- #1 Super Man Or Monster
97% matchVery Positive93% of 168 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 39.5%, Adventure 32.7%, Indie 27.8%
- #2 HeartZ: Co-Hope Puzzles
96% matchPositive88% of 24 reviews2016
Dev: Upper BytePub: Spawn Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
HeartZ offers you a hearty combination of platform, action, puzzle and local co-op gaming. Outsmart traps and solve mysteries in each room and level while getting rid of Dr. Nylus' soldiers and machines! Kick, jump, fart, scare, bite... your way through mischievously designed levels!
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #3 Fractal
96% 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 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #4 Randall
95% 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: Action 38.1%, Adventure 35.4%, Indie 26.5%
- #5 Gum Guy
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 23 reviews2017
Dev: Nickana Studio
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 99%
This tough energetic 2D platformer challenges you. The plot is fun and the main hero is terribly cute. Gum Guy lives in the drains with his gum family. But the soul calls for adventures. One day our hero gets lost. You become his guide through the dangers and wonders of the city above his home.
Why similar: Action 50.3%, Adventure 29%, Indie 20.7%
- #6 Phantom Trigger
94% matchMixed58% of 94 reviews2017
Dev: Bread TeamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Phantom Trigger is a vivid hardcore slasher with elements of an RPG and a roguelike. Your world is made up of sick fantasies, you are a phantom. Accept it or stop your treatment.
Why similar: Action 37.7%, Adventure 36.4%, Indie 26%
- #7 Deadly Edge
93% 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: Action 37%, Adventure 36%, Indie 27%
- #8 Subaeria
92% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2018
Dev: iLLOGIKA
Windows
Subaeria is an intense action puzzler where players use their wits to manipulate their enemies into destroying each other.
Why similar: Action 37.3%, Adventure 37%, Indie 25.6%
- #9 Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2017
Dev: OrionSoft
Windows · Linux
Discover a futuristic fast-paced platformer game in pixel art. The game takes place in three different environments (prison, desert, forest) and is interspersed with 2 mini-games, including a reversed “Shoot’em Up” and an original rappelling game!
Why similar: Adventure 37.5%, Action 36.6%, Indie 25.9%
- #10 The Planet of the Vicious Creatures
91% matchMixed63% of 16 reviews2016
Dev: Jorge Giner Cordero
Windows
An old-school platformer set in outer space.
Why similar: Adventure 37.5%, Action 36.6%, Indie 25.9%
- #11 Destroy Space Aliens
90% matchMixed65% of 17 reviews2017
Dev: Flying Fire, LLC
Windows
Challenge yourself and enter the castle of the Legendary Sir Frank Jones V to destroy invading space aliens! Slash, blast, and dash your way to victory in this retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Why similar: Adventure 37.5%, Action 36.6%, Indie 25.9%
- #12 Pilli Adventure
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: TavoPub: Calaca studios
Windows
Influenced by retro classics Mega Man and Castlevania, Pilli Adventure features the Pilli & Paco as they blast their way through 7 levels of fun, fast paced 2D action based on the Pilli Adventure online comic.
Why similar: Adventure 37.5%, Action 36.6%, Indie 25.9%
- #13 God Of Thunder
86% matchVery Positive98% of 123 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 37.6%, Action 36.8%, Indie 25.6%
- #14 Lost Bros
88% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2016
Dev: Wheat Muffin Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 98%
In Lost Bros simultaneously control three independent characters as they travel through time to save their kidnapped friend. Gunman, Shieldman, and Swordman must cooperate with unique abilities to solve puzzles and fight bad guys.
Why similar: Adventure 37.6%, Action 36.7%, Indie 25.7%
- #15 Slime-san: Blackbird's Kraken
87% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2017
Dev: FabrazPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
The notorious Blackbird's kracked, I mean, cracked! He believes Slime-san stole his treasure and unleashed his giant Kraken upon him! Sound familiar? It is now up to Slime-san to escape the giant squid's jaws back out to freedom!
Why similar: Adventure 37.6%, Action 36.7%, Indie 25.7%
- #16 Glitchbuster
84% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: Rémi Vansteelandt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fix all glitches in the game before the release!
Why similar: Adventure 37.6%, Action 36.8%, Indie 25.6%
- #17 Sweet Magic Madness
86% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: Alejandro Ibrahim OjeaPub: Eternal CODE Studio
Windows · Linux
Challenge your friends in a crazy, wild and frenetic fight with an overwhelming amount of characters, objects and stages. As you play, you will unlock new things, obtaining different, weird-looking and awesome variety.
Why similar: Adventure 37.6%, Action 36.8%, Indie 25.6%
- #18 Funtoon's World
84% matchMixed50% of 18 reviews2017
Dev: Yash Future Tech Solutions Pvt Ltd
Windows
Funtoon's World is amazing adventurous game with 25 Levels. Get Ready to enter Funtoon's World with amazing Excitement in each Level. Get Ready to face different monsters and earn as much coins as you can to get highest score.
Why similar: Adventure 37.6%, Action 36.8%, Indie 25.6%
- #19 Captain's Tail
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Biting Mascot
Windows
Dash into action as the fluffiest pirate of the Seven Seas! Take on platforming challenges and explore a variety of islands.
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #20 C15
81% 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 37.6%, Action 36.8%, Indie 25.6%
- #21 Into the Ice
74% 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 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #22 Lightning War
82% matchMixed56% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: Diantong Intelligence Tech. Shanghai Co.,Ltd.
Windows
With hard work of two member team, the first series of the Lighting war finally go online. Hoping everyone enjoy this battle game. Always wondering who's driving the jets, will be a beauty?
Why similar: Adventure 37.6%, Action 36.8%, Indie 25.6%
- #23 Cyborg Invasion Shooter
82% 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 37.6%, Action 36.8%, Indie 25.6%
- #24 Escape From Space Shredder
81% 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 37.6%, Action 36.8%, Indie 25.6%
- #25 Midnight Awake
79% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: KRISSADA LAEBUTPub: BEBONOZM
Windows
Midnight Awake is a horror adventure game. The story begins when a boy wakes up at the middle of the night and faces with some mysterious events. His dad is missing and what should he do with the strange phone call? Let’s find out what happened to him and his family.
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #26 D.F.R.: The Light
80% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Nothing Rhymes With Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Unprepared and helpless, you are taken to a dark place where a mysterious light hunts you. In this relentlessly terrifying survival horror game, you must use your wits to stay alive long enough to extinguish the light, or perish trying. The light is crafty and observant, so this won't be an easy challenge.
Why similar: Adventure 37.6%, Action 36.8%, Indie 25.6%
- #27 Explodey - Sci-fi Side Scroller w/ 'splosions
71% 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 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #28 Pep-Pel
67% matchPositive85% of 34 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 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #29 I_AM.exe
69% 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 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #30 Divide
78% matchMixed45% of 11 reviews2017
Dev: Exploding Tuba Studios
Windows
Divide is a character-driven, science fiction action/adventure game with a modern take on isometric adventures of the past. Search for clues that reveal new insight into the story, interact with fully realized characters, and combat enemies by hacking out of sight, or launching a direct assault.
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #31 DUSTWUN
68% 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 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #32 Fractal Chicken
77% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: FireSine LLC
Windows
Explore, craft, fight, and build your way through multiple infinite voxel worlds, look at fractals, have a good time! Play multiple game modes, builld automated machines, chop trees, build a base, turn into a helicopter, upgrade weapons and equipment and more! Oh, and most importantly, awaken true fractal power!
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #33 Talewind
79% matchMixed59% of 111 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 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #34 Stickman World
67% 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 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #35 Super Bugman Extreme Ultra
76% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: SyKoHPaTh
Windows
A unique 2D platformer with puzzle elements where you can jump, pick stuff up, place it down, throw onions, and use special abilities on enemies. Play through the Story Mode, have fun in Creative Mode, tackle the Procedural generated Chaos levels, and even design your own levels in the level editor.
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #36 Flight 732
76% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: Ghere Games
Windows
Explore the island to find the missing jetliner. Once found, can you find a way to help you and your captain off of the island?
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #37 Questria: Rise of the Robot Skullfaces
78% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2015
Dev: AltImage Games
Windows · Mac
Questria is a multiplayer action dungeon crawler. Grab your pals and save Friendship from the evil Robot Skullfaces!
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #38 Rainbow Step
75% matchVery Positive90% of 50 reviews2017
Dev: AMG GAMES
Windows
Teru Teru Bouzu, with the mysterious ability to clear the rain, journeys though the world in this 3D adventure game. Why is it always raining in this magical world? Solve the mystery by using the mysterious ability to clear the rain while riding rainbows to explore this magical world.
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #39 To Hell With Dave
65% 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 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #40 Beyond Arm's Reach
64% 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 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #41 PRE:ONE
72% matchMixed67% of 30 reviews2018
Dev: PDDSPub: PDDS ENT
Windows
There’s always more than one path to victory. Use your own strategy to defeat Peyton, the mastermind of the Second Generation, and claim your freedom
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #42 Chicken with Chainguns
73% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: Nuts and Volts Electronics
Windows
The big bad fox crushed your hen's eggs and you aren't having it...take up arms and show him who is boss! Use your chainguns to get revenge.
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #43 Wicked Witches
74% 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 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #44 Virtual Pirate VR
72% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: MAMMOSSIX Co., Ltd.
Windows
Shooting & Slice Action Position Tracking (Move / Evasion) Vs Giant Boss Battle (Kraken) 2~6P PvP Team Battle
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #45 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 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #46 Slug Slasher
61% 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 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #47 HAMMER WORLD: DIMENSION TRAVELER
60% 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 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #48 Black Mist
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: Nyan_Fort
Windows
Black Mist is a 2D, roguelike action game. All stages are covered by darkness, thus it is necessary to shoot shiny bullets to the darkness and move carefully. Bullets and your life are shared as "Energy", and the enemy's power and ferocity will be increase with the passage of time.
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #49 Above
58% 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 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #50 Tom vs. The Armies of Hell
70% 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 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #51 Zarya and the Cursed Skull
70% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: Rodz
Windows
“Zarya and the Cursed Skull” is an action-adventure game that tells a story based on a fantastic novel. In addition, several dungeons filled with creatures and puzzles await you.
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #52 Project X
70% matchMostly Negative33% of 18 reviews2017
Dev: Bulls Bros
Windows
Two teenagers were disappeared in the vicinity of the Grackham National Park. At night a roar is heard from the forest. Nearby, a group of archaeologists finds a cave and skull of an unknown creature.
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #53 DNO Rasa's Journey
71% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2015
Dev: EZDesigner
Windows
Guide Rasa on her journey as she collects lost DNA, and breathes life back into the broken planet. DNO is a continuous side-scrolling platformer that shows remnants of the once great planet Lira. Unlock creatures that once dwelled here, through the use of a unique card collection system, and use power-ups to make your way through each...
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #54 RECHARGE COMPLETE
57% 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 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #55 Lost Borderline
67% matchPositive96% of 25 reviews2018
Dev: PigeonCube Studios
Windows
Lost Borderline is a retro pixel-art, hack & slash puzzle-crawler where the boundaries of reality are broken, giving you creative control over the sides of the screen to solve puzzles and defeat enemies.
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.5%