- #1 Fractal
97% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Phosphene Designs LLC
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fractal brings first-person real-time combat to beautiful stylized VR vistas. Enter a dazzling dimension where color is the lifeblood of all beings. Wielding a mysterious brush, you are granted the power to reshape the world and fate of its denizens.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #2 Holobunnies: Pause Cafe
96% matchMixed62% of 21 reviews2017
Dev: q-bit GamesPub: Nkidu Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Holobunnies: Pause Café is the Holobunnies appetizer you didn't know you wanted: three little games in one adorable and quirky package! Fight your friends in a high-adrenaline two-player brawler, test your mettle against the classic q-bit bosses in Boss Rush, and navigate through Kitcat’s Adventure to help Kitcat find its way to the...
Why similar: Adventure 37.6%, Action 36.7%, Indie 25.8%
- #3 Super Man Or Monster
96% matchVery Positive93% of 175 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 39.6%, Adventure 32.8%, Indie 27.6%
- #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 38.5%, Adventure 34.7%, Indie 26.8%
- #5 Spheroids
94% matchPositive83% of 36 reviews2017
Dev: Eclipse GamesPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.8 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 37.8%, Adventure 37.1%, Indie 25.1%
- #6 A Blind Legend
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 350 reviews2016
Dev: DowinoPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 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: Adventure 38.7%, Action 36.2%, Indie 25.1%
- #7 Bleak
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Interdiction Studios
Windows
Bleak is a Sci-Fi survival game. You must fight the planetary environments to survive and thrive. Currently available features are basic base building and mining with Researching new technology and discovering new flora and fauna coming soon. Play alone or coop with friends, its up to you.
Why similar: Action 27.8%, Adventure 27.6%, Indie 20.2%, Survival 13.9%, Sci-fi 10.5%
- #8 Ashes
93% matchMixed63% of 60 reviews2017
Dev: FurGoldGames
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Chaos and devastation devoured the last sparkles of life. Surviving is the main task.
Why similar: Action 30.5%, Adventure 30.3%, Indie 22.1%, Survival 17.2%
- #9 Mystery Castle
92% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2016
Dev: Runestone Games Limited
Windows · Mac
A retro-inspired masterpiece, Mystery Castle is the one puzzle game that will rule them all!
Why similar: Adventure 36.4%, Action 35.5%, Indie 28.1%
- #10 Discrepant
91% matchMixed60% of 25 reviews2019
Dev: Incendio Software
Windows
Discrepant is a psychological adventure game set in a dystopic sci-fi world that is slowly unwinding. It's dark, deadly, and unsettling. It explores the meaning of existence and purpose, challenges reality and emotional connection through a complex plot, and comes with a twist around every corner.
Why similar: Adventure 34.1%, Action 31.2%, Indie 22.6%, Sci-fi 12.1%
- #11 Univers
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spartan IndustriesPub: Capitán_22
Windows
Survival in space. Explore, repair and build in an ancient spaceship that lost its way many, many years ago...
Why similar: Adventure 35.7%, Action 34.8%, Indie 25.2%, Survival 4.3%
- #12 Einn
90% match7 user reviews14% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Crazy Magnet Studios
Windows
Separated from your raiding party you are a lone viking stranded in a strange new world. Use the environment to craft tools and weapons. Gather resources to build shelters. Hunt and be hunted by the local life. Will you let this new world claim you? Don't just survive. Thrive!
Why similar: Action 28.6%, Adventure 27.9%, Survival 22.8%, Indie 20.7%
- #13 Sue's Story
87% matchMixed70% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: Stuart Mackereth
Windows
Sue's Story is the "free to play" version of TerrorPhage, a classic sci-fi horror game in the spirit and tradition of a classic space alien thriller. Awakening on a cryo ship hurtling towards a star, you are thrust into a game of hide and seek to fix the ship, and dock at an orbital platform.
Why similar: Adventure 39.3%, Action 37%, Indie 15.3%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #14 Izeriya
89% matchMixed61% of 54 reviews2016
Dev: LigaGamesPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Izeriya was a powerful city…but forces of evil captured it. The little man named Trix is heading to this city to destroy the evil within.
Why similar: Adventure 38.4%, Action 35.7%, Indie 25.9%
- #15 Deadly Edge
88% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: Bison Kings Game Studios
Windows
Featuring complex fighting moves and a rich story set in a dark grey fantasy world, Deadly Edge is an homage to 16 bit side-scrolling action adventures (and even fighting!) games from the 1990s. Every battle encountered is a one-on-one duel to the death dripping with lore and mystery.
Why similar: Action 37%, Adventure 36.2%, Indie 26.8%
- #16 Terrarium Land
86% 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 36.8%, Adventure 36.6%, Indie 26.6%
- #17 Pirate Code
84% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2018
Dev: Circuit Hive
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Battle pirates and win glory and treasure in this unique turn-based tactical strategy game. Manage your fleet, spending your gold carefully to build new ships and hire new crew. Enlist captains to train your crew and develop deeper tactics. The ocean is yours for the taking if you're brave enough!
Why similar: Adventure 60.1%, Indie 39.9%
- #18 Flatspace IIk
84% matchMixed66% of 29 reviews2017
Dev: Cornutopia Software
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Flatspace IIk is a top-down space trading game with the emphasis on free exploration. In Flatspace, you choose your profession and are given a small spaceship with a scattering of random weapons, then you are free to earn a living, explore, hunt, trade, grow; upgrading your ship and equipment.
Why similar: Action 37.9%, Adventure 37.8%, Indie 24.3%
- #19 Devil Threats
82% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: AFROX GAME
Windows
Christopher hit the road to save his daughter Try to find his daughter before you go crazy.
Why similar: Adventure 36.4%, Action 35.5%, Indie 25.5%, Sci-fi 2.6%
- #20 Nachzehrer
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eric Sauer
Windows
[h1]Nachzehrer[/h1]Your fear of being in the dark comes true in this short single player horror game. You find yourself stuck at a power plant at night, when suddenly the lights begin shutting off. However, attempting to turn them back on may cause you to meet your fears.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #21 Datswer
85% 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 37.4%, Adventure 36.7%, Indie 25.9%
- #22 Bedlamball
82% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: Evan PeiperlPub: Solidplasma Studios LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Bedlamball is a goal scoring game where you change the rules as you play!
Why similar: Sci-fi 100%
- #23 Above
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mighty Moth
Windows · Mac
Above is an aeronautic action-adventure game, in which you fly around exploring islands scattered in a vast ocean, upgrade and modify your aeroplane to progress, in order to find your lost brother and uncover the mystery behind the abominations that dwell beneath the waves.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #24 DUSTWUN
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Goon Studios
Windows
Fight to survive in an alien frontier full of beauty and danger on your quest to locate a missing starfighter.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #25 To Hell With Dave
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pretzel Bros Studios
Windows
'To Hell With Dave' is a narrative-driven adventure platformer for the connoisseur of the absurd. Explore a world full of charming characters and twisted humor. If you're a fan of challenging action, wacky puzzles and foul language, this game is for you!
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #26 Gemstone Keeper
81% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: Gamepopper
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Gemstone Keeper is a twin stick shooter where avid explorers go down into the Cistershire Caverns, a large, dangerous and mysterious set of caves and caverns that are filled with vast amounts of rare and valuable gemstones.
Why similar: Adventure 35.4%, Action 34.5%, Indie 30%
- #27 Star Surveyor
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: slimefriend
Windows · Mac
Star Surveyor is an exploration game about discovering a foreign planet, and observing the lives of its alien inhabitants. You're sent to Maya-247 with a simple mission: use your scanner to gather data about all of the flora and fauna you can, and send that data back to Earth.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #28 After Rain: Phoenix Rise
80% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2017
Dev: DV8GamesPub: DV9DESIGN
Windows
The Rain fell, and washed away all that was good. Ancestors of the survivors face a world plagued by deadly disease, hostile landscapes that offer no safe haven, and brutal warlords beholden to a malevolent A.I. that seeks to enslave mankind and control the natural world. This is life After Rain.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #29 Blowhards
81% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: Babloon Studios
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Blowhards is a long range multiplayer fighting game, with king of the hill style gameplay. The characters are colourful, the music is fun, and the chaoticness is hilarious!
Why similar: Action 64.4%, Indie 35.6%
- #30 10 Years After
83% matchVery Negative11% of 129 reviews2015
Dev: Rock Paper Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 22%
“10 Years After” Is a survival based horror (Open World) Single Player Adventure ..........After the government rolled out a injection to the general public to stem the violence and quell the human emotion's things were going well ….....
Why similar: Adventure 28.9%, Action 27.1%, Survival 25.1%, Indie 18.9%
- #31 Welcome To The Dreamscape
78% matchMixed42% of 36 reviews2018
Dev: FYRE Games
Windows · Mac
The Future is here, but are you ready?... Stepping into the shoes of a silent amnesiac, you must traverse through the virtual worlds of your own dreams, finding clues that may lead you to the answers of your mysterious past, but not all is as it seems...
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #32 Shoottera
79% matchMostly Negative39% of 61 reviews2018
Dev: RussianDEVPub: azimuth team
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Shooter with the elements of the quest. You need to get out of the lab, killing all the enemies.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #33 Imperil
77% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2017
Dev: Polybit
Windows · Mac
"Imperil" is a ruthless retro inspired platformer with puzzles. The hero must save the land that has been corrupted by evil. Place platforms or shift the world around you, move objects with telekenesis or burn enemies with fire to best the many obstacles you come across.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #34 Prometheus - The Fire Thief
79% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2015
Dev: Magical Hackers
Windows
Prometheus - The Fire Thief is an action adventure game set in ancient Greece. As the player you assume control of the titan Prometheus. After stealing the fire from the Gods of mount Olympus, Prometheus must travel all across Greece and outside its borders, battling hideous monsters.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #35 Tom vs. The Armies of Hell
78% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2016
Dev: Darkmire Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Meet Tom -- a software engineer turned reluctant half-demon hero who must fight his way out of Hell by turning souls into demon-searing weapons. Blast your way back to your 9-to-5 in this hilarious, isometric indie action-adventure game.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #36 Armoured Engines
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bounder Games
Windows · Mac
Armoured Engines is a steam punk western epic featuring train conductor Dusty Beats and her partner in crime, the ancient living engine Billy Wylam, as they search for El Dorado. Protect your train and shoot, fling, slice, and blow up hordes of enemies, using an arsenal of weaponry and passengers.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #37 Slime-san: Sheeple’s Sequel
77% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: FabrazPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sheeple's finally lost it! He is convinced that everything's just part of a giant videogame and that he was coded to simply be a side-character. Which is why he decided to recode himself to become the villain instead... Can you defeat his nefarious levels and come out of it unscathed?
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #38 COSMONAUT
75% matchPositive86% of 44 reviews2018
Dev: Neon Chasm, LLC
Windows
Unravel the mystery surrounding the lost vessel Diogenes. A story-driven retro platformer with elements of horror. Use the zero-g suit to explore the eerie corridors of a derelict ship filled with unknown lifeforms and dark secrets.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #39 Trinity
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: Maelstrom Rabbit
Windows
Trinity is a challenging fps/puzzle set in a surrealistic universe.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #40 I_AM.exe
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paulo P. NetoPub: Indie
Windows
I_AM.exe is a first person action game with a focus on exploration. You wake up inside a vat on a strange place full of robots trying to kill you. Explore, solve puzzles and fight your way through different areas as you try to find a way out and understand what is going on and just who are you.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #41 Mechatroniks Attack
76% matchNegative8% of 12 reviews2016
Dev: Ludax174
Windows
Mechatroniks Attack is an amateur very difficult action game. Try the Demo version to check if you like it and if your computer work with it.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #42 Explodey - Sci-fi Side Scroller w/ 'splosions
64% 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 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #43 Stickman World
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dilmer ValecillosPub: Dilmer Games
Windows · Mac
Stickman World takes place in an underground world after the hero "Stickman" awakes in an unknown world. Play through an amazing story where Stickman has to solve puzzles in hopes to discover a way out of this world. The goals for each level are simple and require collecting all the hidden items through Stickman's journey.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #44 Wicked Witches
75% matchMixed50% of 14 reviews2015
Dev: Ectoplasm Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Have you ever wished to turn unpleasant people into frogs? What about striking deadly chain lightning spell to see who gets the last laugh? And why not morph yourself into a fire breathing dragon to turn the whole place to dust? That is what you can just do in “Wicked Witches”.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #45 RECHARGE COMPLETE
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: rechargecomplete
Windows
RECHARGE COMPLETE is a third/first person shooter featuring a hard-strutting jet-packing android created to destroy job-stealing robots! Blast enemies with homing missiles, lasers and EMP grenades! Jet pack, boost and skii your way through peril. Be the robohero you were made to be!
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #46 Beyond Arm's Reach
62% 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 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #47 A Rip In Time
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: iV Games
Windows
Time travel in a new twisted way. The game’s antagonist will be pulling you through “Rips in Time”. The further you explore, the more intertwined the worlds become! Experience the early 1900’s and future all in one, thanks to the power of Unreal Engine 4.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #48 Super Ubie Island REMIX
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 50 reviews2016
Dev: Notion Games
Windows
Inspired by Super Mario World, Super Ubie Island REMIX is an adorable platformer. Help Ubie defeat Dr. Terrestrial, discover secrets, repair his ship and escape Climate Island. Run, jump and glide your way through more than 25 insanely fun levels!
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #49 ORBITOR
73% matchMixed66% of 35 reviews2015
Dev: Evil Aliens
Windows
Navigate the mysterious Quantum Nebula and dismantle it's gravity machine piece by piece before it destroys The Galaxy.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #50 Survivor of Eschewal
72% match7 user reviews14% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Luke CrippsPub: Fellowplayer
Windows
You suddenly wake up and find yourself on a beach of a strange island. This island does not feel right from the start because you could have swarn this island was not here the previous night. Now all you can think of is getting off this island alive.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #51 Pep-Pel
59% matchPositive84% of 37 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 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #52 Slug Slasher
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Slapped Silly Studios
Windows
Save the world from an onslaught of giant slugs in Slug Slasher! Using only your trusty bucket of salt, smash, dash, and slash through ridiculous enemies and crazy bosses as you fight your way to the slugs' homeland.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #53 Necrolance
68% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: Monsoon Studios
Windows
The Dark Necromancer has returned and is causing havoc in the Kingdom of Nangarth! He has sent his loyal servant, The Great Dark Warrior Thorg of Winstin, to resurrect 6 deadly foes in order to fulfill his mischievous plans! Play as both Thorg and our hero in this 2D action packed adventure!
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #54 Crowtel Renovations
69% matchVery Positive89% of 84 reviews2017
Dev: SinksAdventure
Windows
Chirp through 9 levels of mayhem and check a few disruptive tenants out in an attempt to fix up this trashy vacation spot and save a little crow's job.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #55 Parvaneh: Legacy of the Light's Guardians
71% matchMixed62% of 69 reviews2016
Dev: Bearded Bird Game StudioPub: KPL
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Fadia, a young and courageous boy sets about protecting ‘Naria’, his home village, from the Khazdaks who are trying to pollute their river.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #56 Into the Ice
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Homegrown GamesPub: Intr Studio Pty Ltd
Windows
4 years in the making, finally coming to your PC: Into the Ice - Nazis of Neuschwabenland - the official sequel to the multiple GOTY and award winner "Into the Dark". Adventure, Shooter, Trash, Comedy, Politics and Nudity. You. Have. Been. Warned!
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #57 STRASHILKA
68% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: reqtion
Windows
STRASHILKA - MEAN FEAR.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #58 HAMMER WORLD: DIMENSION TRAVELER
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NEO FUTURE LABS
Windows
"HAMMER WORLD: DIMENSION TRAVELER" is a first-person metroidvania with physics-based combat built in Unreal Engine 4. Explore mysterious dimensions, unlock new abilities, and fight back against evil with your hammer friend!
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #59 Talewind
70% matchMixed59% of 112 reviews2016
Dev: WindLimit Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Talewind is a whimsical platformer where you play as a young boy that is trying to save his village, but dont let its looks fool you, it will challenge even the most experienced platformer veterans. trailer music: bensound.com
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.4%, Indie 26.3%