- #1 D.F.R.: The Light
97% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: Nothing Rhymes With Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Unprepared and helpless, you are taken to a dark place where a mysterious light hunts you. In this relentlessly terrifying survival horror game, you must use your wits to stay alive long enough to extinguish the light, or perish trying. The light is crafty and observant, so this won't be an easy challenge.
Why similar: Adventure 36.6%, Action 35.8%, Indie 27.6%
- #2 Code Name: Origin
96% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Aurora Games Studio
Windows
Code Name: Origin is a top down action adventure inspired by the classics in the 80's and 90's. You’re dispatched alone with a laser shotgun and the wits to uncover what transpired just days before you arrive.
Why similar: Adventure 36.6%, Action 35.8%, Indie 27.6%
- #3 Kindled Cavern
96% 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 37.7%, Action 35.2%, Indie 27.1%
- #4 Domino Effect
95% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: GoshFather
Windows
Pick up an entire building and use it as a weapon. Go supernova and send everything flying in an outward direction. Use gravity in a way that has never been used before.
Why similar: Adventure 36.6%, Action 35.8%, Indie 27.6%
- #5 Flight 732
94% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: Ghere Games
Windows
Explore the island to find the missing jetliner. Once found, can you find a way to help you and your captain off of the island?
Why similar: Adventure 36.6%, Action 35.8%, Indie 27.6%
- #6 BioMech
94% matchMixed50% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: ERMediaPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
BioMech is a classic Metroid-like with carefully structured gameplay. No rogue elements, no random content, everything is handcrafted and deliberately designed. Backtracking is not a dirty word.
Why similar: Action 38.4%, Adventure 34.7%, Indie 27%
- #7 Lair of the Titans
93% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Team 21 Studio
Windows
Lair of the Titans offers a unique way for players to enjoy VR together. Play in the same room, hunting one another, choosing the right moment to strike and scare the other player.
Why similar: Adventure 36.6%, Action 35.8%, Indie 27.6%
- #8 INFINITY CHALLENGE
92% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Simple Gaming - JVJ
Windows · Mac
A 3D Rail Shooter game with high quality tracks! Take the challenge and choose one of the many maps and defeat vicious waves of enemies while traveling through mysterious worlds! Face fearsome machines and creatures that will do whatever it takes to destroy you and end your race to save the galaxy!
Why similar: Adventure 36.6%, Action 35.8%, Indie 27.6%
- #9 Datswer
91% matchNegative18% of 11 reviews2015
Dev: Behtam Developer
Windows
Datswer - help a brave hero escape to freedom from the dark dungeon full of traps, horrible enemies and various obstacles. The protagonist of this Android game is a statue that came to life after being hit by a few drops of mysterious magical liquid. You need to use your reflexes and logic to pave a safe way through dark dungeons.
Why similar: Action 36.9%, Adventure 36%, Indie 27.1%
- #10 Guardian of The Demon Valley
91% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2016
Dev: Lily GamesPub: Himi Games
Windows
This is an exciting shooting game.The game is set in a dark canyon, you’ll play a warrior who swears to defend the saint ice crystal that seals the devil with his life. would you be able to complete the mission of defending the sealing ice crystal against the horrible monsters’ continuous offensive?!
Why similar: Adventure 36.6%, Action 35.8%, Indie 27.6%
- #11 One Bit
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Veibyn
Windows
This is the story of Onebit, a poor, cute character that is continious searching for a pixel someone has stolen from him. He simply can`t go on with his life knowing that he is missin a pixel. Your task will be to go tro a long and exciting adventure, on his search for the one that have stolen his pixel and retaliation.
Why similar: Adventure 36.6%, Action 35.8%, Indie 27.6%
- #12 Gremlin Invasion: Survivor
90% 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 37.4%, Action 35.4%, Indie 27.3%
- #13 Solmec: Hollow Planet
89% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: Octopus 8 Studios
Windows
Solmec: Hollow Planet is an adventure game where you play as Soledad, a lone Solmec warrior exploring an ancient, lost planet. His task is to find a cure for the Rot that is killing the Ankazil – spacefaring beasts that are home to the Solmec.
Why similar: Action 36.4%, Adventure 35.5%, Indie 28.1%
- #14 MonsterS in haha Island (群妖志)
88% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Muggle
Windows
To be immortal, The most important thing is to have a long life.Our hero wants to be immortal, so he came to this island to find the secret of longevity in frogs.
Why similar: Action 36.9%, Adventure 36%, Indie 27.1%
- #15 The Royal Cosmonautical Society
87% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2017
Dev: Chromosphere Games
Windows · Mac
Enjoy the rewarding challenge of becoming a qualified Cosmonaut. Gracefully pilot your ship through multitudes of challenges, finding the perfect trajectory all the way to the top of the leaderboards.
Why similar: Adventure 35.7%, Action 34.9%, Indie 29.4%
- #16 Black Mist
86% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: Nyan_Fort
Windows
Black Mist is a 2D, roguelike action game. All stages are covered by darkness, thus it is necessary to shoot shiny bullets to the darkness and move carefully. Bullets and your life are shared as "Energy", and the enemy's power and ferocity will be increase with the passage of time.
Why similar: Adventure 36.6%, Action 35.8%, Indie 27.6%
- #17 Kitten Madness
86% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2017
Dev: David OgdenPub: LoveTrooper Entertainment L.L.C.
Windows
Kitten Madness is an open world fast pace game where you race a kitten through various levels and game types. Kitten Madness starts out as a single player game where you control a cute kitten performing the playful actions of a kitten.
Why similar: Adventure 36.6%, Action 35.8%, Indie 27.6%
- #18 Lone Vessel
85% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Cobalt Flow Studios
Windows
Prepare for the invasion! Explore the void, complete missions for credits, and collect items to arm yourself. Unlock new load-outs and face exotic enemies in the face of impending destruction!
Why similar: Action 36.4%, Adventure 35.5%, Indie 28.1%
- #19 Everything Must Fall
84% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2017
Dev: Carry Castle
Windows
Everything Must Fall is an action-packed physics puzzle game in VR. You are an outcast among the tinies working your daily job as a demolitioner at Blow Big Stuff Up Ltd. Before you know it, your life is turned upside down. You must save your parents. A Journey of a lifetime begins.
Why similar: Action 35.9%, Adventure 35%, Indie 29%
- #20 Super Ninja Hero VR
84% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2016
Dev: Wuhan Firegame Co.,Ltd.
Windows
"super ninja hero vr"is a VR-FPS game(first-person shooting game) that developed by Wuhan Firegame Co.,Ltd..Variety of scenes with cool fighting, strong cunning enemies and smart BOSS.Taking up your arms to begin a legend.
Why similar: Action 37.3%, Adventure 36.5%, Indie 26.2%
- #21 Dinosaur Hunter VR
83% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Gooners Game
Windows
Embark on a great adventure to hunt down some prehistoric beasts!
Why similar: Adventure 36.6%, Action 35.8%, Indie 27.6%
- #22 Elementals
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Round Squares Studios LTD
Windows
Mental Elementals is a 1 – 4 player twin stick shooter game. Player must use their element to fight through the level and reach the end as quickly as possible. Player’s can combine elements to create interesting effects.
Why similar: Action 35.9%, Adventure 35.6%, Indie 28.6%
- #23 Alien Mayhem
82% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: Supa Serious
Windows
Alien Mayhem is an artificial open world sandbox game developed and created by Supa Serious. We simulate a what-if scenario where an alien prankster finds himself in a virtual game world that enables him to prank in a rather unconventional yet stylish way.
Why similar: Action 45.1%, Adventure 31.3%, Indie 23.6%
- #24 Nubs' Adventure
81% matchPositive95% of 44 reviews2015
Dev: MaxBytes
Windows · Mac · Linux
Nubs' Adventure is platforming action and exploration combined with an intriguing story and a vast world to explore!
Why similar: Adventure 36.2%, Action 35.3%, Indie 28.5%
- #25 Evil Cogs
79% matchMixed61% of 23 reviews2018
Dev: Wet Fish
Windows
Dark fairy-tale about little beam of light. Explore the strange and mystic world.
Why similar: Adventure 36.2%, Action 35.3%, Indie 28.5%
- #26 Light Fall
77% matchVery Positive86% of 137 reviews2018
Dev: Bishop Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Craft your path in this innovative 2D platformer. Master the use of your own platform to explore the Forgotten World of Numbra and save the land and its inhabitants from an imminent threat. Do you have what it takes to survive in perilous Numbra?
Why similar: Adventure 36.1%, Action 35.2%, Indie 28.7%
- #27 Bane of Asphodel
77% matchMixed69% of 92 reviews2018
Dev: The Bane Of Asphodel Team
Windows
Bane of Asphodel is an Action-Adventure Game set in the mystical world of Asphodel. Players can play as Neith, a recently deceased normal person, and must liberate the land from the evil Keeper of the Cycle.
Why similar: Adventure 36.2%, Action 35.4%, Indie 28.4%
- #28 SmartyTale 2D
75% matchVery Positive90% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: Nifedow Games
Windows
Fascinating, full of mysteries, an adventure with a storyline unfolded in the style of good old games with Retro Consoles!
Why similar: Adventure 36%, Action 35.2%, Indie 28.8%
- #29 Krystal the Adventurer
76% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: Floofs
Windows
Krystal's home has been burned down by a magic sword sent by a wizard, and it's up to you to help her beat him up!
Why similar: Adventure 36.3%, Action 35.5%, Indie 28.2%
- #30 Labyrinths of Umbra
81% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: Jonrador
Windows
Deep beneath the mountains of Wildergrey, far to the north on the continent of Azmarin, a tangle of shadow attempts to ensnare one brave explorer.
Why similar: Adventure 36.2%, Action 35.3%, Indie 28.5%
- #31 Monkey Land 3D: Reaper Rush
78% matchMostly Negative23% of 13 reviews2017
Dev: Full Metal Jacket Games
Windows
Monkey Land 3D: Reaper Rush is 100% full of gameplay! There's bananas, treasure coins, Piggys in need of saving, locked treasure chests and thats just in the first 10 seconds! Find new abilities like the butt-stompy by finding the precious Dinosaur Feathers!
Why similar: Adventure 36.2%, Action 35.3%, Indie 28.5%
- #32 I Will Escape
79% matchMixed45% of 20 reviews2014
Dev: Blue Label Studio
Windows
Leave the prison undetected. You will be faced with different types of danger, such as guards, dogs, security cameras and helicopters. Brian has to jump, hang, crawl, kick and climb his way out or hide. He will have to use the environment and it's objects to distract his enemies and set them on the wrong track.
Why similar: Adventure 36.2%, Action 35.3%, Indie 28.5%
- #33 The Misadventures of Denniz & Diana
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Studio Merkas
Windows
The Siblings Denniz and Diana have to traverse a multitude of areas by jumping, sliding, climbing and fighting through them in this 2D-Jump'n'Run. Meanwhile, they encounter a... Mechanic-Pirate? Well, they have to stop him, whatever his plan actually is.
Why similar: Adventure 36.3%, Action 35.5%, Indie 28.2%
- #34 Darwin's Test
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 77 reviews2018
Dev: Wolfalone Studio
Windows
Darwin’s Test is a first-person action and puzzle game that immerses you into a futuristic universe. You play as an amnesic patient following an experimental care protocol. Who are you ? Where are you ? So many questions to solve to discover the truth !
Why similar: Adventure 36.7%, Action 34.8%, Indie 28.5%
- #35 Skelittle: A Giant Party!!
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2019
Dev: Bubble Studios
Windows
Get together & funk-up the house with this crazy party game! Choose your tiny mess-maker to turn your everyday environment into a huge playground. Challenge friends & family in a series of wicked local multiplayer minigames and get creative together in the sandbox mode.
Why similar: Adventure 36.1%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27.8%
- #36 Voxel Scavenger
72% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: ZUGALU ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
Play as a space garbage man kidnapped and trapped aboard a derelict space station in the universe’s garbage dump. Forced to collect materials in order to repair the space station to fly yourself to safety.
Why similar: Action 36.1%, Adventure 36.1%, Indie 27.8%
- #37 Rail Recon
73% matchPositive89% of 35 reviews2018
Dev: Triggered Studios
Windows
Delve into the underground facility of Rail Recon, a Twin-stick Shooter with a Rail System. Navigate through its network of rails in search of its crystals, while maneuvering and fighting through the facility's defenses.
Why similar: Adventure 35.7%, Action 34.9%, Indie 29.4%
- #38 Visual Out
73% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: MadameBerry Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
An explorative platformer inside a dying computer
Why similar: Adventure 35.7%, Action 34.9%, Indie 29.4%
- #39 Shrine of the God-Ape
70% matchPositive98% of 41 reviews2019
Dev: Zachary Lee
Windows
Explore the legendary Shrine of the God-Ape! Fight wildlife! Dodge traps! Battle bosses! Pillage your way to the top of the island and conquer, or die trying.
Why similar: Action 36.2%, Adventure 35.9%, Indie 27.9%
- #40 Attack of the Mutant Fishcrows
72% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: WILDLOGICGAMES LTD
Windows
Attack of the Mutant Fishcrows, A Fast Paced Action Platformer with flying fish that are swimming crows that are mutated half breeds of your nightmares!
Why similar: Action 36.2%, Adventure 35.9%, Indie 27.9%
- #41 The Thing: Space X
74% matchMixed49% of 87 reviews2017
Dev: LillyWelland inc.Pub: Bitlock Studio
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 12%
At your disposal are a dozen of the best combat spacecraft equipped with death beams, machine guns and missiles. The sector is divided into several subsectors, which swarm with enemies. In the end, you will have an unbeatable boss - the "Thing".
Why similar: Action 35.9%, Adventure 35.6%, Indie 28.6%
- #42 Explodey - Sci-fi Side Scroller w/ 'splosions
62% 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 36.6%, Action 35.8%, Indie 27.6%
- #43 Swiss Knife
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Norman Collonville
Windows
It's been 2042 years since the "Great Disappearing", on Earth, humans & animals are no more. The planet is now inhabited by Swiss Knives, little robots created by humans before the disaster. In reality, that is because humans created Swiss Knives that the Great Disappearing occured.
Why similar: Action 36.2%, Adventure 35.9%, Indie 27.9%
- #44 Super Catscape
70% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Nuke Games
Windows · Mac
Super Catscape is a 2D sidescroller retro platformer about Kim, a brave kitten who is abducted by strange alien creatures. Kim has to find a way to escape from the strange alien planet, saving all captive pets in his way back to Earth.
Why similar: Action 36.2%, Adventure 35.9%, Indie 27.9%
- #45 Beyond Arm's Reach
60% 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 36.6%, Action 35.8%, Indie 27.6%
- #46 Swordrite
69% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: WolflandGames
Windows
Swordrite is a rogue-like, kill them all game, inspired by the metroidvania genre. You will face multiple enemies, solve puzzles and figure out how to defeat enemy bosses.
Why similar: Action 36.2%, Adventure 35.9%, Indie 27.9%
- #47 Vile Matter
68% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: Decoy Software
Windows
Trapped in a deteriorating world of mystery, navigate a series of challenges & deadly puzzles in pursuit of a mysterious figure that's always one step ahead. Can you outwit this prison of shadows and survive long enough to find an answer to the madness? Or, will you fail and be consumed by the darkness?
Why similar: Action 36.2%, Adventure 35.9%, Indie 27.9%
- #48 CastleGuard
70% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: El_Taberna
Windows
CastleGuard is a independent FPS game. The objective if you accept it is to pass cities and country sides full of enemies ready to kill you at any moments. If you die, you restart. Good luck soldier !
Why similar: Action 36.2%, Adventure 35.9%, Indie 27.9%
- #49 Chrono Ghost
69% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: NITETIME Studios
Windows
You are the Chrono Ghost, you must progress through challenging levels using your newly acquired abilities. As you progress, your adventure becomes considerably more demanding. There are many secrets to discover on your journey. Go forth and find them. hurry, time is running out!
Why similar: Action 36.2%, Adventure 35.9%, Indie 27.9%
- #50 Adventure in King Caries Land
69% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Max Robert Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
The evil King Caries, leader of the tooth trolls has kidnapped the tooth fairy and it is up to a small tooth to save her!
Why similar: Action 36.2%, Adventure 35.9%, Indie 27.9%
- #51 Legendary Arcane 2 Universe
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Maxime CôtéPub: Côté Brothers
Windows · Linux
Legendary Arcane 2 Universe is an adventure game with 32 Pieces of equipment, more than 20 spells., a levelling system, unlockable skills., over 40 secrets to discover and 8 unique bosses. There are four difficulty modes in the game.
Why similar: Action 36.2%, Adventure 35.9%, Indie 27.9%
- #52 The Hero
68% matchMixed40% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: Dark Space Studios
Windows
"The Hero" is an open world action adventure game . The story takes place in two cities in two different ages with two different playable characters. The first is : Newyork (USA) in an imaginary gloomy way and the second story: London (United kingdom) in 1802 at the Fraser campaign on Egypt.
Why similar: Action 36.2%, Adventure 35.9%, Indie 27.9%
- #53 Pep-Pel
57% matchPositive86% of 35 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 36.6%, Action 35.8%, Indie 27.6%
- #54 Terrarium Land
71% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2016
Dev: Layer games
Windows · Linux
Do explore the world`s levels, find secret places, unique artifacts and bonuses. In the Terrarium Land world, destroy enemies and solve the puzzles in different levels. This colorful 3D arcade game has tons of adventure in store for you. Let it begin!
Why similar: Action 36.2%, Adventure 35.9%, Indie 27.9%
- #55 Zarvot
58% 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 36.6%, Action 35.8%, Indie 27.6%
- #56 Under Stranger Stars
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Flat Parrot
Windows
Twin stick action. Bite sized stories. Under Stranger Stars is a game of absurdity and adventure inspired by The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and Sunless Sea.
Why similar: Action 36.2%, Adventure 35.9%, Indie 27.9%