- #1 Robosoul
97% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: WorldAxis
Windows
Robosoul is a dynamic and innovative action-adventure game that combines old-school FPS action, two worlds to explore, strategic gameplay elements and stealth mechanic.
Why similar: Action 55.5%, Indie 40.9%, Adventure 3.6%
- #2 Dungeon Bosses
96% matchMixed42% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: Kiiega
Windows
Dungeon Bosses is a classic game with bosses and unusual style. The game also has an interesting story, which is revealed in the course of game progress.
Why similar: Action 55.1%, Indie 40.5%, 2D 4.4%
- #3 Aftermath Y2K
96% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #4 IS -Infinite Stratos- Versus Colors
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2019
Dev: PROJECT YNP
Windows
High-speed 3D action battler! Control the world's strongest powered exoskeleton in Infinite Stratos and aim for the top! Manipulate the varios IS! Master an array of equipment!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #5 Space Robot Samurai Zombie Slayer
95% matchMixed65% of 23 reviews2015
Dev: Brandon Brizzi
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 32%
We are not alone in the universe, its filled with Zombies! To combat them mankind invented their most efficient weapon yet: the Space Robot Samurai Zombie Slayer. ONLY YOU can pilot the powerful Space Robot Samurai Zombie Slayer to fight the Space Zombie horde!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #6 Destroyer: Invasion
94% matchMixed55% of 22 reviews2017
Dev: MFAFB Games LLC
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
In Soviet Russia, Space Hears You Scream! Earth is a memory, its children have escaped to their new colonies spread among the stars. But now, the young colonies face a new and unexpected threat. Join the New Russian Republic as they fight for the future!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #7 Operation KREEP
93% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2016
Dev: Magic Item Tech
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An extraterrestrial organism threatens deep space exploration missions! Only trained personnel working as a team can eliminate these infestations. But, the corporation financing the space endeavor has a private mail for you: Cold hard cash for the alien alive! Which side will you choose?
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #8 Ethanol in dungeon
91% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: オートリ電子
Windows
千鳥足になりながら、フロアにいる敵を全滅させよう。タイミングが全て!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #9 HERO-E
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 44 reviews2017
Dev: Osky Studios
Windows
Explore a world of underground caves, rescuing swimmers who have been kidnapped by a mysterious black hand ...
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #10 Ride the Bullet
92% matchMixed55% of 20 reviews2015
Dev: Jordan Sendar
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a gun for hire with nothing to your name but your rifle and a single bullet. You have a special gift. You can control this bullet. Your objectives: take jobs, kill, build your reputation, and work your way up the crime ladder.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #11 Delay
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 28 reviews2017
Dev: Matt FrankPub: baconlovarstudios
Windows
Inspired by Superhot, Delay is a fast-paced action platformer in which the player must manipulate time to cheat death and defeat their enemies.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #12 PARSE ALLY
89% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: wHDinc.
Windows
The ancient system, without waiting for help, was destroyed. You are next. Yes? You and the survivors, grouped to repel the onslaught of the intruders. Of course, not all people will support you: there are those who are more interested in continuing the existing conflicts.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #13 Abstract Arena
89% matchMixed52% of 29 reviews2017
Dev: Credici
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Abstract Arena is a top-down action-shooter game set in a completely abstract context. Up to 6 different ships can clash in the Arena, taking advantage of all of the unique and balanced skills each of them possesses.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #14 Seconds to Square
87% matchMostly Positive78% of 67 reviews2017
Dev: Fast Fall Studios
Windows · Mac
Seconds to Square is a momentum-based action-platformer where players draw boxes to manipulate time.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #15 Gare Sapphire Mechs
88% matchMixed69% of 51 reviews2015
Dev: Prexen Studios
Windows
A polished top down action shooter set in a digital like world with upgradable mechs.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #16 Project MALLOW
86% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2017
Dev: Aggressive Combustion
Windows
As MALLOW, launch yourself through over 100 levels of brutal and punishing puzzle platforming. Reach the end of each level to help MALLOW escape. But not everything is as it seems: earning stars will allow you and MALLOW to venture further into Paragon Confections’ factory, and uncover dangerous secrets…
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #17 Revenge on the Streets
84% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2019
Dev: Del_PlayerPub: DEL PLAYER
Windows
In the year 201X, a policeman was beaten by bandits and becomes unconscious, his fighter sister Karina Kickboxing decides to do justice with his own hands, and part in seeking of REVENGE IN THE STREETS
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #18 Celestial Breach
86% matchMixed46% of 26 reviews2017
Dev: Dark Nebulae
Windows
Celestial Breach is a Coop arcade flight game in a Sci-Fi setting, Focused on team play VS NPC. It contains a lots of the old school arcade flight sim components, while being refreshing by focusing on cooperation and adding more exotic weapons, abilities, and GamePlay mechanics.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #19 Cecconoid
81% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #20 Fist's Elimination Tower
82% matchPositive93% of 42 reviews2017
Dev: Impostor Cat Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A 2D platformer in which you play as randomly generated contestants that have to bounce their way to the top of an obstacle course full of robots, electric currents, explosives, and fists.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #21 Engineer Arena
81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: WaveParadigmPub: WaveParadigm LLC
Windows
Engineer Arena is a frantic first-person shooter centered around earning "bits" used to buy weapons, grenades, and new abilities at any time, and using those to defeat your friends in classic console-inspired split-screen FPS action.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #22 Cyborg Rage
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 29 reviews2016
Dev: Ragiva Games
Windows
Cyborg Rage is a multiplayer space shooter featuring cooperative online action. Work with your brave wingmen to destroy all hostile starships before they destroy you. Master the advantages of your ship and defeat your enemies!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #23 Waveform Wipeout
74% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Charcoal City GamesPub: Brinkbit, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Waveform Wipeout combines the fast paced action of pulling off a sick combo of tricks with the novelty of rhythm games. The levels are generated based on the song you pick, so the possibilities are endless.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #24 Fleeting Ages
84% matchMostly Negative29% of 31 reviews2016
Dev: R&G Software
Windows
Fleeting Ages is an open world game with strong survival elements and with a constantly changing world and ages. The game features a huge open island and seven time periods that change as the player progresses.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #25 BrotherZ
82% matchMostly Negative27% of 15 reviews2017
Dev: ID Group
Windows
Old school first-person shooter in cartoon style. Postwar time, people get into squads and fight. 8 types of weapons in combat, classic game modes, the ability to be a zombie or a man, as well as a double jump and firejump.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #26 The Technician
79% matchPositive88% of 24 reviews2018
Dev: Dumb Game Company
Windows
The Technician is a VR action puzzle game about hacking your way through security systems. Usually while being shot at.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #27 Solar Fighters
79% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Jhonatas da Silva Farias
Windows
Help Gaia fight battles to protect her prestige given by the Sun. Gaia is the most lucky among the others 4 personas in the Solar System, this leads to a rebellion intended to stole the Gaia's glory.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #28 Break The Food Chain
80% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: TEHO GamesPub: Caffeine Overdose
Windows
Break The Food Chain is an arcade game about cute little animals shooting at each other in the face like there is no tomorrow.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #29 Botlike - a robot's rampage
78% matchVery Positive84% of 61 reviews2017
Dev: Binji
Windows
Botlike - loot and shoot your way through hordes of robots or die trying. Play as S.I.R. - a grumpy old warbot on his path to revenge. Use your ever-growing arsenal of weapons, upgrades and powerful items to defeat an evil and totalitarian robot league. Grab your top hat and let the rampage begin!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #30 Music of the Spheres
77% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Hamish Todd
Windows
A puzzle game about bouncing bullets, Islamic art, and sound
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #31 America's Retribution
77% matchPositive91% of 46 reviews2018
Dev: Ed Findlay
Windows
Pitted against USA's fiercest foes, you either win or America loses. Side scrolling retro shooter.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #32 Hyper Void
78% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2017
Dev: IN|Framez Technology Corp.
Windows
Punch your way through waves of enemies and bosses as you travel through volatile and crazy wormholes, all rendered in high-quality 3D with a heart-pumping progressive soundtrack in 29+ challenging levels!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #33 Ruination
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 32 reviews2019
Dev: Zachary Lee
Windows
Navigate a hostile alien world full of monstrous creatures! Battle mighty bosses! Wield a vast array of brutal weaponry! Fight your way to the core of the planet and complete your mission... or die.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #34 Cars Arena
74% matchMixed62% of 26 reviews2018
Dev: PixelPlex
Windows
Cars Arena is an online 2-8 player deathmatch action game.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #35 Dinosaur Hunt First Blood
75% matchMixed54% of 240 reviews2017
Dev: Racing BrosPub: ANPA.US
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 17%
Dinosaur Hunt First Blood is a sequel to a first Dinosaur Hunt game and is a chaotic first person shooter that confronts heavily armed players with the most horrifying dino-humans.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #36 Birth of a Hunter
72% matchMixed60% of 20 reviews2019
Dev: Alex TrittPub: Alex Tritt
Windows
Birth of a Hunter is a metroidvania style 2D platformer, with the twist that a huge new map is generated every time you start a new game.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #37 Starship Rubicon
75% matchPositive84% of 44 reviews2015
Dev: WickworksPub: Cheerful Ghost
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Starship Rubicon is a modern take on the classic space shooter genre. It's a smart and challenging rogue-lite that features a unique control scheme, pixel art remixed with NASA photographs, and an existential crisis about who is REALLY the monster.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #38 Exocomets
73% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: Matthew Giordano
Windows · Mac · Linux
Exocomets is a basic yet difficult action game where you try to survive as long as possible against incoming waves of comets. One hit, and your ship is dead. Survive for as long as possible by collecting powerups and stars to beat every level!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #39 BitShift: BattleGrid
73% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #40 S#arp Shooter
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Complex Infinity
Windows
Guns fire and enemies attack based on music you choose from your library in S#arp Shooter - a VR game where you are dropped into an action movie scene and must stylishly shoot your way out!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #41 Paladin
72% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #42 GunWorld
76% matchMostly Negative31% of 72 reviews2015
Dev: m07games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Plant seeds to grow guns in a challenging retro platformer.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #43 Mage Guard: The Last Grimoire
61% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Hashbang Games
Windows
Mage Guard is one of the world's first truly gesture based spell casting games for VR. Take on the role of a Guild Mage, tasked with guarding the Guild’s most powerful relic, "The Grimoire". Being the last of its kind, you will defend it against countless waves of enemies that are trying to obtain the precious relic.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #44 Mustdashe
71% matchMixed60% of 15 reviews2017
Dev: Chris GermanoPub: Pilone Consulting
Windows
You have sixty seconds to make everything look awesome! Unleash the force of facial hair with the fabled Stash Knuckles and rack up points to get highscores and unlock achievements.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #45 Brutal MooD
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quad Damage Games
Windows
Brutal MooD™ — is a fast-paced top-down bloody shooter that features classic elements of games from nineties.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #46 Lots of Balls
69% matchPositive82% of 34 reviews2018
Dev: Paddle Team
Windows
Lots of Balls is a not-so-new game from our brand-not-so-new team based on a... not so brand new concept, BUT with a lot of brand new twists!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #47 Maddening Euphoria
70% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2017
Dev: Chequered Ink Ltd.
Windows
A unique, challenging, unnecessarily colourful arcade game with randomly generated circular level design and a wall of death.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #48 The Executioner: Prologue
59% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #49 MC Lars: The Video Game
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2016
Dev: Synersteel Studio, LLC
Windows · Mac
Jump, fight, and fly your way through a dozen songs from MC Lars’ discography!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #50 BackSlash
70% matchPositive83% of 23 reviews2017
Dev: Skeleton Crew Studio
Windows · Mac
BackSlash is a spell casting brawler featuring style-mixing, arena destruction, and accelerating duels. Combine two styles to plunge into a dance of destruction through flying blades, bone breaking punches and devastating spells.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #51 Romguns
66% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: AstroPub: Bitlock Studio
Windows
ROMGUNS is a dynamic and hardcore platformer, action shooter with a side view.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #52 GoatPunks
67% matchMixed68% of 31 reviews2018
Dev: Alberto SantiagoPub: Studio Canvas
Windows · Mac · Linux
GoatPunks is a rip-roaring king of the hill multiplayer game of goats, mountains, fireballs and good ole head-butting action. Can you hoof it to the top and stay there?
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #53 Breaking Bones
70% matchMixed43% of 14 reviews2016
Dev: Duplicator Studio
Windows
Breaking Bones is a survival game using the technology of photogrammetry. It's a First Person Melee game with some shooting component. Travel the world through quarries, islands, forests, mountains, deserts and more. Fight skeletons, dragons and dinosaurs. At your disposal a large number of deadly weapons, catapults and bows.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #54 8bit Arena
67% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: CouchCompetitive
Windows
Invite and battle your friends in this retro style local multiplayer action game. Choose your character, each with a unique skillset of 4 abilities, and compete in different arenas. Enhance your skill with full controller support and a direct competitive gameplay!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #55 Ruin City Gasolina
71% matchMostly Negative36% of 96 reviews2017
Dev: LillyWelland inc.Pub: Bitlock Studio
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 13%
Eliminate the invasion of mechanical invaders and save what remains of the once great city.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #56 Aequitas Orbis
69% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #57 No Stick Shooter
68% matchPositive83% of 36 reviews2017
Dev: Happy Robot Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Happy Robot presents a fresh take on the classic retro-arcade shooters we all know and love. Featuring 30 levels of non-stop mayhem, a huge variety of enemies, strategic weaponry, and a unique control scheme, No Stick Shooter is packed full of explosive fun!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%