- #1 Salvage Unlimited
97% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: 0x20
Windows · Linux
Salvage Unlimited puts you in the captain’s seat of a small salvage company. Accept contracts, use your boat’s sonar to locate wrecks hidden beneath the water, and bring your finds back to port to complete jobs. Buy, sell, and upgrade your fleet to take on bigger contracts and earn greater rewards.
Why similar: Sailing 31.3% ★, Naval 30% ★, Underwater 22.8% ★, Exploration 10.2%, Adventure 5.5%
- #2 SOL CRESTA
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 114 reviews2022
Dev: PlatinumGames Inc.
Windows
SOL CRESTA, rise like the phoenix and take back the sun! Neo-Classic shooting strikes back! Dock, split, and form up! Pilot 3 fighters and take back the sun from the clutches of evil in this free-form shooting game with the spirit of 80s shooting classics Moon Cresta and Terra Cresta.
Why similar: Shooter 27.3%, Action 22.5%, Adventure 17.8%, Old School 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%
- #3 SKYHELL
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cube of Skill
Windows
Travel through time in the elevator of an old murder house. To survive, avoid killers and place cameras in the right spots to track their movements.
Why similar: Naval 25.6% ★, Sailing 21.5% ★, Underwater 18.3% ★, Shooter 12.6%, Action 7.3%
- #4 RZR
95% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: SeikaGames
Windows
Enter an island infested with zombies and try to survive. Search and collect weapons to stay alive. Move stealthily to avoid being detected and take care of your resources. Handle melee or firearms weapons to clear areas and be able to sleep peacefully
Why similar: Action 28.2%, Shooter 25.7%, Adventure 23.8%, Exploration 14.5%, 2D 6.6%
- #5 Anchors Aweigh
94% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Monkehs Studios
Windows
Shoot! Loot! Sail-Aboot! Blast your enemies to the depths below and loot 'em all in this action-packed sailing platformer! Plunder on the open seas but don't count on the creatures lurking below to stay there forever....
Why similar: Naval 40.2% ★, Sailing 36.2% ★, Action 12.1%, Exploration 6.3%, Adventure 4.5%
- #6 Pirate Tide
94% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Rawi Studio
Windows
Command your own warship and hunt down pirate fleets across perilous waters! Become the most fearless hunter of the seven seas in this pixel-art adventure blending classic arcade action with strategic naval maneuvers.
Why similar: Naval 36.7% ★, Action 22.4%, Adventure 19.2%, Nature 14.5%, 2D 6.2%
- #7 Slingshot Adventure
93% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Acará Game Studio
Windows
After making a slingshot Ralph decides to go on a journey between different scenarios to test his skills. Help him to overcome the challenges along his adventure.
Why similar: Adventure 23.3%, Action 22.7%, Shooter 22.2%, Nature 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
- #8 Diving Bear
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VaragtP
Windows
Play as a bear diving underwater to explore the ocean’s depths. Collect shells, plants, treasures, and other valuable items from the underwater world. Use your finds to upgrade your gear, allowing you to dive deeper. The deeper you go, the more secrets and hidden places you can discover.
Why similar: Underwater 37.8% ★, Action 16.7%, Adventure 15%, Exploration 9.3%, Nature 6.7%
- #9 Ships 2022
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TBDPub: SIG Publishing
Windows
Ships 22 is a combination of an economic strategy and a ship control simulator. Manage and upgrade your port, recruit a crew, carry out your mission and enjoy your sea adventures!
Why similar: Naval 45.6% ★, Sailing 37.5% ★, Adventure 7.8%, Exploration 7.6%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #10 Soup Adventure
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Green Lentille
Windows
A little boy runs errands for his grandma and embarks on an imaginary adventure full of dungeons, monsters to retrieve ingredients for tonight's soup.
Why similar: Action 22.7%, Adventure 19.7%, Nature 14.4%, Old School 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%
- #11 Salt and Sails
89% matchMixed65% of 17 reviews2021
Dev: DiaMMaxPub: Piece Of Voxel
Windows
Salt and Sails is a naval combat style game where you control a ship.
Why similar: Sailing 26.3% ★, Naval 24.5% ★, Underwater 18.6% ★, Shooter 11.8%, Nature 9.7%
- #12 Bird Assassin
89% matchVery Positive89% of 344 reviews2014
Dev: Social Loner Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Birds murdered your Pa! His final wishes are for vengeance. Take your Pa's rifle and kill as many birds as you can to avenge his death. Battle a variety of enemies and bosses on your quest to kill the bird that murdered your Pa.
Why similar: Action 43.1%, Adventure 32.7%, Shooter 24.2%
- #13 Deadly Stigma
88% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2018
Dev: Black Dragon Studio
Windows
Deadly Stigma is an exciting pixel shooter in Sci-Fi style. The action takes place on a spaceship built to transport the latest form of carbon life in the Universe. The central system was invaded by a virus created for destroying the Life Capsule. Your target is to stop it.
Why similar: Action 28.7%, Shooter 27.2%, Adventure 25.7%, Pixel Graphics 14%, 2D 4.3%
- #14 Super Meat Shooter
87% matchMostly Negative39% of 110 reviews2017
Dev: Drop_Dead_Fred (Фред)Pub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Retro first person shooter about love story with ocean of gore effects in an unusual world of strange dream with incredible creatures. 23 different levels, 12 types of enemies, 6 weapons and that's not all!
Why similar: Action 29.9%, Adventure 25.6%, Shooter 19.9%, Old School 15.9%, Retro 8.7%
- #15 Piratopia: Raiders of Pirate Bay
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Adi ZhavoPub: Project 99 Games
Windows
Set sail in the open seas and plunder solo, PvE or PvP. Trade goods for ship upgrades or equipments to hunt the Kraken, all in the same Server. Dominate by yourself or with maties. Arrrr for free!
Why similar: Naval 35.8% ★, Sailing 27% ★, Action 13.8%, Adventure 12.5%, Exploration 10.9%
- #16 DEFECTIVE
86% matchMostly Negative38% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: Evil Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 28%
You must save the world, whatever the cost...
Why similar: Shooter 40.4%, Action 34.8%, Adventure 24.8%
- #17 SURRENDER
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: .ToNg
Windows
Someone want you to die, but your choice is your... surrender or roll ahead!
Why similar: Action 34.9%, Adventure 29.6%, Old School 23.3%, 2D 10.3%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #18 Captain CigArrr
84% matchPositive100% of 33 reviews2022
Dev: Isaac SauerPub: Digital Arts & Entertainment
Windows
Captain CigArrr is a third-person naval combat game where the player has to focus on completing objectives and killing enemies on different maps.
Why similar: Naval 44.1% ★, Sailing 35.4% ★, Action 19.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #19 Azalea
83% matchPositive98% of 44 reviews2020
Dev: Rad Codex
Windows
A short, cute puzzle action-adventure through the tense and dangerous Forbidden Forest.
Why similar: Exploration 23%, Action 22.8%, Nature 17.2%, Adventure 15.2%, 2D 10.9%
- #20 Touhou Fantalica
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: おーるすぷりんぐ
Windows
Touhou Fantalica is a 2D shooting game based on the Touhou Project. Reimu is pulled into a magical book and must find her way out of a mysterious world.
Why similar: Shooter 36.1%, Action 35.3%, Pixel Graphics 15.5%, 2D 11.4%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #21 3 Days in the Abyss
82% match8 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2018
Dev: Hasiel_SarsbyPub: Gamaliel Studios
Windows
3 Days in the Abyss is a Biblical based 2D Top Down Action game, where the Spirit of the Savior must traverse through Hell for three days to find the Righteous Captives.
Why similar: Action 39.6%, Adventure 36%, Shooter 24.4%
- #22 ScubaVenture: The Search for Pirate's Treasure
81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: SoftdiskPub: Ziggurat
Windows
Scour the wreckage of a pirate ship in this colorful 2D side scrolling underwater action adventure! Fight off all manner of sea creatures and rival divers with your harpoon gun and bombs as you gather treasure but beware of ghastly pirate ghosts seeking to reclaim what was once theirs!
Why similar: Underwater 39.7% ★, Action 17.3%, Exploration 12%, Adventure 11.7%, Retro 8.2%
- #23 Cobot-Man Adventure
80% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: LIDO GAMES
Windows
Cobot-Man Adventure is an action shooter game against evil robots. It offers a fun and entertaining experience. Discover the excitement and amusement it provides with its action-adventure gameplay. Cobot-Man will face bosses of different kind during the adventure.
Why similar: Shooter 34.9%, Adventure 31.7%, Action 11.1%, Retro 10.5%, 2D 10.1%
- #24 Agent Stilus
81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: CuberZPub: CasGame
Windows
Agent Stilus is a 2D side-scrolling platformer shooter. Omega Corp creates implants and chips for implantation into people.
Why similar: Adventure 28.9%, Action 28.3%, Shooter 28%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #25 Dead eat dead
79% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Five star apps
Windows
This is a retro style 2D pixel art survival adventure shooter. You control a character armed with a shotgun and grenades. You need to search level for supplies and keys to open locked doors. You can push and move boxes and fuel barrels located on game levels.
Why similar: Shooter 23.5%, Action 22.6%, Adventure 19.4%, Old School 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
- #26 XeGrader plus
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tokihiro NAITO
Windows · Linux
A fantasy shooter where exploration and gimmicks are keys to victory. In a world of meticulous pixel art, uncover secrets hidden in every stage. Collect powerful upgrades, defeat fantasy monsters with precise shooting, and forge the world's fate!
Why similar: Shooter 26%, Action 23%, Adventure 14%, Exploration 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%
- #27 TAKEUMA 2D
79% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Satoru Kawaguchi
Windows
This is a 2D action game in which you take a boy on TAKEUMA to the top of a tower. The boy cannot stop because he is on TAKEUMA, but the controls are very easy. This game is perfect for those who enjoy challenging actions and the sense of accomplishment that comes after many attempts.
Why similar: Action 27.3%, Adventure 23.5%, Exploration 14.9%, Nature 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
- #28 Welcome Home 2
77% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: Vitruvian CaféPub: Catherine Burke
Windows
David is trapped in his grandmother's basement, help him escape! Warning: flashing images and disturbing imagery
Why similar: Action 31.8%, Adventure 26.4%, Exploration 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, 2D 9.3%
- #29 ATLAS レジェンドパック
78% matchMixed65% of 17 reviews2015
Dev: ARTDINKPub: KOMODO
Windows
Maritime Simulation/Adventure games in the 15th and 16th century race for the New World. Third in the Artdink Legend Pack series. This game is only available in Japanese.
Why similar: Naval 44% ★, Sailing 36.3% ★, Exploration 12.2%, 2D 4.8%, Retro 2.2%
- #30 RESCAPE
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GRVVV
Windows
Rescape is a 2D vertical-scrolling action-adventure game. The player controls a child who goes on a journey to see the outside of the underworld. Climbing the seamless world, the player will make friends, get equipment for climbing, fight enemies, and discover the secret of the world.
Why similar: Action 29.7%, Adventure 25.5%, Exploration 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, 2D 8.9%
- #31 Machine Crisis (陨星危机)
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2017
Dev: 跳跃网络
Windows
Machine Crisis is a sci-fi VR shooter, player fight gigantic bio-mechs with guts and wits
Why similar: Action 54.7%, Shooter 45.3%
- #32 Magic Runes
75% matchMixed48% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: Daniel Li
Windows
Magic Runes - An exciting 3D game with adventure elements. You have to go on a dangerous adventure across a mysterious island full of ancient dinosaurs. Your goal is to cleanse the lands of darkness and return peace and tranquility to these lands!
Why similar: Shooter 28.6%, Action 26.9%, Adventure 26.6%, Exploration 16.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #33 DIMENSIONS
74% matchMixed51% of 119 reviews2024
Dev: Villano Wild Studio
Windows
Dimensions: Each level is a new challenge in a different universe. Explore, adapt, and overcome in an interdimensional journey full of surprises.
Why similar: Shooter 32.3%, Action 31.6%, Adventure 27.2%, 2D 7.9%, Singleplayer 1%
- #34 Dive
76% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: Bala Vicknesh
Windows
Dive is a 2d pixel art platformer that takes place underwater. You cannot jump in this game, instead you use the ability to raise and lower pillars of water to gain vertical movement and solve puzzles.
Why similar: Underwater 41.8% ★, Adventure 35.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, 2D 8.1%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #35 Auf Wiedersehen Monty (CPC/Spectrum)
75% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Gremlin GraphicsPub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
In this classic platformer from 1987, take on the role of noted small subterranean mammal criminal Monty Mole, fleeing across Europe from the forces of Intermole. Can you collect enough cash to buy an island paradise and live in luxury?
Why similar: Exploration 21.7%, Action 18.4%, Adventure 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Old School 11.8%
- #36 El Cipitío: The Cuscatlecan Legends
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ILLUSION GAMES
Windows
El Cipitio and the Cuscatleca Legends is a retro game with 16-bit pixel art style. It is a top-down twin-stick shooter. This 2D shooting game with a top-down perspective combines retro gameplay mechanics with a story based on Salvadoran folklore.
Why similar: Shooter 32.6%, Action 18.3%, Adventure 15.1%, Old School 10.4%, 2D 9.9%
- #37 Illegal Excavation
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Myeksi Studio
Windows
What would it be like if a mysterious force called you while you were going to end your life? Welcome to Yusuf's exciting journey.Finding the mysteries and signs of true history, assemble the pieces and solve the mystery. Only you can solve this mystery by bypassing traps and being caught by enemies
Why similar: Action 32.7%, Adventure 28%, Nature 19.6%, Exploration 17.1%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #38 Ratcheteer DX
70% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2026
Dev: Shaun InmanPub: Panic
Windows · Mac
Explore the interconnected caverns below the frozen surface and a vast Snowcean above as you set out to rescue friend, foe, and stranger alike in this lo-fi action-adventure!
Why similar: Action 27.8%, Adventure 23.9%, Old School 14%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, 2D 8.7%
- #39 Wizhood: The Epic of Freedom
73% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: VuthaxPub: Roar Entertainment
Windows
Wizhood:The Epic of Freedom is an action-platformer game that treats the story of king who tries to save his kingdom. People of Troburg must be saved from this trouble!
Why similar: Action 35.9%, Adventure 32.9%, Shooter 16.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, 2D 5.8%
- #40 Bombini
73% matchPositive83% of 29 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
A game about bees trying to survive, collect pollen, sustain your hive, and watch out for scary spiders!
Why similar: Action 39%, Adventure 35.9%, Nature 15.8%, Exploration 9.3%
- #41 Frikin the Laser Shark
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Salty Duck Studios
Windows
A 2D bullet hell platform shooter where you play as a normal shark...with a laser strapped to his head. Battle through worlds to defeat the dastardly denizens of the deep lead by the mean mustachio'd menace himself!
Why similar: Underwater 38.6% ★, Shooter 25.7%, Action 18.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, 2D 7.5%
- #42 Invincible Fins
72% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Reggelente
Windows
A game recommended for younger kids. You control a little fish that just got back to the ocean from a thrown away aquarium. Explore the colorful underwater world, collect treasures, avoid dangers and find your new home.
Why similar: Underwater 40.6% ★, Adventure 22.3%, Exploration 16.7%, Nature 15.1%, 2D 4%
- #43 Rural Cat Trails
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hibikai Games
Windows
Explore Nanoha Town, in the Japanese countryside, during the cherry blossom season as a cat. Use unique cat actions like Wall Jump, Dig, Paw Swat and Wiggle Butt Dash to make your way to Sakurana Shrine, a place of memories with your late Grandpa.
Why similar: Exploration 24.7%, Action 20%, Nature 17.5%, Adventure 16.6%, 2D 10.9%
- #44 Nami
71% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Expresso Studios
Windows
Nami é um jogo de Terror em pixel arte baseado no litoral brasileiro e nas obras de Junji Ito.
Why similar: Shooter 29.6%, Exploration 21.4%, Action 17%, Adventure 13.9%, 2D 9.3%
- #45 Hope is Fading
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: art by rens publishing
Windows
In a war torn future, play as a robot piecing together your damaged frame, scavenge for parts and engage in fast paced combat.
Why similar: Action 25.2%, Shooter 24.3%, Adventure 21.7%, Exploration 14.3%, Nature 13.8%
- #46 Sorcerer's Path
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Gwendolyn Brown
Windows · Mac
An adventure vertical shooter where straight is not the only direction!
Why similar: Action 51.6%, Adventure 48.4%
- #47 The baron got you again
70% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: XXII GROUP
Windows
In The baron got you again you play as a secret agent, prisonner from a cell in the middle of Argentina, inside the secret base of the vile Baron Von Rimmel. Your mission : escape, and as fast as possible. Search the different rooms to discover the bunker's exit without being noticed.
Why similar: Action 51.6%, Adventure 48.4%
- #48 Cannon Fire: Bloody Sea
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gamenesis
Windows · Mac
Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! It's not an easy task, being a captain of a ship, and to constantly defend it against enemy ships is even harder. Run your crew, complete missions and defeat the Pirate Leader!
Why similar: Naval 39.6% ★, Sailing 32.7% ★, Adventure 8.2%, Action 7.7%, 2D 5.3%
- #49 Thunder Paw
69% matchMixed68% of 40 reviews2019
Dev: SergioPoverony
Windows
«Mom! Dad!» Thunder screamed alarmed. He ran home, but found nobody there.
Why similar: Action 37.8%, Adventure 32.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Exploration 12%, 2D 5.9%
- #50 The Caribbean Sail
68% matchVery Positive94% of 524 reviews2017
Dev: Victorian Clambake
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Name your crew, purchase supplies, sail the world, harpoon fish, plunder your enemies, die horribly, unlock a new Captain and do it all over again!
Why similar: Sailing 34.8% ★, Naval 31.3% ★, Adventure 9%, Action 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
- #51 FISH³: FISHTASTIC FISHING FISHSCAPES
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bakery of Games
Windows · Linux
FISH³ is high-octane, surreal speed-fishing adventure where your boat is powered by fish! Engage in time-attack stages, dual-rod fishing, and underwater spear-fishing in a dreamlike world teeming with bizarre aquatic creatures.
Why similar: Naval 35.1% ★, Sailing 32% ★, Underwater 23.7% ★, Adventure 7.9%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #52 Make Sail
68% matchMixed55% of 110 reviews2018
Dev: Popcannibal
Windows · Mac · Linux
Make boats and sail them. Survive an ocean of storms and beasts to find better pieces to make your ship bigger, faster, stronger, prettier, stranger, wilder: more yours.
Why similar: Sailing 37.1% ★, Naval 34.6% ★, Exploration 11%, Adventure 9%, Action 8.2%
- #53 Arcanion: Tale of Magi
68% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: JaymoniusPub: MoniusProductions
Windows
Arcanion: Tale of Magi is a retro-style platformer that tells the story of a fledgling warrior Magi, and she and her allies must recover a book from a thief who seeks to use its powers to carry out his revenge.
Why similar: Action 28%, Shooter 26.1%, Adventure 23.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, 2D 6.4%
- #54 Tinhead
67% matchMixed50% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: MicroprosePub: Piko Interactive LLC
Windows
Leap, slide, hop, fly and shoot your way through wacky worlds and super-tricky challenging levels as you guide Tinhead to free the stars. Take on pesky spinning Krystals, relentless flying Saw-Sirs and hordes of mega-tough bosses.
Why similar: Action 53.8%, Adventure 46.2%
- #55 It Runs Red
67% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: Ross WintersPub: Active Sun Games
Windows
Explore a corrupted city and vanquish evil by fighting off an onslaught of larger than life Demons.
Why similar: Action 53.8%, Adventure 46.2%
- #56 Croc's World Construction Kit
67% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Sprakelsoft GmbH
Windows
Play and create custom levels of Croc's World! You can publish them on the internet and other players can play them as well!
Why similar: Action 53.8%, Adventure 46.2%
- #57 Sacrifice Dungeon
67% matchNegative13% of 38 reviews2018
Dev: XMINutesGames
Windows
Sacrifice Dungeon is an FPS that pays homage to the FPS of old. The game is built on Ray Casting technology, simple yet challenging. Fight your way through hordes of monsters while collecting items and increasing your high score. Find the source of evil that is causing great turmoil to the village of Riksbruk!
Why similar: Action 53.8%, Adventure 46.2%
- #58 Bootleg Systems
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Neonable
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bootleg Systems™ is a Cyberpunk First-Person Shooter and Puzzle Platformer. The game features a Single-Player Immersive Storyline, a Retro Sci-Fi Universe, and the Game-Changing Clone Gun™.
Why similar: Action 53.9%, Adventure 46.1%