- #1 Bleeding Blocks
97% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2015
Dev: Killer Teapot Games
Windows
Bleeding Blocks is a 2D arena shooter. Two players face off in a single-screen deathmatch. Winning requires more than quick reflexes. Players must use cover and tactics to outsmart the enemy.
Why similar: Action 60.7%, Indie 39.3%
- #2 Dead TrailZ
96% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2016
Dev: Galactic Bits, Inc
Windows · Mac
Dead TrailZ is a fast paced tower defense/roguelike first person shooter. Escape the Apocalypse, battling waves of zombie hordes. Adjust your strategy based on the weapons you unlock, the ammo you find and the boosts you receive for your shooting skills.
Why similar: Action 60.7%, Indie 39.3%
- #3 Alphaman
95% matchMixed68% of 22 reviews2019
Dev: Heartfelt Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Alphaman is an action platformer made with nostalgic love from similar platformers of the past and present. Jump, shoot, and dash your way through various stages, gaining new powers and abilities along the way to stop the Red Bombers!
Why similar: Action 60.7%, Indie 39.3%
- #4 LEVEL UP!
96% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2014
Dev: Ranmantaru Games
Windows
Rogue-like platformer/shooter with destructible levels and bosses, and procedurally generated levels and enemies.
Why similar: Action 60.7%, Indie 39.3%
- #5 Sense of The Devil
94% matchMostly Negative40% of 163 reviews2017
Dev: Racing BrosPub: ANPA.US
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 14%
Sense of The Devil is first person horror shooter that will take you on an epic journey of hunting the most horrifying creature!
Why similar: Action 60.7%, Indie 39.3%
- #6 Core Awaken ~The Yuka~
93% matchPositive90% of 29 reviews2018
Dev: CelusisPub: CelLab
Windows
A 2D scrolling action game with 3DCG. The protagonist YUKA is a robot fighting for the human side against a robotic rebellion.
Why similar: Action 60.7%, Indie 39.3%
- #7 Metal Planet
94% matchMostly Negative31% of 72 reviews2014
Dev: Tiny Game Fort
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
The game is set on a distant planet called Metal Planet. Two corporations are fighting for control of a valuable resource capable of transforming matter. You take on the role of a soldier with equipped power armor and powerful weapon.
Why similar: Action 60.7%, Indie 39.3%
- #8 Jay Fighter: Remastered
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 283 reviews2017
Dev: Taliyah Pottruff
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 26%
In a world where the only thing you know is combat, can you survive endless waves of enemies?
Why similar: Action 60.6%, Indie 39.4%
- #9 Super Ninja Meow Cat
91% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2019
Dev: Angel DPub: GameAtomic
Windows · Mac
Challenging Awesome Action Platformer
Why similar: Action 60.6%, Indie 39.4%
- #10 The Asskickers-Steam Edition
92% matchMostly Negative28% of 90 reviews2015
Dev: AGO Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The Asskickers is a satirical re-imagination of the 2D arcade beat’em up. Join Alex, Diane and Marcus in their action-packed journey through the heart of the modern urban jungles. Wrongly accused, our three heroes will stand up to a corrupt political and financial elite and make white-collar criminals discover the lost art of asskicking.
Why similar: Action 60.8%, Indie 39.2%
- #11 Event Horizon - Frontier
89% matchMixed57% of 58 reviews2019
Dev: Pavel Zinchenko
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build an invincible starbase and protect it from enemies. Choose your fleet from an expanse of ships to suit your playstyle, and use the best weapons and modules you have to hand to destroy invaders.
Why similar: Action 60.8%, Indie 39.2%
- #12 Inside Me
90% matchVery Positive80% of 50 reviews2015
Dev: SnowBiteGames
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
"Inside Me" is a top-down shooter in which you play as one of nanorobots embedded in the human body to fight infection.
Why similar: Action 60.8%, Indie 39.2%
- #13 SoulFrost
89% matchMixed63% of 24 reviews2017
Dev: Xitilon
Windows
This is a short but hard minimalistic scroll shooter where you race against doing too many actions to keep more energy, without which you won't make it to the end. Lightweight narrative art-game.
Why similar: Action 60.8%, Indie 39.2%
- #14 Wizardas
86% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: EllGames
Windows
1 play 3 minutes, flashy 3D action game !! Using stylish magic, let's annihilate the monsters infest in the graveyard !!
Why similar: Action 60.8%, Indie 39.2%
- #15 Avalo Legends
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2019
Dev: Spooky WafflePub: ESAT
Windows
Avalo Legends is a first person melee (FPM) multiplayer game. Located in the distant galaxy of Iska, it’s a frantic melee match which takes place in the stadium of the capital of the galaxy, Khot. Choose one of the different champions available and fight in wild battles for an absolute victory.
Why similar: Action 60.8%, Indie 39.2%
- #16 Doomed'n Damned
88% matchMostly Negative33% of 18 reviews2015
Dev: Arc-gen
Windows
Doomed'n Damned is an action game based on retro/classic platform games from Arcades and 16 bit consoles, but revised to the HD era. The level design, characters, plot and difficulty have a lot of influence from the late 80s and early 90s games. The development and production is by arc-gen, an one man indie game studio.
Why similar: Action 60.8%, Indie 39.2%
- #17 Blood Alloy: Reborn
87% matchMixed64% of 47 reviews2016
Dev: Suppressive Fire GamesPub: Nkidu Games Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Become a hyper-agile, cybernetic machine of robot death in an ultra-fast 2D acrobatic shooter/slasher. Boost, slice and shoot your way to the top of the score rankings in Blood Alloy: Reborn, rendered in glorious cyberpunk pixels upon a pulsing synthwave soundtrack.
Why similar: Action 60.8%, Indie 39.2%
- #18 Save Dash
86% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: 10ravens s.r.o.
Windows
Save Dash is a simple yet challenging hardcore running arcade game.
Why similar: Action 60.8%, Indie 39.2%
- #19 Socketeer
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 34 reviews2018
Dev: Ice BEAM Ltd.Pub: Alliance Digital Media
Windows · Mac
Strategically hack robots to control their combat abilities and use them to advance deeper into each space station stronghold in this charming sci-fi roguelike.
Why similar: Action 60.6%, Indie 39.4%
- #20 Aztec Tower
83% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2019
Dev: Paul Schwörer
Windows
Aztec Tower is a free VR bow & arrow game about defending the temple of your people against the spanish conquistadors.
Why similar: Action 60.9%, Indie 39.1%
- #21 Gun Blaze
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: Cybertime System
Windows
Gun Blaze is dynamic online arena fights in the far future setting. Be a sniper, an engineer or a stormtrooper. Fight against other players, capture the enemy base, control heavy vehicles and score points to take place in the global table of records.
Why similar: Action 60.9%, Indie 39.1%
- #22 De Mambo
69% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: The Dangerous Kitchen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Spicy action for 1-4 players! De Mambo lets players take control of up to four characters locked in infinite Mambo! Help them escape this horrible—and somewhat provocative—despair!
Why similar: Action 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #23 PROJECT XINATRA
82% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2016
Dev: DemonVideogames
Windows
PROJECT XINATRA is an action game inspired in the old classic arcade games. You will remember those classics games while you are killing hordes of enemies.
Why similar: Action 60.9%, Indie 39.1%
- #24 Drunk Wizards
84% matchVery Negative7% of 70 reviews2016
Dev: StrongbowPub: Sandstorm
Windows
Drunk Wizards combines the fluidity and skill of an arena shooter with the lighthearted fun of a party game. It's intense FFA arena with different spells.
Why similar: Action 60.6%, Indie 39.4%
- #25 Project Ball
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Fallback
Windows
Project Ball is a fast-paced physics-based multiplayer 3D platformer in which you embody a ball to fight for objectives and crush your opponents. Players finally get the chance to use their balls and smash!
Why similar: Action 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #26 Reventa
78% matchVery Positive83% of 58 reviews2018
Dev: Studio Nihilominus
Windows
Reventa is a challenging third-person sci-fi melee action game. You have been contracted to retrieve a technology long thought lost on Earth, technology that may be the key to saving the world. Choose your Replicant, unravel the past, and fight the future.
Why similar: Action 60.1%, Indie 39.9%
- #27 Machine Hunt
80% matchMixed51% of 619 reviews2017
Dev: Racing BrosPub: ANPA.US
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Machine Hunt is a first person, fast paced, chaotic shooting game that pits heavily armed players against machines that have only one goal, destroy humanity.
Why similar: Action 60.4%, Indie 39.6%
- #28 Operation Desert Road
79% matchMixed60% of 30 reviews2017
Dev: RewindApp
Windows
Operation Desert Road is a retro style arcade action game. Climb aboard your vehicle and destroy everything on your way!
Why similar: Action 60.2%, Indie 39.8%
- #29 Space Space
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Gino Di Pierro
Windows
With Space Space, you can fly a triangular ship in the void space, you'll avoid walls, shoot targets, parry attacks, and fight the robot squids. Asteroids + River Raid + Phoenix.
Why similar: Action 60.1%, Indie 39.9%
- #30 ASSASSINATION STATION
78% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: Fabio Biancarelli
Windows
ASSASSINATION STATION is a dastardly difficult stealth pixel shooter featuring procedurally generated levels, a sky-high skill ceiling, competitive scoring system, and frenetic, smoke-smooth gameplay.
Why similar: Action 60.1%, Indie 39.9%
- #31 KUMACURE
76% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2019
Dev: Dot Zo GamesPub: Gotcha Gotcha games
Windows
An exhilarating 2D action game that defeats enemies with jumps and shots! KUMACURE fights to defeat the evil corps aiming at the earth. It was created with the Pixel Game Maker MV.
Why similar: Action 60.1%, Indie 39.9%
- #32 DUSTNET
76% matchPositive83% of 40 reviews2019
Dev: Neilson Koerner-SafrataPub: SCRNPRNT
Windows · Mac
DUSTNET is the last remaining de_dust2 server. Connect to it through PC, VR, or AR and sift through the corrupted cyberspace.
Why similar: Action 60.1%, Indie 39.9%
- #33 The Escapist
81% matchMostly Negative21% of 24 reviews2014
Dev: Backstab Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fast paced die-a-lot platformer
Why similar: Action 60.4%, Indie 39.6%
- #34 N.U.T.Z.
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pandemonium Interactive
Windows
N.U.T.Z. is a non-linear platform game that incorporates elements of a shooting platformer, and is inspired by classics such as Megaman and Metroid. Take control of a unique character and attack and aim in a 360 degree radius.
Why similar: Action 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #35 Laser Party
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2018
Dev: Cydream
Windows · Mac
Laser Party is an online/local friendship-ruining party game With a unique laser combining system.
Why similar: Action 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #36 Drop Kick Zombie!
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Loli Jam Network
Windows
An arcade-style action game about a zombie who drop kicks lolis.
Why similar: Action 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #37 Satellite Rush
75% matchVery Positive81% of 74 reviews2016
Dev: Kimeric LabsPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Satellite Rush is a sci-fi top-down shooter with pixel art graphics and Roguelike elements. Take control of an abducted office worker and blast through Satellite Moebius, a space gladitorial arena where you'll have to please the audience to get new itens and survive!
Why similar: Action 61.5%, Indie 38.5%
- #38 Space Fist
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: WING VR
Windows
In the virtual world of Space Fist, you are a fighter challenging powerful enemies across different environments,please enjoy waving your fists are ready to meet the challenges!
Why similar: Action 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #39 Garshasp: Temple of the Dragon
79% matchMostly Negative31% of 144 reviews2012
Dev: Dead MagePub: Digital Dragon
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 32%
The mighty mythological hero, Garshasp, travels into distant lands in search for the secrets hidden in the temple of the dragon, unaware of the hidden dangers and creatures awaiting him in the cursed lands.
Why similar: Action 60.3%, Indie 39.7%
- #40 QUALIA 3: Multi Agent
77% matchMixed49% of 49 reviews2014
Dev: ShindenkenPub: KOMODO
Windows
Qualia 3 is a 2D shoot-’em-up game that brings a few unique elements to the classic genre. In the unknown expanse of the deep sea, survival of the fittest is taken to a whole new level. The weak and slow perish while the strong survive.
Why similar: Action 60.1%, Indie 39.9%
- #41 Trial of the Towers
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 38 reviews2019
Dev: William Wofford
Windows
Confront the Trial of the Towers in this short-and-sweet retro-3D boss rush, inspired by action RPGs and classic games from the '90s. Defeat the bosses and overcome the Trial, no matter how many tries it takes.
Why similar: Action 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #42 Simplefield
74% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: M&H SoftPub: Ragnar
Windows
Simple Field is a classic multiplayer first-person shooter. The game is based on the low poly styles and offers a selection of maps and weapons.Or use a jetpack! Before running or jumping on the roof of the building
Why similar: Action 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #43 Boom Squad
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PVP Studio
Windows
Boom Squad is a multiplayer 3rd person shooter defined by realistic military weapons, with a focus on cooperative gameplay, in 5 vs 5 online multiplayer matches.
Why similar: Action 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #44 Tesla: The Weather Man
72% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2018
Dev: Thoughtquake Studios, LLC
Windows
Wield weather control powers to defeat a crazed Thomas Edison and his army of DC-powered robots, in a physics-based action/puzzle platformer with researchable upgrades and bad jokes.
Why similar: Action 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #45 Snakes - N - Ladders : Origins - Episode 1
73% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: Sagnithi Systems Technology Solutions LLP
Windows
Every ancient game has a story behind its origins. Scripted from an exciting Sci-Fi perspective, this is a story of how the ancient Snakes&Ladders board game came to be. Snakes-N-Ladders: Origins - Episode 1 is a small, fun, tense, and entertaining shooter game.
Why similar: Action 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #46 Square Weapons Dungeon
69% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: WINGLAY
Windows
Roguelike-ish Action Game/180 Weapons in total. The dungeon floors are chosen randomly from more than 100 stages. Collect the lost Weapons and challenge the Bosses. You will lose your Level and Weapons when you get defeated in the dungeon.
Why similar: Action 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #47 Tekling
71% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: nP StudiosPub: nonPareil Institute
Windows
Become a robot, save the world. Jump and dodge your way through 70+ levels of frenetic gameplay in the same vein of super meet boy and megaman. Collect the orbs to transform from frail human into mighty Tekling, defender of the innocent and enemy to exploding barrels everywhere.
Why similar: Action 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #48 Thunder Gun: Revenge of the Mutants
73% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2016
Dev: Potato Interactive
Windows · Mac
You have a gun that shoots lightning, goddamnit; with it, you will defend Earth against formidable mutant enemies until rainstorms render it inoperable, forcing you to use conventional weapons until the skies clear.
Why similar: Action 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #49 Kill The Moon
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pirate Software
Windows
Kill The Moon is an action packed, rogue-lite, run and gun with randomized levels and tons of wacky powers.
Why similar: Action 59.7%, Indie 40.3%
- #50 Color Guardians
72% matchPositive89% of 28 reviews2015
Dev: Fair Play LabsPub: Niffler Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Color Guardians is an exciting fast action side scrolling game that combines quick thinking with frantic gameplay into a hard to master challenge! Switching colors and collecting items, all while avoiding obstacles will surely test your reflexes!
Why similar: Action 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #51 Mayhem ZX
70% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2017
Dev: Numb Thumb Studios
Windows
SMASH and BLAST your way through your enemies in this excitingly fast paced Multiplayer Run-N-Gun Action Platformer! With a full 360 Degree Firing Radius you'll be able to Run, Skid, Slide and Wall Jump around the environment all while OBLITERATING the competition!
Why similar: Action 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #52 Mall Mayhem
70% matchMixed60% of 15 reviews2017
Dev: Titanium Game Studios
Windows
Mall Mayhem is a game with one very simple goal: destroy the mall. How you do it is up to you. In your arsenal is a variety of abilities perfect for the job. Almost every object in every mall can be destroyed so your destructive spree won't end anytime soon. Watch out for shoppers!
Why similar: Action 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #53 Networm
71% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2015
Dev: Cuddly Zombie Games
Windows
Networm is the debut title from Cuddly Zombie Games - A retro-themed hacking game inspired by 80's sci-fi films and the card game "Netrunner".
Why similar: Action 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #54 Trajes Fatais: Suits of Fate
57% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Onanim Studio
Windows
Trajes Fatais: Suits of Fate is a game totally hand-drawn in the classic technique of pixel art. Its creators are passionate about classic arcades of the 1990s like The King of Fighters, Street Fighter and Guity Gear.
Why similar: Action 59.7%, Indie 40.3%
- #55 Heckpoint
66% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: Nodacoy GamesPub: Rooster Republic LLC
Windows
Heckpoint is a frenetic side-scrolling shoot 'em up where everything and everyone is destructible (especially you). Explore seven worlds as any of 12 characters, each with a unique backstory and abilities. Collect strange matter to upgrade and unlock over 70 weapons and powers.
Why similar: Action 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #56 Drug Wars
73% matchMostly Negative33% of 46 reviews2009
Dev: Paleo Entertainment
Windows
Drug Wars is a gritty, gory romp through a futuristic New York City, circa 3100, where severe global warming conditions have resulted in a harsh divide between upper-class Brooklyn gang bosses and a booming population of engineered Neanderthal bottom-dwellers.
Why similar: Action 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #57 Platinum Kill
55% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fun Infused Games
Windows
Platinum Kill is a fast-paced run and gun action game done in a pseudo retro style that blends nostalgia of classic games from this genre with more modern sensibilities of today’s games, all while never taking itself too seriously.
Why similar: Action 59.4%, Indie 40.6%
- #58 Vectonic
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2017
Dev: @YearOfTheBob
Windows · Mac
Jumping, zooming and stomping in a neon demo-derby.
Why similar: Action 59.8%, Indie 40.2%