- #1 Cobalt
97% matchVery Positive93% of 708 reviews2016
Dev: Oxeye Game StudioPub: Mojang
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Forget everything you’ve learned about combat. Cobalt’s slo-mo mechanic lets you perform moves that other games can’t comprehend. Discover the secrets of a distant colony in a cosmic campaign, take on challenges and rule the leaderboards, or face off against others in local and online multiplayer.
Why similar: Action 41.5%, Indie 26.3%, Multiplayer 15.7%, Shooter 10.5%, 2D 6%
- #2 Miner Meltdown
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 140 reviews2017
Dev: Mighty Pebble Games IncPub: Throwback Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Miner Meltdown is an action-packed team-based multiplayer game. Scour the map for minerals, upgrade your gear, and attempt to blow up the opposing team all the while avoiding monsters, traps, and environmental pitfalls along the way.
Why similar: Action 44%, Indie 33%, Multiplayer 16.5%, 2D 6.6%
- #3 BombTag
96% matchVery Positive84% of 1,521 reviews2018
Dev: David Schneider
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 41%
BombTag is an online multiplayer Bomberman-inspired game for up to 8 players. Drop bombs, blow up crates, collect powerups, and blow up your friends - but be careful not to get blown up first!
Why similar: Indie 45.9%, Multiplayer 41.8%, Action 12.3%
- #4 Holodrive
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,233 reviews2021
Dev: BitCake StudioPub: Versus Evil
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A fast-paced multiplayer shooter where you customize your robot, zoom around with a jetpack, and battle with various weapons. Master the arenas, surprise your enemies, and enjoy the nonstop action!
Why similar: Action 31.7%, Indie 27.9%, Multiplayer 20.3%, Shooter 13.7%, 2D 6.4%
- #5 Booster Trooper
94% 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 55.3%, Indie 34.1%, Multiplayer 10.7%
- #6 Deadswitch Combat
91% matchVery Positive86% of 351 reviews2025
Dev: Wilkin Games
Windows
DEADSWITCH COMBAT is a fast-paced 2D multiplayer shooter. Experience action-packed combat with hundreds of weapons, vehicle combat, and plenty of team-based game modes.
Why similar: Action 39.5%, Multiplayer 22.2%, Shooter 18.3%, Indie 12.7%, 2D 7.4%
- #7 Retimed
93% matchVery Positive83% of 364 reviews2019
Dev: Team ManiaxPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Dash and dodge bullet clusters in nerve-wracking slow motion moments and challenge your friends online or offline to awesome and fast paced battles with up to 4 players!
Why similar: Indie 28.3%, Action 27.1%, Multiplayer 25.8%, Shooter 18.7%
- #8 Definitely Sneaky But Not Sneaky
92% matchVery Positive95% of 73 reviews2019
Dev: boxedworks
Windows · Linux
Definitely Sneaky But Not Sneaky is a fast-paced action game featuring tight controls and slow-motion combat. Unlock items, customize your gear, and take out your enemies one by one! Co-op included.
Why similar: Action 43%, Indie 24.5%, Multiplayer 17.8%, Shooter 14.7%
- #9 Project Zero Deaths
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 524 reviews2019
Dev: UAB Detis
Windows · Mac · Linux
Project Zero Deaths is a hectic physics-based F2P online multiplayer platform shooter. Jump into frantic battles in dynamic maps, solo or with friends, to fight in varied wild game modes! Choose between different characters with unique skills and customize them and their weapons to your own playstyle!
Why similar: Action 59.6%, Multiplayer 20.5%, Indie 19.9%
- #10 Formicide
89% matchVery Positive82% of 322 reviews2017
Dev: Rock Wall Games, LLC
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Formicide is a fast-paced 2D online platformer with a lineup of versatile classes. Think Worms meets Team Fortress 2. Face off with teammates against enemies in destructible environments with the weapons and abilities at your disposal.
Why similar: Action 42.3%, Indie 30.1%, Multiplayer 21.7%, 2D 5.8%
- #11 Door Kickers: Action Squad
88% matchVery Positive95% of 10,451 reviews2018
Dev: PixelShardPub: KillHouse Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Rescue hostages, disarm bombs and save the day in this old school, side-scroller action game with retro graphics and retro sensibilities. Online and Couch Coop Included.
Why similar: Action 36.5%, Indie 21.7%, Shooter 16.5%, Multiplayer 16.4%, 2D 8.8%
- #12 Phantom Squad
86% matchVery Positive82% of 490 reviews2025
Dev: Ctrl FreakPub: Super Rare Originals
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Phantom Squad is a 1-4 player co-op tactical top-down shooter blending fast-paced combat with real-time strategy. Play solo or team up through online co-op and matchmaking, coordinating movement, positioning, and split-second decisions to survive intense, high-risk missions.
Why similar: Action 69.8%, Multiplayer 15.6%, Indie 14.5%
- #13 Counterpact
87% matchVery Positive91% of 170 reviews2023
Dev: Little Egg Basket
Windows · Linux
Crush the enemy team with your allies or plunder the Gilded Spire alone in this 2D platform-shooter. Customize and play as one of seven characters with unique mechanics and items.
Why similar: Action 34.8%, Multiplayer 23.9%, Shooter 19.6%, Indie 11.6%, 2D 10.1%
- #14 Square Heroes
89% 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 45.3%, Indie 34%, Multiplayer 20.7%
- #15 Arsenal Online
84% matchVery Positive87% of 110 reviews2024
Dev: Wilkin Games
Windows · Linux
High-octane 2D shooter. Put your shooting skills to the test with over 200 weapons and attachments. Play game modes solo or co-op online!
Why similar: Action 57.8%, Shooter 20.4%, 2D 9.3%, Multiplayer 7.9%, Indie 4.6%
- #16 Gun Bombers
86% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2016
Dev: Antti Vaihia
Windows
Grab your pickaxe and enter the mines! Search for treasures and fight against other miners in this fast, round-based multiplayer game (up to 10 players over LAN or internet). Comes with a map editor and an addictive single player endless mode where you fight waves of enemy monsters.
Why similar: Action 35.2%, Multiplayer 26.9%, Indie 20%, 2D 9.1%, Shooter 8.8%
- #17 Meltdown
85% matchVery Positive85% of 822 reviews2014
Dev: Phenomenon Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Meltdown is a tactical arcade shooter featuring both singleplayer and intense online multiplayer. Become the most skilled soldier, choose your weapons, get the best upgrades, buckle up and start your mission. Be careful, each enemy has it’s own combat style, special AI and gear. Adapt to them to survive!
Why similar: Action 51.2%, Indie 31.9%, Multiplayer 9.6%, Shooter 7.4%
- #18 Soldat
83% matchVery Positive94% of 1,781 reviews2020
Dev: Transhuman Design
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Soldat is a unique 2D (side-view) multiplayer action game. Soldiers fight against each other in 2D battle arenas using a deadly arsenal of military weapons, across 7 default game modes.
Why similar: Action 44.2%, Indie 32.7%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Shooter 8.3%, 2D 4%
- #19 The Showdown Effect: Reloaded
82% matchVery Positive86% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: GIII Holdings LLC
Windows
Experience fast-paced over-the-top multiplayer action in The Showdown Effect: Reloaded. Join players from around the world to engage in high-octane battles filled with bullets, explosions, and one-liners!
Why similar: Action 42.9%, Multiplayer 35%, Indie 22.1%
- #20 Scrap
84% matchMixed51% of 74 reviews2017
Dev: Top Shelf StudiosPub: None
Windows
Shoot, kick, and detonate your way through a post tech apocalyptic wasteland where robots reign terror upon the resourceful Scrappers. Scrap foes, unlock weapons, play alone or with friends and take back the world in this free, 3D, action, twin stick, shooter.
Why similar: Action 51.3%, Indie 37%, Multiplayer 11.8%
- #21 Rogue Glitch Ultra
81% matchVery Positive92% of 1,595 reviews2021
Dev: Rarebyte
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 53%
A roguelite action platformer in a vibrant glitch-ridden world. Amass a huge arsenal from over 150 weapon options and face hordes of enemies and tough boss fights. Jump into multiplayer (up to 4 player co-op online or local) to collect, unlock, and upgrade for endless replayability.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Multiplayer 30.1%, 2D 12.6%
- #22 Retrograde Arena
79% matchVery Positive94% of 531 reviews2020
Dev: FreemergencyPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Retrograde Arena is a multiplayer twin stick shooter where bullets don’t kill. Use weapons, physics, and your Drone to push, pull, and blast your foes into deadly surroundings in this skill-based shooter action title that redefines physics-based action.
Why similar: Action 49.6%, Shooter 25.5%, Multiplayer 24.8%
- #23 Bombernauts
80% 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 47.9%, Indie 33.8%, Multiplayer 18.3%
- #24 Assassins vs Pirates
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 83 reviews2016
Dev: DEADBIT
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Swordplay and freerun through the internet and on a couch against your friends in a team brawl. Throw bombs, use smokescreens and climb your way to the enemy base. Choose your side as a Pirate or an Assassin and feed the Artifact with souls of your enemies.
Why similar: Action 47.5%, Indie 33.6%, Multiplayer 18.9%
- #25 SquadBlast
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 146 reviews2023
Dev: ULTRAHORSE
Windows
Master the most intense platformer shooter ever created. Play in teams of up to 5v5 players across 8 game modes or make your own custom lobby. Collect & craft an arsenal of weapons to master your loadout. Play cross-platform for free on PC, Console, Mobile, and Web with full controller support.
Why similar: Action 53.4%, Shooter 24.6%, Multiplayer 16.6%, 2D 5.4%
- #26 Rocket Bot Royale
77% matchVery Positive86% of 777 reviews2022
Dev: Winterpixel Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%
A frantic online Battle Royale set on destructible, sinking Islands! Fire rockets from your custom robo-tank to eliminate the competition using advanced tactics and powerful weapons.
Why similar: Action 45.5%, Multiplayer 43.9%, 2D 10.5%
- #27 Halt The Heist!
77% matchVery Positive87% of 75 reviews2022
Dev: ByteTale Studios
Windows
A co-operative multiplayer "Thieves vs. Guards" game about halting, catching and make it out with the loot!
Why similar: Action 55.6%, Indie 20%, Multiplayer 12.2%, 2D 12.2%
- #28 Explosionade DX
79% 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 59.8%, Shooter 22%, Indie 18.2%
- #29 ChargeShot
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 97 reviews2015
Dev: Cowboy Color
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Shoot, reflect, and jetpack your way through ChargeShot -- a local-multiplayer, space-bounty-hunter, deathmatch game with a focus on fast-paced, twitch gameplay. Prove to your friends that you are the greatest warrior in the galaxy. No friends? No problem.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #30 Guns N' Boxes
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 86 reviews2022
Dev: LightArrow Games
Windows · Mac
Guns N’ Boxes is a top-down single screen arena-style multiplayer shooter where you shoot boxes, get random weapons and use them to blast everything that moves! Choose your favorite character and duke it out with rifles, hot dog launchers, rail guns, arrows and tons of other weapons.
Why similar: Action 45.4%, Indie 35%, Multiplayer 19.6%
- #31 HitBox
76% matchMixed60% of 151 reviews2017
Dev: Tyler RogersPub: Wormhole Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
HitBox is a fast paced, competitive multiplayer shooter. A minimalist and colorful style enables high frame rates and fluid gameplay. Play local or online multiplayer with up to 4 players in splitscreen!
Why similar: Action 46.3%, Indie 30.4%, Multiplayer 23.3%
- #32 POLYWAR
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 519 reviews2016
Dev: exagongamesPub: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A fast paced multiplayer FPS game that focuses on creative weapons and game mechanics that reward skillful killing!
Why similar: Indie 78.4%, Action 21.6%
- #33 Gunjitsu
74% matchVery Positive81% of 840 reviews2015
Dev: Decent MachinePub: Beatnik Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Gunjitsu is a fast-paced platform shooter with grappling hooks, rocket launchers, guns and grenades! Kill your opponents or race them for the fastest time. Inspirations from old platform shooters gives Gunjitsu a classic feel while modern tech takes it to a new level of frantic action!
Why similar: Action 58.3%, Indie 41.7%
- #34 Of Guards And Thieves
73% matchVery Positive85% of 4,329 reviews2014
Dev: Subvert Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Of Guards and Thieves is a multiplayer stealth game in which high-powered guards face off against fast and elusive thieves in a contest of wits. Outsmarting the enemy and shooting your way through to the goal are equally valid strategies. Simple rules, emergent gameplay and high replayability.
Why similar: Action 36.9%, Multiplayer 26.9%, Indie 22.3%, Shooter 13.8%
- #35 Hats and Hand Grenades
71% matchVery Positive85% of 209 reviews2022
Dev: Paul Bischoff
Windows
Kill your friends and steal their hats in this free cover-based twin-stick shooter! Wage multiplayer versus battles online or on the couch. Face off in colorful arenas with destructible environments and bangin' music.
Why similar: Action 57.9%, Indie 42.1%
- #36 Burst Squad
73% matchMixed62% of 62 reviews2021
Dev: Junybox64Pub: IronyDev
Windows
Burst Squad. online multiplayer fps game. earn points by killing enemies. be the best you!
Why similar: Action 55.7%, Shooter 25.7%, Multiplayer 13.6%, Indie 4.9%
- #37 SkyTime
75% matchMixed61% of 222 reviews2016
Dev: Alexey KhazovPub: Sometimes You
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
SkyTime is a 3D platformer in which you slow time, dodge bullets, destroy turrets and overcome obstacles! If you ever played Superhot or Cluster Truck, this game combines them both!
Why similar: Indie 56.6%, Action 43.4%
- #38 Teeworlds
72% matchVery Positive89% of 4,371 reviews2015
Dev: Teeworlds Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Teeworlds is a free online multiplayer game, available for all major operating systems. Battle with up to 16 players in a variety of game modes, including Team Deathmatch and Capture The Flag. You can even design your own maps!
Why similar: Action 37.1%, Multiplayer 26.6%, Indie 15.9%, Shooter 10.6%, 2D 9.9%
- #39 ONRAID
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,779 reviews2017
Dev: Pragmatix Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Onraid is a challenging 2D shooter game, where you are free to develop your own play style and tactics to destroy your enemies.
Why similar: Action 38.1%, Multiplayer 20.8%, Indie 19.4%, Shooter 12.7%, 2D 9%
- #40 Cyclic Warriors
70% matchVery Positive89% of 64 reviews2024
Dev: John RaisPub: Rais Software
Windows
Cyclic Warriors is a movement shooter focused on time travel and speed. Wall-run, slide, kick and bunny-hop to build up massive momentum. Time travel to dodge bullets and flank your enemies. Slow down time for easy kills!
Why similar: Action 48.6%, Multiplayer 26.3%, Indie 16.3%, Shooter 8.9%
- #41 HARDCORE MECHA
71% matchVery Positive83% of 2,669 reviews2019
Dev: RocketPunch Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
HARDCORE MECHA is a 2D platformer action focusing on a better handling. The Campaign mode offers rich gameplay and seamless in-game cut-scenes for an immersive experience. Choose your favorite mecha, experience the fast-paced hardcore competitive battle of steel in Multiplayer!
Why similar: Action 40.9%, Indie 29%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Shooter 11%, 2D 6%
- #42 CHRONO
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 122 reviews2018
Dev: Martin NayeriPub: nima
Windows · Mac
a two-player platform-fighter splattered with neon, kinetic movement, and just a sprinkle of bullet time.
Why similar: Action 72.4%, Multiplayer 27.6%
- #43 Crisis VRigade
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 276 reviews2020
Dev: Sumalab
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Crisis VRigade is a virtual reality action filled first person shooter that lets players take on the role of a SWAT trooper and deal with terrorist situations. Play solo or team with your friends with the coop multiplayer mode.
Why similar: Action 45.6%, Indie 33.2%, Multiplayer 12%, Shooter 9.2%
- #44 Advent NEON®
65% matchVery Positive99% of 319 reviews2025
Dev: CryoGX
Windows
Hyperactive 2D action platformer with wicked fast attacks, omnidirectional dashing, and time-freezing! Play well enough to transform and unleash 100% power!
Why similar: Action 55.1%, Indie 34.6%, 2D 10.3%
- #45 Special Tactics
70% matchVery Positive82% of 124 reviews2016
Dev: Beast Mode Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
ST brings the most intense, tactical-action experience to Steam. Select your custom loadout, plan out strategies and accomplish your objectives. Addictive Survival mode and unrivaled multiplayer including Squads (1 vs 1, 2 vs 2, 2 vs 1)
Why similar: Action 43.1%, Indie 24.8%, Multiplayer 24.4%, 2D 7.6%
- #46 Deadswitch 3
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,457 reviews2021
Dev: Wilkin Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Deadswitch 3 is a fast-paced 2D multiplayer shooter. Experience action-packed combat with hundreds of weapons and multiple solo and team-based game modes.
Why similar: Action 43.7%, Shooter 27.5%, Multiplayer 16.1%, 2D 12.7%
- #47 Astro Duel 2
66% matchVery Positive97% of 64 reviews2024
Dev: Rusty MoyherPub: Wild Rooster
Windows · Mac
Astro Duel 2 is a sci-fi combat game combining top-down space dog fights with up-close platforming action. Whether versus or co-op, battle through space and on foot at the same time! Strike within the fully-destructible arenas or just nuke ‘em from orbit.
Why similar: Action 60%, Shooter 40%
- #48 Plunder Panic
66% matchVery Positive84% of 633 reviews2022
Dev: Will Winn Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Chaotic Party Arr-cade Action for up to 12 players! Be the first to plunder all the treasure, sink the enemy ship, or defeat their captain. Featuring local & online play, crossplay, 18 stages, 30+ modify-arrs, and a single-player campaign!
Why similar: Indie 57.9%, Multiplayer 42.1%
- #49 Challenge Speedball
69% matchMixed63% of 105 reviews2021
Dev: Bucksoft91
Windows
Challlenge Speedball is a cooperative multiplayer game based on the competition paintball variation called Speedball.
Why similar: Action 61.6%, Shooter 16.1%, Indie 13.9%, Multiplayer 8.4%
- #50 Parkour Tag
67% matchVery Positive87% of 207 reviews2022
Dev: Loopnova Studio
Windows
Parkour Tag is a platforming PvP game that faces two-players off in a competitive game of movement. Run vertically or horizontally on any wall, jump, double jump, slide, vault and more to outmaneuver your opponent and claim victory!
Why similar: Multiplayer 47.4%, Action 37%, Indie 15.6%
- #51 Tower 57
69% matchMixed64% of 814 reviews2017
Dev: PixwerkPub: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Tower 57 is a fast-paced neo-retro shooter where cooperation is as important as your ammo capacity. As a member of an extraordinary task force fight your way through a dieselpunk megatower and uncover its hidden secrets.
Why similar: Action 58.3%, Indie 39.3%, 2D 2.3%
- #52 Paint Warfare
66% matchVery Positive86% of 1,900 reviews2022
Dev: bananadev.
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fast-paced online arena FPS with jetpacks, hang gliders, fast respawns, 6-minute rounds and instant matches
Why similar: Action 37.8%, Multiplayer 26%, Indie 20.2%, Shooter 16.1%
- #53 REMATCH
62% matchMixed68% of 46,636 reviews2025
Dev: Sloclap
Windows
Median: 23.3 hrsMean: 55.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Rematch is an online multiplayer football game. Control one player and compete with your team in fast-paced 5v5 matches from an immersive third-person perspective. Team up with your friends and join the action.
Why similar: Multiplayer 69.9%, Action 30.1%
- #54 PewPew Live
66% matchVery Positive93% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: Jean-François Geyelin
Windows
A fast twin-stick shooter where you compete for the top spot in the leaderboards.
Why similar: Action 55.4%, Shooter 26.9%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Indie 6.8%
- #55 Metal Commando
68% matchMixed62% of 55 reviews2020
Dev: magicpro
Windows
Get your weapons ready for the ultimate action game! Metal Commando combines the adrenaline of platform-style games with the action of 2d shooters. What are you waiting for? Start Metal Commando now and let the shooting begin
Why similar: Action 53.9%, Indie 31.3%, 2D 14.8%