- #1 Godsend
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Saga City Games
Windows
Godsend is a melee slasher set during the Crusades, where you must defend the grail against endless waves of enemies. You only pass the wave if you max your Fear meter out - which you can do by *rapidly* defeating enemies or using "Intimidator" items to help. Original Soundtrack by Shaun Finnegan.
Why similar: Action 34.4%, Adventure 34.2%, Indie 24.2%, RPG 7.3%
- #2 The Berlin Wall
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Monument Games
Windows
This game takes place in the city which is inspired by the East Berlin in the times of the Cold War. Most of the game happens in the vicinity of the Berlin Wall, with desperate people oppressed by the regime trying to escape to freedom.
Why similar: Adventure 32.7%, Action 30.9%, Indie 22.4%, RPG 13.9%
- #3 Gremlin Invasion: Survivor
96% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2015
Dev: CS Squared Games
Windows
Gremlin Invasion: Survivor is a co-op overhead action shooter. With 8 different levels to choose from and up to 8 players, you'll play together in a survival-style mission to blast away hordes of gremlins that have come to take you out.
Why similar: Adventure 38.8%, Action 35.5%, Indie 25.7%
- #4 Evil Robots From N1M
94% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2016
Dev: Jake Conner
Windows
Play as a space-faring mercenary on a mission to a distant world in this side-scrolling action shooter.
Why similar: Adventure 39.1%, Action 35.3%, Indie 25.6%
- #5 Parasite
94% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2016
Dev: Raphael Gervaise
Windows · Linux
Parasite is a non-linear retro platformer with a mix of action and puzzles. The player controls an alien worm wanting to get rid of a human space colony on his planet. There are multiple shapes to unlock and to switch between to facilitate the navigation and sabotage the complex.
Why similar: Adventure 39.1%, Action 35.3%, Indie 25.6%
- #6 Welkin Road
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 70 reviews2016
Dev: Gregor PaničPub: Nkidu Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Armed only with your grappling hooks and fearless nature, run, leap and swing your way across a dreamy skyscape to reach the pillar of light. Welkin Road is an elegant, first-person puzzle-platformer that combines parkour and grappling-hook-powered aerobatics.
Why similar: Adventure 39.1%, Action 35.3%, Indie 25.6%
- #7 Unearthing Colossal
92% matchMixed42% of 31 reviews2016
Dev: Power Up to Maximum
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Take on the role of an epic titan of death named Reaper. Your nemesis the Bringer of Life has broken from tradition - the cycles of life - and created a sentient race known as the Humans. Now it's up to you as Reaper to complete the cleansing cycles of life and death.
Why similar: Adventure 39.1%, Action 35.3%, Indie 25.6%
- #8 Kindled Cavern
91% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2017
Dev: Pretty Okay Games
Windows
Kindled Cavern is a cave exploration adventure for Virtual Reality filled with sights to behold. Waterfalls, bamboo forests, giant turtles, abandoned bridges and scaffolding, subterranian lakes, and ancient arches fill this explorable cavern. Not to mention the ghosts!
Why similar: Adventure 39.1%, Action 35.3%, Indie 25.6%
- #9 HereAfter
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 45 reviews2017
Dev: Brown Studios
Windows
Deep in an old forgotten laboratory, a failed experiment reboots from its sleep. With no memories, it now must explore the many different areas of the extensive complex with the help of an AI called MUSE. Will it find the light of redemption it longs for, or will it find a dark and terrible truth?
Why similar: Adventure 39.1%, Action 35.3%, Indie 25.6%
- #10 Izeriya
91% matchMixed61% of 54 reviews2016
Dev: LigaGamesPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Izeriya was a powerful city…but forces of evil captured it. The little man named Trix is heading to this city to destroy the evil within.
Why similar: Adventure 39.1%, Action 35.3%, Indie 25.6%
- #11 Mystic Ruins
89% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Elite Games
Windows
Join Strade the explorer on his mission to investigate the Mystic Ruins. Navigate its labyrinthine corridors, solve its puzzles, gather treasures, and survive the onslaught of monsters within.
Why similar: Adventure 39.1%, Action 35.3%, Indie 25.6%
- #12 The End: Inari's Quest
88% matchMostly Negative34% of 110 reviews2018
Dev: MataPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 31%
You're a fox in a cyberpunk city full of hostile robots. You must escape while helping another fox and its cub
Why similar: Adventure 39.1%, Action 35.3%, Indie 25.6%
- #13 homicide
86% matchNegative6% of 17 reviews2019
Dev: KiKi
Windows
This is a decryption game (first-person perspective),The player is at a murder scene.The player must first find the body,Then find five clues scattered around the scene,Then you can pass the level.There are two levels in this game,The player focuses on the corpse or clue for more than 2s,Can trigger the dialog box (meanings the body or...
Why similar: Adventure 38.5%, Action 35.2%, Indie 26.3%
- #14 To Hell With Dave
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pretzel Bros Studios
Windows
'To Hell With Dave' is a narrative-driven adventure platformer for the connoisseur of the absurd. Explore a world full of charming characters and twisted humor. If you're a fan of challenging action, wacky puzzles and foul language, this game is for you!
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #15 Holobunnies: Pause Cafe
86% matchMixed62% of 21 reviews2017
Dev: q-bit GamesPub: Nkidu Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Holobunnies: Pause Café is the Holobunnies appetizer you didn't know you wanted: three little games in one adorable and quirky package! Fight your friends in a high-adrenaline two-player brawler, test your mettle against the classic q-bit bosses in Boss Rush, and navigate through Kitcat’s Adventure to help Kitcat find its way to the...
Why similar: Adventure 38.3%, Action 36.2%, Indie 25.4%
- #16 DUSTWUN
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Goon Studios
Windows
Fight to survive in an alien frontier full of beauty and danger on your quest to locate a missing starfighter.
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #17 Pilli Adventure
85% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: TavoPub: Calaca studios
Windows
Influenced by retro classics Mega Man and Castlevania, Pilli Adventure features the Pilli & Paco as they blast their way through 7 levels of fun, fast paced 2D action based on the Pilli Adventure online comic.
Why similar: Adventure 38.4%, Action 36.2%, Indie 25.4%
- #18 Destroy Space Aliens
84% matchMixed65% of 17 reviews2017
Dev: Flying Fire, LLC
Windows
Challenge yourself and enter the castle of the Legendary Sir Frank Jones V to destroy invading space aliens! Slash, blast, and dash your way to victory in this retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Why similar: Adventure 38.4%, Action 36.2%, Indie 25.4%
- #19 Nachzehrer
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eric Sauer
Windows
[h1]Nachzehrer[/h1]Your fear of being in the dark comes true in this short single player horror game. You find yourself stuck at a power plant at night, when suddenly the lights begin shutting off. However, attempting to turn them back on may cause you to meet your fears.
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #20 The Planet of the Vicious Creatures
84% matchMixed63% of 16 reviews2016
Dev: Jorge Giner Cordero
Windows
An old-school platformer set in outer space.
Why similar: Adventure 38.4%, Action 36.2%, Indie 25.4%
- #21 Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders
83% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2017
Dev: OrionSoft
Windows · Linux
Discover a futuristic fast-paced platformer game in pixel art. The game takes place in three different environments (prison, desert, forest) and is interspersed with 2 mini-games, including a reversed “Shoot’em Up” and an original rappelling game!
Why similar: Adventure 38.4%, Action 36.2%, Indie 25.4%
- #22 Vanquish: The Adventures of Lady Exton
82% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2016
Dev: Runestone StudiosPub: Tasaa Software Services Pvt. Ltd.
Windows
Vanquish: The Adventures of Lady Exton is a 2D platformer set in a quirky steampunk inspired world. Steamscience has altered things in recent times. It’s now become a fight for survival. Kidnapped, escaped and armed with only a parasol, Lady Exton must bring back peace to the human strongholds!
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #23 ORBITOR
82% matchMixed66% of 35 reviews2015
Dev: Evil Aliens
Windows
Navigate the mysterious Quantum Nebula and dismantle it's gravity machine piece by piece before it destroys The Galaxy.
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #24 Above
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mighty Moth
Windows · Mac
Above is an aeronautic action-adventure game, in which you fly around exploring islands scattered in a vast ocean, upgrade and modify your aeroplane to progress, in order to find your lost brother and uncover the mystery behind the abominations that dwell beneath the waves.
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #25 Survivor of Eschewal
81% match7 user reviews14% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Luke CrippsPub: Fellowplayer
Windows
You suddenly wake up and find yourself on a beach of a strange island. This island does not feel right from the start because you could have swarn this island was not here the previous night. Now all you can think of is getting off this island alive.
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #26 Star Surveyor
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: slimefriend
Windows · Mac
Star Surveyor is an exploration game about discovering a foreign planet, and observing the lives of its alien inhabitants. You're sent to Maya-247 with a simple mission: use your scanner to gather data about all of the flora and fauna you can, and send that data back to Earth.
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #27 Prometheus - The Fire Thief
81% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2015
Dev: Magical Hackers
Windows
Prometheus - The Fire Thief is an action adventure game set in ancient Greece. As the player you assume control of the titan Prometheus. After stealing the fire from the Gods of mount Olympus, Prometheus must travel all across Greece and outside its borders, battling hideous monsters.
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #28 Trinity
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: Maelstrom Rabbit
Windows
Trinity is a challenging fps/puzzle set in a surrealistic universe.
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #29 Armoured Engines
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bounder Games
Windows · Mac
Armoured Engines is a steam punk western epic featuring train conductor Dusty Beats and her partner in crime, the ancient living engine Billy Wylam, as they search for El Dorado. Protect your train and shoot, fling, slice, and blow up hordes of enemies, using an arsenal of weaponry and passengers.
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #30 Mechatroniks Attack
79% matchNegative8% of 12 reviews2016
Dev: Ludax174
Windows
Mechatroniks Attack is an amateur very difficult action game. Try the Demo version to check if you like it and if your computer work with it.
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #31 Drone Zero Gravity
79% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2015
Dev: Isaac Nichols
Windows
Drone Zero Gravity is a dark yet strikingly colorful space adventure that will test your skills. Navigate intricate cave systems, dodge enemy fire and take out as many enemy drones along the way. Throughout your journey energy is important, so stay charged or it’s game over.
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #32 Talewind
78% matchMixed59% of 112 reviews2016
Dev: WindLimit Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Talewind is a whimsical platformer where you play as a young boy that is trying to save his village, but dont let its looks fool you, it will challenge even the most experienced platformer veterans. trailer music: bensound.com
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #33 Necrolance
75% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: Monsoon Studios
Windows
The Dark Necromancer has returned and is causing havoc in the Kingdom of Nangarth! He has sent his loyal servant, The Great Dark Warrior Thorg of Winstin, to resurrect 6 deadly foes in order to fulfill his mischievous plans! Play as both Thorg and our hero in this 2D action packed adventure!
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #34 Stickman World
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dilmer ValecillosPub: Dilmer Games
Windows · Mac
Stickman World takes place in an underground world after the hero "Stickman" awakes in an unknown world. Play through an amazing story where Stickman has to solve puzzles in hopes to discover a way out of this world. The goals for each level are simple and require collecting all the hidden items through Stickman's journey.
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #35 Beyond Arm's Reach
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Round Squares Studios
Windows
Beyond Arm’s Reach is an action adventure game, set in a 1950’s steampunk universe. You have to use the physics based grappling hook, to navigate around the world, defeat enemies and solve puzzles along the way.
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #36 Super Mega Bob
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 22 reviews2015
Dev: Jenito
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Bob's world has been invaded by mechanical demons from the nether! SEND THEM BACK TO WHERE THEY CAME FROM! . . . by shooting at them like a madman, of course!
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #37 After Rain: Phoenix Rise
74% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2017
Dev: DV8GamesPub: DV9DESIGN
Windows
The Rain fell, and washed away all that was good. Ancestors of the survivors face a world plagued by deadly disease, hostile landscapes that offer no safe haven, and brutal warlords beholden to a malevolent A.I. that seeks to enslave mankind and control the natural world. This is life After Rain.
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #38 Imperil
73% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2017
Dev: Polybit
Windows · Mac
"Imperil" is a ruthless retro inspired platformer with puzzles. The hero must save the land that has been corrupted by evil. Place platforms or shift the world around you, move objects with telekenesis or burn enemies with fire to best the many obstacles you come across.
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #39 COSMONAUT
73% matchPositive86% of 44 reviews2018
Dev: Neon Chasm, LLC
Windows
Unravel the mystery surrounding the lost vessel Diogenes. A story-driven retro platformer with elements of horror. Use the zero-g suit to explore the eerie corridors of a derelict ship filled with unknown lifeforms and dark secrets.
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #40 Captain's Tail
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Biting Mascot
Windows
Dash into action as the fluffiest pirate of the Seven Seas! Take on platforming challenges and explore a variety of islands.
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #41 DNO Rasa's Journey
75% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2015
Dev: EZDesigner
Windows
Guide Rasa on her journey as she collects lost DNA, and breathes life back into the broken planet. DNO is a continuous side-scrolling platformer that shows remnants of the once great planet Lira. Unlock creatures that once dwelled here, through the use of a unique card collection system, and use power-ups to make your way through each...
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #42 Slime-san: Sheeple’s Sequel
72% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: FabrazPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sheeple's finally lost it! He is convinced that everything's just part of a giant videogame and that he was coded to simply be a side-character. Which is why he decided to recode himself to become the villain instead... Can you defeat his nefarious levels and come out of it unscathed?
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #43 Welcome To The Dreamscape
72% matchMixed42% of 36 reviews2018
Dev: FYRE Games
Windows · Mac
The Future is here, but are you ready?... Stepping into the shoes of a silent amnesiac, you must traverse through the virtual worlds of your own dreams, finding clues that may lead you to the answers of your mysterious past, but not all is as it seems...
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #44 Zarvot
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: by Sam Eng
Windows · Mac
Two things: a charming co-op adventure and a cutthroat competitive party game. Be a tiny, adorable cube with hopes, dreams, unrequited loves… and unlimited destructive power.
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #45 Pulut Adventure
73% matchMixed62% of 93 reviews2015
Dev: yayapipiPub: Yayapipi Studio
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 19%
Pulut Adventure is a 2D platform game with over 30 different stylistic levels and exciting mechanics. Defeat the enemy and collect different of weapon to advance your abilities. You can use the summon skills and flying mode to explore the world.
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #46 Crowtel Renovations
70% matchVery Positive89% of 84 reviews2017
Dev: SinksAdventure
Windows
Chirp through 9 levels of mayhem and check a few disruptive tenants out in an attempt to fix up this trashy vacation spot and save a little crow's job.
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #47 Yasai Ninja
74% matchMostly Negative36% of 58 reviews2015
Dev: Recotechnology S.L.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Yasai Ninja is a hack & slash game set in feudal Japan where Kaoru Tamanegi and Broccoli Joe face the most terrible vegetable-fighters. Play 1/2 Player mode and finish the adventure!
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #48 Pep-Pel
57% matchPositive84% of 37 reviews2023
Dev: SlugGlove
Windows · Mac · Linux
Run through each level as Pep-Pel! a goofy red goblin thing. In this beautifully hand drawn game. play through tons of fast-paced and difficult levels, each with there own challenge to master!
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #49 Tom vs. The Armies of Hell
71% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2016
Dev: Darkmire Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Meet Tom -- a software engineer turned reluctant half-demon hero who must fight his way out of Hell by turning souls into demon-searing weapons. Blast your way back to your 9-to-5 in this hilarious, isometric indie action-adventure game.
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #50 STRASHILKA
68% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: reqtion
Windows
STRASHILKA - MEAN FEAR.
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #51 I_AM.exe
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paulo P. NetoPub: Indie
Windows
I_AM.exe is a first person action game with a focus on exploration. You wake up inside a vat on a strange place full of robots trying to kill you. Explore, solve puzzles and fight your way through different areas as you try to find a way out and understand what is going on and just who are you.
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #52 Shoottera
69% matchMostly Negative39% of 61 reviews2018
Dev: RussianDEVPub: azimuth team
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Shooter with the elements of the quest. You need to get out of the lab, killing all the enemies.
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #53 Parvaneh: Legacy of the Light's Guardians
70% matchMixed62% of 69 reviews2016
Dev: Bearded Bird Game StudioPub: KPL
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Fadia, a young and courageous boy sets about protecting ‘Naria’, his home village, from the Khazdaks who are trying to pollute their river.
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #54 RECHARGE COMPLETE
57% matchNo user reviews
Dev: rechargecomplete
Windows
RECHARGE COMPLETE is a third/first person shooter featuring a hard-strutting jet-packing android created to destroy job-stealing robots! Blast enemies with homing missiles, lasers and EMP grenades! Jet pack, boost and skii your way through peril. Be the robohero you were made to be!
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%
- #55 Explodey - Sci-fi Side Scroller w/ 'splosions
56% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YitYat Studios
Windows · Mac
The galaxy is in peril. Equipped with the latest military tech, pilot your heavily armed space fighter through 5 exotic planets to destroy the evil Dr Grag and save the Life Spark. Joining you on your journey is The Engineer, a silicon being capable of building anything you need. Unfortunately, he's a jackass...
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26%