- #1 Derelict Redux
97% matchMixed48% of 23 reviews2016
Dev: Floor59Games
Windows
Derelict is a post-apocalyptic, top down, sandbox, rogue like(like). You have woken up from stasis long after the fall of humanity. Thousands of years of human colonization and war have left countless derelict space craft, abandoned space stations and settlements ripe for looting.
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #2 Roses and Gems
96% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Pirate-Rob
Windows
Roses and Gems is a difficult sandbox platformer all about avoiding the inevitable, Death. Build constructs, traps and fight to keep the ancient machine safe. In the end, your home will be destroyed, and you'll die, but it just means you get to start a new dem... Adventure all over again!
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #3 Lux umbra
95% match8 user reviews22% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: UndeadTurtle
Windows
In "Lux Umbra" they explore a confused world. They do not know why you here are what all that has to mean and how they come here out. They are able to do themselves only ventures they gain an accident had and now strongly have headaches. But so properly also do not know it.
Why similar: Action 54.9%, Indie 45.1%
- #4 Pixel bomb! bomb!!
94% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2016
Dev: Uborm
Windows
Long time ago, there was a beautiful Queen in Leroy Forest. The Queen was very narcissistic. She dressed up splendid every day and thought she was the fairest woman in the Forest. Every beautiful girl in the kingdom would lose good looks by the Queen's curse.
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #5 Space Slam
94% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: ;)Pub: Quickdraw Studios
Windows
In SPACE SLAM there is only one way to mine: ramming planets at full speed with your spacecraft. View the action in VR with your HTC Vive or in flat mode!
Why similar: Action 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #6 MC Lars 2: Brotherhood
93% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Synersteel Studio, LLC
Windows · Mac
MC Lars, MC Frontalot, Mega Ran, YTCracker and Schaffer the Darklord save music! Join them in over a dozen songs as you fight, jump, and fly your way through the beat.
Why similar: Action 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #7 Seek & Destroy - Steampunk Arcade
92% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: GamestormVRPub: Showstorm Ltd
Windows
You are Armed with a Steam Powered Rail Gun + Hammers + TESLA Powered Lightning + Magnets! SEEK & DESTROY to rack up the biggest score!
Why similar: Action 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #8 Z.W!
91% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: S. Khasanov
Windows
Full ahead! Kill'em all! Fight as long as possible!
Why similar: Action 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #9 Lost Cosmonaut
91% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2016
Dev: Charlie Evans
Windows
Rejoice comrades! For you have survived the crash landing! Become lost on a randomly generated planet in Lost Cosmonaut, an action platformer with roguelike elements.
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #10 Dawn of the Robot Empire
90% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2016
Dev: oeFun, Inc.
Windows
Witness first hand the Dawn of the Robot Empire. Can you stop the invading robotic forces from another galaxy? Blast your way to victory in this retro sci-fi shooter. You'll need fast reflexes and an accurate aim to win.
Why similar: Action 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #11 Super Knockoff! VS
89% matchMixed55% of 22 reviews2018
Dev: Action PanelPub: T.F.S. Entertainment, LLC
Windows
KNOCK IT OFF! It's an all-out clash between the greatest manga icons of 1999! Use your magic, energy, sporting goods, ninja tools, and more to destroy the ground beneath your friends and foes! Featuring a fully-voiced and star-studded roster, this is the battle of the millennium!
Why similar: Action 55.1%, Indie 44.9%
- #12 Nebula
89% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2016
Dev: Szekretar
Windows
Nebula is an action platformer with a high emphasis on using everything at your disposal to succeed, such as the gravity gun. The game takes place on an abandoned space station where you need to survive the deadly traps, defeat your enemies and solve physics based puzzles.
Why similar: Action 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #13 Aftermath Y2K
87% 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 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #14 NEON GALAXY
86% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: Nicholas Backus
Windows
Neon Galaxy is a arcade style multiplayer twin stick shooter. There are modes for co-op play and pvp.
Why similar: Action 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #15 Booty Diver
86% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Xavier Orion Games
Windows
Take a dive into the perilous depths of the ocean as you seek sunken treasure while battling creatures who guard their treasure as you manage your precious air supply.
Why similar: Action 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #16 Spin the Beat
88% matchNo user reviews2017
Dev: Clockwork Anomaly, LLC
Windows · Mac
Jump-n-dodge couch-multiplayer arcade action to the beat of the music! A party game for 1 to 4 players.
Why similar: Action 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #17 Mage Guard: The Last Grimoire
77% 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 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #18 Celestial Breach
84% 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 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #19 The Nothing
84% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2017
Dev: DDD Wares
Windows
The Nothing is a surreal and atmospheric action game with a new aesthetic, procedurally generated elements and perma-death - Designed for multiple short "runs", with endings based on the route you've chosen and the actions you've taken.
Why similar: Action 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #20 Insane Insects: The Inception
85% matchMostly Negative20% of 10 reviews2016
Dev: Bad Cast gamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
Played over five uniquely different arenas, Insane Insects - The Inception is an airborne Quake III on steroids, a classic old-school fragging game, speed, movement and skill based.
Why similar: Action 54%, Indie 46%
- #21 Demon Grade VR
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Richard Stenson, Solus GamesPub: Solus Games, Inc.
Windows
Demon Grade is a VR FPS featuring free 360 degree movement, with no jogging in place, no teleporting, and no rails. In Demon Grade, you will explore dynamically generated levels in first person perspective while fighting relentless demonic enemies and collecting demon shards to unlock various weapons.
Why similar: Action 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #22 Zombie in my city
83% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: SkyKan
Windows
Step in the midst of a low poly zombie apocalypse. Kill them all and save the town where you growing up.
Why similar: Action 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #23 Banshee Force
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Sapphire Software Inc
Windows
Banshee Force is a virtual reality game where you command the legendary Banshee Force Weapons Platform. Standing in the middle of a planetary battle you use the weapons platform to stop the invaders and build a defense that can outlast the enemy.
Why similar: Action 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #24 Galaxy Wide Domination
81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: CPSuperstore
Windows
In this game, you must take down an empire of evil, corrupt space ships, and restore peace to the universe. To do this, you must take out as many ships as you can, as well as defeat the emperor, who is hiding out in an other dimension, in an arena, top down shooter-style game made entirely by 1 person.
Why similar: Action 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #25 Lazergoat: Invasion
80% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Thunderbullet Game Co.
Windows
Martians have invaded the Earth and enslaved our animals, but worst of all, they made Lazergoat angry. Now, he wants revenge!
Why similar: Action 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #26 Brimstone
81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Asunder Studios
Windows
Take control of a sinner to enter a trial to prove you are worthy to fight the mythic Brimstone. Travel through 3 different zones and kill each zones boss to gain the power of the demons. Fight and fight again until you have the power to kill the Brimstone.
Why similar: Action 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #27 Zig
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Scumways
Windows · Mac · Linux
50 levels of fast-paced, old school, arcade blasting.
Why similar: Action 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #28 Going Astray
78% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: Slayers' Stronghold Studios
Windows · Mac
Dodge and run your way through a failing ship as you flee for your life. The Syndicate's taking fire and the crew have fled. As you prepare your escape the security system detects intruders on board. As you dawn your suit and race down the halls make sure you align yourself with the gates and match the colors or you could fall victim to...
Why similar: Action 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #29 Epic Snowday Adventure
78% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Verge of Brilliance LLC
Windows
The neighborhood kids must be neutralized. I'm sure its for their own good. Only you can restore order by DESTROYING YOUR NEIGHBORS WITH SNOWBALLS. They'll thank you for it later.
Why similar: Action 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #30 AmaranTime Arena
79% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2016
Dev: Joshua Angeley
Windows
Use your control of time to dismantle and destroy waves of enemies! Slow down time to dodge enemy fire and aim your shots! AmaranTime is a Wave Shooter that challenges players to survive using their guns, their wit, and their control over time.
Why similar: Action 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #31 The Mirage : Illusion of wish
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: APPLEMINT
Windows
There is a man who wants to save a daughter who is dying from an incurable disease. Then one day an unknown person appeared and talked. When you arrive at the end of the world he has created, you can make a wish. What is the ending of this story in a strange world?
Why similar: Action 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #32 Pop Pop Boom Boom VR
76% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: Thorne Media, LLC
Windows
You brought a bow to a bomb fight. Challenge: Survive.
Why similar: Action 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #33 APEX Tournament
75% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: Douglas LiangPub: Fantom Fathom LLC
Windows
Apex Tournament is the most fast-paced Team Death Match in VR. The primary method of movement is the Hyper Dash system, which turns your body into the controller - allowing movements at blazing speeds.
Why similar: Action 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #34 Brazilian Root®
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 98 reviews2018
Dev: Patria Games®
Windows
Brazilian Root® is an indie action game in first person perspectve. Benjamin, a former special ops soldier, was running for governor, but 30 days before voting day his daughter was mysteriously kidnapped. He will relive his fighter days and You will help him find his daughter and get his revenge.
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #35 Scuffle Scoundrels
75% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Moped Games
Windows
Scuffle Scoundrels is an oldschool arcade brawler for 2-to-4 rivals of all ages. With explosive powerups, deadly hazards, and imposing animal captains, it's sink or be sunk in this fast paced pirate romp!
Why similar: Action 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #36 Champions of Aerial
74% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Quick Save Studios
Windows
Champions of Aerial is a battle arena fighting game with up to four players where the goal is to under a series of rounds, push the other players off the platform and be the only one remaining, to be the Champion.
Why similar: Action 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #37 BlubBlub: Quest of the Blob
73% matchPositive83% of 46 reviews2018
Dev: Girls Make Games
Windows · Mac
BlubBlub is too cute! Escape through a trial of deadly traps to save all the blub friends!
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #38 Access
74% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Secret Overground Lab
Windows
A world wide competition between hackers. Fast paced competitive puzzling. Keep your grid clear by using your deleters to destroy blocks. Crash your opponent's system by throwing blocks to them in the 2 player battle mode or take on the world, and the leader board, in marathon mode!
Why similar: Action 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #39 The Gameshow
73% matchMostly Negative24% of 25 reviews2019
Dev: Biscuit Play
Windows
The Gameshow is an FPS game where you participate in a dangerous survival game. This is not your game. You, together with other players, have been kidnapped and brought to a forest. Now, surviving is your only objective.
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #40 Grompula
70% matchPositive91% of 35 reviews2018
Dev: GreebPub: Greeb Games
Windows
Grompula is a high octane wave based survival game. Fight through endless waves of Grompuloids to save the Glorkon race, and banish Grompula back to limbo, where he belongs. With tons of weapons, items, and abilities at your disposal, you might just be able to claim back what's rightfully yours.
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #41 GentleMoon 2
72% matchVery Positive86% of 95 reviews2016
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
GentleMoon 2 is a second game in GentleMoon series, an action game, filled with jokes and unlogical funny things to make you smile. The objective is to fly to the Moon and get away from the zombies this way. Before your trip to the Moon you collect the things that helps you to survive, like food, a weapon, good music, tv...
Why similar: Action 55.1%, Indie 44.9%
- #42 Oblivion's Edge
72% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2016
Dev: Odd EmuPub: MMOVentures
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Oblivion’s Edge is an arcade and bullet hell inspired twin stick shooter with multiple game modes and difficulty levels. You are the last pilot on Earth, tasked with slowing down the invasion and giving survivors enough time to escape.
Why similar: Action 55.1%, Indie 44.9%
- #43 M.A.C.S.
76% matchNo user reviews2017
Dev: House Izezweth
Windows
M.A.C.S. is a fast paced top down shooter in a persistent, procedurally generated world. Drive around and avoid your enemies, find weapon power-ups to even the odds. Soon you can place your own power-ups in your persistent world for you to collect on future runs!
Why similar: Action 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #44 Mirror Angel's Paradise
69% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: Henez
Windows
Explore the remains of the tower Babil and encounter the terrible images left behind by those driven into madness. Rescue the artisan relics that reflect the old world and give you power as you explore the new.
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #45 Heavy load
68% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: SergeySmPub: Bitlock Studio
Windows
HEAVY LOAD is a puzzle in which you have to solve the problem of how to move the boxes so that they fall into the right places.
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #46 Xenia
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2017
Dev: Dimitrios FlorosPub: Loresoft
Windows
A Metroidvania in Ancient Greece. Take control of the blacksmith Ardas. Fight epic bosses, find secret rooms and treasures, spend your gold for upgrades, and choose your fate through alternative endings. All this for one purpose. To save queen Xenia.
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #47 PooShooter: Toilet Invaders
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 100 reviews2016
Dev: FergaTroid Studios
Windows
Pooshooter: Toilet Invaders is a 2D action comedy game packed with explosions and fun gameplay. Reminiscent of arcade classics like Space Invaders, PooShooter lets you take control of a Bum fighting against vengeful Toilets.
Why similar: Action 55.1%, Indie 44.9%
- #48 900
68% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Barnaque
Windows · Mac · Linux
900 is a minimalist action score attack game in which the player controls an entity that must absorb universes in order to grow endlessly.
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #49 Circuit Warz
71% matchMixed52% of 29 reviews2017
Dev: Arttu TuovinenPub: Michael Callaghan
Windows
The hardest electronics game you will ever play, only good engineers need apply. Test your understanding of electronic circuits to save the planet in a desperate race against time. The laser protection system has been sabotaged…You have minutes to fix the circuits, repair the generator by solving the circuits correctly, fire the laser...
Why similar: Action 55.1%, Indie 44.9%
- #50 Automatum
69% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Old Point Games
Windows
Automatum is a 2D action and platform game with a dark pixel art style,in wich we take the role of an alien that must face a lot of adversities like platforming, combat and puzzles so he can regain his precious freedom.
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #51 Assault on Hyperion Base
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: Julian Stables
Windows
After a distress call was received from Hyperion Base you have been sent out to secure and reclaim this advanced research facility. Discover what project A.N.D.R.O.I.D really is and what happened to the team that was stationed there.
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #52 Slow.Bullet VR
66% matchMixed62% of 13 reviews2019
Dev: Marco S HampelPub: Firez Studios
Windows
Survive, Shoot, and Win! A co-op multiplayer zombie Survival Game, now in VR!
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #53 Nowhere Station
65% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2019
Dev: Other Side Worlds
Windows
Crazy Rogue-like top-down shooter with innovative movement mechanic, insane robo-cults, and lots of bullets to ensure your destruction before you grow a big bad robot!
Why similar: Action 55.1%, Indie 44.9%
- #54 Bomber Bother
63% matchVery Positive87% of 70 reviews2019
Dev: Dare Looks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fight back against thieving Greyman Grifterham and his horde of beavery bullies and experience the thrill (and frustration) of herding low-poly beavers into a bottomless pit, retro-style!
Why similar: Action 55.2%, Indie 44.8%
- #55 Strike Force: Desert Thunder
71% matchMostly Negative22% of 37 reviews2016
Dev: West Forest Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Strike Force: Desert Thunder is a small First-Person-Shooter game in the style of old, classic Delta Force games. You join 10 intense, large scale missions to prevent terrorist attacks. Customize your loadout, choose between 12 weapons and jump right into the action. Each Mission is large scale (2km²) and open to your tactical strategy.
Why similar: Action 55.1%, Indie 44.9%
- #56 Ripped Pants at Work
67% matchPositive87% of 30 reviews2018
Dev: Scott Ethington
Windows · Mac
Ripped Pants at Work is a frantic stealth game about searching for new pants!
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #57 DIVE: Starpath
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 64 reviews2018
Dev: Gravity Well Studios
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
DIVE: Starpath is a third-person runner set in the stratosphere of massive planets. Guide yourself through the perils of interstellar space as you pursue a mysterious traveler. Fight gravity, gather the data canisters, and don't lose orbit!
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #58 Action Legion
68% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2016
Dev: Aeonic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Action Legion is a mouse-controlled, single-player war game on the PC and Mac.
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%