- #1 The Body Changer
97% matchMostly Positive74% of 57 reviews2015
Dev: TheShortAndTheTall
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A single player metroidvania 3D game with cooperative gameplay. Find out what's going on by taking control of distinct characters and change between them whenever you want. An unique mix of 3rd person shooter and challenging puzzles!
Why similar: Action 38.7%, Indie 30.8%, Adventure 30.5%
- #2 Spheroids
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 29 reviews2017
Dev: Eclipse GamesPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Spheroids is a 2D sidescroller that mixes mechanics from classic platformers such as Super Mario Bros or Umihara Kawase with 'combat' sections inspired in Pang! (or Buster Brothers), within a comical science-fiction setting inspired by films and series such as Futurama, Rick & Morty, Ghostbusters, Back to the Future or Spaceballs.
Why similar: Action 42.1%, Adventure 29.5%, Indie 28.4%
- #3 A Blind Legend
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 334 reviews2016
Dev: DowinoPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A Blind Legend is the first-ever action-adventure game without video – where ears replace eyes! Discover the original, innovative sensory experience of binaural 3D sound.
Why similar: Action 40.6%, Adventure 30.9%, Indie 28.5%
- #4 Nekuia
95% matchMostly Positive76% of 25 reviews2016
Dev: Blue GatePub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Explosive, challenging, exhilarating! Nekuia is a 2D platformer involving exploration, adventure, speedruns and reflexes. This innovative and intense gameplay rewards speed and jump skills.
Why similar: Action 42.6%, Indie 30.1%, Adventure 27.4%
- #5 TankBlitz
94% matchVery Positive87% of 54 reviews2017
Dev: Onur Vural and Leigh ChristianPub: Onur Vural
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
TankBlitz is a brutal run and gun tank game with four playable tanks, each having access to four unique weapons and dozens of upgrades. You blast your way through twelve handcrafted levels crawling with over 50 different kinds of enemies, and numerous challenging bossfights.
Why similar: Action 42.6%, Indie 30.1%, Adventure 27.4%
- #6 Kamodo Steve: Janitor on Fire!
91% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: Matthew BoardPub: SleekTiki Interactive LLC
Windows
Kamodo Steve is an 2.5D action sidescroller where you play as Steve, an unwilling hero with unrealized power. Steve and his friend Shiloh team up to disrupt the sinister plans of the Robber Barons, a kabal of industrialists whose only motivations are success, power and greed.
Why similar: Action 33.8%, Indie 24.9%, Adventure 23.9%, Side Scroller 17.5%
- #7 The Sun at Night
93% matchMixed47% of 45 reviews2014
Dev: Minicore Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Explore, blast, and shield your way through massive branching levels as Laika the space dog. This 2D adventure features customized gameplay and an incredibly deep narrative.
Why similar: Action 44.3%, Indie 29.1%, Adventure 26.6%
- #8 Grumpy Witch
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pixel Constructor LLC
Windows
A 2.5D Action-Platformer with wit and charm, follow the adventures of Emilia as she Flies, Slaps, and Puzzles her way through the world of Galice! Built with love, it's a modern take on a classic genre.
Why similar: Indie 29.6%, Action 27.3%, 2.5D 23.3%, Adventure 19.9%
- #9 Yasai Ninja
92% 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: Action 40.6%, Indie 29.8%, Adventure 29.6%
- #10 Path of the Sramana
89% matchMixed65% of 31 reviews2020
Dev: SpiritElder
Windows
‘Path of the Sramana’ is a fantasy platformer game, following a young shaman journeying through the spirit realm, as she searches for her father’s soul.
Why similar: Action 39.1%, Indie 29.7%, Side Scroller 22%, Adventure 9.2%
- #11 Systematic Immunity
91% matchPositive81% of 27 reviews2016
Dev: Hedge Knight Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Systematic Immunity is a challenging precision platformer set inside the human body...and not a particularly healthy one either. This body has been infected by a big, nasty bugger of a germ, who is making it his business to spawn many more germs as fast as he can.
Why similar: Action 42.8%, Indie 30.1%, Adventure 27.1%
- #12 Beerman
90% matchMixed76% of 116 reviews2016
Dev: Lee Davidson
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Take charge of the caped deliverer and help Boston's finest foil The Society Of The Ninth over land, sea and air!
Why similar: Action 36.2%, Indie 24.3%, Adventure 24.1%, Side Scroller 15.5%
- #13 Majestic-12
88% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Exis Games
Windows
A game about weird little people defending the universe. Aside from being incredibly stupid-fun, Majestic-12 is a 3d action side-scroller where you take control of an elite MJ-12 commando and battle your way through secret installations and strange alien environments with your friends.
Why similar: Action 36.5%, Indie 26.9%, Adventure 26.2%, Side Scroller 10.4%
- #14 Orn the tiny forest sprite
89% match9 user reviews22% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: FIVE12 GAMES LTD
Windows
Beautiful levels and a lovable hero take the spotlight in Orn the tiny forest sprite, a 3D side-scroller inspired by both classic and modern platformers.
Why similar: Action 41.1%, Indie 31.5%, Adventure 27.4%
- #15 Squareboy vs Bullies: Arena Edition
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 36 reviews2017
Dev: Rohan NarangPub: Ratalaika Games S.L.
Windows
Squareboy vs Bullies is an old school beat 'em up by Rohan Narang that follows the titular Squareboy and his quest for Justice!
Why similar: Action 42.7%, Adventure 29.9%, Indie 27.5%
- #16 PRE:ONE
86% matchMixed67% of 30 reviews2018
Dev: PDDSPub: PDDS ENT
Windows
There’s always more than one path to victory. Use your own strategy to defeat Peyton, the mastermind of the Second Generation, and claim your freedom
Why similar: Action 40.6%, Indie 29.8%, Adventure 29.6%
- #17 Goblins and Grottos
85% matchMixed66% of 82 reviews2016
Dev: Psychic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Reverse the roles & play as a goblin rather than a knight or wizard in this parody dungeon game. Level editor & online sharing - Mario Maker with goblins! Watch your family get blasted by a lvl 100 paladin & embark on an epic quest of revenge, beset on all sides by greedy powerleveling adventurers.
Why similar: Side Scroller 59.9%, Adventure 40.1%
- #18 FriendZoned Archer
84% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Centipede Game Studios
Windows
FriendZoned Archer is an action adventure game inspired by the classic NES Zelda. There is complete freedom of exploration, hidden Areas, hidden dungeons and key items to help you ease through the open world.
Why similar: Action 40.6%, Indie 29.8%, Adventure 29.6%
- #19 ARC Continuum
84% matchMixed40% of 10 reviews2017
Dev: Akimbo Creations
Windows
ARC Continuum is an action/adventure game set on a new sci-fi world rich with ancient history that has been violently occupied by the vicious alien Kasaar race. Use the ARC to slow, rewind or manipulate the flow of time and liberate your homeworld.
Why similar: Action 41.7%, Indie 29.3%, Adventure 29%
- #20 Bombini
81% matchPositive83% of 29 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
A game about bees trying to survive, collect pollen, sustain your hive, and watch out for scary spiders!
Why similar: Action 36.2%, Indie 26.6%, Adventure 25.9%, Side Scroller 11.4%
- #21 Gnomes Vs. Fairies: Greckel's Quest
83% matchVery Positive82% of 60 reviews2016
Dev: Prismic Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Gnomes vs. Fairies is a PS1/N64 style Hack 'n' slash-Action RPG platformer. Upgrade your gnome's abilities with dozens of items and master the 5 elements of sword magic, it's a totally unique retro fantasy platformer blending all the best elements of classic 3D titles such as Mario 64, Zelda OoT, Spyro the Dragon, and more.
Why similar: Action 40.6%, Adventure 30.5%, Indie 29%
- #22 BoX -containment-
82% match9 user reviews90% of 10 reviews2016
Dev: Memorazer Production
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Kind of the hardest game you will ever play. Help the small box "Boredox" out of a mysterious prison. Resolve head-scratching puzzles, overcome traps and sneak past the heartless opponents.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #23 Super Man Or Monster
80% matchVery Positive93% of 167 reviews2017
Dev: Xform
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Super Man Or Monster is an explosive monsterfilled action game. Protect or destroy the world, as MAN or MONSTER! Build your army, jetpack around, blast monsters and kick ass. OR... bring the chaos as you bash, stomp and wreck cities. Your choice!
Why similar: Action 43.5%, Indie 30.8%, Adventure 25.7%
- #24 Mech Anarchy
82% matchMostly Positive70% of 20 reviews2016
Dev: Trevor Madge
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Mech Anarchy is an action packed, fast-paced top down shooter created by intense gamers, for intense gamers. Arcade style shooting with near limitless customization makes no two battles alike.
Why similar: Action 58.8%, Indie 41.2%
- #25 WARP-TEK
79% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: AlexHoratio
Windows · Mac · Linux
WARP-TEK is a horizontal space shooter wherein you have to rescue your pet after it got abducted by aliens and consequently imprisoned on a distant planet!
Why similar: Action 42.7%, Indie 31.4%, Adventure 26%
- #26 Smoots World Cup Tennis
81% matchMixed49% of 49 reviews2016
Dev: Kaneda GamesPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Smoots World Cup Tennis is an Arcade Tennis game with plenty of possibilities.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #27 Toon War
79% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Lemondo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
ToonWar is a twin stick shooter game with colorful graphics. Your mission is to liberate peaceful villages from evil forces, eliminate enemies and win over dangerous bosses.
Why similar: Action 44.8%, Indie 29%, Adventure 26.2%
- #28 Wraithslayer
75% matchVery Positive95% of 78 reviews2019
Dev: Devin ColePub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
An intense and challenging boss battle in an abstract horror world.
Why similar: Action 42.7%, Indie 30.1%, Adventure 27.3%
- #29 Run Gun Die Ultimate
77% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Tybug Studios
Windows
Run Gun Die Ultimate is a top-down shooter with procedurally generated levels for our heroine to explore and fight though. The sole purpose of each level is to find your partner waiting for you at the end of the level. The gameplay is inspired by the dual joystick games of old.
Why similar: Action 42.8%, Indie 30.1%, Adventure 27.1%
- #30 FanaticBlader
77% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: CrafterYun
Windows
An easy and fast 3D Side-Scroll action game, "Fanatic Blader" Challenge the "Cursed Tower" that any wish will come true!
Why similar: Action 42.9%, Indie 30.1%, Adventure 27%
- #31 Journey of Johann
78% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2017
Dev: Apapappa Games
Windows
Journey of Johann is an action adventure platformer with puzzle elements where you go through different obstacles to reach the goal. Use your weapons as tools such as climbing, blocking hits, lighting up darkness and defeating enemies.
Why similar: Action 42.9%, Indie 30.1%, Adventure 27%
- #32 Alter Army
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 32 reviews2018
Dev: Vague Pixels
Windows
Alter Army is a hardcore fast paced action platformer with punchy combat overflowing with game feels.Explore a dying civilization and find out what happened and why you are here collecting crystals.
Why similar: Action 42.8%, Indie 30.1%, Adventure 27.1%
- #33 Lost Daughter
78% matchMostly Negative21% of 394 reviews2019
Dev: Alper Gonen
Windows
Lost Daughter is an open-world action game which tells the story of Sawyer trying to find his daughter.
Why similar: Action 42.3%, Indie 31.1%, Adventure 26.6%
- #34 GunGirl 2
74% matchVery Positive92% of 171 reviews2016
Dev: BlueEagle ProductionsPub: Paul Schneider
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
GunGirl2 is an action platformer in the style of games like Metroid, Castlevania or Cave Story. But with blood… LOTS of blood! Go on an epic adventure and explore a huge world with the heroic blonde chick GunGirl or her best friend GunDude.
Why similar: Action 42.8%, Indie 29.9%, Adventure 27.3%
- #35 Realm of Virtuals
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Game Runners
Windows
Realm of Virtuals is an adventure story-driven game with slasher elements in a low-poly graphics style. The main character is artificial intelligence, which travels around the virtual world and tries to find the reason for its slow collapse.
Why similar: Action 42.3%, Indie 29.7%, Adventure 28.1%
- #36 Long Arm of the Law
73% matchPositive80% of 30 reviews2018
Dev: Quality GamesPub: FIEA
Windows
Long Arm of the Law is an action-platformer set in the Robotic West, where one sheriff with an electric revolver and an extendable arm seeks to take back what's his.
Why similar: Action 41.1%, Indie 31.6%, Adventure 27.3%
- #37 E06-Anomaly
73% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: Aro Games
Windows
Discover together with Expedition Unit 06 new worlds. Solve the mystries of ancient civilizations and fight with his energy bow for survival.
Why similar: Action 40.6%, Indie 32.5%, Adventure 26.9%
- #38 Max Stern
76% matchMixed53% of 40 reviews2016
Dev: Lupan Artiom OlegPub: None
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
If one day the perfect routine goes wrong, and your airship is knocked out over a mysterious tropical island - be ready to fight for your life, gather together all the parts of the Spanish chronicle, solve puzzles and, finally, yes… grind the armed skeletons into dust on your way.
Why similar: Action 45.4%, Indie 28.1%, Adventure 26.5%
- #39 Dragonfly Chronicles
74% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Marco Ayala GamesPub: Marco Antonio Ayala Virrueta
Windows
Dragonfly Chronicles is a 2D Action-Adventure game full of challenge and fun for one single player.
Why similar: Action 43.5%, Indie 29.1%, Adventure 27.4%
- #40 Frank & the TimeTwister Machine
72% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Mind Flayer Studios
Windows
After being dragged to the TimeTwister Machine, Frank must fight his way back home!
Why similar: Action 41.7%, Indie 30.7%, Adventure 27.6%
- #41 Achievement Collector: Zombie
72% match2 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: QUIKIN Games
Windows
Achievement Collector: Zombiein this 2d action shooter, you play as a Car that kills ZOMBIES with CHEESE.shoot the ZOMBIES with CHEESE! to protect your selfGame features:Cool in-game backgroundCHEESE!CHEAPEST PRICE POSSIBLE!
Why similar: Action 41.7%, Indie 30.7%, Adventure 27.6%
- #42 The Legend of Dark Witch Renovation
69% matchPositive87% of 46 reviews2019
Dev: INSIDE SYSTEM
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Legend of Dark Witch is a 2D platform action game. Zizou can learn new attacks by defeating bosses. She will need every one of those attacks if she is going to save the world.
Why similar: Action 41.7%, Indie 30.6%, Adventure 27.7%
- #43 Crazy city
71% matchMixed50% of 20 reviews2019
Dev: JY
Windows
This is a first person shooter game,The player is in a city full of enemies.Players are free to explore the surrounding area, Health must be guaranteed by evading or killing enemies,Players can use their own weapons or rob enemy weapons.
Why similar: Action 41.7%, Indie 30.7%, Adventure 27.7%
- #44 Forest Warrior
75% matchMixed42% of 53 reviews2015
Dev: Inferno Studio
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 21%
Forest Warrior is a 2D action combat game with unique aspects. Battle the true evil of the forest by using your weapons, specials and environment. Use your specials for building unique strategies to conquer the forest.
Why similar: Action 42.7%, Indie 30.1%, Adventure 27.3%
- #45 Slingshot Explorer: The Twelve Towers
71% matchMixed60% of 25 reviews2018
Dev: NicSig23Pub: Tacky Games
Windows
Old school platformer. Difficult, very difficult, but very fun and challenging. Only for platformmaniacs.
Why similar: Action 41.7%, Indie 30.7%, Adventure 27.6%
- #46 Fighters Unleashed
73% matchMixed56% of 136 reviews2016
Dev: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Fighters Unleashed is an old school Beat'em up game with a modern look and feel, combos, ninjas, soldiers, zombies, and more. Are you good enought to unleash your power ??
Why similar: Action 43.9%, Indie 28.7%, Adventure 27.3%
- #47 Placebo Effect
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 18 reviews2019
Dev: Rapt Interactive
Windows
Placebo Effect is a fast-paced shooter video game set in a stunning 3D world of hostile inner-space. It combines flying, shooting, and challenging boss fights in a perilous microverse of mystifying science.
Why similar: Action 41.7%, Indie 30.7%, Adventure 27.7%
- #48 The Legend of Excalipurr
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wisp Entertainment
Windows
With magical cats as your weapons, you will never fight alone!
Why similar: Action 43.7%, Indie 28.3%, Adventure 28.1%
- #49 BioMech
69% matchMixed46% of 13 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 43.2%, Indie 29%, Adventure 27.8%
- #50 Mutland
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Riovox
Windows · Mac
This is a new pixel style survival game. Players need to elude zombies, grow crops, harvest trees/rocks, hunt animals, gather food/drink, craft knife/axe/torch/food/medicine… Above all things, only one purpose, live!
Why similar: Action 41.7%, Indie 30.7%, Adventure 27.7%
- #51 Patchman vs. Blue Squares
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Naturally Intelligent
Windows · Mac · Linux
More Sheeple need rescuing - this time from Office World - and Patchman is on the case! But now there are sinister Blue Squares to contend with... and a boss EIGHT TIMES more powerful than the last one! Grow, sneak, and battle your way to the truth!
Why similar: Action 41.3%, Indie 30.4%, Adventure 28.4%
- #52 Dusty Raging Fist
68% matchMixed59% of 29 reviews2019
Dev: PD Design Studio
Windows · Mac
Set in a timeline before Dusty Revenge, 'Dusty Raging Fist' features a younger vigilante Dusty aided by his team of skillful fighters. News of an ancient evil in a faraway land threatens the peace and harmony of Double Bill Town. Children have disappeared mysteriously, and rogue villains now rule over many lands.
Why similar: Action 43.1%, Indie 29%, Adventure 27.9%
- #53 The Breeding: The Fog
71% matchNegative18% of 38 reviews2017
Dev: GBROSSOFT
Windows
The World governments experiment to control soaring atmospheric toxin levels have failed. The weather has become unstable and the "Breeds" have appeared. Journey into the safe zone in The Breeding: The Fog's atmospheric randomly generated seamless world...
Why similar: Action 43.2%, Indie 29.1%, Adventure 27.6%
- #54 Magic Mouse
67% matchPositive80% of 30 reviews2019
Dev: Reed MosbyPub: RR Games
Windows
Magic Mouse is an action-adventure top-down dungeon crawl set in a fantasy world where the player fights their way through dangerous enemies, overcomes powerful bosses and survives perilous traps all while honing magical powers.
Why similar: Action 42.4%, Indie 29.7%, Adventure 28%
- #55 PRiO
70% matchPositive93% of 29 reviews2016
Dev: DanielDavisGames
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 29%
PRiO is a visually-striking, yet challenging platformer about manipulating the environment around you by toggling between Red, Yellow, and Blue blocks in order to navigate through each level.
Why similar: Action 41.7%, Indie 30.7%, Adventure 27.7%
- #56 Streng Check
68% matchMixed45% of 22 reviews2019
Dev: PPC
Windows
A classic runner is waiting for you, in which you will visit dangerous streets and ordeals. The character is in the territory contaminated with radiation, so in order to survive, you will have to collect an antidote! Pass the strength test and exceed your results to see the whole dangerous world of our game!
Why similar: Action 48.2%, Indie 26.6%, Adventure 25.2%
- #57 Super Navecitas 2
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZYX Studio
Windows
This video game is a space shooter in which all the elements are made in cardboard. The game tells the story of Cafard a Martian cockroach on his journey to Silcon Valley where the fate of his race and humanity will be decided.
Why similar: Action 42.9%, Indie 28.7%, Adventure 28.5%
- #58 MeatPossible: Chapter 1.5
68% matchMixed48% of 31 reviews2018
Dev: Common Visual Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
MeatPossible: Chapter 1.5 is a fast-paced, intense, endless side-scrolling flyer action arcade game which depicts the tragical events taking place in the outskirts of the Kingdom of Epicton. Fight in this epic aerial adventure against the Pigs and the Flies as you bring back peace to your Kingdom.
Why similar: Action 42.1%, Indie 30%, Adventure 27.9%