- #1 Save Dash
97% 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 60.9%, Indie 39.1%
- #2 De Mambo
92% 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 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #3 ZombieRun
96% matchMixed40% of 62 reviews2015
Dev: Guerrilla Bandit
Windows · Mac
Median: 6 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 19%
ZombieRun is a retro platformer with the aim to bring sexy back to local multiplayer gaming. It's you, your friends and guns against all the living dead roaming around. If that's not enough there are also apples, carrots and superpowers in play.
Why similar: Action 61.9%, Indie 38.1%
- #4 Networm
96% 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 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #5 Bleeding Blocks
95% 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 60.8%, Indie 39.2%
- #6 Dawn of H'btakh
94% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: megaeggz
Windows
Bizarre roguelike arcade FPS. The fish demon H'btakh is trapped in a maze, luckily he has lots of super powers.
Why similar: Action 59.5%, Indie 40.5%
- #7 ASSASSINATION STATION
93% 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 60.2%, Indie 39.8%
- #8 Usagi Yojimbo: Way of the Ronin
94% matchMixed45% of 31 reviews2015
Dev: HappyGiant
Windows · Mac
Usagi Yojimbo: Way of the Ronin is a new, old school game based on the classic Dark Horse Comic Graphic Novel by Stan Sakai, and seen in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles over the years. This is an old school, simple, fun Retro brawler done in the vein of the classic TMNT Stand Up Arcade game.
Why similar: Action 59.7%, Indie 40.3%
- #9 Undercity
91% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: Glass Isle Entertainment
Windows
Undercity is a challenging action game about rushing through tunnels on a jet-powered board at high speed. Dodge whatever comes your way and unlock new powers as you progress. The game was created entirely by a single developer.
Why similar: Action 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #10 Pizzarian
91% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2015
Dev: Alex Jedraszczak
Windows
The year is 2010 A.D.—The Future—and your mission is to be the coolest pizza delivery business in the Jovian system. Cut through traffic, avoid the police, and deliver pizzas to the moons of Jupiter! Save up your money to buy better ships and upgrade your pizzeria. Just look out for the competition...!
Why similar: Action 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #11 Zaba The Frog
90% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: gameko-studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Zaba The Frog is a 2D platformer game focused on quick and challenging gameplay. Your job as a player, is to help not very smart, lazy frog. Goal of each level is to collect enough flies and reach the exit portal. Be aware that as frog eats, it’s becoming bigger and it’s easier to die.
Why similar: Action 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #12 PROJECT XINATRA
89% 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 61%, Indie 39%
- #13 Valkyrius Prime
89% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2016
Dev: Iridescent Games
Windows
Fight through countless enemies and hulking bosses in this indie shoot-'em-up! Teleport to dodge enemy fire, then counter with an assortment of powerful weapons. Valkyrius Prime features all new character art and story, plus many more improvements over the original.
Why similar: Action 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #14 Hollow Throne
88% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: onyonvoid
Windows
The Galaxy is at it's peak, The Hollow Throne looks horrid, It's going to need heroic deeds, To change the fate that's coming...
Why similar: Action 62.1%, Indie 37.9%
- #15 2V Hoverbike
86% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2017
Dev: IntertumPub: intertum
Windows · Mac
2V Hoverbike is a horizontal shoot 'em up.
Why similar: Action 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #16 Mall Mayhem
85% 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 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #17 QUALIA 3: Multi Agent
87% 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 60.2%, Indie 39.8%
- #18 Giga Girl
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 24 reviews2016
Dev: Outgunned Games
Windows
Giga Girl is a retro run ‘n gun platformer heavily influenced by, and paying homage to, the original NES Mega Man games.
Why similar: Action 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #19 Event Horizon - Frontier
82% 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 60.9%, Indie 39.1%
- #20 Battle For The Sun
86% matchMostly Negative38% of 66 reviews2015
Dev: Appsolutely Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Battle for the Sun is an action-packed, first-person shooter documenting the realities of war seen through the eyes of a special forces soldier in a world under alien attack. We find ourselves abruptly thrown into an adventure as a talented soldier carrying out his duty in this epic war.
Why similar: Action 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #21 Avalo Legends
80% 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 60.9%, Indie 39.1%
- #22 Street of Sanctuary VR
84% match6 user reviews0% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: MoyeVR
Windows
Since several months ago, an insurgent group called “Futealer” have made a lot attacks on federal facilities. Your squad is sent to Sanctuary Street to stop them from approaching a crucial science facility called Neb Lab. This won’t be a difficult task for seasoned soldiers like you.
Why similar: Action 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #23 Zero Reflex : Black Eye Edition
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 236 reviews2015
Dev: Exordium Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Circles, bullets, shurikens, rockets, saws and time ... they're all after you! Zero Reflex will tests both your dexterity and your nerves in a fast-paced punishing environment that keeps pushing your limits. You have no save points and no excuses! Be faster than a blink of the Eye!
Why similar: Action 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #24 Hauntsters
83% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2015
Dev: Shark Tree Studios
Windows
Hauntsters is a 2D battle game in which up to 4 players compete for victory in a spooky arena. Each player chooses their character from a selection of 12 supernatural entities, using their unique abilities and combos to win the fight. Compete in a chaotic free-for-all or team up with a friend for a combo-centric 2 v 2 team battle.
Why similar: Action 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #25 Column on the Sea
78% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: Griffin Snow
Windows
Join freelance treasure hunters Laika and Erhardt on their quest for a legendary treasure on a mysterious island! Explore a huge world, battle dangerous monsters, and discover valuable upgrades in this hilarious action-adventure with a unique art style!
Why similar: Action 60.8%, Indie 39.2%
- #26 Inside Me
81% 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 60.9%, Indie 39.1%
- #27 Wizardas
79% 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 60.9%, Indie 39.1%
- #28 Blood Alloy: Reborn
81% 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 60.9%, Indie 39.1%
- #29 SoulFrost
79% 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 60.9%, Indie 39.1%
- #30 Alphaman
76% 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 60.8%, Indie 39.2%
- #31 Gun Blaze
75% 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 61%, Indie 39%
- #32 Aztec Tower
75% 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 61%, Indie 39%
- #33 Sense of The Devil
77% 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 60.8%, Indie 39.2%
- #34 Core Awaken ~The Yuka~
74% 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 60.8%, Indie 39.2%
- #35 Super Ninja Meow Cat
73% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2019
Dev: Angel DPub: GameAtomic
Windows · Mac
Challenging Awesome Action Platformer
Why similar: Action 60.7%, Indie 39.3%
- #36 Dead TrailZ
77% 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 60.8%, Indie 39.2%
- #37 Jay Fighter: Remastered
73% 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 60.7%, Indie 39.3%
- #38 The Asskickers-Steam Edition
78% 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 60.9%, Indie 39.1%
- #39 Socketeer
72% 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 60.7%, Indie 39.3%
- #40 LEVEL UP!
76% 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 60.8%, Indie 39.2%
- #41 N.U.T.Z.
65% 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 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #42 DUSTNET
68% 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 60.2%, Indie 39.8%
- #43 Reventa
69% 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 60.2%, Indie 39.8%
- #44 KUMACURE
68% 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 60.2%, Indie 39.8%
- #45 Space Space
69% 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 60.2%, Indie 39.8%
- #46 Ocean's Crabellum
71% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Crabellum Games
Windows
Shoot 'em up! The former soldier Crab have to holster up his old Parabellum guns. He must wreak massive havoc to clean up the Big Ocean from villains and get revenge for his friends. Destroy the unrestrained mafia gang led by giant octopus in the best tradition of top-down and scroll-action shooters.
Why similar: Action 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #47 Machine Hunt
71% 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 60.5%, Indie 39.5%
- #48 Drop Kick Zombie!
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Loli Jam Network
Windows
An arcade-style action game about a zombie who drop kicks lolis.
Why similar: Action 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #49 Operation Desert Road
70% 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 60.3%, Indie 39.7%
- #50 Satellite Rush
69% 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 61.6%, Indie 38.4%
- #51 Project Ball
61% 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 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #52 Metal Planet
74% 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 60.8%, Indie 39.2%
- #53 Dark Days
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 52 reviews2016
Dev: Brutal Studio
Windows
In Dark Days you need to escape the infected island of Colbrook, try to save as many survivors as you can and secure safe houses. Protect your surroundings, search and scavenge locations and ultimately don’t get killed. A 3D top down zombie survival / shooter with a compelling story and character development.
Why similar: Action 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #54 Boom Squad
60% 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 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #55 Laser Party
66% 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 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #56 Drunk Wizards
72% 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 60.7%, Indie 39.3%
- #57 Lamm
67% matchVery Positive90% of 67 reviews2017
Dev: Léo-Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Lamm is a platformer in which you have to pick up orbs to jump. Some orbs allow you to jump once, others twice, and they can go up to five jumps in a row !
Why similar: Action 61.9%, Indie 38.1%
- #58 Tesla: The Weather Man
66% 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 59.9%, Indie 40.1%