fact: everything is better with lasers. So we put lasers on over 30 angry giant insects who want to stop you, Space Moth, from escaping Earth and going to the Moon. Show them who's boss and blast your way into space! (Check out the all new SPACE MOTH: LUNAR EDITION, linked below!)
Why similar: Action 57.5%, Indie 42.5%
- #55 Molemen Must Die!
68% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: Mokomoto
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Molemen Must Die is a game of huge bombs and revenge gone wrong, fighting for the honor of your temper-tantrum President. Deliver a bomb to the center of the Earth in this action arcade epic, inspired by your favorite B-grade action flicks. Get ready to fail in the name of Presidential pride!
Why similar: Action 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #56 OutRage: Fight Fest
65% matchVery Positive82% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: Hardball Games LtdPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
OutRage: Fight Fest is a hilarious 16-player beat-em-up party brawler! In short, chaotic sessions, you’ll fight through Battle Royale, Free for All and Team-based game modes. Do damage, build rage and become the best fighter in the arena!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #57 Renegade Ops
67% matchVery Positive85% of 2,839 reviews2011
Dev: Avalanche StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Blast your way through enemy lines to defeat Inferno, a madman intent on global domination. Destruction just got awesome.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #58 Splody
67% matchVery Positive94% of 99 reviews2017
Dev: Dashing Strike
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The classic couch competitive gameplay of games like Bomberman brought into the modern era. Place bombs, get out of the way, destroy your friends, collect power-ups, 'splode your way to victory in smooth multiplayer with virtually unlimited local and online players!
Why similar: Action 58%, Indie 42%
- #59 Radical Rabbit Stew
66% matchVery Positive96% of 196 reviews2020
Dev: Pugstorm
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Radical Rabbit Stew is a hare-raising action-arcade game, featuring fast-paced whack-a-rabbit gameplay, scintillating puzzles, super-sized boss fights, juicy pixel graphics and a sizzling soundtrack, perfect for new players and 16-bit retro fans alike!
Why similar: Action 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
- #60 Droid Assault
68% matchVery Positive83% of 374 reviews2013
Dev: Puppygames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Play Droid Assault and experience running blaster battles with hordes of rampaging killer robots! Discover a unique tactical arcade shooter, with the fun addictive gameplay of 8-bit classics. You'll need your wits and the help of your acquired droid squad to stay alive in this fast-paced retro actionfest.
Why similar: Action 60%, Indie 40%
