- #1 Randall
97% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2017
Dev: We The Force Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
In a dystopian world that doesn't seem like such a departure from our own future, people are content living under constant surveillance and absolute control. Players take on the part of Randall, a powerful telepath with a touch of schizophrenia.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.6%, Indie 26.1%
- #2 Mystery Castle
96% 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 38.1%, Action 34%, Indie 27.9%
- #3 Deadly Edge
95% match5 user reviews40% of 5 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: Adventure 37.9%, Action 35.5%, Indie 26.6%
- #4 The Legend of Dark Witch Renovation
92% matchPositive87% of 46 reviews2019
Dev: INSIDE SYSTEM
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #5 Terrarium Land
94% 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: Adventure 38.3%, Action 35.3%, Indie 26.4%
- #6 Way of the Red
93% matchPositive91% of 34 reviews2016
Dev: Corey Hardman
Windows
Way of the Red is a 2d action platformer with a focus on fun combat, satisfying kills, and fluid movement. Use versatile sword techniques to shred enemies to pieces, while searching for your lost love from years past.
Why similar: Adventure 38.6%, Action 34.5%, Indie 26.9%
- #7 Welkin Road
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 70 reviews2016
Dev: Gregor PaničPub: Nkidu Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Armed only with your grappling hooks and fearless nature, run, leap and swing your way across a dreamy skyscape to reach the pillar of light. Welkin Road is an elegant, first-person puzzle-platformer that combines parkour and grappling-hook-powered aerobatics.
Why similar: Adventure 40.1%, Action 34.3%, Indie 25.6%
- #8 Journey of Johann
90% 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 37.3%, Adventure 36.1%, Indie 26.6%
- #9 Lost in a Forest
91% matchMixed50% of 88 reviews2015
Dev: Konsordo
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
This game is a parody of horror games, rather than running and hiding from the monster you are now able to fight back!
Why similar: Adventure 37.6%, Action 35.1%, Indie 27.3%
- #10 Time, Space and Matter
88% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: Vaclav HudecPub: Blameless Games
Windows · Mac
Time, Space and Matter (TSM) is a first-person action adventure focused on puzzle solving through gravity-manipulation. Find out what happened in an advanced-tech facility prior to your arrival and uncover the existence of a mysterious artificial intelligence.
Why similar: Adventure 42.1%, Action 33.1%, Indie 24.8%
- #11 SEAL Team 12
89% matchPositive85% of 27 reviews2015
Dev: Social Loner Studios
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
When evil lurks on the horizon, you need the best. You need the strongest. You need SEAL Team 12! As a member of SEAL Team 12, you must battle through massive enemy waves and break the enemies spine with the force of truth, justice and explosions!
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 36.6%, Indie 26.1%
- #12 Spud's Quest
89% matchPositive81% of 32 reviews2014
Dev: Mouldy Toof StudiosPub: Clickteam
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Spud's Quest is an adventure game that draws its inspiration from the classic games of old, most notably the Dizzy, Zelda, and Metroid series. Help Spud and his friend Prince Charming on a journey to uncover four ancient elemental essences that have the power to remove a curse upon the royal family.
Why similar: Adventure 41.5%, Action 32.9%, Indie 25.6%
- #13 the LAST LETTER
86% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: Donuts Co. Ltd.
Windows
The Last Letter is a VR Narrative Puzzle Game. An enigmatic letter of girlfriend’s Grandma accompanying an antique board game will lead you to the discovery of a mysterious and fantastic world.
Why similar: Adventure 41.8%, Action 32.6%, Indie 25.6%
- #14 MacGuffin
87% matchMixed61% of 36 reviews2016
Dev: Concrete Games ClassicPub: Gem Rose Accent
Windows
Good. Your plane tickets are ready. I already made a bank transfer of 1 000 000 on your account. We'll get in touch when you're inside the nuclear plant. You must understand that not getting the MacGuffin is not an option.
Why similar: Adventure 40.8%, Action 33.2%, Indie 26%
- #15 Holobunnies: The Bittersweet Adventure
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: q-bit GamesPub: Nkidu Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
An action-exploration, retro sidescroller adventure game about holographic bunnies in space.
Why similar: Adventure 40.6%, Action 34.7%, Indie 24.7%
- #16 Lost with Dinosaurs
86% matchMixed41% of 143 reviews2017
Dev: Mihai Morosanu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Collect power up that help you reach all placed in order to collect mushrooms. Avoid dinosaurs that will steal them from you
Why similar: Adventure 40.5%, Action 33.5%, Indie 26%
- #17 HereAfter
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 43 reviews2017
Dev: Brown Studios
Windows
Deep in an old forgotten laboratory, a failed experiment reboots from its sleep. With no memories, it now must explore the many different areas of the extensive complex with the help of an AI called MUSE. Will it find the light of redemption it longs for, or will it find a dark and terrible truth?
Why similar: Adventure 40.2%, Action 34.2%, Indie 25.6%
- #18 Izeriya
85% matchMixed60% of 52 reviews2016
Dev: LigaGamesPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
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 40.2%, Action 34.2%, Indie 25.6%
- #19 Kindled Cavern
83% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2017
Dev: Pretty Okay Games
Windows
Kindled Cavern is a cave exploration adventure for Virtual Reality filled with sights to behold. Waterfalls, bamboo forests, giant turtles, abandoned bridges and scaffolding, subterranian lakes, and ancient arches fill this explorable cavern. Not to mention the ghosts!
Why similar: Adventure 40.2%, Action 34.2%, Indie 25.6%
- #20 Mystic Ruins
82% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: Elite Games
Windows
Join Strade the explorer on his mission to investigate the Mystic Ruins. Navigate its labyrinthine corridors, solve its puzzles, gather treasures, and survive the onslaught of monsters within.
Why similar: Adventure 40.2%, Action 34.2%, Indie 25.6%
- #21 The End: Inari's Quest
82% matchMostly Negative34% of 109 reviews2018
Dev: MataPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 30%
You're a fox in a cyberpunk city full of hostile robots. You must escape while helping another fox and its cub
Why similar: Adventure 40.2%, Action 34.2%, Indie 25.6%
- #22 New World: The Tupis
80% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: Novo Mundo
Windows
New World: The Tupis is a 3D FPS adventure game about the South America colonization, during the 16th century, fight using only a bow, against enemies using powerful arquebuses and swords, save members of your tribe, and they will fight on your side.
Why similar: Adventure 40.6%, Action 34.7%, Indie 24.7%
- #23 Mausoleum of the Medusa
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 90 reviews2016
Dev: New Hell Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
'Medusa' is a love song to brutal, old-school arena combat. Perseus and Medusa are trapped in a deathmatch--but the gods raise them from the dead! Prove yourself with first blood, then compete for the top spot on the Steam leaderboard!
Why similar: Adventure 40.7%, Action 34.6%, Indie 24.7%
- #24 A Blind Legend
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 345 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 40.5%, Action 34.7%, Indie 24.8%
- #25 In Passing
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 137 reviews2019
Dev: CelleC Games
Windows
A first-person 3D platforming experience through a broken mind turned against you.
Why similar: Adventure 39.8%, Action 33.6%, Indie 26.6%
- #26 Parasite
78% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2016
Dev: Raphael Gervaise
Windows · Linux
Parasite is a non-linear retro platformer with a mix of action and puzzles. The player controls an alien worm wanting to get rid of a human space colony on his planet. There are multiple shapes to unlock and to switch between to facilitate the navigation and sabotage the complex.
Why similar: Adventure 40.1%, Action 34.3%, Indie 25.6%
- #27 Evil Robots From N1M
78% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2016
Dev: Jake Conner
Windows
Play as a space-faring mercenary on a mission to a distant world in this side-scrolling action shooter.
Why similar: Adventure 40.1%, Action 34.3%, Indie 25.6%
- #28 Unearthing Colossal
77% matchMixed42% of 31 reviews2016
Dev: Power Up to Maximum
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Take on the role of an epic titan of death named Reaper. Your nemesis the Bringer of Life has broken from tradition - the cycles of life - and created a sentient race known as the Humans. Now it's up to you as Reaper to complete the cleansing cycles of life and death.
Why similar: Adventure 40.1%, Action 34.3%, Indie 25.6%
- #29 Orphan
73% matchPositive80% of 45 reviews2018
Dev: Windy HillPub: 2Dimensions
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 2D sci-fi platformer about a young boy who may be the last survivor of an alien invasion. Under the cover of night, he ventures out in search of other life and to seek revenge against the machines that have taken over the Earth.
Why similar: Adventure 39.7%, Action 33.8%, Indie 26.5%
- #30 Last Anime Boy 2: Hentai Zombie Hell
74% matchMixed63% of 65 reviews2018
Dev: CSMPub: W.T.B.
Windows
In 2088, Nazi Muslims achieved great success in the field of chemical weapons and, not to fall into captivity and fight even after death with the infidels, they created a serum that turned them into zombies.
Why similar: Adventure 39.7%, Action 33.8%, Indie 26.5%
- #31 Gremlin Invasion: Survivor
76% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2015
Dev: CS Squared Games
Windows
Gremlin Invasion: Survivor is a co-op overhead action shooter. With 8 different levels to choose from and up to 8 players, you'll play together in a survival-style mission to blast away hordes of gremlins that have come to take you out.
Why similar: Adventure 39.8%, Action 34.4%, Indie 25.8%
- #32 Into the Ice
63% 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 39.1%, Action 34.9%, Indie 26.1%
- #33 Do Not Fall
74% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2014
Dev: XPEC Entertainment Inc.
Windows
Have you got what it takes to try out this challenging, intense and fast paced action-platform game? Think fast and think quick of where you are running as the tiles will start to disappear the moment you walked on it and the obstacles will be in your way to block you or knock you over. You can run. You can dash.
Why similar: Adventure 39.7%, Action 33.8%, Indie 26.5%
- #34 Edge of Twilight – Return To Glory
75% matchMostly Negative29% of 98 reviews2016
Dev: FUZZYEYES
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
"Edge of Twilight - Return to Glory" is a 3rd person action adventure game presenting a unique post-apocalyptic, Steampunk fantasy world that has been split into separate realms of Day and Night.
Why similar: Adventure 40.9%, Action 35.1%, Indie 24%
- #35 Explodey - Sci-fi Side Scroller w/ 'splosions
62% 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 39.1%, Action 34.9%, Indie 26.1%
- #36 The Platformer Gun
72% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Daniel Dante
Windows
Use your Platformer gun to create your way to surpass the obstacles and escape big evil dudes in 80+ levels!
Why similar: Adventure 39.7%, Action 33.9%, Indie 26.5%
- #37 Ku: Shroud of the Morrigan
77% matchMostly Negative26% of 94 reviews2014
Dev: bitSmith Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A Celt-punk action-adventure set in a future Ireland ravaged by technomagical war and economic collapse, humanity clings on by using the remnants of technology that survive. Our hero must venture into lands unexplored, twisted by strange and mythical powers.
Why similar: Adventure 41.4%, Action 32.6%, Indie 26%
- #38 WRONGED
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 40 reviews2017
Dev: Joshua Roland
Windows
WRONGED combines adventure-puzzle gameplay and a low-poly, pixelated art style with an oppressive horror atmosphere. Use only household items and your own wits to escape a warped, claustrophobic nightmare world shrouded in darkness.
Why similar: Adventure 39.9%, Action 33.4%, Indie 26.7%
- #39 Goo Saga
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 36 reviews2016
Dev: Toka Loka Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Goo Saga is a platform adventure game where the player guides an elastic creature named Goo in a perilous journey to find his creator – and with him, the mysterious purpose of his own creation. Will Goo succeed? Puzzles, deadly traps and an army of foes in a labyrinthine underwater lab block his way.
Why similar: Adventure 39.7%, Action 33.9%, Indie 26.5%
- #40 homicide
71% matchNegative6% of 17 reviews2019
Dev: KiKi
Windows
This is a decryption game (first-person perspective),The player is at a murder scene.The player must first find the body,Then find five clues scattered around the scene,Then you can pass the level.There are two levels in this game,The player focuses on the corpse or clue for more than 2s,Can trigger the dialog box (meanings the body or...
Why similar: Adventure 39.5%, Action 34.1%, Indie 26.4%
- #41 The Sheltered
73% matchMixed64% of 53 reviews2015
Dev: Benjamin FamigliettiPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 99%
"The Sheltered" is a top-down adventure game with an emphasis on exploration and decision making. Combining old school graphics and simple gameplay with modern storytelling and a multitude of choices, "The Sheltered" pushes a choice between safety and morals.
Why similar: Adventure 39.7%, Action 33.8%, Indie 26.5%
- #42 HAMMER WORLD: DIMENSION TRAVELER
61% 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 39.1%, Action 34.9%, Indie 26.1%
- #43 God Of Thunder
68% matchVery Positive98% of 128 reviews2017
Dev: RDavis
Windows
Action! Adventure! Puzzles! Corny humor! God Of Thunder is the full version of a 1994 shareware game that you've probably never heard of. It is now freeware, so have fun.
Why similar: Adventure 39.5%, Action 35.3%, Indie 25.2%
- #44 All Fall Down
73% matchMixed63% of 41 reviews2015
Dev: khos85
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Set in a distant future world, this is a unique first person shooter/platform/puzzle game where you need to find out why all the debris is falling and save your world from destruction.
Why similar: Adventure 39.7%, Action 33.9%, Indie 26.5%
- #45 Star Surveyor
60% 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 39.1%, Action 34.9%, Indie 26.1%
- #46 Beyond Arm's Reach
60% 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 39.1%, Action 34.9%, Indie 26.1%
- #47 The Body Changer
71% 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: Adventure 40.1%, Action 33.1%, Indie 26.8%
- #48 Glitchbuster
69% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: Rémi Vansteelandt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fix all glitches in the game before the release!
Why similar: Adventure 39.5%, Action 35.3%, Indie 25.2%
- #49 C15
67% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: aDeCon Production
Windows
This is a simple horror game, with an additional cooperative mode and an easy story about a scientist and his experiment on the brain.
Why similar: Adventure 39.5%, Action 35.3%, Indie 25.2%
- #50 Zarvot
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: by Sam Eng
Windows · Mac
Two things: a charming co-op adventure and a cutthroat competitive party game. Be a tiny, adorable cube with hopes, dreams, unrequited loves… and unlimited destructive power.
Why similar: Adventure 39.1%, Action 34.9%, Indie 26.1%
- #51 Cyborg Invasion Shooter
70% matchMixed45% of 58 reviews2017
Dev: Tero Lunkka
Windows
You are the only soldier that can save the world: Collect all the artifacts, kill several cyborgs and save the world
Why similar: Adventure 39.5%, Action 35.3%, Indie 25.2%
- #52 PLUTONIUM
70% matchMixed45% of 192 reviews2017
Dev: Ch.ZBK
Windows
PLUTONIUM: Distorted Shelter is a 2D adventure game about a major event that took place in a highly developed city state called Plutonium.
Why similar: Adventure 40.2%, Action 33%, Indie 26.8%
- #53 Escape From Space Shredder
69% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: s_unkPub: s_unk
Windows
The gameplay of the game is based on the ability to turn the game world while completing a maze with traps.This game Is Hardcore!
Why similar: Adventure 39.5%, Action 35.3%, Indie 25.2%