- #1 Ghostie Quest
97% match6 user reviews67% of 6 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 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #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%, Action 35.5%, Indie 26.5%
- #3 After Rain: Phoenix Rise
96% 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 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #4 D.F.R.: The Light
95% 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 37.4%, Action 36.6%, Indie 26%
- #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 36.5%, Adventure 36.2%, Indie 27.3%
- #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 36.7%, Adventure 35.8%, Indie 27.5%
- #7 Slime-san: Sheeple’s Sequel
93% match4 user reviews50% of 4 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 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #8 BioMech
91% matchMixed50% of 14 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 38.7%, Adventure 34.9%, Indie 26.4%
- #9 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 37.4%, Action 36.5%, Indie 26.1%
- #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%, Action 34.3%, Indie 25.6%, Futuristic 5.1%
- #11 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%, Action 31.1%, Indie 23.3%, Sci-fi 11.6%
- #12 Lair of the Titans
90% 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 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #13 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 34.5%, Adventure 33.3%, Indie 24.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
- #14 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 32.7%, Action 32%, Indie 25%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%
- #15 Chicken with Chainguns
87% 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 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #16 Waking Violet
85% 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 30.7%, Action 30%, Indie 21.4%, Puzzle 14.9%, Singleplayer 3%
- #17 A Pixel Story
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 49 reviews2015
Dev: Lamplight Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
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 33.4%, Action 32.6%, Indie 23.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%
- #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 39.2%, Action 37%, Indie 15.8%, Sci-fi 8%
- #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%, Action 35.2%, Indie 28.8%
- #20 Code Name: Origin
83% match2 user reviews0% of 2 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 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #21 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 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #22 One Bit
82% 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 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #23 Pep-Pel
71% 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 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #24 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 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #25 Into the Ice
72% 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 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #26 Guardian of The Demon Valley
81% 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 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #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 34.6%, Action 34.2%, Indie 25.6%, Sci-fi 3.3%, Pixel Graphics 2.4%
- #28 MonsterS in haha Island (群妖志)
80% 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 37.2%, Adventure 36.3%, Indie 26.5%
- #29 Flight 732
79% 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 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #30 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%, Action 35.2%, Indie 26.2%, Sci-fi 2.5%
- #31 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 36.7%, Adventure 35.8%, Indie 27.5%
- #32 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 34.1%, Adventure 34%, Indie 25.5%, Puzzle 6.5%
- #33 Adventure in the Tower of Flight
78% matchVery Positive84% of 101 reviews2015
Dev: Pixel Barrage Entertainment, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
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 32.1%, Action 31.4%, Indie 21.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%
- #34 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 35.6%, Adventure 34.7%, Indie 26.6%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #35 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 29.9%, Action 29.2%, Indie 21.3%, Robots 14.1%, Puzzle 5.4%
- #36 Fractal Chicken
75% 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 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #37 Above
66% 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 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #38 RECHARGE COMPLETE
66% 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 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #39 Law Mower
75% matchMixed60% of 20 reviews2017
Dev: Scoria Studios
Windows
Law Mower is a game about one man's journey to achieve his life's purpose - to cut every blade of grass in the world.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #40 Stickman World
64% 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 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #41 Zarvot
63% 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 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #42 Trinity
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: Maelstrom Rabbit
Windows
Trinity is a challenging fps/puzzle set in a surrealistic universe.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #43 And I Must Scream
73% matchMostly Negative30% of 46 reviews2019
Dev: Stitched Mouth Studios
Windows
And I Must Scream is an experience horror game that takes the player through a journey of kid's imagination of how he perceives the world around him. Control Max as he navigates the literal and metaphorical landscapes of trauma on his search for strength and acceptance.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #44 Derelict Fleet
74% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: HCB Studios
Windows
Derelict Fleet is a fast-paced, space combat game. You are tasked with defending a refugee fleet as you travel the stars searching for a new colony to call home.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #45 Rogues or Heroes
74% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2016
Dev: M.BonKov
Windows
Rogues or Heroes is a dungeon crawler where the difficulty depends on your choices. With procedurally generated levels and fearsomes bosses, Rogues or Heroes is a top-down dungeon crawler with fast paced action proposing a certain challenge. Play alone or with a friend, in lan or online co-op.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #46 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 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #47 A Rip In Time
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: iV Games
Windows
Time travel in a new twisted way. The game’s antagonist will be pulling you through “Rips in Time”. The further you explore, the more intertwined the worlds become! Experience the early 1900’s and future all in one, thanks to the power of Unreal Engine 4.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #48 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 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #49 PROJECT AZRIEL
71% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: CurriculaWorks
Windows · Mac
That's right, zombies can make you think better. PROJECT AZRIEL is the least boring brain trainer in the world and has been shown to increase fluid intelligence. It’s a ton of fun to play so get it soon and have a blast taking down zombies while training your brain to work better.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #50 Super Mega Bob
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 22 reviews2015
Dev: Jenito
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Bob's world has been invaded by mechanical demons from the nether! SEND THEM BACK TO WHERE THEY CAME FROM! . . . by shooting at them like a madman, of course!
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #51 Zarya and the Cursed Skull
71% 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 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #52 Big Blue - Memory
70% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Studio RO
Windows
Become a killer whale and join a great journey to the endless sea. Join the great story of breaking through the harsh environments of ever-changing seas and overcoming the mighty storms.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #53 VR_PlayRoom : Episode Beginning (Escape Room - Horror)
70% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: WeVery
Windows
The main goal of this game is to find clues and escape the room using things in the room.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #54 HAMMER WORLD: DIMENSION TRAVELER
58% 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 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #55 Alien Planet
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: Falkrus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Avoid the aliens and bandits in this skill testing game. Keep your cool as you work your way towards freedom on this planet of relentless enemies. Alien planet uses the simplicity and feel of an 80's style game to create an addictive and challenging experience.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #56 Explodey - Sci-fi Side Scroller w/ 'splosions
58% 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 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #57 FriendZoned Archer
69% 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 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%
- #58 Death Space
69% matchMostly Negative30% of 37 reviews2018
Dev: Nikita "Ghost_RUS"Pub: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
You play as a scientist named Elmagamed at the 69th space station and you got to escape from a monstrous mutant.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 36.1%, Indie 27%