- #1 PROJECT XINATRA
97% 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 63.2%, Indie 36.8%
- #2 Apez
96% matchMixed48% of 27 reviews2017
Dev: A and F studios
Windows
This is an exploration into what is a fps.It is a game with an expensive campaign with hundreds of hours of single player gameplay and an expansive multiplayer gameplay with up to twenty people at the same time there are lots of fully fledged multiplayer maps.
Why similar: Action 64.1%, Indie 35.9%
- #3 SoulFrost
96% 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 63.1%, Indie 36.9%
- #4 Operation Desert Road
94% 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 62.5%, Indie 37.5%
- #5 The Rebel
95% matchMixed42% of 57 reviews2016
Dev: Clockwork Game Software
Windows
The Rebel is all about having fun and enjoying nice graphics.
Why similar: Action 62%, Indie 38%
- #6 ZombieRun
93% 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 64.1%, Indie 35.9%
- #7 Bleeding Blocks
92% 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 63%, Indie 37%
- #8 Super Destronaut DX
89% matchVery Positive88% of 92 reviews2018
Dev: Petite GamesPub: Ratalaika Games S.L.
Windows
Inspired by an arcade classic, Super Destronaut DX is retro space shooter that pits you against an enemy more dreaded than a UFO, a scoreboard.
Why similar: Action 65%, Indie 35%
- #9 Red Number: Prologue
91% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: AntonyStiv
Windows
You have to survive on Mars as a simple technique of John, he will have to fight with dangerous enemies, find other survivors and learn that the accident occurred in the colony "a New Dawn".
Why similar: Action 68.6%, Indie 31.4%
- #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 62%, Indie 38%
- #11 Save Dash
90% 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 63.1%, Indie 36.9%
- #12 Hidden Dragon: Legend
87% matchVery Positive85% of 82 reviews2018
Dev: MegaFun Games Ltd.Pub: GAMEPOCH
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hidden Dragon is 2.5D action platformer taking place in Imperial China, combining classic platform action with fast-paced combo fighting, harkening back to classics like Ninja Gaiden, The Devil May Cry and Shinobi.
Why similar: Action 64.4%, Indie 35.6%
- #13 Elite vs. Freedom
89% matchMixed43% of 101 reviews2016
Dev: AVE
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Elite vs. Freedom is an action-packed Indie third-person shooter game. In the near future, the Earth is controlled by a global government. Few dare to resist this neo-feudalistic, corporatist, police state. Leading the insurgence, a group known as Freedom takes up the fight.
Why similar: Action 65.5%, Indie 34.5%
- #14 Smithy
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 131 reviews2016
Dev: David MulderPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Smithy is an underground rodent that happens to be an excellent weapons smith. Purchase and upgrade weapons while destroying everything standing in your way to collect more gold!
Why similar: Action 66.1%, Indie 33.9%
- #15 Hollow Throne
86% 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 64.2%, Indie 35.8%
- #16 Gun Blaze
81% 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 63.2%, Indie 36.8%
- #17 Lamm
84% 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 64.1%, Indie 35.9%
- #18 Avalo Legends
81% 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 63.1%, Indie 36.9%
- #19 Aztec Tower
82% 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 63.2%, Indie 36.8%
- #20 Satellite Rush
82% 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 63.7%, Indie 36.3%
- #21 Event Horizon - Frontier
79% 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 63.1%, Indie 36.9%
- #22 Wizardas
80% 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 63.1%, Indie 36.9%
- #23 Data Jammers: FastForward
85% matchMixed67% of 106 reviews2011
Dev: Digital Eel
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 22%
You are a Data Jammer, an elite virtual commando tasked with one purpose: Infiltrate the virtual Vaults of Ouroboros, the Military Industrial Complex, and take down The System!
Why similar: Action 64.1%, Indie 35.9%
- #24 Alphaman
77% 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 63%, Indie 37%
- #25 Recruits
84% matchMostly Negative29% of 94 reviews2014
Dev: Commotion Games Pty Ltd
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 36 min≥1hr: 12%
Recruits is a brutal fast paced top down shooter that puts the lives of countless amounts of soldiers in your command. Lead your men to victory and see them progress through the ranks, show them defeat and they will be lost forever.
Why similar: Action 64.1%, Indie 35.9%
- #26 Column on the Sea
75% 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 63%, Indie 37%
- #27 Inside Me
79% 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 63.1%, Indie 36.9%
- #28 Super Ninja Meow Cat
73% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2019
Dev: Angel DPub: GameAtomic
Windows · Mac
Challenging Awesome Action Platformer
Why similar: Action 62.9%, Indie 37.1%
- #29 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 62.9%, Indie 37.1%
- #30 De Mambo
61% 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 62%, Indie 38%
- #31 Blood Alloy: Reborn
78% 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 63.1%, Indie 36.9%
- #32 Sense of The Devil
76% 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 63%, Indie 37%
- #33 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 62.9%, Indie 37.1%
- #34 Socketeer
73% 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 62.8%, Indie 37.2%
- #35 Doomed'n Damned
78% 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 63.1%, Indie 36.9%
- #36 DUSTNET
69% 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 62.4%, Indie 37.6%
- #37 Dead TrailZ
76% 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 63%, Indie 37%
- #38 KUMACURE
69% 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 62.4%, Indie 37.6%
- #39 Reventa
70% 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 62.4%, Indie 37.6%
- #40 The Asskickers-Steam Edition
77% 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 63%, Indie 37%
- #41 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 62.4%, Indie 37.6%
- #42 Project Ball
62% 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 62%, Indie 38%
- #43 N.U.T.Z.
62% 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 62%, Indie 38%
- #44 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 62.6%, Indie 37.4%
- #45 Laser Party
68% 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 62.1%, Indie 37.9%
- #46 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 62%, Indie 38%
- #47 ASSASSINATION STATION
70% 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 62.4%, Indie 37.6%
- #48 LEVEL UP!
75% 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 63%, Indie 37%
- #49 Dawn of H'btakh
71% 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 61.7%, Indie 38.3%
- #50 Boom Squad
59% 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 62%, Indie 38%
- #51 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 62.9%, Indie 37.1%
- #52 Space Fist
68% 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 62.1%, Indie 37.9%
- #53 Kill The Moon
58% 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 62%, Indie 38%
- #54 Tesla: The Weather Man
67% 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 62.1%, Indie 37.9%
- #55 Quantum Covenant
66% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: Martyr Games Studio
Windows
Quantum Covenant is a multiplayer land-and-space dog-fighting sport with full-featured gravity mechanics. Sling your ship around the arena’s floating planets as you use your grappling hook to launch a ball into the enemy’s goal – or use an array of weapons to destroy the enemy team's ships first!
Why similar: Action 62%, Indie 38%
- #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 62.8%, Indie 37.2%
- #57 BEAK SQUADRON
66% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Timbo Burkle
Windows
BEAK SQUADRON is a challenging, indie, 3rd-person flight game set in a galaxy where ducks and guinea pigs have been at war for eons. Not for players who are looking for an easy experience. Designed for controller play.
Why similar: Action 62%, Indie 38%