- #1 Valiant Gears
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gaze Interactive
Windows
Valiant Gears is a 3D old school shoot 'em up game. Hop on your Valiant Gear, a ferocious battle machine and defend the planet by fighting the alien robots!
Why similar: Action 52%, Indie 38.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.1%
- #2 Call of Tomsk-7
97% matchVery Positive81% of 444 reviews2015
Dev: Daniel MercierPub: Mercier Games
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Fight for your life in Call of Tomsk-7, a simple side-scrolling shooter. Horrifying monsters are pouring out of the forgotten and abandoned Soviet-era Tomsk-7 biological weapons facility. You must fight the creatures in a seemingly endless battle of attrition.
Why similar: Action 49.8%, Indie 34%, Side Scroller 16.2%
- #3 Iridescence
96% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Polarity Bear
Windows
Iridescence is a Shoot 'Em Up with a color-changing mechanic, where you dodge and absorb many different colored bullets. It features a painted watercolor theme & features an inventive chaining system. Play through 5 main levels and 30 varied challenge levels!
Why similar: Action 45.8%, Indie 34.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.9%
- #4 cloudphobia
95% matchMostly Positive76% of 29 reviews2016
Dev: MarsboundPub: Rockin' Android
Windows
In this pulse-pounding arcade style shoot 'em up, players control giant armored robots, loaded with hi-tech weaponry. Chose from two types of mechs: the PLG-90, armed with a high-tech laser rifle or the NúllPunktur with the Vibroblade!
Why similar: Action 46.5%, Indie 32%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%
- #5 Radial
94% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: DreamseekerPub: Creajeux
Windows
Radial is a 2D speedrun oriented platformer in which you will be able to use teleportation portals. Be ready to acrobatic moves, fights againts creatures, hidden challenges and race against the clock! Will you master the portals powers and take up the challenge?
Why similar: Action 53.8%, Indie 40.8%, 2D Platformer 5.4%
- #6 Project Océara
93% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: Indépendant
Windows
Projet océara is a hardcore platform game, all stage are timed and the difficulty is croissant .
Why similar: Action 53.5%, Indie 40%, 2D Platformer 6.5%
- #7 A Shooty Bit
94% matchMixed69% of 35 reviews2017
Dev: FROGPub: Gameland Studios
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Postsoviet shoot 'em up borne from and reflective of the listlessness that modern, hyperconnected society injects into our selves
Why similar: Action 44.7%, Indie 33.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.8%
- #8 SHOOTING CHICKEN BRUTAL SUCKERS
92% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: KoheiGallery
Windows
Makoto Yonekura, a new waitress, is a bright girl in Noh weather.Contrary to its appearance, it is a survival game girl who uses powerful weapons!She will do her best to crush the rampaging chickens for the beloved chief!
Why similar: Action 46.6%, Indie 34.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.6%
- #9 The United SPACE of America
89% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Fractured Earth
Windows
The United SPACE of America is a high action, arcade style, run-n-gun bullet hell, twin stick shooter that allows you to absorb enemy bullets with your Proton Sabre while you blast through countless enemies with your shoulder cannon. It takes a bit of hectic coordination. Can you master it?
Why similar: Action 50.6%, Indie 37.8%, Side Scroller 6.9%, 2D Platformer 4.7%
- #10 Karma Knight
90% matchVery Positive88% of 67 reviews2020
Dev: UltramarineSoft
Windows
Karma Knight is a fast paced 2D side-scrolling platform action game with stylish combat. Find hidden items in the stages, collect different spells, defeat the enemies as you gain more experience and enjoy the overall platform action game style.
Why similar: Action 48.7%, Indie 35.9%, Side Scroller 8.6%, 2D Platformer 6.8%
- #11 The Real Laser Ball
91% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2018
Dev: Holmsario Games
Windows
A physics based, arcade, high score chaser with a progression system and a fetish for the 80’s. In The Real Laser Ball you’re a ball… with a laser.
Why similar: Action 51.1%, Indie 38.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.6%
- #12 Crush
91% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2017
Dev: VIS-GamesPub: SilentFuture
Windows
Crush is an old-school-styled shoot´em up. The game leads you through 7 challenging levels filled with action and great soundtracks. A must for all old-school shoot´em up fans!
Why similar: Action 45%, Indie 32.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.7%
- #13 Dantes Bullet Inferno
87% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Red Pentagram Studios
Windows
Dantes Bullet Inferno is a shoot-em-up where the player fights against hell as Dante. This top down shooter includes a speedrun mode called time-dilation.
Why similar: Action 52.1%, Indie 39%, Shoot 'Em Up 9%
- #14 Bomber Barn
84% matchMixed59% of 66 reviews2020
Dev: Late Leaf Games
Windows
Bomber Barn is a cute and competitive local multiplayer game, endless fun for all ages! Bomb your pals as an adorable animal with unique abilities, blasting through a variety of themed maps designed for tense battles.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #15 Bowman VS Zombies
85% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: Antoine Hésèque
Windows
Grab your bow, nock your arrows, and fight to survive against waves of nasty zombies, gruesome monsters, and epic bosses who follow the orders of your worst enemy in Bowman VS Zombies!
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #16 Zenodyne R
86% matchVery Positive83% of 71 reviews2016
Dev: Team Grybanser Fox
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Zenodyne R is a new 90s-style shoot-'em-up game filled with YM2612 music and real Blast Processing action, where your reflexes and patience will be tested in their entirety! Packed with 6 crazy stages filled wtih bosses, 5 unique ships, unlockables, branching paths and more!
Why similar: Action 44.5%, Indie 30.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.8%
- #17 Astro Tripper
88% matchMixed58% of 69 reviews2011
Dev: PomPomPub: Pom Pom Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 21%
Astro Tripper is a furious shoot-em-up experience inspired by the painful, knuckle busting video games of years gone by.
Why similar: Action 43.7%, Indie 32.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.7%
- #18 Saint George | The Tree Of Secrets
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Obscure Cloud
Windows
Embark on a new breed of medieval-fantasy arcade plaformer and explore extensive worlds packed with loots, creatures and humongous boss
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #19 The Blue Flamingo
86% matchMixed45% of 637 reviews2014
Dev: Might and Delight
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
You are ready to challenge pilots from all around the world. Shoot your way through intense levels with swiftly increasing difficulty in a game world completely built with handcrafted models. Invest your score in upgrades or save it to gain interest with the risk of losing it all.
Why similar: Action 43.6%, Indie 31.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.7%
- #20 Break Stuff With Coins
82% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2018
Dev: MKJ Interactive
Windows
Ever wanted to just let loose and Break stuff? Break Stuff with Coins lets you do just that. Toss coins at stuff, and break or manipulate it, all in a wacky physics world. Unlock new coins, each with unique bonuses or destructive effects that will definitely spice up your playstyle.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #21 Battle Trendaria
84% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: megaeggz
Windows
Shapeshifting Local Multiplayer upto 4 players Third person shooter
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #22 Asteroid Girl
83% matchMixed65% of 17 reviews2018
Dev: BTNcafe
Windows
Help the cute asteroid girl conquer the universe.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #23 GOLDRUSHERS
82% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: UnNaturalism Inc.
Windows · Mac
A Goldrush themed local multiplayer brawler for PC and Mac!Play as two competing prospectors trying to fill your safes with precious gold nuggets or other items of value.GOLDRUSHERS will provide fast paced action, wacky antics, and flying horses for your living room.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #24 Derelict (DO NOT BUY)
81% matchMixed43% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: JEPR DEV
Windows · Mac
DO NOT BUY... A massive Space Station was found after 20 years of being lost, your mission is to walk among the infested interior in order to carry out your mission. Dangers beyond comprehension lurk in the shadows, be ready...
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #25 Eternum EX
79% matchPositive86% of 42 reviews2018
Dev: Radin GamesPub: Flynn's Arcade
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sir Arthur has gotten old... too old. He has lost everything he had and loved, and with nothing more to lose he leaves for Samarnath, an evil subterranean kingdom in search of treasures, adventures and the most important: five magical orbs that together provide: the Eternal youth.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #26 STARCATCHER
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: John PlewePub: Nevercenter
Windows · Mac
STARCATCHER is an experimental wave-based arcade game, currently in development. It's simple, unique, and intensely hard. Protect the heart!
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #27 SuperLuminauts
81% matchMostly Negative27% of 11 reviews2017
Dev: LampFire
Windows · Mac
Break Space-Time with Friends! SuperLuminauts is a local-multiplayer spaceship shooter where your missiles leave trails in time. With the tight controls of an arcade shooter, and the deep mechanics of no other, soon you'll be flying, thinking, and blowing up your friends like a true SuperLuminaut.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #28 Gunnihilation
80% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2016
Dev: Robo Pixel Games
Windows
Ultraviolent bullet-hell platformer Gunnihilation is dual stick 16-bit mayhem that fuses several forms of 2D shoot 'em up, from run-and-gun classics like Contra and Metal Slug, to the arena-based slaughter of Smash TV.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #29 Secret of Harrow Manor
78% matchMostly Negative33% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: Only Human Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore an abandoned manor and it's grounds filled with nightmare creatures, locked doors, and scattered ammunition.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #30 Unnamed Fiasco
79% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2016
Dev: Unnamed Fiasco Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Unnamed Fiasco is a local multiplayer game where your mistakes can help you. Every time your character dies, a new clone is created to help you by repeating your past lives actions. Face your friends on intense couch multiplayer matches or go solo on tons of action-puzzle challenges.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #31 Drill Arena
78% matchNegative16% of 25 reviews2018
Dev: TheDreikPub: Phoenix Reborn Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Fight in a brutal battle between robots with drills. In the arena there are only you and your opponents. Only the most sturdy and agile robot will survive!
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #32 Anark.io
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Pinpin TeamPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Anark.io is a twin stick shooter taking place in the 80's
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #33 Nebula
77% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2016
Dev: Szekretar
Windows
Nebula is an action platformer with a high emphasis on using everything at your disposal to succeed, such as the gravity gun. The game takes place on an abandoned space station where you need to survive the deadly traps, defeat your enemies and solve physics based puzzles.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #34 One minute of death
74% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Krzysztof Konopka
Windows
O.M.O.D. is pretty difficult platform game.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #35 Cotropitorii
73% matchVery Positive82% of 57 reviews2018
Dev: Alexandru DutaPub: 2 Bad Design
Windows
Cotropitorii is a third-person multi-player action shooter game that celebrates Romanian communism. Up to 32 players can join and pick between two factions and battle it out in death-match mode with over ten different weapons.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #36 Blue Crystal
74% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Storm Signal
Windows
This game is a twin stick shooter with time attack elements. Clear the target time and collect crystals.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #37 Heavy Recoil
73% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Andy SharpePub: Epsotic LLC
Windows
Shoot through 3 levels of enemies with 4 different projectile weapons. Move quickly and use cover as enemies will react to your position and actions. Kill enemies to get health before they take you out!
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #38 Aequitas Orbis
75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Ludi Dorici
Windows · Mac · Linux
Save the planet or challenge your friends steering your ship through the force of gravity in this fast-paced 2D space game.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #39 Space Slam
76% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: ;)Pub: Quickdraw Studios
Windows
In SPACE SLAM there is only one way to mine: ramming planets at full speed with your spacecraft. View the action in VR with your HTC Vive or in flat mode!
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #40 UBERCOLD
73% matchMixed55% of 42 reviews2019
Dev: Side Group
Windows
A stylish parody game featuring an unconventional weapon.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #41 Weird creatures
75% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2016
Dev: mchernykh
Windows
Blow-up your mind with the easy fantasy shooting simulator. You will travel across forests, deserts and snowy mountains, accompanied by a powerful ally vehicle to care of. Various weird inhabitants resist you to collect art pieces. Ever struggle to be rewarded.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #42 The Executioner: Prologue
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LS
Windows
The Executioner: Prologue is a hardcore two-dimensional action platformer. The game serves as an introductory part of an epic story which narrates about an executioner’s adventures in hell. After the sudden and mysterious death you find yourself in hell. Try to escape from the world of the dead back into the normal world.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #43 Aftermath Y2K
72% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Matthew Willis
Windows · Linux
Inspired by such games as Castlevania and Ninja Gaiden; aftermath is a NES styled action platformer. However in Aftermath you play as a dog. You must run, jump, and dodge your way through 8 levels to recover your beloved owner. All the while also trying to fend off thugs, bandits, henchmen, and mutants.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #44 Cars Arena
69% matchMixed62% of 26 reviews2018
Dev: PixelPlex
Windows
Cars Arena is an online 2-8 player deathmatch action game.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #45 Paladin
71% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Pumpkin Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are earth's last hero - defend civilization from annihilation.Protect the cities, destroy the aliens and upgrade your fighter. Drive back the vile invading scum and save mankind in this frantic twin-stick shooter!
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #46 ReBoot
71% matchMixed62% of 21 reviews2016
Dev: Georgy Topalo
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The game combines modern 3D-graphics and old school gameplay.Forget about peaceful aiming and a sense of superiority over your enemies.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #47 BitShift: BattleGrid
70% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2016
Dev: Animate Objects
Windows
You have been injected into the BattleGrid. BitShift is a 4-on-4 multiplayer gaming experience where VR gamers compete directly with desktop gamers in a battle to control the data from AntiCorp. PC vs. VR. Drones vs. Runners. Air vs. Ground. Hackers vs. Security. White Hat vs. Black Hat. Mass Hysteria!
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #48 INVISIBLE
69% matchMixed48% of 31 reviews2018
Dev: Tsukinowa App.
Windows
"You are in a closed space craft. Your aim is to survive even though you defeat other passengers."
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #49 The Airship Designer
67% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: The Studio
Windows
Build your own airships by snaping engines, envelops, fins and gondolas together. Then fly it freely or watch it blow up in the sandbox!
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #50 Cardinal Conclave
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: RoninGameDevPub: Jumpmen Gaming
Windows
In Cardinal Conclave you play as Kip! Battle aliens and fly through the air as your planet's last hope for survival.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #51 Claw Breaker
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Team Klaw
Windows · Mac · Linux
Claw Breaker is an epic party fighting game full of scoops, snips, and salt. Beware, shouting and excitement may occur in this ultimate two-player claw-down of action-packed slashing and melee attacks.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #52 Cecconoid
64% matchMostly Positive79% of 28 reviews2019
Dev: Triple Eh? Ltd
Windows · Linux
Cecconoid is an 8-bit inspired, flick-screen, twin-stick-shooter, set in an alternate dimension where the pixels are still chunky, and the bad guys are black and white. Except for their red dangly bits...
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #53 GRAY GROFA
56% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TPM.CO SOFT WORKS
Windows
GRAY GROFA is an unparalleled side-scrolling shooter puzzle game developed for the 8-bit MSX computer. 2 years have been spent hand-tuning the game's visuals, movements and puzzles in a tireless pursuit for aesthetic perfection.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #54 VHSoverdose
70% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2016
Dev: CallThePolices
Windows
VHSoverdose is an unrelenting assault of outlandish action, served up with thick juicy slice of anatomical annihilation! Set inside of the confides of a simple 80's Arcade Machine... Or is it?
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #55 leapoid
56% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Topher Anselmo
Windows
Leap, fall, and perish — over and over again. Only the most seasoned platforming veterans will overcome the trials that leapoid has to offer.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #56 Nemesis
72% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: Fungun LimitedPub: Kevin Bramhill
Windows
Experience the excitement that we felt on discovering arcade wonders like Asteroids. A dose of nostalgia plus choice modern magic mixed with your VR kit, standing or room scale, modern capabilities and lovingly crafted eye popping fast game play.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #57 Corporate America
65% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Sam DeMinicoPub: Self Published
Windows
Corporate America is a fast paced multiplayer shooter, where you shoot emails to your coworkers in intense competitive matches online and off to see who is the best corporate shill.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%