- #1 The Undying Plague
97% matchMixed44% of 178 reviews2015
Dev: Pixel Theory GamesPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
The Undying Plague is a top down shooter where your task is to fend off waves of attacking enemies and survive as long as possible. At your disposal will get a few weapons that we can improve for the money earned on the battlefield. Enter a world of pain, suffering and bloodthirsty zombies. Can you stop the plague?
Why similar: Indie 55.9%, Action 44.1%
- #2 Front Line
96% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2026
Dev: D.IKUSHIMA
Windows
A side-scrolling action shooter where you push through enemy lines, switching between handgun, machine gun, shotgun, and sniper rifle. Weapon choice and reload timing can mean the difference between life and death. No extra lives. No continues. One life to conquer the battlefield.
Why similar: Side Scroller 55.9%, Action 33.9%, Indie 10.2%
- #3 VLADiK BRUTAL
95% matchVery Positive90% of 10,481 reviews2024
Dev: BRUTAL SOFTWARE
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Fight under the onslaught of mutated monsters, obsessed soldiers and even darker bosses. Just try to survive and find out what to do next in this life, simultaneously tearing your enemies to pieces.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #4 SECTOR
96% matchMostly Negative26% of 154 reviews2015
Dev: UD
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 41%
SECTOR is a simple hardcore classic shooter game that you play the role of Dimitri, he and another scientists made fail biological tests and the infected enemies took possesion of technology evolution. Survive at this severe place, fighting against creatures and solving problems, now you need to place the order.
Why similar: Action 61.2%, Indie 38.8%
- #5 Bloodworks
94% matchMostly Positive70% of 122 reviews2017
Dev: Engin Mercan
Windows
Bloodworks is a free top-down survival action game where you fight against an endless waves of monsters. The odds are not in your favor!
Why similar: Action 59.2%, Indie 40.8%
- #6 Post Soviet Zombies
94% matchVery Positive89% of 91 reviews2019
Dev: BRAIN DOES (NOT) WORK
Windows
Post soviet zombies - is an action shooter with a top view, in which you have to get out of the virus infected post-Soviet city for one of the four unique characters. On the way you will meet a variety of zombies, military, marauders and people who need your help in 1993.
Why similar: Action 59.3%, Indie 40.7%
- #7 Anomalous
93% matchMixed70% of 179 reviews2024
Dev: Byron Dunwoody
Windows
A SHORT and sweet pixelated low fidelity 90s throwback hyper-fast action shooter. Survive and fight through a city overrun with manufactured monstrosities, biomass horrors, and a military authority trying to purge everything living. Heavy metal / techno soundtrack featuring BOD Music
Why similar: Action 79.5%, Indie 20.5%
- #8 Biters & Bullets: Prologue
92% matchVery Positive90% of 361 reviews2022
Dev: Night Owls
Windows
Battle and survive hordes of monsters in this high octane casual game with rogue-lite elements. Defeat bosses, hot-wire cars and stack powerups. How long will you survive?
Why similar: Action 87.7%, Indie 12.3%
- #9 Chrono Survival
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 115 reviews2022
Dev: Petushock ProductionPub: Petushock Production
Windows
On the eve of the end of the world, become the last hope for the world by standing alone against thousands of monsters. Chrono Survival is a hyper arcade rogue-lite game that combines simple gameplay and challenge.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #10 Creatures Of War
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Chaos Entertainment
Windows
Embark on a survival horror saga set in a treacherous world ruled by primal terrors. Scour for invaluable treasures, fortify your arsenal to combat evolving threats, and unravel the chilling mystery shrouding Delta squad's fate. Can you survive amidst the lurking jaws of the ancient predators?
Why similar: Action 53.8%, Side Scroller 46.2%
- #11 CULTIC
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,749 reviews2022
Dev: Jasozz GamesPub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Death is only the beginning. Crawl from your grave and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.
Why similar: Action 77.5%, Indie 22.5%
- #12 Contract
91% matchMixed51% of 57 reviews2016
Dev: S Houben
Windows
Contract is a side-scrolling shooter in which you must shoot, hack and massacre your way past armed guards, security systems and other challenges in order to reach your targets. You play as a man, blackmailed into the art of assassination by the kidnappers of his brother.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #13 REMOTE LIFE
89% matchVery Positive91% of 222 reviews2019
Dev: Next Game Level
Windows
Remote Life is a 2D Side scrolling space shooter (shmup) for PC. Experience a fast paced action game with insane scary graphics, and hyper jump into a brutal-frenetic-techno-alien world. Free the world from this dreadful nightmare before its nauseating breath of horror destroys mankind.
Why similar: Action 41.9%, Side Scroller 29.8%, Indie 28.3%
- #14 The Last Man Survivor
87% matchMixed69% of 296 reviews2025
Dev: Renderise
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The Last Man Survivor is a gloomy roguelike in which you have to fight tons of enemies, slay giant bosses, discover new abilities and characters, and also find out the dark secret of the Last Survivor
Why similar: Action 100%
- #15 Pixel Shooter
89% matchMostly Negative35% of 192 reviews2017
Dev: Sabrina Aridi
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 52%
In this 2D platformer game, get your gun and shoot all monsters in your way or just run away to the exit.
Why similar: Side Scroller 65.1%, Action 34.9%
- #16 Halls of Torment
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 31,896 reviews2024
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows · Linux
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Action 100%
- #17 Restless Grounds
85% matchVery Positive87% of 164 reviews2024
Dev: Zirael
Windows
Forgotten Polish town, Incident at a soviet military base and hellish monsters... This is a horror investigation story... Will you stop the relentless fight, or give into it?
Why similar: Action 100%
- #18 Ancient: Legacy of Azul
86% matchVery Positive81% of 57 reviews2022
Dev: Cosmic Spud
Windows
Fight against numerous mutated creatures across this desolate land. Unlock characters, items, and learn of the world’s history. Dive into this action packed sidescrolling, rogue-lite experience. Fight, die, try again.
Why similar: Side Scroller 43.3%, Action 35.4%, Indie 21.3%
- #19 Trash Squad
86% matchVery Positive83% of 148 reviews2018
Dev: Enitvare
Windows · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Trash Squad is a dynamic shooter with RPG elements. Stand up for the fight against hordes of monsters in over a dozen randomly generated levels.
Why similar: Action 62.2%, Indie 37.8%
- #20 Invention 3
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: Falco SoftwarePub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
In this game you have to fight your way through hordes of zombies in search of a safe place.
Why similar: Action 80.4%, Indie 19.6%
- #21 Zombotron
83% matchVery Positive89% of 3,631 reviews2019
Dev: Ant.Karlov Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Fight to survive on a mysterious alien planet, outwit its vicious inhabitants, and do whatever it takes to find a way off that wretched rock.
Why similar: Action 40.3%, Side Scroller 36.9%, Indie 22.8%
- #22 When the Light Dies
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 102 reviews2024
Dev: Electric MonkeysPub: PQube
Windows
Step into a world of shadow and obscurity as a lone survivor fighting to keep the darkness and the horrors that lurk within at bay. Seek out precious supplies, reinforce your arsenal, and uncover forbidden knowledge to unleash the terrifying powers of the ‘Old Ones’.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #23 FROSTBITE: Deadly Climate
82% matchVery Positive86% of 530 reviews2018
Dev: Alex Olinkiewicz
Windows
Survive the arctic research base simply known as Base 75, or die from the freezing cold or by the horrors that lurk within the halls?
Why similar: Action 63.1%, Indie 36.9%
- #24 Ammossum
79% matchMixed69% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: West GladePub: Yahaha Games
Windows
Build an endlessly upgradable weapon! Evolve projectiles into unstoppable firepower in this action roguelike. Fight through hordes of infected beasts, hunt down the source of the plague, and feel the thrill of bloody shootouts filled with bullets, explosions, and acid. Can you survive the madness?
Why similar: Side Scroller 56.7%, Action 43.3%
- #25 Tunguska: The Visitation - Final Cut
80% matchVery Positive88% of 1,885 reviews2021
Dev: Rotorist Workshop
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Tunguska: The Visitation is a single player top-down shooter RPG. Seek fortune as a Ghoul Hunter in an abandoned Soviet Exclusion Zone. Use your grit and ingenuity to survive deadly radiation, mysterious anomalies, and poisonous mutants. Go in guns-blazing, or stay in the shadows - your choice.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #26 Tower Survivors
81% matchMixed67% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: Final Screw
Windows · Linux
Fight an endless horde of evil minions and survive as long as you can. Collect loot and purchase new upgrades and magic abilities. Summon allies to stand along side you and survive the horde!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #27 Manus Dei
79% matchVery Positive87% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: Lateralis Heavy Industries
Windows
Wield the holy weapon Manus Dei and annihilate creatures from the Rift in this fast-paced shooter. Only your skill will grant you passage into the halls of eternity.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #28 Palpus X Annihilation
76% matchVery Positive96% of 77 reviews2026
Dev: Sebastian Vargek (Meister Palpus)
Windows
Isometric action shooter with light RPG elements. Brutally kill tons of alien monsters, find over a dozen powerful weapons, skill up your hero & stop the blood thirsty invaders in a classic handcrafted campaign. Never ending waves await you in horde-mode!
Why similar: Action 67.2%, Indie 32.8%
- #29 Dead Sky
81% matchMostly Negative36% of 222 reviews2013
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Dead Sky takes place admist the chaos of a mysterious outbreak where you will fight tooth-and-nail through hordes of undead creatures in order to escape the epidemic and survive. At its core, Dead Sky is an action-packed survival shooter that ties in several strategic tower defense elements.
Why similar: Action 58.4%, Indie 41.6%
- #30 Red Algorithm
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 79 reviews2021
Dev: Evgenii Andreev
Windows
Can you survive alone against hundreds of monsters? It's not easy. Try out Red Algorithm, a simple yet intense 2D top-down shooter with RPG elements. Pick up weapons, upgrade them, get new perks, and use powerful bonuses. Try out several different heroes against dangerous evil creatures.
Why similar: Action 75.6%, Indie 24.4%
- #31 Dead Effect
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 3,783 reviews2014
Dev: BadFly Interactive, a.s.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Fight for your life in the INDIE SCI-FI FPS game fit for both casual and hard-core gamers with a passion for hunting down hordes of zombies. Prepare yourselves for the incoming nightmare!
Why similar: Action 72.7%, Indie 27.3%
- #32 Kraino Origins
77% matchVery Positive92% of 84 reviews2022
Dev: GameAtomic
Windows
Fight monsters, ghosts, and zombies with your mighty sythe! Find all the secrets, and unlock powerful weapons! Avoid saws, fireballs, pools of acid, and spikes! Kraino Origins is retro gaming goodness!
Why similar: Side Scroller 50.8%, Action 46.1%, Indie 3.1%
- #33 Zombie Cubes
77% matchVery Positive93% of 85 reviews2018
Dev: MayoNinja Games
Windows
A twinstick shooter game where you fight against waves after waves of Zombie Cubes!
Why similar: Action 58.3%, Indie 41.7%
- #34 Only Lead Can Stop Them
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 163 reviews2024
Dev: Warcry InteractivePub: Retrovibe
Windows
Boot up your 486 and launch olcst.exe for this retro fps from an alternate 1990's. Descend into the madness of the Spanish Civil War fighting vicious fascist forces and supernatural monsters. Conquer three action packed episodes wielding machine guns, rifles, flamethrowers and explosives.
Why similar: Action 77.8%, Indie 22.2%
- #35 The Pulse of Evil
73% matchVery Positive95% of 221 reviews2023
Dev: MadnukinPub: Mads Games
Windows
Find yourself on a mission exploring the depth of an ominous forgotten mine. You arrive barehanded but quickly find the tools needed to go deeper. Destroy the infected living parts of the mine and face the final threat and complete your mission.
Why similar: Action 92%, Indie 8%
- #36 In Game Adventure: Legend of Monsters
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 136 reviews2017
Dev: Rising Moon Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 44%
A fast-paced top-down arena shooter with a wide variety of weapons and enemies. Battle hordes of zombies and monsters in procedurally generated arenas, chase the high score in Arcade Mode, and wishlist now to get ready for the fight.
Why similar: Action 68.7%, Indie 31.3%
- #37 Redie
75% matchVery Positive80% of 281 reviews2016
Dev: Rückert Broductions
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.7 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: Action 63.6%, Indie 36.4%
- #38 Fray Fight
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 883 reviews2022
Dev: Playsaurus
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Battle the evil hordes on your way to Valhalla. Annihilate thousands of monsters with overpowered attacks and upgrades.
Why similar: Action 75.6%, Indie 24.4%
- #39 Putrefaction
74% matchMixed69% of 497 reviews2015
Dev: Kazakov Oleg
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Putrefaction is a First Person Shooter with horror elements, lots of enemies and weapons, heavily inspired by old-school shooter classics.
Why similar: Action 67.5%, Indie 32.5%
- #40 Heat Guardian
74% matchMostly Positive70% of 141 reviews2018
Dev: DENYS RUDYI GAMES
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Hardcore top-down shooter in a world of eternal winter. Traverse frozen post-Soviet ruins in search of humanity’s last refuge. Brutal mutants, scarce ammo, and merciless nature will push your skills to the limit. No safe places — only relentless combat for survival.
Why similar: Action 60.2%, Indie 39.8%
- #41 Extraneum
69% matchVery Positive95% of 119 reviews2024
Dev: David JalbertPub: Hellforge Studios
Windows · Linux
Extraneum is an old-school, sci-fi single-player first person shooter with an emphasis on exploration and secret hunting. Fight your way through biohacked monstrosities and stop their progress before they take control of the entire world.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #42 Zombie Shooter
72% matchVery Positive83% of 1,346 reviews2009
Dev: Sigma Team Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 50%
The human race is in danger again. This time scientists could not cope the imminent threat and became monsters themselves. Crowds of zombie people filled the secret research base. The dreadful contagion is about to spread earth wide. Use the last chance to save the humanity from total annihilation!
Why similar: Action 69.5%, Indie 30.5%
- #43 Blackout Z: Slaughterhouse Edition
71% matchVery Positive82% of 1,943 reviews2017
Dev: NukGames
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Blackout Z' is a super fast top-down view shooter where you face ZOMBIES, SAWS and the DARK. Do you have what it takes to have what it takes to survive the zombie apocalypse with only your gun and an old flashlight?
Why similar: Action 63.5%, Indie 36.5%
- #44 Shoottera
73% 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: Action 60.2%, Indie 39.8%
- #45 Earth Atlantis
72% matchMixed55% of 92 reviews2019
Dev: Pixel PerfexPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Earth Atlantis is a side-scrolling shooter with an original "Monster-Hunting" gameplay. Search and hunt down dreadful sea monsters and explore the post-apocalyptic underwater world.
Why similar: Side Scroller 39%, Action 34.5%, Indie 26.6%
- #46 Bloody Streets
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 126 reviews2015
Dev: Headless Wizard
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Bloody Streets is a brutal top-down shooter which will challenge you with areas swarmed by undead in a beautifully stylized and hand painted 2D world complemented by high energy rock music. How long can you survive the sea of monsters while pumping round after round of bullets?
Why similar: Action 58.4%, Indie 41.6%
- #47 Zombie Desperation
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 123 reviews2018
Dev: Ominous Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Zombie Desperation is a small horror game where you shoot hordes of zombies until you die, aiming to obtain a higher rank in the online leaderboards while unlocking new scenarios and weapons.
Why similar: Action 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #48 Void Survivors
67% matchVery Positive88% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: SoulBlade Studio LLC
Windows
Void Survivors is a fast-paced action roguelike game where you have to survive relentless hordes of monsters for 20 minutes!
Why similar: Action 77.8%, Indie 22.2%
- #49 Object "Cleaning"
71% matchMostly Negative29% of 68 reviews2018
Dev: Primitive StudioPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 36%
You have to get out of the laboratory, defeat monsters, using a different arsenal of weapons: from mines to machine gun turrets.
Why similar: Action 59.4%, Indie 40.6%
- #50 Alien Shooter: Revisited
70% matchMixed65% of 877 reviews2009
Dev: Sigma Team Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Crowds of blood-thirsty monsters, crawling from every corner of the secret research base. Gloomy basements and modern labs, darkness changing into blazing bulbs. The only usual thing is: you're in a bad place alone, and there's no one to help you!
Why similar: Action 67.3%, Indie 32.7%
- #51 EARTH'S DAWN
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 279 reviews2016
Dev: One or Eight
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Earth’s Dawn is looming and the fate of the planet hangs in the balance! Dive into frantic side-scrolling combat and take the fight to the alien horde before destroying hulking bosses!
Why similar: Action 42%, Side Scroller 32.5%, Indie 25.5%
- #52 Escape the City
69% matchMixed65% of 52 reviews2020
Dev: Stephan VenhrynPub: My Way Games
Windows
Escape The City - It's a first-person shooter, about a city that was attacked by enemies.Prepare your gun and leave the city immediately. Fight your way past various enemies on different locations of the city and find your way out!
Why similar: Action 82.2%, Indie 17.8%
- #53 Where the forest ends
65% matchMixed70% of 143 reviews2026
Dev: MonkeyBassGames
Windows
Shred zombies and bandits, collect and upgrade weapons, and explore the beauty hidden within industrial decay in a new story-driven, top-down horror shooter. Survive one more day in the post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Action 64.1%, Indie 35.9%
- #54 Gore Storm
66% matchVery Positive94% of 70 reviews2023
Dev: Gundorado
Windows
Battle massive hordes of alien monsters to secure humanity's presence on planet Gore. Upgrade your base, hire troops, and install turrets to fight back the ever growing waves of aliens.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #55 Endoparasitic
63% matchVery Positive94% of 3,096 reviews2022
Dev: MizizizizPub: Deep Root Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must save your research. Drag yourself through the corridors of a secret research lab on a remote asteroid, fight off horribly mutated monsters, inject countless syringes of vaccines, and survive at all costs.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #56 DEAD TRASH
63% matchVery Positive89% of 499 reviews2025
Dev: Crowhill StudiosPub: DOSMan Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Years into a brutal lockdown, a once-thriving city lies in ruins, abandoned by its government and overrun by vicious, mindless infected. Grab your hammer, collect your nerves and enter the mayhem.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #57 OVERWHELM
67% matchVery Positive85% of 239 reviews2018
Dev: Ruari O'SullivanPub: Alliance
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
You're outnumbered, low on ammunition and the paranoia sets in. This is an action horror-world where enemies get power-ups and you don’t.
Why similar: Action 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #58 Let Them Come
66% matchVery Positive84% of 1,380 reviews2017
Dev: Tuatara GamesPub: Versus Evil
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Let Them Come is a fast paced pixel art shoot ‘em up. Twitchy trigger fingers and focused battle tactics are the order of the day as wave after wave of alien-like creatures try to take you down.
Why similar: Action 60.8%, Indie 39.2%