- #1 Ghostie Quest
97% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Random Thoughts Enterainment
Windows
Ghostie Quest is back! Can you master the pyramid of 100 levels? Tons of secrets and multiple ghosts to unlock across 4 game modes. Insanely cute! Insanely hard!
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #2 Kindled Cavern
96% 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 38.2%, Action 35.6%, Indie 26.2%
- #3 D.F.R.: The Light
96% match5 user reviews100% of 5 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 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #4 After Rain: Phoenix Rise
95% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2017
Dev: DV8GamesPub: DV9DESIGN
Windows
The Rain fell, and washed away all that was good. Ancestors of the survivors face a world plagued by deadly disease, hostile landscapes that offer no safe haven, and brutal warlords beholden to a malevolent A.I. that seeks to enslave mankind and control the natural world. This is life After Rain.
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #5 Logic Missile
94% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2016
Dev: Bouchard Industries
Windows
Logic Missile is an action puzzle based platformer where you and the missile must reach the central core. Launch the missile and setup the level properly so that you and the missile can exit the level. This game is extremely hard keep that in mind!
Why similar: Action 36.7%, Adventure 36.3%, Indie 27%
- #6 NickProject
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Velaris Studio
Windows
This game transfers you in the universe,where you`ll bring role of doctor Nick Johnson.He is a excentrie alien traveler with a great mind.His main aim is to right in justice travelling in time and space.
Why similar: Action 36.9%, Adventure 36%, Indie 27.1%
- #7 Slime-san: Sheeple’s Sequel
93% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: FabrazPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sheeple's finally lost it! He is convinced that everything's just part of a giant videogame and that he was coded to simply be a side-character. Which is why he decided to recode himself to become the villain instead... Can you defeat his nefarious levels and come out of it unscathed?
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #8 Escape From Space Shredder
92% 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 36.7%, Indie 25.8%
- #9 Lair of the Titans
91% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Team 21 Studio
Windows
Lair of the Titans offers a unique way for players to enjoy VR together. Play in the same room, hunting one another, choosing the right moment to strike and scare the other player.
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #10 Spartrack VR - Firos
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TKorp
Windows
Mission Firos est un jeu multijoueur en réalité virtuelle, en déplacement libre, mélangeant énigmes et jeu de tir dans un environnement futuriste.
Why similar: Adventure 35.2%, Action 34.4%, Indie 25.3%, Futuristic 5.1%
- #11 BioMech
90% matchMixed50% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: ERMediaPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
BioMech is a classic Metroid-like with carefully structured gameplay. No rogue elements, no random content, everything is handcrafted and deliberately designed. Backtracking is not a dirty word.
Why similar: Action 38.8%, Adventure 35.1%, Indie 26.1%
- #12 Discrepant
89% matchMixed60% of 25 reviews2019
Dev: Incendio Software
Windows
Discrepant is a psychological adventure game set in a dystopic sci-fi world that is slowly unwinding. It's dark, deadly, and unsettling. It explores the meaning of existence and purpose, challenges reality and emotional connection through a complex plot, and comes with a twist around every corner.
Why similar: Adventure 34.2%, Action 31.3%, Indie 23%, Sci-fi 11.5%
- #13 Super Cube Smash
91% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2016
Dev: Lewis Fitzjohn
Windows · Mac
Super cube smash is a rhythmic action game that generates music as you play. It is set on the mysterious ancient spaceship 'The Dawrfstone' where the most peculiar and unfortunate of events have occurred.
Why similar: Action 37.3%, Adventure 36.5%, Indie 26.2%
- #14 Phantom Trigger
89% matchMixed58% of 95 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 34.7%, Adventure 33.5%, Indie 24.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
- #15 Way of the Red
88% 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 33%, Action 32.2%, Indie 24.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%
- #16 Waking Violet
86% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: Marco MastropaoloPub: MixedBag Srl
Windows · Mac
Waking Violet is a classic 2D top-down puzzle game, but with awesome spells and a unique time rewind mechanic. Playing as Violet, a shy teen with a desire to grow up, you get trapped in a dream you just can't wake up from.
Why similar: Adventure 30.9%, Action 30.1%, Indie 21.2%, Puzzle 14.9%, Singleplayer 3%
- #17 A Pixel Story
87% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2015
Dev: Lamplight Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 98%
A Pixel Story is a devious 2D puzzle platformer that charts the evolution of video games. You must use your Magical Teleportation Hat to explore 6 increasingly detailed zones on your quest to reach the core of The System to stop the evil OS and save the world.
Why similar: Adventure 33.6%, Action 32.8%, Indie 23.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%
- #18 Sue's Story
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: Stuart Mackereth
Windows
Sue's Story is the "free to play" version of TerrorPhage, a classic sci-fi horror game in the spirit and tradition of a classic space alien thriller. Awakening on a cryo ship hurtling towards a star, you are thrust into a game of hide and seek to fix the ship, and dock at an orbital platform.
Why similar: Adventure 39.4%, Action 37.1%, Indie 15.6%, Sci-fi 7.9%
- #19 The Royal Cosmonautical Society
84% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2017
Dev: Chromosphere Games
Windows · Mac
Enjoy the rewarding challenge of becoming a qualified Cosmonaut. Gracefully pilot your ship through multitudes of challenges, finding the perfect trajectory all the way to the top of the leaderboards.
Why similar: Adventure 36.2%, Action 35.3%, Indie 28.5%
- #20 Departure
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RG CrewPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Departure is a first-person perspective action adventure game with sci-fi and horror elements. Try to survive in a vast zone full of dangerous anomalies that alter your surroundings, and monsters that hunt you down at night.
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #21 Code Name: Origin
83% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Aurora Games Studio
Windows
Code Name: Origin is a top down action adventure inspired by the classics in the 80's and 90's. You’re dispatched alone with a laser shotgun and the wits to uncover what transpired just days before you arrive.
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #22 Baxter's Venture: Director's Cut
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2015
Dev: GG-Works
Windows
Baxter's Venture: Director's Cut is an action/adventure platformer, based off of old school platforming games of the 90s. The main objective here is you guide the agile reptile through over 60 levels spanned over six areas of traps, puzzles, and the occasional nasties who get in your way,
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #23 Domino Effect
81% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: GoshFather
Windows
Pick up an entire building and use it as a weapon. Go supernova and send everything flying in an outward direction. Use gravity in a way that has never been used before.
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #24 One Bit
81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Veibyn
Windows
This is the story of Onebit, a poor, cute character that is continious searching for a pixel someone has stolen from him. He simply can`t go on with his life knowing that he is missin a pixel. Your task will be to go tro a long and exciting adventure, on his search for the one that have stolen his pixel and retaliation.
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #25 Guardian of The Demon Valley
82% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2016
Dev: Lily GamesPub: Himi Games
Windows
This is an exciting shooting game.The game is set in a dark canyon, you’ll play a warrior who swears to defend the saint ice crystal that seals the devil with his life. would you be able to complete the mission of defending the sealing ice crystal against the horrible monsters’ continuous offensive?!
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #26 Flight 732
80% 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 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #27 Spaceman
78% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: ConmtrastPub: LGV
Windows · Mac
Explore, gather resources, find the artifacts, but most important... survive! Spaceman is an adventure game that takes you into an amazing and challenging journey across the temples of space.
Why similar: Adventure 34.8%, Action 34.3%, Indie 25.3%, Sci-fi 3.3%, Pixel Graphics 2.4%
- #28 Above
70% 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 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #29 Devil Threats
77% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: AFROX GAME
Windows
Christopher hit the road to save his daughter Try to find his daughter before you go crazy.
Why similar: Adventure 36.2%, Action 35.4%, Indie 25.9%, Sci-fi 2.5%
- #30 Scikor - Final Scale
76% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Rob ScikōrPub: Scikōr Games
Windows
A lost astronaut must find the seven Crystals, which can solve the mysterious meteor it has found. To do this he must overcome challenges on unknown planets and use the powers of musical instruments.
Why similar: Action 34.2%, Adventure 34.2%, Indie 25.2%, Puzzle 6.5%
- #31 MonsterS in haha Island (群妖志)
79% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Muggle
Windows
To be immortal, The most important thing is to have a long life.Our hero wants to be immortal, so he came to this island to find the secret of longevity in frogs.
Why similar: Action 37.3%, Adventure 36.5%, Indie 26.2%
- #32 Solmec: Hollow Planet
79% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: Octopus 8 Studios
Windows
Solmec: Hollow Planet is an adventure game where you play as Soledad, a lone Solmec warrior exploring an ancient, lost planet. His task is to find a cure for the Rot that is killing the Ankazil – spacefaring beasts that are home to the Solmec.
Why similar: Action 36.9%, Adventure 36%, Indie 27.1%
- #33 Afandas Survival
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SchmidtGames
Windows
Afandas Survival is an open world survival game. After a plague wipes out most of the population, you're one of the few survivors on an island called Afanda. Already at the beginning you realize that surviving isn´t easy. To stay alive, you must search for equipment and provisions.
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #34 Adventure in the Tower of Flight
78% matchVery Positive84% of 101 reviews2015
Dev: Pixel Barrage Entertainment, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Adventure in the Tower of Flight is a retro-styled platformer in which you fly instead of jump! You are Wing, a young adventurer. Wing must climb a seeming endless the tower and collect all five known relics held within to become the ruler of the known world.
Why similar: Adventure 32.3%, Action 31.6%, Indie 21.4%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%
- #35 RECHARGE COMPLETE
68% 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 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #36 Another Hardcore Game
76% matchPositive85% of 26 reviews2018
Dev: NinbaPub: Ninba Games
Windows
Just another game that you will hate but try to complete.
Why similar: Action 35.8%, Adventure 34.9%, Indie 26.3%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #37 The Lost Gardens
77% matchPositive82% of 33 reviews2017
Dev: Rabbit Hole StudiosPub: Throwback Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Forgotten and lost to time, a mysterious entity known as The One has awoken you; an ancient robot known as The Caretaker. You are tasked with reclaiming the world from a being known only as Fear before he finishes draining the world of life.
Why similar: Adventure 30.1%, Action 29.4%, Indie 21.1%, Robots 14.1%, Puzzle 5.4%
- #38 Nachzehrer
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eric Sauer
Windows
[h1]Nachzehrer[/h1]Your fear of being in the dark comes true in this short single player horror game. You find yourself stuck at a power plant at night, when suddenly the lights begin shutting off. However, attempting to turn them back on may cause you to meet your fears.
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #39 Pep-Pel
64% matchPositive86% of 35 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 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #40 DUSTWUN
66% 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 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #41 Fractal Chicken
74% 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 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #42 In the thrall of darkness: The gift of dreams
75% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: PPofGG
Windows
In the thrall of darkness is a horror game in which you must get out of this nightmare.
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #43 Save her, from dreams
73% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: Ziyi Zhang
Windows · Mac · Linux
Enter the dream, save the one you love.
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #44 COSMONAUT
73% matchPositive86% of 43 reviews2018
Dev: Neon Chasm, LLC
Windows
Unravel the mystery surrounding the lost vessel Diogenes. A story-driven retro platformer with elements of horror. Use the zero-g suit to explore the eerie corridors of a derelict ship filled with unknown lifeforms and dark secrets.
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #45 Stickman World
63% 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 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #46 Beyond Arm's Reach
62% 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 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #47 To Hell With Dave
62% 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 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #48 Tom vs. The Armies of Hell
73% 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 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #49 INFINITY CHALLENGE
72% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Simple Gaming - JVJ
Windows · Mac
A 3D Rail Shooter game with high quality tracks! Take the challenge and choose one of the many maps and defeat vicious waves of enemies while traveling through mysterious worlds! Face fearsome machines and creatures that will do whatever it takes to destroy you and end your race to save the galaxy!
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #50 Kitten Madness
71% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2017
Dev: David OgdenPub: LoveTrooper Entertainment L.L.C.
Windows
Kitten Madness is an open world fast pace game where you race a kitten through various levels and game types. Kitten Madness starts out as a single player game where you control a cute kitten performing the playful actions of a kitten.
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #51 Yasai Ninja
74% matchMostly Negative36% of 58 reviews2015
Dev: Recotechnology S.L.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Yasai Ninja is a hack & slash game set in feudal Japan where Kaoru Tamanegi and Broccoli Joe face the most terrible vegetable-fighters. Play 1/2 Player mode and finish the adventure!
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #52 Relativity
72% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2016
Dev: TomCGames
Windows
Relativity will turn your world upside down. Curved surfaces and stairs allow you to walk from the floor, up the walls and across ceilings, shifting gravity and giving you a whole new perspective! Landscape platforms can be moved and rotated using buttons and wheels to transform the landscape and form bridges.
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #53 I_AM.exe
60% 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 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #54 Science:The world is in your hands
71% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Panayotis Lampitsakis
Windows
You are the worlds most successful scientist which has revolutionised the world, but suddenly a tragedy hits and a virus is released on earth. You are the only one that can create the cure to save the world. You must fix your robot and your laboratory to save planet earth.
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #55 The Warrior Of Treasures
71% matchMixed63% of 51 reviews2018
Dev: VS ResolutionPub: My Way Games
Windows
Be the only knight, defeat skeleton army and find treasure
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #56 Captain's Tail
60% 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 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #57 Star Surveyor
59% 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 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #58 HAMMER WORLD: DIMENSION TRAVELER
59% 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 36.2%, Indie 26.7%
- #59 FriendZoned Archer
70% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Centipede Game Studios
Windows
FriendZoned Archer is an action adventure game inspired by the classic NES Zelda. There is complete freedom of exploration, hidden Areas, hidden dungeons and key items to help you ease through the open world.
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Action 36.2%, Indie 26.7%