- #1 Gare Sapphire Mechs
97% matchMixed69% of 51 reviews2015
Dev: Prexen Studios
Windows
A polished top down action shooter set in a digital like world with upgradable mechs.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #2 Cyborg Rage
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 28 reviews2016
Dev: Ragiva Games
Windows
Cyborg Rage is a multiplayer space shooter featuring cooperative online action. Work with your brave wingmen to destroy all hostile starships before they destroy you. Master the advantages of your ship and defeat your enemies!
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #3 Space Robot Samurai Zombie Slayer
96% matchMixed65% of 23 reviews2015
Dev: Brandon Brizzi
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 32%
We are not alone in the universe, its filled with Zombies! To combat them mankind invented their most efficient weapon yet: the Space Robot Samurai Zombie Slayer. ONLY YOU can pilot the powerful Space Robot Samurai Zombie Slayer to fight the Space Zombie horde!
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #4 Ride the Bullet
95% matchMixed55% of 20 reviews2015
Dev: Jordan Sendar
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a gun for hire with nothing to your name but your rifle and a single bullet. You have a special gift. You can control this bullet. Your objectives: take jobs, kill, build your reputation, and work your way up the crime ladder.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #5 Ruin City Gasolina
94% matchMostly Negative36% of 96 reviews2017
Dev: LillyWelland inc.Pub: Bitlock Studio
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 13%
Eliminate the invasion of mechanical invaders and save what remains of the once great city.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #6 Abstract Arena
94% matchMixed52% of 29 reviews2017
Dev: Credici
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 21%
Abstract Arena is a top-down action-shooter game set in a completely abstract context. Up to 6 different ships can clash in the Arena, taking advantage of all of the unique and balanced skills each of them possesses.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #7 Epsilon Jump Prime
92% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: Energize Labs Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Epsilon Jump is a retro, Geometry Wars-inspired arcade game based on a unique warping mechanic where you warp through enemies to destroy them, chaining warps together to get a high score.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #8 Alien Zombie Megadeath
93% matchMostly Positive74% of 77 reviews2011
Dev: PomPomPub: Pom Pom Games
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Alien Zombie Megadeath is a gloriously intense platform shoot-em-up!
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #9 Elly The Jelly
91% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: Seize Studios
Windows · Mac
Are you ready for the Jelly? Get this awesome Party Game where you have to take your (former)friends out of the arena! Shoot pieces of yourself and use several items!
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #10 Grid Masters
91% matchMixed55% of 11 reviews2016
Dev: Angry Hangar Games, LLC
Windows
Fight for victory in a 1v1 or 2v2 grid-based deathmatch in Grid Masters. Represent your favorite faction as one of five characters (with more to come), each with their own unique abilities. Toss massive bombs, rocket punch, or send explosive robot minions to take your enemies down!
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #11 Space Ghost Pirate Zombie Slayer
90% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2016
Dev: Brandon Brizzi
Windows
Is there intelligent life in the universe? Of course not, it's filled with Zombies! Sensing the opportunity for plunder, the Ghost Pirates have taken to the stars on their ethereal ships. Now it is up to YOU to take command of the Space Ghost Pirate Zombie Slayer fleet and lead them against the Zombie menace!
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #12 Trail of Destruction
89% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Kim Niklas Schlüter
Windows
You fly a ship that leaves behind a trail. If you complete a circle, enemies within will be destroyed. Exciting abilities and a dynamic arena with events and items make this difficult task more feasible.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #13 Breaking Bones
88% matchMixed43% of 14 reviews2016
Dev: Duplicator Studio
Windows
Breaking Bones is a survival game using the technology of photogrammetry. It's a First Person Melee game with some shooting component. Travel the world through quarries, islands, forests, mountains, deserts and more. Fight skeletons, dragons and dinosaurs. At your disposal a large number of deadly weapons, catapults and bows.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #14 PROJECT VELOCITY
87% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Omnirift
Windows · Mac · Linux
PROJECT VELOCITY is a Bullet Hell and Endless Runner where the speed never stops rising, and the obstacles never stop coming. Fight and cruise your way through obstructions and bosses with ever-increasing difficulty!
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #15 Jolly Riot
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Victorian Clambake
Windows · Mac · Linux
A rip-roaring fighting game featuring a hardy crew of swashbucklers!
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #16 Cyborg Invasion Shooter 2: Battle Of Earth
86% matchMostly Negative39% of 40 reviews2018
Dev: Tero Lunkka
Windows
You are humanity's only hope. Destroy enemies and find 3 hidden artifacts
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #17 MC Lars: The Video Game
85% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2016
Dev: Synersteel Studio, LLC
Windows · Mac
Jump, fight, and fly your way through a dozen songs from MC Lars’ discography!
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #18 Helena The 3rd
86% matchMixed67% of 18 reviews2015
Dev: Only Human Studios
Windows
Pilot a jumping tank through a maze of underground caverns and dungeons in search of new abilities you'll need to progress deeper into the levels. Each upgrade is hidden out of reach of your tank, and can only be obtained after exploring on foot.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #19 Fleeting Ages
84% matchMostly Negative30% of 30 reviews2016
Dev: R&G Software
Windows
Fleeting Ages is an open world game with strong survival elements and with a constantly changing world and ages. The game features a huge open island and seven time periods that change as the player progresses.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #20 Alien Invasion 3d
82% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Jim Dex
Windows
In this game you have to be fast . Enemy planes are everywhere .
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #21 GRAY GROFA
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TPM.CO SOFT WORKS
Windows
GRAY GROFA is an unparalleled side-scrolling shooter puzzle game developed for the 8-bit MSX computer. 2 years have been spent hand-tuning the game's visuals, movements and puzzles in a tireless pursuit for aesthetic perfection.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #22 Boogie Bot
77% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: From the end Games
Windows · Mac
Boogie Bot is a fast and challenging survival platformer about getting in the zone and finding your groove. Your battery is always draining. Stop thinking and let instinct take over. Only then can you safely evacuate the boogie bots before the No Good Music Haters blow planet Boogula-5 to bits.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #23 Pineapple Smash Crew
82% matchVery Positive80% of 123 reviews2012
Dev: RichMakeGame
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Winner of the 2011 Eurogamer Indie Arcade award, Pineapple Smash Crew is a fast-paced, tactical blast-em-up with a unique modern-retro feel!
Why similar: Action 55.7%, Indie 44.3%
- #24 Dinosaur Hunt First Blood
81% matchMixed53% of 236 reviews2017
Dev: Racing BrosPub: ANPA.US
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 16%
Dinosaur Hunt First Blood is a sequel to a first Dinosaur Hunt game and is a chaotic first person shooter that confronts heavily armed players with the most horrifying dino-humans.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #25 Singularity 5
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 79 reviews2018
Dev: Monochrome Paris
Windows
Play a pure WAVE SHOOTER arcade game in a globalized world led by moore, a global AI program. Your mission is to liberate Paris from the machines’ rebellion. The intense and immediate pleasure of playing with a rigorous and original art direction.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #26 Usagi Yojimbo: Way of the Ronin
81% matchMixed45% of 31 reviews2015
Dev: HappyGiant
Windows · Mac
Usagi Yojimbo: Way of the Ronin is a new, old school game based on the classic Dark Horse Comic Graphic Novel by Stan Sakai, and seen in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles over the years. This is an old school, simple, fun Retro brawler done in the vein of the classic TMNT Stand Up Arcade game.
Why similar: Action 57.5%, Indie 42.5%
- #27 R.A.T.S. (Regulatory Astro-Topographical Stabilizer)
79% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2017
Dev: Mark Miller StudiosPub: I.E.D. Studios
Windows
R.A.T.S. is a fast-paced 3D arcade shooter where the battlefield is anything but stable! Pilot a ship on the surface of a star that is on the verge of going supernova while defending against swarms of enemies in this stellar shooter!
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #28 Encounter of Galaxies
79% match4 user reviews0% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Obi-Wanya
Windows
Encounter of Galaxies is a vertical scrolling shooter with an open world and elements of trade.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #29 Still Dark At Dawn
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Heavy Kick Games
Windows
Built from the ground up for VR, Still Dark At Dawn's highly immersive gameplay will test your grit and ability to trust all of your senses, in a hope survive The Dawn.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #30 Meteor Crush VR
78% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2016
Dev: XIERRA Games
Windows
Protect our planet from incoming meteoroids! Use your VR controllers to crush every one coming your way.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #31 Core Rescue
76% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Hot Zombies Games
Windows
Following in the footsteps of the bullet hell games of the classic consoles and arcade systems comes Core Rescue. A Fast Paced Bullet Hell with beautiful pixel graphics and intuitive movement options, Core Rescue is a competitive experience that'll be pushing you to be #1 on the leaderboards.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #32 Ascend
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Newspaper Hats
Windows
Ascend is a first-person VR Arena Shooter where you rise to greatness in a crucible of visceral and kinetic combat. Rise above your enemies by engaging in intense aerial warfare and leverage the power of VR with our unique lean motion flight system.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #33 Tekling 2
74% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: nP StudiosPub: nonPareil Institute
Windows
Become the Bot! Battle through 40 levels of classic platforming action. Gather the energy orbs to transform into the amazing mighty Tekling and escape the robots that have come to take you down.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #34 Molly - Can you survive 100 nights?
75% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Cupantae.ie Games
Windows
Molly - Can you survive 100 nights?
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #35 Asteroidiga
73% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: Levi Stoddard
Windows · Linux
A single mine detonation in this bullet hell game will send you flying around the screen. But never fear! Use your wits and your Teleportation module, fast Machine Gun, powerful Laser, Tracer Bullets, and the venerable shotgun.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #36 Malazard: Magic Defense
76% matchPositive80% of 25 reviews2016
Dev: Invictus Games Ltd.
Windows
Unleash the magic inside you!Purify the demonic legion with a set of powerful abilities.The collapsing world relies upon you, experience what it means to control all Magic!
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #37 Polygone
74% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Green Pepperoni Software LLC
Windows · Linux
local-coop / local-multiplayer twin-stick shooter
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #38 Demon Grade VR
75% 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 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #39 Mischief On Main Street
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quantum Games
Windows
Lie and bluff your way to victory in this online multiplayer VR game inspired by the likes of Mafia and Trouble in Terrorist Town!
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #40 Rubicon Approach
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Carbon Fiber Games
Windows
Rubicon Approach is a fast paced zero gravity shooter with a unique free movement system. Engage an enemy team in high speed, adrenaline fueled action across multiple maps.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #41 Elemental Combat
73% matchPositive84% of 45 reviews2017
Dev: AVRLON VR Studio
Windows
Set in a world of fantasy and martial arts, Elemental Combat is a competitive Virtual Reality game that blends the speed and intensity of a modern FPS with the strategy of classic arcade fighting games. Use your hands to let fire fall from the sky or raise mighty walls of earth in VR.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #42 StickyBots
71% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2018
Dev: Potion Games
Windows · Mac
This frantic platform shooter is all about momentum, transformation and sticking to the ceiling. Test your metal with online competition and a complete single player campaign. Launch your fist and swap characters mid fight in this first of its kind platformer!
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #43 Chuckie Egg 2017
71% matchMixed67% of 17 reviews2018
Dev: Downsideup Games, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Run, jump, dodge, collect eggs! There's a new Harry in town as the popular platform game debuts on PC.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #44 TRIGGERED
72% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: eelDev
Windows
TRIGGERED is a speed runner game, get from point A to point B as fast as you can, without dying.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #45 Duck's Inferno
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: GROm Games
Windows · Mac
Duck’s Inferno is a fun and challenging Action/Runner game. Fly through the nine circles of Dante’s Hell! Improve your hand agility dodging fatal blows and slashing demon hordes. Grab awesome prizes and win the epic battle against Evil!
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #46 Bugspeed Collider
73% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2016
Dev: Skelefactor
Windows · Mac
Destroy your friends. Destroy the world. In Bugspeed Collider, you are a super-powered beetle, and there is only war.Unlimited flight, high-impact melee, long-ranged fireball throwing, and fully destructible worlds. That's right, burn it all.Full support for 1-4 players. we're sure there's a deadly scenario to match any taste.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #47 Prototype-CUBE
69% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Enzian Game Development Team
Windows
Using Sword and Bullet, while evading the barrage and swords, running stylishly through the buggy chess world, High difficulty level exhilarating action 3D shooting game!
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #48 Saint George | The Tree Of Secrets
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Obscure Cloud
Windows
Embark on a new breed of medieval-fantasy arcade plaformer and explore extensive worlds packed with loots, creatures and humongous boss
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #49 Shooting over it : to be a star
70% match8 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2018
Dev: Megaton
Windows
Shooting over it: to be a star draws the adventure of a starfish that wants to be a star. When you swim along the cave in the deep sea, you will encounter things you have never seen before. Follow the starfish friends who help you out of the deep sea Could a cute starfish be a star?
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #50 Rest in Jelly
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Little Miracles Games
Windows
Welcome to “Rest in Jelly”, a videogame that will test your platforming ability and precision in ways that will drive you crazy. Control Jack the Devil in his adventure to terminate the fearful jelly rebellion. All you will need is just a button… plus an almost non-human accuracy and nerves of steel.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #51 Escape Lizards
70% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2017
Dev: Egodystonic StudiosPub: Independent
Windows
Escape Lizards is simple: Tilt the platforms to roll your lizard egg from the start point to the finishing bell at the end of the level. However, things are never as simple as they seem...
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #52 Ice Demon
64% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: Bob HoodPub: Suits & Sandals
Windows
How long can you survive? In this arcade-style game, employ hand to hand combat and freeze your enemies to get as many kills as possible before you are defeated.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #53 VS Round 1
69% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Radi LewisPub: OpenWorldComics
Windows
Versus is a fighting game starring comic book characters from Independent publishers/creators. The game is 2d with 3d models featuring specials, parrys and team-ups. You can build a team or run solo but you must make your way through 12 levels beating each character on each team until their health bar reaches 0.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #54 DWVR
68% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2017
Dev: Mad Triangles
Windows
Feel like an action hero while switching seamlessly between an arsenal of guns, swords and spells. Your VR controller becomes an extension of your arm as you blast the hordes of enemies.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #55 web spice
68% matchMixed54% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: дель7inPub: Red twice potato
Windows
The planet was attacked by spaceships. This doesn't bode well. Armed with the most powerful weapons on Earth (including cats), you decide to fight back the invaders.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #56 STARCATCHER
56% matchNo user reviews
Dev: John PlewePub: Nevercenter
Windows · Mac
STARCATCHER is an experimental wave-based arcade game, currently in development. It's simple, unique, and intensely hard. Protect the heart!
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%