- #1 Exocomets
97% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: Matthew Giordano
Windows · Mac · Linux
Exocomets is a basic yet difficult action game where you try to survive as long as possible against incoming waves of comets. One hit, and your ship is dead. Survive for as long as possible by collecting powerups and stars to beat every level!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #2 Prison Bomber
96% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #3 Encounter of Galaxies
96% match4 user reviews0% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Obi-Wanya
Windows
Encounter of Galaxies is a vertical scrolling shooter with an open world and elements of trade.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #4 Malazard: Magic Defense
95% matchPositive80% of 25 reviews2016
Dev: Invictus Games Ltd.
Windows
Unleash the magic inside you!Purify the demonic legion with a set of powerful abilities.The collapsing world relies upon you, experience what it means to control all Magic!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #5 R-COIL
94% matchMixed67% of 46 reviews2018
Dev: Vector HatPub: Thalamus Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
R-COIL is a multi-directional shooter with a unique single button control scheme. Use the stick to aim and a single button to fire and thrust. Tap to fire. Hold to thrust. Yeah, it's hard.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #6 Lots of Balls
94% matchPositive82% of 34 reviews2018
Dev: Paddle Team
Windows
Lots of Balls is a not-so-new game from our brand-not-so-new team based on a... not so brand new concept, BUT with a lot of brand new twists!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #7 Cubiques 2
93% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: Dilmer ValecillosPub: Dilmer Games
Windows · Mac
Cubiques 2 is the sequel of our acclaimed indie game "Cubiques". In this new sequel multiple cubes invade this simplistic but very challenging world. Every movement must be well thought out since each movement can affect multiple cubes in the environment.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #8 Deadly Blue
92% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Breading Games
Windows
Deadly blue is a journey through the world full of dangers, where you will fight against the evil creatures, overcome different obstacles on the way to your beloved.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #9 Maddening Euphoria
91% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2017
Dev: Chequered Ink Ltd.
Windows
A unique, challenging, unnecessarily colourful arcade game with randomly generated circular level design and a wall of death.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #10 Circuitous ®
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2019
Dev: The Owl ProphecyPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Circuitous ® is an addictive, ludicrous-speed arcade-style puzzler. Avoid rotating barriers as you attempt to navigate to the center.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #11 Alchemist Penguin
91% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2016
Dev: Foot in the Box, LLC
Windows
Take control of the Alchemist Penguin in the relentless battle against his dinosaur aggressors! Face off against a never-ending army of dinosaurs under increasing difficulty--and utilize a huge variety of weapons, potions, and techniques to aid you in your fight.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #12 The Cows Are Watching
89% matchMixed69% of 39 reviews2016
Dev: VIS-GamesPub: SilentFuture
Windows
Did you ever wondered about the rumors of cow tipping? Now it´s your turn! Use the darkness and silence of the night to enter the meadows and tipp as much cows as needed to enter the next level.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #13 Space Robot Samurai Zombie Slayer
89% matchMixed65% of 23 reviews2015
Dev: Brandon Brizzi
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 32%
We are not alone in the universe, its filled with Zombies! To combat them mankind invented their most efficient weapon yet: the Space Robot Samurai Zombie Slayer. ONLY YOU can pilot the powerful Space Robot Samurai Zombie Slayer to fight the Space Zombie horde!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #14 The Nothing
88% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2017
Dev: DDD Wares
Windows
The Nothing is a surreal and atmospheric action game with a new aesthetic, procedurally generated elements and perma-death - Designed for multiple short "runs", with endings based on the route you've chosen and the actions you've taken.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #15 Space Ghost Pirate Zombie Slayer
87% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #16 Snakes on an Extradimensional Plane
86% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2016
Dev: Team Neon SnakesPub: Fox Buchele
Windows
Abstract HTC Vive game where you help adventurous space mice with tiny little jetpack escape the glowing snakes! Collect powerups for points and compete on the leaderboards!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #17 Z.W!
85% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: S. Khasanov
Windows
Full ahead! Kill'em all! Fight as long as possible!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #18 Space Slam
86% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #19 Run Jump Die Repeat
84% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: LongArm Interactive
Windows
Run Jump Die Repeat is a single button platformer game. Press SPACE to run, bounce, jump, climb, and kill as you attempt to save the Cracker Princess and escape the evil Cron Rebels home planet.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #20 Sphera Turris
84% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Mark WiedmannPub: Bugslayer Games
Windows
Sphera Turris is a timed rotating platformer where you guide a ball past an array of increasingly difficult obstacles to the top of a tower.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #21 Paladin
83% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Pumpkin Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are earth's last hero - defend civilization from annihilation.Protect the cities, destroy the aliens and upgrade your fighter. Drive back the vile invading scum and save mankind in this frantic twin-stick shooter!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #22 Battle Trendaria
82% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: megaeggz
Windows
Shapeshifting Local Multiplayer upto 4 players Third person shooter
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #23 Don't Get Hit In The Face
81% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: DracoSoftware, LLC
Windows
Don't Get Hit In The face is a movement-based active virtual reality game. Do whatever you need to do... duck, weave, dodge and crawl... just don't get hit in the face!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #24 Booty Diver
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Xavier Orion Games
Windows
Take a dive into the perilous depths of the ocean as you seek sunken treasure while battling creatures who guard their treasure as you manage your precious air supply.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #25 Over Sky
79% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: EllGames
Windows
# 19 STAGES + EX STAGE Once all the bombs on the stage are destroyed, you can advance to the next stage. The last stage is a time attack, and you can try your best.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #26 S.T.R.E.T.C.H.
81% matchMixed40% of 40 reviews2018
Dev: ARGamesPub: Metal Fox
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 13%
S.T.R.E.T.C.H. - addictive top down flight shooter. Hardcore and simplicity of this game drags into it.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #27 IS -Infinite Stratos- Versus Colors
78% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #28 Hooklings
77% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #29 Crate Punks
80% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2016
Dev: Laborious RexPub: Skypeak LLC
Windows
the greatest crate-throwing experience since the boston tea party
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #30 Rogue Singularity
76% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: Considerable Content
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rogue Singularity is a high-speed infinite obstacle course. Navigate the perils at the edge of a rogue singularity as it tears worlds apart. Customise your robot and face infinite challenges, fighting to survive. Traverse universes to discover what lies beyond the void.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #31 Dear Leader
78% matchMixed67% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: Pleizter Games
Windows
Prevent the liberation of your kingdom in "Dear Leader", an action side scroller shooter, where you guide Kim Jong Un in his quest to defeat the foreign invaders.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #32 HERO-E
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 44 reviews2017
Dev: Osky Studios
Windows
Explore a world of underground caves, rescuing swimmers who have been kidnapped by a mysterious black hand ...
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #33 Fork Knights
75% matchPositive83% of 30 reviews2019
Dev: Screenshock Games
Windows
Fork Knights is a light-hearted fencing brawler featuring food fighters battling it out for BBQ domination. Fight with up to four players locally.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #34 No Stick Shooter
77% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #35 Far From Orbit
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Alexander Conway
Windows
A short and sweet rogue-like, bullet hell game. Amass points, upgrade your ship and conqueror creatures that oppose you. There is no progression in this game, every run is a fresh start.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #36 America's Retribution
74% matchPositive91% of 46 reviews2018
Dev: Ed Findlay
Windows
Pitted against USA's fiercest foes, you either win or America loses. Side scrolling retro shooter.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #37 Willowisp VR
76% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: Will Petillo
Windows
Use a pair of light-blades to defend yourself from colorful wisps flying at you from all sides.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #38 Ice Demon
69% matchPositive90% of 20 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #39 Galactic Tree Frog
73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: David J OzsvathPub: David J Ozsvath
Windows
Survive as long as you can in this fun little shooter game!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #40 Edge Guardian
75% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2016
Dev: Hypothermic Games
Windows
Edge Guardian is a surreal-futuristic action beat-em-up for the HTC Vive. You have been summoned to defend the fringe of reality itself from a horde of reality-eating void cubes. Find yourself immersed in many different, eerie landscapes, punching your way through wave after wave of enemies.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #41 4 for the Money Demo
72% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #42 HVRGUN
57% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #43 E3.14CENTER
71% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: SaintHeiserPub: Half-Face Games
Windows
It takes a mysterious man to solve the mystery of wave propagation. You hero has no weapons, no superpowers, but the world is arranged so that your words take on shape and strength of their own. In this logic arcade game you need to enter words, destroy viruses and get to the next waves.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #44 The Executioner: Prologue
62% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #45 Terra Tanks: Defenders of the Earth
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Moss Piglet Games
Windows
A cloud hopping, alien blasting arcade experience that draws elements from classic shoot 'em ups and other iconic games of the 80's arcade era. Assume command of one of the five legendary Terra Tanks to defend the earth!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #46 Last Shark Standing
67% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #47 XENOCAVE
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BLUE LED
Windows
XENOCAVE is a retro-styled, scrolling platformer that elevates the genre with a unique fusion of ability and fine-tuned mechanics inspired by the classics. Specifically, imagine an amalgam of Mario's fluid controls, the double-jump and rapid-fire of Ghosts 'n Goblins, and the themes of Crystal Caves.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #48 Punch Bomb
71% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #49 BeeBeeQ
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Popup Asylum
Windows
BeeBeeQ is an asymmetric local multiplayer game where one VR player controls a Chef while up to four xbox controller players control Bees. Armed with a spatula and a fly swat the VR chef player has to try cook while the bees steal food, sting and generally harass him.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #50 web spice
70% matchMixed57% of 14 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #51 Ship Happens
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Daygames
Windows
Ship Happens is a 4-player local party game where you use your pirate ship to outplay, outwit and murder your opponents. Load your cannons and get ready to hurt your friends. Best played within punching distance of your friends.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #52 Shipbreakers
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Land Studio
Windows
Tear apart the seven seas in this fast paced arcade shooter and cover the abyss with the wrecks of your enemies. Hire vicious sea wolfs as your crew members and board other ships to unlock crazy weapons and become the fiercest pirate of this little planet.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #53 Voxel Blast
72% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #54 Romguns
67% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: AstroPub: Bitlock Studio
Windows
ROMGUNS is a dynamic and hardcore platformer, action shooter with a side view.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #55 Epic Snowday Adventure
69% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Verge of Brilliance LLC
Windows
The neighborhood kids must be neutralized. I'm sure its for their own good. Only you can restore order by DESTROYING YOUR NEIGHBORS WITH SNOWBALLS. They'll thank you for it later.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #56 Epsilon Jump Prime
70% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #57 GALAXY MONSTER
68% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Small GamesPub: GLD Games
Windows
The action takes place in the alternative reality. Among far stars, heroes fight monsters on arenas. This fight is eternal.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%