- #1 MDK
97% matchMostly Positive79% of 357 reviews2009
Dev: Shiny Entertainment
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 34%
ON A GOOD DAY, ONLY 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE WILL DIE. As vast alien mining cities suck the power and minerals from every major metropolis on Earth simultaneously, time is of the essence as millions of civilians are expiring by the second.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 70.3%, Action 16.4%, Sci-fi 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: The original title that established the series' unique blend of long-range sniping, platforming, and offbeat sci-fi humor.
- #2 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
96% matchVery Positive91% of 16,896 reviews2023
Dev: Insomniac GamesPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Blast your way through an interdimensional adventure with Ratchet and Clank – now on PC! Help them take on an evil emperor from another reality as you jump between action-packed worlds and beyond at hyper-speed!
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 27.3%, Action-Adventure 17.5%, Third Person 16.5%, Platformer 10%, Shooter 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive modern experience for players who love the combination of high-quality third-person shooting and creative 3D platforming.
- #3 Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,060 reviews2022
Dev: Black Forest GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Crypto is back with a license to probe. The alien invader returns, groovier than ever. Experience the swinging ‘60s in all its chemical-induced glory and take revenge on the KGB for blowing up your mothership. You’ll have to form alliances with members of the very species you came to enslave.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 34.4%, Aliens 14.6%, Action-Adventure 12.8%, Comedy 11.8%, Third Person 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines destructive sci-fi weaponry with a satirical, comedic tone that feels right at home with the MDK series.
- #4 Giants: Citizen Kabuto
94% matchVery Positive95% of 209 reviews2016
Dev: Planet Moon StudiosPub: Interplay
Windows
Before man climbed down from the trees to shop in megastores and drink cappuccino, before the Earth wadded itself into a ball, there was the Island. A fragment from a long-lost planet. Upon the surface of this paradise wandered Kabuto the giant. Little does he know, it was home to others before him.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 38.8%, Comedy 17.3%, Third Person 12.5%, Funny 12%, Action-Adventure 9%
Why You'll Like It: A cult classic that mirrors the game's quirky, humorous sci-fi tone and varied, experimental gameplay mechanics.
- #5 Akimbot
94% matchVery Positive81% of 707 reviews2024
Dev: Evil RaptorPub: PLAION
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
In the action-adventure platformer, Akimbot, blast your way through armies of robots, pilot spaceships and forge your own path to save the universe from impending doom! Set in a sci-fi world where only robots exist, travel the galaxy and experience non-stop robot mayhem and explosive action!
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 29.5%, Platformer 16.6%, Shooter 15.1%, Third Person 10.4%, Linear 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced 3D platformer and shooter that feels like a modern homage to the classic mascot-driven action games of the 2000s.
- #6 Sunset Overdrive
93% matchVery Positive90% of 14,004 reviews2018
Dev: Insomniac GamesPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Sunset Overdrive transforms an open-world apocalypse into your tactical playground. Zip, grind and wall-run across Sunset City with an unconventional arsenal. Hyper-agility, unique weapons, and customizable abilities deliver an explosive and irreverent adventure in the end times.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 45.4%, Funny 14.1%, Comedy 14%, Third Person 8.8%, Shooter 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a fast-paced, colorful, and humorous third-person action experience with a heavy emphasis on movement and traversal.
- #7 Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD
92% matchVery Positive88% of 1,756 reviews2010
Dev: Oddworld Inhabitants
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%
You're the Stranger, a mysterious bounty hunter on a mission to bag the ultimate prize. And you need that money like no one else because there is something very wrong with your health and the only way to fix it is a very costly operation.
Why similar: Comedy 20.5%, Third-Person Shooter 19.7%, Third Person 15.5%, Action-Adventure 13.5%, Action 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features unique perspective shifts and creative, gadget-based weapon mechanics that echo the inventiveness of MDK 2.
- #8 High On Life
91% matchVery Positive89% of 24,192 reviews2022
Dev: Squanch Games, Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
HIGH ON KNIFE DLC OUT NOW!! - Humanity is being threatened by an alien cartel who wants to use them as drugs. It’s up to you to rescue and partner with charismatic, talking guns, take down Garmantuous and his gang, and save the world!
Why similar: Comedy 30.2%, Shooter 21.1%, Action-Adventure 18.9%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Funny 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on personality-driven shooter gameplay where the humor is just as important as the combat mechanics.
- #9 Trover Saves the Universe
90% matchVery Positive91% of 3,180 reviews2019
Dev: Squanch Games, Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
From Squanch Games comes Trover Saves the Universe. Your pups are missing. The cosmos is at stake. Only you and Trover can save everything in this bizarre comedy adventure!
Why similar: Comedy 22.4%, Platformer 18.5%, Funny 17.1%, Third Person 11.3%, Action 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: An absurdist, comedy-focused action-adventure game that captures the same chaotic energy as the MDK universe.
- #10 Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered
89% matchVery Positive89% of 597 reviews2024
Dev: GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC.
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Shadows of the Damned, an action-adventure road trip through hell, has been remastered at last! Get ready for a story about rock, love, and just a little bit of demon slaying.
Why similar: Shooter 26.2%, Action-Adventure 25.6%, Third-Person Shooter 23.5%, Action 13.3%, Adventure 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: An action-packed, irreverent, and highly stylized third-person shooter that leans heavily into its own bizarre sense of humor.
- #11 Earthworm Jim 3D
91% matchMixed47% of 132 reviews2009
Dev: VIS InteractivePub: Interplay Inc.
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 16%
Earthworm Jim, spineless superhero, wriggles back into action as the Groovy Guardian of Goodness in an incredible journey of cheese-curdling proportions. Left unconscious by a massive cow-induced blow to the head and clad in his indestructible, high-tech super suit, Earthworm Jim continues the battle for truth, justice and well aerated...
Why similar: Action 58.3%, Adventure 41.7%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the same developer DNA and offbeat, surreal humor that defined the Shiny Entertainment era.
- #12 Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour
89% matchVery Positive84% of 6,283 reviews2016
Dev: Nerve Software, Gearbox Software, LLCPub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Frag like it’s 1996 – this time with even more asses to kick! Join the world’s greatest action hero in Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour as he saves Earth once again, kicking alien ass and saving babes across the globe along the way.
Why similar: Shooter 30.7%, Aliens 15.9%, Funny 14.8%, Comedy 13.6%, Retro 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential 90s humorous shooter that set the standard for the irreverent, action-heavy style MDK 2 later refined.
- #13 Psychonauts
88% matchVery Positive95% of 18,796 reviews2006
Dev: Double Fine Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A Psychic Odyssey Through the Minds of Misfits, Monsters, and Madmen. This classic action/adventure platformer from acclaimed developers Double Fine Productions follows the story of a young psychic named Razputin.
Why similar: Platformer 35%, Comedy 25.1%, Third Person 14.3%, Funny 13.2%, Action 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides excellent platforming challenges paired with a distinct, imaginative art style and sharp, memorable writing.
- #14 Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered
87% matchVery Positive90% of 2,404 reviews2020
Dev: Saber InteractivePub: Mad Dog Games, LLC
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
The beloved and critically acclaimed Ghostbusters video game is back! Strap on your proton pack once again and join the Ghostbusters on the adventure with the voice and likeness of the original crew as you battle to save New York!
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 37.4%, Shooter 15.1%, Third Person 11%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Comedy 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a polished third-person action experience with strong comedic writing and gadget-based combat.
- #15 Wild Dogs
86% matchVery Positive97% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: 2ndBoss
Windows · Mac · Linux
The world is under a frantic alien attack. Amidst the chaos and with the army virtually subdued, the deadliest and most inconsequential pair of specialists are called upon to do what must be done. Join the war hunting aliens around the world and in every way possible.
Why similar: Dog 28.4% ★, Difficult 20.7%, Platformer 17%, Shooter 15.7%, Aliens 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: A difficult, retro-inspired action game that captures the intense, arcade-style feel of 90s shooters.
- #16 STAR WARS™: Bounty Hunter™
85% matchVery Positive81% of 1,363 reviews2024
Dev: Aspyr
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Bring In Your Bounty, Dead or Alive
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 43.4%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Platformer 9.9%, Shooter 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A third-person action game that emphasizes the use of specialized gadgets and mobility in a sci-fi setting.
- #17 Vanquish
86% matchVery Positive89% of 7,662 reviews2017
Dev: PlatinumGamesPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
PlatinumGames’ revolutionary sci-fi action shooter slide-boosts onto PC. Battle legions of future-tech enemies using a vast arsenal of weapons, including all DLC. Fully unlocked framerate and gorgeous HD resolutions up to 4K. The definitive way to play: war has accelerated.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 46.5%, Shooter 16.7%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Third Person 12%, Action 6%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers high-octane, difficult, and stylish third-person shooting that demands the same level of mechanical mastery as MDK 2.
- #18 Squirrel with a Gun
84% matchVery Positive85% of 3,601 reviews2024
Dev: Dee Dee Creations LLCPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Squirrel, meet gun. As the neighborhood’s most obnoxious rodent, develop a knack (and a love?) for crime and mayhem in pursuit of golden acorns in this nutty sandbox shooter and puzzle platformer. Fight tooth, claw, and gun to escape a secret underground facility and defeat the Agents.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 31.7%, Platformer 14.6%, Shooter 14.4%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Third Person 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: An absurdist, physics-based third-person action game that shares the unpredictable, 'anything goes' fun of MDK 2.
- #19 BioGun
84% matchVery Positive87% of 611 reviews2024
Dev: Dapper Dog Digital
Windows · Linux
Get injected into the microscopic world of BioGun. Face viral threats and winding corridors on your mission to save man’s best friend from the inside. Will you save dog-kind from extinction?
Why similar: Dog 24.1% ★, Platformer 21.9%, Shooter 21.2%, Action-Adventure 16.1%, Atmospheric 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Fast-paced action with a unique, stylized aesthetic that keeps the gameplay loop tight and engaging.
- #20 Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space
82% matchVery Positive99% of 474 reviews2021
Dev: Skunkape Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
The Freelance Police are back on the crime beat in a newly remastered version of their second episodic season. Zombies will dance. Mariachis will sing. A giant battle robot will trash the streets. And when their friends’ lives are at stake, Sam & Max will risk their very souls to set things right.
Why similar: Comic Book 29.3%, Dog 21.7% ★, Comedy 17.3%, Third Person 11.9%, Funny 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for comedic, character-driven adventure games that rely on wit and absurdity.
- #21 Goodboy Galaxy
81% matchVery Positive96% of 138 reviews2024
Dev: Goodboy Galaxy Ltd.
Windows · Linux
A vibrant sci-fi platform adventure game where you help Maxwell the dog explore unfamiliar worlds, make strange new friends and contend with mysterious forces - by jumping, shooting, slicing, shrinking, warping and drilling.
Why similar: Dog 28.8% ★, Platformer 26.1%, Aliens 14.3%, Comedy 12.8%, Sci-fi 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: An exploration-heavy platformer with a charming, retro feel that rewards curiosity and skill.
- #22 Flashback 2
83% matchMixed43% of 152 reviews2023
Dev: Microids Studio ParisPub: Microids
Windows
Immerse yourself in an action-packed cyberpunk universe where the fate of humanity itself hangs in the balance. The Morphs are preparing their final attack, determined to enslave every civilization in the Solar System — and it's your mission to fight back!
Why similar: Platformer 21.7%, Aliens 16.7%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Action 12.1%, Third Person 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: A futuristic action-adventure game that maintains the platforming roots and sci-fi aesthetic of the genre's classics.
- #23 Astrodogs
82% matchVery Positive81% of 67 reviews2021
Dev: Dynamic Media TriadPub: Digital Tribe
Windows
Astrodogs is an on-rails arcade action game featuring a cast of space dogs that have to save the galaxy from WOOFER, a corporation that controls everything. Also ran by dogs.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 30%, Comic Book 26.7%, Shooter 13.3%, Linear 11.7%, Funny 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: An on-rails shooter with a quirky, dog-centric theme that mirrors the oddball hero dynamics of MDK 2.
- #24 EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: WORLD BROTHERS 2
80% matchVery Positive89% of 197 reviews2024
Dev: YUKE'SPub: D3PUBLISHER
Windows
The Earth is in pieces...again! We've gotta do more to save the planet!
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 48%, Shooter 23.2%, Aliens 8.9%, Action 8.5%, Sci-fi 8%
Why You'll Like It: An arcade-style, over-the-top shooter that embraces the chaotic fun of fighting waves of alien enemies.
- #25 Bik - A Space Adventure
81% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2014
Dev: Zotnip
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A point and click adventure. Bik and his newfound alien friends outsmart hijackers, (eat some brownies), accept a perilous mission, (make some sandwiches), foil a dastardly plot by an evil corporate empire, (argue with disgruntled robots), and save a planet on the brink of destruction.
Why similar: Third Person 41.8%, Comedy 39.3%, Adventure 18.9%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi adventure game that focuses on narrative charm and puzzle-solving in a space-faring setting.
- #26 High On Life 2
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,060 reviews2026
Dev: Squanch Games, Inc.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
An intergalactic conspiracy threatens the fate of humanity! Team up with a wide cast of talking alien guns as you shoot, stab, and skate your way through the exotic locales to take down the bad guys and save your favorite species (humans)!
Why similar: Shooter 20.9%, Action-Adventure 19.3%, Comedy 17.9%, Aliens 15.1%, Sci-fi 11%
- #27 Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines
77% matchVery Positive96% of 234 reviews2024
Dev: Medallion GamesPub: Super Rare Originals
Windows
Swing, jump, and blast through dimensions in the follow-up to the critically-acclaimed 2D action-platformer Grapple Dog. Zip between action-packed worlds as Pablo and Luna team up to save the cosmos in their own unique ways.
Why similar: Dog 38.3% ★, Platformer 18.5%, Difficult 18.4%, Comedy 11.8%, Retro 5.8%
- #28 Destructivator 2
79% matchVery Positive96% of 55 reviews2020
Dev: Pug Fugly GamesPub: Thalamus Digital
Windows
A platform shooter that brings 90's gaming smashing into your face! Blast and insta-melee your way through hordes of alien soldiers, robots, bosses and loads more. Fight on foot, in a fighter or in a bomber. Take on bosses and ensure that the alien menace won't threaten Earth ever again!
Why similar: Difficult 30.5%, Shooter 24.2%, Platformer 18.3%, Retro 7.4%, Action 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A difficult, old-school platforming action game that tests player reflexes in a way reminiscent of MDK's tougher segments.
- #29 Bullshot
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 282 reviews2016
Dev: GATO STUDIO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Help Frank F. Franky fight the evil cardesians, zombies & robots while setting your arrested friends free. Bullshot is a run 'n gun game that tries to recover the essence of the 90s classics, such as Abuse, Contra or the Metal Slug sagas.
Why similar: Platformer 23%, Difficult 21%, Comedy 16.7%, Funny 14%, Sci-fi 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled action game that pays direct homage to the 90s shooters that inspired the MDK series.
- #30 HELLDIVERS™ 2
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,121,275 reviews2024
Dev: Arrowhead Game StudiosPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Median: 44.4 hrsMean: 100.4 hrs≥1hr: 98%
The Galaxy’s Last Line of Offence. Enlist in the Helldivers and join the fight for freedom across a hostile galaxy in a fast, frantic, and ferocious third-person shooter.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 40.8%, Shooter 16.7%, Third Person 10.3%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Comedy 9.3%
- #31 Miner Ultra Adventures 2
77% matchMixed66% of 675 reviews2022
Dev: Sinned Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Our friend Miner is back !!! Amazing adventures with extreme difficulty, this 3d platform game will surprise you and give you a lot of satisfaction to overcome all the challenges !!! Be versatile and have quick reflexes to be the best !!!
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 31.8%, Difficult 18.2%, Platformer 14.6%, Third Person 12%, Funny 9.4%
- #32 Sam & Max Save the World
75% matchVery Positive94% of 1,934 reviews2020
Dev: Skunkape Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
An open-and-shut case of petty vandalism balloons into a far-flung mind-control conspiracy involving former child stars, the media, the mafia, the government, the internet, and the bright side of the moon. Telltale's episodic classic, lovingly remastered by members of the original development team.
Why similar: Comic Book 35.2%, Dog 18% ★, Comedy 17.4%, Funny 13.5%, Third Person 8.5%
- #33 Dogworld
76% matchVery Positive96% of 110 reviews2021
Dev: Lateralis Heavy Industries
Windows
Shoot, jump, and slide your way through a ruined, mysterious, dog-filled world as you fight to save humanity from the clutches of a rogue AI named Daddy.
Why similar: Platformer 33.5%, Dog 31.6% ★, Difficult 13.2%, Action 8.8%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #34 Quickscoper Doge: The Dank Illuminati Memes
75% matchVery Positive97% of 228 reviews2020
Dev: xTyler73
Windows
The illuminati have stolen that dank memes, and it's up to you, Doge, to recover them! Be careful tho m8, as PewDiePie and Dat Boi are also after the memes!
Why similar: Dog 44.9% ★, Action-Adventure 19.1%, Funny 16.5%, Action 5.2%, Comedy 5.1%
- #35 MDK2 HD
78% matchMixed65% of 161 reviews2012
Dev: Overhaul GamesPub: Interplay Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Overhaul Games brings MDK2 back to the PC in incredible high definition, with enhanced graphics, sound, and gameplay. See the classic action platformer the way it was meant to be seen, heard, and played... on a PC!Kurt Hectic in his snazzy suit with ribbon chute is back to save the universe. This time he is teamed with the genius Dr.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 60%, Action 21.5%, Comedy 18.5%
- #36 KILL IT WITH FIRE! 2
70% matchVery Positive94% of 1,556 reviews2025
Dev: Casey Donnellan Games LLCPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
KILL IT WITH FIRE! 2 is the ultimate co-op spider-hunting experience! Either solo or as a team of Exterminators, unleash an arsenal of crazy weapons, wreak havoc, and complete dozens of challenges across seven dimensions under spider siege.
Why similar: Comedy 23.4%, Action-Adventure 21.9%, Funny 20%, Sci-fi 18.5%, Action 6.4%
- #37 Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual!
76% matchMixed40% of 105 reviews2021
Dev: HappyGiantPub: Big Sugar
Windows
Sam is a dog in a suit. Max is his naked rabbity partner. Together, they’re the Freelance Police. Jump into the not-quite-right world of Sam & Max via the wonder science of virtual reality, and join the multimedia darlings in their never-ending quest to slap the stupid grin off the face of evil.
Why similar: Comic Book 29.4%, Dog 26.8% ★, Comedy 12.6%, Funny 11.7%, Action-Adventure 11.2%
- #38 My Diggy Dog 2
74% matchVery Positive83% of 53 reviews2020
Dev: King Bird Games
Windows · Mac
Diggy Dog 2 is a game about a brave archaeologist dog named Marty, who helps his elderly master find his wife and solve the mysteries of the universe.
Why similar: Dog 43.1% ★, Platformer 26.3%, Funny 17%, Atmospheric 6.6%, Action 3.9%
- #39 Monster Bash HD
73% matchVery Positive96% of 89 reviews2021
Dev: Emberheart GamesPub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Apogee's bash'em and smash'em adventure plunges Johnny Dash into the evil Underworld of Count Chuck, when his dog Tex is kidnapped by Count Chuck along with hundreds of other dogs & cats! Guide Johnny through the Count's gruesome schemes, rescue all the pets, and end this nightmare once and for all!
Why similar: Dog 33.5% ★, Platformer 22.8%, Action-Adventure 18%, Funny 11.4%, Action 5.8%
- #40 Space Quest: 2099
72% matchVery Positive91% of 150 reviews2022
Dev: Lever Studios
Windows
BLAST YOUR WAY through the UK's forgotten favourite space adventure: Space Quest 2099!Enjoy combat and movement based on the designs of the Quake 3 engine. Go alone or team up and shoot baddies in cooperative episodes with FULL MOTION VIDEO with SPECIAL EFFECTS!
Why similar: Shooter 26.8%, Comedy 23.5%, Aliens 19.5%, Sci-fi 17.1%, Action 5.2%
- #41 Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse
70% matchVery Positive99% of 394 reviews2024
Dev: Skunkape Games
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
The last game in the episodic Sam & Max trilogy, beautifully remastered! As the intergalactic villains who seek the Devil’s Toybox close in and Max’s psychic abilities grow beyond his control, the Freelance Police will come up against their most frightening adversary yet: the power of Max’s mind.
Why similar: Comic Book 29.2%, Dog 21% ★, Comedy 17.2%, Funny 14%, Third Person 11.4%
- #42 Chex Quest HD
72% matchVery Positive80% of 2,069 reviews2020
Dev: Team Chex Quest HDPub: General Mills
Windows · Mac
Travel to the remote planet of Bazoik to free galactic citizens from the evil cereal-eating Flemoids! Venture deep into the caverns of Bazoik, using an array of "zorching" devices to send these nefarious foes back to their home dimension!
Why similar: Aliens 25.5%, Action 20.2%, Shooter 17.2%, Funny 15.8%, Retro 15.6%
- #43 Samorost 2
73% matchVery Positive87% of 2,764 reviews2009
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Samorost 2 tells a surreal story of a space gnome whose dog just got kidnapped by mischievous aliens. Set out on a short expedition to rescue the pup, deal with curious strangers and relax to the soothing music by Tomáš "Floex" Dvořák.
Why similar: Dog 46.4% ★, Aliens 20.2%, Funny 18.1%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Retro 4.7%
- #44 McDROID
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 215 reviews2014
Dev: Elefantopia
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Farm, Build, Defend, in the Galaxy's only Arcade-Tower-Defense.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 47.7%, Shooter 14.4%, Third Person 10.2%, Funny 10%, Aliens 9.9%
- #45 Spy Fox 2 "Some Assembly Required"
71% matchVery Positive93% of 210 reviews2014
Dev: Humongous Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Once again, the world relies on Fox - Spy Fox, the suave secret agent who smoothly finesses his way through Spy Corps' toughest assignments. This time, Spy Corps' corrupt counterpart, the Society for Meaningless Evil, Larceny, Lying and Yelling (S.M.E.L.L.Y.) has devised a dogbot which will be unleashed upon the unsuspecting world!
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #46 ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard
67% matchVery Positive98% of 116 reviews2026
Dev: Pixel ManiacsPub: PM Studios, Inc.
Windows
Shoot paint, mix colors, and solve puzzles in this adventure about friendship and redemption. Just don't enter that portal to another universe, and ᴇᴠᴇʀʏTʜɪɴɢ will 𝐛𝐞 ᴘEʀ𝐅𝓔ᴄᴛʟʏ 𝒇 𝔦 𝓃 ҽ . • °
Why similar: Platformer 25.7%, Sci-fi 22.1%, Action-Adventure 22%, Funny 13.3%, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #47 DOSMan: Space Aliens in Space!
69% matchVery Positive85% of 73 reviews2024
Dev: DOSMan Games
Windows
Planet DOS is under attack by Space Aliens, DOSMan needs to fend them off and defend his home planet!
Why similar: Shooter 39.9%, Funny 18.4%, Action 10.5%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Retro 7.4%
- #48 Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold
71% matchVery Positive87% of 160 reviews2015
Dev: JAM ProductionsPub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Wolfenstein 3D took you into the past, thrusting you into a world at war. Blake rockets you into the future where a sinister madman, using genetics to create an army of bizarre creatures, is waging war on Earth. Blake has more of everything!
Why similar: Shooter 31.2%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Aliens 15.4%, Comedy 14.6%, Retro 11%
- #49 Owinka Shooter 2
67% matchVery Positive97% of 117 reviews2024
Dev: Owinka
Windows
Owinka Shooter 2 throws you right back into the story of Owinka 427. Prepare to escape the Institute once and for all!
Why similar: Shooter 23.4%, Action-Adventure 17.8%, Linear 16.7%, Funny 15.2%, Comedy 12.1%
- #50 Disney G-Force
69% matchVery Positive95% of 869 reviews2014
Dev: EurocomPub: Disney
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
G-Force draws you into the adventures of an elite team of trained guinea pigs on a mission to thwart a sinister plot to destroy the world. Take control of both G-Force commander Darwin and his sidekick, Mooch, as they apply their talents to defeat an evil army of altered household appliances.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 71.2%, Action 8.9%, Funny 7.9%, Atmospheric 5.5%, Adventure 4.6%
- #51 Expendable
70% matchVery Positive86% of 77 reviews2018
Dev: Rage SoftwarePub: Funbox Media Ltd
Windows
Somewhere in the future a hostile alien race conquers most of the galaxy. Scientists developed the “Millennium Soldier” project by cloning two super-soldiers. Armed with blasters they will battle scores of monsters, robots and boss aliens to save us and get a well-earned reward.
Why similar: Sci-fi 33.6%, Action 27.8%, Retro 22.5%, Adventure 16.1%
- #52 Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation
69% matchVery Positive89% of 792 reviews2016
Dev: FreakZone GamesPub: Retroware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
When a mysterious beam from space transforms the world into a game, the Angry Video Game Nerd must return to put the "ASS" in ASSimilation. Utilize new mechanics, power-ups, abilities, and collectible armor pieces to defeat your most powerful foe yet, and save the world!
Why similar: Platformer 34.7%, Difficult 30.5%, Action 17.8%, Adventure 10.7%, Retro 6.3%
- #53 Headlander
68% matchVery Positive91% of 1,048 reviews2016
Dev: Double Fine ProductionsPub: Adult Swim Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Launch into the ultimate head trip as you blast through psychotic robots in a retro 70's sci-fi action adventure from Double Fine Productions. It is a world of automation, a utopia gone wrong in which all of humanity have transferred their minds into robotic imposter bodies and are ruled by a computer.
Why similar: Platformer 30.1%, Sci-fi 28.3%, Comedy 19.2%, Action 9.2%, Funny 8.7%
- #54 Earthworm Jim 2
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 111 reviews2009
Dev: Shiny EntertainmentPub: Interplay Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Earthworm Jim is back with more side-scrolling platform action. Whip, run, jump, fly, and Snott swing your way to victory!
Why similar: Platformer 51.8%, Comedy 23.3%, Action 14.6%, Adventure 10.3%
- #55 METAL DOGS
67% matchVery Positive82% of 794 reviews2023
Dev: 24Frame,inc.
Windows
Set in a world after the destruction of humankind, the harsh battle of the combat dog "Pochi" begins. Explore dungeons that change every time you enter, get a wide variety of weapons, and power up your dog! Hunt the evil "WANTED"! Enjoy exhilarating battles casually in this shooting action game.
Why similar: Dog 73.8% ★, Sci-fi 19.1%, Action 7.2%
- #56 Bears In Space
65% matchVery Positive90% of 507 reviews2024
Dev: Broadside GamesPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Unleash your inner bear in this over-the-top bullet-hell FPS! Embark on a zany retro-futuristic adventure and destroy oil-thirsty robots with an outrageous arsenal. Transform into a bear, wield unique powers, and embrace the absurd fast-paced action of Bears in Space!
Why similar: Shooter 19.7%, Comedy 16.8%, Action-Adventure 16.7%, Funny 14.6%, Sci-fi 13.1%
- #57 KUR
68% matchMixed67% of 63 reviews2022
Dev: Really RagdollPub: The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild
Windows
Destroy drones, ravage robots and stomp some skull-bearing spiderdroids in a dark-humor drenched take on the classic 90’s shooter.
Why similar: Shooter 28.2%, Action-Adventure 21.9%, Funny 19.3%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Action 5.9%
- #58 Occupation 2.5
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 57 reviews2021
Dev: the3daction.comPub: None
Windows
Attack from Outer Space. Classic old-school First/Third person shooter. Fight against zombies, mutants, monsters to save the Earth!
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 37.2%, Action-Adventure 13.4%, Third Person 13.3%, Aliens 12.4%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #59 Turnip Boy Robs a Bank
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,132 reviews2024
Dev: Snoozy KazooPub: Graffiti Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Turnip Boy is back! This time he’s teaming up with the fearsome Pickled Gang to plan and execute the weirdest heist of all time. Shake down hostages, steal precious valuables, battle the fuzz, and use wacky tools bought off the dark web to move further into the vaults of the Botanical Bank.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 45.1%, Linear 38.2%, Action 10.3%, Adventure 6.3%